Conrad Frederich Arpke's parents

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Summary

Some of the following information comes from the 1880 US census. The rest comes reference 3.

Conrad Friederich Arpke is listed as Friederich Conrad Arpke in the Lippe-Detmold lists. He was born May 9 1831 in Eichholz Amt Hohenhausen. 

Conrad Frederick went by C. Frederick. He is listed in the 1880 census as coming from Eichholz, Lippe-Detmold. 

Shortly after immigrating to the Town of Herman with the rest of his family, Frederick went to Manitowoc to work in a saw mill for four years. He became a master at the saw mill business and returned to the Town of Herman in 1853 where he started his own saw mill near the present day village of Franklin. 

Frederick did not have the money to start a saw mill operation. His neighbors offered to help and they traded their efforts for eventually having their logs milled. The neighbors helped create a dam in the river and erect Frederick's first building.  

Frederick started a water-powered grist mill business with a partner named Dickoff in 1856 in the village of Franklin.

Frederick is credited with plotting out the village of Franklin in 1856.

On August 8 1855, Frederick married Sophia Uphof, who is on the list of original Lipper Settlers as a child in the Uphof family in entry #13.  

Children:

6.1  Mary Arpke
Born unknown
Married Frederick William Reineking on October 20 1876
Died unknown

6.2  Fred John Arpke
Born February 5 1859
Married Marie Humke on November 16 1882
Died unknown

One source has Fred and Marie as married in Clark County. Another source has them married in the Town of Herman, Sheboygan County. 

Fred and Marie, at some time, moved to Clark County Wisconsin. 

6.3  Jerome Clarence Arpke
Born unknown
Died unknown

Jerome attended the State University (presumably the predecessor of the University of Wisconsin) and is in the lumber business with his father in the Town of Herman.

6.4  Otto Lawrence Arpke
Born 1863 or 1864
Married Clara Lienkaemper, date unknown
Died unknown

Otto lived in the Town of Herman and was in business with his father.

6.5  William Arthur Arpke
Born 1865 or 1866
Died unknown

William was a pastor for the German Evangelical Reformed Church in Chilton in the early 1890's.

6.6  Carl Arpke
Born 1869 or 1870
Died unknown

6.7  Emilie Arpke
Born 1872 or 1873
Died unknown

6.8  Richard Arpke
Born 1874 or 1875
Died unknown

References

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