Robert August Emil Stelter

Brief Life History of Robert August Emil

When Robert August Emil Stelter was born on 24 December 1887, in Stettin, Randow, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany, his father, August Friedrich Hermann Stelter, was 29 and his mother, Auguste Hermine Caroline Brock, was 24. He married Freda Eleanor Jensen on 15 February 1911, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 25 July 1955, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert August Emil Stelter
1887–1955
Freda Eleanor Jensen
1888–1975
Marriage: 15 February 1911
Mary Eleanor Stelter
1928–2009

Sources (30)

  • Robert A Stelter, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert A Stelter, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Robert Albert Stelter, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1890

Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1908 · Utah's First National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erhardt, Ewald, Gerhardt, Lothar, Manfred.

North German: nickname for a disabled person, from Middle Low German stelte, stilt ‘wooden leg’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Brock- Stelter Reich Family

Robert was born 24 December 1887, at Stettin, Pommern, Prussia. He died 25 July 1955, at Farmington, Davis, Utah and was buried 28 July 1955, at the Salt Lake City Cemetery. He married 15 Feb. 1911, i …

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