| BLOCK FAMILY |
| Christoph Johann Theodor BLOCK b: 1818 d: 1868 m: Charlotte Dorothea Elizabeth LAHRS b: -1817 Pommern, Germany d: 02-11-1894 McHenry, Illinois. U.S.A. *Christoph and Charlotte were living at Boltenhagen village in 1870* A LISTING OF SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN Johann Friedrich Theodor BLOCK b: 04-29-1847 Boltenhagen, Pommern, Germany d: 09-16-1908 Grimmen, Pommern, Germany m: Pommern, Germany ( married: Friederike J. S. SCHUTT / 1848-1904 ) Frederick Conrad Johann Christian BLOCK b: 04-25-1849 Boltenhagen, Pommern, Germany d: 01-20-1910 McHenry, Illinois. U.S.A. m: 04-12-1870 Kirch-Baggendorf, Pommern, Germany ( married: Christina J. KOCH / 1844-1909 ) Carl Johann BLOCK b: 04-13-1851 Pommern, Germany d: 11-03-1943 Hampshire, Illinois. U.S.A. m: Pommern, Germany ( married: Bertha Johanne Marie BRINKERT / 1850-1936 ) Joseph Heinrich Frederick BLOCK b: 06-07-1855 Bretwisch, Pommern, Germany d: 12-08-1926 McHenry, Illinois. U.S.A. m: 01-12-1879 Crystal Lake, Illinois. U.S.A. ( married: Wilhelmine POMRENING / 1860-1959 ) Albert Christopher Theodore BLOCK b: 03-27-1857 Pommern, Germany d: 12-26-1912 Cleveland, Ohio. U.S.A. m: Pommern, Germany ( married: Fredericka A. KRABBE / 1855-1933 ) William Heinrich BLOCK b: 05-08-1860 Bretwisch, Pommern, Germany d: 03-02-1933 Carpentersville, Illinois. U.S.A. m: 10-26-1882 McHenry, Illinois. U.S.A. ( married: Caroline NICKELS / 1861-1934 ) |
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| The Family came from the villages around the City of Grimmen, which has church records dating back to the 1500's. Bretwisch Boltenhagen Grimmen Rakow |