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CHRISTOF DANIEL LUDWIG STELLING, the fourth son of Carl Stelling and Emma Mosel, moved to Antelope county with his family in 1912 from Hayward, Wisconsin.  They settled on a homestead two miles south of Orchard where Chris grew to manhood.  He attended St Peter’s Lutheran school.  In January 1926, he married Erna D Eggen, daughter of Charles and Clara Oetting Eggen who lived northwest of Orchard.  Chris and Erna farmed north and west of town.  Chris and Erna children were:  Lavonne, 1927, died 1933;  Duane, 1930, married Violet Auman, two sons, Timothy and Mark;  Leland, 1932, married Neoma Wattermann, four children, Sheila, Lori, Jan and Dale;  Karen, 1935, married to Robert Schwager, three sons, Roger, Wayne and Michael;  Kenneth, 1938, married Darlene Wacker, five children, Daniel, Debra, Denise, Dawn, and Dean;  Saundra, 1942, married Walter Biermann, four children, David, Aaron, Joan and Leann. 

Source Unknown: Originally submitted for this website in Mar 2008