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Charles Friedrich Lamke
24 May 1882 – 1 Dec 1969
| Birth | 24 May 1882 |
| Death | 1 Dec 1969 |
| Cemetery | Waukenabo Cemetery Waukenabo , Aitkin County , Minnesota , USA |
| Added by | Pat Ellingson on 19 Jul 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39631913 |
Bio
Charles was born in Henderson, Sibley County, MN according to his baptismal certificate from Henderson. His parents were Julius and Paulina Lemke who were Prussian immigrants who had moved first to Iowa, then sold their farm in Iowa and went north, first to Minnesota, but by the time Charles was 3, they had begun homesteading in Taylor County, Wisconsin. Most of the homesteaders in Taylor County would farm most of the year and log in the winter to make cash for their farms. Charles' father, Julius, was logging at a camp when a tragic logging accident killed him in 1889. Charles was only 7 years old when his father was killed and his mother was taken away for being unable to cope, their belongings sold at auction and the eight children "scattered" among families in the area who would take them in exchange for work. In the US Census for 1900, "Charlie" was living in Browning Town as a lodger working in a logging camp in Taylor, WI, said he was born May 1882 in MN and that his parents had been born in Germany. In the US Census for 1910 Charles Lamke (changed the name because there was another Charles Lemke in the area) was living in Aitkin County, MN as a single 26 year old lodger who was listed as born in WI with parents born in US. (Did the landlady provide the information while Charles was at work?) This landlady became his mother-in-law on 20 Dec 1909 when Charles married Pearl Nix in Aitken County.After Charles and Pearl got married, he said it took 3 days to drive the horse and buggy from Aitkin to Palisade to the farm according to Jeanette because there were no roads. Charles liked to fish, hunt and trap in his free time when he wasn't farming. He was talented with his hands and his rifle and passed these talents on to his children. Charles and Pearl had 14 children on that farm in Palisade. In the 1920 census Charles Lamke was 37, married, born in MN, parents born in Germany. and was a farmer. Wife was Pearl 29, b. WA, her father born in MI, her mother in Canada. Children were Charles Philip 9, born MN, Ruby M. 7, Myrtle L. 5, Melvin D. 3 and Archie H. 1 all born in MN. Obituary: CHARLES LAMKE Charles Lamke, 87, pioneer resident of Hebron-Bain area passed away Monday, Dec 1, 1969 at Itasca Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids. Funeral services will be on Saturday at 1 p.m. Dec 6 at St. John Lutheran Church in Aitken with Pastor Fredrick Krueger officiating. Interment will be at the Waukenabo Cemetery. Friends may call at the Sorensen-Root Funeral home beginning Friday Dec 5.
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Family
Parents
Spouse
Siblings
- Edward Lemke 1870–1890
- Amiel "Emil" Lemke 1872–1945
- Bertha Ann Lemke Sands 1874–1959
- Johann Julius "John" Lemke 1876–1959
- Herman Albert Lemke 1878–1941
- Minna L Lemke Buchanan 1880–1969
- Emma Louise Lemke Olson 1885–1952
Children
- Philip Charles Lamke 1910–2004
- Ruby May Lamke Jewell 1912–2011
- Melvin Duane Lemke 1916–1985
- Archie Harold "Art" Lamke 1919–1973
- Francis Elmer "Fritz" Lamke 1921–1991
- Calvin Independence Lamke 1924–1980
- Albert Leonard Lemke 1925–2020
- Earl Matthew "Bud" Lamke 1926–2005
- Orvin Donald Lamke 1930–2016
- Ronald Ray Lamke 1932–1953
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