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August PONTO

The following information was provided by Robert Ponto. More family information can be found by clicking here.

1. Peter PONTO
             + Julia PRIEVE
         1. Frederick PONTO
                    + Clara
              1. Herman R PONTO
              2. Martha H PONTO
         2. August Friederich PONTO
                    + Wilhelmine "Amelia" KRUEGER
              1. William "Bill" Frederich PONTO
                         + Auguste Matilde VERCH
                    1. Alice Evaline PONTO
                              + Clarence WARNSON
                              + George PAUL
                    2. Otto Victor PONTO
                              + Florence ARMB
                         1. Roger PONTO
                                   + ???
                              1. Brent PONTO
                              2. Gary (?) PONTO
                              3. ?? PONTO
                              4. ?? PONTO
                                   + Marie Josephine BRUEGGEMAN
              2. Daniel O PONTO
              3. Arthur "Art" PONTO
              4. Gustav E PONTO
              5. Emil PONTO
              6. Ida PONTO
                         + Herman KEIPE
              7. Friedrich "Fred" J PONTO
                         + Emma I BLOCK
                    1. Alvin PONTO (JUNGENBURG)
                    2. Mabel PONTO (FREDRICKSON
                        + Laura ???
              8. Richard S PONTO
                         + Lena H GELHAR
              9. John PONTO
              10. ??? PONTO
         3. Christoph PONTO
                    + Henrietta ???
              1. Louise PONTO
              2. Henry PONTO
              3. Minna "Minnie" PONTO
              4. Clara PONTO
         4. Juliana PONTO
                    + Albert HENKE
                  ----------- Children are on HENKE page -----------------
         5. Emelie PONTO
                    + ???
         6. Theresa PONTO
                    + ???
         7. Antonie (Antonia) PONTO
                    + Edward ROHDE
                  ------------ Children are on ROHDE page ----------------
         8. Gustav Adolph PONTO
                    + Ottlie C BAUM
              1. Edward Albert PONTO
                         + (1) Vera L HENKE
                    1. Le Roy PONTO
                              + Mavis CARLSON
                         + (2) Elma M REETZ
                    2. Orlo Edward PONTO
                              + Betty J KRENTZ
                    3. Gustav Christoph "Gus" PONTO
                              + Valois DAYE
                         1. Pamela Renee PONTO
                         2. Cheryl Denise PONTO
                                   + Brent CLAUSON
                              1. Brittney CLAUSON
                              2. Cody CLAUSON
                         3. Paula Rae PONTO
                                   + Brian John LUTZEN
                              1. Courtney Irene LUTZEN
                              2. Christopher Orlo LUTZEN
                              3. Destiny Jean LUTZEN
                         4. Kevin Edward PONTO
                                   + (1) Denise STELTER
                                   + (2) Crystal SCHERBARTH
                              1. Kaitlyn Jean PONTO
                              2. Alyssa Jane PONTO
                              3. MacKenna Beth PONTO
              2. Dorothy "Dora’ PONTO
                         + Otto Rudolph SOMMERFELDT
                    1. Violet SOMMERFELDT
                              + Charles DETTMAN
                    2. Elmer SOMMERFELDT
                    3. Elizabeth "Betty" SOMMERFELDT
                              + Elmer "Al" MUTTER
                    4. Esther SOMMERFELDT
                              + Victor BORNICK
                    5. Herbert SOMMERFELDT
                    6. Victor SOMMERFELDT
              3. Avolt Emil PONTO
                         + Evelyn Esther LINK
                    1. Ruth Helen PONTO
                              + Harold JACKOWSKI
                         1. Judy JACKOWSKI
                         2. Jayne JACKOWSKI
                         3. Bonnie JACKOWSKI
                         4. John JACKOWSKI
                    2. Eldon Eugene PONTO
                              + Donna DALLMAN
              4. Lydia A PONTO
                         + John T BARNES
              5. Helen "Lena" PONTO
                         William SCHULTZ
                    1. Edward SCHULTZ
        9. Edward PONTO
                   + Otelia FERISKIE (?)
              1. Lydia Alviria PONTO
                         + Edwin August Fredrick DOBBERSTEIN
                    1. Vernon R DOBBERSTEIN
                    2. Leland Edward DOBBERSTEIN
              2. Aran (?) PONTO
        10. G. Autust PONTO

