Selected Families and Individuals
Source Citations
Adam ZIMMERMAN
1Lloyd, Steve, Zimmerman, Christian - descendants, EMail.
2Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, County Court, State of Oregon, County of Clackamas - 28 Jun 1899 until 3 Mar 1902, page 1, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS
Inventory and Appraisement - p. 5
Personal Property
One promissory note for $1000.00 date of Jan 2nd, 1899, given by
Chas Druschel, interest at 7% for 2 years valued at $ 1040.00
One promissory note for $200.00 date of Jan 25th 1899, given by
_____ at 6 % interest for 2 years valued at 202.00
One promissory note for $4500.00 date of Nov 16th 1898, given by
John Krusp with interest at 5% for 15 years, secured by
mortgage or real property in Fillmore County Minnesota,
valued at 4633.00
One promissory note for $250.00 date of Nov 26, 1898 given by
John Krusp at 7% interest one year, valued at 261.60
One promissory note of Theodore Riep for $37.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest. Value 38.68
One promissory note of Wm Rappe for $34.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898 one year at 7% interest Value 36.74
One promissory note of J.D. Britzius for $30.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 31.25
One promissory note of Ole Tollefsen for $22.50 date of
Nov 26th 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 13.54
One promissory note of Leonard Haas for $18.25 date of
Nov 26th, 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 19.10
One promissory note of T M Morgan for $10.50 date of
nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 11.00
Household Furniture 100.00
Real Property
Seven acres of land and dwelling house situate in
Canby, Clackamas County Oregon - Value 550.00
Amount carried forward 6946.91
p.9 of estate papers says the above list was submitted to the court on 7 Aug 1899
Elizabeth (widow and admistrator) submitted her final account of income and expenditures
of the estate on 23 Jan 1902.
A final petition to close the estate and distribute the assets as follows is dated 3 Mar 1902
P.11 Disposition
Elizabeth Krak (dau) already received $700.00
Elizabeth Zimmerman (widow) 1/2 $4690.71 2345.35
Mary Zimmerman 1/9 of remainder of estate 260.65
Estate of Wm Zimmerman deceased 260.59
Mrs. Emma Druschel 260.59
Aaron Zimmerman 260.59
Clara Hoff 260.59
George Zimmerman 260.59
Maggie Zimmerman 260.59
Sarah Zimmerman 260.59
Della Zimmerman 260.59
"That said real property be decreed to descend according to law.".".
3Census, Federal - 1880 - Fillmore County, Minnesota, Carrolton twsp, p. 281A; Ancestry p. 17 of 21, 23 Jun 1880. "Line 47 Dwelling 138 Household 138
Zimmerman, Adam age 44 Farmer Canada Ger Ger
Elizabeth 35 wife Keeping House Ohio Ger Ger
Lizzie 20 dau MN Can Ger
Mary 19 dau MN Can Ger
Next page
William 14 son MN Can Ger
Emmie 10 dau MN Can Ohio
Arien 5 son MN Can OH
Clara 3 dau MN Can OH
George 8/12 son MN Can OH
Joseph, Emile 17 servant Farm hand Ger Ger Ger."
4Anna Zimmerman Nelson, History of Christian and Elizabeth Zimmerman, updated, pages 32-40 of the Zimmerman History Packet received by DZStevens from J Rose on 26 Feb 2005. "This next section is an updating of the work of Anna Zimmerman Nelson, and shared with us by Fern Zimmerman of Santa Ana, California.
During the year 1832, there came into the affairs of Christian Zimmerman a simple little circumstance which changed the course of his whole life.
One Sunday afternoon, Christian and his younger brother, Henry, were sitting on a fence not far from their home, when a group of young men about their own age joined them. These young men were discussing the fact that the English Sovereign was giving away one hundred acres of land in Canada to anyone who would go there and live on it. This looked like a wonderful opportunity to these boys who worked for a few cents a day, or perhaps received only thirty dollars for a whole years work, out of which they had to furnish their own clothes, which were made by hand. It was not an unusual thing during the busy season for these boys to rise at three o'clock in the morning and thresh grain with a flail until late at night. So the Sovereign's offer of one hundred acres of land brought forth quite a discussion. Some contended that here there really might be a great opportunity. Others thought that the hardships to be endured were too great. The long and perilous journey to the new world was in itself considered dangerous, and if the trip were made successfully, the hardships to be endured after arrival were almost unsurmountable. Were there not great risks from sickness and hunger; from wild beasts and uncivilized people? So the discussion went on. The majority thought that they would like to avail themselves of this opportunity, if it were closer at hand; but that under the cir cumstances, the adventure to secure it was attended with too much sacrifice and danger. Christian was very much interested in this offer of the English Government, and finally decided that it was an opportunity which he must seize, and he made up his mind that he would go to Canada and have one of those farms. He realized that in Germany the opportunities of ever having a home of his own were not very good. Many of his friends tried to discourage him by telling him that rattle snakes and bears would kill him, and that he would never make the journey safely. The ocean voyage had to be made in sail ships at that time, and it took from six to fourteen weeks to come across the ocean. Christian could not be discouraged or turned from his purpose, and in due time made the journey.
Christian Zimmerman was born in 1800, so he was thirty-two years of age when he came to Canada and settled at Sebringsville, Ontario, Canada. His brother, Henry, came in 1837. Christian had his hundred acre farm.
The hundred acre plots were laid out in long narrow strips so that each farm would touch the highway. Christian's plot was one-fourth mile east of the present village of Sebringsville, on the south side of the road. The Buffalo and Lake Erie Railroad ran across the farm in later-. years. The old log house stood about ten rods away from the highway. When Henry came, he took a farm about fifty miles farther up the railroad.
Modes of communication and travel were difficult in those days, and it was a very easy matter to get out of touch with one's relatives. Although Henry lived only fifty miles from Christian, we know very little about his family. We do know that Henry came quite frequently to visit Christian and his family, even after Christian's death. Henry was a cabinet maker by trade, and during the long I winters he made such furniture as he could use or sell. He made a very wonderful bureau with secret drawers for keeping his money. Banks were not much used in those days, hiding places for money were always in demand. In some way or other this piece of furniture came into the possession of. Christian's son, Henry. Henry also had a table made by his uncle, Henry. It was a wonderful piece of work, and took the prize at a provincial fair or show.
We know that Christian's brother had a family. There was a boy named Dan who was a very fine penman, which was quite an accomplishment in those days'. There were also several daughters in the family.
Another person important to our family who came to Canada in 1832 was Elizabeth Knoll. Her home, Rolland discovered, was about four houses from the Zimmerman home. Whether the decision to come to Canada was mutual, or whether, as Anna Nelson recalled, their friendship on the long trip was the inspiration for their later marriage, we will never know.
Elizabeth's father had died and left the mother with a family to raise. Elizabeth had the same dream that many early colonists brought
to America ... that this was a land where one could get rich quickly and
then return home and make the lives of their loved ones easier. She
was determined to come to Canada. Her mother was very opposed to this
idea. She feared she would never see her child again. Elizabeth told
her Mother not to feel badly, that she would soon be back with a nice
little fortune to help her fatherless family. But she never went back.
Her
mother and grandmother lived to be very old, both reaching the, ripe old
age of about ninety years.In later years, she often spoke to her children about her brother, Philip,who seemed to have been an exceedingly clever and successful man. Her mother and Grandmother lived to be very old, both reaching the ripe old age of about ninety years.
Elizabeth and Christian complied with the custom of those days which was that a wedding must be announced for three successive Sundays in the church before the young people could be married. They were devoted to each other, and their wedded life was exceedingly happy. Elizabeth was a great help to her husband, not only in making a happy home for him, but also in clearing the timber from the land. She helped him pile and burn brush, and sometimes get the logs off the land. She did whatever else there was to do that a woman could do. She was always well, happy and busy, being of the industrious type of woman. She was of medium size and weight, with slightly rounded shoulders. In her later years, she became decidedly round-shouldered. Her eyes were very dark blue, and her hair a very dark brown, almost black. Her hair never turned gray, even in her last days.
Christian had brown eyes, dark hair, and very pretty rosy cheeks with a nice clear complexion, better than many women have. He was not skinny, but was a slender man of medium height and weight.
They were both devoted Christians, and had a simple, beautiful faith in God, similar to that of other Christian people-of their time. One Sundays during a heavy storm, the wind was beating the rain into the barn where the freshly threshed grain was lying. Elizabeth, after watching the storm for awhile, suggested that they had better go out and try to keep the grain dry, but Christian thought that they ought not to break God's Sabbath by doing manual labor, and suggested that God knew-that they needed the grain, and if He wished them to have it, He would save the crop without their breaking His Holy Sabbath Day. In Germany they were Lutherans, but in Canada they joined the German Evangelical Church, and in this church they trained their children in Christian living and in the doctrines of religion. All their children joined the church and led Christian lives, probably much above average.
Christian was not a very good sportsman, not having had an opportunity for such things in his youth. In Europe, this privilege was reserved for the wealthy landlords. But in Canada there was an abundance of deer for all, and other wild game was very plentiful. He seldom shot anything, even if the deer such such on his garden. One day a big deer came into the yard, and with an old, rusty gun, Christian shot it. But the gun gave him such a kick, and he felt so badly as he saw the beautiful animal lying dead before him, that he never tried shooting again.
Elizabeth and Christian built a log cabin on their place. It had two windows, and on one side an addition which they used for a summer cookhouse. This was their happy home. In the winter they would clear the land of brush and timber, and in the summer they would raise their crops. After the grain was hauled into the barn and threshed, Christian would spend an hour or two daily during the Fall throwing grain to remove the chaff.
Some years later they sold two acres of their farm, one acre for the erection of a blacksmith shop, and the other to build a tailor shop on. Then a school house was built across from the little log house and a short distance down the road. The little village of Sebringsville grew up about a quarter of a mile from the school house.
