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About Anna "Annie" Ruppelius
- From pages 539-540 of Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn. History of Wright County, Minnesota. Volume I. Chicago: H.C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1915.:
- "Andrew Borngesser, one of the pioneers of Rockford township, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, November 22, 1831, son of Valentine and Elizabeth Borngesser. There was also a daughter, Elizabeth, in the family. Valentine Borngesser died, and his widow married George Grevema. By this union there were born four children, Anna, Margaret, Christina and George. Andrew Borngesser was reared in his native land, attended the schools of his neighborhood and there grew to manhood. February 3, 1856, he married Anna, and on June 6 of the same year, arrived in New York city.
- "From there they came to Milwaukee, Wis., and by September 1, 1856, he was in Wright county, his wife remaining in Milwaukee until fall. He had reached this county by coming by boat to St. Paul, and then walking the remainder of the distance. He located in the wild woods, on section 3, in range 24, Rockford township. Some twenty rods east of the present residence he erected a log cabin, and there they started housekeeping. The first crops were planted with a "grub" hoe, in the virgin sod. He secured two good cows soon after his arrival, but it was the second year before they were able to buy a yoke of oxen. For a vehicle they used a sled. To make corn bread they ground corn in the coffee-mill, and for coffee they used roasted barley, rye and wheat. Times were hard, provisions were scarce, difficulties were many. Fortunately the sale of ginseng brought the family a little ready cash, and the acreage of the crops increased from year to year.
- "When news came of the Indian uprising, the whole family, consisting of Andrew Borngesser and his three children, Andrew, Anna and Kate, walked to Minneapolis, where they found shelter until the danger was past. In religion, Mr. Borngesser adhered to the German Evangelical church, and he was one of those who assisted in building the church near St. Michael. His prosperity increased with the years, and it was not long before he became a leading citizen. His wife, Anna Ruppelius, who was born April 21, 1836, died in 1880. Their children were: Andrew (deceased), Anna (deceased), Kate (deceased), Christina, Fred, Elizabeth, Andrew E. and George (deceased). For his second wife he married Anna Marie Wettreau, a widow, who died June 11, 1913, at the age of eighty-two."
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Anna "Annie" Ruppelius's Timeline
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April 21, 1836
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| 1873 |
July 20, 1873
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Rockford, Wright, Minnesota, United States
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| 1880 |
1880
Age 43
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