Bio for SUKOW, August (b.1860 d.1945), Mower Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Rollins Submitted: February 2007 ========================================================================= August Sukow August Sukow was born on March 19, 1860 in Regenwald, Pommern, Prussia. He was the second child and first son born to August Karl and Carolina Mundt Sukow. He was two years younger than his older sister Albertina Sukow Stern. His two younger sisters were Bertha born in 1863 and Augusta born in 1867. August immigrated to the United States in 1884. His mother and three sisters immigrated to the United States and lived in Mower County, Minnesota. He married Augusta Neubauer (born in 1856). August and Augusta had five daughters and five sons. Children of AUGUST SUKOW and AUGUSTA NEUBAUER are: i MARIA SUKOW b.31 Jan 1884 ii BERTHA SUKOW b. Feb 1886 iii ANNA SUKOW b. Jan 1888 iv CARL (CHARLEY) SUKOW b.12 Oct 1888 v LILLIE SUKOW b. Jul 1890 vi OTTO SUKOW b.05 Apr 1892 vii EMMA SUKOW b. Feb 1896 viii AUGUST SUKOW b.08 Apr 1898 ix HARRY SUKOW b. 1901 x HEINRICH SUKOW b.28 Jul 1900 August was a farmer, and the family lived on a farm in Mower County, Dexter Township. They were members of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Their children's births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages and other family events are recorded in the church records. His wife Augusta died on June 3, 1933 in Mower County at the age of 77. August died on August 31, 1945 at St. Olaf Hospital in Mower County, Minnesota at the age of 85. The cause of death listed on his death certificate is Diabetes Mellitus with Acidosis and arteriosclerosis. August and his wife are buried at the Trinity Evangelical Cemetery in Dexter Township with their daughters Maria and Bertha. Sukow Gravestones in Trinity Evangelical Cemetery AUGUST 1860-1945 AUGUSTA 1856-1933 MARIA 1894-1896 BERTHA 1886-1936 ========================================================================= Copyright Diane Rollins 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm =========================================================================