Jelke and Allied Families

BY MARY MARJORIE TYLER, CLARINGTON, OHIO

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HE ancient German family of Jelke, whose name appears as Jeckl and Jeckel, was seated in this branch at Nordhausen, Germany, where Herman Jelke, born early in the seventeenth century, was a builder and roofer, a calling followed by each succeeding generation. The earlier church records of the family were destroyed by fire. He married, April 18, 1659, Elizabeth Suppe. Issue: 1. John Henry, of whom further. 2. Mary Elizabeth, born January 24, 1666. 3. John Jacob, born November 12, 1667. 4. John Christopher, born March 28, 1672.

II. John Henry Jelke, son of Herman and Elizabeth (Suppe) Jelke, was born June 21, 1663, and died November 22, 1737. He was a roofer, and met his death from an accidental fall from a scaffold. He married, in 1700, Anna Catherine Reder, born in 1677, died July 6, 1737. Issue: 1. Catherine Dorothe, born in 1701, died May 18, 1762. 2. Martin David, of whom further. 3. Andreas Christopher, born August 26, 1720.

III. Martin David Jelke, son of John Henry and Anna Catherine (Reder) Jelke, was born July 23, 1713, and died August 1, 1783. He was a brick roof coverer by occupation. Mr. Jelke married, in 1736, Sabine Margareth Keil, born November 7, 1714, died January 28, 1781. Issue: 1. John Henry, of whom further. 2. John Christopher, born June 30, 1740, died June 7, 1741. 3. Dorothe Magdaline, born June 21, 1742, died December 3, 1745. 4. Sophia Catherine, born December 29, 1744, died December 2, 1745. 5. John Christopher, born October 1, 1746, died April 30, 1806; married, April 18, 1769, Dorothe Christine Amse. 6. Jeanne Sophie Magdaline, born April 10, 1749, died June 11, 1750. 7. Jeanne Dorothe Philipine, born in May, 1751. 8. Marie Elizabeth, born March 18, 1755, died May 14, 1761. 9. Justine Sophia Elizabeth, born May 1, 1758,

died May 7, 1758. 10. Christian Michael, born February 16, 1760, died October 16, 1821; married (first), February 19, 1785, Catherina Christina Blossfeld, born in 1759, died November 3, 1808; married (second), May 13, 1810, Dorothe Sabine Kolher.

IV. John Henry Jelke, son of Martin David and Sabine Margareth (Keil) Jelke, was born March 16, 1738, and died March 20, 1793. He followed the occupation of his forefathers, and was a council master of brick roof coverers. Mr. Jelke married, June 26, 1764, Mary Margareth Honing, who died July 17, 1808. Issue: 1. John David, born August 14, 1765, died June 17, 1766. 2. John Henry, of whom further. 3. John Gottlieb, born in 1768, died May 14, 1814. 4. Jeanne Christine, born June 13, 1770, died January 2, 1774. 5. John Christopher, born August 1, 1772, died August 3, 1805. 6. John Henry, born September 28, 1774, died March 10, 1849. 7. Christina Fredricka, born October 16, 1778. 8. Elizabeth Augusta, born March 25, 1781, died October 12, 1781. 9. Christina Katherine, born June 20, 1788.

V. John Henry Jelke, son of John Henry and Mary Margareth (Honing) Jelke, was born October 12, 1766, and died August 2, 1806. He was a brick roofer and a council master of brick roofers. Mr. Jelke married, September 25, 1787, Jeanne Christianna Luedricke, born September 12, 1770, died February 22, 1838. Issue: 1. John Henry, born September 10, 1788, died October 13, 1788. 2. John Henry, of whom further. 3. Fredricka Christina, born July 12, 1792. 4. Gottlieb Martin, born August 15, 1794, died April 1, 1858. 5. Jeanne Henrietta, born February 3, 1803, died October 28, 1869. 6. Charles Henry, born October 16, 1806, died September 9, 1872.

VI. John Henry Jelke, son of John Henry and Jeanne Christianna (Luedricke) Jelke, was born February 26, 1790. He was a cooper by trade, and was the first member of his generation to come to America, his son, Christopher Ferdinand, preceding him and locating in Cincinnati, Ohio. The father followed shortly after, and lived in Cincinnati until his death. He married (first), September 28, 1815, Fredericka Catherine Elizabeth Konig, born February 25, 1795, and died September 3, 1846. He married a second time. Issue (all by first marriage): 1. Henry William, born July 29, 1816, died in 1866. 2. Augusta Fredricka, born January 12, 1818, died December 6, 1823. 3. Fredric William, born January 7, 1821,