John W. SOMMERLADE

Birth:
7 Feb 1871
Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota
Death:
5 Feb 1945
Lincoln, Minnesota
Marriage:
16 Jun 1901
Lincoln, Minnesota
Notes:
                   BURIAL:
    Memorial Hill Cemetery, Lake Benton, MN
Sealed to parents by Joey and Laura Goodman and Joe and Joyce Goodman
May 29, 1998.

First child of Johan Christoff Sommerlade.  He wanted my grandmother to marry John.   She was cooking at their house during the construction of their new home.   Mary (Hagedorn) did not want to marry John, but his father was insistant.   In the meantime, the younger brother, Chris courted her.   She liked Chris and he talked her into marrying him.   Even then, she was not sure she was in love with Chris.   They married and had one child (George William) before Chris' death from  tuberculosis in 1903.   Grandpa Sommerlade never really forgave her for going against his will and not marrying John.   Maybe that was the old German way.
Wilhelmina DUMKE
Birth:
24 Mar 1882
Henderson, Minnesota
Death:
19 Nov 1947
Lincoln County, Minnesota
Burial:
Lake Benton, Lincoln, Minnesota
Father:
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                   Called Minnie.  Father's name Henry (?) Dumke.   Mother's name Amelia, no
maiden name known.

Grave marker in the Lake Benton Cemetary under a large stone marked
SOMMERLADE and including Mother Minnie and Father John W. and son
Henry A. (1902-1957)
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                   Never married.   Dad and I visited her in a nursing home in 1970 in Tyler,
Minnesota.   She was a very sweet person.   A very hard worker.  We were
told by towns people and relatives that she worked so hard she became
ill with arthritis.
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John W. Sommerlade - Wilhelmina Dumke

John W. Sommerlade was born at Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota 7 Feb 1871. His parents were Johann Christoph Sommerlade and Wilhelmena Laabs.

He married Wilhelmina Dumke 16 Jun 1901 at Lincoln, Minnesota . Wilhelmina Dumke was born at Henderson, Minnesota 24 Mar 1882 .

They were the parents of 10 children:
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John W. Sommerlade died 5 Feb 1945 at Lincoln, Minnesota .

Wilhelmina Dumke died 19 Nov 1947 at Lincoln County, Minnesota .