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Charles
a.k.a.

Copke
Karl Kopke
Birth Date:

June 4, 1844

Birth Location:

near Berlin, Germany

Death Date:

March 26, 1906

Death Location:

Kankakee, Illinois

Burial:

Mound Grove Cemetery
Kankakee, Illinois

Parents
Father
Fred Kopke
(1816-?)
Mother
Not known.
   

Siblings

Not known.
                 
Marriage

Karl Kopke married Sophia Wagner Hummel in 1866.
  She already had one son from a previous marriage.  When
the family came to America in 1872, Karl Kopke
changed his name to Charles Copke.

Charles and Sophia Copke.

Charles and Sophia's Family Scrapbook

Children

1
Augusta
 Copke

1867-1941
2
Lorena
Copke
1870-1927
3
Lena
Copke
1872-1948
4
Mary
Copke
1875-1953
5
Almina
Copke
1877-1949
6
Charles
Copke
1879-1960
7
Ernest
Copke
1881-1951
8
Mabel
 Copke

1883-1920
Notes
In 1880, Charles and Sophia Copke are living in Otto Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.  They have six children living with them:  Augusta, Irena, Lenia, May, Minne, and Charles.  Their name is listed as "Cup."

In 1900, Charles and Sophia Copke are living in Otto Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.  They have three children living with them:  Charles, Ernest, and Mabel.

The blurb below appeared in the Chebanse Herald on February 12, 1904.

 

 

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