William Fredrick DOW

Birth:
21 Mar 1842
Hemme, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia
Death:
21 Aug 1928
Newton, Harvey, Kansas
Burial:
Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas
Marriage:
14 May 1864
Buesum, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia
Sources:
Ancestral File, Version 4.19
Family Records
FamilySearch.org
1880 Census, Greeley, Sedgwick County, Kansas
1900 Census, Greeley, Sedgwick County, Kansas
1892 Hamburg Passenger List
Hamburg Direct Passenger List, 3 March 1866 Index, (FHL#473,072)
Hamburg Passenger List, pg. 73, (FHL#472,897)
1845 Census, Hemme Norderdithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, (FHL#039,293)
1855 Census, Hemme Norderdithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, (FHL#039,489)
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Listed as Friedrich Wilhelm Dau on 1866 Hamburg Passenger List.
OCCUPATION:
    Farmer
BIRTH:
    1. Of Westerdeichsteig or Westerdeichstrich, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia.
NOTES:
    1. Came in 1868 to Mercer County, Illinois.
    2. Moved to Kansas in 1879 and settled on a farm near Mt. Hope.
Telsche Elizabeth DETLEFS
Birth:
1 Apr 1840
Buesum, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia
Death:
15 Feb 1921
Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas
Burial:
Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas
Sources:
1855 Census, Buesum, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, (FHL#039,489)
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Listed as "Telsche", age 27, on 1866 Hamburg Passenger List.
Children
Marriage
1
John P. DOW
Birth:
17 Oct 1865
Holstein, Germany
Death:
20 Aug 1884
 
Marr:
 
2
Emma DOW
Birth:
11 Feb 1867
Mercer, Illinois
Death:
28 May 1930
Halstead, Harvey, Kansas
August GRIMSMAN 
Marr:
11 Aug 1886
of Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas 
3
George DOW
Birth:
2 Mar 1869
Mercer, Illinois
Death:
10 Aug 1940
Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas
Nellie B. CHENEY 
Marr:
1 Nov 1890
Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas 
Notes:
                   DEATH:
    Died at Grace Hospital.
OCCUPATION:
    Farmer
4
Mary DOW
Birth:
27 Feb 1871
Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois
Death:
14 Mar 1934
William Aylett CUPPS 
Marr:
16 Feb 1893
Sedgwick, Kansas 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Birthplace also listed as Mercer County, Illinois.
5
Elizabeth DOW
Birth:
24 Feb 1873
Moline, Mercer, Illinois
Death:
20 Feb 1941
Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas
Arthur Sinclair TEDMAN 
Marr:
20 Feb 1896
Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Elizabeth "Lizzie" DOW
NOTES:
    1. A nephew, Wade H. Dow, was reared in the home of Lizzie and Arthur from early childhood until he was grown.
6
Lena Mae DOW
Birth:
18 Apr 1875
Mercer, Illinois
Death:
6 Mar 1969
Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas
Thomas Austin BOLL 
Marr:
2 May 1897
Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas 
Notes:
                   DEATH:
    Died at Grace Hospital.
7
William Frederick DOW
Birth:
8 Aug 1877
Mercer, Illinois
Death:
17 Jan 1957
Lansing, Kansas
Myrtle CUPPS 
Marr:
Abt 1896
Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    William Frederick DOW, Jr.
DESCRIPTION:
    William Frederick was short, medium build with blue eyes and light brown hair.
8
Edward DOW
Birth:
11 May 1880
Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas
Death:
21 Dec 1941
Whitewater, Kansas
Ada Belle CAPPS 
Marr:
Abt 1902
of Sedgwick, Kansas 
Notes:
                   DEATH:
    Cause of death was a heart attack.
FCID:2082:22
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William Fredrick Dow - Telsche Elizabeth Detlefs

William Fredrick Dow was born at Hemme, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia 21 Mar 1842. His parents were Valentin Dau and Wiebke Carstens.

He married Telsche Elizabeth Detlefs 14 May 1864 at Buesum, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia . Telsche Elizabeth Detlefs was born at Buesum, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia 1 Apr 1840 daughter of Peter Detlefs and Elsabe Katharina Schlobohm .

They were the parents of 8 children:
John P. Dow born 17 Oct 1865.
Emma Dow born 11 Feb 1867.
George Dow born 2 Mar 1869.
Mary Dow born 27 Feb 1871.
Elizabeth Dow born 24 Feb 1873.
Lena Mae Dow born 18 Apr 1875.
William Frederick Dow born 8 Aug 1877.
Edward Dow born 11 May 1880.

William Fredrick Dow died 21 Aug 1928 at Newton, Harvey, Kansas .

Telsche Elizabeth Detlefs died 15 Feb 1921 at Mt. Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas .