Showing posts with label 1949. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1949. Show all posts

Monday, November 7, 2016

Letters to Ora and Dolly Decker in Waltham, MN from Cora Swigert in Yakima, Washington





This first letter is to Ora Decker from a Cora Ernst in Yakima, Washington. Date is May 1, 1947.
Names/places listed in letter: Mrs. Hogle or Hagle, Mrs. Fuller, Ruth Decker, Frances, Lois, Mrs. Beck, Waltham, Minnesota. Not sure if Ernest or Ernst is Cora's maiden name a different Cora all together.


Another letter from Cora. The Alex she is referring to is Alexander Decker. The Dr. Zupp she is referring to is Dr. Benjamin Zupp, a DVM who practiced in MN. Other names we're not sure of: Ruth Beck, Helen Eggerto, Mrs. Hogle, 
7/26/1949, Waltham, Minnesota, Mrs. A. W. Swigert, Cora Swigert, Yakima, Washington







This is another letter from Cora Swigert to Ora Decker and Ora's mother, Dolly.
Bill and Dorothy Decker. Alexander Decker. Ruth Zupp (nee Decker), Mary Ann is her child. Mrs. Hogle. Mrs. Fuller. Carl Empke. Moore's. Wallis or Walter Schming or Schwing or Schmuring ?, Frances in St. Louis, Missouri, Ruth Lucker. Waltham, Minnesota. Windom in Cottonwood County, Minnesota.
There was no envelope with this one.

Monday, April 11, 2016

Relatives from Germany...



These are letters from our relatives in Germany. We do not know much about them or if they are still alive. We know they are related to William Henry "Bill" Decker (1877-1934)  Waltham, Minnesota. He was born in Bochum, Germany. They are his nieces from what the letters say. He had one brother and two sisters that remained in Germany. We are unsure of their names. There is a good possibility Manfred Spaeth or Helene's children are still alive.
The names on the letters are:
Paul and Helene Storch
Elfriede and Hans
Margarete and Manfred Spaeth


Places listed on letters: Bochum, Friedrichsburg 21 or 24, Westfalen, Waschow, Lebenstedt, Stahlstrasse 88, Braunschweig, Wolfenbuttel, Westring, Br. Zone