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Kruchten, Nick P.

Nelson, Dean

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St. Cloud State University The Repository at St. Cloud State WPA Biographic Summaries University Archives 12-21-1937 Emmerich, John (1855 - 1914) Nick P. Kruchten Dean Nelson Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/wpabio Recommended Citation Kruchten, Nick P. and Nelson, Dean, "Emmerich, John (1855 - 1914)" (1937). WPA Biographic Summaries. 318. https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/wpabio/318 This Interview is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at The Repository at St. Cloud State. It has been accepted for inclusion in WPA Biographic Summaries by an authorized administrator of The Repository at St. Cloud State. For more information, please contact tdsteman@stcloudstate.edu. t -.:--•-il EMMERICH , JOHN File No. 13 - .3.3 j_ John Emmerich, a pioneer and a native son of Stearne County was born in a log c abin on his father's homestead, September 11, 1855. John Emmerich was a son of Peter and Margurette Emmerich who were natives of Karish , Germany, they came to America on a sail boat, which required 66 days to make the crossing of the Atlantic. on arrival in New York, Peter and Margurette Emmerich set out for the west. Most of the distance from St. Paul , Minnesota, was traveled with the ox cart. Peter Emmerich decided to settle in St . Cloud, Minnesota, so he home-steaded some land in Section 20 of St . Cloud township 124 north, Range 28 west eighty acres. Thie homestead Peter Emmerich improved year after year, and farmed after the land was cleared of heavy timber. It was not an easy task, as our pioneers had to suffer many hardships. Transportation wa s by foot or by ox cart, and it required many days to travel any distance . Peter Emmerich traveled on foot to St. Paul, Minnesota , and on his return trip he carried a bushel of potatoes on his back from St . Anthony Hill , in Minneapolis, to his homestead in St . Cloud Township. John Emmerich received his early education in the little log school house in the country, now known as District f 37 in St. Cloud township. This school he attended until h,e was about fourteen years old, then he worked for his father on the farm, for about six years. on June fourth, 1875 Father Severn Pastor of St. Ma.ry 's Catholic Church of St. Cloud, performed the marriage of John Emmerich to Mary Leim. EMMERICH, JOHN Page No. 2 Mary Leim was born in Denzburn, near Trier, Germany July 13, 1855, and is a daughter of Mathias and Catherine Leim, who c ame to America in June 1868, and Game directly to Stearns County, and settled on a Government homestead in St. Cloud, township. Mary received some early educ ation in Germany, as she was thirteen years old when they arrived in America, so she finished her education in the country school in District #47. After completing school at the age of sixteen, Mary Leim worked at home for her parents, a number of years, and she also worked at different homes in St. Cloud, as housekeeper until her marriage to John Emmerich. In 1875 John and Mary (Leim) Emmerich built a small home on fourteenth avenue and first street north, and in a few years they added a few rooms to their home, for as much money as they could afford. John Emmerich followed the carpenter trade, working for different c a r penters at times, and he aJ.so took building contracts f or himself. Mary (Leim) Emmerich recalls the big cyclone which sept through the Northwestern part of St. Cloud, in 1886. She states they just had completed a new porch on their home, and it made them feel so happy that their home was now complete, then the cyclone c ame along and twisted the house from its foundation and tore off the porch, and carried it across the street. This disaster cost them about ~150.00 to get their home repaired again, and this amount of money was a big sum in those years, as wages were only about $1.50 per day. To John and Mary (Leim) Emmerich were born seven children: Two died in infancy, Mathias was killed in the Great Northern Yards in 1927. Catherine, wife of Jacob Rassier of St. Cloud; Barbara idow of Peter Rassier of St. Cloud; Sophia M. wife of John Bohlsen, St. Cloud and I, EMMERICH, J OHN Page No . 3 Henry Emmerich of Monticello, Wisconsin. Both parents of Mary (Leim) Emmerich have passed away. Mathias Leim, the father, died in 1915, and Catherine Leim, the mother, died in 1885, and were laid to rest in Calvary cemetery. Peter Emmerich, the father of John, was born October 22, 1822 in Karich, Germany and died October 7, 1904 in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Margu.rette Emmerich, the mother, was born March 21, 1826 in Karich, Germany and died May 20, 1898. John Emmerich died on September sixth 1914 and was buried in Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Mary (Leim) Emmerich is living at her h0me 104-4th avenue North St. Cloud, besides her four children she has thirteen grandchildren and, two great grandchildren: Richard Gelding, and Robert Emmerich. Interviewed: Mrs. Mary (Leim) Emmerich Date:October 22, 1936. Interviewed by: Nick P. Kruchten Publication Grante~ TAKEN FROM CENSUS RECORDS OF 1860 Enumerated July 20, 1860 By c. Grandelmeyer Post Office - st. Cloud Page No. 108 Peter Emmerich sex occupation Born Margaret Emmerich Sex occupation Born John Emmerich Sex occupation $6rn Barbara Emmer:io h Sex occupation Born Age 38 Male Farmer Prussia Age 31 Female Prussia Age 4 Kale Minnesota Agel Female Minnesota N me FROM THE RECORDS I THE STEAR ~S COUNTY COURT HO USE FOR THE JOHN E ·a RICH BIO GRAPHY Dat e of Place of Birth Birth Fath er •~ ame 1 . athias Emmerich Sept . 7, 1878 St . Cloud John Emmerich 2. atherine II Feb . 8, 1880 " II 3. Barbara II Dec. 9, 1881 II II 4 . Cather ine II July 31 , 1883 II II • 5. argurette s. II y 18 , 1 886 II II other I s Name ~ Book Page 1 . ary Leim A 333 2. II II A 421 3. II II A 461 4. " II A 565 5. II II B 33 RRIAGE RECORD BOOK E. PAGE 494 John Emmerich nd ary Leim ar r ied at St. Cloud, June 4, 1877 By: Rev . P. Severn Grosso. s. B. itnesse s: Jos. Heltemes and Antho ny Reng~l DEATH RECORD BOOK G. PAGE 10 LINE 340 John Emmerich Died September 6, 1914 Age 58 years 11 months and 24 days II II II II II II II II LINE 11 4 37 30 85 ~ Remarks Page 2 DEATH REC ORD BOOK I. PAGE 8 LINE 97 athias Leim, Died A~gust 21, 1916 Age 85 years 8 month s and 5 days DEATH RECORD BOOK 1904 A 13 PAGE 382 Peter Emmerich, Died October 7, 1904 Age 78 years ) 1 It I E ERICH , JOHN Second interview to ffirm or correct i nfo r mation in bio gr phy as comp red to i nfo rmat ion as listed in the l egal records in the Sterns County Court House . AFFI D: The marriage of John Emmerich and ary Leim, on June 4, 1 875 is correct as state in the biography. CORRECTION : The death of thias Leim on August 21 , 916 is c rr ec t s stated in the leg l recor s . AFFIR D: The b:irth of John Emmerich on Sept ember 11 , 1855, i s correct as st ted in the biography. FFI RMED : Birth of Peter Emmer ich in 1822 is correct s st ted in the biogr phy, Reinterviewed: Mrs. Emmerich D te : December 21 , 1937 By : De n el son 

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