Jacob Martin Henry Frahm arrived in New York from Schlesweig-Holstein, Germany on March 16, 1891. He'd been orphaned at the age of 14 in Germany and was left in the care of his older brothers and sisters. Of the 6 children born to Heinrich Ludwig Lorenz Frahm (1840-1886) & Magdalena Johanna Paulsen (1837-1890), Jacob was the 5th. His sister, Margaretha, had already been in the Davenport, Iowa, area for 2 years when Jacob arrived and went to Avoca in Pottawattami County, Iowa. His brother, Wilhelm (Bill) emmigrated in 1893, the year his sister was married. Perhaps he came for the wedding. Christina married Herbert Bredehoft. They left 3 brothers in Germany.
Jake got a job as a farm hand for the prosperous Reimer Stemmerman who farmed NE of the town of Madison, near the village of Nunda. He fell in love with and married Laura (Nannie) Stemmerman, one of Reimer's daughters. Reimer set the couple up in farming and their 1st daughter, Annie, was born Aug. 6, 1901 in Fulda, Minnesota. A 2nd daughter, Marthalena (Lena) was born in 1904 in Hooper, Neb. Loretta was born in 1907 in Midland, South Dakota,
Jacob had no luck farming--he clung to old ways that didn't work here. So eventually he got a job with the Milwaukee RR & they tried homesteading in western SD about 50 miles SW of Pierre. It didn't go well either, so they moved the family back to Wentworth, SD, where he worked as a farm hand. Hans was born here on May 17, 1910.
Jake got a job at the Morrell packing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and eventually bought an old, 2 story house at 1506 N. Wayland Ave. Here Lawrenz (Lawrence) 6 years younger than Hans and the last of the 5 children was born on April 2, 1916.
In 1937, Jacob died of a stroke. And on the way home from her husband;s funeral, Nannie had a servere stroke that paralyzed her left side. She died in Dec. 1939 also from a stroke.
Jake got a job as a farm hand for the prosperous Reimer Stemmerman who farmed NE of the town of Madison, near the village of Nunda. He fell in love with and married Laura (Nannie) Stemmerman, one of Reimer's daughters. Reimer set the couple up in farming and their 1st daughter, Annie, was born Aug. 6, 1901 in Fulda, Minnesota. A 2nd daughter, Marthalena (Lena) was born in 1904 in Hooper, Neb. Loretta was born in 1907 in Midland, South Dakota,
Jacob had no luck farming--he clung to old ways that didn't work here. So eventually he got a job with the Milwaukee RR & they tried homesteading in western SD about 50 miles SW of Pierre. It didn't go well either, so they moved the family back to Wentworth, SD, where he worked as a farm hand. Hans was born here on May 17, 1910.
Jake got a job at the Morrell packing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and eventually bought an old, 2 story house at 1506 N. Wayland Ave. Here Lawrenz (Lawrence) 6 years younger than Hans and the last of the 5 children was born on April 2, 1916.
In 1937, Jacob died of a stroke. And on the way home from her husband;s funeral, Nannie had a servere stroke that paralyzed her left side. She died in Dec. 1939 also from a stroke.
Jacob Martin Henry Frahm arrived in New York from Schlesweig-Holstein, Germany on March 16, 1891. He'd been orphaned at the age of 14 in Germany and was left in the care of his older brothers and sisters. Of the 6 children born to Heinrich Ludwig Lorenz Frahm (1840-1886) & Magdalena Johanna Paulsen (1837-1890), Jacob was the 5th. His sister, Margaretha, had already been in the Davenport, Iowa, area for 2 years when Jacob arrived and went to Avoca in Pottawattami County, Iowa. His brother, Wilhelm (Bill) emmigrated in 1893, the year his sister was married. Perhaps he came for the wedding. Christina married Herbert Bredehoft. They left 3 brothers in Germany.
Jake got a job as a farm hand for the prosperous Reimer Stemmerman who farmed NE of the town of Madison, near the village of Nunda. He fell in love with and married Laura (Nannie) Stemmerman, one of Reimer's daughters. Reimer set the couple up in farming and their 1st daughter, Annie, was born Aug. 6, 1901 in Fulda, Minnesota. A 2nd daughter, Marthalena (Lena) was born in 1904 in Hooper, Neb. Loretta was born in 1907 in Midland, South Dakota,
Jacob had no luck farming--he clung to old ways that didn't work here. So eventually he got a job with the Milwaukee RR & they tried homesteading in western SD about 50 miles SW of Pierre. It didn't go well either, so they moved the family back to Wentworth, SD, where he worked as a farm hand. Hans was born here on May 17, 1910.
Jake got a job at the Morrell packing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and eventually bought an old, 2 story house at 1506 N. Wayland Ave. Here Lawrenz (Lawrence) 6 years younger than Hans and the last of the 5 children was born on April 2, 1916.
In 1937, Jacob died of a stroke. And on the way home from her husband;s funeral, Nannie had a servere stroke that paralyzed her left side. She died in Dec. 1939 also from a stroke.
Jake got a job as a farm hand for the prosperous Reimer Stemmerman who farmed NE of the town of Madison, near the village of Nunda. He fell in love with and married Laura (Nannie) Stemmerman, one of Reimer's daughters. Reimer set the couple up in farming and their 1st daughter, Annie, was born Aug. 6, 1901 in Fulda, Minnesota. A 2nd daughter, Marthalena (Lena) was born in 1904 in Hooper, Neb. Loretta was born in 1907 in Midland, South Dakota,
Jacob had no luck farming--he clung to old ways that didn't work here. So eventually he got a job with the Milwaukee RR & they tried homesteading in western SD about 50 miles SW of Pierre. It didn't go well either, so they moved the family back to Wentworth, SD, where he worked as a farm hand. Hans was born here on May 17, 1910.
Jake got a job at the Morrell packing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and eventually bought an old, 2 story house at 1506 N. Wayland Ave. Here Lawrenz (Lawrence) 6 years younger than Hans and the last of the 5 children was born on April 2, 1916.
In 1937, Jacob died of a stroke. And on the way home from her husband;s funeral, Nannie had a servere stroke that paralyzed her left side. She died in Dec. 1939 also from a stroke.