Name Birth Deceased Biography
Last First Middle Date Location Date Buried
  Henrietta   1845   1942    
  Laura            
??? Clara   1866       Married Frederick PONTO
ARMB Florence       1940    
BAUM Ottlie C 1868   1950    
BLOCK Emma I 1876   1944    
BORNICK Victor            
BRUEGGEMAN Marie Josephine          
DALLMAN Donna            
DETTMAN Charles            
DOBBERSTEIN Edwin August Fredrick 1895   1983    
DOBBERSTEIN Leland Edward 1921        
DOBBERSTEIN Vernon R 1918   1995    
FERISKIE Ottelia   1875        
GELHAR Lena H 1888   1952    
HENKE Albert   1848-04-24   1926-11-10 Stewartville, MN USA  
HENKE Vera L 1900   1929    
JACKOWSKI Bonnie   1960        
JACKOWSKI Harold            
JACKOWSKI Jayne            
JACKOWSKI John            
JACKOWSKI Judy            
KEIPE Herman            
KRUEGER Wilhelmine "Amelia"   1849   1916    
LINK Evelyn Esther 1909   1980    
LUTZEN Destiny Jean 1998-07-23        
PAUL George       1970    
PONTO ???            
PONTO Alice Evaline 1894   1970    
PONTO Alvin           May be JUNGENBURG
PONTO Antonia   1863-06-01 Germany 1942-11-17 Stewartville MN USA. See Obituary. Grew up in St. Marie Wisconsin USA after migrating to the US with her parents at the age of 2. Later they moved to Spring Valley Minnesota USA. Antonia married in 1886 (photo with Edward) and later moved to Stewartville Minnesota USA. 7-19-1912 Antonia purchased the Sage Hotel Stewartville MN from Mr Johnson. The hotel has since been moved.  Antonia and family came to America on June 11th, 1867 aboard the Western Metropolis. ( Probate Papers)   Marriage Certificate
PONTO Aran   1904        
PONTO Arthur "Art"   1872   1927    
PONTO August Friederich 1843   1914    
PONTO Avolt Emil 1899   1964    
PONTO Brent            
PONTO Christoph   1845   1903    
PONTO Clara   1880        
PONTO Daniel O 1872        
PONTO Dorothy "Dora"   1895   1973    
PONTO Edward   1869        
PONTO Edward Albert 1893   1958    
PONTO Eldon Eugene 1931   1994    
PONTO Emelie   1855        
PONTO Emil   1874        
PONTO Frederick   1841        
PONTO Friedrich "Fred" J 1879   1972    
PONTO G August 1870   1871    
PONTO Gary            
PONTO Gustav Adolph 1965   1931    
PONTO Gustav E 1874   1881    
PONTO Helen "Lena"   1906        
PONTO Henry   1876   1927    
PONTO Herman R 1886        
PONTO Ida   1877   Abt 1967    
PONTO John            
PONTO Juliana   1852-07-07   1917-07-25 Stewartville, MN USA Family photo with Albert HENKE
PONTO Louise   Abt 1875        
PONTO Lydia Alviria 1894   1982    
PONTO Mabel   1904   1928   May be FREDRICKSON
PONTO MacKenna Beth 2001-12-14        
PONTO Martha H 1889        
PONTO Minna "Minnie"   Abt 1879        
PONTO Otto Victor 1901   1966    
PONTO Peter   1818   1879    
PONTO Richard S 1882   1972    
PONTO Roger            
PONTO Ruth Helen 1928        
PONTO Theresa   1861        
PONTO William "Bill" Frederich 1869   1960    
PRIEVE Julia A   1823   1878    
REETZ Elma M 1898   1988    
ROHDE Edward   1865-1875       Lived in Spring Valley MN USA ( photo with Antonia) ( photo)  Marriage Certificate
SCHULTZ Edward            
SCHULTZ William            
SOMMERFELDT Elizabeth "Betty"   1918        
SOMMERFELDT Elmer            
SOMMERFELDT Herbert            
SOMMERFELDT Otto Rudoph 1891   1963    
SOMMERFELDT Victor            
SOMMERFELDT Violet            
VERCH Auguste Matilde 1872   1909    
WARNSON Clarence            

