Birth: Gembitzhauland, Czarnikau, Bromberg, Posen, Preussen (now Gebiczyn, Poland)
Marriage: From the Poznan Project website...
Sarbia (Registry office) - marriage record, year 1876
Julius Spletter (22 years), parents: Christophorus Spletter , Anna Christina Wanke,
Mathilde Kriese (22 years), parents: Ferdinand Kriese, Christina Sommer,
Other people appearing in the document : Wilhelm Redel - witness, Ludwig Spletter - witness
State Archives in Poznan Branch in Piła, 542/2/8, scan 41
From the Wilmar Tribune of Wednesday, July 25, 1906
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
Julius Spletter, an Old Resident of the Town of Woods, Meets Death in Branch of Judicial Ditch.
The entire community was shocked last Friday evening when the news was brought to town by O. W. Gibbs and R. Schiller, that Julius Spletter, a well known farmer, residing about five miles northwest of Raymond in the town of Woods, had been found dead in the ditch near his place, which has been constructed by the Gibbs and Love dredging machine this summer. The body was discovered by Otto and Phillip Gibbs about seven o'clock in the evening. They had completed their days' work and had procured a boat to row down to the dam to take a swim. Upon their arrival they saw something floating in the water and upon investigation found it to be the body of a man which closely resembled Mr. Spletter. Being somewhat excited over the horrible discovery they left the scene and hurried to the neighbors to give the alarm, who at once rushed to the scene and took the body to shore. In the meantime Messrs. Gibbs and Schiller drove to town and conveyed the news to relatives and friends of the deceased here and also notified the coroner, Dr. Zimback at Montevideo. As the coroner could not get here he deputized Dr. McMahon, who in company with a number of citizens and Herman Wegner, a son-in-law of the deceased, went out to hold an inquest, but upon investigation found that no inquest was necessary as death was not the result of drowning but came from cramps and subsequent heart failure.
Mr. Spletter had been in Raymond all afternoon, leaving for home about 5:00 o'clock. He arrived home and put up his team, and as the day had been very hot and he was fond of swimming he proceeded to the dam to take a swim as he had often before. The supposition is that he went in voluntarily as his clothes were found upon the bank and being overheated from the long drive in the sun the sudden change to the cold water was too much for him to overcome and he was taken with cramps and heart failure. When found he was clinging to the bank with both hands, his body perfectly rigid. That he did not drown is a certainty as a close examination of the body revealed this fact. His wife and family knew nothing of his whereabouts, but supposed that after his arrival home from town he had taken a walk thru the field as was often his custom, and the shock of his sudden death to them can hardly be described.
Deceased was born in Germany and had he lived until the 4th day of August would have been fifty-two years of age. He came to this country with his family nineteen years ago and settled on a farm near Montevideo, where he resided for seven years, after which he came here and took up his abode on the farm in town of Woods, his late home. He leaves to mourn his untimely death a grief stricken wife and eight children, as follows: Mrs. H. Wegner, Raymond; Max Spletter, Montevideo; Rudolph Spletter, Spencer, Iowa; Mrs. Schonek, Montevideo; and Ewald, Otto, Lillie and Lena, all at home; also a brother, Gotlieb Spletter, residing at Montevideo. All the above mentioned relatives were present at the funeral, which was held from the German Lutheran church of this place last Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. Beyer officiating, and interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery in the south part of town. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in this their hour of sorrow and affliction. -- Raymond News, 20th inst.
(Original image of the obituary is available at https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89081022/1906-07-25/ed-1/seq-1.pdf)
Marriage: From the Poznan Project website...
Sarbia (Registry office) - marriage record, year 1876
Julius Spletter (22 years), parents: Christophorus Spletter , Anna Christina Wanke,
Mathilde Kriese (22 years), parents: Ferdinand Kriese, Christina Sommer,
Other people appearing in the document : Wilhelm Redel - witness, Ludwig Spletter - witness
State Archives in Poznan Branch in Piła, 542/2/8, scan 41
From the Wilmar Tribune of Wednesday, July 25, 1906
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
Julius Spletter, an Old Resident of the Town of Woods, Meets Death in Branch of Judicial Ditch.
