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Matilda <I>Watkins</I> Gramlich

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Matilda Watkins Gramlich

Birth
Menard County, Illinois, USA
Death
19 Feb 1882 (aged 49)
Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 60 N 4
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Matilda was the daughter of Samuel and Sophie Watkins. She was working as a domestic in one of the finer homes in Chicago when she met Alois Gramlich, who was employed as a butcher. The two were married at her home in Petersburg in Menard County, Illinois on July 28, 1853.

In 1855 they left Illinois and headed for the west coast. Matilda's brother, James, went with them. They arrived in Sarpy County the winter of 1855 and in Jan 1856 their 1st child, Samuel, was born. They decided to make Nebraska their home.

Matilda and Alois had eleven children: Samuel, John, Mary, Barbara (Lake), Louis, Susan (Ewell), Eli, George, Fred, Alice (Rice), and Adam.

Matilda died from consumption in 1882 at the age of 49 years.
Matilda was the daughter of Samuel and Sophie Watkins. She was working as a domestic in one of the finer homes in Chicago when she met Alois Gramlich, who was employed as a butcher. The two were married at her home in Petersburg in Menard County, Illinois on July 28, 1853.

In 1855 they left Illinois and headed for the west coast. Matilda's brother, James, went with them. They arrived in Sarpy County the winter of 1855 and in Jan 1856 their 1st child, Samuel, was born. They decided to make Nebraska their home.

Matilda and Alois had eleven children: Samuel, John, Mary, Barbara (Lake), Louis, Susan (Ewell), Eli, George, Fred, Alice (Rice), and Adam.

Matilda died from consumption in 1882 at the age of 49 years.


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  • Created by: kweaver
  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59035786/matilda-gramlich: accessed ), memorial page for Matilda Watkins Gramlich (14 Aug 1832–19 Feb 1882), Find a Grave Memorial ID 59035786, citing Fairview Cemetery, Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by kweaver (contributor 47018187).