Elizabeth and Christian had a family of five boys and two girls. Henry, the oldest boy, married Mary Krusp. Adam, the second son, married Eve Hopp, and for his second wife, Elizabeth Britzius. Peter, the third boy, married 'Katherine Rhiel. Christian, the fourth boy, married Louise Nolde. Philip, who was the youngest of the family, married Ernestine Krause. Katherine, the oldest girl, married George Hopp. The younger daughter, Elizabeth (Betsie), married Christ Regal. Adam and Katherine both married into the same Hopp family and had a double wedding at Preston, Minnesota. Betsie died at the birth of her first child, the child dying, also. Philip was the youngest of the family. He was born January 10, 1851. That spring when the plum trees were in bloom, which must have been in May or June, his father died. Christian was only about 48 years old. For almost a week lie had been busy building a dam which had necessitated his standing in cold water and mud most of the time while he was at his work. This brought about his death. He was sick only three or four days. lie was buried in the Sebringsville Cemetery with a wooden tombstone on the grave, but now the exact spot of the grave is not known. Around 1890, the old cemetery, which was back of the Sebringsville church, was moved to higher ground because the graves filled with water. Such graves as had no one interested in them were abandoned. There were no relatives of Christian living there when this was done, so those who might have been interested did not even learn of the change until long after it had been made. So the body was never moved, but lies somewhere in the old cemetery which has been abandoned. Who knows, but it may also be petrified. It is an interesting fact that of the bodies moved, three or four were found to be perfectly petrified, which often happens when bodies are buried in low ground. At the time of Christian's death, the older boys were fourteen and thirteen, and Philip was only five or six months old. Very sad and lonely hours followed 'the break-up of the once so happy home.
The church formed a council of which a man by the name of John Kastner was one of the leaders. The council decided that most of tile property should go to the oldest boy, Henry, which was an English custom, and that the other boys should help Henry until they were sixteen, and go to school six months out of every year. But Henry was too young to understand and manage family affairs properly, and one of the results was that the boys had very little opportunity for education. Philip went to school only about three months out of the year, and after he was thirteen never attended school again. lie was anxious for an education, and seemed to realize its value, but he was too timid to insist that he be given the opportunity.
For more than twenty years, that school was conducted by a Mr. Hamilton. He was a school master of the old type, who did not believe in spoiling the child by sparing the rod. In the home, too, children were punished most severely, sometimes at very slight provocation. Philip has told of how a lamp chimney was broken in some way, and someone thought he could have prevented it if he had been watching the children more carefully, so he had to be whipped. Thirty-nine strokes was the punishment.
An inheritance came for Elizabeth from the old country, but a man by the name of Henry Zimmerman, no relative at all and who had no right to it whatsoever, succeeded in getting it away from her.
For a number of years, until Henry, the oldest boy, was ready to marry, the mother and family carried on the work of the farm together--.She built a large wooden barn, and made a few other improvements. Elizabeth had a little cow, "Daisy", that she kept for twenty-two years. Eventually Henry lost the family farm. In later years, he became successful in the business of selling honey.
Peter Zimmerman and his brother Christ, came to Minnesota after the Civil War ended in 1865. They worked in a shingle mill all summer in Stillwater, Minnesota. Each earned about $14.00 a week, and Peter saved about $1,000. The next spring, they went to Stillwater again, but the river was too high to work at the shingle mill, so the brothers came to Preston and found work there. Because he was afraid he would be robbed, Peter pretended to be poor, and worked his way down the Mississippi on a boat, and left the river at Winona.
Peter was a serious, quiet man with dark hair, a sandy mustache, and intense deep gray eyes. He was very proficient in reading and writing the German language, but sometimes had difficulty with English. He wanted his family to use the German language at home, but Catherine thought that this would be wrong, as they were Americans now.
Christ decided to go west and pan for gold in Montana, where he earned $7.00 or $8.00 a day. Later, during the gold rush, he moved on to Oregon. Finally, he went back to Canada where he married Louise Nolte and settled on a farm. In later years, he operated a prune orchard.
Peter stayed in Minnesota where he bought 160 acres of land in Racine township of Mower County. It was the last section to be cleared, and he paid twice as much for it as others had paid for the land around it. At the same time, he could have bought land where St. Paul now
stands for less than half of what he paid for the land he chose. He
built a three-room house with a kitchen, bedroom and a pantry. Later,
when he was courting Catherine Rhiel, he walked twenty-five miles to
Preston to see her. Another time he borrowed a buggy from old man
Felch to make the trip. Catherine had come from Canada when she was.
twenty-one, and stayed with her half-sister, Mary Long.
Peter and Catherine were married January 14, 1868, and lived in the frame house near Racine. The first winter, Catherine was so homesick that she rode to Preston in a bobsled, sitting on a box. She stayed a week and then was ready to come home.
They had six children, all born at Racine. Anna married Sam Anstett, divorced, and moved to North Dakota. George died when he was eleven. Margaret Lydia married Julius Krause, and they went to California. John William married Zora Haas, and they remained on the farm at Racine. Matilda married William Hunnerkoch of Red Wood Falls, Minnesota, and they moved to Montana. Ida (Katie) married Roy Drummond, and they lived in Austin, Minnesota.
In Canada, after Henry was married, he built a brick house for himself, but his mother continued to live in the old house. Some time later Henry sold the place to a Mr. Strasser, and then Elizabeth came to Minnesota to live with others of her children. She always grieved because 11 Henry did not succeed as well on the old place as she thought lie should have. Whatever property she may have had was lost in some way through Henry's mismanagement.
When Philip was fourteen years old, Henry, being in need of money, advised Philip to work for someone who would pay him a salary. So it came about that he was employed by an old Scotchman for six months for ten dollars a month and board and room. When the six months were up, the Scotchman paid him the salary in silver dollars. Philip carried those sixty silver dollars home six miles to Henry, who gave him seventyfive cents out of it for spending money. This was the first spending money Philip had ever had, and the first thing he bought was a comb for himself, thinking how fine it would be to have one all his very own. Then, as most boys would have done, he bought a jack-knife, and with the money he had left, lie bought a candy treat for his brothers. He was badly in need of a suit of clothes at this time, so that he could go to church and Sunday School, but that seems to have been out of the question. Adam, who was next younger than Henry, and who was now living in theUnited States at Preston, Minnesota, made a visit to Canada about this time. When he returned to the states, he brought Philip with him.
Elizabeth lived with her children in Minnesota until her death, October 18, 1888, at the Adam Zimmerman home three or four miles north of Preston. She was ill only a very short time. Early in the evening of October 18, when asked how she felt and whether she would have any supper, she replied that she did not need any supper, and that by ten o'clock she would be gone to her home in Heaven. Adam's family thought she was delirious, but really not seriously ill. Just before ten o'clock that evening, she passed quietly and peacefully away. No one realized she was going until she was gone. Then they remembered that she had said she would be gone by ten o'clock. She was 78 years and 9 months old. She is buried in the Preston cemetery, with services being held at the German Evangelical Church.
Elizabeth had a certain strain of severity in her nature which, occasionally when conditions were right, showed itself. She was a fine disciplinarian and seemed to understand human nature better than most people. She was very tidy about her person, and her room, and was quite saving. She was always fair in her dealings with her fellow-man, but she also expected them to be fair with her. She disliked pictures and statuary very. much, and used to say, "ach solcha gotza" (Oh, such idols!) To her, they suggested images, and made her think of idolatry, which was considered a sin. This probably is the reason that we have only one photograph of her, and none of her husband. She was always glad to help along any good cause, but always had so little money to spend. Something always happened to her property because of Henry's mismanagement. She said she did not care much for money for her own use, but that she would
like to have had money so that she might give to the church, and help the poor, and give wherever there was a need. She loved to go to church, but it hurt her not to have more to give.
Hers was a beautiful life of hardship, sorrow and trials, culminating in a great and glorious victory, and how can we know but that the discipline of this lower life perfected her, and made her ready for that higher service above.
"A home in Heaven; what a joyful thought
As the poor man toils in his weary lot,
His heart oppressed, and with anguish drives
From his home below to his home in Heaven."
When Rolland was in Germany in 1983, he found the church records which gave accurate facts of the early history, and these have been used.".
5Census, Minnesota Territorial and State, 1849- 1905 - 1885 - Fillmore, Carrolton, pp. 4-5. "Family 46
Adam Zimmerman age 49 b. Canada
Mrs. A " 42 Ohio
Lizzie 26 MN
M.A. (mary) 24 MN
William 13 MN
Emma 14 MN
Aren 10 MN
Clara 8 MN
George 5 MN
Mage 2 MN
Sarah 1 MN." This one is from 1885.
6Annie Marie Zimmerman Nelson, Zimmerman Family History and Stories;forward by Allan Leslie VanLehn, Unpublished work (c) 2008 by (ALVL), Ch3; p. 12, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. excerpts copied with permission. "Adam Zimmerman, my father's second brother, lived near Preston, Minnesota on a farm until most
of his children were grown. Then he followed them into the West to the state of Oregon, and bought a
home for himself in that state at Canby. At one time he had been thrown from a horse and injured,
causing hernia, so that for many years he was compelled to wear a truss. Shortly before he started for
Oregon he came in touch with the Zionist movement in Chicago. They had a program of divine healing
and told him to throw away his truss; that God was able to take care of him. He finally did throw it away
and his old trouble, hernia, soon killed him. He died very suddenly in Canby, Oregon, at the age of about
67 years. He was a very robust, healthy man, and if he had continued to wear his truss, or if he had had an
operation, he probably could have lived many years longer. He left a widow and eight children to mourn
his loss.
His oldest daughter, Lizzie, married Mr. Krack, a farmer who lived near Cavalier, North Dakota.
The second child was a boy whom they called Willie, who died of pneumonia contracted while he was
drilling a well. He was about thirty years of age when he died, and had never been married. When he
was a small child he lost an eye by getting lye into it while his mother was making soap. The third child,
Mary, was never married. When she was eighteen she had a stroke of paralysis from which she never
entirely recovered. After doctoring for a number of years and receiving very little help she came out to
Portland with a half-sister, and went into business for herself. She always was successful and spent a very
profitable life. Her half-sister Emma after a few years married Charlie Druschel, and still lives in
Portland, Oregon. Aron, the oldest boy with the second wife has a family and lives in or near Chicago,
Illinois. George, who is Aron's younger brother, married a woman eight years older, and lives in
Washington State somewhere. Sarah, the next to the youngest in the family, married a Mr. Gunter and
also lives in Portland. Margaret works in an undertaking establishment and was never married; and Della
lives with her at least part of the time. She is not married [and both live in Seattle, 1952]."
