Family lives

Charles Falkenrath

1871 – 1935

Known as Charlie or Carl, Ida’s brother worked as a machinist in the Milwaukee area.

Children
Lillian · Aleen

Places in a Life

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Charles Falkenrath

Recorded birth and home locations for Charles FalkenrathNORWAYSWEDENDENMARKFINLANDCANADAATLANTIC OCEAN1871 · owner’s tree · Birth — Germany; exact locality unresolved1Germany; exact locality unre…1900 and 1905 censuses · Home — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States2Milwaukee

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  1. Profile says Germany; owner’s tree supplies 1871, while earlier compilations conflict. Country-level birthplace; birth year remains an adopted tree date with older conflicting estimates. Marker precision: country-level marker only; historical borders differ.

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  2. Profile cites the 2010 history’s census summaries locating Charles and Martha in Milwaukee.

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West Allis is a later home in the narrative, but no date is supplied.

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A Wisconsin home

Charles was born in Germany and came to America with the Falkenrath family. He married Martha Bushardt. The 2010 history’s census summaries place them in Milwaukee in 1900 and 1905, and later in West Allis.

Work and family

Those summaries identify Charles as a machinist. They name daughters Lillian and Aleen, whose name appears with several spellings in the records. Martha’s family lived nearby in the earlier Milwaukee account. The histories preserve family and wedding photographs connecting this household with Ida’s extended family.

A note on the records

The owner’s tree gives 1871–1935. Older compilations give conflicting birth and death estimates and a marriage date that does not match an album photograph’s date; those details remain open for verification.

Sources for this biography

Based on the family’s written histories. Recollections and compiled records are identified here so they can be revisited as the archive grows.

  • The Falkenrath Family: Germany to America — Compiled by Dawn Kelm, September 7, 2010, including genealogical notes, photographs and family recollections. Her husband, Wayne Kelm, is a grandson of Ernest (Ernst) Falkenrath, Ida’s brother.
  • Descendants of Carl F. “Charles” Falkenrath — Family genealogy, scans RB046–RB053; includes census summaries and transcribed obituaries.
  • Family tree supplied by the family — Relationship chart provided by the owner in October 2026. Used alongside the written histories.