Iowa Family Groupsheet for Hienrick GRAFE/GROFF Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Mary Ann (Hendrickson) Dunkin Email address: maryadunkin@yahoo.com Husband: Hienrick GRAFE/GROFF Birthdate: unknown Birthplace: Hanover, Germany Death date: unknown Place of death: Germany Father: unknown Mother: unknown Marriage date: ca 1833 Marriage place: probably Hanover, Germany Wife: Dorothea KLUSMANN Birthdate: unknown Birthplace: Hanover, Germany Death date: unknown Place of death: Germany Father: unknown Mother: unknown CHILDREN Child No. 1: Margareta (Maggie) GRAFE Sex: F B Birthdate: 28 Mar 1834 Birthplace: Hanover, Germany Death date: 11 Jan 1903 Place of death: Unadilla, Otoe Co., Nebraska, bu North Branch Cemetery, Unadilla Marriage date: ca 1866 Marriage place: Germany Spouse's name: Wilhelm (William) KNICKMANN/KNICKMAN, five children: Anna, Dietrich (Dick), Margaretha, Mary and Sophie KNICKMAN Child No. 2: Dorothea Marie (Grafe) GROFF Sex: F Birthdate: 22 Jan 1840 Birthplace: Hanover, Germany Death date: 24 Mar 1921, age 81 Place of death: Albert City, Buena Vista. bu St. Johns United Church of Christ cemetery, rural Newell, Iowa Co., Iowa Marriage date: 11 Jun 1893 Marriage place: Hanover, Germany, immigrated to America in 1890 with their five children, settling on a farm in Buena Vista Co., near Storm Lake, Iowa Spouse's name: Henry BRUMMER, five children, all born in Germany: Henry, Will, John, Dick and Mary BRUMMER Child No. 3: John G. (Grafe) GROFF Sex: M Birthdate: 10 Sep 1841 Birthplace: Hanover, Germany Death date: 13 Jul 1901, suicide Place of death: near Guss, Taylor Co., Iowa, bu Guss Cemetery, Taylor Co., Iowa Marriage date: ca 1872 Marriage place: Taylor Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Catherine (Kate) Gurney , two sons from her 1/m to Claude Francis Clement, Frank & Joe Clement, nine children from 2/m to Joe GROFF: Henry, Joseph Franklin, Mary J., Emma Margaret, Minnie, John Peter, Charles W., Dolly M. and Cora Hulse GROFF Child No. 4: Hienrick (Henry) GRAFE Sex: M Birthdate: 7 Nov 1845 Birthplace: Hanover, Germany Death date: unknown Place of death: bu North Branch Cemetery, First Lutheran Church, near Avoca, Nebraska Marriage date: unknown Marriage place: probably Hanover, Germany, residing Plattville, Grant Co., Wisconsin and then to Avoca, Cass Co., Nebraska Spouse's name: Margarethe Documentation: Henry Grafe family information from Emma Hillman, Evelyn Hansen, Dorothy Ropers, Ruby Ehmke and other family members. Margaretta Grafe family information provided by Emma (Knickmann) Hillman, Ruby Ehmke, Dorothy Ropers, Evelyn Hansen and various family members. Dorothea Groff family information provided by Viola Brummer John G. Groff family information from Mary Ann Dunkin form cemetery records, FGS from various members of the family, Gurney, Clement, Noret and Spring family histories