Family of Ernst Joachim Friederich DIBBERT and Wilhelmina Maria Sophia PROHL

Husband: Ernst Joachim Friederich DIBBERT

  • Name:

  • Ernst Joachim Friederich DIBBERT

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Dec 24, 1807

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  • Death:

  • 1880 (age 72-73)

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Wife: Wilhelmina Maria Sophia PROHL

  • Name:

  • Wilhelmina Maria Sophia PROHL

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Minna

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Jan 18, 1809

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  • Death:

  • Dec 22, 1880 (age 71)

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Child 1: Christina Carolina Maria DIBBERT

  • Name:

  • Christina Carolina Maria DIBBERT

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Christoph Wilhelm Heinrich JENS (1832-1900)

  • Birth:

  • 1848

  • Mecklenburg, Germany1

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  • The June 1880 census lists her age as 32 which gives a calculated birth date of June 1847 to June 1848. She and her parents are noted to have been born in Mecklenburg.

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 31-32)

  • Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin1

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  • This is the first census where she appear with this family group. She is listed as the wife of William Jens and has six minor children living in the home. Of those six, only three are believed to belong to her, William age 4, Ludwig age 2 1/2, and Herman age 14 months.

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 31-32)

  • keeping house1,2

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  • According to directions given to census enumerators "women doing domestic labor for themselves or their families without receiving a wage were to be classified as "keeping house." The census enumerator noted she could read and write.

  • Death:

  • bef 1900 (age 51-52)

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Sources

1.

1880 United States Federal Census, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, population, Town of Milwaukee, p.132D, 72, William Jens; National Archives and Records Adminstration Film T9.

2.

IPUMS website "Occupational Coding in the 1880 Public Use Microdata Sample";