CARROLL COUNTY HISTORY
FAMILIES
This page was created as part of theCarroll Co, IA, GenWeb Site, by William L. (Bill) Smith, County Coordinator,and was most recently updated in Jan 2006.
(1) MACKE FAMILY
Below is a photo, taken about 1906 in Coon Rapids, IA, of the John Frank Macke family.
Left to right in the photo, standing, are:
John, Charles, Michael, Elisabeth, Mary, Anna, William and Joseph.,
children of John Frank and Julia Ann (Boos) Macke. John Frank and Julia
Ann Boos were married on 27 Jan 1871 in Minnesota.
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Seated in the photo are:
Margaretha Deitering (nee Buchheit) and John Frank Macke. Margaretha is
the 2nd wife of John Frank Macke, married 24 Feb 1897.
Three of the children, Elizabeth, Michael, and Annawere born in the vicinity of St. Cloud, Minnesota. In
1875, the family moved by covered wagon and ox team toEden Township, Carroll County, to a farm 3 miles southof Templeton, where the rest of the children, Mary,Joseph A., John A., William R., and Charles H. wereborn.
Julia Ann (Boos), first wife of John Francis Macke,died on 22 May 1893, and is buried in Templeton, IA Cemetery. John Francis Macke died 26 Mar 1919 inCarroll, and is buried in Templeton Cemetery, but notombstone exists at this time.
Below is an excerpt from the Templeton Centennial Book 1882 -
1982, citing some data similar to the historical data by S. J. ClarkePublishing Co. for Carroll County, IA. The second bit of data cites thefamily of Mike Macke, s/o Frank John and Julia (Boos) Macke.
From the article on John Frank Macke family, we knowthat John and Rose (Broderick) Macke lived in Oakland,California. My wife and I (Bill Macke) visited themat their home in the East Oakland hills in 1953, whenI was sent to the Presidio of San Francisco courtesy ofthe U. S. Army. He assisted us in getting anapartment in San Francisco, where we lived for twoyears. Both are now deceased and interred in AlamedaCounty, California. John and Rose had two sons, Edwardand Louis.
Joseph Aloysius and Mary Margaret (Trecker) Macke [Photo above] lived in Templetonarea for several years, raising seven sons. One daughter died at anearly age. In 1934, they moved to a ranch southeast of Mullen, NE, andlived there until 1937, when they moved into the town of Mullen, NE.
John Francis and Julia (Boos) Macke reportedly hadfifteen children, only eight surviving. This is the
information we currently have on those survivingdescendants:
Elizabeth Macke (b. 1872, d. 1972) married John
Vollmer, (b.1865). Their children included Ellen,
Mabel, Etta, Leola and Julia.
Michael Macke (b. 4 Feb 1874, d. 14 Jun 1953) marriedAnna Stein (b. 27 May 1882, d. 24 Sep 1960). Theirchildren included
Chloris (b.29 Jan 1901, d. 8 Mar1988) who married Joseph Xchoeppner (b.1900, d. 1964):
Julia Macke (b. 22 Apr 1904) who married a Witte;
Edward Macke (b. 25 Nov 1906, d. 8 Sep 1995) whomarried Bonnie ??;
Lawrence Macke (b. 24 Sep 1909, d.6 Dec 1979) who married Earlene Mary Thielen (b. 1912,
d 1985);
Helen Macke (b. 1919, d 1919); Leonard Macke(b. 24 Sep 1915, d. May 1980 who married Carol
Heitman;
Melvin Macke (b. Apr 1919 who married BarbaraDaimler;
Louis Macke (b. 1920, d. 1967) whomarried Bette V. (b. 1920, d 1964).
Anna Maria Macke (b. 1875, d. 1947) married (1) JohnFoster, and (2) Herbert Hoover. Anna and John Foster’schildren included Arthur J. Foster, Arnold JosephFoster Herbert, Hazel, Marie, Harold and Anna.
Mary Macke, b. (1876, d. 1933) married Frank Vollmer(b. 1868, d. 1959) and their children include Bertha,Florence, Maggie, Joseph, Michael, Loretta, Maria,Clara, Isabel, and Charles.
Isabel Macke (no data available at this time)
Joseph Aloysius Macke (b. 19 May 1882, d. 15 Apr 1945)married Mary Margaret Trecker (b. 26 Dec 1880, d. 14Oct 1939). Their children included:
Frank Joseph (b.1 Jul 1904, d. 28 Oct 1976) who married IreneRosenblad (b. 3 Sep 1910, d. Mar 1981); Joseph Edward(b. 14 Oct 1905, d. 17 Jun 1992) who married CecileMae Siegfried (b. 28 Dec 1906, d. 27 Feb 2002),
Clara Marie (b. 1907, d. 1909);
Leo Theodore (b. 7 Jun 1909,d. Jan 1967) who married Ruby McGuire (b. 20 Oct 1918,d. 6 Mar 1995); Sylvester John (b. 29 Apr 1911, d. 3Dec 1975) who married Dorothy Ann Connor (b. 1910, d.
2002);
William Aloysius (b. 11 Jun 1913, d. 3 Apr1999) who married Bertha Elizabeth Law (b. 31 Aug
1919, d. 1994);
Edgar John (b. 22 Oct 1915, d. 18 Jun1997) who married Frances Pauline Boyer,
DonaldWilliam, (b. 1 Nov 1917, d. 4 Aug 1993) who marriedMarjorie Ellen Schneider.
John A. Macke (b. 22 Mar 1887, d. 14 May 1966) marriedRose Broderick (b. 1 Aug 1893, d. 4 Jan 1981). Theirchildren included Charles and Edward.
William R. Macke (b. 18 Jul 1891, d. 1958) marriedMathilda Daniels (b. 1897, d. 1992). Their children
include Margaret, Richard, and Robert. (Data is notconfirmed at this time)
Charles Heinrich Macke (b. 22 May 1893, d. 26 Aug 1946) married Lelia Quirk (b. 21 Jul 1895, d. Jul
1982) Their children included Mary Isabel (b. 7 Mar1915, d. 20 Dec 1996) who married Thomas Gerald Lally.Their children include Thomas C. and Mary Ellen;Francis Joseph (b. 20 Oct 1916, d. 31 May 2003) whomarried Leora Reiling (b. 22 Sep 1921, d. Jun 1993). Their children incude Diane, Elaine, James, Michael,Ed, and Joseph. Margaret Veronica (b. 15 Mar 1918, d.15 Mar 1918); Charles Philip (b. 12 Jan 1919, d. 1 May1954) who married Phyllis Jane Madden. Their childreninclude Charles P., Dennis John, and Mary Carolyn; Shirley Anna who married Clair B. Penzhofer; PatrickCyril (b. 8 Mar 1923, d. 10 Dec 1974), and Marilyn (b.5 Apr 1930, d. 5 May 2001) who married a Madsen.
I believe all the information to be correct. We havecensus records from Minnesota and Iowa, as well as
documents on most of the data, including photos oftombstones, Julia Ann (Boos) Macke death certificate, ohn Francis Macke death certificate, a copy of themarriage certificate of John Francis Macke andMargaretha (nee Buchheit) Deitering (Note the error inthe S.J.Clarke historical document on Margaretha'sname at the time of her marriage to John F. Macke),and other birth, death and marriage certificates, aswell as personal confirmation of people in the abovephotos.
[Information updated per email dated 10/16/2003]
Contributor:
William R. (Bill) Macke <jmacke@pacbell.net>
7895 Ridgely Ct.,
Fair Oaks, CA 95628-3611
