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Margarethe Elizabeth Taubken
1835-1912
Photo taken in 1910

Taubken's in Germany

Henricus Taubken is this lines first documented ancestor. He was born in Stalforden, Germany. He married to Catherina Dirxen on April 25, 1752 in Lorup, Germany. Henricus Taubken died July 24, 1776 in Lorup. Catherina Dirxen taubken died April 22, 1785 in Lorup.

Henricus and Catherina had 5 children. Joannes Taubken was born to them on January 28, 1754 in Lorup. He married to Thelka Huntelmann on February 14, 1785 in Lorup. Joannes Taubken died November 3, 1803 in Lorup. Thelka Huntelmann Taubken died May 26, 1817 in Lorup.

Joannes and Thelka had 5 children. Wessel Taubken was born to them on May 13, 1798 in Lorup. He married to Elisabeth Leyfeld on October 29, 1825 in Lorup. Wessel Taubken died December 30, 1867 in Lorup. Elisabeth Leyfeld Taubken died December 16, 1884 in Lorup.

Wessel and Elisabeth had 9 children. Two are known to have come to America, Margarethe and William.

Taubkens in America

I. Margarethe Elizabeth Taubken was born December 26, 1835 in Lorup, Province Hannover, Germany. She emmigrated to America in 1852. She married to Bernard Willenbrink, son of Johann Heinrich Willenbrink and Maria Elizabeth Wehrn(or Wehry) of Lohne, Germany. Margarethe and Bernard built a home on West 13th Street in Covington. It remained in the family for over 100 years. Bernard and Margarethe Taubken Willenbrink had the following children...
  1. Mary Willenbrink, born c1860 in Kentucky.
  2. Annie Willenbrink, born c1862 in Kentucky.
  3. Frederick Willenbrink, born c1864 in Kentucky.
  4. John Henry Willenbrink, born April 9, 1866 in Kentucky.
  5. Katherine Willenbrink, born c1868 in Kentucky.
  6. Leopold Willenbrink, born February 10, 1876 and died November 14, 1826 in Kentucky.
  7. Louise "Lucy" Willenbrink, born March 7, 1878 and died February 3, 1951. She married to J. Bernard Holtman on August 12, 1908. They are both buried in the Mother of God Cemetery.

II. William Taubken was born April 16, 1847. He came to America in 1864. He married to Elizabeth Unknown (1843-February 5, 1924). William Taubken died May 7, 1916 in Kenton county, Kentucky.

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