The entire community was shocked last Friday evening when the news was brought to town by O. W. Gibbs and R. Schiller, that Julius Spletter, a well known farmer, residing about five miles northwest of Raymond in the town of Woods, had been found dead in the ditch near his place, which has been constructed by the Gibbs and Love dredging machine this summer. The body was discovered by Otto and Phillip Gibbs about seven o'clock in the evening. They had completed their days' work and had procured a boat to row down to the dam to take a swim. Upon their arrival they saw something floating in the water and upon investigation found it to be the body of a man which closely resembled Mr. Spletter. Being somewhat excited over the horrible discovery they left the scene and hurried to the neighbors to give the alarm, who at once rushed to the scene and took the body to shore. In the meantime Messrs. Gibbs and Schiller drove to town and conveyed the news to relatives and friends of the deceased here and also notified the coroner, Dr. Zimback at Montevideo. As the coroner could not get here he deputized Dr. McMahon, who in company with a number of citizens and Herman Wegner, a son-in-law of the deceased, went out to hold an inquest, but upon investigation found that no inquest was necessary as death was not the result of drowning but came from cramps and subsequent heart failure.
Mr. Spletter had been in Raymond all afternoon, leaving for home about 5:00 o'clock. He arrived home and put up his team, and as the day had been very hot and he was fond of swimming he proceeded to the dam to take a swim as he had often before. The supposition is that he went in voluntarily as his clothes were found upon the bank and being overheated from the long drive in the sun the sudden change to the cold water was too much for him to overcome and he was taken with cramps and heart failure. When found he was clinging to the bank with both hands, his body perfectly rigid. That he did not drown is a certainty as a close examination of the body revealed this fact. His wife and family knew nothing of his whereabouts, but supposed that after his arrival home from town he had taken a walk thru the field as was often his custom, and the shock of his sudden death to them can hardly be described.
Deceased was born in Germany and had he lived until the 4th day of August would have been fifty-two years of age. He came to this country with his family nineteen years ago and settled on a farm near Montevideo, where he resided for seven years, after which he came here and took up his abode on the farm in town of Woods, his late home. He leaves to mourn his untimely death a grief stricken wife and eight children, as follows: Mrs. H. Wegner, Raymond; Max Spletter, Montevideo; Rudolph Spletter, Spencer, Iowa; Mrs. Schonek, Montevideo; and Ewald, Otto, Lillie and Lena, all at home; also a brother, Gotlieb Spletter, residing at Montevideo. All the above mentioned relatives were present at the funeral, which was held from the German Lutheran church of this place last Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. Beyer officiating, and interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery in the south part of town. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in this their hour of sorrow and affliction. -- Raymond News, 20th inst.
(Original image of the obituary is available at https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89081022/1906-07-25/ed-1/seq-1.pdf)
Birth: Gembitzhauland, Czarnikau, Bromberg, Posen, Preussen (now Gebiczyn, Poland)
Marriage: From the Poznan Project website...
Sarbia (Registry office) - marriage record, year 1876
Julius Spletter (22 years), parents: Christophorus Spletter , Anna Christina Wanke,
Mathilde Kriese (22 years), parents: Ferdinand Kriese, Christina Sommer,
Other people appearing in the document : Wilhelm Redel - witness, Ludwig Spletter - witness
State Archives in Poznan Branch in Piła, 542/2/8, scan 41
From the Wilmar Tribune of Wednesday, July 25, 1906
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
Julius Spletter, an Old Resident of the Town of Woods, Meets Death in Branch of Judicial Ditch.
The entire community was shocked last Friday evening when the news was brought to town by O. W. Gibbs and R. Schiller, that Julius Spletter, a well known farmer, residing about five miles northwest of Raymond in the town of Woods, had been found dead in the ditch near his place, which has been constructed by the Gibbs and Love dredging machine this summer. The body was discovered by Otto and Phillip Gibbs about seven o'clock in the evening. They had completed their days' work and had procured a boat to row down to the dam to take a swim. Upon their arrival they saw something floating in the water and upon investigation found it to be the body of a man which closely resembled Mr. Spletter. Being somewhat excited over the horrible discovery they left the scene and hurried to the neighbors to give the alarm, who at once rushed to the scene and took the body to shore. In the meantime Messrs. Gibbs and Schiller drove to town and conveyed the news to relatives and friends of the deceased here and also notified the coroner, Dr. Zimback at Montevideo. As the coroner could not get here he deputized Dr. McMahon, who in company with a number of citizens and Herman Wegner, a son-in-law of the deceased, went out to hold an inquest, but upon investigation found that no inquest was necessary as death was not the result of drowning but came from cramps and subsequent heart failure.
Mr. Spletter had been in Raymond all afternoon, leaving for home about 5:00 o'clock. He arrived home and put up his team, and as the day had been very hot and he was fond of swimming he proceeded to the dam to take a swim as he had often before. The supposition is that he went in voluntarily as his clothes were found upon the bank and being overheated from the long drive in the sun the sudden change to the cold water was too much for him to overcome and he was taken with cramps and heart failure. When found he was clinging to the bank with both hands, his body perfectly rigid. That he did not drown is a certainty as a close examination of the body revealed this fact. His wife and family knew nothing of his whereabouts, but supposed that after his arrival home from town he had taken a walk thru the field as was often his custom, and the shock of his sudden death to them can hardly be described.
Deceased was born in Germany and had he lived until the 4th day of August would have been fifty-two years of age. He came to this country with his family nineteen years ago and settled on a farm near Montevideo, where he resided for seven years, after which he came here and took up his abode on the farm in town of Woods, his late home. He leaves to mourn his untimely death a grief stricken wife and eight children, as follows: Mrs. H. Wegner, Raymond; Max Spletter, Montevideo; Rudolph Spletter, Spencer, Iowa; Mrs. Schonek, Montevideo; and Ewald, Otto, Lillie and Lena, all at home; also a brother, Gotlieb Spletter, residing at Montevideo. All the above mentioned relatives were present at the funeral, which was held from the German Lutheran church of this place last Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. Beyer officiating, and interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery in the south part of town. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in this their hour of sorrow and affliction. -- Raymond News, 20th inst.
(Original image of the obituary is available at https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89081022/1906-07-25/ed-1/seq-1.pdf)
Marriage: From the Poznan Project website...
Sarbia (Registry office) - marriage record, year 1876
Julius Spletter (22 years), parents: Christophorus Spletter , Anna Christina Wanke,
Mathilde Kriese (22 years), parents: Ferdinand Kriese, Christina Sommer,
Other people appearing in the document : Wilhelm Redel - witness, Ludwig Spletter - witness
State Archives in Poznan Branch in Piła, 542/2/8, scan 41
From the Wilmar Tribune of Wednesday, July 25, 1906
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
Julius Spletter, an Old Resident of the Town of Woods, Meets Death in Branch of Judicial Ditch.
The entire community was shocked last Friday evening when the news was brought to town by O. W. Gibbs and R. Schiller, that Julius Spletter, a well known farmer, residing about five miles northwest of Raymond in the town of Woods, had been found dead in the ditch near his place, which has been constructed by the Gibbs and Love dredging machine this summer. The body was discovered by Otto and Phillip Gibbs about seven o'clock in the evening. They had completed their days' work and had procured a boat to row down to the dam to take a swim. Upon their arrival they saw something floating in the water and upon investigation found it to be the body of a man which closely resembled Mr. Spletter. Being somewhat excited over the horrible discovery they left the scene and hurried to the neighbors to give the alarm, who at once rushed to the scene and took the body to shore. In the meantime Messrs. Gibbs and Schiller drove to town and conveyed the news to relatives and friends of the deceased here and also notified the coroner, Dr. Zimback at Montevideo. As the coroner could not get here he deputized Dr. McMahon, who in company with a number of citizens and Herman Wegner, a son-in-law of the deceased, went out to hold an inquest, but upon investigation found that no inquest was necessary as death was not the result of drowning but came from cramps and subsequent heart failure.
Mr. Spletter had been in Raymond all afternoon, leaving for home about 5:00 o'clock. He arrived home and put up his team, and as the day had been very hot and he was fond of swimming he proceeded to the dam to take a swim as he had often before. The supposition is that he went in voluntarily as his clothes were found upon the bank and being overheated from the long drive in the sun the sudden change to the cold water was too much for him to overcome and he was taken with cramps and heart failure. When found he was clinging to the bank with both hands, his body perfectly rigid. That he did not drown is a certainty as a close examination of the body revealed this fact. His wife and family knew nothing of his whereabouts, but supposed that after his arrival home from town he had taken a walk thru the field as was often his custom, and the shock of his sudden death to them can hardly be described.
Deceased was born in Germany and had he lived until the 4th day of August would have been fifty-two years of age. He came to this country with his family nineteen years ago and settled on a farm near Montevideo, where he resided for seven years, after which he came here and took up his abode on the farm in town of Woods, his late home. He leaves to mourn his untimely death a grief stricken wife and eight children, as follows: Mrs. H. Wegner, Raymond; Max Spletter, Montevideo; Rudolph Spletter, Spencer, Iowa; Mrs. Schonek, Montevideo; and Ewald, Otto, Lillie and Lena, all at home; also a brother, Gotlieb Spletter, residing at Montevideo. All the above mentioned relatives were present at the funeral, which was held from the German Lutheran church of this place last Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. Beyer officiating, and interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery in the south part of town. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in this their hour of sorrow and affliction. -- Raymond News, 20th inst.
(Original image of the obituary is available at https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89081022/1906-07-25/ed-1/seq-1.pdf)
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