Lora Marie Gunderman was born on 15 September 1909 in Minnesota, the sixth child of May Sophie Breit and Johann Sebastian Gunderman.[1][2]
In the 1910 census Lora was listed with her parents and her 5 siblings. In addition to the children, John's mother and Mary's brother were also listed as part of the family. The family was still in Seward Township, Nobles County, Minnesota, United States [3]
Name | Sex | Race | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
John Gundermann | M | White | 35 | Married | Head | Farmer | Germany |
Mary Gundermann | F | White | 31 | Married | Wife | Germany | |
Martin Gundermann | M | White | 10 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
Erich Gundermann | M | White | 8 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
Alfred Gundermann | M | White | 5 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
Willie Gundermann | M | White | 3 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
Lora Gundermann | F | White | 0 | Single | Daughter | Minnesota | |
Margareta Gundermann | F | White | 72 | Widowed | Mother | Germany | |
Charles Breit | M | White | 28 | Single | Brother-in-law | Germany |
In the 1920 census Lora is listed with John and his second wife Henrietta, who are raising six children from the first marriage and 1 from the current marriage. The family is still living in Seward township, Nobles County, Minnesota. [4]
Name | Sex | Race | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
John Gunderman | M | White | 41 | Married | Head | Germany | |
Henrietta Gunderman | F | White | 40 | Married | Wife | Iowa | |
Martin Gunderman | M | White | 20 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
Erick Gunderman | M | White | 18 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
Alferd Gunderman | M | White | 15 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
William Gunderman | M | White | 13 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
Loura Gunderman | F | White | 10 | Single | Daughter | Minnesota | |
Adline Gunderman | F | White | 6 | Single | Daughter | Minnesota | |
Heneritta Gunderman | F | White | 1 | Single | Daughter | Minnesota |
In the 1930 census John (age 54), Henrietta and family were living in Seward Township, Nobles County, Minnesota [5]
Name | Sex | Race | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
John Gunderman | M | White | 54 | Married | Head | Germany | |
Henrietta Gunderman | F | White | 41 | Married | Wife | Iowa | |
Wallie Gunderman | M | White | 23 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
Laura Gunderman | F | White | 20 | Single | Daughter | Minnesota | |
Adeline Gunderman | F | White | 16 | Single | Daughter | Minnesota | |
Helen Gunderman | F | White | 11 | Single | Daughter | Minnesota | |
Edwin Gunderman | M | White | 9 | Single | Son | Minnesota | |
Ruby Gunderman | F | White | 7 | Single | Daughter | Minnesota |
On 10 September 1931 she married Walter Carl George Horn, a son of Karolina (Lena) Dierks and Leonard Phillip Horn, in Fulda, Murray County, Minnesota. They had one daughter and one son, and lost another daughter at birth.[6]
Lora passed away on 10 December 1971 in Nobles County, Minnesota, and is buried in Prairie Hill Cemetery, Fulda, Murray County, Minnesota.[7]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29193513/lora_m_horn
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