Ida

Ida

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  • Name Ida 
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    • Received from Jim Danielsen of Stoughton, WI:

      "'Theodore M. Krumsieg [and] Catherine Louise Brandhorst'

      Theodore Martin Christian Krumsieg was born on July 20, 1862 in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents were Rev. Theodore G. A. Krumsieg and Helene Grahn. He was christened on July 27, 1862 in Holy Cross Lutheran Church in St. Louis.

      For an unknown reason, the census records of 1870 and 1880 indicate he was born in Wisconsin. But the 1900 and 1910 census records indicate he was born in Missouri.

      His father graduated from the Concordia Seminary-Springfield, which was in St. Louis, Missouri during the Civil War, and was ordained in Fall Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin on September 28, 1862. [This fact accounts for the assumption that Theodore was born in Eau Claire, WI rather than St. Louis, MO.]

      As a child he moved with his family from parish to parish in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1881 at the age of 19 he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and became a carpenter. He boarded at 440 (116) Rosebel. He married Catherine Marie Louisa Brandhorst in the winter of 1882/1883 and moved in with his in-laws. It appears as though he was taking an apprenticeship under his future father-in-law.

      Catherine Marie Lousia Brandhorst was born on April 12, 1863 in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was the daughter of John Henry Brandhorst and Mary Ann Overmann. Her father was a successful carpenter who became a partner in a woodworking company. Her picture looks as though she was a pretty child with blond or light hair.

      In 1884 they moved out of her parent?s home. Theodore became a part owner in a meat market and a cigar manufacturing company. On April 4, 1885 they had their first child, Helen Anna Krumsieg. This child was short lived and died a month later on May 4th. They lived in St. Paul until about 1886.

      In about 1887 they moved to Duluth, Minnesota. Theodore worked as a bookkeeper and became an alderman. Their second child, Walter Theodore, was born on February 25, 1888. Alma Clara was born 10 months later on December 29, 1889. Adeline Louise Emilie was born 5 years later on March 7, 1895, and their last child, Arthur Victor, was born on May 18, 1898.

      Louise died in Duluth on February 8, 1901 of uteri cancer at the age of 37. Elsie Brandhorst said her death was a very harsh one. A nurse attended her at home. The nurse finally quit and said she could no longer watch such suffering. Anna Brandhorst, Louise's sister, went to Duluth to care for her. Louise was buried in the Brandhorst family plot in the Oakwood Cemetery in St. Paul.

      The 1900 census lists Anna Brandhorst as living with them. Apparently Louise had been sick for some time. All the members of the household could read, write and speak English, except for the small children. The house was owned without a mortgage.

      Theodore married a woman named Emilie Aurelia Anna Augusta Adler of Red Wing, Minnesota on May 21, 1902. They were married at Trinity Lutheran Church, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It is not known how they met as he lived in Duluth, and she was from near Red Wing in Olmstead County.

      Emilie became the stepmother of the four children. Theodore and Emilie had a child named Clara on January 14, 1904. This child was short lived and died 3 days later. Later that year the entire family moved to Milwaukee, and Theodore became the Secretary/Treasurer of the Quinn Book and Stationery Company. He also became an alderman for the City of Milwaukee.

      The 1910 census shows they were living in a rented flat on North 5th Street. All the members of the household could read, write and speak English. Theodore was a bookkeeper for a liquor company. The two older children were working and living at home. The family members probably spoke German around the home.

      Adeline (Krumsieg) Danielsen often talked about being able to speak German, although her primary language was English when I knew her. She talked about the days when she was young and attended Lutheran grade school and Trinity Lutheran Church (Milwaukee). They were taught in German and church services were conducted in German.

      Just prior to World War I, the State of Wisconsin passed the Bennett Law, which required English to be spoken in all schools, public or parochial. It was a shock to some of the older German-Americans Lutherans when English became the primary language in church services.

      Emilie Adler died in 1913. Theodore married for the third time to Anna Stolper Haenal. I believe she was the widow of a Lutheran minister. Lois Danielsen talked about Anna with fond memories. Anna had enough money from her previous marriage to support herself and live independently. She could be called a liberated woman before her time. She was independent in a pleasant sense and self reliant. She owned an electric car and was able to drive; this was in a time when women didn't do those things. They would go for rides around Milwaukee in the car and have fun, just do girl things.

      I remember meeting Anna Stolper Haenal Krumsieg as a very small child. At Christmas, Theodore's children and their children would meet at her home on north 2nd Street for a large Christmas dinner. I knew her by the name of 'Oma' and always believed that was her name. It wasn't until I was in my fifties that I learned that her name was Anna and 'Oma' was German for grandmother. As a small child I remember her as a short woman (noticeably shorter than my mother, who was about five feet four inches), who always wore a long ankle length black fancy dress at Christmas. My mother told me that all older women dressed that way, because that was the way women in the olden days dressed.

      Theodore died on June 30, 1922 of pyemia abscess of the kidneys and lungs at St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee. His family said he had a burst appendix. He was buried in the Brandhorst family plot in St. Paul, Minnesota.

      There is an eerie footnote to his death. He was the third person to be elected to the Treasurership of Concordia College-Milwaukee and to die in that office that year.

      References: Concordia College - Milwaukee
      Mathilda Brutlag, Milford, Illinois
      Lois Danielsen
      Kris Presba, Georgetown, California
      Wisconsin State Historical Society"
    Person ID I3504  Complete

    Family Aaron Fagelson, MD 
    Children 
     1. David Fagelson
     2. Robert Fagelson
    Last Modified 1 May 2006 
    Family ID F1480  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart