The "Rest of the Story" (sort of) about Alvina Fraedrich Lindemann

Below is another article from a newpaper that was in mom's genealogical papers.  It is not nearly as interesting as the earlier artical "A Pioneer Story"

For the record, here then is a brief account of the Lindamann family and how it grew.

Ferdinand and Julia Petrich Lindemann lived near Berlin, Germany.  Julia was the widow of his brother and had a small son, Carl, when she married Ferdinand.  Their family grew to include five more sons: John, Fred, William, Paul and Robert; and four daughters: Augusta, Ida, Hulda and Minnie.

Ferdinand was content in Germany but Julia worried about her sons who were reaching the age when they would be taken into the German army.  Many of their relatives were planning to emigrate to Dakota territory, at the urging of Wm Krueger, who had settled earlier at Chaffee, among them his three sisters, Mrs. Kraft, Mrs. Bleese and Mrs. Petrich.  Julia was a sister of Mr. Petrich and, finally, they decided that they too should try their fortune in Dakota.  With eight of their sons and daughters, they set sail for America.  Only John and Augusta remained in Germany.

The Krueger farm was the arrival point and the numerous relationship filled all the available space, including the granaries.  Mr. Krueger gave them a horse and wagon to look for a homestead.  They soon found a claim where an earlier settler had built a house and purchased a “relinquishment”.  This is the farm now owned by Maynard Lindemann.  Ferdinand took a claim in the N.W. ¼ of Sec. 24 (?), Pontiac Township, while Carl filed on the S.W. ¼.   As each of the sons grew old enough, they filed for homesteads or purchased land in the area, married and raised substantial families of their own.  Since many of their neighbors were relatives, the area immediately north and east of Enderlin became, for practical purposes, one big clan. 

Carl Lindemann took a claim in the same section as his.  This farm is still owned by his family.  He married Louise Keiselbach and they raised four sons: Leo, Lawrence, Rex and Bodo, both of the later long-time Enderlin Businessmen.  When he retired from active farming, he built a house at the south end of town which was perhaps the biggest home in the city.  It has since been torn down. 

William Lindemann took a homestead directly north of Enderlin, on the Maple River.  His wife was Ida Crockett.  They had four sons; Adolph, Harry, Rudolph and Russell, and a daughter, Rosy, later Mrs. Tom Bickel, who is now deceased.  After some years of farming, William worked for the Soo Line and later purchased a business in Enderlin, which he operated until his death.

Fred Lindemann homesteaded also in Section 24 of Pontiac Township.  He later moved northwest of Enderlin and farmed there until his death.  He married Anna Stange and they had five children: Martha (Mrs. Menge), Herbert, (deceased), Marvin, Clarence and Fred Jr.(Julius).  Mrs. Lindemann died in child birth and he later married Lena Menge.  To them were born three children: Hildegarde (Mrs. Freeman Green), Sieghard and Harold.

Robert Lindemann and his wife, Alvina Fraedrich Lindemann, lived on the home farm with his parents.  This farm is now owned by their son Karl.  All but two of their eleven children still live in North Dakota.  They are Agnes (Mrs. August Geske), Esther (Mrs. John Brun), Werner, Alice (Mrs. Victor Peterson)(of  Arthur, N.D.), Reuben, Maynard, Leona (deceased), Doris (Mrs. Ervin Utke), Karl, Kenneth, West Fargo, and Willis, Florida. 

Paul Lindemann homesteaded six miles northwest of Enderlin. He combined farming with auctioneering and was widely known in that field for many years.  He married Alvina Eckelberg and they raised a family of eight:  Walter, Thelma (Mrs. Keeler), Reinhard, Paul Jr., Ella, Alfred, Elmer and Herbert, who farmed the home farm until his death a few years ago.  It is now operated by his son, Stanford.  Of the Paul Lindemann family, only “Reinie” is still living a short distance east of Lucca.