Gustave Melcher
(Abt 1855-)
Margaretha Meidlein
(Abt 1860-)
Arthur Herman Melcher
(1885-1957)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret Cosma Kramer

Arthur Herman Melcher 1 2

  • Born: 30 January 1885, Whitewater Township, Winona County, MN 2
  • Marriage (1): Margaret Cosma Kramer about 1915 1
  • Died: 21 January 1957, Oakridge, MN at age 71 2
  • Buried: After 21 January 1957, Oakridge, MN 2
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1887 and a birth location of Minnesota.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 32 on the 1920 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Whitewater Township, Winona County, MN on February 1920. 1

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 196, Family 123, Roll 865
Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota
Farm owned, with mortgage
Arthur A. Melcher..Head..32..MN..Farmer
(Living with wife, son, and sister-in-law.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 30 Jan 1885, then his age should have been 34 instead of 32.
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• He was buried after 21 January 1957 in the Saint Mary's Cemetery in Oakridge, MN.

Find A Grave Memorial #110110091
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Arthur married Margaret Cosma Kramer, daughter of George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer and Anna Margaret Becker, about 1915.1 (Margaret Cosma Kramer was born on 31 October 1888 in Mount Vernon Township, Winona, MN,1 3 4 5 died on 2 November 1951 in Oakridge, MN 5 and was buried after 2 November 1951 in Oakridge, MN 5.). The cause of her death was Heart Failure.

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Whitewater Township, Winona County, MN on February 1920. 1

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 196, Family 123, Roll 865
Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota
Farm owned, with mortgage
Arthur A. Melcher..Head..32..MN..Farmer
Margaret Melcher..Wife..31..MN
Archibald G. Melcher..Son..4..MN
Maria Kramer..SisL..19..MN
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Sources


1 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 196, sheet 6B, family 123, Arthur Herman Melcher and Margaret Cosma Kramer; index and images (accessed 24 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 865.

2 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 15 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110110091.

3 "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680827 : accessed 15 May 2015), Name: Maggie Kramer; Birth Date: 31 Oct 1888; Birthplace: Mt. Vernon, Winona, Minnesota.

4 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Mount Vernon Township, Winona County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 181, sheet 2B, family 37, George Friedrich Wilhelm Kramer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 728.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 15 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110110147.


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