Family Group Record for Nicholas Kerpen and Louisa Woker


Husband Nicholas Kerpen [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Born:05/1841 - Preußen [1][2][5][6][9]
Christened:
Died:11/21/1905 - La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin [10][7][8][9]
Buried:La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin [8][9] PIC
Marriage:Abt 1866 [5]

Events and Facts
1. He immigrated aboard the bark Hiawatha on 08/16/1860 to New York City, New York in a house on deck. He embarked from Antwerp, Belgium with Magdalena Kerpen, three years his senior. [11][5]
2. He served in the military enlisting at Fort Snelling on 09/21/1861 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota initally serving in Company A, Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry. [12][13][14]
3. He served in the military reassigned on 10/10/1861 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota to the 5th Cavalry Regiment, Iowa. [12][14]
4. He served in the military reenlisting on 01/01/1864 in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee with a promotion to full Corporal. [15]
5. He served in the military mustered out on 02/25/1864 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota . [14]
6. He served in the military discharged at Fort Snelling on 05/16/1866 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota . [16]
7. He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1870 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin with his family. [1]PIC
8. He worked as a produce broker on 06/01/1870 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin . [1]
9. He was naturalized on 10/29/1873 . [17]
10. He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1880 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin with his family. [2]PIC
11. He worked as a bar keeper on 06/01/1880 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [2]
12. He resided at King Street on 06/01/1880 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [2]
13. He appeared on the Wisconsin State census on 06/20/1885 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin with his family. [3]
14. He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1890 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [4]
15. He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1900 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin with his family. [5]
16. He worked as a laborer on 06/01/1900 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [5]
17. He resided at 1107 10th Street on 06/01/1900 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [5]
18. He resided at the US National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on 08/07/1902 in Wood, Washington, Wisconsin suffering from general disability from rheumatism, dyspepsia, double hernia, and senile disability. [18]
19. He resided at US National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and was discharged on 11/22/1902 in Wood, Washington, Wisconsin at his own request. [18]
20. He appeared on the Wisconsin State census on 06/01/1905 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin with his family. [6]
Wife Louisa Woker [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Born:08/31/1843 - Preußen [19][20][21][22][23][24][26]
Christened:
Died:11/03/1924 - Ramsey County, Minnesota [25][26]
Buried:Unknown [26] PIC
Father:Johann Heinrich Anton Herman Woker
Mother:Wilhelmine Hager

