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Warnke, Repp, Tornowski

Standing: Ophelia Warnke, Minnie Repp, Martha Warnke

Sitting: Lillie Repp, Emilie Tornowski Warnke Repp

Repp Children: Johnny, August, Minnie, Lillie

Children of John and Emilie Repp

Tornowski Sisters

Emilie Repp, Marie Ritter, Emma Ortlepp

Repp. Four Generations.

Emilia Tornowski Warnke Repp, Martha Warnke Kietzman, Millie Kietzman Roberts, Ruby Roberts Huizenga

John (Johann) and Wilhemine (Kuehn) Tornowski

Married 4 February 1849 in Germany

With their nieces Gustie & Emma Ritter

Louis and Ernestine Kietzman Family

John, Louis, Minnie, Emma, Theodore

Tornowski

Emma and Martha

Repp

John Christ Repp and Emilia Augusta Tornowski

--All Photos from Barbie Brutlag Dicks.

1927 Confirmation Class

Back: Grace Kietzman Lee, Gottlieb Hubner

Front: Clarence Hartzel, Ida Ebert, Rev. Fisher, Lora Kietzman (died at 18), Glen Kietzman

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Mastadons in Roberts

A RELIC OF LONG AGO
Last Saturday Henry Kietzman was plowing for his brother John Kietzman on the Robert Hawthorne farm northwest of Roberts when his plow turned over a large tooth of some prehistoric animal, perhaps a mastodon. The tooth is a most perfect specimen. There are seven well developed roots, each about four inches long and from two to three inches across at the base. There are nine crushing surfaces with wide spaces between. Two of these prongs are broken off. One was worn down somewhat from use in eating.
The tooth has a depth from top of crown to end of roots of about seven or eight inches. From back to front it is about seven inches and in width about four inches. It weighs 4 lbs. 6 ounces. The enamel is in excellent state of preservation and the whole tooth has the appearance of not having been in the ground more than a few months whereas it probably has lain in the peat bog of that farm for thousands of years. The fact that it was in peat bog would indicate that it is of comparative recent origin as the peat is the latest land formation here.
Later: O.C. Dilks took the tooth to Chicago yesterday and had it looked over at the Field Museum. They said it is a mastodon tooth and has been in the ground only one or two thousand years.

--Roberts Herald. 5 May 1926

Kietzmans Etc.

Recent Moves 1950

The sale of a house and the leaving of the Reserves, caused a flurry of moves the past week.  Mr. and Mrs. William Mammen and family moved from the Howard Walters house to a trailer recently purchased and parked near the Floyd Kietzman residence. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Whitaker and family moved to Fisher where she and the children will stay during his time in service.  Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Kief moved to the Whitaker home which they purchased. They had been in the Bertram apartments.  Mr. and Mrs. Richard Krallman and family moved to the Bertram apartments from the Ebert residence.  Mr. and Mrs. ??? of Clinton moved to the Ebert residence.  Mr. ? is the new manager of the Alexander Lumber Co. 

--Roberts Herald.  25 October 1950.

The Kief home on North Main Street in Roberts.  I remember it being white though.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Kief purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Francis Whitaker.