Frank Eickhoff and Martha Waltz, 1928

Title

Frank Eickhoff and Martha Waltz, 1928

Description

Charlie Eickhoff's father Frank Eickhoff was a son of Elizabeth Eickhoff (nee Bruns) and Edward Eickhoff from the small town of Crofton in Knox County, Nebraska. Born in 1895, Frank Eickhoff served in the cavalry in World War I. In 1928 Frank married Martha Waltz. Born in 1904, Martha was a child of German immigrants. Frank continued to live in Nebraska until his death in 1984. Martha survived him by four years and died in 1988. The photograph was probably taken on September 11, 1928, the day of Frank and Martha's wedding.

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Source

Sue and Charlie Eickhoff, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010

Date

1928

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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person

Type

image

Original Format

photograph

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Citation

“Frank Eickhoff and Martha Waltz, 1928,” History Harvest, accessed November 10, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/251.

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