William August Hermann LADEWIG, 1836-1918
Carpenter, street department foreman
Arthur's first cousin once removed

 Father Michael Philipp Christian LADEWIG, 1810-1888
 Mother Maria Elisabeth MüRCKE Ladewig, ca 1797-
       Brother Carl Christian Friedrich LADEWIG, 1832-1895
       William August Hermann LADEWIG, 1836-1918
       Sister Julianne Charlotte Caroline LADEWIG Michler, 1839-

 Wife Euphrosine Louise Rosamunde ZANDER Ladewig, 1835-1873

 Wife Therese Friederike "Friederike" BACHMANN Ladewig, 1830-1877

Time Line

11 April 1836 - Born at Hindenburg, Kreis Uckermark/Prenzlau, Brandenburg

30 April 1836 - Grandfather Johann Friedrich Siegesmund MüHRKE, age 74, died at Wilhelmshof, Kreis Uckermark/Templin, Brandenburg of Altersschwäche (debility of old age)

Sometime after 1837 - Grandmother Anna Dorothea VöLCKER Mührke died

15 March 1839, age 2 - Sister Julianne Charlotte Caroline LADEWIG Michler born at Hindenburg

As of sometime before 1859 - Resided at Prenzlau, Kreis Uckermark/Prenzlau, Brandenburg

As of 1859 until 1877 - Occupation listed as Zimmergeselle (journeyman carpenter)

1859, age 22 - Married Euphrosine Louise Rosamunde ZANDER, age 23, in Ellingen? The couple had three sons: Bernhard Friedrich Wilhelm born August 21st, 1864 who died the following July of measles; Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm born July 26th, 1868 who died that August from convulsions; and Herman Ernst Wilhelm born October 12th, 1870 who died the following May from teething.

2 October 1859, age 23 - Brother Carl Christian Friedrich LADEWIG, age 27, married Friederike Sophia Albertine ZANDER, age 27, at Ellingen, Kreis Uckermark/Prenzlau, Brandenburg

As of sometime before 1864 until sometime after 1865 - Resided at #510, Prenzlau

31 October 1864, age 28 - Granted Prenzlau citizenship there

As of sometime before 1868 - Resided at Kloster Strasse #32 there

7 April 1868, age 31 - Sister-in-law Friederike Sophia Albertine ZANDER Ladewig, age 36, died there of typhus following childbirth

18 October 1868, age 32 - Sister Julianne Charlotte Caroline LADEWIG, age 29, married Friedrich Christian Gottlieb MICHLER, age 32, at St Sabinen church there

2 June 1870, age 34 - Brother Carl Christian Friedrich LADEWIG, age 38, married Johanne Friedericke Ernestine LAATSCH, age 28, at St Sabinen Church there

23 August 1873, age 37 - Wife Euphrosine Louise Rosamunde ZANDER Ladewig, age 37, died there of Brustkrankheit (pneumonia)

23 February 1874, age 37 - Married Therese Friederike "Friederike" BACHMANN, age 43, at St Marien Church there

19 December 1877, age 41 - Wife Therese Friederike "Friederike" BACHMANN Ladewig, age 47, died at Komödien Strasse 614 there

25 January 1888, age 51 - Father Michael Philipp Christian LADEWIG, age 77, died at Stram #82 there

16 July 1895, age 59 - Brother Carl Christian Friedrich LADEWIG, age 63, died there

As of sometime before 1918 - Resided at 321 Monroe Avenue, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

1918, age 81 - Occupation listed as street department foreman

6 February 1918, age 81 - Died at 321 Monroe Avenue, River Forest at 9:00 AM of gangrene of right leg

9 February 1918 - Buried at Forest Home Cemery, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois