ORTLEPP, Gotthilf Maximilian [9] ³

   Cause of his death was apolexy; Myocarditis.

  General Notes:

Death certificate states mother's name is Dora Silbertran, marriage certificate states that his mother's name was Anna. drh; Sept 2004.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration, 1855. ⁵

• Occupation: Farmer, 1868.

• Obituary: New Holstein Reporter, May 11, 1917, On File, 1917.

• Informant to death: Mrs. Bertha Schnuell, 1917.

• Former address: W 1061 River View, 1917, Rantoul, Calumet Co., WI. Site of the Ortlepp homestead.

Gotthilf married Maria Dorothea Johanna KOEPPEN [10] [MRIN: 7], daughter of Joachim Friederich Christian KOEPPEN [13] and Elizabeth Dorothea Johanna SCHOKNECHT [14], on Jun 10, 1868 in Herman, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.^{1 2} (Maria Dorothea Johanna KOEPPEN [10] was born on Aug 15, 1846 in Neubauhof, Levin, Dargun, Mecklenburg, Germany,³ died on Apr 7, 1929 in Charlestown, Calumet Co., Wisconsin and was buried on Apr 11, 1929 in Rantoul, Calumet Co., WI ⁶.) The cause of her death was cerebral hemorrhage with arterosclerosis.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Church, 1868, St John Church, Herman, Sheboygan, WI.

• Witnesses: Charles William Buscher, Charles Buscher, 1868.