Charles T. Koelmel, who has taken rank among the successful farmers of Greenfield Township, was born in the Village of Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minn., January 8, 1870, son of Nicholas and Mary (Lawinder) Koelmel. The parents came from Germany to the United States in the early forties, landing at New York. After spending some years in the East, they joined the tide of emigration to the Northwest, settling in the Village of Wabasha, where Nicholas Koelmel worked as a blacksmith for the C. M. & St. P. railway, and continued in that employment for the rest of his active period. He died June 7, 1902. His wife survived him less than two years passing away May 7, 1904. They were members of the German Lutheran church, and Mr. Koelmel belonged fraternally to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Charles T. Koelmel … was married May 2, 1893, to Christina Nigg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nigg, and he and his wife have been the parents of eleven children: Arthur H., born March 18. 1894; Mabel L., November 26, 1895; Clara C., March 19, 1897; Margaet M., November 18, 1898; Nicholas, February 16, 1901; Walter, April 19, 1904; Addie, August 22, 1906; Veronica, Octobr 10, 1908; Esther, January 21, 1910; Pauline, November 27, 1913; and Julius, January 14, 1916 …
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Thank you to Kathy Hill for providing this Bio
Charles T. Koelmel, who has taken rank among the successful farmers of Greenfield Township, was born in the Village of Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minn., January 8, 1870, son of Nicholas and Mary (Lawinder) Koelmel. The parents came from Germany to the United States in the early forties, landing at New York. After spending some years in the East, they joined the tide of emigration to the Northwest, settling in the Village of Wabasha, where Nicholas Koelmel worked as a blacksmith for the C. M. & St. P. railway, and continued in that employment for the rest of his active period. He died June 7, 1902. His wife survived him less than two years passing away May 7, 1904. They were members of the German Lutheran church, and Mr. Koelmel belonged fraternally to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Charles T. Koelmel … was married May 2, 1893, to Christina Nigg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nigg, and he and his wife have been the parents of eleven children: Arthur H., born March 18. 1894; Mabel L., November 26, 1895; Clara C., March 19, 1897; Margaet M., November 18, 1898; Nicholas, February 16, 1901; Walter, April 19, 1904; Addie, August 22, 1906; Veronica, Octobr 10, 1908; Esther, January 21, 1910; Pauline, November 27, 1913; and Julius, January 14, 1916 …
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