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ELVA MAE LUNDIN was born May 18, 1871 in Iowa and died May 7, 1927. On Apil 9, 1893 at Ollie, Iowa she married Robert H. Bottger, born Sept. 23, 1869, son of John C. Bottger and Hannah Shy, and died Jan. 18, 1937. The 1910 census shows them living in Cashmere, Chelan County, Washington. Elva’s father Oliver, 83 years old and recently widowed, is living with them. Elva, Robert and Elva’s parents are buried in Highland Cemetery, Richland, Keokuk County, Iowa.

Children of ELVA LUNDIN and ROBERT BOTTGER are:

1. MARVEL BOTTGER, b. July 1895, on July 2,1913 at Kalispell, Mont. m. Frank McGee, son of Louis McGee & Julia Burk.
2. IRENE BOTTGER, b. Jan. 24, 1897 at Ollie, Keokuk County, Iowa. On July 24, 1919 at Ollie m. Dallas Robert Clossen, son of C.L. Clossen and Mary Bell Ogier.
3. FREIDA B. BOTTGER, b. Jan. 24, 1902 at Ollie. On Feb. 15, 1922 at Ottumwa, Iowa m. George R. Dolley.
4. GILBERT T. BOTTGER, b. Aug. 6, 1905 at Ollie, d. October 1999 at San Diego, California.

Five months before her death at age 55, Elva was granted a divorce due to “cruel and inhuman treatment”:
Name Robert Bottger
Spouse's Name Elva Bottger
Divorce Date 30 Dec 1926
Divorce Place Keokuk, Iowa, United States
Marriage Date 1893
Document Information
Digital Folder Number 007422692
Image Number 02006
Collection Information
Iowa, Historical Society of Iowa, Divorce Records, 1906-1937
Cite This Record
"Iowa, Historical Society of Iowa, Divorce Records, 1906-1937", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CNY8-ML2M : 1 May 2020), Elva Bottger in entry for Robert Bottger, 1926.

Parents:
Oliver Anderson Lundin 1826–1916 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133620123
Nancy Jane Rash Lundin 1839–1908 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133620130

Siblings (Children of NANCY RASH and OLIVER LUNDIN):

1. OSCAR LEE LUNDIN, b. 1860 Marshalltown, IA, d. Nov. 8, 1931 Stratford, Mo.
2. ROBERT E. LUNDIN, b. July 1862, d. 1959 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8612557
3. SAMUEL WATSON LUNDIN 1863-1898 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100651929
4. TILFORD V. LUNDIN, b. 1865 Iowa, d. Oct. 15, 1946 Montana https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44038598
5. LEMUEL C. LUNDIN, b. June 16, 1868, d. Aug. 18, 1872 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144133416
6. ELVA MAE LUNDIN, b. May 18, 1871 in Iowa, d. May 7, 1927 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15573261
7. girl Lundin, b. Dec 10, 1881, Richland, Iowa

Spouse:
Robert Bottger 1869–1937 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15573252
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Elva Mae Lundin and Robert Bottger in Nancy Miller Thompson Smith's 2015 book The Genealogy of the Rash and Hammer Families:

EVA MAE LUNDIN
Born: 1871
Where: Keokuk County, Iowa
Father: Oliver Lundin
Mother: Nancy Jane Rash
Married: ca. 1891

Husband: Robert Bottger
Born: 1869
Father: Christoff “Chris” Bottger
Born: Austria
Mother: Hannah Shy
Died: 1937
Buried: Highland Cemetery
Where: Richland, Keokuk, Iowa

Died: 1927
Buried: Highland Cem.
Where: Richland, Keokuk, Iowa

Children:
1. Marvel Bottger was born ca. 1892. She married Fred McGee. They lived in Emmit, Idaho. They were the parents of one male child.
2. Irene Bottger was born ca. 1895. She married (1) Dallas “Buzz” Clossen who served in the US Army Rainbow Division during World War I. She married (2) “Shany” Price. “Shany” Price was in the theatre or motion picture business in Ottumba, Iowa. There were no children in this second marriage.

Children:
a. Louise Clossen,
b. Lucille Clossen

3. Freida Bottger was born ca. 1900. She married (1) George Dolly, (2) name unknown. After Freida and George divorced, she remarried. She and her husband live in Illinois where he owns a Ford agency.
4. Gilbert Bottger was born 1905 in Ollie, Keokuk, Iowa. Gilbert married Ruth Bragg, the daughter of Kenneth Bragg. They were the parents of two sons.
Gilbert received his degree from Iowa Wesleyan College at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He taught at the University of Arizona before he retired. He and Ruth lived in San Diego, California in 1991. He is in “Who’s Who of America” for his research with the boll weevil and its relation to the cotton industry. (Research in Richland, Keokuk, Iowa from library records and local residents who remembered the family)