Charlotte Alvina Stomberg

Charlotte Alvina Stomberg was born on 14 May 1916 at home (old house) – Arthur Twp – Traverse County – RR Graceville, Minnesota as the first child of (Linus) Alvin Stomberg and Ada Emerentia Brahee. She had five siblings, namely: Edith Emerentia, (Anna) Mildred, Adolph Albin, Hildur Eleanor, and Eldor Alvin. She died on 15 May 1998 at daughter, Alice’s home – RR Smithton, Missouri. When she was 22, she married Paul Joseph Wiese, son of Albert Michael Wiese and Louise Ernistina Greulke Wiese, on 18 January 1939 in Trinity First Evangelical Lutheran Church – 1115 E. 19th Street Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 Charlotte Alvina Stomberg was baptized on 11 June 1916 in Siloah Church. She was confirmed on 18 June 1933 in Siloah Church. She was buried on 18 May 1998 in Flat Creek Baptist Cemetery – RR Smithton Missouri.

Paul Joseph Wiese

Paul Joseph Wiese was born on 15 July 1909 as the sixth child of Albert Michael Wiese and Louise Ernistina Greulke Wiese in Gorman Township, Otterville County, Minnesota (at home). He had nine siblings, namely: Alma Mathilda, Otto Bruno, Alfred Johann, Herman Theodore, Theodore Roman, Martha Louise, Amanda Elizabeth Henrietta, Emanual Albert Friedrick, and Adelbert Elmo. He died on 24 October 2010 in Fair View Nursing Home, Sedalia, Missouri. When he was 29, he married Charlotte Alvina Stomberg, daughter of (Linus) Alvin Stomberg and Ada Emerentia Brahee, on 18 January 1939 in Trinity First Evangelical Lutheran Church – 1115 E. 19th St. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Paul Joseph Wiese was buried in Flat Creek Baptist Cemetery – RR Smithton Missouri.

Paul Joseph Wiese and Charlotte Alvina Stomberg had the following children:

  1. Alice Ida Wiese was born on 06 August 1939 in Swedish Hospital, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota. She married Forest Andrew Franklin Allen on 04 October 1959 in Grace Lutheran Church, Aurora, Missouri.
  2. Lester Wayne Wiese Sr. was born on 26 February 1941. He died on 21 March 2007 in VA Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi. He married Bernice Elizabeth Waldrop on 09 November 1963 in Charleston, South Carolina.
  3. Arlys Ruth Wiese was born on 04 February 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She married Ronald Eugene Gilson on 13 September 1964 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Springfield, Missouri.
  4. Laura Violet Wiese was born on 31 May 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She married William (Bill) Leslie Hamelau on 08 December 2009 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Early Years

1920s Charlotte & Edith Stomberg

The earliest photo we have of Mom – Charlotte – and her sister Edith.

It was taken in the late 1910s or early 1920s

Charlotte Alvina Stomberg DOB May 14, 1916

Edith Emerentia Stomberg DOB Feb 15. 1918

Post card from Fifi (Vivian Stomberg) to Charlotte Stomberg in 1930s

It reads:
Hello (illegible), Thanks for the card. But wish you’d written more. That was only a tease and what’s all this about one way? What’s on Sat nite?  Am sorry but I won’t be home for another week. Am having a wonderful vacation. And do I enjoy my daily swims. Doncha wish you was here with me?Am busy haying and mite finish this PM. Spent Weds PM in Spooner and Sun will see Lake of the Woods. I can’t write about everything but will tell you all about it when I see you and then you can tell me what’s on your mind!  So long and later luff. Fifi
On the side:
Oh yes, I did see a deer. And a 4 legged one at that!