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Katherine “Katie” Rivinius (Sprecher)

Katherine, known as Katie, was born on December 11th, 1900 in Streeter, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA.¹ Katie's father was Gottlieb Rivinius Jr and her mother was Katherine “Katie” Stradinger (Rivinius). Her paternal grandparents were Gottlieb Rivinius Sr. and Katherine Herman (Rivinius); her maternal grandparents are Carl Stradinger and Katrena Nehr. She had six brothers and three sisters, named Edward, Jake, Theodore, Gottlieb, Albert, Arthur, Maggie, Lydia and Ida. She was the oldest of the ten children. She died about September 5th, 1991 in Elgin, Grant County, North Dakota, USA.¹

Death Notes
- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/l/e/Cathy-Clemens/ODT1-0002.html
  
  Katherine Rivinius
  b: 12 11 1900 in Streeter, Stutsman ND
  m: 11 25 1923
  d: 7 05 1976 in Elgin, Grant ND
  
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  Social Security Death Index
  Name: Katherine Sprecher
  Last Residence: 58562 New Leipzig, Grant, North Dakota, United States of America
  Born: 11 Dec 1900
  Died: 5 Sep 1991
  State (Year) SSN issued: North Dakota (1964)
  
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  Death date Jul 5, 1976

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Johann Rivinius
  
  Gottlieb Rivinius Sr.
  - b.01 Feb 1851 in Grossliebental (Großliebental), Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
  
  Katharina Pflanzler (Rivinius)
  
  Gottlieb Rivinius Jr
  - b.03 Apr 1880 in Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine d.~06 Oct 1947 in Elgin, Grant County, North Dakota, USA
  
  Katherine Herman (Rivinius)
  - b.06 Feb 1850 in Grossliebental (Großliebental), Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
  
  Katherine “Katie” Rivinius (Sprecher)
  - b.11 Dec 1900 in Streeter, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA d.~05 Sep 1991 in Elgin, Grant County, North Dakota, USA
  
  Carl Stradinger
  
  Katherine “Katie” Stradinger (Rivinius)
  - b.01 Nov 1876 in Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine d.~09 Aug 1969 in Elgin, Grant County, North Dakota, USA
  
  Katrena Nehr

Personal Timeline

Katie's family

Husband's Pictures

sourced from wwi draft card.

Benjamin-Sprecher-wwi-draftcard

This picture sourced from wwi draft card.

Picture Notes
- Benjamin-Sprecher
  wwi-draftcard

Katie and Ben were married in a religious & civil ceremony on November 25th, 1923 at Ebenezer Church, Old Leipzig, Grant County, North Dakota, USA.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- Source 1930 census
  age at marriage ben 25 - cath 23
  
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  Katherine Rivinius b: 12 11 1900 in Streeter, Stutsman ND m: 11 25 1923 d: 7 05 1976 in Elgin, Grant ND

They had two sons and four daughters, named Harold, Arthur, Dena, Melvin, Delores and Mildred.

Children
- Harold Richard Sprecher
  
  rose-and-howard2
  
  Harold was born on March 9th, 1925 in Old Leipzig, Grant County, North Dakota, USA.¹
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/h/a/Sharon-Chatham/ODT1-0001.html
  He died at the age of 70 on February 19th, 1996 in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA. He was buried in 1996 at the Valley Forge Baptist Cemetery, Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennylvania.²¹
  - Death Notes
    
    http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/h/a/Sharon-Chatham/ODT1-0001.html
    
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    Social Security Death Index
    
    Name: Harold R. Sprecher
    SSN: ___
    Last Residence: 34243 Sarasota, Manatee, Florida, United States of America
    Born: 9 Mar 1925
    Died: 19 Feb 1996
    State (Year) SSN issued: North Dakota (Before 1951)
    
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    U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
    about Harold Richard Sprecher
    Name: Harold Richard Sprecher
    Service Info.: AD2 US NAVY KOREA
    Birth Date: 9 Mar 1925
    Death Date: 29 Feb 1996
    Cemetery: Valley Forge Baptist Cemetery
    Cemetery Address: Valley Forge, PA 19481
  Dena Evanda Sprecher (Hochhalter)
  
  Arthur Fredrick Sprecher
  
  Melvin Ruben Sprecher
  
  Delores Alice Sprecher (Ackerman)
  
  Mildred Frances Sprecher (Mulvihill)

¹ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/h/a/Sharon-Chatham/ODT1-0001.html
² http://ancestry.com