Margaret Eve (Wuerflein) Klammer
Chronology

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Date Age

01 Mar 1891   Born in Moratneustätten, Franconia, Germany
1902 11 Moves to Wernsbach, Franconia, Germany
09 May 1902 11 Begins work as babysitter for the Lorenz Heckt family
12 Apr 1904 13 Confirmation
Fall 1904 13 Father dies during flu epidemic, buried in Wernsbach
May-Jun 1905 14 Emigrates with mother from Wernsbach to Kiester, MN
ca. 1906 15 Moves to Spirit Lake, IA to work for Stillwell family
ca. 1907 16 Moves to Estherville, IA to work for Alfred Rhodes family
ca. 1909 18 Considers move to Montana
Begins work for Frank Rhodes family in Estherville
Summer 1910 19 Witnesses Halley’s Comet
Aug 1911 20 Meets Albert Carl Klammer in Spirit Lake
1911-12 20 Becomes engaged to ACK
Fall 1912 21 ACK spends academic year at University of Michigan
Continues to work for Frank Rhodes family
18 Jun 1913 22 Marries ACK in Orleans, IA at Frank Rhodes’ cottage
“Sleepy Hollow” on Spirit Lake
1913 22 Call to St. John Lutheran Church in Rapidan, MN
14 Apr 1914 23 Margaret Louise born
24 Dec 1915 24 Theodore Paul born
11 Oct 1917 26 Gerhardt Frederick born
1918 27 Call to Holy Cross Lutheran Church, St. Cloud, MN
22 Apr 1919 28 Edward William born
Nov 1920 29 Votes for first time in US presidential election
(for Warren Harding)
15 Aug 1921 30 Werner Carl born
12 Dec 1922 31 Dorothy Elizabeth born
1923 32 Call to St. John Lutheran Church, Good Thunder, MN
10 Sep 1924 33 Martin Walter born
19 Apr 1926 35 Enno Ernest born
25 Aug 1930 39 Monica Marie born
1931 40 Call to St. Lorenz Lutheran Church in Frankenmuth, MI
21 Oct 1932 41 Ruth Paula born
15 Jul 1941 50 First grandchild born
15 Aug 1963 72 Thirty-eighth grandchild born
18 June 1973 86 60th wedding anniversary celebrated in Ann Arbor, MI
Summer 1976 85 Writes “Climbing the Mountain
24 Nov 1977 86 ACK dies
10 Oct 1985 94 Dies in Frankenmuth

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