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The Family Tree |
| John Ferdinand Dunker Carsten | b. 1848 | Kiel, Germany | d. | |
| Comments: | ||||
| I always
have been pretty sure that some of my cousins probably were related to
an old horse thief and if my source is right, they really are related to
a cattle rustler. Ol' John Carsten seems to have immigrated from
Germany and spent some time in jail while passing through Des Moines,
Iowa before reaching Cheyenne around 1880. The family spent about
three years in Cheyenne before moving to Grover. Eventually old
John was caught rustlin' cattle from his own boys and spent some more time
in jail - this time in Greeley. The family name may have been
spelled two ways - after the ol' man got busted some of the family moved
to California and may have spelled the name Carston.
In his last will, John used his birth name, Dunker. His will excluded four of his children from the "Estate" even though two of the excluded people were already deceased. |
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| Interned: | ||||
| Married: | ||||
| Ida (Edith) Schluter | b. 1846 | Hamburg, Gernany | d. 9/19/1922 Denver, CO | |
| Comments: | ||||
| Ida also immigrated from Germany. The couple may have been married prior to leaving Germany but there is an indication that their wedding may have occurred after they arrived in the new world. Cousin Margaret has a letter in storage from one of their grand-daughters that contains dates and places for births and anniversaries. Hopefully she will be able to retrieve it from storage soon. | ||||
| Interned: | Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, CO | |||
| Children: | ||||
| Emma | b. 1872 | d. . | ||
| Comments: She married a Wilder and may have had a couple of children. | ||||
| Minnie Dora | b. Dec. 10,1874 | d. 8/9/62 Grand Junction |
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| Comments: Married a Snyder (?) and had several children, some maybe living in the Grand Junction area. | ||||
| Edith. | b. 1876 | d. | ||
| Comments: Edith married John Bradley and they ran a hotel in Grover. They had seven children. | ||||
| August | b. 1878 | d. . | ||
| Comments: Lived in Grover with his wife and children. August died of a heart attach while helping brand some cattle. After his death he was buried in Grover and his wife ordered a big head-stone for the grave but it was removed when the family was unable to pay for it. The wife and children then moved to California. | ||||
| John | b. 1882 | d. 1911 | ||
| Comments: Married Bessie Filer. Both committed suicide, a year apart, and are buried in Grover. No Children | ||||
| Caroline | b. 1884 | d. .3/5/1969 Loveland, CO | ||
| Comments: Married Herman Linglebach and had 5 or 6 children. One of her children, Opal, is the author of the letter that we need to retrieve from storage so that we can fill in the dates that are missing. | ||||
| Margaret | b. Nov. 1, 1885 | Grover, Colorado | d. .10/16/1918 | |
| Comments: Our Grandmother - thought to be the first born pioneer child in Weld county. | ||||
Ida, Margaret, John, Caroline and Edith
Emma and Minnie
August and John Carsten