d/o Carl G. "Charles" Gums Jr. and Wilhelmine C. Kirschbaum. She married George Pederson on Tuesday, July 16, 1912 in St Paul, Minnesota. They made their home in Browerville, Minnesota after August 1. Two sons, Gordon and Leonard Pederson, and a daughter, Irma, were born to George and Minnie. George was a rural mail carrier.
Gordon, born in 1917, died of scarlet fever shortly after Christmas of 1923 while they were visiting his aunt and uncle, Otto and Ida. That was his second major illness that winter, the first being the measles. They were quarantined in very primitive quarters during a severe winter, and could not bring him home to bury him until January.
Leonard, born in 1920, is a retired army colonel and has retired from banking in Wimberley, Texas, and Irma, born in 1923, who married Richard Brand, a county agent for Todd County, is still living in Long Prairie. Minnie died on November 1, 1979.
Irma Brand told me that her grandfather (Charles) hunted for meat, and was a crack shot. One time, the stepmother, Ottilie, got mad at Charles and threw his gun down a well. Browerville neighbors thought that Charles was Polish, because they could understand him and he could under-stand them. Carl went off to North Dakota to help with the wheat harvest by hauling bundles and thrashing. This made Ottilie mad. It took three days to wash clothes; water had to be hauled from the swamp, the water had to be cut with lye, and then the wash had to be done. They couldn't always get to town for supplies and would run out. When they ran out of kerosene, they would use rags in lard for lamps.
Gordon, born in 1917, died of scarlet fever shortly after Christmas of 1923 while they were visiting his aunt and uncle, Otto and Ida. That was his second major illness that winter, the first being the measles. They were quarantined in very primitive quarters during a severe winter, and could not bring him home to bury him until January.
Leonard, born in 1920, is a retired army colonel and has retired from banking in Wimberley, Texas, and Irma, born in 1923, who married Richard Brand, a county agent for Todd County, is still living in Long Prairie. Minnie died on November 1, 1979.
Irma Brand told me that her grandfather (Charles) hunted for meat, and was a crack shot. One time, the stepmother, Ottilie, got mad at Charles and threw his gun down a well. Browerville neighbors thought that Charles was Polish, because they could understand him and he could under-stand them. Carl went off to North Dakota to help with the wheat harvest by hauling bundles and thrashing. This made Ottilie mad. It took three days to wash clothes; water had to be hauled from the swamp, the water had to be cut with lye, and then the wash had to be done. They couldn't always get to town for supplies and would run out. When they ran out of kerosene, they would use rags in lard for lamps.
d/o Carl G. "Charles" Gums Jr. and Wilhelmine C. Kirschbaum. She married George Pederson on Tuesday, July 16, 1912 in St Paul, Minnesota. They made their home in Browerville, Minnesota after August 1. Two sons, Gordon and Leonard Pederson, and a daughter, Irma, were born to George and Minnie. George was a rural mail carrier.
Gordon, born in 1917, died of scarlet fever shortly after Christmas of 1923 while they were visiting his aunt and uncle, Otto and Ida. That was his second major illness that winter, the first being the measles. They were quarantined in very primitive quarters during a severe winter, and could not bring him home to bury him until January.
Leonard, born in 1920, is a retired army colonel and has retired from banking in Wimberley, Texas, and Irma, born in 1923, who married Richard Brand, a county agent for Todd County, is still living in Long Prairie. Minnie died on November 1, 1979.
Irma Brand told me that her grandfather (Charles) hunted for meat, and was a crack shot. One time, the stepmother, Ottilie, got mad at Charles and threw his gun down a well. Browerville neighbors thought that Charles was Polish, because they could understand him and he could under-stand them. Carl went off to North Dakota to help with the wheat harvest by hauling bundles and thrashing. This made Ottilie mad. It took three days to wash clothes; water had to be hauled from the swamp, the water had to be cut with lye, and then the wash had to be done. They couldn't always get to town for supplies and would run out. When they ran out of kerosene, they would use rags in lard for lamps.
Gordon, born in 1917, died of scarlet fever shortly after Christmas of 1923 while they were visiting his aunt and uncle, Otto and Ida. That was his second major illness that winter, the first being the measles. They were quarantined in very primitive quarters during a severe winter, and could not bring him home to bury him until January.
Leonard, born in 1920, is a retired army colonel and has retired from banking in Wimberley, Texas, and Irma, born in 1923, who married Richard Brand, a county agent for Todd County, is still living in Long Prairie. Minnie died on November 1, 1979.
Irma Brand told me that her grandfather (Charles) hunted for meat, and was a crack shot. One time, the stepmother, Ottilie, got mad at Charles and threw his gun down a well. Browerville neighbors thought that Charles was Polish, because they could understand him and he could under-stand them. Carl went off to North Dakota to help with the wheat harvest by hauling bundles and thrashing. This made Ottilie mad. It took three days to wash clothes; water had to be hauled from the swamp, the water had to be cut with lye, and then the wash had to be done. They couldn't always get to town for supplies and would run out. When they ran out of kerosene, they would use rags in lard for lamps.
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