Besides my own research, I want to thank a Sukkau relative in Gdansk and the many letters D. Toepel and I exchanged for additional information on this family.
Ida Amalie Sukkau was born on October 12, 1856, in West Prussia, District of Rohdow, Kalingrad. Her parents were Ludwig M. Sukkau (1805-1864), and Catharina Chatarina Wormek (1812-1877), both born and died in West Prussia.
Ida was a twin - her sister was Louisa Amelia Sukkau-Kiehn (1856-1928). Louisa Amelia came to America from Germany when Ida was sent for by her fiancé. Louisa's husband, Carl Charles Kiehn/Keuhn (1858 - ??) also accompanied the twins. The girls were identical except that Louisa had one crossed eye. Ida always said that her father worked in the forests as a wood chopper. He was injured at work and died when she and Louisa were young. After the father died they were so poor that they had no heat in their house in the winter. Icicles would form on the inside of their windows at night and they slept under a feather-tick.
Ida and her twin were the eighth and ninth child in a family of ten known children, all born in West Prussia.
Her brothers and sisters were:
Wilhelmina Carolyn Sukkau-Krupp (1834-?),
Johann Heinrich Sukkau (1836-?),
David Jacob Sukkau (1838-1839),
Ludwig Rudolf Sukkau (1839-1861),
Caroline Henriette Sukkau (1842-?),
Carl Sukkau (1844-1859),
Anna Maria Sukkau (1847-?),
(The twins, Ida and Louisa, were born in 1856), and
Herman August Sukkau, b. unknown.
In the German Immanuel Evangelical Church in Detroit one week after she arrived in America in 1881, Ida married Julius Bruschitzki, born in West Prussia (1855-1917). They raised a family of eight children:
William Henry Bruschitzki (1882-1950),
Rudolph Herman Bruschitzki (1885-1949),
Wilhelmina Minnie Bruschitzki-Buckholz (1887-1962),
John Bruschitzki (1889-1964),
Freida Bruschitzki-Matchko [aka Matchkowski],
Anna Bruschitzki-Lucas (1893-1945).
Amelia Emily Bruschitzki-Witke [aka Witkowski] (1896-1968), and
Emma Augusta Bruschitzki-Toepol [aka Toepolewski] (1897-1976), all born in Detroit.
By 1900, the family had settled in a house on Linzee Street in Detroit. It was a large frame house with a total of 7 bedrooms. It was open country when they moved in and in the back was a two-story barn with a lean-to garage. Only 1-1/2 acre lots, they had a few cows, some pigs, chickens and ducks and maybe sheep for on the second floor of the barn was a spinning wheel in storage where Ida made her wool thread for men's socks and mittens in winter.
Ida liked to read when she had time. In her old age when she could no longer walk to church, she would read her German Bible and sing German hymns when she was alone. She always read the German newspaper (Deutsche Abendpost) to Julius and also read chapters of a romantic novel that would be mailed serially. These paperback chapters were called “Hefts”. Julius could not read but he made a good living and they got along well financially. Ida was a very conservative lady and dressed in the 1800s style until she died in 1936.
As her children married, several lived with Julius and Ida until they could afford a home of their own. Several later remained in the area of Linzee Street where the parents lived.
Both Ida and Julius, and several of their children, are buried in Woodmere Cemetery.
Ida Amalie Sukkau was born on October 12, 1856, in West Prussia, District of Rohdow, Kalingrad. Her parents were Ludwig M. Sukkau (1805-1864), and Catharina Chatarina Wormek (1812-1877), both born and died in West Prussia.
Ida was a twin - her sister was Louisa Amelia Sukkau-Kiehn (1856-1928). Louisa Amelia came to America from Germany when Ida was sent for by her fiancé. Louisa's husband, Carl Charles Kiehn/Keuhn (1858 - ??) also accompanied the twins. The girls were identical except that Louisa had one crossed eye. Ida always said that her father worked in the forests as a wood chopper. He was injured at work and died when she and Louisa were young. After the father died they were so poor that they had no heat in their house in the winter. Icicles would form on the inside of their windows at night and they slept under a feather-tick.
Ida and her twin were the eighth and ninth child in a family of ten known children, all born in West Prussia.