The following information has been provided by Renee PONTO:

1. August PONTO
            + Hanna Maria Henriette RACH
        1. August PONTO Jr
        2. Albertine Pauline PONTO
                        +Johann NELSEN (NIELSON)
                1. Mary NELSEN
                2. Eduard Heinrich (Edward Henry) NELSEN
                3. Johann Wilhelm (Willie) NELSON
                4. Emma Elina NELSEN
                                + Gustave (August) Otto KITZMAN
                5. Anna Henriette NELSEN
                6. Laura Margarethe NELSEN
                                + George HARTMAN
                7. Hermann August NELSEN
                8. Bertha Friedericke Emilie NELSEN
                                + Bruce A HAWLEY
                9. Ella Lizzie Clara NELSEN
                                + Arthur Friedrich KITZMAN
                        1. Martin KITZMAN
                                    + Emilie (Ameliea) ????
                                    + Alberta PONTO NELSON
        3. Gustave Adolph PONTO
                        + Emma WELKE
                1. Ida Johanna PONTO
                2. August Gustav(e) Herman PONTO
                                + Helen Emilie HICKSTEIN
                        1. Otelia HICKSTEIN-PONTO
                                        + Gustave Julius ZABEL
                                1. ?????
                                                + ?????
                                                + ?????
                                2. Maxine Lucille ZABEL
                                                + Richard August NARVAEZ
                                3. ?????
                                                + ?????
                3. Louis Edward Herman PONTO
                4. Edwin Walter PONTO
                5. Frana Maria PONTO
                        + Helene Emilie Hickstein
                6. Clara Emma Elsie PONTO
                                + Fred NEUMAN
                        1. ?????
                                        + ?????
                        1. ?????
                                        + ?????
                                        + ?????
                7. Ella Leone PONTO
                8. Emery Alfred PONTO
                                + Martha Elizabeth Sarah HALPUS
                        1. ?????
                                        + ?????
                        2. ?????
                                        + ?????
                        3. ?????
                                        + ?????
                                        + ?????
                        4. ?????
                                        + ?????
                        5. ?????
                                        + ?????
                        6. ?????
                                        + ?????
                                        + ?????
                                        + ?????
                                        + ?????
                        7. ?????
                                        + ?????
                        8. ?????
                                        + ?????
                9. Max Emil PONTO
                                + Mabel A HERMAN RHEINGANS
                        1. ?????
                                        + ?????
                10. Friedrick Gustav PONTO
                11. Waldemar Clarence PONTO
                12. Esmaralda Helen PONTO
        4. Rudolph Emil PONTO
                        + Fredaricka ADAMS

 

Name Birth Deceased Biography
Last First Middle Date Location Date Buried
ADAMS Fredaricka   1868-03-20   1947-08-04   m.1889-02-15
HALPUS Martha Elizabeth Sarah 1904-10-26   1999-04-15   m.1935-12-18
HARTMAN George            
HAWLEY Bruce A 1887-01-19   1965-06-    
HICKSTEIN Helen Emilie 1866-03-07   1923-05-30   m.1891-12-09
The Elgin Monitor Newspaper article dated June 8, 1923:
(transcribed with a number of errors included, i.e. "Beckstein" rather than Hickstein, "Mav" rather than Max, etc.)

