Oswald WurdemanAge: 72 years1901–1973
- Name
- Oswald Wurdeman
Birth | November 5, 1901 26 25 |
Birth of a sister | Frieda Margaret Wurdeman March 26, 1904 (Age 2 years) |
Birth of a sister | Unknowndaughter Wurdeman May 9, 1906 (Age 4 years) |
Death of a sister | Unknowndaughter Wurdeman May 11, 1906 (Age 4 years) |
Birth of a sister | Marie Adele Wurdeman August 29, 1912 (Age 10 years) |
Death of a paternal grandmother | Catharina Margarete Wilke October 17, 1915 (Age 13 years) |
Birth of a brother | Robert Martin Wurdeman November 10, 1917 (Age 16 years) |
Death of a paternal grandfather | Johann Heinrich “John Henry Wurdeman” Würdemann August 1, 1919 (Age 17 years) |
Death of a maternal grandfather | Peter Friedrich Rabeler May 16, 1926 (Age 24 years) |
Birth of a son #1 | Thomas Edward Wurdeman July 16, 1929 (Age 27 years) |
Death of a maternal grandmother | Anna Margaretha Putensen August 5, 1930 (Age 28 years) |
Birth of a son #2 | Charles Jerome Wurdeman January 20, 1931 (Age 29 years) |
Death of a brother | Edward Arthur Wurdeman March 29, 1946 (Age 44 years) |
Burial of a brother | Edward Arthur Wurdeman April 1, 1946 (Age 44 years) Address: 3600 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408 |
Death of a father | Edward Wurdeman September 23, 1946 (Age 44 years) |
Occupation | repairman yes |
Death | December 8, 1973 (Age 72 years) |
Burial | December 11, 1973 (3 days after death) |
Family with parents |
father |
Edward Wurdeman Birth: April 6, 1875 37 36 — Platte County, NE. Death: September 23, 1946 — Minneapolis, MN. |
mother |
Marie Dorothea Wilhelmina Rabeler Birth: May 27, 1876 34 29 — Hanover, GER. Death: January 10, 1977 — Columbia Heights, MN |
Marriage: February 22, 1898 — Zion Lutheran Church; Leigh, NE. |
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10 months elder brother |
Edward Arthur Wurdeman Birth: December 14, 1898 23 22 — Leigh, NE. Death: March 29, 1946 — Minneapolis, MN. |
2 years elder sister |
Unknownson Wurdeman Birth: December 19, 1900 25 24 — Leigh, NE. Death: December 20, 1900 — Leigh, NE. |
11 months himself |
Oswald Wurdeman Birth: November 5, 1901 26 25 — Leigh, NE. Death: December 8, 1973 — ? |
2 years younger sister |
Frieda Margaret Wurdeman Birth: March 26, 1904 28 27 — Leigh, NE. Death: May 14, 2001 — Minneapolis, MN. |
2 years younger sister |
Unknowndaughter Wurdeman Birth: May 9, 1906 31 29 — Leigh, NE. Death: May 11, 1906 — Leigh, NE. |
6 years younger sister |
Marie Adele Wurdeman Birth: August 29, 1912 37 36 — Columbus, NE Death: April 12, 1997 — ? |
5 years younger brother |
Robert Martin Wurdeman Birth: November 10, 1917 42 41 — Columbus, Nebraska Death: November 15, 2009 — El Paso, TX |
Family with Edna Josephine Annette Johnson |
himself |
Oswald Wurdeman Birth: November 5, 1901 26 25 — Leigh, NE. Death: December 8, 1973 — ? |
wife |
Edna Josephine Annette Johnson Birth: February 18, 1897 — ? Death: April 12, 1996 — Eden Prairie, MN. |
son |
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18 months son |
Charles Jerome Wurdeman Birth: January 20, 1931 29 33 — Minneapolis, MN. Death: December 1, 2004 — Bloomington, MN |
son |
Private |
Burial | Name OSWALD WURDEMAN Birth 0/00/0000
Age 72 Death 12/08/1973 Disposition 12/11/1973
Place of Death
Interment CASKET
Final Disposition BURIAL
Property SECTION 11 LOT 621 GRAVE 5
Property Type TRADITIONAL GRAVE |
Note | _P_CCINFO 2-14330
From THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR, April 21, 1972-
HE MAKES THE MUSIC GO AROUND AND AROUND
We could have a ball on the Nicollet Mall dancing to Ozzie Wurdeman's violin-piano. You put a nickel in it, look through the glass cover and you'll see and hear a violin play "The Merry Widow" waltz to piano accompaniment.
The violin-piano machine Wurdeman owns is about as rare as he is. Wurdeman 69, 4400 30th Av. S. is one of the few experts around who make a living repairing and restoring antique music machines. In his garage he works on 19-century violin-pianos, band organs, calliopes, player pianos, theater organs and music boxes.
I should point out that the neighbors don't mind hearing the music and the youngsters there just love it.
Wurdeman learned his trade as a youth when his father was the area distributor for the Mills Violin Piano machine. For almost 20 years Wurdeman has spent summers in Virginia City, Mont., working on a splendid collection of old music machines. The collection was put together by Charles Bovey, a former Minneapolitan, who was active in restoring the historic town.
