The
Carl Wilhelm Friedrick STUEF Family
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Park
Springs and Bismark Districts
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Carl
Wilhelm Friedrick Stuef (spelled Stu'f in Germany), (1870-1938)
was born in Parchim, Germany, on August 18, 1870. Whilhelmine 'Minnie'
Johanne Sophie Ortman (1876-1968) was born June 6, 1876, in Ziegendorf,
Germany. On August 6, 1897, Carl and Whilhelmine married in Germany.
Carl passed away in November, 1938, while Minnie lived to be 92
years old, spending her last years in a nursing home in Minnesota,
where she died in 1968.
Carl was a painter and decorator by trade, and moved his wife and
family to the Park Springs District in 1908 and homesteaded the
N.W. 1/4, 34-43-28-W4. They sold their farm 1917 and moved with
their 4 youngest sons, to Minnesota, U.S.A. Travelling by a train
from Ponoka, they entered the US at Portal, North Dakota on March
17, 1917. The family lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 2 years
before moving to Isanti, Minnesota where they lived and farmed from
November 1919 until March 1937.
Carl and his wife had 5 sons.
My grandfather, Otto Richard Stuef, was one of the five children
of Carl and Minnie Stuef (Carl Jr.,Walter, William, Otto and
Emil). Otto arrived in the United States, through the port of
Portal, North Dakota, on March 17, 1917 by train. He was born in
Bismark, Alberta, Canada. The train that landed him in the United
States came from Ponoka, Alberta, Canada. He and his family moved
to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Upon arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
the Stuef family stayed there nearly two years. Next the family
moved to Isanti, Minnesota ,where they lived and farmed from Nov.
1919 until March 1937.
My grandfather Otto, married Ethel Frieda Mathieson on April 22,
1932 at Weber, Minnesota. My grandmother,was born on January 30,
1913 at Oxford, Isanti, Minnesota. They had one child, Kenneth
Otto Stuef. Kenneth was born on August 3, 1932 in Isanti, Minnesota.
My father, Kenneth, married Margaret Ann Swinea on Aug. 4, 1956.
in Royal Oak, Michigan. They had five children (Kenneth Wayne,Thomas,
James, Michael and Lisa). |
| The
Children .... (and grandchildren) |
| Carl
Jr. |
Married
Freda Frisch and had a son and a daughter. Lived in the Bismark
district until 1924, when they moved to a farm near Ponoka,
where they lived for a few years before moving to British
Columbia |
| Walter |
Moved
to Minnesota in 1917 with his parents and 3 of his 4 brothers |
| William |
Moved
to Minnesota in 1917 with his parents and 3 of his 4 brothers |
| Otto |
Moved
to Minnesota in 1917 with his parents and 3 of his 4 brothers.
He met and married Ethel Frieda Mathieson on April 22, 1932
at Weber, Minnesota. Ethel was born on January 30, 1913 at
Oxford, Isanti, Minnesota. They had one child, Kenneth
Otto Stuef, born August 3, 1932 in Isanti, Minnesota,
USA.
Kenneth, married Margaret Ann Swinea on Aug. 4, 1956. in Royal
Oak, Michigan. They had five children: Kenneth Wayne,Thomas,
James, Michael and Lisa. |
| Emil |
Moved
to Minnesota in 1917 with his parents and 3 of his 4 brothers |
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STUEF
Family RESEARCHER:
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