Bio of Gustave RETTKE (b.1842), Wright Co., MN

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This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II,
Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge.
Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/wright/wright.html
Under HISTORY.

NOTE: This file was scanned and changed to text so there may
be some typos.

Gustave Rettke, one of the old settlers of Franklin township, was born in
Germany, in June, 1842, and was there reared. As a young man he married
Wilhelmina Senkel, who was born in October, 1839. In 1870 they left Germany
with their child, Henry, .and started for America. Another child, Emil
William, was born on board ship. After landing, the family came on to
Jefferson county, Wisconsin, where another child, Bertha, was born. In 1872
they came to Wright county and located in Franklin township. For a time they
rented land, but in October, 1876, they obtained a homestead on Fountain
lake in that township, where for many years they made their home. At the
time of the purchase there were no improvements on the place. They erected a
log cabin, cleared the land with the aid of an ox team, and in time had an
excellent farm, with modern buildings and equipment. In the meantime Mr.
Rettke followed to a certain extent his trade as a stone mason. The work
which he donated in this line was one of the features which made possible
the building of the German Evangelical Church of Delano Village, a church in
which he was trustee for many years. In May, 1905, Mr. and Mrs. Rettke moved
to Buffalo, where they now live. Their children born in Wright county are:
Ernest, Aurora, Minnie, Matilda, Paulin a (died in infancy) and Herman.