Wilhelmine Albertine Louise (Minnie) Bode

1861 - 1907  (45 years)

• Name	Wilhelmine Albertine Louise (Minnie) Bode
  Birth	30 Dec 1861	Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Female
  Buried	1907	Hamilton County, Texas, USA
  Death	12 Jun 1907	Shive, Hamilton County, Texas, USA
  Notes	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28974115/wilhelmine-louise-rosentreter Wilhelmine Albertine Louise Bode was the daughter of Wilhelm Bode and his first wife, Albertine Jahnke Bode. Tante Wilhelmine was baptized March 2, 1862, by Pastor Hugo Bohnenberger (FAG #43666877) in the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston. Her baptismal sponsors were Friedrich Wilhelm, Sophie Meier, and Louise Schwarzbach. Wilhelmine was still an infant when her parents moved to Washington County where she grew up in the Berlin and Zionsville communities in that county. Tante Wilhelmine was confirmed April 13, 1876, by Pastor G. Thoene at Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville. Tante Wilhelmine married August Rosentreter on Oct. 15, 1880, at Zion Lutheran Church in Zionsville; Pastor Gottfried Jordan conducting the marriage ceremony, and their witnesses were August Homeyer and C. W. Linack. Wilhlemine and August Rosentreter lived in Washington and Burleson counties before moving to Bosque County, Texas, and then to Hamilton County where they settled in the Shive Community. August and Wilhelmine Rosentreter purchased a 121-acre farm on Cow House Creek in Shive on August 21, 1901, from E. L. McKinley, and August and Wilhelmine Rosentreter became members of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Shive after the church was organized and established in 1904. August and Wilhelmine Rosentreter were the parents of 13 children: five sons and eight daughters. Tante Wilhelmine loved music and singing. When guests would come to their home, Wilhelmine would have the children form a group and sing to the guests. Many of her children became musically inclined. Wilhelmine Bode Rosentreter was survived in death by her husband, August Rosentreter; her five sons, August, Louis, Julius, Charlie, and Henry Rosentreter; her eight daughters, . Wilhelm (Wilhelmine) Kopp, . Ferdinand (Anna) Zettler, . John (Alwine) Zettler, . Henry (Sophie) Feldmann, Albertine Rosentreter, Mathilde Rosentreter, Miss Lillie Rosentreter and Adeline Rosentreter; two half-brothers, Fritz Bode and John Bode; and seven grandchildren. *********************************************************************************** Wilhelmine Bode Rosentreter was preceded in death by her parents, Wilhelm Bode and Albertine Jahnke Bode; two stepmothers, Henriette Spreen Bode and Emma Kalbow Bode Homeyer; her brother, Wilhelm R. "Bill" Bode; two half-sisters, Sophie Bode Schmidt and Friederike Bode; and an infant grandson.
  Person ID	I0100	Rosentreter_Tree
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	Benjamin August Rosentreter,   b. 11 Sep 1848, Łagiewniki, Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland ,   d. 9 Mar 1929, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1880	Washington County, Texas, USA
  Notes	"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1C-L82N : 10 December 2017), August Rosentreter and Mina Bode, 15 Oct 1880; citing Marriage, citing Washington, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,765,364. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MP-HR5 : accessed 19 August 2020), Lillie Rosentreter in household of August Mckinly, Justice Precinct 1, Hamilton, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 4A, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1558; FHL microfilm 1,375,571. http://www.fgs-project.com/texas/groups/r/rosentreter-august-benjamin.htm
  Children	1. Wilhelmine Emma (Minnie) Rosentreter,   b. 24 May 1881, Zionville, Washington County, Texas, USA ,   d. 1 Aug 1946, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 65 years)  [Birth]   2. Anna Wilhelmine Ida Rosentreter,   b. 20 Jul 1882, Zionville, Washington County, Texas, USA ,   d. 11 Feb 1963, Shive, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 80 years)  [Birth]   3. Alwine Julianna Fredericka Rosentreter,   b. 20 Dec 1883, Washington County, Texas, USA ,   d. 2 Jan 1983, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 99 years)  [Birth]   4. Sophie Louise Rosentreter,   b. 22 Oct 1885, Washington County, Texas, USA ,   d. 8 Nov 1978, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 93 years)  [Birth]   5. Elbertine Caroline Charlotte Rosentreter,   b. 5 Aug 1887, Washington County, Texas, USA ,   d. 22 Apr 1979, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 91 years)  [Birth]   6. August Herman Rosentreter,   b. 11 Apr 1889, Lyons, Burleson County, Texas, USA ,   d. 2 Jul 1974, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 85 years)  [Birth]   7. Louis Joseph Rosentreter,   b. 27 Apr 1891, Lyons, Burleson County, Texas, USA ,   d. 26 Oct 1979, Clifton, Bosque County, Texas, USA  (Age 88 years)  [Birth]   8. Mathilda Pauline Rosentreter,   b. 6 Apr 1893, Womack, Bosque County, Texas, USA ,   d. 4 May 1991, Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, USA  (Age 98 years)  [Birth]   9. Julius Ernest Rosentreter,   b. 28 Nov 1894, Womack, Bosque County, Texas, USA ,   d. 26 Jul 1935, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 40 years)  [Birth]   10. Karl (Charlie) Johannes Rosentreter,   b. 3 Feb 1897, Womack, Bosque County, Texas, USA ,   d. 23 Feb 1983, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 86 years)  [Birth]   11. Lillian (Lillie) Wilhelmine Rosentreter,   b. 11 Feb 1898, Shive, Hamilton County, Texas, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1991, Clifton, Bosque County, Texas, USA  (Age 92 years)  [Birth]   12. Henry Ferdinand Rosentreter, Snr,   b. 11 Oct 1901, Shive, Hamilton County, Texas, USA ,   d. 25 Mar 1992, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  (Age 90 years)  [Birth]   13. Adeline (Lena) Hulda Emma Rosentreter,   b. 9 Aug 1905, Shive, Hamilton County, Texas, USA ,   d. 9 Nov 2002, Kingsland, Llano County, Texas, USA  (Age 97 years)  [Birth]
  Photos		August Benjamin Rosentreter & Wilhelmine Bode - Photo
  		August Benjamin Rosentreter - Family Photo
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F0234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 30 Dec 1861 - Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA Marriage - 15 Oct 1880 - Washington County, Texas, USA Buried - 1907 - Hamilton County, Texas, USA Death - 12 Jun 1907 - Shive, Hamilton County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Wilhelmine Albertine Louise (Minnie) Bode - Headstone