Friedericke "Rieka" Koch

1866 - 1904  (38 years)

• Name	Friedericke "Rieka" Koch  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	Rieka
  Birth	Jul 1866	Wisconsin   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Nov 1904	Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin   [1, 4]
  Notes	BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that she died of complications from diabetes. (p. 111)
  Person ID	I6478	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Leonard Josiah Benkelman,   b. 12 Oct 1872, Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin d. 8 Feb 1952, Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1894	Columbia County, Wisconsin   [1, 3]
  	BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Leonard and Fredericka established their home in Portage after their marriage.
  Children	1. John Leonard Benkelman,   b. 25 Oct 1895, Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin d. 29 Jan 1947, Wood County, Wisconsin (Age 51 years)   2. Myrtle Benkelman,   b. 24 Sep 1899, Lewiston, Columbia County, Wisconsin d. Apr 1984, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F2984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Jul 1866 - Wisconsin Marriage - 12 Jun 1894 - Columbia County, Wisconsin Death - 20 Nov 1904 - Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Wisconsin, Columbia County, Portage City, Ward 4 Enumerated 5 Jun 1900 SD 1 ED 21 Sheet 4B 88-92 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 108 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 111 (Reliability: 3).