Gottfried Possin
(1779-1847)
Eva Maria Wurl
(1778-1845)
Christoph Jänicke
(1779-)
Anna Sophia Schmäschke
(1781-1824)
Martin Matthew Possin
(1801-1889)
Anna Sophia Jänicke
(1806-1881)
Caroline Wilhelmina Possin
(1836-1921)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Carl Frederik Carlson

Caroline Wilhelmina Possin 1 2

  • Born: 1836, Neulangsow, Oderbruch, Brandenburg, PRUSSIA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Carl Frederik Carlson in 1878
  • Died: 21 August 1921, Chicago, IL at age 85
  • Buried: After 21 August 1921, Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, WI
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She immigrated on 31 May 1848 to New York, NY.
3 Hamburg to New York, Aboard the Vessel Emma Heyn
Arrived in New York: 31 May 1848

Country of Origin: Deutschland
Family Number: 1004536
Ship Name: Emma Heyn
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany
Port of Arrival: New York
Arrival Date: 31 May 1848
National Archives Series: M237
Microfilm No. 72

1. POSSIN, Martin (Male) Age: 48
2. POSSIN, Anna (Female) Age: 42
3. POSSIN, Maria (Female) Age: 18
4. **POSSIN, Anna (Female) Age: 14
5. POSSIN, Caroline (Female) Age: 11
6. POSSIN, Dorothea (Female) Age: 6
7. POSSIN, Louisa (Female) Age: 2
8. POSSIN, Ernest (Female) Age: 1
Martin Possin and his family emigrated directly to Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin
.

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Theresa, WI on 23 July 1850. 2

1850 US Census
Page 226B, Roll 996, Household 107
Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Wilhelmine Posen..14..Prussia
(Living with parents.)
.


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Caroline married Carl Frederik Carlson in 1878. (Carl Frederik Carlson was born in 1826 and died in 1884.)
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Sources

1 Robert Westphal Jr., "Westphal Family History," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=westphal : accessed 20 Dec 2014).

2 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin, p. 226B, family 107, Martin Possin and Anna Sophia Jänicke; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Nov 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 996.

3 Robert Westphal Jr., "Westphal Family History," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=westphal : accessed 17 Nov 2014).

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