I believe your Lottie may be Charlotte Franke, who was b. Wisconsin about 1878 (could be 1877). She was age 2 on the 1880 census in Town of West Bend, Washington County Wisconsin. Her parents on that census were Gottlieb Franke,farmer and Johanna Franke, with siblings Carl 16, August 14, Julius 11, Mina 8, Elizabeth 7, Gottlieb 4, Charlotte 2.

That's all I have on Charlotte, but I have more on her siblings, and ancestors on the Franke side and Johanna (Hannah)Gedtke's side.

Would be most interested in what happened to Charlotte after she left Wisconsin. Elizabeth went to Chicago as a teenager to work as a maid, and there she met her husband, Henry Angermeyer. (those are my great grandparents). Charlotte's older half-brother, William Franke worked in a brewery in Chicago, and later became a brew master in Aurora and Sterling Illinois and in Auburn New York. Her brother August (Uncle Gus) also went to Chicago and raised his family there. My Dad remembers them and some of the other siblings, but he didn't remember Charlotte.

Who did your Lottie Lena marry, and where and when was she in Illinois and Indiana? If I am right, then she would my great grand aunt. Would love to know her story.

Katie Angermeyer