7Census, Minnesota Territorial and State, 1849- 1905 - 1885 - Fillmore, Carrolton, 1865 state Census. "108 Adam Zimmerman (Male)
Eve " (female)
Elizabeth " "
Mary " "
Henry " (Male)
William " "."
8Zimmerman, Forrest- notes from conversation with, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
9Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, p. 1.
10Zion Cemetery Sexton, Canby, Oregon, Note sent in response to request for information by Patsy Clark, July 2003.
11Minnesota, Olmstead Co, Record of Marriage, Book B, p. 272.
Elizabeth BRITZIUS
1Dianne Z. Stevens, P&D Stevens Family History, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
2Goettel, Steve, Britzius, Mathias-Descendants of, EMail. 57 pages. .
3Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, p. 4A, 7 Jun 1900. "Zimmerman, Elizabeth head Jul 1844 age 55 widow m. 33 yrs. 11child b./ 7 living OH Ger Ger owns free
Sarah dau Feb1884 16 MN Can OH
Della dau Aug 1888 11 Mn Can OH." Elizabeth is living next door to her daughter Clara and family who are recent arrivals from Preston, MN.
4Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, County Court, State of Oregon, County of Clackamas - 28 Jun 1899 until 3 Mar 1902, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS
Inventory and Appraisement - p. 5
Personal Property
One promissory note for $1000.00 date of Jan 2nd, 1899, given by
Chas Druschel, interest at 7% for 2 years valued at $ 1040.00
One promissory note for $200.00 date of Jan 25th 1899, given by
_____ at 6 % interest for 2 years valued at 202.00
One promissory note for $4500.00 date of Nov 16th 1898, given by
John Krusp with interest at 5% for 15 years, secured by
mortgage or real property in Fillmore County Minnesota,
valued at 4633.00
One promissory note for $250.00 date of Nov 26, 1898 given by
John Krusp at 7% interest one year, valued at 261.60
One promissory note of Theodore Riep for $37.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest. Value 38.68
One promissory note of Wm Rappe for $34.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898 one year at 7% interest Value 36.74
One promissory note of J.D. Britzius for $30.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 31.25
One promissory note of Ole Tollefsen for $22.50 date of
Nov 26th 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 13.54
One promissory note of Leonard Haas for $18.25 date of
Nov 26th, 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 19.10
One promissory note of T M Morgan for $10.50 date of
nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 11.00
Household Furniture 100.00
Real Property
Seven acres of land and dwelling house situate in
Canby, Clackamas County Oregon - Value 550.00
Amount carried forward 6946.91
p.9 of estate papers says the above list was submitted to the court on 7 Aug 1899
Elizabeth (widow and admistrator) submitted her final account of income and expenditures
of the estate on 23 Jan 1902.
A final petition to close the estate and distribute the assets as follows is dated 3 Mar 1902
P.11 Disposition
Elizabeth Krak (dau) already received $700.00
Elizabeth Zimmerman (widow) 1/2 $4690.71 2345.35
Mary Zimmerman 1/9 of remainder of estate 260.65
Estate of Wm Zimmerman deceased 260.59
Mrs. Emma Druschel 260.59
Aaron Zimmerman 260.59
Clara Hoff 260.59
George Zimmerman 260.59
Maggie Zimmerman 260.59
Sarah Zimmerman 260.59
Della Zimmerman 260.59
"That said real property be decreed to descend according to law.".".
5Portland Death Records for March 1911.
6Census, Federal - 1910 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED # 163, sheet 4B (Ancestry p. 8 of 28), 16 Apr 1910. "Line 82 540 Clay St.
Zimmerman, Elizabeth head age 63 widow 11 child b/8 living OH Can/Ger Ger/Ger
Margaret dau 25 s MN Ger/Ger OH occ: Nurse
Della dau 21 s MN Ger/Ger OH." I believe when Elizabeth reports she has had 11 children, 8 of whom are still living, that she is counting her step-children William, Mary, and Elizabeth.
7Census, Federal - 1880 - Fillmore County, Minnesota, Carrolton twsp, Ancestry p. 17 of 21. "Line 47 Dwelling 138 Household 138
Zimmerman, Adam age 44 Farmer Canada Ger Ger
Elizabeth 35 wife Keeping House Ohio Ger Ger
Lizzie 20 dau MN Can Ger
Mary 19 dau MN Can Ger
Next page
William 14 son MN Can Ger
Emmie 10 dau MN Can Ohio
Arien 5 son MN Can OH
Clara 3 dau MN Can OH
George 8/12 son MN Can OH
Joseph, Emile 17 servant Farm hand Ger Ger Ger."
8Census, Federal 1850, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio, Ancestry.com. "Name: Elizabeth Buzas
[Elizabeth Britziius]
[Elizabeth Britzius]
Age: 6
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Female
Family Number: 238
Household Members: Name Age
Theobald Buzas 30
Elizabeth Buzas 23
Elizabeth Buzas 6
George Buzas 4
Phebe Buzas 3
Catharine Buzas 2
Theobald Buzas 0
Jacob Buzas 62."
9Census, Federal 1860, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio. "Name: Elizabeth Pretzeus
[Elizabeth Britzius]
Age in 1860: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Bavaria
Home in 1860: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Female
Post Office: Ragersville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Delnalp Pretzeus 38
Elizabeth Pretzeus 35
Elizabeth Pretzeus 17
Geo Pretzeus 14
Margaret Pretzeus 12
Adam Pretzeus 10
Jacob Pretzeus 7
Nicholas Pretzeus 5
John Pretzeus 2
Jacob Pretzeus 69."
10Zimmerman, Forrest- notes from conversation with, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
11Goettel, Steve, Britzius, Mathias-Descendants of. he had death on 9th. should be 19 per gravestone.
12Portland Death Records for March 1911, p. 108. "Date of Death: March 19, 1911
Deceased: Zimmerman, Eliz
age: 66 years, 7 mos, 19 das
civil cond.: W (widowed)
Nativity: Ohio
Name of Father: Theobold Britzies
Birthplace of father: Ger
place of death: 540 clay
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of death: Carcinoma of Galol Bladder
Doctor: H.B.Furseton
Place of Internment: Canby, Ore.
Undertaker: Finley Olson."
13Zion Cemetery Sexton, Canby, Oregon, Note sent in response to request for information by Patsy Clark, July 2003.
14Minnesota, Olmstead Co, Record of Marriage, Book B, p. 272.
John ZIMMERMAN
1Goettel, Steve, Britzius, Mathias-Descendants of, EMail. 57 pages.
2Preston Methodist Cemetery, Section 7 - Preston twsp, Fillmore Co., Minnesota. This document contains both an alphabetical and a row by row listing including date of death and age at death where available. "age at death: 6 yrs., 3m, 10das."
3Preston Methodist Cemetery, Section 7 - Preston twsp, Fillmore Co., Minnesota.
4Lloyd, Steve, Zimmerman, Christian - descendants, EMail.
Katherine I. ZIMMERMAN
1Goettel, Steve, Britzius, Mathias-Descendants of, EMail. 57 pages.
2Preston Methodist Cemetery, Section 7 - Preston twsp, Fillmore Co., Minnesota. This document contains both an alphabetical and a row by row listing including date of death and age at death where available.
3Preston Methodist Cemetery, Section 7 - Preston twsp, Fillmore Co., Minnesota. "AE 2yrs., 3 mos., 15 dys."
4Lloyd, Steve, Zimmerman, Christian - descendants, EMail.
Margaret S. ZIMMERMAN
1Census, Federal - 1910 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED# 158, sheet 7B & 8A, 21 Apr 1910. "Line 29 385 Third St. Dwelling 98 Family # 191
Zimmerman, Mary Head age 45 S MN Can-Ger Ger-Ger Occ: Landlady/Boarding house
Margaret Sister & Nurse 27 S MN Can-Ger Ohio Nurse/private family."
2Census, Federal - 1910 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED # 163, sheet 4B (Ancestry p. 8 of 28), 16 Apr 1910. "Line 82 546 Clay St. dwelling & Household # 87
Zimmerman, Elizabeth Head age 63 wd 11 child b./8 Living OH Canada/Ger Ger home is rented Occ:none
Margaret Dau 25 S MN Can/Ger OH nurse
Della Dau 21 S MN " " none."
3Census, Federal - 1920 - King Co, Washington,Seattle, ED#193, sheet 9A (Ancestry image 17), 13 Jan 1920. "Line 13
Zimmerman, Margaret S. Head age 37 S MN Can/Ger OH/Ger Occ: Embalmer at an Undertaking Parlor wage
Della sister 13 " " " Bookkeeper wage."
4Census, Federal - 1930 - King County, Washington, Seattle, ED #106, sheet 18B (Ancestry image 36), 15 Apr 1930. "Line 61 478 12th Ave.
Zimmerman, Margaret S. head rents/$40 age 47 S MN Can/Eng OH occ: Undertaker/ working for wage/for embalmer."
5Census, Federal - 1900 - Multnomah Co, city of Portland, Ward 4; dist 52 Ancestry p. 17 of 35. "Line 7 430 Yaw(?) Hill St. Dwelling 88 or 89 Family # 102 or 103
Zimmerman, Mary Head b. Mar 1865 age: 35 S MN Can Ger Occ: Lodging House Keeper
Aaron Dec 1874 25 S same Blacksmith
George Oct 1879 20 S " Driver (Hardware store)
Maggie Dec 1882 17 S " Dressmaker
7 additional lodgers."
6Census, Federal - 1910 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, Precinct 31. "Line 82 540 Clay St.
Zimmerman, Elizabeth head age 63 widow 11 child b/8 living OH Can/Ger Ger/Ger
Margaret dau 25 s MN Ger/Ger OH occ: Nurse
Della dau 21 s MN Ger/Ger OH." Margaret iis on this census twice - once w sister Mary, once w Mom.
7Census, Federal 1940, Seattle, King, Washington. "Name: Margaret Zimmerman
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Minnesota
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Seattle, King, Washington
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Belmont Avenue
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Seattle, King, Washington
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 8A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 276
Occupation: Assistant Embalmer
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 38
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 2160
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Margaret Zimmerman 57."
8Social Security Death Index.
9Patsy Clark Email, 10 Feb 2005.
