First Generation
1. Peter1 Szelinski birth date unknown.
He married Justine Schwiegert and/or Auguste Schwiegert.
Peter Szelinski and Justine/Auguste Schwiegert had the following children:
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Anna Maria2 Szelinska was born December 31, 1853. She
married Friedrich Wilhelm Doerks November 18, 1877 in Kokotzko Evangelische, Kokotzko, West Prussia. Friedrich was born
January 30, 1857. (See Friedrich Wilhelm Doerks for the continuation of this line.) In marriage record,
her parents are Peter Szelinski & Justine Schmiegel
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ii.
Wilhelmine Caroline Szelinska was born in Borowno, Culm, West Prussia, Germany April 2, 1862. She was christened April 21, 1862 in Kokotzko Evangelische, Kokotzko, West Prussia. (Godparents: Ludwig Szelinski, Wilhelmine? Caroline Arndt) Wilhelmine immigrated to Baltimore, MD 15 October 1885. She is listed in Germans to America as Wilhelmine Dobbek (age 24), traveling with her daughter Bertha (age 6 months).
Wilhelmine
died June 18, 1940 in Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio, at 78 years of age. She was buried in Ridge Hill, Lorain, Ohio. She married Simon Peter Dobbeck October 24, 1885 in Amherst, Lorain Co., OH.(2) Married by W. A. Walter, Ev. Pastor. Marriage License Application is the same
day as the marriage, and appears on the same page
Peter was born November 27, 1863 in Kokotzko, Culm, West Prussia, Prussia. Peter was the son of Martin Wilhelm Dobek and
Petronella Winkler. Peter died October 10, 1939 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, at 75 years of age. He was
buried in Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio, Ridge Hill Cemetery.
(See Simon Peter Dobbeck for the continuation of this line.)
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Carl August Szelinski was born in Borowno, Culm, West Prussia, Prussia July 13, 1864. He was christened
July 31, 1864 in Kokotzko Evangelische, Kokotzko, West Prussia. Parents: Peter Szelinski & Auguste nee
Schwiegert
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Auguste Maria Szelinska was born in Borowno, Culm, West Prussia, Prussia April 25, 1867. She was christened
April 27, 1867 in Kokotzko Evangelische, Kokotzko, West Prussia. Godparents: Ludwig Szelinski, Petronella nee Sieg Parents: Peter
Szelinski & Auguste nee Schwiegert
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