Her brothers and sisters were:
Wilhelmina Carolyn Sukkau-Krupp (1834-?),
Johann Heinrich Sukkau (1836-?),
David Jacob Sukkau (1838-1839),
Ludwig Rudolf Sukkau (1839-1861),
Caroline Henriette Sukkau (1842-?),
Carl Sukkau (1844-1859),
Anna Maria Sukkau (1847-?),
(The twins, Ida and Louisa, were born in 1856), and
Herman August Sukkau, b. unknown.
In the German Immanuel Evangelical Church in Detroit one week after she arrived in America in 1881, Ida married Julius Bruschitzki, born in West Prussia (1855-1917). They raised a family of eight children:
William Henry Bruschitzki (1882-1950),
Rudolph Herman Bruschitzki (1885-1949),
Wilhelmina Minnie Bruschitzki-Buckholz (1887-1962),
John Bruschitzki (1889-1964),
Freida Bruschitzki-Matchko [aka Matchkowski],
Anna Bruschitzki-Lucas (1893-1945).
Amelia Emily Bruschitzki-Witke [aka Witkowski] (1896-1968), and
Emma Augusta Bruschitzki-Toepol [aka Toepolewski] (1897-1976), all born in Detroit.
By 1900, the family had settled in a house on Linzee Street in Detroit. It was a large frame house with a total of 7 bedrooms. It was open country when they moved in and in the back was a two-story barn with a lean-to garage. Only 1-1/2 acre lots, they had a few cows, some pigs, chickens and ducks and maybe sheep for on the second floor of the barn was a spinning wheel in storage where Ida made her wool thread for men's socks and mittens in winter.
Ida liked to read when she had time. In her old age when she could no longer walk to church, she would read her German Bible and sing German hymns when she was alone. She always read the German newspaper (Deutsche Abendpost) to Julius and also read chapters of a romantic novel that would be mailed serially. These paperback chapters were called “Hefts”. Julius could not read but he made a good living and they got along well financially. Ida was a very conservative lady and dressed in the 1800s style until she died in 1936.
As her children married, several lived with Julius and Ida until they could afford a home of their own. Several later remained in the area of Linzee Street where the parents lived.
Both Ida and Julius, and several of their children, are buried in Woodmere Cemetery.
Besides my own research, I want to thank a Sukkau relative in Gdansk and the many letters D. Toepel and I exchanged for additional information on this family.
Ida Amalie Sukkau was born on October 12, 1856, in West Prussia, District of Rohdow, Kalingrad. Her parents were Ludwig M. Sukkau (1805-1864), and Catharina Chatarina Wormek (1812-1877), both born and died in West Prussia.
Ida was a twin - her sister was Louisa Amelia Sukkau-Kiehn (1856-1928). Louisa Amelia came to America from Germany when Ida was sent for by her fiancé. Louisa's husband, Carl Charles Kiehn/Keuhn (1858 - ??) also accompanied the twins. The girls were identical except that Louisa had one crossed eye. Ida always said that her father worked in the forests as a wood chopper. He was injured at work and died when she and Louisa were young. After the father died they were so poor that they had no heat in their house in the winter. Icicles would form on the inside of their windows at night and they slept under a feather-tick.
Ida and her twin were the eighth and ninth child in a family of ten known children, all born in West Prussia.
Her brothers and sisters were:
Wilhelmina Carolyn Sukkau-Krupp (1834-?),
Johann Heinrich Sukkau (1836-?),
David Jacob Sukkau (1838-1839),
Ludwig Rudolf Sukkau (1839-1861),
Caroline Henriette Sukkau (1842-?),
Carl Sukkau (1844-1859),
Anna Maria Sukkau (1847-?),
(The twins, Ida and Louisa, were born in 1856), and
Herman August Sukkau, b. unknown.
In the German Immanuel Evangelical Church in Detroit one week after she arrived in America in 1881, Ida married Julius Bruschitzki, born in West Prussia (1855-1917). They raised a family of eight children:
William Henry Bruschitzki (1882-1950),
Rudolph Herman Bruschitzki (1885-1949),
Wilhelmina Minnie Bruschitzki-Buckholz (1887-1962),
John Bruschitzki (1889-1964),
Freida Bruschitzki-Matchko [aka Matchkowski],
Anna Bruschitzki-Lucas (1893-1945).