Della C. ZIMMERMAN
1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, County Court, State of Oregon, County of Clackamas - 28 Jun 1899 until 3 Mar 1902, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS
Inventory and Appraisement - p. 5
Personal Property
One promissory note for $1000.00 date of Jan 2nd, 1899, given by
Chas Druschel, interest at 7% for 2 years valued at $ 1040.00
One promissory note for $200.00 date of Jan 25th 1899, given by
_____ at 6 % interest for 2 years valued at 202.00
One promissory note for $4500.00 date of Nov 16th 1898, given by
John Krusp with interest at 5% for 15 years, secured by
mortgage or real property in Fillmore County Minnesota,
valued at 4633.00
One promissory note for $250.00 date of Nov 26, 1898 given by
John Krusp at 7% interest one year, valued at 261.60
One promissory note of Theodore Riep for $37.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest. Value 38.68
One promissory note of Wm Rappe for $34.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898 one year at 7% interest Value 36.74
One promissory note of J.D. Britzius for $30.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 31.25
One promissory note of Ole Tollefsen for $22.50 date of
Nov 26th 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 13.54
One promissory note of Leonard Haas for $18.25 date of
Nov 26th, 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 19.10
One promissory note of T M Morgan for $10.50 date of
nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 11.00
Household Furniture 100.00
Real Property
Seven acres of land and dwelling house situate in
Canby, Clackamas County Oregon - Value 550.00
Amount carried forward 6946.91
p.9 of estate papers says the above list was submitted to the court on 7 Aug 1899
Elizabeth (widow and admistrator) submitted her final account of income and expenditures
of the estate on 23 Jan 1902.
A final petition to close the estate and distribute the assets as follows is dated 3 Mar 1902
P.11 Disposition
Elizabeth Krak (dau) already received $700.00
Elizabeth Zimmerman (widow) 1/2 $4690.71 2345.35
Mary Zimmerman 1/9 of remainder of estate 260.65
Estate of Wm Zimmerman deceased 260.59
Mrs. Emma Druschel 260.59
Aaron Zimmerman 260.59
Clara Hoff 260.59
George Zimmerman 260.59
Maggie Zimmerman 260.59
Sarah Zimmerman 260.59
Della Zimmerman 260.59
"That said real property be decreed to descend according to law.".".
3Patsy Clark Email, 6 Mar 2004.
4Census, Federal - 1910 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED # 163, sheet 4B (Ancestry p. 8 of 28), 16 Apr 1910. "Line 82 540 Clay St. dwelling & Household # 87
Zimmerman, Elizabeth Head age 63 wd 11 child b./8 Living OH Canada/Ger Ger home is rented Occ:none
Margaret Dau 25 S MN Can/Ger OH nurse
Della Dau 21 S MN " " none."
5Census, Federal - 1920 - King Co, Washington,Seattle, ED#193, sheet 9A (Ancestry image 17), 13 Jan 1920. "Line 13
Zimmerman, Margaret S. Head age 37 S MN Can/Ger OH/Ger Occ: Embalmer at an Undertaking Parlor wage
Della sister 13 " " " Bookkeeper wage."
6Census, Federal - 1930 - King County, Washington, Seattle, ED#198, sheet 27A (Ancestry image 53), 21 Apr 1930. "Street 78S Line 12 & 13
Richmond, Carol Lodger age 35
Zimmerman, Della Head 42 owns home $4200 OCC: Bookkeeper for Optical company."
7Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, ED 82, 7 Jun 1900. "Zimmerman, Elizabeth head Jul 1844 age 55 widow m. 33 yrs. 11child b./ 7 living OH Ger Ger owns free
Sarah dau Feb1884 16 MN Can OH
Della dau Aug 1888 11 Mn Can OH."
8Census, Federal 1940, Seattle, King, Washington. "Name: Della Zimmerman
Respondent: Yes
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Minnesota
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Seattle, King, Washington
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: 38 Ave S W
House Number: 6751
Inferred Residence in 1935: Seattle, King, Washington
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 11B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 263
Occupation: Bookkeeper
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 5000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 2600
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Della Zimmerman 51
Carol Richmond 53."
9Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82.
10Social Security Death Index.
11Social Security Death Index.
Christian WINTERMANTEL
1Civil War Certificate from WI State Historical Society, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Certificate of Service
Wisconsin Civil War Service
Christian Wintermantle
The Official Record: Entered Service August 20, 1862. Enlisted into Company K Twentysixth Wisconsin Infantry from Franklin, Wisconsin. Corporal; Mustered out out of service June 13, 1865.
Engagements
Chancellorsville, VA
Gettysburg, PA
Funkstown, MD
Wauhatchie, TN
Missionary Ridge, TN
Buzzard Roost Gap, GA
Resaca, GA
New Hope Church, GA
Golgotha Church, GA
Nose's Creek, GA
Kenesaw Mountain, GA
Peach Tree Creek, GA
Seige of Atlanta, GA
Seige of Savannah, GA
Averasboro, NC
Bentonville, NC
Twentysixth Infantry. The Twentysixth Infantry regiment was Organized at Camp Sigel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into service of the United States on the 17th day of September, 1862. It left the state October6 and proceeded directly to Washington, D.C. The regiment moved to Fairfax Court House, VA, October 15 and was assigned to service inthe Eleventh Army Corps. It was among the reserve force at Fredericksburg, VA December 15, 1862, and participated in the Chancellorsville, VA Campaign Apr 27-May 6, 1863, and in the battle of Chancellorsville May 1-3. it was engaged in the Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 4, and in the battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863. In September 1863, the Twentysixth was transferred to the Army in middle Tennessee in the vicinity of Chattanooga, and participated in the battle of Wauhatchie near Lookout Mountain, TN Oct 28-29;
Missionary Ridge, November 25 and in the movement for the relief of Knoxville November 27 to December 8, 1863.
On the reorganization of the Army of the Cumberland in 1864 and prior to the Atlanta Campaign the Twentysixth was assigned to the Twentieth Army Corps, and continued a part of the army under Gen. Sherman, participating in the Atlanta Campaign May1-Sept 8, 1864, Savannah Campaign Nov 15 to Dec 21, 1864, and the Campaign in the Carolinas, and after the surrender of the Confederates under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston near Raliegh, N.C., Apr 26, 1865, marched to Washington and took part in the Grand Review. The regiment was mustered out of service Jun 13, 1865. It reached Milwaukee Jun 17, 1865 and was disbanded Jun 29, 1865."
2Wintermantle, Christian-Journal kept on trip from WI to OR 9/26/1883 translation by Marcel Rotter May 2005, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "[1]
On my journey (meditations)
At 20:20, we left Geneva. In Mason City Junction, we changed cars. We arrived in St. Paul at 7 PM. We stayed in a hotel. It cost us $7.25 for soups and breakfast. At 8:30 in the morning, we were boarding the Emegrand Train [Emigrant train?] and now we are traveling N. West through wide open, very beautiful land, black sandy soil with [??]underwood and [?? ??] marshland with rotten wood. The grass is approximately 4 foot high here. We just passed a huge pond. This pond is one of the [??] that I ever visited [means probably “saw”]. Another crops field, almost [??] [??]
[2a]
I just saw a pine on the left [?? ?? ??]
Parham - nice area; the other deserts were all the same -all Sand. [?? ?? ??] Yesterday we were in Mandan until the evening. This morning, we crossed the central Missouri. We stopped at a station in Dakota. They call the land The Bad Lands. [?? ?? ??]
[2b]
Monday 10 am
10 am we crossed the line between Dakota and Montana. The land is better. Still more than 1,000 miles to Portland. The buffalo grass is all white now; now we go towards the Stone river to the west; it’s strange how [??] the land is. …Yellowstone … the surrounding mountains with the coal are visible. We are going 20-30 miles per hour behind an Express Tradet Train I bought land for 1 Th [=Thaler] at the value of 50 cents compared to yesterday’s land for $135
[3a]
The soil of this desert seems to be empty. One can see villages or single dwellings only rarely. The last night, we made only 125 miles. We just passed a snowy mountain. The Yellowstone River is still on our right. We went through a tunnel in a high mountain. The Yellowstone Valley is very pretty, but not good for farming. The [?? ?? ??] has a child [?? ??] in our car. 3 PM - we are following the Yellowstone river. The weather is nice. The far away mountains are covered with snow.
[3b]
This area is somewhat inhabited. We are passing high grass and potatoes in a garden as well as a chained bear. We are now halfway from St. Paul to Portland. Today, I bought again land for $1. Now it snows again. We just saw an Indian camp with a ranch. The strange thing about this desert is how the nutrition[??] let the grass grow: buffalo grass, Pinsh[?]grass, which has [??] instead of fruit. Some Indians just came by on horses. Edon station, evening. It snows, the ground is white. Today, we climbed [by train] over a chain of mountains. From 118 feet on all the way up to the top were 2 inches of snow on the ground.
[4a]
Now, we are at in the station Juwesand, where very pretty farms are. 20 ar [=German agricultural measurement] of wheat in heaps and additional 100 of oats. But everything has to be irrigated. We always see the snow-covered mountains. It is cold, the water [=lakes, ponds] has ice on top, and the ground is frozen. Last night, two cracks broke. It is dangerous. At times, we are passing rocks that hang over 100 feet high over the cars. Today, October 10, we are in Helen. An old place, where they do mining. Now, we have to go over the Kedloy[?] mountains. The mountains are white, no snow in the valley.
[4b]
The whole sale at auction brought
$153663
Discount $ 7433
146230
Hammer 284.73, for the tickets
for the auctions 2804
Duts [name?] 150
Releas 50
for Glaken $10.00
Ghetty $ 1:50
1462.30
338.33
1123.67
295.85 the Nob to Kirby [names?]
[5a]
¼ to 3, we just left Helene, we go between the high forelands of the Rocky Mountains. After 16 miles, we made it. We just arrived on top of the Rocky Mountains, the fifth place in the United States. This road is a miracle to walk on. From now on, the waters run westward. We are now on the Pikes Pecks, 5773 feet above sea level. From the foot of the mountains up to here, we climbed 1000 feet, 26 feet the mile. We should [??] more. Now, 8 PM, we are going [?? ?? ??] 11 October; today we are still in good health. Last night, we [??] movement [?? ??] over ..,
[5b]
… 100 miles down. At 4 PM, we passed the highest bridge of the road; 216 feet high. One lane wide. We are now going from Clark Fork alongside Lonegarb[?]. On both sides large mountains covered with pine trees. There are, for example, bears, elks, and stags in this area. We passed [??]. There, the [??]wood stands over 100 foot high, and higher. [?? ?? ??] Now, we have been going for 30 miles along the L pond. It’s supposed to be 40 miles long. There is a steam boat that transports wood to the mills.
