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Louise Henriette Christine Cohrs

Birth
Adenbuttel, Landkreis Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
23 Sep 1872 (aged 3)
Nicollet County, Minnesota, USA
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Born in Germany on 16 March 1869 to Daniel Heinrich Ernst & Sophie Dorothee Frederike Cohrs; Baptized in Gifhorn parish on 12 Apr 1869. Louise and her family emigrated to the United States in June 1870 (New York Passenger Lists, Roll M237, 1820-1897, Roll 330). Family stories tell us around 1872, diphtheria struck this family hard killing Louise, her brothers August & Alwine, and her sisters Emma and Minnie, in the short span of two weeks. However, we know from her death record Louise died from diphtheria in Nicollet County, Minnesota on 23 Sep 1872. [Copy of death record in possession of DeAnn Peterson Cohrs].
Minnesota law didn't require the recording of deaths until 1870, but compliance and enforcement was sporadic during the early years, per the Minnesota History Center. Family history further tells us that all five children are all buried in the old cemetery at St Peter; however, that information has not been supported by documentation as records from those early years are scarce. Per the historian at the Nicollet County Historical Society, there is not a cemetery known as "the old cemetery at St Peter."
Born in Germany on 16 March 1869 to Daniel Heinrich Ernst & Sophie Dorothee Frederike Cohrs; Baptized in Gifhorn parish on 12 Apr 1869. Louise and her family emigrated to the United States in June 1870 (New York Passenger Lists, Roll M237, 1820-1897, Roll 330). Family stories tell us around 1872, diphtheria struck this family hard killing Louise, her brothers August & Alwine, and her sisters Emma and Minnie, in the short span of two weeks. However, we know from her death record Louise died from diphtheria in Nicollet County, Minnesota on 23 Sep 1872. [Copy of death record in possession of DeAnn Peterson Cohrs].
Minnesota law didn't require the recording of deaths until 1870, but compliance and enforcement was sporadic during the early years, per the Minnesota History Center. Family history further tells us that all five children are all buried in the old cemetery at St Peter; however, that information has not been supported by documentation as records from those early years are scarce. Per the historian at the Nicollet County Historical Society, there is not a cemetery known as "the old cemetery at St Peter."

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