Mrs. Altringer was born September 14, 1833 in Trier, Germany, and was baptized under the name of Cecelia Frinks. When she was about four years old, her parents immigrated to America and settled near Milwaukee, where she lived till her marriage in Chicago to John Altringer on March 8, 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Altringer spent the first five years of their wedded life in Chicago, and then returned to Milwaukee where they resided for twenty-two years. Feeling that a newer country offered great opportunities for their large family, they came in the spring of 1887 to North Dakota and located six miles north of Wimbledon. In 1903 they sold the farm, their industry improved, and moved to town where Mr. Altringer died on June 16, 1908. Their union was blessed with thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters, of whom none survive. After her husband's death, "Grandma Altringer", as she was familiarly known, not only to the members of her family, but to a wide circle of friends, continued to spend her time tending to her household duties, her garden, and her flowers, of which she was passionately fond, all the time never forgetting the preparation for the call that one day all of us must answer. She passed away on March 9, 1915 at the age of 82 years.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 14