ROGGE ANNEX
Clara E. (Rogge) Davis Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 30 July 2026
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Origin of
the surname “Rogge:”
Generation
6
5 William Rogge
1. Biographical notes:
Born in Germany. Died .
2. Wife: Marie Horstmeier
Born in Germany. Died .
3. Children: (perhaps others)
a. William Rogge, Jr.: See generation 4,
below.
4 William Rogge, Jr. (photos)
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1. Biographical notes:
Born 20/12 December 1833 in Germany.
Died 21/28 August 1894 at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Employed as a carpenter. Resided at the corner of
McClellan and Breckenridge Streets in the City of Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Arrived at Baltimore,
Maryland on 14 May 1860 and subsequently settled at Fort Wayne.
2. Wife: Fredericka
"Rickie" Hilgemann/Hilgeman (photos)
Born 2 July 1837 in Germany; daughter of Ernest and Sophia (Bloemker)
Hilgeman. Died 18 June 1895 in Allen
County, Indiana. Married William Rogge there on 28 May 1860 at Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Indiana.
3. Children: (9 total; order uncertain)
a. Henry Rogge: Born 7 January 1861.
b. Lisette C. Rogge: Born 29
January 1863 (also seen: b. 28 Jan 1863) in Indiana. Died 5 July 1937 at Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana; interred there in Lindenwood Cemetery. Married Frederick Harmon/W. Bloemker (b. 1856 in Germany, d. 7 Dec 1892 at Ft Wayne,
Allen Co., IN) on 11 October 1883 (license issued 10 Oct 1883) and had the
following children:
(1. Nellie F. Bloemker: (photos) Born 16 February 1886 at Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Died 1970. Married Harry Emmerson
(photos) (b. 11/4 Jun 1884/87 in England, d. 1973) on 24 October 1906 at Fort
Wayne, Allen County, Indiana and had the following children:
(a. Leslie Harry Emmerson: (photos) Born 17 May 1908 at Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Died July
1984 in Allen County, Indiana. At
age 31 married, as her 2nd husband, Harriet May (Brookmyer)
Fox, age 28 (b. 25 Mar 1911 at Garrett, IN), daughter of Joseph and Dora (Kast) Brookmyer, on 24 February
1939 (license issued 23 Feb 1939).
(b. Arthur Frederick Emmerson: (photos) Born 13 March 1912 at Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Died 22 March
1982 at Richmond Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. At age 25 married Olga May Roesch (b. 5 Sep 1915 at Terre Haute, IN), age 22, daughter
of George and Florence (Derringer) Roesch, on 27 June
1937 (license issued 19 Jun 1937) in Vigo County, Indiana.
(2. Alma H. Bloemker: Born
April 1889 in Indiana.
(3. Flora Bloemker: Born
17 May 1891 (also seen: b. May 1890) at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. At age 40 married Emil Sommers
(b. 24 Dec 1888 in Germany), age 43, son of Adolph and Amelia (Pulter) Sommers, on 14 May 1931
(license issued same day) in Allen County, Indiana.
(4. Frederick "Fred" Bloemker:
Born December 1892 in Indiana.
c. Caroline "Carrie" Lena Rogge: (photos) Sitting far left in photo. Born 28 February 1865/64 in
Indiana. Died 1943; interred Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Married (1st) Edward W. H. Wefel (b. 1864, d. 1921), son of Fredrick (b. abt 1821 in
Prussia) and Charlotta (b. abt 1824 in Prussia) Wefel, and had at least the following daughter:
(1. Charlotte Wefel: Born
15 June 1887 at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Married Erba
Price (b. 29 Oct 1884 at Rushville, IN), son of William L. and Sarah E.
(Harlan) Price.
At age 58 widow Caroline (Rogge) Wefel
married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, widower Earnest Schulte, age 64 (b. 10 Mar 1859
in Germany), son of Earnest and Catherine (Hellman) Schulte, on 24 May 1923
(license issued same day) in Allen County, Indiana.
d. Wilhelmina "Minnie" A. Rogge: Born 27
November 1866 at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Died there 11 January 1943 Married Frank E. Sauerwein
(b. 20 Sep 1866 in IN, d. 1944) on 9 May 1889 at Fort
Wayne, Allen County, Indiana and had the following children:
(1. Elsie S. Sauerwein: (photos) Born 9 August 1890 in Allen County, Indiana. Died . Married Stees
W. Sponhauer (photos) (b. 10 Jun 1889 in
Allen Co., IN, d. 9 May 1953), son of Widler Stees and Lydia Opalina (Monesmith) Sponhauer, on 18 May
1911 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
(2. Esther R. Sauerwein:
Born 15 September 1894 in Wayne Township, Allen County, Indiana. Died there 17 October 1927. Married, as his 1st wife,
Clifford Lynn Mcbride (b. 1894, d. 1958), son of
Charles Brenton and Mary Emma (Dolin) Mcbride, on 24 May 1922 in Allen County, Indiana.
