Title
LAWRENCE FRANK FAMILY
Creator
Florian Frank and Mrs. Lawrence Frank
Coverage
TOWNSHIP 137N RANGE 96 W
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LAWRENCE FRANK FAMILY
Lawrence Frank and sister Mathilda immigrated to the United States with their parents, Rudolph and Catherine Olheiser Frank, from Landau, Ukraine, South Russia in the fall of 1889. He remembered traveling by oxen from his grandfather Vogel's farm to their homestead as a young lad.
Lawrence grew to manhood in the Dickinson area, learning the farming profession from his father. On October 24, 1904 in St. Joseph's Church he took Anna Mary Wock, daughter of Christian and Barbara Wanner Wock, as his bride. Her family also immigrated from Landau, Ukraine, South Russia, and they homesteaded in the South Heart area as farmers and cattlemen.
The newlyweds took up their homestead 15 miles south and two miles east of Dickinson, Section 24, Township 137, Range 96, in the spring of 1905. Their first crop consisted of four acres of flax, 16 acres of wheat and seven acres of oats. Here they progressed and raised their family, increasing their farm by four quarters and renting a quarter of school land through the years.
They joined St. Pius Church of Scheffield in 1911 and he served as a church trustee from 1918-32; secretary-treasurer of St. Pius Verein from 1916-20 and treasurer of Stoltz School District 21 from 1920-34.
As all pioneer mothers, Anna Mary was kept busy preparing and caring for her family In 1914 Lawrence went into partnership with Mike, Stephen, Sebastian Frank and Clemence Steier, buying their first Red River special threshing machine and Nicolson Shepherd Steamer. In 1923 he purchased a Fordson tractor and Wood Brothers thresher, farming with the tractor for the first time in 1931. They moved from their stone house into a wood frame home in 1916. It was the first home in the community to have radiator heat. In 1947 they retired into Dickinson and they celebrated their golden jubilee in 1954.
Anna Mary was born Oct 24, 1887 and she died in 1958. Lawrence was born Sept. 5, 1883 and lived in St. Ben's Nursing Home until his death in 1966.
Their children are: Rosemary, 1906, married Louis Selinger, Scheffield. They farm and reside in Little Falls Minn. and have nine children; Anton, 1908, was married to Mary Armbrust, Dickinson. They moved to Swanville, Minn, in 1947 where they again farmed and dairied. Mary died in 1972. They had 13 children; Barbara, 1909-1910; Philip, 1911, married Catherine Binstock, Scheffield, and they farm west of New England. They have seven children; Christ, 1914-69, married Veronica Schoch, Scheffield, moved to Elmdale, Minn. in 1944, where they again farmed. Vernoica died in 1959. Both are interred in St. Edward's Cemetery, Elmdale. They had five children; Joseph, 1916-62, married Florence Greff, Mott. They farmed and worked for Pan-American Petroleum Co. until he was killed in an oil explosion near Belfield. They have four children and Florence now resides in Dickinson; Katheryn, 1918, married Ralph Kuntz, South Heart,and they live on a farm south of Belfield. They had three children and two are deceased; Leo, 1921, married Pauline Stockert, Amidon, and moved to Little Falls, Minn, in 1947, and are operating a stock farm there. They have five children; Florian, 1924, married Josephine Erhardt, Glen Ullin and they lived on the family homestead until 1968 when they moved into Dickinson. They are both employed at the Dickinson High School and they have five children. They sold the farmstead in 1974; Francis, 1928, married Anna Brinster, Belfield, and worked for the U.S. Postal Service, Dickinson, moving to Minnesota in 1957. He is now a machine operator for U.S. Postal Service in Minneapolis. They have eight children, and Lawrence, the last son, was born in 1931 and died in 1931.
A stone smokehouse is the only remaining symbol of the Frank family's past. Grandchildren are scattered throughout the United States.
By Florian Frank and Mrs. Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Frank and sister Mathilda immigrated to the United States with their parents, Rudolph and Catherine Olheiser Frank, from Landau, Ukraine, South Russia in the fall of 1889. He remembered traveling by oxen from his grandfather Vogel's farm to their homestead as a young lad.
Lawrence grew to manhood in the Dickinson area, learning the farming profession from his father. On October 24, 1904 in St. Joseph's Church he took Anna Mary Wock, daughter of Christian and Barbara Wanner Wock, as his bride. Her family also immigrated from Landau, Ukraine, South Russia, and they homesteaded in the South Heart area as farmers and cattlemen.
The newlyweds took up their homestead 15 miles south and two miles east of Dickinson, Section 24, Township 137, Range 96, in the spring of 1905. Their first crop consisted of four acres of flax, 16 acres of wheat and seven acres of oats. Here they progressed and raised their family, increasing their farm by four quarters and renting a quarter of school land through the years.
They joined St. Pius Church of Scheffield in 1911 and he served as a church trustee from 1918-32; secretary-treasurer of St. Pius Verein from 1916-20 and treasurer of Stoltz School District 21 from 1920-34.
As all pioneer mothers, Anna Mary was kept busy preparing and caring for her family In 1914 Lawrence went into partnership with Mike, Stephen, Sebastian Frank and Clemence Steier, buying their first Red River special threshing machine and Nicolson Shepherd Steamer. In 1923 he purchased a Fordson tractor and Wood Brothers thresher, farming with the tractor for the first time in 1931. They moved from their stone house into a wood frame home in 1916. It was the first home in the community to have radiator heat. In 1947 they retired into Dickinson and they celebrated their golden jubilee in 1954.
Anna Mary was born Oct 24, 1887 and she died in 1958. Lawrence was born Sept. 5, 1883 and lived in St. Ben's Nursing Home until his death in 1966.
Their children are: Rosemary, 1906, married Louis Selinger, Scheffield. They farm and reside in Little Falls Minn. and have nine children; Anton, 1908, was married to Mary Armbrust, Dickinson. They moved to Swanville, Minn, in 1947 where they again farmed and dairied. Mary died in 1972. They had 13 children; Barbara, 1909-1910; Philip, 1911, married Catherine Binstock, Scheffield, and they farm west of New England. They have seven children; Christ, 1914-69, married Veronica Schoch, Scheffield, moved to Elmdale, Minn. in 1944, where they again farmed. Vernoica died in 1959. Both are interred in St. Edward's Cemetery, Elmdale. They had five children; Joseph, 1916-62, married Florence Greff, Mott. They farmed and worked for Pan-American Petroleum Co. until he was killed in an oil explosion near Belfield. They have four children and Florence now resides in Dickinson; Katheryn, 1918, married Ralph Kuntz, South Heart,and they live on a farm south of Belfield. They had three children and two are deceased; Leo, 1921, married Pauline Stockert, Amidon, and moved to Little Falls, Minn, in 1947, and are operating a stock farm there. They have five children; Florian, 1924, married Josephine Erhardt, Glen Ullin and they lived on the family homestead until 1968 when they moved into Dickinson. They are both employed at the Dickinson High School and they have five children. They sold the farmstead in 1974; Francis, 1928, married Anna Brinster, Belfield, and worked for the U.S. Postal Service, Dickinson, moving to Minnesota in 1957. He is now a machine operator for U.S. Postal Service in Minneapolis. They have eight children, and Lawrence, the last son, was born in 1931 and died in 1931.
A stone smokehouse is the only remaining symbol of the Frank family's past. Grandchildren are scattered throughout the United States.
By Florian Frank and Mrs. Lawrence Frank