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Submitted: 6/14/06 • Approved: 6/14/07 • Last Updated: 2/16/13 • R8055-G8055-S3
Wilhelmine Caroline "Minnie" Rutz Sporven
April 4, 1883 - Nov. 13, 1951
Minnie was born in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of Johann Erdman & Wilhelmina K H Krey Rutz. Her parents came to the US between 1878-1879. She had 4 sisters and 1 brother, her oldest sister being born in Germany, and the rest all born in the US. She married Carl Sporwien-Sporven Jan. 24, 1903 in Manning, Carroll Cnty, IA, and they had 10 children, 2 still living.
Submitted by Craig & Nancy Sporven Poole, Granddaughter, Omaha, Ne.
Contributed on 6/14/06 by cpoole
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