Wurdeman said the music machines had their heyday from about 1900 until 1930 when the amplified phonograph became popular. The "Violano Virtuoso" machine was introduced in 1904 at the St. Louis World's Fair. In 1912 at the San Diego Exposition, the machine was designated as one of eight "greatest inventions" of the era.
"Every candy store, soda fountain, restaurant and saloon had some kind of a music machine in those days," Wurdeman recalled. "I hate to think of it now, but when they went out of style, Dad and I broke up about 250 of them and hauled them to a dump. Nobody wanted them then. I wish I had them now. Everybody wants one."
Wurdeman not only can fix the machinery inside the boxes, but he also has a machine that cuts music rolls. He can duplicate old rolls of tunes. He can also add new music. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," for example, is a 1970 hit that is ideal for a music machine, Wurdeman said.
Electric player pianos, violin-pianos and organs were indoor instruments. "Band organs and calliopes are for outdoors," Wurdeman said. "Older calliopes were powered by steam engines. A few of them are still to be heard at the circus museum in Baraboo, Wis. But you can hear a good band organ on the merry-go-round at Excelsior Amusement Park."
At Virginia City - and nearby Nevada City, Mont., another ghost town restored by Bovey - tourists can buy a recording of music from the antique machines Wurdeman has restored.
Wurdeman showed me one hand-cranked music machine. It was about the size of a small hi-fi set. "There weren't to many electric machines operating until about 1910," Wurdeman said, "and those would be in downtown areas. At Excelsior Park in the old days the band organ used to be operated from the streetcar current."
Wurdeman doesn't plan to retire , but he also won't do as much traveling to repair machines throughout the country. He has trained his son to do the intricate work, however, and a grandson is also interested.
Since Wurdeman began his repair work, it has become obvious that people have learned to live with more noise. In the 1930's, the only place he could find space for a shop was on a bridge over busy railroad tracks. In those days, people couldn't tolerate the shrill sounds that resulted when Wurdeman tuned his band organs and calliopes. Today, life is so noisy that those sounds are barely noticeable. To me, it's a cheerful sound. That's why I think it would be great to install a music machine on the Mall.
All we have to do is find one. Wurdeman is available to keep it in tune.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW]
From THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR, April 21, 1972-
HE MAKES THE MUSIC GO AROUND AND AROUND
We could have a ball on the Nicollet Mall dancing to Ozzie Wurdeman's violin-piano. You put a nickel in it, look through the glass cover and you'll see and hear a violin play "The Merry Widow" waltz to piano accompaniment.
The violin-piano machine Wurdeman owns is about as rare as he is. Wurdeman 69, 4400 30th Av. S. is one of the few experts around who make a living repairing and restoring antique music machines. In his garage he works on 19-century violin-pianos, band organs, calliopes, player pianos, theater organs and music boxes.
I should point out that the neighbors don't mind hearing the music and the youngsters there just love it.
Wurdeman learned his trade as a youth when his father was the area distributor for the Mills Violin Piano machine. For almost 20 years Wurdeman has spent summers in Virginia City, Mont., working on a splendid collection of old music machines. The collection was put together by Charles Bovey, a former Minneapolitan, who was active in restoring the historic town.
Wurdeman said the music machines had their heyday from about 1900 until 1930 when the amplified phonograph became popular. The "Violano Virtuoso" machine was introduced in 1904 at the St. Louis World's Fair. In 1912 at the San Diego Exposition, the machine was designated as one of eight "greatest inventions" of the era.
"Every candy store, soda fountain, restaurant and saloon had some kind of a music machine in those days," Wurdeman recalled. "I hate to think of it now, but when they went out of style, Dad and I broke up about 250 of them and hauled them to a dump. Nobody wanted them then. I wish I had them now. Everybody wants one."
Wurdeman not only can fix the machinery inside the boxes, but he also has a machine that cuts music rolls. He can duplicate old rolls of tunes. He can also add new music. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," for example, is a 1970 hit that is ideal for a music machine, Wurdeman said.
Electric player pianos, violin-pianos and organs were indoor instruments. "Band organs and calliopes are for outdoors," Wurdeman said. "Older calliopes were powered by steam engines. A few of them are still to be heard at the circus museum in Baraboo, Wis. But you can hear a good band organ on the merry-go-round at Excelsior Amusement Park."
At Virginia City - and nearby Nevada City, Mont., another ghost town restored by Bovey - tourists can buy a recording of music from the antique machines Wurdeman has restored.
Wurdeman showed me one hand-cranked music machine. It was about the size of a small hi-fi set. "There weren't to many electric machines operating until about 1910," Wurdeman said, "and those would be in downtown areas. At Excelsior Park in the old days the band organ used to be operated from the streetcar current."
Wurdeman doesn't plan to retire , but he also won't do as much traveling to repair machines throughout the country. He has trained his son to do the intricate work, however, and a grandson is also interested.
Since Wurdeman began his repair work, it has become obvious that people have learned to live with more noise. In the 1930's, the only place he could find space for a shop was on a bridge over busy railroad tracks. In those days, people couldn't tolerate the shrill sounds that resulted when Wurdeman tuned his band organs and calliopes. Today, life is so noisy that those sounds are barely noticeable. To me, it's a cheerful sound. That's why I think it would be great to install a music machine on the Mall.
All we have to do is find one. Wurdeman is available to keep it in tune.
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