New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
NINETIETH ANNIVERSARY CELE-
DRAFTED.

DRAFTED.
Surrounded by all of her sons except
one and her only daughter, Mrs. Will
helmine Alvin celebrated her Goth birth
day anniversary last Sunday. The only
son who was not able to be present was
Emil of Minor, N. D. Those present
were Fred Of Sleepy Eye, Hermann of St.
Paul, Albert J. of Mound, Rudolph E. of
Cottonwood Township, Adolph, Edward
L. and William G. of New Ulm and Mrs.
Herman Breitkreuz of Arlington. There
were also "a grandchildren present to
help in grandma's birthday celebration.
The celebration proper was held in the
parlors of the Methodist Church where
the jubilarian, her sons and daughter and
grandchildren sat down to a sumptuous
birthday dinner at five o'clock. The
tables were decorated with five beautiful
bouquets, birthday gifts. There were a
lot Of good things to eat including a birth
day cake adorned with hearts and valen-
tines. On behalf of the children, her
son Albert j. extended to the mother
heartiest birthday congratulations and
took occasion to thank her for all the love
and service she had bestowed on her
family at all times.
Rev. DR.. Holm who was present was
called upon to make a few remarks. He
extolled the virtues of mother and said
that children should at all times treat
them with loving kindness. This cele-
bration he thought was the best proof of
the tender ties that exist between the
jubilarian and her children. Few fami-
lies, he said, were fortunate enough to
have the mother so long with them as
is the case in the Alvin family. Then
addressing himself to the jubilarian he
told her that what her children appreci-
ated so much were her untiring efforts to
give them all good education, that she
had given to them for LIES journey as
their legacy an untarnished name and
that the goal of her ambition had been
to make industrious, skillful, honorable
and moral human beings Of them. He
expressed the hope that Time would
treat her gently and that her friends and
the members of her family would have
the opportunity to celebrate her Tooth
birthday under the same suspicious
circumstances as her present one.
One of the features of the celebration
was the rendition by the sons Of Christ
mas song their mother had taught them
when they were children. A flash light
picture was taken of the mother and her
children and one also of all the guests
including the grandchildren. The pleas
ant function came to an end at Z o'clock.
Mrs: Alvin, whose maiden name was
Wilhelmine Gruening, was born Feb. IA,
1926 in the village of Pulzig, Posen, as
the daughter Of village schoolmaster.
December 8, 1853, she was united in
marriage to William Alvin with whom
she travelled life's journey until his de-
mise years ago on February 6, 1910.
Shortly after their marriage the young
couple embarked for this country and
located in Milwaukee where they re-
sided for about year. In the spring OF
1855 they started with some friends on
an overland trip to New Ulm. They
reached their destination July 2, 1855,
and Immediately took a claim, now the
picturesque farm on the Cottonwood
River which is owned by Rudolph Alvin,
one of the sons. Until their log cabin
was built, they lived in prairie schooner
and here their oldest son, Fred, was born,
two days after their arrival. For 80 long
years the Alwin's lived on the old farm.
In 1885 they gave up active farm life and
removed to New Ulm where they spent
their declining years in peace and COM
fort. Mrs. Alvin is both mentally and
physically we'll preserved for her age and
the prospects of her reaching the Tooth
milestone are the very best.