Robert Richard Hedtke and the Hedtke-Luedtke Family Line

Research Subject

Name: Robert Richard Hedtke
Also styled: Robert R. Hedtke, Rev.
Birth: 18 January 1876, Arlington, Sibley County, Minnesota, USA
Death: 13 February 1954, Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA
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Robert Richard Hedtke and Amelia Kiehlbauch

Robert Richard Hedtke was born on 18 January 1876 in Arlington, Sibley County, Minnesota, and died on 13 February 1954 in Fresno, Fresno County, California. Public profile indexing for Robert Richard Hedtke also places his death on 13 February 1954 in Fresno, California, and identifies him as part of the Sibley County, Minnesota Hedtke family line. His wife was Amelia Kiehlbauch, born 12 January 1880 in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, and died 29 August 1969 in Fresno County, California. Together, Robert Richard Hedtke and Amelia Kiehlbauch connect the Minnesota Hedtke line with the South Dakota Kiehlbauch / Kilbouch family line.

Parents of Robert Richard Hedtke

Robert Richard Hedtke’s parents were August Frederick Hedtke and Amelia Carolina Luedtke. August Frederick Hedtke was born 23 August 1847 in the former Prussian / Pomeranian region now associated with Poland, including the Nowe Polaszki / Alt Paleschken area, and died in Henderson, Sibley County, Minnesota, in January 1918. Public genealogy indexing also identifies August Frederick Hedtke as Robert Richard Hedtke’s father. Amelia Carolina Luedtke was born 13 February 1850 in Zachodniopomorskie, Poland, and died 15 April 1925 in Saint Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Through Amelia Carolina Luedtke, Robert Richard Hedtke belongs not only to the Hedtke family but also to the Luedtke / Lüdtke bloodline.

Family-Tree Relationship Path

The family-tree relationship is: August Frederick Hedtke and Amelia Carolina Luedtke were the parents of Robert Richard Hedtke; Robert Richard Hedtke married Amelia Kiehlbauch; and Robert Richard Hedtke and Amelia Kiehlbauch were the parents of Amelia B. Hedtke. In the continuing descendant line, Amelia B. Hedtke is the next generation linking this Hedtke-Kiehlbauch family into the later family tree. This makes Robert Richard Hedtke a direct child of the Hedtke-Luedtke marriage and places Amelia Carolina Luedtke as the Luedtke-line ancestor in this branch.

Luedtke / Lüdtke Ancestral Group

Amelia Carolina Luedtke is attached in this research to an “UNKNOWN Generations Luedtke” ancestral placement, with a note that the connection is Y-DNA proven. The children grouped under this Luedtke connection are Amelia Luedtke; Johann Lüdtke, born 12 July 1802 in Zachodniopomorskie, Poland, died 1 February 1874 in Cooperstown, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; Christine Lüdtke, born 17 April 1814 in Zachodniopomorskie, Poland, died 12 September 1888 in Reedsville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; Friedrich Wilhelm Luedtke, born 3 December 1818 in Zachodniopomorskie, Poland, died 3 June 1905; August Michael Friedrich Luedtke, born in 1827 in Dargocice, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland, died 13 April 1894 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin; and Daniel Johann Luedtke, born 29 October 1841 in Poland, died 3 July 1941 in Fairfax, Renville County, Minnesota.

Spouse Connections in the Luedtke Research Cluster

The spouse connections strengthen the wider Luedtke research cluster. Johann Lüdtke married Maria Johanna Haman, who was born 19 December 1810 and died in April 1888 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; Find a Grave indexing identifies Maria Johanna Haman Ludtke as the wife of Johann Ludtke. Christine Lüdtke married Peter Boettcher, and Manitowoc County marriage indexing connects the Boettcher family with Peter Boettcher and Christine Ludtke / Luttke spellings. Friedrich Wilhelm Luedtke married Wilhelmine Marks, whose maiden name is marked as unverified in the working tree. August Michael Friedrich Luedtke married Marie Hackbarth, and Daniel Johann Luedtke married Henrietta Caroline Mueller.

Academic Summary for Family-Tree Copying

For family-tree copying purposes, the key academic summary is that Robert Richard Hedtke belongs to a Hedtke-Luedtke lineage through his parents, August Frederick Hedtke and Amelia Carolina Luedtke. His marriage to Amelia Kiehlbauch creates the Hedtke-Kiehlbauch family branch, and their child Amelia B. Hedtke continues the descendant line. The Luedtke side is represented by Amelia Carolina Luedtke and the Y-DNA-supported Luedtke grouping that includes Johann Lüdtke, Christine Lüdtke, Friedrich Wilhelm Luedtke, August Michael Friedrich Luedtke, and Daniel Johann Luedtke. This establishes Robert Richard Hedtke as a blood descendant of the Luedtke line through his mother, Amelia Carolina Luedtke, while also preserving his paternal Hedtke identity through August Frederick Hedtke.

Visible Surnames

Hedtke, Luedtke, Lüdtke, Kiehlbauch, Kilbouch, Haman, Boettcher, Bottcher, Marks, Hackbarth, Mueller, Sibley, Bon Homme, Manitowoc, Renville, Fresno.

Research Notes

This page is designed as a researcher-facing summary for the Hedtke-Luedtke relationship. The central lineage point is the connection from Robert Richard Hedtke to Amelia Carolina Luedtke through his mother, and from Robert Richard Hedtke to Amelia B. Hedtke through his child. The wider Luedtke / Lüdtke cluster is included so that researchers comparing DNA matches, family trees, church records, and cemetery records can recognize the same family group across variant spellings.

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