NameHeinrich Johann Friedrich (Henry) Koehn (Kane)
Birth9 Apr 1845, Neuendorf, Mecklenburg, Germany1,2,3,5,6
Baptism13 Apr 1845, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pokrent, Mecklenburg, Germany
Death14 Jun 1925, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
Burial17 Jun 1925, Brownhelm Cemetery, Brownhelm, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationQuarry worker--1870; engineer--1880; farmer--1900; farmer on a general farm--1910
Source: Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pokrent, Mecklenburg.
Source:
Ancestry.com—Elyria Evening Telegram (November 30, 1914) and (January 20, 1915); and The Elyria Reporter (February 13, 1901).
His baptismal sponsors were Johann Ludwig Koch of Niendorf [Neuendorf], Friedrich Christian Lamme, and Ferdinand Johann Heinrich Koch of Datzow. He was confirmed in 1859.
In 1870 he lived in Brownhelm, Lorain County, Ohio, with his wife Charlotte. A five-year-old boy, Francis Harding, lived with them. Francis had been born in Ohio. Hannah Andrews, the wife of Elbridge Andrews, lived in the adjacent home. In 1880 Henry and Charlotte lived in Brownhelm.
In 1900 he lived in Brownhelm with his wife Hannah. They lived adjacent to the home of his brother Joseph Kane, Joseph’s wife Rosa and their family. The 1900 census gives his year of immigration as 1863. In February of 1901 he and his wife bought a half-acre plot of land in Brownhelm from Albert Bridge for $50. In 1910 he lived with Hannah in Brownhelm. In November 1914 he leased his farm to George F. Ruth. Mr. Ruth took charge of the farm in January of 1915. After that time Henry divided his time between living at the farm and at his niece’s home in Elyria, Lorain County. In 1920 he lived in the home of John H. Kuchenrither and Henry’s niece Emma Ternes in Elyria. He was reported to be an uncle, aged 74, who had immigrated in 1864 and was naturalized in 1867 and was a widower.
In 1880 a five-year-old child named Francis Harding who was born in Ohio lived with Charlotte and her husband Henry Kane.
Source:
www.findagrave.com; and
Ancestry.com—Elyria Daily Telephone, December 27, 1886.
Her father was from New York and her mother was from Ohio.
Her marriage to Henry Kane was her second marriage. The notice in the Elyria Daily Telephone that she and Henry Kane had been granted a license to marry listed Hannah Andrews as her name.
The 1900 census reported that she was from Ohio, and the 1910 census reported that she was from Michigan. Earlier censuses gave Michigan as her birthplace.