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Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Today we’re spotlighting my great grand uncle (by marriage), Franz Carl Gottlieb Nohr. Tombstone of Franz “Frank” Carl Gottlieb Nohr Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Franz was the child of Herman Edward Gottlieb Nohr and Henrietta Natzke. According to his obituary in The Fargo Forum…
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Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Today we’re spotlighting my great grand aunt, Wilhelmina “Minnie” (Altman) Nohr. Tombstone of Wilhelmina “Minnie” (Altman) Nohr Anselm Lutheran Cemeter in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Minnie was the child of Julius Ferdinand Altman and Marie Louise Henrietta (Froemke) Altman. She had five brothers (three older and two younger)…
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Hello and welcome to Tombstone Tuesday! Today we’re jumping cemeteries and spotlighting my great grand uncle, Robert Altman (not the movie director, haha). Tombstone of Robert Altman Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho Robert Altman was the child of Julius Ferdinand Altman and Marie Louise Henrietta (Froemke) Altman. He had four brothers (all older)…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday. Today we’re spotlighting the husband of my first great-grand-aunt Augusta Christine (Altman) Froemke, Carl August Froemke, Jr. Tombstone of Carl August Froemke, Jr. Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Carl August Froemke, Jr. was the child of Carl August Froemke and Henrietta Elisa (Schwarz) Froemke. It’s…
It’s time for Tombstone Tuesday again. We aren’t straying far from last week’s spotlight. Today we’re looking at my second great-grandfather, Julius Ferdinand Altman. Tombstone of Julius Ferdinand Altman Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Julius was the fifth of ten children of Christian Gottlieb Altman and Maria Elizabeth (Neubauer) Altman. He had…