Wedding Wednesday - Kettelhodt-Smith

Frederick T. Kettelhodt married Mrs. Elvena E. Smith on June 16, 1921.  It is the second marriage for each of them.  Frederick Kettelhodt's first wife, Ottilie (Kriesel) Kettelhodt, died Jan 5, 1920 and Elvena E. (Kriesel) Smith's first husband, Frank, died July 17, 1919.

The Princeton Union, June 23, 1921, page 1

Kettelhodt-Smith

  Frederick T. Kettelhodt and Mrs. Elvena E. Smith of Princeton were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Sundboom in St. Paul by Rev. Heyne at 7:30 p. m. on June 16.
  The bride was gowned in blue Canton silk crepe and carried a bridal wreath of rosebuds.  She was attended by her daughter, Mrs. C. R. Sundboom, and Mr. Sanboom (sic) was best man.  Hazel Sundboom was ring bearer and Lucille Sundboom flower girl.  Mrs. Sylvia Troseth, niece of the bride, played the wedding march.
  Following the ceremony a wedding supper was served, those present being E. G. Waldhoff and son, Earl, North Branch; Bernard Klaus and son, Harry, St. Paul; Mrs. Lydia Apgar, Mrs. Sylvia Troseth, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Peterson and son, Jerome, St. Paul; Miss Elenore Smith, daughter of the bride, Princeton.
  Their many friends wish them their full share of life's blessings.




  Ottilie and Elvena are not sisters.  I'm sure they must be related somehow, but I haven't figured out the connection yet.  I'll let you know once I figure it out.

Newspaper clipping is from the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016758/1921-06-23/ed-1/seq-1/

Sunday's Obituary - Mrs. F. T. Kettelhodt

The Princeton Union, Thursday,
January 8, 1920, pg. 1

Mrs. F. T. Kettelhodt.

   Mrs. F. T. Kettelhodt died at the Northwestern hospital, where she had been for 10 days, on Monday at 7 a. m. She was taken to the hospital after being confined to bed for five weeks at her home. Mrs. Kettelhodt had been in poor health for eight years.
   Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 1:30 p. m., at Ross' undertaking parlors and at the Princeton German Lutheran church at 2 p. m. The interment will be at Oak Knoll.
   Mrs. Kettelhodt was born in Posen, Germany, on September 22, 1863, came to the United States in 1874 and located at Crown, Isanti county. She was married to F. T. Kettelhodt at Cambridge on September 17, 1882. With her husband she then went to Young America, Carver county, where she lived about a year, from there going to New York city. On March 1, 1903, with her husband, she returned to Minnesota, locating in Princeton, and here she lived continuously until called by death. She is survived by her husband; one son, W. F. Kettelhodt of Livonia; two daughters, Mrs. Gust Kriesel and Mrs. Theodore Kriesel of Crown, besides seven grandchildren.
   Mrs. Kettelhodt was a quiet, unassuming, home-loving woman who was loved and respected by everyone favored with her acquaintance.

Mrs. F. T. Kettelhodt's name was Ottilie (Kriesel) Kettelhodt, and she was Elizabeth (Elsner) Kettelhodt's mother-in-law.

Newspaper clipping from the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016758/1920-01-08/ed-1/seq-1/

Thanksgiving Dinner

This ad was in The Princeton Union on November 30, 1911.

From the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016758/1911-11-30/ed-1/seq-3/

F. T. Kettelhodt was the father of William F. Kettelhodt.  William Kettelhodt and Elizabeth Elsner married Sept. 22, 1913.

Frederick T. Kettelhodt

b. 7 Apr 1851 in Germany...came to USA in 1878

d. 19 Jul 1930 in Kanabec County, MN

m. abt 1882 to Ottilie J. Kriesel

Ottilie J. Kriesel

b. Sep 1863 in Germany...came to USA in 1880

d. 5 Jan 1920 in Mille Lacs County, MN