Mielke Genealogy  
 

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2023


OUR MIELKE's IMMIGRATED FROM
FLÖTENSTEIN, GERMANY IN 1892

 

John Robert Mielke b. 1948 Anchorage is the son of John Clifford Mielke
John Clifford Mielke 1912-1989 was the son of Frank Paul Mielke
Frank Paul Mielke 1886-1962 was the son of John Paul Mielke
John Paul Mielke 1854-1934

I have traced this Mielke line back to 1854.
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Today, Flötenstein is called Koczala and is in Poland


Johann "John" Paul Mielke and wife Susana (Roggenbuck) Mielke
immigrated to America from Flötenstein, Germany, aboard the SS AMERICA
which landed in Baltimore on 2/25/1892 They are John Robert Mielke's great grandparents

They had 4 children with them:
(Step-daughter) Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Butzke) Mielke age 16
(Step-daughter) Maria Francizka (Butzke) Mielke age 6
(Son) Franz Paul Mielke age 4 ..John Robert Mielke's grandfather
(Son) Johann Albert Mielke age 1

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JOHANN PAUL "John" MIELKE was born in Oberkochen, Germany in 1854 and was the son of Karl and Marianne (nee Rymon) Mielke. Records (1892) show he was a peasant farmer living in Flötenstein which was about 10 miles from Oberchotzen.

Johann married a widow with 2 daughters in 1885. Her name was Susana (nee Roggenbuck). She was daughter of Franz and Elizabeth (nee Leo) Roggenbuck. Susana was born in 1847 in Flötenstein.

Johann and Susana immigrated to America aboard the SS AMERICA, leaving Hamburg Germany and landing in Baltimore on 2/25/1892 with only $5 to their name. The family settled in Bellingham, Minnesota and John found work as a railroad section laborer. In 1908, they moved to Nassau, Minnesota where John had a truck garden and Susana was a mid-wife. They were of the Catholic faith.

Susana died unexpectedly in 1915; her obituary read: "Dropped dead while fixing dinner, she had not been previously ill".




By the late 1920's, John Paul Mielke was living in Hardin, Montana near his son Frank Mielke. John's granddaughter, "Dolly" (Mielke) Marsh told me that her Grandfather John Mielke was a very frugal man. She chuckled as she told me a story about him finding a large metal bowl (with a hole in it) at the local landfill. He "repaired" the bowl by plugging the hole with a metal bolt and proudly presented it to Dolly as a gift.  She also told me that he played the accordion and church piano. His accordion (which he brought from Germany) is now in the Hardin, Montana Museum.

John Paul Mielke with accordian
Marie Francis Mielke (daughter)
Frank Paul Mielke (son) (John Robert Mielke's grandfather)

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"Lizzie" (Mielke) Hollarn

1.Elizabeth "Lizzie" Mielke was born in Flötenstein Germany on 6/20/1876; she was the biological daughter of Susana Roggenbuck and Ferdinand Butzke and the step-daughter of Johann Mielke. She used the nickname "Lizzie" in America.

Elizabeth married James Franklin Hollarn (1906) in Ambrose, North Dakota. They had 3 sons: James Franklin b. 1907, George Stanley b. 1909 and Leon b.1911.  Lizzie died of liver cancer in 1912 and was buried in the Catholic Cemetery there. Before her death, she asked her cousin (Ida Roggenbuck Senkbeil) to raise her baby son, Leon.



Marie Francis (Mielke) Fraasch

2.Marie Franciska Mielke was born in Flötenstein, Germany on 9/23/1883; she was the biological daughter of Susana Roggenbuck and Ferdinand Butzke and the step-daughter of Johann Mielke. She used the name "Marie Francis Mielke" in America. She married Otto Theodore Fraasch, a prominent Seattle photographer. The family lived in Lilliwaup, Washington and had 3 daughters: Elsie Irene b. 1906, Marian Agnes b. 1910, and Ada Florence b. 1916.

Marie died on 2/18/1918, shortly after giving premature birth to a 4th daughter who also died. Mother and child were buried together in the Calvary Cemetery in Seattle.

After Marie's death, her husband Otto put their 3 daughters into the Burien Orphanage in Seattle. The 2 older daughters remained there until they became of age. The youngest daughter, Ada Florence, was raised  by the Harold Spalding family in Seattle; they changed her name to Barbara Janine Spalding. In her adult years, Ada used the stage name "Janine Joann" for her years in theater work.


