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     Leona Ann Ziemba was born on 10 August 1915 at Nebraska.² She married Sylvester Frederick Bernt, son of Oswald E. Bernt Sr. and Aurelia Alt, on 29 April 1946 at Duncan, Nebraska. Leona Ann Ziemba died on 20 May 2010 at Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, at age 94.²
     Her married name was Bernt.

     Barbara Mimick married Oswald Emil Bernt Jr., son of Oswald E. Bernt Sr. and Aurelia Alt. Barbara Mimick was born in 1921.² She died on 2 August 1976.²
     Her married name was Bernt.

     Edgar Stephen Klein was born after 1 January 1983 at Ulysses, Nebraska.^1,2 He died on 30 January 1987 at Osceola, Nebraska.^1,2
     He was a farmer about 1942.

     Mae Rose Tragarz was born on 27 May 1929 at Shelby, Nebraska.² She married Albert John Alt, son of Frank Edward Alt and Anna M. Schaf, on 27 May 1947 at Pilzno Catholic Church, Osceola, Nebraska.² Mae Rose Tragarz died on 18 February 1990 at Shelby, Nebraska, at age 60.¹ She was buried on 21 February 1990 at St. Bonaventure Catholic Cemetery, Columbus, Nebraska.³
     Her married name was Alt.²

     Eileen Kubicek was born on 6 August 1920. She married Edward H. Schaf, son of Edward Joseph Schaf and Sophia F. Alt, before 14 September 1944 at Shelby, Nebraska.² Eileen Kubicek died on 28 July 2008 at Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, at age 87.³
     She was also known as Nauenburg. Her married name was Schaf.²

     Anna Alt was born on 31 July 1870 at # 8, Girsig, Austro Hungarian Empire.^1,2 She was baptized on 1 August 1870 at # 8, Girsig, Austro Hungary.^1,2 She died on 12 August 1870 at Girsig.^1,2

     Emil William Alt was born on 30 August 1892.¹ He married Mary Ann Bernt on 7 January 1919 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, north of Osceola, Nebraska. Emil William Alt died on 31 March 1967 at Osceola, Nebraska, at age 74.^2,1 He was buried after 31 March 1967 at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Shelby, Nebraska.
     He was Catholic after 30 August 1892. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 at Canada Precinct, Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska.³ He was educated before 7 January 1919 at District #20 Bluffton School. He was a farmer before 7 January 1919. He's Social Security Number was 506-48-0221 after 15 February 1947.

     Mary Margaret Elworth was born on 13 May 1993. She died on 1 June 1993. She was buried after 1 June 1993 at Omaha, Nebraska.

     Ferdinand Alt was born on 23 September 1881 at Butler County, Nebraska.² He was born on 23 September 1882.³ He married Natallia Schmid on 6 March 1905 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bellwood, Nebraska. Rev. John J. Hoffman officiating. Ferdinand Alt died on 29 June 1962 at age 80. At the time of Ferdinand's death his land holdings included the following-
the west half of the southeast quarter (80 acres and the farm purchased by his father, Franz Alt), and part of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter (5 acres), both in section 18, township 16, range 1, located in Butler County Nebraska.⁴ He was buried after 29 June 1962 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, in the valley 6 miles west of Bellwood, Nebraska.
     A short anecdote about the farm where Ferdinand lived but later moved to town. His granddaughter, Betty (Nielsen) Geridimos, relates how the farmhouse apparently was empty and was being vandalized. At some point in time it was destroyed by fire from vandals and the silo was also destroyed by fire. Ferdinand liked to have a drink at times and cached his bottles in the silo. After the silo burned there was a pile of molten glass left from the cache of bottles that had burned before 6 March 1905. He registered for the WWI draft on about 1918 at Butler County, Nebraska.³