WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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Biography transcribed & donated to Wabasha County, MN Bios by
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		    "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY MINNESOTA"
                               COMPILED BY
                         FRANKLYN CURTISS-WEDGE
                                AND OTHERS

                                ILLUSTRATED

                               WINONA, MINN.
                          H. C. COOPER, JR., & CO.
                                   1920


Bremer, Claus (p. 680), who died on his farm in section 2, Mt. Pleasant Township, December 19, 1913, 
 was for a number of years a well known and respected citizen of theat township, and had done useful work 
 as a developer of farm land. He was born in Hanover, Germany, March 5, 1866, son of Henry and Anna 
 (Luetjen) Bremer, and came to the United States with his parents when about 15 years of age, the family 
 settling in Goodhue County, Minn. Claus had acquired a common school education in his native land and 
 attended school for some time here. After arriving in Minnesota he found work as a farm hand, which 
 occupation he followed for a number of years. By 1896, through industry and economy, he had accumulated 
 about $2,000, and in the fall of that year he bought 230 acres of land in section 2, Mt. Pleasant Township, of 
 which 100 acres were under the plow. There were no buildings, and so his first task was to erect a small 
 house. Being now in a condition to enjoy domestic happiness, he married, July 25, 1897, Marie Catherine, 
 daughter of Paul and Marie (Dohrmann) Cordes of Mt. Pleasant Township. She was born in Hanover, 
 Germany, August 18, 1869, and came to America with her parents in 1883, they settling in Goodhue County. 
 Mr. Bremer went to work at once to improve his farm by erecting good buildings, including a house, a good 
 barn 36 by 60 by 16 feet, with an 8-foot basement, and equipped with steel stanchions, also with a lean-to 14 
 by 36; a granary 18 by 24, a poultry house, and machine shed. Since Mr. Bremer's death his widow has built 
 a triple-walled silo and a circular hog-house with cement floor, and with the help of her two sons has 
 conducted the farm successfully. It is well stocked with grade Shorthorn cattle, the herd numbering from 30 
 to 35, of which 12 to 15 are milch cows; also a herd of 13 to 30 Chester-white hogs. The farm is will tilled 
 and very productive. Mr. Bremer was a thrifty and industrious man and highly respected. He served as 
 treasurer of his school district for seven years and always took an interest in the welfare and progress of the 
 community. Politically he was a Republican. He was a member of the German Lutheran church, he and his 
 family worshiping with Emanuel congregation at West Florence. Mr. and Mrs. Claus Bremer were the 
 parents of five children: Walter Paul, born June 3, 1989, who died January 8, 1911; Edna Marie and Edwin 
 Frederick (twins), born September 18, 1899; Clarence Christian, born March 24, 1902, and Alma Marguerite, 
 born August 24, 1906. All the surviving children are residing on the home farm with their mother. They were 
 educated in the district school, and Edna Marie, in addition, attended the Minnesota Agricultural College.