"Frank" and Susie (Baker) Mielke
John Robert Mielke's paternal grandparents

3.Franz Paul Mielke was born in Flötenstein, Germany on 9/25/1886; he was John Robert Mielke's grandfather. He used the name "Frank" in America. Frank married Susie Lena Baker on 11/26/1908 in Correll, Minnesota.

Susie (1889-1972) was the daughter of Clephane "Cliff" Holbrook Baker and Hannah Emogene Wiseman. The Baker family immigrated from England aboard a ship called the "John and Dorothy of Ipswich" which landed at Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1637.

Frank and Susie Mielke staked a 160 acre homestead near Marmarth, North Dakota shortly after they married in 1908. They received patent to the land in 1916. In 1920, they moved to Hardin, Montana where Frank was a self employed carpenter for many years. They had 6 children (see below). Frank died in 1962 and Susie died in 1972. They are buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Hardin, Montana.


THE SIX CHILDREN OF
FRANK AND SUSIE (BAKER) MIELKE

Lucille "Dolly"(Mielke) and Earl Marsh

1. Lucille Veloia "Dolly" Mielke was born born in Marmarth, North Dakota on 2/8/1910. She told me that she was so tiny when she was born that her mother was able to slip her wedding band onto Dolly's wrist. Dolly married Earl Everett Marsh in Hardin, Montana in 1928; he was the son of Jesse and Ora (Clark) Marsh. Earl was born (1901) in Darlington, Missouri. Dolly and Earl spent their entire married life in Hardin, Montana. She died there in 2005 and Earl died in Billings, Montana in 1983. They had no children.
 


2. John Clifford Mielke (the father of John Robert Mielke) was born in Marmarth, North Dakota on 6/23/1912. He married Margaret Alice Gustafson in Bozeman, Montana in 1937. The wedding took place in Margaret's mothers garden. Margaret was the daughter of William Ferdinand Klint and Alice Almeda (Klint) Gustafson.

                              John Clifford Mielke        
 Margaret Alice  (Gustafson) Mielke

John, Margaret and their 1st daughter Suzan arrived in Alaska aboard the SS ALEUTIAN in mid July of 1940. They lived in downtown Anchorage until 1946, when they moved to Ft. Richardson military base where John was a foreman with the 5040th Civil Engineers. The family moved to their 2 1/2 acre homesite at Lower Peters Creek just north of Anchorage in 1962. John retired in 1963 and was a self employed carpenter, an avid hunter and boat racer. Margaret was a school teacher, the poetry editor for the Anchorage Times Newspaper and Alaska's 1st Poet Laureate from 1963 to 1965. John and Margaret had 6 children: Suzan Alice b.1938, Marnice Maurine b.1941, Gertrude Merriam "Trudy" b.1945, John Robert b.1948 (twin), James William "Bill" b. 1948 (twin) and Frank Gustav b.1950. Margaret died in 1980 and John died in 1989.

3. Richard "Dick" and Marian (Plummer) Mielke

3. Richard Lyle "Dick" Mielke born at Marmarth, North Dakota on 1/23/1914. He married Marian Cora Plummer on 8/28/1938 and they lived most of their lives in Hardin, Montana. Dick was the president of the Hardin Rod and Gun Club and worked for the Standard Seed Company in Hardin for many years. Marion was the daughter of James and Bessie Plummer. Dick and Marian had 2 children: Richard Ray "Dick" 1941 and Marilyn Kay 1944. Dick died 11/8/1981. Marian died 3/6/2004.




4. Avys Lois (Mielke)and Robert Yale

4. Avys Lois Mielke born 10/21/1915 in Marmarth, North Dakota. She married Robert Wilson Yale on 6/25/1938. He was the son of Raymond Barnes Yale and Theresa Marie Brucker. Avys and Bob lived in Los Angeles California and owned/operated Yale Electronics store. Robert was a World War II veteran. They had one daughter: Valarie Ann 1948.  Avys died 2/9/1987 in California and Robert "Bob" Yale died 11/22/2002 in Florida.




5. Robert Wilbur "Bobby" Mielke
5. Robert Wilbur "Bobby" Mielke was born on 1/9/1925 in Hardin, Montana. On 9/15/1940, he died at the young age of 15, when he fell from the back of a moving truck and struck his head on some metal that was laying on the ground.

 6. Susalyn Mielke was born and died on 8/8/1929 in Hardin, Montana.



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