Baptism record of Sophia Roche
| Parents: Baptized: |
Robert James Roche Hedwig "Hattie" Frances Kampa By Rev. J. E. Gratz Reitor April 14, 1895 Godparents were Johannes Salzbrunn and Maria Kampa |
| Notes: | Sophia was baptized by Rev. J. E. Gratz Reitor on Apr. 14, 1895. Her godparents were Johannes Salzbrunn and |
| Maria Kampa.
At the time of the June 9, 1900 U.S. federal census, her family told the census enumerator that Sophie was 5 years old (but she was actually 3). She was living with her parents and five siblings ranging in age from 11 months to 10 years old in Buckman Township, Morrison, Minnesota. Her parents had been married 12 years. Her father was working as a farmer and her elder brother, Robert was working as an unpaid farm laborer. Her brother could read, write and speak English, and attended school for 6 months out of the year. All Sophie's other siblings could not read or write, nor were they going to school yet. At the time of the June 14, 1905 Minnesota state census, Sophie was 8 years old (although the census enumerator was told that she was 10) and living with her parents and siblings on R.F.D. 2 in Buckman, Morrison, Minnesota. Her father had been living in the same enumeration district for 25 years and her mother for 17 years. Her father was working as a farmer. At the time of the May 2, 1910 U.S. federal census, Sophie was 13 years old (although the census enumerator was told that she was 15) and living with her parents and five siblings ranging in age from 11 to 19 years old in Buckman Township, Morrison, Minnesota. Her parents had been married 21 years, and her mother was the mother of six children, all of whom were still living. Both elder brother Robert and his father were working as farm laborers. Her father told the enumerator that he had emmigrated to the United States in 1867. At the time of the Apr. 10, 1930 U.S. federal census, Sophie was 33 years old (but told the enumerator she was 30). She was living with her widowed mom Hattie (listed in the census as being 80 years old although she actually was 73), and her single sister, Rose (age 30 but listed in the census as being 27), on their own farm in Buckman Township, Morrision, Minnesota. The family owned a radio. All three were farmers in general farming, actively at work as of the last regular working day. Sophia L. died Feb. 4, 1941 in Nicollet County, Minnesota at the age of 43. |
| Ancestry: | The Johann "Hans" Kempa Line |
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