Wilhelmine Frances Kramer ^{4 5 6}

   Another name for Wilhelmine was "Minnie" Kramer.^{1 2 3 6 7 8 9}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Caledonia Township, Trempealeau, WI on 18 June 1900. ⁷

1900 US Census
Page 3A, Roll 1819, District 124, Dwelling 43, Family 44
Caledonia Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
farm owned no mortgage
Minnie Kramer..Daughter..Aug 1880..19..WI
(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 1 June 1905. ⁸

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 464, Family 95, Line 72
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
home owned
Minnie Kramer..Daughter..23..WI..Domestic
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 23 Aug 1880, then her age should have been 24 instead of 23.
.

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 18 April 1910. ⁹

1910 US Census
Page 4B & 5A, Roll 1739, District 173, Dwelling 123, Family 123
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Minne F. Kramer..Daughter..27..MN
(Living with widowed mother.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 23 Aug 1880, then her age should have been 29 instead of 27.
.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 19 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 219, Family 138, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Main Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Minnie Northup..Wife..38..WI
(Living with husband and son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 23 Aug 1880, then her age should have been 39 instead of 38.
.

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 17 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 23, Family 125, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned
Minnie Northup..Wife..49..WI
(Living with husband and son.)
.

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 8 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 61-23, Family 19, Roll 4529
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned, $700
residence in 1935: Same House
Minnie Northup..Wife..59..WI..8th grade
(Living with husband.)
.

• She was buried after 19 April 1969 in the Trempealeau Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial #97618217

. ⁶

Wilhelmine married Norris Gilbert Northup, son of Perry G. Northup and Mariam Zaviah Kinne, on 8 February 1915 in Winona, MN.^{1 2 3} (Norris Gilbert Northup was born on 19 September 1868 in Ellsworth, WI,^{2 3 10} died on 5 April 1971 in Trempealeau, WI ¹⁰ and was buried after 5 April 1971 in Trempealeau, WI ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 19 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 219, Family 138, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Main Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Norris Northup..Head..50..WI..Laborer, General Work
Minnie Northup..Wife..38..WI
Gordon Northup..Son..4..MN
.

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 17 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 23, Family 125, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned
Norris Northrup..Head..61..WI..Farmer, General Farm
Minnie Northrup..Wife..49..WI
Gordon Northrup..Son..14..WI
.

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 8 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 61-23, Family 19, Roll 4529
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned, $700
residence in 1935: Same House
Norris Northrup..Head..71..WI..1st grade..Farmer
Minnie Northrup..Wife..59..WI..8th grade
.

  Marriage Notes:

groom's name: Norris Northrup
groom's birth date: 1871
groom's age :44
bride's name: Minnie Kramer
bride's birth date: 1881
bride's age: 34
marriage date: 08 Feb 1915
marriage place: Winona, Winona, Minnesota
indexing project (batch) number: M75158-3
system origin: Minnesota-EASy
source film number: 1377827
reference number: v Y p 102

Citing this Record
"Minnesota, Marriages, 1849-1950 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDXH-NJB : accessed 25 Sep 2012), Norris Northrup and Minnie Kramer, 08 Feb 1915.

NOTE - Others have stated that Norris and Minnie were married in Trempealeau, WI on 27 May 1907 which was almost 8 years earlier.
-----------------------------

(In letter From Lorinda (Verkins) Lardino to Betty Roeseler
re: Kramer / Possin genealogy, dated 3-12-1989, and cc: to Robert Westphal)

..."Minnie Northup I knew well as a child. I immensely enjoyed Uncle Norris and Aunt Min. Grandpa installed electricity on their farm in Trempealeau in the 1950s. Still chopped firewood for the wood stove in the 60s and used an outhouse. They had chickens and grew popcorn by the bushel. The 3 room house had linoleum floors and a big wood box. The two rocking chairs were worn flat on the bottom and flanked a big old floor model radio. The whole town had a 100th birthday party for Norris in 1968, same as a 50th anniversary in 1965. Their only child, Gordon, died of a brain tumor in Minneapolis in 1963. Min and Norris spent a lot of time staying with us while Gordon was hospitalized at the University of Minnesota. Norris helped my grandparents build the 2nd house in the early 1950s. They tell a story that I was about 4 years old; I walked up behind Norris unnoticed as he shoveled gravel. He spun around for another shovel full and narrowly missed taking off my head with the shovel. It was a sorry day when Gram told me his daughter (from a previous marriage) put them in a nursing home. She didn't think they should live old-fashioned any more. Minnie died in 3 months."
----------------------------------------

(From Martha (Drugan) Westphal, 3-2003):
"I remember visiting my grandma (Kramer) in Trempealeau when I was a child ...my brothers and sisters and I would often walk to town with her and aunt Minnie. While we walked, I can remember grandma and aunt Minnie speaking German."
----------------------------------------

(From Robert Westphal, Jr., 3-2003):
"While on vacation with my family in 1969, I had the good fortune to spend time with my uncle Eli and Aunt Mattie in Trempealeau, as I routinely did on all our summer vacations. One morning uncle Norris and aunt Minnie came by to visit. Uncle Eli introduced me to uncle Norris, and, as I shook his hand, Eli said, "Well, Robby, how does it feel to shake the hand of a hundred year-old man?" I couldn't believe that Norris was over 100! He was a tall man with a slender build. Despite his age, he was in great shape, and didn't wear glasses or walk with a cane. I went with him and Eli into the garden and helped cut gladiolas that I later gave to aunt Minnie. I recall uncle Norris, while passing by a row of tomato vines, grabbing a few cherry tomatoes and popping them into his mouth and winking at me. I followed suit, and, to this day, have never tasted a tomato any sweeter. Aunt Minnie reminded me a lot of my grandma, but was somewhat quieter and calmer! We all sat together on Eli's front porch talking about gardening (which I loved), until "dinner" was served around 1 o'clock. Aunt Minnie and I went to Eli's outdoor water pump and filled a big tin pitcher with ice cold water to put the gladiolas in, that were the centerpiece of our table that afternoon. Uncle Eli indicated to me in a letter in January 1971, that Norris was the oldest living man in Trempealeau County."
-----------------------------------------