Arthur Ernest Witte (1907 - 2000)

Born 21 Jun 1907 in Ortonville, Big Stone, Minnesota, United States

Husband of Pearl (Scharringhausen) Witte — married 5 Jul 1934 in Cook County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Arthur Ernest Witte was born on 21 Jun 1907 in Ortonville, Minnesota ^[1]

He was living in Ellendale, Dickey, North Dakota in 1925. ^[2]

On 5 July 1934 he married Pearl Scharringhausen in Cook County, Illinois. ^[3]

In 1940, Pearl, Arthur and their 8 year old Donald son were living in Chicago, Illinois. Arthur worked in an office as an underwriter and Pearl was the proprietor of a grocery store. ^[4]

He die on 16 Sep 2000 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota ^[5] and was buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
2. ↑ "North Dakota Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9H-QL6Y : 17 March 2018), Arthur Witte in household of E C Fuller, Ellendale, Dickey, North Dakota, United States; citing sheet number 10, family number 168, State Historical Society of North Dakota; FHL microfilm 1,731,396.
3. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21K-4KML : 28 November 2018), Arthur E Witte and Pearl Scherringhansen, 05 Jul 1934; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 102198891.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K494-Q8C : 28 July 2019), Arthur Witte, Ward 49, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-3190, sheet 6A, line 15, family 103, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1021.
5. ↑ "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4Z8-64B : 4 December 2014), Arthur E. Witte, 16 Sep 2000; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, record , certificate number , Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 July 2020), memorial page for Arthur E Witte (21 Jun 1907–16 Sep 2000), Find A Grave: Memorial #27574615, citing Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Nana x4 (contributor 46963691) .