[6]
Thursday, October 12, 9 am. We are now in the W[estern] Terr[itory] and go towards the Cascade Mountains. For hundreds of miles is nothing but sand - a desert. The water is warm and beautiful. In the distance, we see a mountain with yesterday’s snow. 12 noon in Ainsworth, our train is being carried over the Snackriver [=Snake river] by a train boat. Now, at ½ 3, we are leaving Wallela. Only one more night and one more day, and we are in Portland. Here is a sandy desert, where the wind blows the sand into the houses. Just like in Iowa the snow. Today, it is very warm.
[7]
Index
Years old
Rosina September 26/ 83 17
Mathilde 15
Willy 13
Albert 12
Hedwig 10
Herman [?] 8
Emilie 6
Luise 4
Minna 2
Clara 1
[8a]
the taxation of the class for 1883
the income of the preachers $100
the odd jobs 25
[8b]
income for the presiding elder at the camp meeting
from brother Altstadt 50
-- -- Britz 50
-- -- Henrichs 50
-- -- Rubb 25
widower Reicko 50
broth. Osterland 1.00
Werter Fischer 1.00
John Knoll 50
brother Hennrichs 50
brother Altstadt 50
[9a]
Index of Income of the Preacher for 1883
Widow Reicko $2.00
Broth. J. Knoll $5.00
Brother Hennrichs $5.00
Chris Wintermantel $7.00
10 for bread 90
11 -- -- 50
the 12 of October 1.00
the 13 of October 85
[9b]
The apprentice of Mr. Haufa worked 3 days until April 12 .". "
On my journey (meditations)
At 20:20, we left Geneva. In Mason City Junction, we changed cars. We arrived in St. Paul at 7 PM. We stayed in a hotel. It cost us $7.25 for soups and breakfast. At 8:30 in the morning, we were boarding the Emegrand Train [Emigrant train?] and now we are traveling N. West through wide open, very beautiful land, black sandy soil with [??]underwood and [?? ??] marshland with rotten wood. The grass is approximately 4 foot high here. We just passed a huge pond. This pond is one of the [??] that I ever visited [means probably “saw”]. Another crops field, almost [??] [??]
[2a]
I just saw a pine on the left [?? ?? ??]
Parham - nice area; the other deserts were all the same -all Sand. [?? ?? ??] Yesterday we were in Mandan until the evening. This morning, we crossed the central Missouri. We stopped at a station in Dakota. They call the land The Bad Lands. [?? ?? ??]
[2b]
Monday 10 am
10 am we crossed the line between Dakota and Montana. The land is better. Still more than 1,000 miles to Portland. The buffalo grass is all white now; now we go towards the Stone river to the west; it’s strange how [??] the land is. …Yellowstone … the surrounding mountains with the coal are visible. We are going 20-30 miles per hour behind an Express Tradet Train I bought land for 1 Th [=Thaler] at the value of 50 cents compared to yesterday’s land for $135
[3a]
The soil of this desert seems to be empty. One can see villages or single dwellings only rarely. The last night, we made only 125 miles. We just passed a snowy mountain. The Yellowstone River is still on our right. We went through a tunnel in a high mountain. The Yellowstone Valley is very pretty, but not good for farming. The [?? ?? ??] has a child [?? ??] in our car. 3 PM - we are following the Yellowstone river. The weather is nice. The far away mountains are covered with snow.
[3b]
This area is somewhat inhabited. We are passing high grass and potatoes in a garden as well as a chained bear. We are now halfway from St. Paul to Portland. Today, I bought again land for $1. Now it snows again. We just saw an Indian camp with a ranch. The strange thing about this desert is how the nutrition[??] let the grass grow: buffalo grass, Pinsh[?]grass, which has [??] instead of fruit. Some Indians just came by on horses. Edon station, evening. It snows, the ground is white. Today, we climbed [by train] over a chain of mountains. From 118 feet on all the way up to the top were 2 inches of snow on the ground.
[4a]
Now, we are at in the station Juwesand, where very pretty farms are. 20 ar [=German agricultural measurement] of wheat in heaps and additional 100 of oats. But everything has to be irrigated. We always see the snow-covered mountains. It is cold, the water [=lakes, ponds] has ice on top, and the ground is frozen. Last night, two cracks broke. It is dangerous. At times, we are passing rocks that hang over 100 feet high over the cars. Today, October 10, we are in Helen. An old place, where they do mining. Now, we have to go over the Kedloy[?] mountains. The mountains are white, no snow in the valley.
[4b]
The whole sale at auction brought
$153663
Discount $ 7433
146230
Hammer 284.73, for the tickets
for the auctions 2804
Duts [name?] 150
Releas 50
for Glaken $10.00
Ghetty $ 1:50
1462.30
338.33
1123.67
295.85 the Nob to Kirby [names?]
[5a]
¼ to 3, we just left Helene, we go between the high forelands of the Rocky Mountains. After 16 miles, we made it. We just arrived on top of the Rocky Mountains, the fifth place in the United States. This road is a miracle to walk on. From now on, the waters run westward. We are now on the Pikes Pecks, 5773 feet above sea level. From the foot of the mountains up to here, we climbed 1000 feet, 26 feet the mile. We should [??] more. Now, 8 PM, we are going [?? ?? ??] 11 October; today we are still in good health. Last night, we [??] movement [?? ??] over ..,
[5b]
… 100 miles down. At 4 PM, we passed the highest bridge of the road; 216 feet high. One lane wide. We are now going from Clark Fork alongside Lonegarb[?]. On both sides large mountains covered with pine trees. There are, for example, bears, elks, and stags in this area. We passed [??]. There, the [??]wood stands over 100 foot high, and higher. [?? ?? ??] Now, we have been going for 30 miles along the L pond. It’s supposed to be 40 miles long. There is a steam boat that transports wood to the mills.
[6]
Thursday, October 12, 9 am. We are now in the W[estern] Terr[itory] and go towards the Cascade Mountains. For hundreds of miles is nothing but sand - a desert. The water is warm and beautiful. In the distance, we see a mountain with yesterday’s snow. 12 noon in Ainsworth, our train is being carried over the Snackriver [=Snake river] by a train boat. Now, at ½ 3, we are leaving Wallela. Only one more night and one more day, and we are in Portland. Here is a sandy desert, where the wind blows the sand into the houses. Just like in Iowa the snow. Today, it is very warm.
[7]
Index
Years old
Rosina September 26/ 83 17
Mathilde 15
Willy 13
Albert 12
Hedwig 10
Herman [?] 8
Emilie 6
Luise 4
Minna 2
Clara 1
[8a]
the taxation of the class for 1883
the income of the preachers $100
the odd jobs 25
[8b]
income for the presiding elder at the camp meeting
from brother Altstadt 50
-- -- Britz 50
-- -- Henrichs 50
-- -- Rubb 25
widower Reicko 50
broth. Osterland 1.00
Werter Fischer 1.00
John Knoll 50
brother Hennrichs 50
brother Altstadt 50
[9a]
Index of Income of the Preacher for 1883
Widow Reicko $2.00
Broth. J. Knoll $5.00
Brother Hennrichs $5.00
Chris Wintermantel $7.00
10 for bread 90
11 -- -- 50
the 12 of October 1.00
the 13 of October 85
[9b]
The apprentice of Mr. Haufa worked 3 days until April 12 ."." The original journal is a small lined notebook 3 ½ in. X 5 ½ in. It has 28 pages (times 2 sides each = 56). Most of them are blank. It is written in German script in pencil. The original writing was scarcely legible. The pencil marks have deteriorated over the past 130 years. I paid twice to have it translated, the first time by Renata Schwertyl in 1976, the second time by Marcel Rotter in May 2005. This is the one by Dr. Marcel Rotter, Associate Professor of German at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia.
p. 4b - figures from leaving Iowa, some decimal points missing
p. 7 - a list of his children and their ages shortly before leaving Iowa
p. 8b & 9a - Iowa chuch figures. John Knoll gave testimony in Christian's Pension file. He stated he knew Christian in Ackley Iowa.
3Wintermantle, Christian- Resolutions of Respect from the Warner Grange., Wintermantle, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. See front and back of envelope in CW Multimedia File.
4edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America, vol 10, p. 88.
5Census, Federal - 1860 - Sauk Co, WI, Township of Franklin, Post Office White Mound (near Plain), Ancestry p. 9 of 14. "line 30 dwelling 1206 household #1187
Wintermantel, Jacob age 61 farmer value RE $400 born Baden
Salome 60 Baden
John Jacob 32 butcher Baden
Mary 28 "
William 22 "
Rosa 18 in school "
Christian 16 in school "."
6Census, Federal - 1870 - Madison Co, IA, Webster TWsp, PO Winterset, Ancestry p. 11 of 13. "Line 31 Dwelling # 75 Family # 76
Wintermantel, Wm age 31 Farmer born Baden
Sarah 21 NY
Family # 77
Wintermantel, Shristian age 27 Farm Laborer born Baden
Matilda 28 Prussia
Rosena 3 WI
Matilda 2 WI
William 7/12 IA."
7Census, Federal - 1880 - Franklin Co., Iowa, Geneva Twsp, Ancestry p. 5, 4 Jun 1880. "line 33 Dwelling 33 Household 34
Wintermantel, Christian age 38 Farmer Baden Baden Baden
Matilda 35 wife Prussia Prussia Prussia
Rose 13 dau WI Baden Prussia
Matilda 12 dau same
William 10 son IA Baden Prussia
Albert 8 son same
Hedwig 7 dau same
Herman 5 son same
Amelia 3 dau same
Louisa 1 dau same."
8Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.". This is a brief note left by Minnie.
