In 1819, Friederika is living with her father, Johann (or Johannes) Joachim Schlee, born March 4, 1752, in Rockow, Muritz, Meclenburg-Vorpommern. His wife in that year is listed as Sophia Dorathea Prange, born January 8, 1765, in Luplow, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Friederika married Joachim Schafhirte Bastian in Wattmannshagen parish, Güstrow District, in what was then the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. In 1854, Friederika and her known children Henry, Frederick and Sophia, and grandchildren, emigrated to the United States. On the ship's manifest, her name is spelled as "Friderike."
After first settling in Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois, where Sophia married Ernst Serfling, they homesteaded in Fillmore County, Minnesota. They were in Minnesota by 1857, where Friederika, Frederick and his family and Henry and his family stayed. Sophia and Ernst, in the 1870's left for a farm in northern Thurston County, Washington.
In 1819, Friederika is living with her father, Johann (or Johannes) Joachim Schlee, born March 4, 1752, in Rockow, Muritz, Meclenburg-Vorpommern. His wife in that year is listed as Sophia Dorathea Prange, born January 8, 1765, in Luplow, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Friederika married Joachim Schafhirte Bastian in Wattmannshagen parish, Güstrow District, in what was then the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. In 1854, Friederika and her known children Henry, Frederick and Sophia, and grandchildren, emigrated to the United States. On the ship's manifest, her name is spelled as "Friderike."
After first settling in Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois, where Sophia married Ernst Serfling, they homesteaded in Fillmore County, Minnesota. They were in Minnesota by 1857, where Friederika, Frederick and his family and Henry and his family stayed. Sophia and Ernst, in the 1870's left for a farm in northern Thurston County, Washington.
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Friedericke. Wife of John Bastian. Born Aug 17, 1800 Died Dec 15, 1883. Aged 88 Yrs 3 Mos 29 Ds
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