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Personal data Dora Caroline Waldow 

  • Alternative name: Dora Waldow Bruns
  • She was born on August 5, 1893 in Lake Twp., Clark Co., SD.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: LaRie Hull, Lois Paterson, & Tereasa Clark
  • She died Christmas Eve 1970 in Watertown, Codington Co., SD (Watertown Hosp.), she was 76 years old.
  • She is buried on December 28, 1970 in Collins Twp., Clark Co., SD (Collins Cem.).
  • A child of Carl C E Waldow and Elisabeth Wilhelmina Gammelien
  • This information was last updated on August 14, 2018.

Household of Dora Caroline Waldow

She is married to Michel Harm Bruns.

They got married on May 24, 1916 at Bethlehem Ev. Luth. Chr., Hague Twp., Clark Co., SD, she was 22 years old.

Michael Harm Bruns oo Dora Caroline W Waldow

Marriage source: Author: Hull, LaRie, Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication location: Fergus Fls., MN, Publisher: L.H., Publication date: xv Feb MCMXCVI)

Mrs. Hull cites her source: 'THE FAMILY TREE' MICHEL AND WESSELENA KUPER 1839-1963

Author: Peterson, Lois, Title: "Pedigree Chart #1 being Lois LaVonne McPeek," (Publication location: Sioux Fls., SD, Publisher: LLMP, Publication date: xvii Feb MMXVI)

"6 Michel Harm Bruns b. 27 Feb 1893 p. Lincoln County, SD

m. 24 May 1916 p. Hague Lutheran Church,~

d. 16 June 1971 Watertown, Codington ~"

Hague Twp. Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hague Twp., Clark Co., SD? <>

Child(ren):

  2. Carl Michel Bruns  1919-2013 


Notes about Dora Caroline Waldow

Dora Caroline Waldow

Source: Author: Hull, LaRie, Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication location: Fergus Fls MN, Publisher: L.H., Publication date: xv Feb MCMXCVI)

Mrs. Hull cites her sources: 'THE FAMILY TREE' MICHEL AND WESSELENA KUPER 1839-1963.

For death data, Mrs. Hull cites Mabel Sandhorst Dirks of Avoca, MN.

Mrs. Hull writes, "MIKE CAME TO SEE HER BEFORE MARRIAGE IN A HORSE AND BUGGY. AFTER MARRIAGE IN 1918 THEY GOT A 490 CHEVROLET WITH SIDE CURTAINS AND NO HEATER. COVERED THE CAR WHEN IT HAD WATER IN THE RADIATOR SO IT WOULDN'T FREEZE. DIED AT WATERTOWN HOSPITAL FROM EFFECTS OF STROKE."

Author: Peterson, Lois, Title: "Pedigree Chart #1 being Lois LaVonne McPeek," (Publication location: Sioux Fls., SD, Publisher: LLMP, Publication date: xvii Feb MMXVI)

"7 Dora Caroline W Waldow b. 5 Aug 1893 p. Willow Lake, Clark Cou~ d. 24 Dec 1970 p. Watertown, Codington ~"

Author: Clark, Tereasa, Title: "Dora Caroline Waldow Bruns," (Publication location: Willow Lk., SD, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: ix Feb MMXIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104912863/dora-caroline-bruns

"Photo [of stone shared with Michel Bruns] added by Tereasa Clark

Dora Caroline Waldow Bruns Birth 5 Aug 1893 Clark County, South Dakota, USA Death 24 Dec 1970 (aged 77) Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, USA Burial Collins Cemetery Willow Lake, Clark County, South Dakota, USA Memorial ID
104912863

Dora Bruns, was born August 5, 1893 in Lake Township, Clark County, South Dakota, to Carl and Elizabeth Waldow.
She was confirmed and baptized into the Lutheran faith at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. In 1923 she became a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and she was an active member of the ladies Aid.
She married Michel Bruns on May 24, 1916, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
She achieved the age of 77 years,4 months, and 19 days. She passed away December 24, 1970 at a Watertown Hospital. Services were held Monday 28, 1970 at 10:30 am. Interment at Collins Cemetery, Willow Lake, South Dakota.
Having shared in her life Her husband, one son, Carl of Willow Lake; two daughters, Mrs (Margaret) Orvan McPeek and Mrs (Grace) Ellsworth Bratland of Willow Lake; four brothers, Carl and Theodore Waldow of Bryant, George Waldow of Hetland, S. Dak., and Paul Waldow of Willow Lake; six sisters, Mrs Harry Warkenthien and Mrs Leo Kenny of Willow Lake, Mrs.Johnny Otwell of Springdield, OR., Mrs Oliver Heismeyer of Estelline, and Mrs David Kannegier of Willow Lake; 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, four brothers, and one great grandchild

Family Members
Parents

Carl Christopher Waldow 1865-1940
Elizabeth Wilhelmina Gammelien Waldow 1876-1934

Spouse
Michel H Bruns 1893-1971 (m. 1916)

Siblings

Minnie Waldow Johnson 1894-1997
George E Waldow 1898-1988
Heinrich Wilhelm Waldow 1903-1904
Martin Carl Albert Waldow 1905-1958
Martha E. Waldow Warkenthien 1905-2001
Elizabeth Johannah Waldow Kenny 1906-1985
Alvina Amelia Waldow Otwell 1907-1993
Emma B Waldow Heismeyer 1909-1990
August Paul Waldow 1910-1945
Paul H. Waldow 1917-1990
Olga Hazel Waldow 1920-1921

Children
Margaret Dora Caroline Bruns McPeek 1917-2011
Carl Michel Bruns 1919-2013
Grace Elizabeth Carlina Bruns Bratland 1921-2016

Created by: Tereasa Clark Added: 9 Feb 2013 Find A Grave Memorial 104912863"
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Birthday August 5, 1893

  • The temperature on August 5, 1893 was about 17.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
    • August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
    • November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
    • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
    • December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

Day of marriage May 24, 1916

  • The temperature on May 24, 1916 was between 5.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
    • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
    • August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
    • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
    • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
    • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

Day of burial December 28, 1970

  • The temperature on December 28, 1970 was between -5.9 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
    • January 22 » The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
    • March 31 » Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
    • July 8 » Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
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    • December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.


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