9Visiting Zion, City of Canby, Oregon website : . "Visiting Zion
Located on South Township Road just before the South Walnut Street crossroad is Zion Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum. The property covers about 20 acres, 11 of which are developed. The old section is mostly filled and now there are only infrequent burials in remaining family plots. The new section is currently being used and has been added to over the years with growth to the north and east and a new mausoleum was dedicated in 1989. Groundbreaking has just begun on a companion mausoleum that will mirror the existing building and it is hoped to be completed by Memorial Day of 2002. The cemetery is over one hundred years old, organized by the Zion Cemetery Association in January of 1897. The first burial was that of Christian Wintermantel, the individual who originally proposed the cemetery on January 19, 1897. The cemetery was owned by the Canby Evangelical United Brethren Church until it became too labor-intensive to maintain, and was handed over to the City in 1937. Rules and regulations were adopted on January 10, 1938 and it has remained in City hands since that time. A fire destroyed some of the paperwork and over the years, the City has reconstructed the records.
Our present sexton, Ken Robinson of KR Maintenance, is on duty full time at Zion. He has reestablished the Memorial Gardens and has added a lovely waterfall and reflection pond with benches for quiet mediation. He has been diligent to mow, prune, paint, remove damaged trees, and open up areas that have been overgrown. For the past four years, has has planted a garden and shares his harvest with some of Zion's frequent visitors who sill long for fresh produce, but can not longer plant a garden of their own; The area even attracts picnickers. Please call Mr. Robinson at 503-266-8480 if your are interested in locating relatives, purchasing property, or just viewing the premises.".
Visiting Zion, City of Canby, Oregon website : .". "Visiting Zion
Located on South Township Road just before the South Walnut Street crossroad is Zion Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum. The property covers about 20 acres, 11 of which are developed. The old section is mostly filled and now there are only infrequent burials in remaining family plots. The new section is currently being used and has been added to over the years with growth to the north and east and a new mausoleum was dedicated in 1989. Groundbreaking has just begun on a companion mausoleum that will mirror the existing building and it is hoped to be completed by Memorial Day of 2002. The cemetery is over one hundred years old, organized by the Zion Cemetery Association in January of 1897. The first burial was that of Christian Wintermantel, the individual who originally proposed the cemetery on January 19, 1897. The cemetery was owned by the Canb6 Evangelical United Brethren Church until it became too labor-intensive to maintain, and was handed over to the City in 1937. Rules and regulations were adopted on January 10, 1938 and it has remained in City hands since that time. A fire destroyed some of the paperwork and over the years, the City has reconstructed the records.
Our present sexton, Ken Robinson of KR Maintenance, is on duty full time at Zion. He has reestablished the Memorial Gardens and has added a lovely waterfall and reflection pond with benches for quiet mediation. He has been diligent to mow, prune, paint, remove damaged trees, and open up areas that have been overgrown. For the past four years, has has planted a garden and shares his harvest with some of Zion's frequent visitors who sill long for fresh produce, but can not longer plant a garden of their own; The area even attracts picnickers. Please call Mr. Robinson at 503-266-8480 if your are interested in locating relatives, purchasing property, or just viewing the premises."
10Marcel Rotter Email, 5 Jul 2005. "Dear Dianne,
I have returned to Fredericksburg and have not forgotten your question.
My little research suggests that your relative was probably not in the
battle here. The following website
says "The weather
squelched their opportunity to fight at Fredricksburg, Virginia in
December of 1862. The spring of the following year was the first battle
for the 26th Wisconsin, which took place at Chancellorsville, Virginia.
" This was another important battle about an hour from here.
The troops involved in the river crossing were from the 19th and 20th
Massachusettes and the 7th Michigan. The 93 dead people came from the
20th Massachusettes.
Hope that helps.
Marcel
Dr. Marcel Rotter
Assistant Professor of German
Department of Modern Foreign Languages
University of Mary Washington
219 Combs Hall
1301 College Ave.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Telephone: 540.654.1996Email: mrotter@umw.edu." This correspondence was in regard to whether or not Christian was actually in the battle of Fredricksburg.
11Census, Special, of Civil War veterans and widows - 1890, Oregon, Marion, Jefferson; p. 1 of 2. "Line 3 44 44 Christian Wintermantle private Co K 26th Wis Infantry enlisted 20 Aug 1862
discharged 28 Jun 1865 length of service 2 yrs 10 mos 8 das."
12Wisconsin Veterans Museum, http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/CivilWar/Soldiers.aspx. "WINTERMANTLE, CHRISTIAN ENLISTED 8/20/1862 6/13/1865
CORPORAL
MUSTERED OUT OF SERVICE JUNE 13, 1865.
FRANKLIN 26TH WIS. INFANTRY, CO. K."
13Christian Wintermantel Pension Papers, Summary, From 25 Jun 1889 to 4 Sep 1922, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "Christian Wintermantel Pension Papers – Summary
page
1a – 25Jun1889 – Declaration for an Invalid Person – Christian Wintermantel testifies that during the Siege of Atlanta he contracted severe and chronic Rheumatism from exposure, and during the march through North Carolina contracted bronchitis through exposure in the line of duty.
1b – 6FEB1890 - Medical record
21 Jan 1863 – 20 Feb 1863 Pleurisy
19 Dec 1863 – 5 Jan 1864 Typhoid Fever
20 Nov 1864 - 18 Dec 1864 Chronic Rheumatism
31 Dec 1864 – 10 Jan 1865 Chronic Rheumatism
promoted to Corporal 13 Jun 1865
after his round of Pleurisy (above) he was returned to duty as “Christian Winterman”
2 – 27May 1890 - Testimony of John P. Witwen. He was with Christian during Sherman's march through Georgia. CW, at that time was taken by ambulance to the field hospital because of rheumatism.
3 – 30 May 1890 - Testimony of Theobald Fuchs who was CW's corporal at Gettysburg and at Lookout Mountain, TN. Describes how he “carried his musket and led him along.”
4 – 12 July 1890 – Testimony of CW affirming he is CW. He needs pension because he is unable to work because of rheumatism and catarrh. His disability is not the result of his own “vicious habits.”
5 – No Date - Physicians Affadavit – tended CW during war. He suffers from rheumatism and catarrh.
6 – 6Feb1895 – Application for Pension Increase. States CW currently receives 8 per month. He suffers from rheumatism and bronchaitis catarrh. He has pain in shoulder and chest. He expectorates blood and pus. One half his chest is larger than the other.
7 – Continuation of 6.
8 – 12Apr1897 – Testimony of Matilda Wintermantle (MW) that CW died on 19Jan1897. MW is CW's widow and accrued pension of $8 per month has not been paid to her.
9- 12Apr1897 – Claim for Accrued Pension – Testimony of George Wintermantel (brother of CW) – he was present at the wedding of C & MW on 9Nov1865.
9B - 12APR1897 - misc page signed by H.C. Weber (Husband of MW's daughter Matilda) and H. E. Hornschuh (Brother-in-law to MW's daughter Amelia) – supporting MW
10 – 17Apr1897 – Application of MW for widow's pension.
11 – 1Jun1897 – testimony of William Wintermantel, brother to CW, witnessing to lawful marriage of CW and Matilda Fey (MW).
12 – 25Jun1897 – Testimony of John M. Hammetter that he performed the marriage ceremony for CW and MW
13 – 12Apr1899 – copy of marriage certificate of CW and MW
14 – 22May1899 - Certification of property in Marion Co., OR CW owns 640 acres of land assessed at $2841, real value $8500
15 – 15Jun1899 - Thomas P. Randall, Recorder of Conveyances, Clackamas County, Oregon – Assessed value of property in said county for taxation purpose is: 38 acres tillable land and 48 acres non-tillable together valued at $860, improvements at $150, personal property including livestock $175.
16 – 15Jun1899 - Testimony of Matilda Wintermantel – discusses problems related to proof of birth of her two underage daughters. There are no official records.
17 - #16 continued
18 – 15Jun1899 - Testimony of Kate Knoll, neighbor of MW in Hardin Co, Iowa, infant named Clara Wintermantel was born about 28 Oct 1882.
19 – Copy of certificate of marriage of Christian Wintermantel and Matilda Fey.
20 – 16Mar1900 – Declaration for children under sixteen years of age – It appears Matilda is applying for a pension for her children who were under age 16 when their father died.
21 – 4Apr 1900 – statement from MW of when she first saw CW after war – what were his problems – Did they continue. - MW replies he complained about “his brest and caufe.” She also states they moved to Oregon because of his health.
22 – 4Apr1900 – Affidavit from William Wintermantel (brother of CW) – CW had rheumatism immediately after war and stomach complaint. He improved for 1 and ½ yrs then went downhill. He was one half disabled, had hacking cough and spit blood.
23 – 12Apr1900 – statement from Dr.White – He examined CW in Canby, OR in Oct 1896 – Found bronchial and lung problems, “expectorated freely”, became emaciated, expired in Jan of exhaustion and “consumption of the lungs.”
24 – 27Mar1901- Affidavit by MW about the ages of her dependent children
25 – copy of William Druschel and Matilda Wintermantel Marriage Certificate
26 – 30Sep1901 – Matilda Druschel appointed guardian for Ellen C. Wintermantel
27 – 30Mar1901 – Matilda verifies she has married and birth dates of minor children
28 – 5Apr1901 - Testimony of Adam Ehret – Ella and Clara were under 16 at time of father's death
29 – 25Jan1902 - Matilda Druschel swears to spelling of her name
30 – 5Mar1902 – Matilda Druschel testifies CW did not consult a physician because he had little faith in doctors. Instead he used his own remedies, patent medicines or those recommended by friends.
31 – 19Jan1903 - Testimony of Matilda Druschel – when she knew CW, about his service record
32 – MD cont – Her application of 5 years ago was rejected because she had too much property.
33 – MD cont – refers to a German Bible where dates of children's births are written
34 – MD cont – witness to births of Clara and Ella, At date of death CW left property: 490 acres of land near Jefferson, OR; 80 acres at Canby; Will left all property to MW;”130 acres of the property at Jefferson was under cultivation. I rented that for 1/3 of the crop. On average I would get 300 bu wheat 50cents/bu and 100bu oats 30 cents/bu. This place I worked myself for the first few years. There was about 40 acres under cultivation. I have since sold most of it. My taxes were on both places about $70 - $80 per year. No insurance. There was indebtedness of $2600 with interest of 7 and 8%. No other property except few head of stock, farming implements, and household goods... No money in bank or investments of any kind.”