Mrs. Gustave Ponto is Suddenly Called

     It was a shock to the whole community when on Thursday, May 30th word was passed around that Mrs. Gustave Ponto had passed away suddenly at her home north of this village. She had been ill but two days and no one at home thought of her condition as being serious. She grew worse Thursday afternoon , when a doctor was summoned, but Mrs. Ponto had succumbed before he arrived. Heart trouble was the cause of her death.

     Emilie Helena Beckstein [HICKSTEIN] was born in Province Posen, Germany, March 7, 1866. Her parents died when she was a small child. When she was seventeen years old she came to the United States, coming directly to this community to make her home with the Ludwig Gehlhar family. On December 9, 1891, she was united in marriage to Gustave Ponto and had made her home in this community ever since. For many years they have lived on the farm just north of this village. The deceased was a faithful member of the Lutheran church.

     They are Otelia (Mrs. Gust Zabel) and Clara, Emery and Mav [Max], all of Elgin.

     Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock at the home and at 2:30 at the Lutheran church in this village Sunday afternoon June 3rd, Rev. C. A. Affeldt officiating. Interment was made in the Elgin cemetery.

     Among the relatives and friends from away who were here to attend the funeral were Martin Kitzman and children of What Cheer, Iowa; Emil Zellmer, Albert Henke, Mrs. Rhode [ROHDE], Mrs. Frank Jensen, Henry Henke and family, Ben Haack, Gust Griebe and Otto Griebe and family of Stewartville and a number of friends from Plainview and Rochester.

[Thurs. May 30, 1923, date of death, does not jibe with Sunday June 3, date of funeral services....death certif. states May 31 not May 30]

[Rhode is same family as Rohde....Antonia nee Ponto Rohde/ Mrs. Edward Rohde of Stewartville]
HICKSTEIN
PONTO		 Otelia   1889-04-30   1976-06-14   m.1912-09-25
HERMAN RHEINGANS Mabel A 1906-07-28   1995-04-22  
KITZMAN Arthur Friedrich 1886-02-11   1960-03-03   m.1910-12-07
KITZMAN Gustave (August) Otto 1876        
KITZMAN Martin   1842-10-22   1927-07-13   m. 1896
 
Info from Nadine Steinke, email dated 11/10/2005 (from the What Cheer, Iowa 100 years book?)
 
"Martin Kitzman's first wife, Emilie (Amelia) became deaf and dumb in the
1890's and died in 1894 at age 48. After her death Martin remarried to
Alberta Ponto Nelsen, a widow from Elgin, Minnesota, with seven children:
Bertha, Ella, Laura, Ann, Emma, Ed, and Herman. Two large families were now
brought together under Martin and Alberta. No doubt some of Martin's military
experience proved useful in managing this large family. (Martin had served in
the Prussian army, before coming to America. He had fought in several battles
of two wars.) One of the Nelson girls, Emma, married Gustav Kitzmann; another
Nelson girl, Ella, married Arthur Kitzman, the son of Alf and Mathilda."
NARVAEZ Richard August 1921-12-24   1985-09-22   m.1944-06-10
NELSEN Anna Henriette 1884-11-19      
NELSEN Bertha Friedericke Emilie 1891-03-20   1970-01-28  
NELSEN Eduard (Edward) Heinrich (Henry) 1878-03-12   1941-06-23    
NELSON Emma Elina 1883-01-22        
NELSEN Ella Lizzie Clara 1893-03-02   1967-08-11   m.1910-12-07
NELSEN Hermann August 1889-04-28   1911-04-26  
NELSEN Laura Margarethe 1886-12-28   1947-06-18  
NELSEN (NIELSON) Johann   1846-04-23   1895-01-01  
NELSEN Johann Wilhelm (Willie) 1880-11-01   1883-04-25    
NEUMAN Fred           m.1923-10-17
NELSON Mary   1877   1877    
PONTO Albertine Pauline 1854-09-23   1930-09-27  
PONTO-NELSON Alberta           Remarried Martin Kitzman
PONTO August   1824-08-04   1897-09-26  
PONTO August Gustav(e) Herman 1891-01-19   1891-01-30  
PONTO Clara Emma Elsie 1896-04-03   1974-11   m.1923-10-17
PONTO Edwin Walter 1893-10-03   1894-02-07  
PONTO Ella Leone 1897-10-16   1898-03-28  
PONTO Emery Alfred 1900-02-03   1982-05-11   m.1935-12-18
PONTO Esmaralda Helen 1909-10-15   1910-03-12  
PONTO Frana Maria 1894-12-23   1895-07-15  
PONTO Friedrick Gustav 1903-02-15   1903-07-20  
PONTO Gustave Adolph 1869-07-18   1927-10-02   m.1889-04-12m. 1891-12-09
The Elgin Monitor Newspaper, dated Oct. 7, 1927:
 
