SPRAKTES CHAPTER


First Generation

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1. Ericmote Schipporite. Born in 1845.

Name-listes Doretha on Wm's marriage cert.

Ericmote first married Augustus Spraktes. Born in 1841 in Germany. Augustus died in Fort Calhoun, NE. Buried in Fort Calhoun, NE.

Submission AF83-098022, Microfilm 1394391, LDS Source; Jan Shelley, Rt. 1, Box 222, Arco, ID 83213. LDS Number AFN C82W-CJ.

Augustus's family came over on a through trip leaving Hamburg, Germany.

They had one child:

2 i. William (1867-1958)

 

Child:

3 i. Wihemiena

 

 

Second Generation

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Family of Ericmote Schipporite (1) & Augustus Spraktes

 

2. William Spraktes. Born on 22 Nov 1867 in Schleswig, Holstein, Germany. William died in Omaha, Douglas, NE on 10 Jan 1958; he was 90. Buried on 13 Jan 1958 in Omaha, Douglas, NE.

Dodge County Marriage Records of Fremont, NE, found at Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, 5 Jan 1994. Book 7, page 282, Grrom; William Spraktes of Omaha, NE, born 24 years Germany, Parents, August Spraktes and Dorethea Schipporite; Bride Anna J. Anderson of Fremont, NE, Born 21 years Denmark, Parents Chris Anderson-unknown, Married 12 Nov 1892 by Rev. C. Erickson; Where, Fremont, NE, Witness: Anton Peterson, Mary Andersen.

Have Marriage Record on file.

 

On 12 Nov 1892 when William was 24, he married Anna Johanna Andersen, daughter of Chresten Andersen (5 Apr 1846-12 Feb 1920) & Johane Christine Pedersen (12 Oct 1847-22 Mar 1912), in Fremont, Dodge, NE. Born on 5 Feb 1871 in Northern Jutland, Hjorring, Denmark. Anna Johanna died in Omaha, Douglas, NE on 5 Oct 1952; she was 81. Buried on 9 Oct 1952 in Omaha, Douglas, NE.

Anna buried at Graceland Park Cemetery. Death and Funerals Evening World Herald, Omaha, Monday, Oct 6, 1952 on file.

Certificate of death for Anna, 58 10153, lived at 4611 South 23 Street, Omaha NE, father Christ Andersen, mother Stine Petersen, SS#None, ON FILE.

They had the following children:

4 i. Laura Ericmote (1893-1991)

5 ii. Mabel Christine (1895-1992)

6 iii. Charles William (1897-1965)

7 iv. Floyd Anderson (1902-)

8 v. Emmett Agustus (1906-1962)

 

Family of Ericmote Schipporite (1)

 

3. Wihemiena. Born in Germany.

 

 

Third Generation

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Family of William Spraktes (2) & Anna Johanna Andersen

 

4. Laura Ericmote Spraktes. Born on 12 Sep 1893 in Fremont, Dodge, NE. Laura Ericmote died in Omaha, Douglas, NE on 29 Jul 1991; she was 97. Buried on 31 Jul 1991 in Omaha, Douglas, NE.

On 18 Jun 1919 when Laura Ericmote was 25, she married William Jennings Bryan Reynolds, son of Paul Reynolds Sr (abt 1856-13 Apr 1899) & Mary Ellen Hiley (3 Jan 1866-1 Sep 1916), in Omaha, Douglas, NE. Born on 16 May 1897 in Prussia Twsp, Adair, IA. William Jennings Bryan died in Omaha, Douglas, NE on 18 Sep 1985; he was 88. Buried on 20 Sep 1985 in Omaha, Douglas, NE.

 

They had the following children:

9 i. Robert William (1921-1989)

10 ii. Elden Paul (1927-1986)

5. Mabel Christine Spraktes. Born on 11 Aug 1895. Mabel Christine died on 22 Oct 1992; she was 97.

6. Charles William Spraktes. Born on 14 Aug 1897. Charles William died in CA on 24 May 1965; he was 67.

Charles William married Iva.

7. Floyd Anderson Spraktes. Born on 22 Mar 1902. Floyd Anderson died in ID.


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