35 – MD cont – CW confined to bed last 3 mos of life – describes final weeks – had to keep windows open in January because of the foul odor.
36 – MD cont – CW disabilities during war – who were his comrades
37 – MD cont – first met CW 4Jul 1865; married Nov 1865; lived three years in Franklin, Sauk, WI;moved to Wintersett,Madison Co, Iowa fall of 1868;moved to Wintersett,Madison Co, Iowa fall of 1868; moved to Ackley, Hardin Co, Iowa spring 1872; moved to Jefferson, OR fall of 1883; Clara was 1 yr old; one year later Ella was born; moved to Canby 11 yrs ago (1892?)
38 – MD cont – No written record of Clara or Ella's birth; there is a baptismal certif for Ella.
39 – MD cont – how rheumatism affected CW after his marriage and in Iowa
40 – MD cont – describes CW's cough
41 – MD cont – had scarlet fever and dropsy when first in OR; first spit blood in Iowa and ever afterward
42 – MD cont – who knew of CW's condition and when did they know it
43 – MD final – sometimes eyes were yellow.
44 – 19Jan1903 – Ella C. Wintermantel – CW's pension $8/mo; much coughing and spitting from consumption
45 – ECW cont – How do you know how old you are?
46 – 20Jan1903 – Matilda Buckner, neighbor in Jefferson, OR – A daughter was born while they lived here.
47 – 20Jan1903 – Mrs. C. C. Marlatt, neighbor in Jefferson, present at the birth of Ella
48 – CCM cont – how do I know when this happened
49 – CCM cont – CW appeared in good health while here, did lots of hard work, had a hacking cough
50 – CCM cont – CW's health in Jeffersonh; conflicting testimony over Ella's birth
51 – 20Jan1903 – RP Nye, Jefferson neighbor – date of Ella's birth
52 – RPN cont – CW's health – don't recall him being sick, was always working
53 – 20Jan1903 – Dr. W.C.Hawk – treated CW in Jefferson, did not keep record
54 – CWHcont – called CW's condition advanced TB
55 – 1/23/1903 – Clara Wintermantel – Didn't know what was wrong with Dad, thought maybe he had a stomach tumor or cancer
56 – Clara cont – How do you know how old you are
57 – Clara cont – How do you know how old you are continuation
58 – Clara cont – He always had a cough. Don't know what caused death of CW.
59 – 4Feb1903 – William Wintermantel – brother – lives in Bingen, Wash.
60 – WWcont - “(Christian) came to Oregon the year...the Northern Pacific R.R. was opened. I think in October...It was in 1883 he came out here. He stayed with me that winter.”
61 – WWcont – describes how he and Christian moved to Iowa together and lived together until 1874 when WW went to Kansas, then on to Oregon in 1878. Christian followed him to Oregon. “When he was first home from the army he was pretty badly run down. He was just skin and bone.”
62 - WWcont - In Iowa started coughing and spitting blood whenever doing hard work. “In 1886 we took a trip east of the mountains and then his coughinjg irritated me so much at night that I offered him $5 to stop it and he got angry. That cough hung to him and kept getting worse until it killed him.”
63 – WWcont – treatment for rheumatism in army, rheumatism in Iowa, none in Oregon
64 – WWcont – Feys and Wintermantels lived four miles apart in Sauk County
65 – 4Sep1903 – Peter Smeller – knew CW since 12 years old – served in army together – very sick winter 1862-63, in his chest – spit blood.
66 – PeterS cont
67 – 19Oct1803 – John Knoll – neighbor from Ackley,Iowa – CW said he got rheumatism from laying out in the rain in fields while in army. Got his cough after having lung fever.
68 – 19Oct1903 – Margaretha Hendricks – neighbor Ackley, Iowa – When Clara was born CW complained of rheumatism
69 – 11Dec1903 – Dr Simon VanDerVaart – surgeon of the 26th WI Volunteer infantry – does not remember CW
70 – Dr SVDVcont
71 – 18Mar1904 – Henry Nolt – Sgt CW's company and Sauk Co neighbor – same church -During Sherman's march CW was in bad shape, walked all doubled up, marched with a stoop thereafter
72 – HNcont
73 – 2Apr1904 – someone in Waco, Texas (Signature is illegible) - Letter submitting the above evidence in pension claim for guardianship of the minor children of CW.
74 – above cont
75 – 5May1904 – Mrs. Dina A. Belzer (as a small child was a friend of CW's children and frequently in their home) – “He was sickly and stoop shouldered and looked to me as though he might have consumption...Neighbors used to speak of him as a man who was broken down as though it came from being in the war.”
76 – DAB cont
77 – 13Jan1905 – Dept of Interior – Matilda druschel was appointed guardian of minor children on 3Sep1901
78 – 19Jun1913 – William Wintermantel - document written in German. WW submits it as a transcript of his family record verifying his birth
79 – above cont.
80 - 9Jul1913 – translation of part of #78 above as it pertains to the birth of William Wintermantel
81 – 15Feb1917 – copy of Oregon death record for William Druschel.
82 – 17Jul 1913 – Herbert Cochran – letter to Pension board asking if MD is eligible for pension again as CW's widow since WD (2nd husband) has died. Spells out these details:
CW drew a pension starting sometime after war until his death.
After CW's death, MW drew a widow's pension until she married WD
WD has now died. Is MD (formerly MW) again entitled to a pension?
83 – 18Apr1918 – MD to Hon. C. N. M. Carthur – two years ago I applied to renew my pension with no results. Now they tell me I must submit the same paper work all over again. Can you please help me?
84 – 8May1918 – MD to Commissioner of pensions – biographical facts. Also tells where MD has lived since Druschel's death, 22Jun1907:
Jun 1907 – Mar 1908 – Canby, OR
Mar 1908 – Mar 1910 – Seattle, WA
Tacoma, WA – one year
N. Yakima, WA – one year
Tacoma, WA – 2 yrs
then Portland, OR until Dec 1917
Dec 1917 – now - Canby, OR
85 – 6SEP1922 – Mrs. John W. Koehler (MD's daughter Louisa) to Bureau of pensions: Matilda Drushel, holder of pension #577405 passed away on 2 JUL 1922
86 – 4SEP1922 – Bureau of Pensions – Drop Report – states MD's pension was $30/mo at end."
14Canby, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "Historian is U. A. Gueffroy September 26, 1924
This brief historical record of the Canby Zion Evangelical Church is the result of research by the writer and is the product of the mind of one of the members who had been active with the church since the beginning.
First Families Living Here: In 1878 the family of John Koehler from Iowa and Jacob Mundorf, 1883, from Kansas, both Evangelicals, located near Canby, also in 1878, Wm. Vorpaugh from Nebraska, a Methodist. Being Germansand no German services in this community, they sought the services of Rev. Axthelm, then pastor of Portland Clay Street church and began to hold meetings in the schoolhouse.
Organization of First Sunday School: A Sunday School was organized in 1884 with Jacob Mundorf as superintendent. The first class organization was held about this time with John F. Koegler elected class leader.
First Church Erected: The above mentioned families constituted the charter members of the church. The church was built in 1893, of frame constructuion. H.C. Weber was pastor and it was dedicated as the Canby Zion Evangelical Church by H. Schuknecht in the spring of 1894.
Pastors Who Have Served the Church: Axthelm, Uelihe Johnson, H. R. Bittner, Dr. Bittner, J. Price, A. Ernst, Weber, H. E. Hornschuch, J. Ehret, A. A. Engelbart, J. K. Elm Ross, E. G. Hornschuch, Nettlauffer, S. Cook, F. Hievisick, G. U. Plumer, F. W. ________, E. Maurer, H. E. Able, G. U. Plumer, __________, G. F. ________ Sr., F. F. McClure.
Canby
In the year 1878 Vorpaugh family came from Nebraska and the JohnKoehler family came from Iowa and settled in the vicinity of Canby, and in the year 1883 Mundorfs came from Kansas. These were Germans. Koehlers and Mundorfs were Evangelicals and Vorpaughs were Methodists, but all desired German services. It is stated the W.B.Axthelm who was stationed on the Portland Mission did visit and preach in the community but regular services were not held.
At the session of the Pacific Conference held at Sacramento, Calif. convening May 31st, 1883 with Bishop Thos. Bowman presiding the committee on Boundaries formed the Milwaukie Mission composed of Milwaukie, Beaver Creek, and Canby and R. I. Bittner was stationed on the mission who served for one year, but he did not establish preaching appointment at Canby. May the 23rd, 1884 the Oregon Conference was organized at Corvalis, with Bishop R. Dubs presiding at this conference A. R. Johnson was assigned to the Milwaukie and served until the annual session of 1886. He began holding services in the Mundorf School house.
P. Bittner was appointed to the Milwaukie Mission at the session of 1886 and served until the conference held at Albany, 1890. It was during his ministry that the Canby Class was formed and John Koehler became it's first Class Leader. A Sunday School was organized in about 1884 and Jacob Mundorf was the first Superintendent.
At the conference held at Albany, 1890, when the conference divided, a new Mission was made known as Oregon City Mission made by the Evangelical Association's division; in this mission Oregon City, Canby, Beaver Creek, Highland and Hubbard were included. and ____ Preiss was appointed and served for one year. A. _ _rnts, who had come from the Kansas Conference as Deacon in 1889 became pastor in 1891 of the Oregon City Mission. The second year of his ministry he had an assistant ____ ______ who served Canby. At the conference of 1893 Canby became a separate mission composed of ______, Beaver Creek, Highland and Canby and H. C. Weber, an original ____, was appointed to the field. During this year he built the church now (1954) occupied. This church was dedicated early in the spring of 1894 by H. Schuknecht as the Zion Evangelical Church of Canby.
In 1883 when the Milwaukie Mission formed and Milwaukie, Canby, Beaver Creek nad Hubbard composed this mission, Hubbard never was developed but but Beaver Creek was already a growing community. It is stated that S. Heininger was sent west in 187_ and organized a class at Beaver Creek. Axthelm, who was the pastor of the _______ Mission 1879 - 1881 built a church at Beaver Creek and it was visited July 4th 1880 by Bishop R. Dubs. In 1882 A. C. Washlte was appointed to the Portland Mission and R. I. Bittner became his assistant and he served at Beaver Creek then in 1883 he became the pastor of this he formal mission and held a successful revival meeting during his pastorate in which some sixty souls accepted Christ and six of his converts became ministers. This church was served from Canby or Oregon City for many years and later many _____ _____ and more moved to other parts, and the work of the church has opened ___________. Beaver Creek was no longer served by the Evangelical Church.
