Emil Wilhelhem Awe

1895 - 1981  (86 years)

• Name	Emil Wilhelhem Awe
  Birth	12 Jun 1895	Rockford, Wright County, Minnesota, United States
  Gender	Male
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  Death	17 Jun 1981	Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota, United States
  	Born in Rockford Township. He was baptized 25 Aug 1895 at the Pelican Lake, Immual Lutheran Church, Buffalo, MN. He was confirmed 9 Jun 1912 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Buffalo, MN. Emil's father died when he was nine years old and he was orphaned at age 12 when his mother, Bertha, left the Silver Creek home leaving him to care for a younger brother and sister. He never heard from his mother again. Emil stayed some time at the home of his Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Herman (Biegler). He worked on their farm and was allowed to go to school only in the winter. He completed about 3 years of middle school. Emil was very talented in music and taught himself to play the violin. He worked in Minot, ND at age 15 for a farmer, then lived with Aunt Lotte (Charlotte), and worked for Henry James as a farm hand. Amy was a daughter of Henry's, and soon they fell in love and were engaged to be married. During WWI, Emil was called into the service. He went to Chicamaga, Georgia where he was classified a 4-F and thus he returned to Minnesota. He continued to farm throughout Wright County, until he eventually sold the farm and moved to the home in Monticello on 4th street. Here he tended a huge garden of vegetables and flowers, fished with his good friend Alfred Carlson, and attended St. Peter's Lutheran Church faithfully. In Jan. 1974 Emil lost his wife, Amy, of more than 50 years.
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota, United States
  	Address: River Street W., Monticello, Wright County,, Minnesota United States
  Person ID	I30310	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2021

  
  

  Family	Amy Jane James,   b. 8 Dec 1900, Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota, United States d. 30 Jan 1974, Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota, United States (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1919
  Children	1. Harriet Eva Awe,   b. 27 Apr 1921, Greenwood, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States d. 13 Oct 2001, Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota, United States (Age 80 years)   2. Gertrude Mildred "Trudy" Awe,   b. 7 Aug 1925, Loretto, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States d. 3 Aug 2006, Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota, United States (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F10560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2021