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The Marlow Family
Immigrated 1855
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My Great, Great

Grandfather

John Kolodzaike

Mary Conklin

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August Neitzel
B??- Death before 1897

Johanna (Lewinsky) Neitzel
1833-1915

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My Great

Grandfather

    August Frank Kelsey      Tillie (Neitzel) Kelsey
              1861-1939                       1863-1921           

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Henry Schroered

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Sophie Luderman

Christopher Marlow
1823-1904
Schwerin, Germany

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Hannah (Zahrend) Marlow
1826-1894
Schwerin, Germany

My Great, Great Grandmother

Herman W. Schroeder
1860-1927

My Great

Grandmother

Elizabeth (Marlow) Schroeder
1861-1934

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My Grandfather

My Grandmother

 John Frank Kelsey 

 Elizabeth (Schroeder) Kelsey 

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Marlow
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The Marlow family immigrated to America in 1855 from Germany.
The earliest I seen records of the Marlows is a census from 1860. Napoleon Ohio.

1880 Census Napoleon Ohio

1) Christopher Marlow Age 54 Works as watchman on the RR. Came from Schwerin, Germany
2) Hannah (Zahrend) Marlow Age 54 housewife came from Schwerin, Germany
3) Elizabeth Age 18 (born in OH)


Note: older brother Jacob age about 21 has already moved out of the house. 
* The 1900 Census says that Jacob was born in New York.

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Last Will for Hannah Marlow 1893
Hannah dies this year. (1893)

Christopher Marlow's will dated 1893. In it he mentioned his daughter Elizabeth "Lizzie"  (Marlow) Schroeder

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1900 Census Napoleon Ohio

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Notice Christopher is widowed and living with his son's family- Christopher's wife Hannah died 1894.

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1900 Census- I had to download the whole census as it has good information such as the year of immigration as 1855.

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John Kolodzaike (22) and Elizabeth Schroeder (19) marriage certificate 11 April 1907
The certificate lists, Elizabeth's parents as Herman Schroeder and Elizabeth Marlow

 

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The death certificate of Elizabeth Marlow. This is Elizabeth Schroeder / Kelsey's mother. 

This certificate names her father Christopher Marlow and mother Hannah with maiden name Zahrend.

Herman W. Schroeder Death Certificate.
He is my Great Grandfather on the grand mother's side. The Schroeders.


 

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