Jennie Dorthea Rudell

Jennie Dorthea was born on August 15th, 1889 in Syracuse,New York.  Jennie Dorthea's father was John Aaron (Johan Aaron Johnson) Rudell and her mother was Anna Beatta Christianson.  Her paternal grandfather was Johan Johnson; her maternal grandparents were Christian Johnson and Lena. She had four brothers and four sisters, named George Conrad, Harry Carl, (John) Albert, (Otto) Leonard, Nellie Alida, Nora Mabel, Ella Josephine and Agnes Lillie.  She was the third oldest of the nine children.  She died at the age of 95 in December 1984 in Alexandria,Douglas,Minnesota.

They had three sons and two daughters, named Oliver John, Alton James, Loren Virgil, Cora Marian and Jane Dorothy.