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Descendants of Herman Kauffman
Generation No. 1
1. Herman1 Kauffman was born Abt. 1850 in Germany, and died (Unknown). He married Emilie Willer Abt. 1870, daughter of (____________) Willer. She was born Abt. 1850 in Germany, and died (Unknown).
Children of Herman Kauffman and Emilie Willer are:
2 i. Augusta "Gussie"2 Kauffman, born Abt. 1876; died (Unknown).
+ 3 ii. Frederick Wilhelm Kauffman, born July 27, 1878 in Frankfurt, Germany; died May 06, 1958 in Chicago, IL.
4 iii. Alvina Kauffman, born Abt. 1882; died (Unknown).
Generation No. 2
3. Frederick Wilhelm2 Kauffman (Herman1)1 was born July 27, 1878 in Frankfurt, Germany, and died May 06, 1958 in Chicago, IL. He married Elizabeth "Bess" Swift April 28, 1900 in Chicago, IL1, daughter of Patrick Swift and Mary Clark. She was born April 23, 1884 in Liverpool, England, and died September 05, 1959 at Higgins Lake, MI.
Children of Frederick Kauffman and Elizabeth Swift are:
+ 5 i. Frederick Herman3 Kauffman, born January 10, 1901 in Chicago, IL; died April 20, 1979 in Grayling, MI.
+ 6 ii. Harold Theodore Kauffman, born August 04, 1903 in Chicago, IL; died October 12, 1989 in Grayling, MI.
+ 7 iii. Helen Margaret Kauffman, born (Private).
+ 8 iv. Betty Mae Kauffman, born (Private).
Generation No. 3
5.
Frederick Herman3 Kauffman (Frederick Wilhelm2, Herman1) was born January 10, 1901 in Chicago, IL, and died April 20, 1979 in Grayling, MI. He married Mathilda "Til" Juhl November 04, 1922 in Chicago, IL, daughter of Claus Juhl and Barbara Madsen. She was born April 10, 1901 in Chicago, IL, and died May 16, 1978 in Grayling, MI.
Children of Frederick Kauffman and Mathilda Juhl are:
9 i. Juhl Frederick4 Kauffman, born December 23, 1923 in Chicago, IL; died March 1996 in Ketchum, ID. He married (1) Wanda (_______________) (Private); born (Private). He married (2) Elizabeth Gardner (Private); born (Private). He married (3) Sharron White Tabor (Private); born (Private).
10 ii. Jane Elizabeth Barbara Kauffman, born (Private).
11 iii. Betty Dorothy Mae Kauffman, born (Private). She married Thomas B. Metzler (Private); born April 01, 1924 in Detroit, MI; died August 04, 1999 in Northville, MI2.
6. Harold Theodore3 Kauffman (Frederick Wilhelm2, Herman1) was born August 04, 1903 in Chicago, IL, and died October 12, 1989 in Grayling, MI. He married Vivian Caroline Ferguson 1942 in St. Peter's Luthern Church, Chicago, IL, daughter of Fred Ferguson and Lola Payton. She was born January 04, 1910 in Gorgona, Panama Canal Zone, and died July 09, 1985 in Grayling, MI.
Children of Harold Kauffman and Vivian Ferguson are:
12 i. Robert Allen4 Kauffman, born (Private).
13 ii. Judith Carol Kauffman, born (Private).
7. Helen Margaret3 Kauffman (Frederick Wilhelm2, Herman1) was born (Private). She married Albert Preston Ferguson (Private), son of Fred Ferguson and Lola Payton. He was born January 14, 1911 in Gorgona, Panama Canal Zone3, and died March 25, 1973 in Veteran's Hospital, Allen Park, MI.
Children of Helen Kauffman and Albert Ferguson are:
14 i. Albert Preston4 Ferguson, Jr., born (Private). He married Judith May Olson (Private); born (Private).
15 ii. Richard Frederick Ferguson, born (Private). He married Barbara St. Pierre (Private); born (Private).
16 iii. Patricia Anne Ferguson, born (Private). She married Stephen G. Gerkin (Private); born (Private).
8. Betty Mae3 Kauffman (Frederick Wilhelm2, Herman1) was born (Private). She married (1) Warren Arthur Miller (Private). He was born May 19, 1921 in Chicago, IL, and died November 02, 1985 in Chicago, IL. She married (2) Wilbur D. Ditewig (Private), son of Anton Dietwig and Christina Wegener. He was born (Private).
Children of Betty Kauffman and Warren Miller are:
17 i. Karen Elizabeth4 Miller, born (Private). She married Kenneth Eugene Porter (Private); born (Private).
18 ii. Warren Arthur Miller, Jr., born (Private). He married Linda Joann Wagner (Private); born (Private).
19 iii. Ronald Frederick Miller, born (Private). He married (1) Victoria Evertson , they Divorced abt. 1987. He married (2) Marie Ann Mazur (Private); born (Private).
Endnotes
1. Helen M. Ferguson, Album: The Picture Life Story of Patricia Anne Ferguson.
2. "Obituary of Thomas B. Metzler," Roscommon County Herald-News.
3. Teofila Abrego, Registrar of Panama Canal Commission, Certificate of Live Birth of ALBERT PRESTON FERGUSON, (Birth Registration No. 640, Date Registered: January 14, 1911).
Last updated: June 24, 2001
