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'''Christian Theodor Rambow''' (born [[December 20]], [[1863]]<!--or 1864--> in Mecklenburg, | '''Christian Theodor Rambow''' (born [[December 20]], [[1863]]<!--or 1864--> in Mecklenburg, Prussia; died [[July 16]], [[1950]]) was a saloon keeper and a member of the [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]], representing [[Birmingham's wards|Ward 2]] in [[Frank Evans]]' administration in the 1890s. He was also an officer of the [[German Society]] and assisted in planning the club's [[Mardi-Gras]] festivities. | ||
Rambow was the son of [[Johann Rambow|Johann Christian]] and [[Dorothea Rambow]]<!--or Doris Kundt Rambow-->. He immigrated with his family from Hamburg to New York aboard the ''S.S. Thuringia'' in [[1874]]. After a period in Ohio, they settled in the [[Good Hope]] community in [[Cullman County]]. | Rambow was the son of [[Johann Rambow|Johann Christian]] and [[Dorothea Rambow]]<!--or Doris Kundt Rambow-->. He immigrated with his family from Hamburg to New York aboard the ''S.S. Thuringia'' in [[1874]]. After a period in Ohio, they settled in the [[Good Hope]] community in [[Cullman County]]. | ||
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Christian Theodor Rambow (born December 20, 1863 in Mecklenburg, Prussia; died July 16, 1950) was a saloon keeper and a member of the Birmingham Board of Aldermen, representing Ward 2 in Frank Evans' administration in the 1890s. He was also an officer of the German Society and assisted in planning the club's Mardi-Gras festivities.
Rambow was the son of Johann Christian and Dorothea Rambow. He immigrated with his family from Hamburg to New York aboard the S.S. Thuringia in 1874. After a period in Ohio, they settled in the Good Hope community in Cullman County.
Rambow moved to Birmingham in the early 1880s. He met his wife, the former Ella Houser at a dance in Behrens' Park in Southside. They married in 1884.
When Madam Lou Wooster died in 1913, Rambow was named executor of her estate and personally inherited her worldly possessions.
Rambow died in July 1950 and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was survived by two daughters, Bertha and Ella.