Caroline Charlotte Amalie Melching (1859-1938)

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Caroline Charlotte Amalie Melching Schwerdtfeger
Lena Melching
Born:	June 1859 Sievershausen, Germany
Died:	6 Dec 1938 Harbor Springs, Michigan
Father:	August F. Melching
Mother:	Christianne Caroline Dorette Wilhelmine Ritterbusch
Siblings:	August Frank Melching Wilhelm George Melching Caroline Charlotte Amalie Melching Auguste Charlotte Amalie Melching
Spouse:	Carl Clemens Heinrich August Schwerdtfeger
Married:	19 Oct 1878 Sievershausen, Germany
Children:	Ernestine Caroline Hermine Schwerdtfeger Caroline Luise Christiane Schwerdtfeger Frieda Wilhelmine Amalie Schwerdtfeger Carl Heinrich August Schwerdtfeger Louise Marie Wilhelmine Schwerdtfeger Caroline Wilhelmine Anna Johanne Schwerdtfeger August Wilhelm Heinrich Clemens Schwerdtfeger

Caroline Charlotte Amalie Melching was born June 1859 Sievershausen, Hanover, Germany to Christianne Caroline Dorette Wilhelmine Ritterbusch and August F. Melching.

Caroline married Carl Clemens Heinrich August Schwerdtfeger on 19 Oct 1878 in Sievershausen, Hanover, Germany.

Their children are: Ernestine Caroline Hermine, Caroline Luise Christiane, Frieda Wilhelmine Amalie, Carl Heinrich August, Louise Marie Wilhelmine, Caroline Wilhelmine Anna Johanne and August Wilhelm Heinrich Clemens Schwerdtfeger.

They Immigrated to Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan in 1900 and she became a naturalized citizen in 1911.

Caroline died on 6 December 1938 in Harbor Springs, Michigan and is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan.

[edit] Sources

• Source: Parish records St. Trinitatus Evan. Church in Sievershausen, Hanover, Germany.

• Family Records of Gertrude Caroline Catob Howse Carmer

• Death: Emmet County, Michigan, Vital Records Search, Deaths:

SCHWERDTFEGER, Lena

Date: 12/6/1938

Liber: 5

Folio: 355

Place of Death: Harbor Springs, Michigan

• Burial: Lakeview Cemetery, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan:

Schwerdtfeger, Lena

Died: Dec 6, 1938

Sec: E

Lot: 61