Mini bio: Henry and Doris (Luneburg) Kolm

Brief biography of Carl Heinrich Christian "Henry" Kolm (1837-1909) and his wife Maria Dorothea Caroline "Doris" Luneburg (1842-1924). Their position in the family tree.

Carl Heinrich Christian "Henry" Kolm

Birth: August 13, 1837 in Warlow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
Baptism: August 15, 1837 in Warlow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Parents: Carl Heinrich Emanuel "Charles" Kolm & Christine "Maria" Maack
Known residences:
--- about 1860 emigrated to America
--- 1863 in Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin
--- 1870 in Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin
--- 1879 in Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska
--- 1885 in Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska
--- 1900 in Grant Precinct, Colfax County, Nebraska
Occupation: carpenter & joiner; farmer

Death: April 21, 1909 in Schuyler; buried in Schuyler Cemetery, Colfax County, Nebraska

Maria Dorothea Caroline "Doris" Luneburg

Birth: September 2, 1842 in Vellahn, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
Baptism: February 3, 1843 in Vellahn, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
Parents: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm "William" Lüneburg & Anna Sophia Dorothea Klauck
Known residences:
-- about 1851 emigrated to America
-- 1860 in Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin
-- 1862-1909 living with husband Henry
-- 1910 in Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska
-- 1920 in Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin (with daughter Anna (Kolm) Orth)
Death: April 23, 1924 in Middleton, Wisconsin; buried in Schuyler Cemetery, Colfax County, Nebraska

Marriage and Children

Marriage: Henry Kolm and Doris Luneburg married June 23, 1862 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.

Children:
-- Henry William Kolm born 1863, married Helena Becker
-- August Henry Frank Kolm born 1864
-- Sophia Kolm born between 1863 and 1870
-- Frank Henry Kolm born 1867, married Clara Nieman
-- Marie Frances "Mary" Kolm born 1869, married Sidney Tivey
-- Charles John Kolm born 1872, married Fredricka Muenster
-- Anna Wilhelmina Kolm born 1875, married John Henry Orth
-- Frederick W. Kolm born 1882, married Victoria Koziel
** William Louis Kolm born 1884, married Nellie Frida Bernitt
-- Mina Sophia Karlina "Lena" Kolm born 1886, married Henry Staack

Posts about Henry and Doris (Luneburg) Kolm
• Henry Kolm and Doris Luneburg in Middleton, Wisconsin
• 1873 Middleton Township Plat Map
• Luneburg and Kolm Move to Schuyler, Nebraska from Wisconsin
• Colfax County Landscape
• When did Henry Kolm come to America?
• Did the Lüneburg family come to America in 1852?

Links Off-site
• Obituary of Doris (Luneburg) Kolm
• Schuyler Cemetery transcription including Henry and Doris (Luneburg) Kolm
• 1880 Census Transcription: Schuyler, Colfax Co., Nebraska p. 140C
• Naturalizations in Colfax Co., Nebraska (includes Henry Kolm)