(3. Mildred C. Sauerwein:
Born 24 August 1896 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Married Ralph Valentine (b. 21 Jan 1897 in
Ossian Twp, Wells Co., IN), son of George W. and Elizabeth (Chalfant)
Valentine, on 23 January 1924 in Indiana.
(4. Elmer Gust Sauerwein:
Born 30 September 1899 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Died 27 August 1976 in
Allen County, Indiana. Married
Vera Marie Frederick (b. 3 May 1903 in Wabash Twp, Wabash Co., IN, d. 1987), daughter of William M. and Loretta May (Haskins)
Frederick, on 19 March 1924 in Allen County, Indiana.
e. Catherine Rogge.
f. Sophia Bernadine Rogge: Born 18 November 1870 in
Indiana. Died 1920; interred Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Married William B. Siebold (b. 10 May 1870/69 at Ft Wayne, IN; d. 1 Oct 1935;
interred with Sophia), son of Bernhard and Sophia (Sauers)
Siebold, and had the following children:
(1. Earl H. Siebold: Born
5 July 1893 at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Died 3 June 1965; interred Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Married Hazel M. (?) (b.
1890, d. 1968) in 1922.
(2. Herbert Gustave Siebold: Born 5 July 1897 at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Died 21 May
1980; interred Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne,
Indiana. Married Nora
W. Boegel (b. 1897, d. 1952).
(3. Lucille C. Siebold: (photos) Born 22 February 1905 at Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Died 2004; interred Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Married Glenn W. Kline (b.
24 Jan 1904 at Ft Wayne, IN, d. Oct 1978) in 1927.
g. Louisa Rogge: Born 30 September 1872.
h. Fredericka "Rhea" E. Rogge: (photos) Born July 1874 (also seen: b. 7 Mar 1874) in
Indiana. Died 8 July 1951; interred Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Standing far
right in 1900 photo of William and Fredericka's children. Married Elmer Somers (b. abt 1866 in IN, d. 1923) and had the following children:
(1. LaVerne Sophia Somers:
Born 8 July 1901 at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Died 30 July 1978 in Allen County, Indiana;
interred Covington Memorial Gardens, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Married (?) Lee.
(2. Evelyn E. Somers: Born 14 February 1905 at Fort
Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Died 1993; interred Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Married Arlo G. Shookman
(b. 1905, d. 1984) on 25 September 1926.
(3. Ellsworth/Elsworth E.
Somers: Born 1906. Died 1945; interred Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Married
Gladys G. (?) (b. 6 Feb 1906, d. 6 Dec 1992).
(4. Everett Charles Somers: Born 4 February 1912 at
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Died 1975; interred Zanesville, Wells County,
Indiana.
i. William Rogge: Born 24 June 1876.
j. Gustav/Gustave
"Gus"/"Gust" Frederick Rogge: (photos) Born 15 March 1878/79 at Fort Wayne, Allen County,
Indiana. Died there 9 February 1947;
interred there in Lindenwood Cemetery. Involved in politics at
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
Married Anna Marie Bayer (b. abt 1880 in Germany), daughter of, on 17
April 1901 (license issued same day) in Allen County, Indiana and had the
following children:
(1. Milton J. Rogge: Born 30 July 1904 at Fort
Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. At age 37 married Vianna
Mumaw Keesberry, age 34,
daughter of Oliver James and Sarah (Mumaw) Keesberry, on 26 July 1941 (license issued 25 Jul 1941).
(2. Luella Louise Rogge: Born 20 August 1911 at Fort
Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Died 13 August 1987 at
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois.
At age 30 married Norbert George Meehan (b. 31 Mar 1912 at Ft. Wayne,
IN), son of Claude Edward and Estella Violet (Wallwork)
Meehan, on 3 May 1941 (license issued 2 May 1941) in Allen County, Indiana.
k. Emma Rogge: Born 18 June 1880 at Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Indiana. Died
there.
l. Clara E. Rogge: See generation 3, below.
3 Clara E. Rogge: (photos)
Born 7 March 1882 at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Died there 10 October 1961. Married George Franklin Davis, generation 2 of the Davis Annex on 25 June
1902 at St. John's Reformed Church, Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Indiana.
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