Events and Facts
1. She immigrated from Germany in 1848 . [21]
2. She immigrated from Germany in 1851 . [23]
3. She immigrated from Germany in 1852 . [24]
4. She appeared on the Illinois State census on 07/03/1855 in Erin, Stephenson, Illinois with her parents or as a servant living with a different family. [27]
5. She was naturalized in 1860 . [24]
6. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1870 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin with her family. [19]PIC
7. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1880 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin with her family. [20]PIC
8. She resided at King Street on 06/01/1880 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [20]
9. She appeared on the Wisconsin State census on 06/20/1885 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin with her family. [3]
10. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1900 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin with her family. [21]
11. She reported having 7 children with 4 surviving surviving on 06/01/1900 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [21]
12. She resided at 1107 10th Street on 06/01/1900 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [21]
13. She appeared on the Wisconsin State census on 06/01/1905 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin with her family. [22]
14. She appeared on the US Federal census on 04/15/1910 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin with her daughter Emma. [23]
15. She reported having 7 children with 3 surviving surviving on 04/15/1910 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [23]
16. She resided at 1107 10th Street on 04/15/1910 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [23]
17. She resided at 1107 S 10th in 1917 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin . [28]
18. She appeared on the US Federal census on 01/01/1920 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota with her daughter Emma. [24]
19. She resided at 539 Harrison Avenue on 01/01/1920 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota . [24]
Children
1 F Amelia F Kerpen
Born:Abt 1868 - Wisconsin
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Minnie Kerpen
Born:07/1869 - Wisconsin
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 F Adeline V Kerpen
Born:07/1870 - Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Christened:
Died:09/28/1952 - Ramsey County, Minnesota
Buried:
4 M Frank Kerpen
Born:02/1872 - Illinois
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
5 M Herman Kerpen
Born:06/13/1874 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Christened:
Died:06/02/1895 - La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Buried:
6 M Louis Kerpen
Born:02/24/1876 - La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Christened:
Died:04/30/1904 - Tucson, Pima, Arizona Territory
Buried:
7 F Amanda Isabella Kerpen
Born:03/1878 - La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Christened:
Died:06/17/1882 - La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Buried:
8 F Emma Kerpen
Born:03/1891 - La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Sources
1. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1870 United States Census, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, WI, page 21, dwelling 164, family 164, line 3, Kerpen, Nichs; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing Ninth Census of the United States, 1870 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M593 (1761 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1737, image 542 [Surety: 3].
2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1880 United States Federal Census, ED 55, La Crosse Ward 2, La Crosse, WI, page 27, dwelling 187, family 206, line 9, Kerpen, Nicholas; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 3/22/2011); citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T9 (1454 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1432, image 419 [Surety: 3].
3. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Wisconsin State Censuses 1855-1905, 1885, La Crosse, LaCrosse, WI, page 8, line 17, Nekles Kerpan; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 10/31/2022); roll 4); citing Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Census, 1885, microfilm (10 reels) [Surety: 3].
4. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1890 Veterans Schedules, "Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, Etc.," La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, enumeration district (ED) 167, page 5, line 8, Kerpen, Nicholas; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2005 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/26/2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of th Civil War, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, Microfilm Publication M123 (118 rolls), roll 116 [Surety: 3].
5. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1900 United States Federal Census, ED 75, La Crosse Ward 8, La Crosse, WI, sheet 4B, dwelling 70, family 76, line 82, Kerpin, Nicholas; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing Twelth Census of the United States, 1900 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T623 (1854 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1795 [Surety: 3].
6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Wisconsin State Censuses 1895-1905, 1905, La Crosse Ward 8, La Crosse, WI, page 1, family 3, line 9, Kerfin, Nicholas; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Census, 1905 (44 reels) [Surety: 3].
7. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Wisconsin Death Records, Pre--Oct 1907, Nicholas Kerpen; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2022 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 10/31/2022); citing Wisconsin Death Records, Pre-Oct 1907, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison, Wisconsin [Surety: 3].
8. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, Nicolas Kerpen; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2012 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 08/15/2018); citing Applications for Headstones, compiled 01/01/1925-06/30/1970, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives at Washington, DC, RG92, Microfilm M1916, 134 rolls [Surety: 3].
9. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Corp Nicolas Kerpen (#41887695); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 08/15/2018) [Surety: 2].
10. Wisconsin Deaprtment of Health and Family Services, "Wisconsin Vital Record Index, Pre-1907," Nicholas Kerpen; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2000 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 3/22/2011) [Surety: 3].
11. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., New York Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, list 773, Line 37, Nicolaus Kerpen; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1820-1897, Records of the US Customs Service, Record Group 36, National Archives, Washington, DC, Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls, roll 204 [Surety: 3].
12. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., American Civil War Soldiers, Nicholas Kerpen; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 1999 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 3/23/2011); citing from data compiled by Historical Data Systems, Kingston, Massachusetts [Surety: 3].
13. National Park Service, "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors," Nichols Kerper; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 3/23/2011) [Surety: 3].
14. Historical Data Systems, "U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles," Nicholas Kerpen; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 3/23/2011) [Surety: 3].
15. John Dalby, "Minnesota Civil War Soldiers," Kerpen, Nicholas Pvt; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 1999 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 3/23/2011) [Surety: 3].
16. Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, "Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938," Nicholas Kerpen; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011) [Surety: 3].
17. Ancestry World Archives Project, "U.S. Naturalization Record Index, 1791-1992," Soundex code K615, certificate Soldier 41, Nickolas Kerpen; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the District and Cicuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1791-1992, Series M1285, roll 104 [Surety: 3].
18. Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, "Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938," Nicholas Kerpen; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 3/22/2011) [Surety: 3].
19. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1870 United States Census, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, WI, page 21, dwelling 164, family 164, line 4, Kerpen, Louise; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing Ninth Census of the United States, 1870 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M593 (1761 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1737, image 542 [Surety: 3].
20. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1880 United States Federal Census, ED 55, La Crosse Ward 2, La Crosse, WI, page 27, dwelling 287, family 206, line 10, Kerpen, Louisa; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 3/22/2011); citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T9 (1454 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1432, image 419 [Surety: 3].
21. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1900 United States Federal Census, ED 75, La Crosse Ward 8, La Crosse, MN, sheet 4B, dwelling 70, family 76, line 83, Kerpin, Lousie; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing Twelth Census of the United States, 1900 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T623 (1854 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1795 [Surety: 3].
22. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Wisconsin State Censuses 1895-1905, 1905, La Crosse Ward 8, La Crosse, WI, page 1, family 3, line 10, Kerfin, Louisa; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Census, 1905 (44 reels) [Surety: 3].
23. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1910 United States Federal Census, ED 104, La Crosse Ward 8, La Crosse, WI, sheet 7B, dwelling 147, family 161, line 56, Kerpen, Louisa; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2006 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T624 (1178 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1716, image 231 [Surety: 3].
24. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1920 United States Federal Census, ED 47, 43rd Precinct, Saint Paul, Ramsey, MN, sheet 2B, dwelling 34, family 40, line 54, Kerpen, Louise; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/22/2011); citing Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T625 (2076 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 853, image 230 [Surety: 3].
25. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, Ramsey County certificate 1924-024703, Mrs Louise Nicholas Kerpin; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2001 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 3/22/2011); citing State of Minnesota, /Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2017, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota [Surety: 3].
26. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Charlotte Sophia Louisa (Woker) Kerpen (#208539456); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 07/07/2020) [Surety: 2].
27. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Illinois State Census Collection 1825-1865, 1855, Erin, Stephenson, IL, page 14, line 22, Hamon Woker; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2008 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 02/20/2016); citing Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois, Illinois State Census, 1855, Archive Collection Number 103.008 (13 rolls), roll 2195 [Surety: 3].
28. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Kerpen, Louisa (wid Nichl); Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2011 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 07/14/2015); citing Wright Directory Co., Milwaikee, Wisconsin, Wright's Directory of La Crosse for 1917 : 1917, page 279 [Surety: 3].


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