Gustave A. Ponto Succumbs After an Extended Illness
 
     Gustav Ponto, long a resident of this community, died at his home north of this village Sunday afternoon, October 2, 1927, after a long illness and an operation for gastric ulcer performed at Rochester some weeks ago.

     Gustav Adolf Ponto, son of August Ponto and Henriette (nee Rach), was born July 18, 1859 in Hammer, Province Pozen, Germany. He came to the United States with his parents in 1871 and first resided in Wisconsin. After living there but a short time, Mr. Ponto's parents came to Minnesota settling first in Pleasant Valley and later coming to this vicinity where Mr. Ponto was employed on farms in the Elgin and Potsdam vicinities.

     On April 12, 1889, he was married to Emma Welke by the Rev. C. W. Nickels of Rochester. After the death of his first wife, he entered in a second union with Emilie Hickstein, Dec. 8, 1891. Mrs. Ponto died in May 1923. Mr. Ponto underwent an operation at Rochester in July for gastric ulcer, and never recovered, finally succumbing to general debility October 2, at 4 p.m. at the age of 68 years, 2 months and 10 days.

     Twenty-eight years ago Mr. Ponto purchased the present homesite just north of this village, the farm which his sons, Emery and Max, now operate.

     When a number of Lutheran families living near Elgin were considering the organization of a local church the deceased fervently supported this plan and became one of the charter members. His church was always dear to him and was benefited by his staunch and generous support and his service as a member of the church board.

     In the fall of 1888 he made a visit to his birthplace, returning in April 1889 with several immigrants, one of whom was Miss Emma Welke to whom he was married later.

     He is survived by four children by his second marriage: Mrs. Gust Zabel of Elgin; Mrs. Fred Neuman of Red Wing and Emery and Max at home. There are four grandchildren and one brother, Rudolph Ponto of Elgin and one sister, Mrs. Albertina Kitzman of What Cheer, Iowa.

     Funeral services were conducted from Trinity Lutheran church Wednesday afternoon, October 5, the Rev. C. A. Affeldt officiating and interment was made in the Elgin cemetery.

     Relatives from away to attend the funeral were Mrs. Albertina Kitzman, Mrs. Arthur Kitzman and son and Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Hawley and two children of What Cheer, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Priebe, Gust Priebe, Mrs. Emil Zellmer, Ben Haack and Mrs. Rohde of Stewartville, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neuman of Red Wing and Julius Ponto of Hammond.
PONTO Ida Johanna 1889-12-30   1890-02-02  
PONTO Louis Edward Herman 1892-09-01   1892-11-26  
PONTO Max Emil 1901-11-23   1979-06-21  
PONTO Rudolph Emil 1861-06-06   1930-05-08   m.1889-02-15
PONTO Waldemar Clarence 1904-10-29   1904-12-17  
PONTO Jr August          
RACH Hanna Maria Henriette 1818-06-09   1902-06-21  
WELKE Emma   ????-12-16   1891-09-30?   m.1889-04-12
ZABEL Gustave Julius 1876-12-26   1964-11-17   m.1912-09-25
ZABEL Maxine Lucille 1922-01-29   1994-08   m.1944-06-10

  

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