Amelia Emily Bruschitzki-Witke [aka Witkowski] (1896-1968), and
Emma Augusta Bruschitzki-Toepol [aka Toepolewski] (1897-1976), all born in Detroit.
By 1900, the family had settled in a house on Linzee Street in Detroit. It was a large frame house with a total of 7 bedrooms. It was open country when they moved in and in the back was a two-story barn with a lean-to garage. Only 1-1/2 acre lots, they had a few cows, some pigs, chickens and ducks and maybe sheep for on the second floor of the barn was a spinning wheel in storage where Ida made her wool thread for men's socks and mittens in winter.
Ida liked to read when she had time. In her old age when she could no longer walk to church, she would read her German Bible and sing German hymns when she was alone. She always read the German newspaper (Deutsche Abendpost) to Julius and also read chapters of a romantic novel that would be mailed serially. These paperback chapters were called “Hefts”. Julius could not read but he made a good living and they got along well financially. Ida was a very conservative lady and dressed in the 1800s style until she died in 1936.
As her children married, several lived with Julius and Ida until they could afford a home of their own. Several later remained in the area of Linzee Street where the parents lived.
Both Ida and Julius, and several of their children, are buried in Woodmere Cemetery.
Ida Amalie Sukkau was born on October 12, 1856, in West Prussia, District of Rohdow, Kalingrad. Her parents were Ludwig M. Sukkau (1805-1864), and Catharina Chatarina Wormek (1812-1877), both born and died in West Prussia.
Ida was a twin - her sister was Louisa Amelia Sukkau-Kiehn (1856-1928). Louisa Amelia came to America from Germany when Ida was sent for by her fiancé. Louisa's husband, Carl Charles Kiehn/Keuhn (1858 - ??) also accompanied the twins. The girls were identical except that Louisa had one crossed eye. Ida always said that her father worked in the forests as a wood chopper. He was injured at work and died when she and Louisa were young. After the father died they were so poor that they had no heat in their house in the winter. Icicles would form on the inside of their windows at night and they slept under a feather-tick.
Ida and her twin were the eighth and ninth child in a family of ten known children, all born in West Prussia.
Her brothers and sisters were:
Wilhelmina Carolyn Sukkau-Krupp (1834-?),
Johann Heinrich Sukkau (1836-?),
David Jacob Sukkau (1838-1839),
Ludwig Rudolf Sukkau (1839-1861),
Caroline Henriette Sukkau (1842-?),
Carl Sukkau (1844-1859),
Anna Maria Sukkau (1847-?),
(The twins, Ida and Louisa, were born in 1856), and
Herman August Sukkau, b. unknown.
In the German Immanuel Evangelical Church in Detroit one week after she arrived in America in 1881, Ida married Julius Bruschitzki, born in West Prussia (1855-1917). They raised a family of eight children:
William Henry Bruschitzki (1882-1950),
Rudolph Herman Bruschitzki (1885-1949),
Wilhelmina Minnie Bruschitzki-Buckholz (1887-1962),
John Bruschitzki (1889-1964),
Freida Bruschitzki-Matchko [aka Matchkowski],
Anna Bruschitzki-Lucas (1893-1945).
Amelia Emily Bruschitzki-Witke [aka Witkowski] (1896-1968), and
Emma Augusta Bruschitzki-Toepol [aka Toepolewski] (1897-1976), all born in Detroit.
By 1900, the family had settled in a house on Linzee Street in Detroit. It was a large frame house with a total of 7 bedrooms. It was open country when they moved in and in the back was a two-story barn with a lean-to garage. Only 1-1/2 acre lots, they had a few cows, some pigs, chickens and ducks and maybe sheep for on the second floor of the barn was a spinning wheel in storage where Ida made her wool thread for men's socks and mittens in winter.
Ida liked to read when she had time. In her old age when she could no longer walk to church, she would read her German Bible and sing German hymns when she was alone. She always read the German newspaper (Deutsche Abendpost) to Julius and also read chapters of a romantic novel that would be mailed serially. These paperback chapters were called “Hefts”. Julius could not read but he made a good living and they got along well financially. Ida was a very conservative lady and dressed in the 1800s style until she died in 1936.
As her children married, several lived with Julius and Ida until they could afford a home of their own. Several later remained in the area of Linzee Street where the parents lived.
Both Ida and Julius, and several of their children, are buried in Woodmere Cemetery.
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