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Author: L. A. Fritsche

OTTO TAPPE.

     Otto Tappe, well-known building contractor at New Ulm, this county, is a
native of Germany. He was born on March 9, 1860, son of Henry and Johannah
Tappe, also natives of the Fatherland, the former of whom was a tailor by trade
and followed that trade until his death. In 1880 Henry Tappe and his wife and
their younger children came to the United States and located at New Ulm. There
Mr. Tappe opened a tailor shop, which he conducted until his death. He and his
wife spent their last days in New Ulm. They were the parents of six children, of
whom the subject of this sketch and Mrs. Mary Koester are the only ones living
in this country.

     Otto Tappe received his education in the schools of his native land and was
trained to the trade of a butcher. After his parents' immigration to this
country in 1880 he worked for a couple of years at farm labor in his native land
and then, in 1882, followed his parents to America, locating at New Ulm, where
he found employment as a butcher. He later began working for the railroad
company and was for some time located at Minneapolis, presently returning to New
Ulm, where he began working as a carpenter and thoroughly familiarized himself
with all details of the building trades. In 1890 he engaged in the general
building-contracting business on his own account and has been very successful,
some of the best buildings in this and the adjoining county of Nicollet
testifying to the substantial character of his work. Among the buildings at New
Ulm which he has erected may be cited the handsome dormitory of the Dr. Martin
Luther College, a photographic reproduction of which is presented in the
historical section of this volume. Another of his distinctive buildings is the
large addition to Turner Hall.

     In 1886 Otto Tappe was united in marriage to Rosa Spaeth and to this union
five children have been born, Freda, Otto, Edna, Elmer and Esther. Freda Tappe
married the Rev. Emanuel Albrecht and has three children. Fridubert, Norma and
Lorna. In the fall of 1887 he and his family went to California; there he
followed the carpenter trade. In 1889 he came back to New Ulm again, and started
the contracting business on his own account. Mr. and Mrs. Tappe are earnest
members of the German Lutheran church and take an active interest in the general
good works of the community. Mr. Tappe is an "independent" voter.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana


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