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Elizabeth <I>Braun</I> Minnerath

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Elizabeth Braun Minnerath

Birth
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
26 Feb 1926 (aged 72)
Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Born on the family farm in Calumet (Township) of Fond du Lac County, WI; Elizabeth was the third of eleven children (four daughters & seven sons) born to Mathias & Amelia Eva Maria (Koster) Braun.

On 15 April 1875, Elizabeth married Michael C. Minnerath at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in St. Joseph, MN; she was age 21, he was 31. Michael was the sixth of nine children born to Joseph Werner & Maria Anna (Ganser) Minnerath. On this day, in a double ceremony, Elizabeth's older brother, John Braun married Anna Marie Minnerath (Michael's sister).

This family suffered more than its fair share of grief over the years as only five of their twelve children lived to see adulthood.

In April of 1884, there was an influenza epidemic that swept across Central Minnesota. Elizabeth and Michael lost three children, all under age seven – Franz, Maria, & Amelia – within a six day period. Family history tells that they went into town to bury one of their children, only to return home and discover that another had died. In 1890, they lost John at age six to a childhood fever; in August of 1895, they lost twin infants, Rosa & Anna to cholera. Then in 1913, they lost Michael at age 13 to typhoid. Can you imagine?

CHILDREN:
-o- Mathias (Matt) (1876-1959)
-o- Franz (1877-1884)
-o- Maria K. (1879-1884)
-o- Amalia Eva (1881-1884)
-o- John (1884-1890)
-o- Peter (1886-1953)
-o- Amalia Eve (Molly) (1888-1955)
-o- Mary Katherine (1890-1975)
-o- Elizabeth (Elsie) [twin] (1892-1975)
-o- Michael [twin] (1892-1913)
-o- Anna [twin] (1895-1895)
-o- Rosa [twin] (1895-1895)

A homemaker, farmer's wife & mother of twelve (including two sets of twins), Elizabeth died at age 72.
Born on the family farm in Calumet (Township) of Fond du Lac County, WI; Elizabeth was the third of eleven children (four daughters & seven sons) born to Mathias & Amelia Eva Maria (Koster) Braun.

On 15 April 1875, Elizabeth married Michael C. Minnerath at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in St. Joseph, MN; she was age 21, he was 31. Michael was the sixth of nine children born to Joseph Werner & Maria Anna (Ganser) Minnerath. On this day, in a double ceremony, Elizabeth's older brother, John Braun married Anna Marie Minnerath (Michael's sister).

This family suffered more than its fair share of grief over the years as only five of their twelve children lived to see adulthood.

In April of 1884, there was an influenza epidemic that swept across Central Minnesota. Elizabeth and Michael lost three children, all under age seven – Franz, Maria, & Amelia – within a six day period. Family history tells that they went into town to bury one of their children, only to return home and discover that another had died. In 1890, they lost John at age six to a childhood fever; in August of 1895, they lost twin infants, Rosa & Anna to cholera. Then in 1913, they lost Michael at age 13 to typhoid. Can you imagine?

CHILDREN:
-o- Mathias (Matt) (1876-1959)
-o- Franz (1877-1884)
-o- Maria K. (1879-1884)
-o- Amalia Eva (1881-1884)
-o- John (1884-1890)
-o- Peter (1886-1953)
-o- Amalia Eve (Molly) (1888-1955)
-o- Mary Katherine (1890-1975)
-o- Elizabeth (Elsie) [twin] (1892-1975)
-o- Michael [twin] (1892-1913)
-o- Anna [twin] (1895-1895)
-o- Rosa [twin] (1895-1895)

A homemaker, farmer's wife & mother of twelve (including two sets of twins), Elizabeth died at age 72.

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