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Kramer, Ann

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St. Cloud State University The Repository at St. Cloud State WPA Biographic Summaries University Archives 11-19-1937 Sand, NIchlos (1834 - 1912) Ann Kramer Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/wpabio Recommended Citation Kramer, Ann, "Sand, NIchlos (1834 - 1912)" (1937). WPA Biographic Summaries. 1102. https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/wpabio/1102 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. SAND, NICHLOS File No. B- // 43 i ·tahloa Ba.nd was born- Dec ember 22, 1834 in Luxemburg, Germany. In 1865 he came to this country alone, settling first in Wisconsin where he worked for about a year. He then came to St. Jose~, Stearns County, Minnesota where he lived for one year. When he arrived in St. Joseph the Indians were on the war pa.th, and he helped fight them. The women and children were put in the church while the men stood guard. After working in St. Joseph for one year he went to Grove township and took a homestead on the place where Peter Sand, his son, now lives. As there were no buildings on this homestead Nichlos Jived with a fa.rmer, and during this time he ahuled logs from a woods two miles north of Melrose and these logs he used to build a house and barn. He had only seven chickens, two oows, and two oxen to start his career as farmer. The trip from Wisconsin to St. Paul was made by train,and from there he came by oxen to Grove Township.There were few Indians after the Indian war, but oocassionally they would appear to beg for food or tobacco, and since they supplied their wants the settlers never had any serious trouble with the Indians. The chief crop was wheat. Just enough oats, corn and potatoes was grown to supply their own needs as there was no market for these products. The grain was out with cradles and threshed with flails the first few years. Later on Jerry Dicks bought a threshing machine operated by horsepower and he did all the threshing for the farmers. The wheat had to be hauled by oxen to the Paynesville mill, a trip that usu.a.lly took two days. Page 2 Sand, !f(IOHDOS The first complete crop failure occurred in 1876 and 1877 due to the grasshoppers. They came in such large swarms that at times the sun would be hidden by the clouds of grasshoppers. The next year proved to be one of the best years for crops before or after the grasshopper scourge. Nichlos Sand was married in 1867 to Christina Jaquemann, who was born January 29, 1842 in Luxemburg, Germany. )lichlos and Christina(Jaquemann) Sand had nine children: Fra.nk is married to Cectlia Blank and they live in Borth Dakota. They bad eleven children: Rose, Alvina, Frank Junior, Leo, Edmund, Leonard, John and Alma and Roman. Two children are dead.: Kary married Michael Kulzer and lives in Greenwald, Stearns County. They have twelve children: Christine, John, Bernard, Bueea.na, Aloys Anton, Rose, Pauline, William, Roman, Ella, Jacob, and Leo.· Christina married Mathew P:l.yspson and they have eight children: Josephine, Amanda, Alvina, Hubert, John, Kichael, Herbert and Angeline. They live in Max, Horth Dakota. Michael married Kary Scheumann and lives in lorth Dakota. They have six children: Oa~oline, Tillie, Andrew, Kiohael, llary and 01ara. Anna married Hubert •e11e and they have eleven children; Christ Kiohael, Henry, Alphonse, Peter, Anna, Pauline, William, Hubert, and Alvina. They live at Melrose, Minnesota. , Peter married Ida Vornbrook and lives on the old home9tead in Grove Township, Stearns County. They have fourteen children: Anthony, Joseph, Anna, Rose, Paul, Mathew, John, Loretta, Cecelia, Judith, and Edward, and Bernard. Barbara and Nicholas are dead. Paae 3 SAND, B<ICHLOS Paul mar~ied Elizabeth Linnamann and has twelve children: -miey live in Saskatekewan, Canada. Angeline married Anton Gerdding and has five children: Joseph, Anthony, Dorothy, Martha, and Nettie. They live in Paeadina, California .• Nichlos Sand died July 23, 1912 and is buried in Meire Grove. His wife Christina (Jaquema.nn) Sand, died June 24, 1917 and is also buried there. Interviewed: Krs. Kary (Sand) Kulzer Date: Kay 27, 1937 By: Ann Kramer No pb.blioation TAKEN FROM THE RECORDS IN THE STEARS COUNTY COURT HOUSE FOR THE NmCHLOS SAND BIOGRAPHY Date of Place of Name Birth Birth 1 . Fra.nois Sand Nov. 2 , 1870 Grove Twp. a. llary A. II Kay s , 1872 " ff 3 . Peter " July 7 , 1880 II " 4 . Angala " Sept . 30 , 1884 " " 5 . Obristina " Jan. I 5 , 1874 " n s. Anna " Dec . a, 1011 It " Mother ' e Barne Age Book Page 1. Christine Sand A 5 2. " " A 65 3 . i " " A 395 4. · " ff A 601 5. " " A 145 s. " 11 A 267 MARRIAGE RECORD BOOK C. PAGE 127 Nicholas Sand and Christine Jaoqueman Married at St . Cloud , December 28th , 1887 By: F~v. P. M. Stukenkemper Witnesses: August Jac oueman and Oaoelia Darupt DEATH RICORD BOOK J . PAGE 11 LINE 275 Christine Sand Born in Germany February 23 , 1842 Daughter of J . Scheckman , mother unknown Died June 24 , 1917 Age 75 years 4 months Father I e Name !11.t. Nicholas Sand " " " " rll " " ff " ff Line Rema;rks 7 Male 20 28 25 2 24 Page 2 DEATH RECORD BOOK E. PAGE 18 LINE 3 Nick San~Born in Germany December 18, 1835 Son- of John Band, mother unknown Died July 23, 1912 Age ?7 years 7 months and 6 days SAND, NIOHLO S Second interview to affirm or correct information in biography as comparedto information as listed in the legal records in the Stearns Oounty Court House~: AFFIRllED: Birth of Nichlos Sand, December 22, 1834, is correct as stated in the biography. AFFIRllED: Birth of Christina Sand January 29, 1843 is correct as stated in the biography. CORRECTION: Bame Francie, is correct as stated in Legal Record. ADDITION: Child Elizabeth, born Kay 1, 1869, joined the convent at llilwa.uke.e, Wisconsin. Is now in a sanitorium at Willmar, Minnesota. She was not menttoned in Biography. Reinterviewed: Date: By: Peter Sand November 19, 1907 Ann Kramer 

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