WILHELMINA "MINNIE" (nee-REICH) BEUME-STERN
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Wilhelmina "Minnie" (nee-Reich) Beume-Stern
b. September 1845
E. Prussia, GERMANY
d. December 21, 1907
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
buried: December 28, 1907
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FATHER
Heinrich Reich
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MOTHER
Anna Maria Bohle
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MARRIED
Johannes Beume
(?-1870)
abt. 1867
E. Prussia, GERMANY
DIED IN GERMANY
Adam Stern Sr.
(1845-1911)
1871
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CHILDREN
with Johannes
Karl/Charles Martin Beume-Stern
(1868-1936)
GRACELAND CEMETERY - DECATUR
MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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Godfrey Harry Beume-Stern
(1870-1928)
FAIRLAWN CEMETERY - DECATUR
MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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with Adam
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Wilhelmine "Minnie" Reich, as the story goes, was living in East Prussia,
perhaps near Seban. She married a miner there, whose name was Johannes Beume.
They had two sons, Karl and Gottfried. Then Johannes up and drowned or had
some sort of mining accident and died. To America she came with the little
boys, met Adam Stern, who will adopt the boys on the hush if they take his name
so he could get them jobs in the mine where he worked. The little boys names
were americanized to Charles Martin Stern and Godfrey Stern.
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The Decatur Herald
(Decatur, Illinois)
22 DEC 1906 * page 4
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