Dorathea Miller (Moeller on the wedding certificate) was a bride brought from Germany in 1876 to marry a young German immigrant, Wilhelm Pertit, in the hopes that being a married man would "settle him down" to farming. The marriage was arranged, but it was successful. Wilhelm and Dorathea had ten children; one died prematurely, and was unnamed.
Their seven sons were Charles, Fred, John, William, Albert, Edward, and Walter. Their daughters were Ida and Emma (Niss.)
Dorathea broke her hip in a fall down the cellar stairs, and spent the last eighteen years of her life in her bed or on crutches, as it did not heal. She spoke German at home.
Their seven sons were Charles, Fred, John, William, Albert, Edward, and Walter. Their daughters were Ida and Emma (Niss.)
Dorathea broke her hip in a fall down the cellar stairs, and spent the last eighteen years of her life in her bed or on crutches, as it did not heal. She spoke German at home.
Dorathea Miller (Moeller on the wedding certificate) was a bride brought from Germany in 1876 to marry a young German immigrant, Wilhelm Pertit, in the hopes that being a married man would "settle him down" to farming. The marriage was arranged, but it was successful. Wilhelm and Dorathea had ten children; one died prematurely, and was unnamed.
Their seven sons were Charles, Fred, John, William, Albert, Edward, and Walter. Their daughters were Ida and Emma (Niss.)
Dorathea broke her hip in a fall down the cellar stairs, and spent the last eighteen years of her life in her bed or on crutches, as it did not heal. She spoke German at home.
Their seven sons were Charles, Fred, John, William, Albert, Edward, and Walter. Their daughters were Ida and Emma (Niss.)
Dorathea broke her hip in a fall down the cellar stairs, and spent the last eighteen years of her life in her bed or on crutches, as it did not heal. She spoke German at home.
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The differences in spelling their last name between the generations and between the brothers in this family were actual. The original name was Petit. Variations used by recent generations have been Pertit, Pertiet, and Perteit.
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