Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Tombstone Tuesday: Robert Altman

Hello and welcome to Tombstone Tuesday!  Today we're jumping cemeteries and spotlighting my great grand uncle, Robert Altman (not the movie director, haha).

Tombstone of Robert Altman
Located in Pinecrest Memorial Park

Robert Altman was the child of Julius Ferdinand Altman and Marie Louise Henrietta (Froemke) Altman.  He had four brothers (all older) and eight sisters (five older and three younger).

Robert was born 16 April 1867 in Waumandee, Buffalo, Wisconsin.  He married Albertina Amelie (Lange) Altman 28 June 1893 in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota.  Together they had seventeen children (five boys and twelve girls).  Among their seventeen children were three sets of twins.  Albertina passed away 28 June 1931 and on 24 May 1936, Robert remarried to Anna Olivia Crabtree in Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho.

Robert died 9 March 1945 in Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho.  He's buried in Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho.