The Haumann Sisters

By The Explore Nebraska History team

On May 10, 1891, eight-year-old Matilda (Tillie) Haumann and her four-year-old sister, Anna Henrietta (Retta), became lost in the Sandhills while returning home from visiting their sister who was helping a neighbor. Their parents, Carl and Henrietta Haumann, were German immigrants who moved from Illinois to Thomas County, Nebraska, in March 1891 and homesteaded approximately five miles north of Thedford.

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SWC of Main & Walnut (W side of County Courthouse), Thedford

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“The Haumann Sisters,” Explore Nebraska History, accessed November 19, 2024, https://mynehistory.com/items/show/498.

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