Adam Guenthner & Wilhelmina Reiner
Married: 17 Nov 1885 Neusatz, Crimea, Russia
~Photo and info submitted by Fred S. Isaak
ADAM AND WILHELMINA GUENTHNER
Adam and Wilhelmina (Reiner Weisz) Guenthner and their four small children came to the United States in 1893 from Crimea, Russia. Wilhelmina’s first husband and an infant daughter had died, and her son George was 19 months old when she and Adam married. The family settled near Mannhaven and the parents spent their entire lives there. Five more children were born to the family after they moved here. The last one died as an infant.
In the first years they were here, they had to endure much hardship and hard labor. They had to haul grain to New Salem. The journey was a long and tedious one and not at all lucrative. One fall, wheat sold for 25 cents a bushel and flax for 45 cents a bushel.
They were members of Trinity Lutheran Church at Mannhaven.
Adam died in 1928 at the age of 65. Wilhelmina died in 1935 at the age of 74.
Three of their children married three August Isaak children. George also married an Isaak, but of a different family. Although not all still living, 14 sets of twins have been born to Adam and Wilhelmina’s descendants.
~Source: Hazen, N.D. Jubilee book 1913-1988
Adam George Guenthner, b. 07 Mar 1863; d. 15 Dec 1928
Wilhelmina Reiner, b. 12 Jan 1861; d. 24 Sep 1935
~Both are buried in the Mannhaven Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
The Children of Adam & Wilhelmina Guenther:
George Weisz, 1884-1926, married Karoline Isaak and had five children. They were prosperous ranchers in the Dodge area. (George was Wilhelmina's son from a first marriage.)
Katherina, 1886-1946, married Jacob Mohl, had 14 children and lived in the Mannhaven area.
Caroline, 1888-1963, married Jacob Wolf, had 15 children, and lived in the Dodge-Halliday area.
Tobias, 1891-1969, married Lydia Kilber, had 10 children and lived in the Mannhaven area.
Reinhold, 1894-1967, married Elizabeth Isaak and had 13 children. They lived in the Mannhaven area until 1945, when they moved to Walla Walla, Wash. They lived there until 1948, when they moved to Laurel, Mont.
Rosalia, 1895-1977, married David Isaak, had 11 children and lived in the Mannhaven area. Rosalia Guenthner Isaak was born 02 Oct 1895, in Mercer County.
Susanna, 1897-1912, was crippled since birth. [St. Peter's Church record documents she was born 13 Sep 1897; died 02 Apr 1912. She is buried in St. Paul's Gemeinde Cemetery.]
Adam Jr., 1899-1936, married Emma Isaak, had nine children and lived in the Mannhaven area.
Edward, born and died in 1901. [St. Peter's Church record indicates Edward died 02 May 1901; aged 22 days old. Edward was buried in St. Petrus Gemeinde Cemetery.]
~Source: Hazen, N.D. Jubilee book 1913-1988