Carl Christian Blankenburg (1888 - abt. 1974)

Born 20 Jun 1888 in Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois

Ancestors

Husband of Frieda K. (Kleinstuck) Blankenburg — married 10 Nov 1911 in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Descendants

Died about Apr 1974 at about age 85 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

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Biography

Carl Christian Blankenburg was born June 20, 1888, in Danville, Illinois, to Christian Blankenburg and Emma Decker.

He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1909 with a degree in law, and was accepted into the bar for both Michigan and Illinois. He then opened a law practice in Danville, Illinois in 1910, and later went on to become a municipal court judge.

He married Frieda Kleinstuck November 11, 1911 at the People's Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Carl was a member of the Methodist Church, and was elected president of the Kalamazoo Kiwanis Club in 1928.

He passed away in April of 1974, and is buried in Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Sources

• Vermillion County, Illinois Biographies

• 1920 US Census, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

• The Trenton Evening Times, "Judge Asks Change in Prohibition Law," 1/13/1924

• Kalamazoo Kiwanis Past Presidents, Governors, and Lieutenant Governors

• 1930 US Census, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

• Michigan Alumnus, University of Michigan, page 153

• The Oregonian, "The Argument Still Goes On," 1/4/1948

• Find-A-Grave