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     Jane Wilson was born about 1810 (based on her age at death of 83) in England.³ She married first George Westoby, son of John Westoby, on 31 May 1842 in Humberside, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England.¹ She married second Luke P. Phillips on 23 June 1879 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.⁴ She died on 7 January 1894.³ She was buried at Bigler Cemetery in Oakland Co., Michigan.⁵
     In 1870 she and her daughter Mary were living in Pontiac Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan, with her daughter Sarah and her husband Platt W. Johnson.⁶
     She is listed in Pontiac Twp. with her second husband Luke in the 1880 census. Also listed in the household, as servants, are Jane's daughter Mary Westoby from her first marriage, age 31, born in England, and Napoleon Gibbs, age 17, born in Ontario.⁷
     Although her marriage record with Luke Phillips lists her name as Jane Westerbee, indirect but compelling evidence indicates that she was actually Jane (Wilson) Westoby. Her family's entry in the 1880 census includes a Mary Westoby, also born in England, of the right age to be Jane's daughter. There's a cemetery marker for Jane Westoby Phillips at Bigler Cemetery in Oakland Co., who died 7 January 1894 at age 83, and her Find A Grave entry says she shares a marker with Platt and Sarah Johnson. Platt and Sarah were married 15 February 1868, at ages 26 and 22, and their marriage record lists her name as Sarah Westaby, born in Lincolnshire, England. Sarah's age indicates that she could also be Jane's daughter. Sarah died 1 January 1898, and her death certificate lists her birth place as Lincolnshire, England, and her parents as George Westoby and Jane Wilson. George Westoby, son of John Westoby, and Jane Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, were married 31 May 1842 in Humberside, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England. They had a daughter, Mary Ellen Westaby, christened 20 Jun 1849 in Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England. And George Westoby was buried 12 April 1862 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.^{8,3,5,9,2,1,10,11}

     August Dobbeck was born in Germany.¹ He married Wilhelmina Hackbarth.¹ He died in Germany.²

     Wilhelmina Hackbarth was born in December 1840 in Germany.^2,1 She married first August Dobbeck.¹ She married second Johann Froehlich about 1879 in Germany.^2,3,4 She may have died on 20 April 1927 at age 86, at home at 5420 Fulton St. in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, from a "valvular lesion of heart" with asthma as a contributing factor.⁵ She was buried on 23 April 1927 at Woodlawn Cemetery in Cook Co., Illinois.⁶
     She and her second husband Johann came to Illinois from Germany in 1883 or 1884.^2,7 After immigrating to the United States, she apparently went by the name Amelia.⁷ They are probably the couple listed in the 1900 census as John and Emllie Frolich, with daughter Marie, at 179 W. 17th. St. in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.² In 1910 she was living as a widow with her daughter Marie's family in Chicago.⁷
     She had a total of twelve children, with eight still living in 1900, and six still living in 1910.^2,7

     Gladys Belle Trevorrow was born on 19 November 1904 in Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin.^1,3,2 She married Albert John Dobbeck, son of August Julius Dobbeck and Louisa Hogrefe, about 1925.^2,4 She died on 28 January 1999 at the Fountains of Crystal Lake retirement community in Crystal Lake, McHenry Co., Illinois, at age 94.^5,3 She was buried at Mount Emblem Cemetery in Elmhurst, DuPage Co., Illinois.⁵
     She and her husband Albert, along with her parents Algo and Belle Trevorrow, are listed at 230 South St. in Elmhurst, DuPage Co., Illinois, in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^2,6 At the time of her death, her residence was listed as Crystal Lake, McHenry Co., Illinois.³

     Catherine M. Bemus was born on 29 July 1899 in New York.^4,3 She married Arthur B. Dobbeck, son of August Julius Dobbeck and Louisa Hogrefe, about 1924.³ She died on 4 May 1996 at age 96.⁴
     She and her husband Arthur lived at 828 Circle Ave. in Forest Park, Cook Co., Illinois, from at least 1930 to 1947.^3,5

