Bernhard Franz Wilhelm Lüeder

b. 11 March 1863 in Germany. immigrated to USA at age 17 in 1880 (1881 in 1900 US Census). shoemaker in 1885 Dakota Territory Census. m.(1) ca.1898 Martha Augusta Bartolicius (1873-1918). Louis Edward Stein (nee: Ludwig Edouard Lüeder) b. 2 Sep. 1899, New Salem, ND. had a shoe store in New Salem, ND.("Merchant Dry Goods" in 1900 US Census.) Notary Public in Fallon, Custer Co., Montana, 1912. moved to Fairmont, MN, 1913. m.(2) 24 June 1914 Emma B. C. Prafke (1865-1934). [Thanks to Ron Prafke] d. 29 Dec. 1918, Fairmont, MN.

Photograph and death announcement of Bernhard F. W. Lüeder (1863-1918)

(below) Emma Prafke Lüeder (1865-1934), second wife of Bernhard F. W. Lüeder.

Emma B. C. Prafke Lüeder corresponded occasionally with Louis Stein (nee Lüeder) from 1920 until she died in 1934.