Selma Wojhan 1 2 3
- Born: 13 June 1878, Germany 4
- Marriage (1): Wilbert C. Kramer on 20 February 1901 in Amboy, MN 1 2
- Died: 30 March 1964, Mankato, MN at age 85 3 4
- Buried: After 30 March 1964, Good Thunder, MN 4
 Other names for Selma were Selma Wojahn and Selma Wolsohn.
Noted events in her life were:
• She has alternate birth date of 1876 and a birth location of Germany.
This birth year was referenced by her age of 43 on the 1920 US Census.
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• She has alternate birth date of 1880 and a birth location of Minnesota.
This birth year was referenced by her age of 30 on the 1910 US Census.
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• She immigrated in 1883.
2 On her 1920 US Census, she referenced that she immigrated to the US in 1883.
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, MN on 21 April 1910. 1
1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 13, Family 30, Roll 691
Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 9 years
Zelina Kramer..Wife..30..MN..3/2
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 13 Jun 1878, then her age should have been 31 instead of 30.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, MN on 19 January 1920. 2
1920 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 9, Family 85, Roll 825
Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Farm owned, no mortgage
Selma Kramer..Wife..43..GERMANY..Immig. 1883..House wife
(Living with husband and 4 children.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 13 Jun 1878, then her age should have been 41 instead of 43.
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• She was buried after 30 March 1964 in the Lyra Township Cemetery in Good Thunder, MN.
Selma married Wilbert C. Kramer, son of Carl Friedrich Kramer and Frederika Ulrich, on 20 February 1901 in Amboy, MN.1 2 (Wilbert C. Kramer was born on 26 May 1868 in Lewiston, MN,3 4 5 6 7 8 died on 23 March 1952 in Mankato, MN 3 4 and was buried after 23 March 1952 in Good Thunder, MN 4.). The cause of his death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, MN on 21 April 1910. 1
1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 13, Family 30, Roll 691
Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 9 years
Wilbert Kramer..Head..40..MN..Farmer
Zelina Kramer..Wife..30..MN..3/2
Carl Kramer..Son..4..MN
Paul Kramer..Son..1y 4m..MN
William Krueger..Othr..30..GER..Hired Man
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, MN on 19 January 1920. 2
1920 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 9, Family 85, Roll 825
Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Farm owned, no mortgage
Wilbert Kramer..Head..50..MN..Farmer
Selma Kramer..Wife..43..GER..Immig. 1883..House wife
Carl Kramer..Son..14..MN..Scholar
Paul Kramer..Son..11..MN..Laborer, on farm
Evelyn Kramer..Dau..8..MN
Violeot Kramer..Dau..5..MN
William Klagge..Laborer..43..MN
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Sources
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1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 8A, family 30, Wilbert C. Kramer and Selma Wojhan; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 Dec 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 691.
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1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 4B, family 85, Wilbert C. Kramer and Selma Wojhan; index and images (accessed 3 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 825.
3
Cindy Klemm, "Cindy's Research - It's a labor of love!" (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/l/e/Cindy-A-Klemm/; Updated February 2, 2007).
4
Robert Westphal Jr., "Westphal Family History," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=westphal : accessed 27 Apr 2013).
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1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Utica, Winona County, Minnesota, p. 34, dwelling 224, family 229; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.
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1875 State Census, Minnesota, population schedule, Utica, Winona County, Minnesota, p. 694, family 27, line 29, Carl Friedrick Kramer and Frederika Ulrich; index and images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503053 : accessed 9 May 2013).
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1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 10, p. 3, dwelling 32, family 32, Carl Friedrich Kramer and Frederika Ulrich; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0615.
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1885 Minnesota State Census, Minnesota, population schedule, Lyra Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, p. 19, family 144, Carl Friedrich Kramer and Frederika Ulrich; index and images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503044 : accessed 9 May 2013).