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conjecture that this was a notice of her mother's death. [The information in this paragraph is from daughter
L Emilie [I281 in a 1995 conversation with her daughter Jan 11431 .]
Married May 5, 1887. Though being of a frail constitution she enjoyed a fair health during the greater
part of her life. Died in Fort Dodge, Iowa, of tetanus, October 20, 1912.
Throughout her life she has been a devoted member of her church at the services of which she was a
regular attendant. At the home it was her constant care to have her children brought up, not only in a good
secular education, but preeminently in the fear and admonition of the Lord.
The Word of God having been her guiding star in life it was her staff and final consolation during her
great suffering from which she was delivered amid the prayers of those near and dear to her when she passed
from this life to her heavenly home.
A woman named Marie Knittel has been corresponding with Emilie [128] for years, and corresponded
with Johanna [82] before she died. Presumably she is related to the Zander or Seelemann families in some
way. Her address was Dimitroffstrasse 42, Grafenhainichen, D.D.R. 445. When Dan, Jan, and Lisa visited
Grafenhainichen in 1995 they were told that Marie and Otto Knittel had died. Here are the contents of one
of the postcards, dated May 3, 1974: "Liebe Emilie. Fur Euch Alle ein Andenken aus dem Geburtsort Eurer
lieben Mutter. Unsere Kirche ist heute noch im alten Stil. Allen wiinsche ich Gesundheit und viele herzliche
Griiae. Mariechen." The picture on the front is of the interior of the old church in the city. Another post
card portrays the house of Paul Gerhardt in Grafenhainichen; he was a composer of many Lutheran hymns.
He was born in 1607, and lived through the Swedish invasion of 1631, led by Gustavus Aldolphus. In 1632,
the body of the king was carried from Liitzen to Sweden through Grafenhainichen. On Easter day, April
11, 1637, the Swedes came to Grafenhainichen, demanded money, and after receiving it, burned the town
to the ground. That same summer, 322 residents of the town died from plague. These events helped shape
the hymns composed by Gerhardt. (This information comes from a book by William Dallmann on Paul
Gerhardt published by Concordia, St. Louis.) It is ironic that one of Dan's Swedish ancestors named Lind,
according to family history, was with Gustavus Adolphus when he died, and might have marched through
Griifenhainichen in 1632.
L We must also have relatives in Raguhn, which is a town near Grafenhainichen. Emilie [I281 gave Dan
[I301 a photo of a woman and her daughter, produced by a photographer in Raguhn, with "Zum Andenken
an meine Konfirmation, Mutti und Brigitte" written on the back. No one knows who these people are, but
the phone book lists several Seelemann (or Seelmann) families in Raguhn today. Someone should call all of
them, and ask whether they have any family members interested in the family tree. Are there any Zanders
in Raguhn? Could Mutti be Marie Knittel? Could Marie Knittel's mother be one of the Zander children?
Jan [I431 has a gorgeous quilt from Emilie [I281 , black on the back, made of silk and velvet. Inscriptions
on the squares say: June 14, Amada Kramer; Emilie Reichenbach, Geb I, 19 Juni, 1865; D J S Norfolk; M
K; D R; A K; E R; S P; A; S; and Maria Treband, 1887.
Husband: Heinrich Christian Kinne [81]
Father: none (out of wedlock birth)
Mother: Henriette Wilhelmine Seelemann [205]
Child 1: Carl Alvin Kinne
Born Dec 4, 1889. Died Dec 17, 1969. Never married.
Child 2: Johanna Henrietta Amanda Kinne [82]
Child 3: fianz Rederick Kinne [83]
Child 4: Magdaline Catherina Alvina Kinne [101]
Child 5: Alma Sophia Kinne [log]
Child 6: Henry Otto Emil Kinne [I101
Child 7: Emilie Mathilda Theresa Kinne [I281
Obituary of Emilie Henrietta Seelemann
The deceased, Mrs. Emilie ~inne,
daughter of Mr. William Reichenbach and his wife Hen-
rietta Emilie, nee Selemann, was born at Graefenhainichen, the birthplace of the renowned
church-poet Paul Gerhardt, near the home of Luther Wittenberg, in the province of Saxony,
Germany. The day of her birth was June 19, 1865. She reached the age of 47 years, 4 months,
and 1 day.