Notes for Alvin Lemondt Bremer: Early biographical notes by Alvin L. Bremer – December 1923:
I was born on the 19th day of April in the year 1900, at Winthrop, Minnesota, being the first child born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ludwig Bremer. In the fall of 1900, my parents moved to Taloga, in the then, Territory of Oklahoma. It was here, when on the 23rd day of May, 1901, that Grandfather John Henry Bremer gave my father a heavy watch chain to keep for me until I reached the age of twenty-one. Three days later on the 26th day of May, 1901, he died. The significance of this presentation shall ever be before me, and it is for that reason that I have felt it a duty to write, as I have started to do so. My brother Granville Eugen was born on the 1st day of November, 1901, on the homestead near Taloga. In the year 1903, on the 18th day of April, brother Ellis Orlando was born on the homestead. In the school year 1906 and 1907 I attended public school in Taloga, my parents then living in town. In the fall of 1908 my parents moved to Brownton, Minnesota. I attended the public school in Brownton, Minnesota, for a short time. It was here that the first signs of my inclination to draw became noticeable. Miss Lula Brown, who was a chum of mine while attending the Brownton public school, and who left with her parents for school, and who left with her parents for Pasadena, California, prior to our leaving for Sauk Center, Minnesota, in August, 1908, remembered me being the one who drew various pictures on the black board of our classroom, when I wrote her a letter while at Luther Seminary some ten or eleven years later. Sad, but true, she was my first childhood sweetheart, has passed away to the realms beyond some few years prior to this writing. In October, 1912, we moved to Horizon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was here in the fall of 1913, that the combined lumber yard, hardware, and residence in which we lived, was completely burned and the watch chain, spoken of in the fore part of this account, was also destroyed, but remains thereof were found and are now in my possession. In December, 1913, my parents returned to Sauk Center, Minnesota. In June, 1914, we moved to Aredale, Iowa. Here I entered the eighth grade and in the fore part of, 1915, received private lessons of Mrs. Rev. H. Yaggy in oil and china painting. In April, 1915, my parents moved to Elberon, Iowa. I returned to Aredale, Iowa, shortly after to complete the County examinations necessary to graduate from the common branches of the Rural School. This successfully completed I retuned to Elberon, Iowa. On the 18th day of June, 1915, brother Sidney Newton was born. In the fall of 1915, I entered the freshman year of High School, and completed same.
Preface: Back in 1916 or 1917, I borrowed a large family picture of the Julius Selle and also one of the John Henry Bremer's and had a distant kin photographer, William Dettman of Stewart, Minnesota, make copies of them. This was the beginning of the Family Tree. When opportunity presented itself I continued to gather in formation and in 1923 I wrote my Grandmother Mary Bremer, then 83 years old, asking her to relate all she could recall about the family. I received long letter written in German in April of that year. This I translated and typed in a format. The format has been changed at various stages since then. I still have the typed translation and the format but the original letter with so much other material was either lost or destroyed in the years past. In 1959 I began a compilation of what materials I had and sent out letters and forms, which have finally been reduced to 8-1/2 x 11” for further information. Much of it coming very slowly. Some printing was begun in 1963 when it was discovered that too many inaccuracies existed and printing was stopped. At the same time it became obvious that a single volume would be a near impossibility. So as time and further accumulation and research progressed, it was decided that the work would have to be done in four volumes. In this way, one volume would, of the four volumes, suffice for any one family line. It is regrettable that so many have a greater interest in many things other than Family Trees. I enjoyed in my mid-twenties employment as a clay modeler and sculpture of the sane arts, but that was all too soon replaced by our present day morbid and abstract art, painting, sculpture and architecture. Happily, over the horizon of the future, a breed of humans is developing that can and surely will right the wrongs of the present and not-too distant past. I am happy about my descendants and also many other young people I know. At this time I wish to take the pleasure of thanking the many who have furnished information of their immediate families and those who, over several years, have given extensive amounts of very important information which means much to the overall work. Below are the list of volumes: Selle House- Vol.1; Krueger House- Vol.2; Bremer House- Vol.3; Bolte House- Vol.4 At this writing, new sets of Index for each volume are nearing completion. This simplifies cross indexing, so important to any works of this nature.
Dedication: Volumes one and two are dedicated the memory of my Benevolent Mother Alma Augusta nee Selle Bremer, her forbearers and Kin Folk. Volumes three and four are dedicated to the memory of my Good Father Martin Ludwig Bremer; To self-made musician and twenty-five year Church organist and farmer "vortrefflich" (extraordinaire), John Henry Bremer, Grandfather; And to Great Uncle Henry Bolte, Corporal in the Civil War, their forbearers and Kin folk. So dedicated this Easter Sunday March 26, 1967. A.L. Bremer veteran World War 1.
Obituary, The Daily Report, Ontario-Upland, CA, August 25, 1973: "Alvin L. Bremer, 73, of 757 E.E St., Ontario, Aug. 22 at Ontario Community Hospital. A building engineer, he was a native of Winthrop, Minn., and an Ontario resident four years. Past commander of WW I No. 799 Barracks, Chino; American Legion Post No. 270, Downey; V.F.W., Downey. Survived by his widow, Mrs. Marie Bremer, Ontario; two daughters, Mrs. Alma Clark, Milwaukee, Wis. and Mrs. Gretchen Donnan, Augusta, Georgia; two brothers, Dr. Sidney Bremer, Lexington, Ky., and Martin L. Bremer, East Moline, Ill.; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson. Services 3 p.m. Monday at Richardson-Peterson Chapel. Interment Bellevue Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday from noon until 9 p.m. at Richardson-Peterson Mortuary. The Rev. Kenneth Rusdahl of Grace Lutheran Church, Upland, will officiate. Richardson-Peterson Mortuary in charge of arrangements."
More About Alvin Lemondt Bremer: Burial: 27 Aug 1973, Bellevue Cemetery, Ontario, CA. Divorced: 06 Jan 1943
More About Alvin Lemondt Bremer and Caroline Barbara Dzik: Marriage: 28 Nov 1926, Milwaukee, WI.
More About Alvin Lemondt Bremer and Maria Anna Houska: Marriage: 06 Jan 1943, Las Vegas, NV.
Children of Alvin Lemondt Bremer and Caroline Barbara Dzik are:
+Gretchen Belle Bremer, b. 03 Aug 1927, South Milwaukee, WI, d. 08 Mar 2002, Port Orange, FL.
Alma Mae Bremer, b. 06 Apr 1929, Watertown, WI, d. 08 Apr 2000, South Milwaukee, WI.
Alvin Lemondt Bremer (b. 19 Apr 1900, d. 22 Aug 1973)
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