Minnie came to the USA in 1889.She performed acrobatics on horseback for Ringling Brothers Circus before marrying Hugo Max Peters in South Bend,IN on 19 Sept.1890.A son,Charles J. Peters was born 17 Apr.1891.Hugo denied paternity and divorced Minnie.Minnie married Henry M.Runyan 10 May 1893 in Niles,Berrien,MI.Their son Willy died in infancy from cholera.Her husband Henry died in 1900. Minnie married Charles Burt Sheldon 23 May,1903 Ironwood,Gogebic,MI.They had 4 children: Delbert Eugene,Robert William,Daisy Bell (Simon),and George William. About 1914,husband Charles deserted Minnie and family.Minnie raised their 4 young children alone with the financial support of her son Charles J.Peters.She divorced Charles B.Sheldon.Charles married his landlady,Addie Lucy Howland in Kansas City,MO. Minnie moved to Chicago in 1930 to be with her daughter and family.
Minnie came to the USA in 1889.She performed acrobatics on horseback for Ringling Brothers Circus before marrying Hugo Max Peters in South Bend,IN on 19 Sept.1890.A son,Charles J. Peters was born 17 Apr.1891.Hugo denied paternity and divorced Minnie.Minnie married Henry M.Runyan 10 May 1893 in Niles,Berrien,MI.Their son Willy died in infancy from cholera.Her husband Henry died in 1900. Minnie married Charles Burt Sheldon 23 May,1903 Ironwood,Gogebic,MI.They had 4 children: Delbert Eugene,Robert William,Daisy Bell (Simon),and George William. About 1914,husband Charles deserted Minnie and family.Minnie raised their 4 young children alone with the financial support of her son Charles J.Peters.She divorced Charles B.Sheldon.Charles married his landlady,Addie Lucy Howland in Kansas City,MO. Minnie moved to Chicago in 1930 to be with her daughter and family.
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