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Wilhelmine Henriette Augustina Kunde (Minnie)2, born March 12, 1877 in ,
Pomerania, Prussia, Germany, the daughter of
Johann F Kunde1 and
Augusta R () Kunde.
Minnie immigrated to the United States in 1895, arriving with her parents and younger brother August on the steamship Russia in New York from Hamburg on April 15, 1895, joining her older brother Albert who was previously established there. They settled in Minnesota.
Minnie married, September 7, 1899 in , Wadena County, Minnesota, John Carl Eckers. He was born July 22, 1871 in Trier, in the Rhineland, Germany, the son of Eckers and () Eckers, who were also born in Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1888 (or by another account in 1890), learning English and becoming a naturalized citizen. He obtained his citizenship papers December 30, 1896. Children:
In 1902 and 1904 John resided in St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota. In the former year his occupation was given as laborer and his employer as the Theo Hamm Brew Company; in the latter, his occupation was given as carpenter for the Minnesota Sugar Company, and as laborer for the Monitor Drill Company. In 1910 the family was living in St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota. John's occupation was given as carpenter. Ben and Robert were attending school. In 1920 the Eckerses lived in a house on Minnetonka Avenue, St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota. John owned the house. He was employed as a house carpenter at that time, and his sons Bennie and Robert as machinists in the agricultural implement industry. Dautin and Louisa were attending school. In 1921 John C. Eckers is known to have operated an early gasoline filling station in St. Louis Park. In 1930 John, Minnie and their daughter Minnie were living in a house at 7124 Minnetonka Boulevard, St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota, next door to the family of their son Dautin. John owned the house, which was valued at $6,000. His occupation was given as housing contractor. His daughter Minnie was attending school. John C. Eckers died from a fall July 14, 1932 in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. Interment was at Grandview Cemetery, Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota, where his grave bears a marker with the following inscription:
In 1935 and 1940 Minnie was still living at 7124 Minnetonka Boulevard. Her daughter Minnie continued to share the residence, as a single woman in the former year and with her husband Roy Phillips and two children in the latter. Dautin Eckers continued to live next door. Minnie Eckers's occupation was given as proprietor of a gasoline station in the retail gasoline business in 1940.
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