Rudolph Alexander
(1849-1919) was born in Germany and came to Wisconsin in 1855 where
his father homesteaded. In 1876, he married
Mary Trueb (1849-1936) and in 1883 they left for Faulk County,
SD.
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Philip & Ella Findeis with daughter Alice Findeis Moul. |
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Jack Moul and Alice Findeis Moul. |
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Daughter: Eda Alexander Findeis |
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Daughter: Eda Alexander Findeis who was
the daughter of Rudolph
& Mary Alexander & her husband Adam Findeis.
Adam lost an arm in corn picker accident
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Son: Hilbert Alexander was born Nov
1,1893 in Miranda,
SD. In 1920, he built the garage which
initially housed the first light plant
in Miranda.
He
married Blanche Hammond.
In 1936, they moved
to Oakland, CA.
They had three sons: Lowel, Allan
& Donald. Hilbert died June 2, 1974
in Alameda, CA
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Grandson:
Pete Metz with Ginny and wife Betty
1944
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Granddaughter Mae Metz Wells & Amy Metz
Johnson with Betty Metz Stammer
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Grandsons: Walter & Ervin Metz
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Edward & Emma Trueb Alexander farmed near Miranda
1922 to 1936 when the
family moved to Washington state. They
had a daughter Eileen Alexander
Subak.
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Rudolph
C.
& Mary
Trueb Alexander
Rudolph
and Mary Alexander took up a
pre-emption claim in the Rockham, SD area in
March 1883 and there continued to
reside
about twelve years, bringing his farm under
cultivation
and
meeting with excellent success
on the whole, though he met
with
the misfortunes
entailed throughout this section by
droughts and
grasshoppers in the earlier years.
In 1895, he
disposed of his
property and
purchased the N 1/2 of section 1 in
Faulk
County, Arcade Township just
north of Miranda,
SD. This
property was
homesteaded by Frank
Bacon and is now
owned by William
Becker.
Rudolph added to its area by
additional
purchases in the area until he obtained one
thousand acres,
of which a very considerable
portion was under cultivation while
the rest was
used for
grazing purposes. He ran a herd of
about two
hundred head of Durham and
shorthorn cattle, and later Herefords.
Rudolph
started
Alexander Harness &
Hardware Shop and ran the pool hall in Miranda
SD for many years. He also opened a dry goods
store with son, Hilbert.
Louis and Ed did the farm work.
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On the 12th of April, 1877, Mr. Alexander was
married
to Miss
Mary Trueb, who was born in
Switzerland,
where she was reared
and educated,
being a
daughter of John Trueb, who came from
Germany
to America in 1857 and became a
pioneer of Wisconsin.
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Back LtoR: Ed, Louis, & Anna
Front Lto R: Mary, Hilbert, Ella, Eda, & Rudolph
circa 1898?
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Miranda Hall, The Pool Hall, Alexander Harness &
Hardware Shop, Blauert Blacksmith Shop,
and
the John Niemeyer home.
about 1902.
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Ed Alexander
(1884-1973) with daughter Eileen
Alexander Subak,
Ella Alexander Findeis (Mrs Philip),
Eda Alexander Findeis &
her husband Adam Findeis
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Grandchildren: (Henry
W and Anna Metz children)
Top LtoR: Walter Henry Metz,
Mae Anna Metz Wells,
and Ervin
Alexander Metz
Bottom LtoR:
Francis (Pete) Metz and Amy Nettie Metz Johnson
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Son: Louis William Alexander (1877-1968)
In 1930, Louis was the manager of the Light Plant.
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Mary Alexander 1934
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Philip Findeis (1876-1960) married Ella Alexander
Findeis
(1889-1984) who was the daughter of
Rudolph
& Mary Alexander
in 1889. They had a
daughter Alice.
Philip had several businesses in Miranda
including
lumber yard, hardware store, stockyard, cement
plant, and was manager of the elevator
for a
while
and President of Miranda State Bank.
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LtoR: Ervin Metz, Irene Metz, Judy Johnson, Anna
Metz,
Amy Johnson,
Marge Metz, Bev Metz, Don Johnson,
Mae Wells, Carol
Johnson,
Henry W Metz. In front,
Virginia (Ginny) Metz and Amy's
husband,
Harold
Johnson.
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LtoR: Walter Metz, Anna Theresa Alexander Metz,
and Ervin
Alexander Metz
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Left to right: Lowell, Alexander, Blanche Hammond
Alexander & her husband
Hilbert Alexander (1893-1974)
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Maccabee Band (The Miranda Band) 1903?
Back LtoR:
Frank Ruhlman, Richard (Dick) Blauert,
Fred Ruhlman, and Will Belau.
Front LtoR: Otto Kissner, Adam
Findeis, Oscar Johnson,
Phillip Findeis, John Belau,
William Hogeboom, Ed Alexander.
They practiced once a week at the school house. They
traveled to play for dances, weddings, the Old Settlers
picnic
and 4th of July picnics including the picnic held
every year
in
Alexander’s grove just NW of Miranda.
In 1905, they led the procession in Faulkton for the laying
of the Faulk County Court House cornerstone.
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LaFoon Township, Faulk County, South Dakota
Arcade Township, Faulk County, South Dakota
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Alexander
Children:
Louis William Alexander
(1877-1968)
Anna Theresa Alexander Metz
(1879-1970)
Married:
Henry W Metz
Children: Ervin Alexander,
Walter Henry, Mae
Anna,
Amy Nettie,
Francis Merle
Edward H Alexander
(1884-1973)
Married:
Emma S. Trueb
Children:
Eileen H. Subak
Ella Mary Alexander Findeis
(1889-1968)
Married: Philip Findeis
Children:
Alice R. Moul
Eda Pauline Alexander Findeis
(1891-1933)
Married:
Adam Findeis
Children:
Inez Holden, Doris Fontenelle
Hilbert Alexander
(1893-1974)
Married:
Blanche Hammond
Children:
Lowel, Allan, Donald
Grandchildren
Ervin
Alexander Metz (1899-1989)
Walter Henry Metz (1900-1996)
Mae Anna Metz Wells
Amy Nettie Metz Johnson (1907-1983)
Francis (Pete) Metz (1909-1944)
Eileen Alexander
Subak
Alice
R Findeis Moul (Jack)
Died Jan 1, 1986 in Oakland CA
Inez Findeis Holden
Doris Findeis Fontenelle
Lowel
Alexander
Allan Alexander
Donald Alexander
Parents
William
Alexander, born in Germany, 1803-1889, &
Wilhelmina Peiper Alexander imigrated to Sauk
County Wisconsin in 1855.
1973
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