Sönksen of Struckum


Friedrich Sönksen [Parents] was born on 14 Jul 1777 in Struckum. He died 1 on 14 Aug 1840 in Struckum. He was buried on 21 Aug 1840. He married Poppe Paulsen on 28 Aug 1824 in Breklum.

Other marriages:
Cartens, Christina
Carstens, Anna Christina

Poppe Paulsen [Parents] was born 1 on 31 Mar 1795 in Breklum. She died on 14 Mar 1839 in Struckum. She married Friedrich Sönksen on 28 Aug 1824 in Breklum.

They had the following children:

  M i Carl Sönksen

Carl Sönksen [Parents] was born 1 on 19 Jan 1825 in Struckum. He died on 23 Apr 1887 in Breklum. He married 2 Catharina Maria Ketelsen on 15 Feb 1852 in Breklum. They got engaged on 24 Jan 1852 in Breklum.

Catharina Maria Ketelsen [Parents] was born 1 on 25 Mar 1828 in Borsbüll. She died on 9 Feb 1903 in Breklum. She married 2 Carl Sönksen on 15 Feb 1852 in Breklum. They got engaged on 24 Jan 1852 in Breklum.

They had the following children:

  F i Johanna Friederica Sönksen

Ketel Ketelsen was born in Borsbüll. He died after 1852. He married Carolina Friderika Holst.

Carolina Friderika Holst was born in Langenhorn. She married Ketel Ketelsen.

They had the following children:

  F i Catharina Maria Ketelsen

Martin Ohrt [Parents] was born 1 in 1865 in Lägerdorf. He married 2 Bertha Christina Soncksen on 23 Jun 1918 in Sioux City.

Bertha Christina Soncksen [Parents] was born on 4 Mar 1876 in Breklum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She died on 22 Oct 1971 in Sioux City, Iowa. She was buried on 26 Oct 1971 in Graceland Cemetery in Sioux City, Iowa. She married 1 Martin Ohrt on 23 Jun 1918 in Sioux City. Bertha was baptized in 1876 in Breklum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She immigrated in 1884 to She went back to Germany and returned in about 1890.. She was confirmed on 23 Mar 1890 in Breklum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Other marriages:
Harder, Gustave Christian

Bertha came to the US about 1884, did not like it in the US so returned
to Germany to live with relatives. She returned to the US in about 1890.
In the 1895 census, she was living with her father and his family (2nd
marrisge) in Crawford County in Iowa.


Gustave Christian Harder was born on 30 May 1865 in Germany. He died on 4 Jan 1917 in Sioux City, Iowa. He was buried on 8 Jan 1917 in Graceland Cemetery in Sioux City, Iowa. He married Bertha Christina Soncksen on 12 May 1902 in First Church of the Nazarene, Sioux City, Iowa.

Bertha Christina Soncksen [Parents] was born on 4 Mar 1876 in Breklum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She died on 22 Oct 1971 in Sioux City, Iowa. She was buried on 26 Oct 1971 in Graceland Cemetery in Sioux City, Iowa. She married Gustave Christian Harder on 12 May 1902 in First Church of the Nazarene, Sioux City, Iowa. Bertha was baptized in 1876 in Breklum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She immigrated in 1884 to She went back to Germany and returned in about 1890.. She was confirmed on 23 Mar 1890 in Breklum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Other marriages:
Ohrt, Martin

Bertha came to the US about 1884, did not like it in the US so returned
to Germany to live with relatives. She returned to the US in about 1890.
In the 1895 census, she was living with her father and his family (2nd
marrisge) in Crawford County in Iowa.

They had the following children:

  M i Alfred Walter Harder was born on 27 Feb 1903. He died on 31 May 1966.
  F ii Frieda Johanna Harder was born on 6 Sep 1904. She died on 15 Jun 1923.
  F iii Elizabeth Teresa Harder was born on 14 Apr 1907. She died on 29 Jul 1981.
  F iv Bertha Regina Harder was born on 21 Mar 1910. She died on 23 Mar 1993.
  F v Martha Ruth Harder was born on 29 Jun 1912. She died on 11 Oct 1996.
  M vi William Gustav Harder was born on 30 Apr 1914. He died on 30 Jul 1997.
  M vii Walter Harder was born on 2 Feb 1916. He died on 27 Feb 1916 in Baby death.

Berhard Frederik Sönksen [Parents] was born 1 on 7 Feb 1890 in Crawford County near Denision, Iowa. He died on 12 Sep 1975 in Mapleton, Iowa. He was buried on 16 Sep 1975 in Mt Hope Cemetry. He married Luella (Ella) Johnson on 13 Jun 1919 in Onawa, Iowa.

Luella (Ella) Johnson was born on 3 Jun 1899 in St Clair TWP. Monona County near Castana, Iowa. She died on 3 Feb 1987 in Bement, Illinois. She was buried in Mt Hope Cemetery, Mapleton, Iowa. She married Berhard Frederik Sönksen on 13 Jun 1919 in Onawa, Iowa.

They had the following children:

  M i Lawrence Bernard Sonksen
  F ii Irene Luella Sonksen
  F iii Evelyn Bernice Sonksen
  F iv Marjorie Mae Sonksen

Lawrence Bernard Sonksen [Parents] was born on 29 Jan 1920 in Cooper TWP. Monona County near Mapleton, Iowa. He died on 18 Jun 1990 in Aurora, Colorado. He was buried in Aurora, Colorado. He married Victoria Ferrine on 17 Aug 1947 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Other marriages:
Kink, Beatrice

Victoria Ferrine was born on 26 Feb 1922 in Rome, Italy. She died on 21 Apr 1977 in Scottsdale, Arizona. She married Lawrence Bernard Sonksen on 17 Aug 1947 in Phoenix, Arizona.

They had the following children:

  F i Angela Sonksen
  F ii Rita Marie Sonksen

Lawrence Bernard Sonksen [Parents] was born on 29 Jan 1920 in Cooper TWP. Monona County near Mapleton, Iowa. He died on 18 Jun 1990 in Aurora, Colorado. He was buried in Aurora, Colorado. He married Beatrice Kink on 4 Mar 1981 in Aurora, Colorado.

Other marriages:
Ferrine, Victoria

Beatrice Kink was born on 30 Sep 1922. She died in Sep 1991 in Aurora, Colorado. She was buried in Aurora, Colorado. She married Lawrence Bernard Sonksen on 4 Mar 1981 in Aurora, Colorado.


Walter L Baker died on 10 Aug 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was buried in Phoenix, Arizona. He married Irene Luella Sonksen on 24 Dec 1945 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Irene Luella Sonksen [Parents]

They had the following children:

  M i Terry Lee Baker
  M ii Robert Dean Baker was born on 25 Jun 1950 in Phoenix, Arizona. He died on 26 Jun 1950 in Phoenix, Arizona.
  M iii Dean Paul Baker

Clifford Gilman was born on 12 Sep 1923. He died on 23 Jun 1990 in Tucson, Arizona. He married Evelyn Bernice Sonksen on 7 Feb 1948 in Tucson, Arizona.

Evelyn Bernice Sonksen [Parents] was born on 16 May 1925 in Cooper TWP. Monona County near Mapleton, Iowa. She died on 6 May 2001 in Henderson, Nevada. She was buried in Tucson, Arizona. She married Clifford Gilman on 7 Feb 1948 in Tucson, Arizona.

They had the following children:

  F i Colleen Renee Gilman
  F ii Linda Kay Gilman
  F iii Judith Ann Gilman

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