     Frederich Heinrich Wilhelm Hogrefe was born on 9 January 1835 in Holdorf, Nienburg, Hanover, Germany.^2,3,4 He married first Louise Hartje in Holtorf, Germany.^5,6 He married second Dorothea Wilhelmine Janke on 4 April 1876 in DuPage Co., Illinois.^7,3,4 He died on 14 March 1904 at age 69.¹ He was buried on 16 March 1904 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Buena Vista Co., Iowa.¹
     His given name is usually listed as William in civil records, but also appears as Wilhelm, and as Heinrich in church records.^{4,3,8,9,6,7,1,10}
     Frederich Heinrich Wilhelm Hogrefe emigrated to the United States in 1870 or 1871. His entry in the 1900 census says 1870, but also says he had been in the United States for 29 years. (Some over-zealous official later modified several entries to make the year of immigration and the number of years in the country add up to 1900, crossing out the 29 and writing in 30.) His first wife Louise is said to have died in childbirth at sea, and her daughter Louisa was born 10 January 1871 (but in Illinois according to her own census entries). The census entries for his son Heinrich, who would have been just 2 or 3 years old in 1870 and 1871, say he emigrated in 1871 (the 1900 census), 1880 (the 1910 census, obviously wrong), and 1870 (the 1920 and 1930 censuses).^{3,5,11,12,13,14,15}
     In 1880 he and his second wife Dorothea were living in Proviso Twp., Cook Co., Illinois.⁴ In 1900 they were in Bloomingdale Twp., DuPage Co., Illinois.³

     Dorothea Wilhelmine Janke was born on 24 June 1848 (the 1900 census says May 1850) in Altenheim, Brandenburg, Germany (the 1880 census says Prussia).^1,4,2 She married Frederich Heinrich Wilhelm Hogrefe on 4 April 1876 in DuPage Co., Illinois.^3,4,2 She died on 28 April 1931 in Ramsey Co., Minnesota, at age 82 from diabetes and a stroke.^1,5 She was buried on 2 May 1931 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Buena Vista Co., Iowa.¹
     The order of her two given names (i.e., Dorothea Wilhelmine) may be reversed. She is listed as Dorothea (or Dora) in census records and some church records, and as Wilhelmine (or Mina) in her marriage record and at least one church record.^{2,4,6,7,1,3,8}
     She probably emigrated to the United States from Germany about 1873. Her census entries for 1900, 1920, and 1930 say 1877, 1873, and 1885, respectively. But her marriage in 1876 in Illinois makes the 1873 date the more likely.^4,9,10
     In 1880 she and her husband were living in Proviso Twp., Cook Co., Illinois.² In 1900 they were in Bloomingdale Twp., DuPage Co., Illinois.⁴
     In 1910, after her husband's death, she lived with her son Herman in Grant Twp., Buena Vista Co., Iowa.¹¹ She moved to St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota, in 1911¹, where she lived with her son Edward's family from at least 1920 to 1930.^9,10

     Heinrich Diedrick Friedrich Hogrefe was born in September 1867 in Hanover, Germany.⁵ He married Carolina Wilhelmine Maria Sievers, daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm Sievers and Dorothea Louise Caroline Dohrmann, on 9 February 1899 in Crozier, Buena Vista Co., Iowa.^2,6
     He went by the name Henry.^5,7,8,9,3 He came to the United States, presumably with his parents, in 1870 or 1871.^5,8,9,10 He moved to Iowa about 1897.³ He and his wife Carolina were living in Lincoln Twp., Buena Vista Co., Iowa, in 1900. Living with them was Carolina's sister Clara Sievers.⁵ He and Carolina moved to Grant Twp., Buena Vista Co., sometime before 1910.⁷ Heinrich moved to Storm Lake, Buena Vista Co., sometime between 1925 and 1930.^3,9

     John August Wilhelm Hogrefe was born about 1876 in Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois.^2,1,3 He married Amanda Christine Sophia Hartje, daughter of Heinrich Hartje and Dorothea Hueners, on 6 January 1909 in Grant Twp., Buena Vista Co., Iowa.¹

     Louise Hartje was born in Germany.¹ She married Frederich Heinrich Wilhelm Hogrefe in Holtorf, Germany.^2,1 She died in childbirth in January 1871 in Itasca, DuPage Co., Illinois.^3,4,5,6

     August Herman Wilhelm Hogrefe was born in November 1884 in Hoosier Grove, Illinois.^2,3 He was baptized in 1884 at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rodenberg (now Roselle), DuPage Co., Illinois, and confirmed there in 1900.^1,4 He married Emma Emilie Wilde, daughter of Adolf Wilde and Ennilie Manteufel, on 14 September 1910 in Grant Twp., Buena Vista Co., Iowa.³ He married second Mary Mann on 4 May 1915 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota.⁵ He died on 23 April 1949 in Ramsey Co., Minnesota, at age 64.⁶
     He went by the name Herman.^7,8,9 He was a fireman in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota.^8,9