DETERMAN

The Breda Centennial Book, Older Days Renewed 1877-1977, pages 141 & 143.

Henry & Katherine Determan & Sons

Henry and Katherine Waldruff Determan came to Breda from Clinton, Iowa about 1880. They farmed and later owned the property and ran a saloon where the Post Office is now located. Their children were: Will, Nick, Anna, Catherine (Sr Tarcisia, F.S.P.A.O. Joe and Ed.

Nick Determan (1890-1969) was employed in the Ricke Store as a young man. In 1910, in partnership with Frank Bohnenkamp, the store was purchased and operated as Bohnenkamp and Determan General Merchandise until 1947. From 1947, until his death, Nick Determan was sole owner and continued operation of Determan’s Store. He and Mathilda Brinker were married in 1915 and were the parents of: Melvin (1917-1972), Donald, who died of diphtheria at six weeks of age, and Illa Mae (Neumayer)

Submitted October 2001 by Anita Henning - Lemon Grove, CA