Mildred L. Kestek Akers

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1) Swiss connections (Berger, Stucki, Zimmermann): a collection of data and stories relating to these families coming to and living in America

Author

Akers, Mildred L. Kestek

Publisher

M.L.K. & R.L. Akers

Pub. Date

1999

Physical Desc

228 leaves. : ill., facsims., geneal. tables (2 fold.), maps, ports.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Microfilm, Online Content

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Christian S. Zimmermann (1815-1893), a native of and his wife, Verena Gygax (1824-before 1864), both natives of Wattenwill, Bern, Switzerland , were married at Wattenwill ca. 1843. They had five children, 1846-1859. He married 2) Anna Krebs at Wattenwill ca. 1864. They had five children, 1865-1875. The family immigrated to United States in 1868 and settled first in Brown County, Kansas. They later moved to Osborne County, Kansas, near Downs....

2) The Kestek-Lemke (Koesterke) story: a two continent pioneer family : a collection of information and stories

Author

Akers, Mildred L. Kestek

Publisher

Akers, Mildred & Ronald

Pub. Date

1995

Physical Desc

iii, 106 leaves : facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps, portraits

Language

English

Formats

Online Content, Periodical Issue

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Karl August Koesterke, son of Carl Koesterke and Friedericke, was born in 1848 in Rümmelsburg, Prussia. He married Ernestine Emile Lemke in 1873. They had ten children. He died in 1920 in Hillsboro, Oregon. Descendants spell their name Kestek. Includes Pfund and related families.