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Bernard Imdieke

Birth: 23 Jun 1874
Oldenburg, Stadtkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death: 6 Feb 1960 (aged 85)
Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
Burial: Saint Alexius Cemetery

West Union, Todd County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 129214817 View Source

Bernard was the oldest of twelve children (ten sons & two daughters) born to Herman Johan & Agnes Marie (Schmiesing) Imdieke.

On 7 June 1898, Bernard ("Ben") married Mary A. Vorgert in Stearns County, MN; she was age 20, he was 23.

CHILDREN:
-o- Herman Joseph (1900-1968)
-o- Agnes M. (1901-1997)
-o- Joseph Theodore (1902-1980)
-o- Mathilda E. (1905-1996)
-o- Elizabeth Emily (1907-2012)
-o- Henry Oswald (1909-1982)
-o- Genevieve Josephine (1911-1986)
-o- Leander Francis (1913-1986)
-o- Otto John (1918-1960)

NOTE: Some time before 1900, Ben & Mary also adopted/raised a "foster" child -- James C. Bradley (1895-1921) off of the "Orphan Trains" from New York City.

A hardworking family farmer, husband and father to ten (nine of his own plus one he took into his heart), "Ben" died at age 85.

Bernard was the oldest of twelve children (ten sons & two daughters) born to Herman Johan & Agnes Marie (Schmiesing) Imdieke.

On 7 June 1898, Bernard ("Ben") married Mary A. Vorgert in Stearns County, MN; she was age 20, he was 23.

CHILDREN:
-o- Herman Joseph (1900-1968)
-o- Agnes M. (1901-1997)
-o- Joseph Theodore (1902-1980)
-o- Mathilda E. (1905-1996)
-o- Elizabeth Emily (1907-2012)
-o- Henry Oswald (1909-1982)
-o- Genevieve Josephine (1911-1986)
-o- Leander Francis (1913-1986)
-o- Otto John (1918-1960)

NOTE: Some time before 1900, Ben & Mary also adopted/raised a "foster" child -- James C. Bradley (1895-1921) off of the "Orphan Trains" from New York City.

A hardworking family farmer, husband and father to ten (nine of his own plus one he took into his heart), "Ben" died at age 85.

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Mary A. Vorgert Imdieke

1877–1976

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Maintained by: Peter Joseph ('PJ') Braun
Originally Created by: Steven M. Wielenberg
Added: May 5, 2014
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129214817/bernard-imdieke: accessed ), memorial page for Bernard Imdieke (23 Jun 1874–6 Feb 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129214817, citing Saint Alexius Cemetery, West Union, Todd County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Peter Joseph ('PJ') Braun (contributor 46869838).

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