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Notes:Clara was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and came to St. Cloud,
Minnesota as a child with her parents.
At the time of the 1880 federal census, Clara was 4 years old
and living with her parents and her brother, Frank (age 2), in
St. Cloud, Stearns County, MN. Also living with them were
Lina Stamonn (age 18), a servant, and Charlie Novak (age 48),
Henry Richter (age 21), John Gaffka (age 22) and Jacob McGeyor
(age 22), laborers. Clara's father was working as a brewer at the
time. [Source: NA Film No. T9-0634, p. 442B]
Clara, the oldest child, married in 1898, two of her brothers, Frank and
William worked for the brewery for a time and then enlisted in the 13th
Company M Minnesota Volunteers in the Spanish American War and the
Philippine Insurrection. While they both survived, their health was not
good. Her brother Louis, Clara and mother Dora wrote letters to the boys during their
military service.
Clara had been ill for several years before passing away at the age
of 40.
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