{"id":2766,"date":"2023-02-17T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2023-02-16T19:47:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T00:47:17","slug":"happy-birthday-cousin-gertrude-clemens-brune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=2766","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Gertrude Clemens Brune!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this day in 1908, Gertrude Clemens was born to Frank and Josephine Krueger Clemens in West Point, Iowa. Gertrude lived in West Point her entire life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We see Gertrude, her parents, and her siblings in the 1910 census living in West Point where her father worked as a house painter. 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Al died on April 8, 1998. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/brune-gertrude-and-AL-headstone.jpg?resize=629%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/brune-gertrude-and-AL-headstone.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/brune-gertrude-and-AL-headstone.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gertrude&#8217;s family has more than one connection to Walt&#8217;s family. 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