PHILOMENA "Minnie" J. MATERN
(née KAUFMANN)

Born: August 24, 1886     Minnesota
Died: September 1971    Stewartville, Olmsted, Minnesota


Parents:
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
John Kaufmann
Maria A. "Mary Ann" Imholte
 
Louis A. Matern
Abt. 1911
 

 
Children: Gladys M. 1913  
  Arlene E. 1915  
  Michael W. Aug. 11, 1916 † Dec. 4, 1986
  Elinor 1918  
  Patricia A. 1921  
  Hugh T. 1926  
       
Notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
In the 1910 census the Kaufmann family consisted of John Kaufmann age 61, born in Pennsylvania, Saloon keeper; Magdaline age 51, married for 5 years, no children born in Canada; Philomina age 23; Regina age 20; Alma age 15; Henrieta age 14 and Nels Nelson, lodger born in Minnesota, who worked at a book binder shop.
 
At the time of the 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Minnie was 33 years old and living with her husband Louis and their four children: Gladys, age 7; Arleen, age 5; Michael, age 3; and Elinor, age 1-3/12 yrs. All the children were born in Iowa. The family was living in their own home on E. 2nd Street in Stewartville, Olmsted, Minnesota. Louis was working as a livestock auctioneer [Source: 1920 U.S. Census, Wesley, Kossuth, Iowa, Roll ____; p. 11A; E.D. 186].
 
Minnie died in Stewartville, Olmsted, Minnesota in September 1971. She was 85 years old.
 
Ancestry: The Imholte Line
  The Stimmler/Stimler Line

John and Mary Kaufmann Family

Kaufmann Family Farm, about 1900

Kaufmann sisters
Kaufmann Sisters
Left to right: Mary V. Studer, Alma Braun, Etta McCollins, Belle Thilgen, Minnie Matern, Ida A. Rengel and Rose Hollern
Photograph courtesy of Tennie Thelen

Alma Braun, Minnie and Rose Hollern, three Kaufmann sisters
Three Kaufmann Sisters
Alma Braun, Minnie and Rose Hollern

Stimler Family Crest      Kampa Family Crest
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