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Bernard Kluthe, son of Joseph Kluthe and Julianna Vogel, was born at Dodge, Nebraska on September 9, 1886.  His parents came from Germany and homesteaded west of Dodge.  Julia Miller was born in Howells, Nebraska to George Miller and Mary Bussesmess on April 24, 1887.  Her parents had come from Germany also. 

Bernard and Julia were married at Dodge on January 13, 1909 and then moved to Cedar Rapids, Nebraska.  They lived there until 1918 when they moved to the Elgin area.  They lived on a farm southwest of town.  They had six children:  Lee, Joseph, Behilda, Veronica, Roman and Urban.  They left Elgin in 1926 and lived at St Edward.  The family, minus Lee and Joe, moved to California in 1935.  Bernard died there on January 11, 1949.  Julia remarried in 1954 to William Bogner.  She died in California on July 5, 1980. 

Source Unknown: Originally submitted for this website in Aug 2007