Fredrich Klemstein, born September 22, 1872 in Luxembourg, Germany, came to America as a young man and first lived in Wisconsin. On November 9, 1896 he married Ida Emma Zink at Augusta, Wisconsin. Ida Zink had come to Wisconsin as a small child. She was born October 27, 1874 in Germany. When the couple came to North Dakota they settled in the McHenry area.
They were the parents of nine children: Henry, Edwin, Alma (Mrs. Asley Blank), Laura (Mrs. Leo Gauderman), Lazetta (Mrs. J.H. Lyman), Louise (Mrs. I. Lovell), Margaret (Mrs. M.W. Dow), Lena (Mrs. C. Powers), and Lillian (Mrs. Leonard Pierson).
Mr. Klemstein died in October 1947. Mrs. Klemstein died March 9, 1960.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 75B