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Submitted: 8/28/06 • Approved: 9/15/06 • Last Updated: 3/23/17 • R15332-G0-S3
Albert Fredrich Sporwien
Nov. 12, 1898 - Aug. 13 1974
Son of Frederick "Fritz" & Wilhelmine "Minnie" Brost Sporwien, born in Manning, Carroll cnty, Iowa, married Sophia Elizabeth Earl, Oct. 1, 1931 in Denver, Co.
Albert's father Frederick had a brother Carl Sporwien, and after there mother died, Carl's last named was spelled as Sporven. Albert's family is the only family that carried on the original spelling of Sporwien. There are no other Sporwien's in the US, except descendants with the Sporwien maiden name spelling, and the rest of the family and their descendants are spelled as Sporven.
Submitted by Craig & Nancy Sporven Poole
Contributed on 8/28/06 by cpoole
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