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Caroline Wilhelmine Auguste Holtz Breetzke with Margaritha, Beemer, Nebraska.

Year: 1890 • Collection: Mikkelsen

Caroline was the wife of Robert Breetzke and was part of the extensive Breetzke clan of Wisner and Beemer, Nebraska. Most of the Nebraska Breetzke clan were blacksmiths or wheelwrights. Several Breetzke cousins ended up in Chicago and one of them, Walter, married Florence Mikkelsen in 1934. The Chicago Breetzkes tended to be in the plumbing trade.

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