Amanda Gertrude HENSCHKE^{[1, 2]}

1885 - 1963  (77 years)

• Name	Amanda Gertrude HENSCHKE
  Nickname	Amanda
  Birth	17 Sep 1885	Hustisford, Dodge Co, WI   [3, 4]
  Christening	18 Oct 1885	Iron Ridge, Dodge Co, WI   [4]
  	Amanda was baptized in Our Savior's Lutheran Church. Her godparents were [?] Keleenburg, [?] Schutz, and William Radloff.
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Jul 1963	Buffalo Lake, Renville Co, MN   [3, 5]
  	Amanda was 77 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	Buffalo Lake, Renville Co, MN   [2]
  	Amanda's body was interred in the Lutheran Cemetery.
  Person ID	I56152	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Frederick August HENSCHKE,   b. May 1849, Sumatra, Oststernberg, Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire d. 1946 (Age 96 years)
  Mother	Mary KRAUSE,   b. Sep 1854, Lebanon, Dodge Co, Wisconsin d. 1937 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1876	Watertown, Jefferson Co, WI   [5]
  	Watertown, WI, is located in both Jefferson and Dodge counties today/2018. Most of town population today is in Jefferson County. I am not sure of county boundaries in 1876. Lebanon where Mary was born is about 9 miles from Watertown where she was married to Frederick.
  Family ID	F5635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harold Louis MICHELSON,   b. 28 Jan 1890, Preston Lake Township, Renville Co, MN d. 5 Apr 1946, Buffalo Lake, Renville Co, MN (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	15 Jan 1912	Buffalo Lake, Renville Co, MN   [2, 5]
  	Amanda was the sister of Caroline Henschke who married Cecil, brother of Louis Michelson.
  Children	1. Edwin Edward MICHELSON,   b. 10 Aug 1912, Buffalo Lake, MN d. 27 Mar 2000, Hutchinson, McLeod Co., MN (Age 87 years)   2. Elro Clarence Reinhold MICHELSON,   b. 23 Oct 1913, Minnesota d. 2 Jan 1988, Anoka Co. MN (Age 74 years)   3. Bernice Caroline Annie MICHELSON,   b. 7 Feb 1915, Minnesota d. 18 Nov 1968, Hennepin Co, MN (Age 53 years)   4. Norma Violet Augusta MICHELSON,   b. 17 Sep 1916, Buffalo Lake, Renville Co, MN d. 9 Nov 2015, Buffalo Lake, Renville Co., MN (Age 99 years)   5. Clarence Harold Warren MICHELSON,   b. 1918, Minnesota d. 1925 (Age 7 years)   6. Donald Fredrick Arthur MICHELSON,   b. 13 Oct 1919, Renville Co., MN d. 15 Jun 1977 (Age 57 years)   7. Doris Mae MICHELSON,   b. 21 Jul 1921, Buffalo Lake, Renville Co, MN d. 2 Mar 1993, Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC (Age 71 years)   8. Marvin Elton Leroy MICHELSON,   b. 11 Jun 1923, Buffalo Lake, Renville Co., MN d. 29 Jul 2014, Hutchinson, McLeod County, MN (Age 91 years)   9. Joyce Marie MICHELSON,   b. 23 Jul 1925, Buffalo Lake, Renville Co., Minnesota d. 21 Aug 2008, Olivia, Renville Co., MN (Age 83 years)   10. Arlene Stella MICHELSON,   b. 1927, Minnesota d. 3 Aug 2018, Willmar, Kandiyohi Co, MNa (Age 91 years)   11. Nita Elaine MICHELSON,   b. 1931   d. 1937 (Age 6 years)
  Family ID	F4328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Michelson siblings, Bernice's funeral, November 1968. In order from left to right: Joyce, Doris, Elro, Norma, Donald, Arlene, Edwin, Marvin.
  		1900 US Census / Henschke, Fred Martinsburg, Renville Co, MN
  		1920 US Census / Michelson, H. L. Buffalo Lake, Renville Co, MN
  		1930 US Census / Michelson, Harold L. Buffalo Lake, Renville Co, MN

  
  

• Sources

  [S26] Hubert A. Baker - Doris M. Michelson, Lenoir Co, NC marriage record no. 648 (1945). [S4528] Lonnie Gene Baker, "Baker family information". [S5567] Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002. . Amanda Gertrude Michelson, state file no. and certificate no. 016403, certificate year 1963, record no. 1541617. [S5769] Amanda Gertrud Auguste Henschke entry, U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1969 (1885). [S5762] Zuehlke, Norma & Fred, and Marvin & Eleanor Michelson, Who's Who??? Michelson-Henschke Family lineage booklet., (published by authors).