Born in Germany to Jacob Hosch and Catharina Schwaerzel on 29.April.1850, she was baptized in Ichenheim, Offenburg on 5.May.1850.
Arriving in the USA in 1852 with her parents, and older half-siblings (Biegerts) and older sister Maria, the family settled in Ohio for several years. Two more sisters were born there. In 1858 the family settled in the Lyona valley, just south of Junction City Kansas. Caroline's mother passed away the following year in 1859.
Widowed, with 4 daughters, Jacob Hosch married a widow from Eudora Kansas. (The pastor's wife at Lyona (May) was from Eudora.) Jacob and four daughters relocated to Eudora KS.
Caroline married William Wahlenmaier in 1868. William was in the lumber business in Kansas City Kansas, and became a prominent person in the development of Wyandotte County, and Kansas City KS.
After her husbands death, Caroline built the Wahlenmaier Office building in Kansas City KS, a very impressive building for its time at the corner of Minnesota Ave and North 8th, as a tribute to her husband and his accomplishments. Still standing today, the building is known now as the Brotherhood Building and is the home of the Brotherhood Bank.
Caroline passed away in 1916, when she was struck by a streetcar just south of the Plaza area in Kansas City, MO.
Born in Germany to Jacob Hosch and Catharina Schwaerzel on 29.April.1850, she was baptized in Ichenheim, Offenburg on 5.May.1850.
Arriving in the USA in 1852 with her parents, and older half-siblings (Biegerts) and older sister Maria, the family settled in Ohio for several years. Two more sisters were born there. In 1858 the family settled in the Lyona valley, just south of Junction City Kansas. Caroline's mother passed away the following year in 1859.
Widowed, with 4 daughters, Jacob Hosch married a widow from Eudora Kansas. (The pastor's wife at Lyona (May) was from Eudora.) Jacob and four daughters relocated to Eudora KS.
Caroline married William Wahlenmaier in 1868. William was in the lumber business in Kansas City Kansas, and became a prominent person in the development of Wyandotte County, and Kansas City KS.
After her husbands death, Caroline built the Wahlenmaier Office building in Kansas City KS, a very impressive building for its time at the corner of Minnesota Ave and North 8th, as a tribute to her husband and his accomplishments. Still standing today, the building is known now as the Brotherhood Building and is the home of the Brotherhood Bank.
Caroline passed away in 1916, when she was struck by a streetcar just south of the Plaza area in Kansas City, MO.
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