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Adolph and Christine Gross
Husband's Full Name: Adolph Gross
Husband's Place of Birth: Romania
Husband's Father's Name: Bernard Gross
Husband's Mother's Name: Hannah Kopp
Husband's Siblings' Names: Robert, Mollie, Jennie
Wife's Full Name: Christine Rose Rudel
Wife's Place of Birth: Romania
Wife's Father's Name: William F. Rudel
Wife's Mother's Name: Rosina Bietz
Wife's Siblings' Names: Fredrick (Edna Albus), Martha (Martin Olschlager) Lydia (Paul Johnson), Esther, Walter (Elevena Eikorm),
Children's Names: Edna (Dave Krueger); Lavern (Floyd Arndt), Esther (Ray Danielson), Donald (Lena Scott) Margaret (Orval Kuske); Kenneth (Alice Erfle), Wesley (Evelyn Schmidt)
Adolph and Christine Gross were married in Fessenden in 1914. They farmed in Oregon, Canada and Wells County and lived in the Manfred area in the late 1930s and early 1940s at which time their children attended school in Manfred. In 1942 they left Manfred. They lived in the house across the yard from John Smiths and later the Mike Thomas family lived on this land south of the tracks. Adolph died in 1960, Christine died in 1974.