Needy __________ for a time with considerable interest, also Highland was a promising point for its size with _ interests grow.
At the _______ conference 1894 ____ ____ __ ______ --- -- Bever Creek and Cl___ from ____ ___ ____ ____ Church and R. B. Hornschuh was appointed the ____ ____ of 1895 _____ J.R. Ehret to Canby ___ H.E. Hornschuh was sent to Oregon City the conference just reversed these men in __ ________ church _ in Canby." a brief history by unknown author
This has been copied from a very poor copy of a typwritten original. There are many blanks and maybe a few errors.
15Letter from George Wintermantle to relatives in Germany, from papers received from Paul Wintermantel via Patsy Clark; June 2003. "January 31, 1875
Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Dear Relatives and Friends,
Since nearly 10 years have already passed since our emigration to America, and I have not entirely forgotten you who still live at my place of birth, I finally came to the thought to write again to you. Very likely, there are those of our relatives and acquaintances there who still think about us and would like to know how things are going with the Wintermantel family in America. This short report will give you some idea how we have fared.
After a wait of 2 days in New York we journeyed directly to Wisconsin and settled in Honey Creek, Sauk County, where we worked for the first few months for different farmers until August when our father moved a few miles farther and, in September, bought 40 acres of land for $1.00 an acre. Next spring we built a house on this land, and that is where the parents now live.
The first years father broke up 20 to 30 acres of land with the help of Jacob and William planted a vineyard and fruit trees, so that the parents have a pretty nice home. Both are still living. Father is still well and strong for his age. Mother is somewhat frail, but still pretty well. They live in well-to- circumstances and know nothing of want, for their land has produced MANY A GOOD HARVEST of wheat, oats, corn, wine and different vegetables with which you are acquainted too.
The land was still pretty wild when we arrived. The first ones came to this region about 10 years earlier, most of them from Switzerland, others from North Germany and South Germany and from the Alsace, still others from the eastern and southern states. Until 1846, wild people and wild animals were the only inhabitants of this region. And some of the original inhabitants are still present.
Now I will give you a brief report of all our relatives. M. Schmidlins live close by our parents. He had father's farm in rent for several years. but then they bought out an Irishman. The two older daughters are married. Several children were born in America, and several have died. The parents
and the rest of the children are healthy and well. Brother John Jacob was found by Brother William in Memphis in 1860 and then took the train to Wisconsin. He lived for several years with the parents. In 1865 he went to Iowa, bought land, married, sold the land again, moved farther west, bought other land at Winterset, Iowa County, Iowa, where he now lives. He is a widower, but lives in well-to-do circumstances. We never saw anything more of Brother Fredrich. According to J. J. Angaben he died in 1847 in Louisville, Kentucky. Sister Anna Maria has also died. She was married to Rudolf Jager, a
cobbler from Hanover. He died 3 years earlier in 1867. Brother George JACOB lives beside Schmidlin. He was married in 1859 to Agnes Joos, who as a little girl came from Switzerland with her parents. He does little as a cobbler, but in his farming he already has good help from his boys.
During the Civil War George JACOB'S lot came to go into the army, and he went to Petersburg and Richmond in Virginia. He returned to Wisconsin safe and sound at the close of the war. It was hard for him to leave wife and children. He told me that sometimes everything was a cemetery for the fallen soldiers. Brother William enlisted in the army in the beginning of the war. He served 3 years in the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, mostly under General Bloncl in the southwest, in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and in Indian Territory. He was in many battles and bloody situations, and in danger day and night between southern rebels and enemy Indians. In 1865 he moved with John Jacob to Iowa where he bought and sold farms several times, naturally not without profit. But two years ago he moved to Kansas where he again acquired 160 acres of land. Probably, according to law, every soldier with an honorable discharge was entitled to 160 acres of land. He sold a farm in Iowa, I think it was 730 acres. His wife was a daughter of a German preacher from Illinois. Sister Rosina was married in October, 1861, and lives in Minnesota since 1865. This state is west of Wisconsin. And the place where Rosina lives with her husband, Paul Heiz, is probably 300 miles from here.
Brother Christian was also in the war. He served in the 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment He was in some of the largest battles of the whole war, near Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville in Virginia and at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. He endured earthshaking cannon fire, he saw blood flow in streams in larger and smaller battles. After his three years of service in the army he came back hom from the war unhurt. After the war he married Mathilda Fei who came with her parents from Prussia to America. In 1867 he sowed 2 acres of hops on Father's land and made more than a thousand dollars from the hops. In the fall of 1868 he moved to the other brothers in Iowa.
Iowa, our western neighbor state, draws the people there because there it is not necessary to make a farm out of woodland like in Wisconsin, in most cases, for there on the large prairies you can see only heaven and grass for hundreds of miles. There the settlers can prepare 40, 50 or 60 acres of the nicest and fattest land with the break-plow and two teams of horses in one summer, and harvest 800, 1000 or 1500 bushels of wheat the next summer, and so with one stroke come to easy street. Of course, it does not always go so -well, but it does in many cases. The harvesting as well as the sowing and threshing is done with machines. Ten horses (5 teams) and 12 to 14 men are used for threshing when the grain and weather are dry, and 400 to 500 bushels of wheat or 700 bushels of oats can be threshed in one day, and in most cases, so well cleaned that it can be taken to the mill or to the market. Of course, the grain is cheap in the west and the workers wages are high. From myself, I cannot report such famous deeds and thrilling experiences.
Not like my brothers, I stayed in the same town and county where we settled in June, 1856. For five years I worked as a hired man for $140 a year. But in 1858 1 already bought 43 acres of land for $315. The following year I bought 20 acres more for $45. These 20 acres are hilly with much timber on them. In 1861 I made the beginning on this piece of land, and with the help of Brother Christian I cleared 8 acres of hazelbrush and burned it all in 8 days. We broke the land with a large plow and 5 yoke of oxen in 4 1/2 days. The next year I already threshed 157 bushels of wheat. The next spring I cleared five acres more on which I immediately planted corn and potatoes. Results were very good.
In December, 1862, I married Charlotte Rose, daughter of Fredrich and Katrina Rose, but after a short marriage of I year and 2 weeks, my dear Charlotte died. Eleven weeks before her death a girl was born whom I turned over to my sister, Salome, for her upbringing. She was a real mother to the dear child until I was married again the following year to Anna Kindschi. She came with her father and relatives from Switzerland to America. With her I have 5 girls. Two are going to school. They are being taught German and English.
On January 13th I received a letter from Brother Christian in Iowa in which he enclosed a letter from you which you sent to Christian Wintermantel in Iowa. Regarding this I wanted to write to you, and had a letter ready when I received 2 other letters from him, one was from you and one from my mother's oldest sister, Kathrina, very likely written by her daughter, Kathrina. The next morning I brought them to my parents and read them to them in the presence of their daughter, Salome, and the young Schmidlin. These 2 letters surprised us, and brought joy, but also sorrow. We blamed ourselves for great carelessness, that for such a long time we did not write to you, and if I should give the reason, I would not know what to say. After the letters were read, father gave me $10 which I was to send to my mother's oldest sister. But if she should not be living any more, one half of it shall go to Rosina, the other sister of my mother, but the other half to go to the oldest sister's daughter, Kathrina.
Now I could come to a close, but I cannot send empty paper to Germany. I will, therefore, write something about the price of land. Last spring a farm of 120 acres was sold in our neighborhood for $2,700. It is almost all level land, but perhaps 50 acres is usable, the other is woods. But the land is all fertile. Another farm of 200 acres, with 80 acres under plow was sold for $4,250. On it was a 2 story stone house which cost $1,200.
Now I shall also write something of the conditions of the state and church, but there isn't enough room. Finally, a hearty greeting from us all to you all. Next spring I want to write another letter, God willing. When you write again tell us how many gulden you received for the $10. Our address is,
George Wintermantel, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.". "Brother Christian was also in the war. He served in the 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment He was in some of the largest battles of the whole war, near Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville in Virginia and at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. He endured earthshaking cannon fire, he saw blood flow in streams in larger and smaller battles. After his three years of service in the army he came back home from the war unhurt. After the war he married Mathilda Fei who came with her parents from Prussia to America. In 1867 he sowed 2 acres of hops on Father's land and made more than a thousand dollars from the hops. In the fall of 1868 he moved to the other brothers in Iowa.
Iowa, our western neighbor state, draws the people there because there it is not necessary to make a farm out of woodland like in Wisconsin, in most cases, for there on the large prairies you can see only heaven and grass for hundreds of miles. There the settlers can prepare 40, 50 or 60 acres of the nicest and fattest land with the break-plow and two teams of horses in one summer, and harvest 800, 1000 or 1500 bushels of wheat the next summer, and so with one stroke come to easy street. Of course, it does not always go so -well, but it does in many cases. The harvesting as well as the sowing and threshing is done with machines. Ten horses (5 teams) and 12 to 14 men are used for threshing when the grain and weather are dry, and 400 to 500 bushels of wheat or 700 bushels of oats can be threshed in one day, and in most cases, so well cleaned that it can be taken to the mill or to the market. Of course, the grain is cheap in the west and the workers wages are high. From myself, I cannot report such famous deeds and thrilling experiences."
16Patsy Clark Email of 5 Feb 2004 to Dianne Stevens, part C. "Christian and Matilda are buried in Zion Cemetery just out of Canby, Oregon. Christian was the first buried there which had been a corner of his farm land, along with corners of three other farms, set aside for the purpose of a new cemetery. This was the result of a Presbyterian woman having been buried alongside a German Evangelical pastor. This was when a fireworks display started without the need for fireworks nor matches.
The Germans, at least at that time, were a very clannish group. That is to say, “We will all speak German in our schools and churches, all our sons and daughters will marry only to Germans and will all be very happy ever after.” (Or until further notice.)
“Further notice” came one day in 1895 when son Albert decided to fall in love and marry a pretty little auburn haired Scottish girl by the name of Eva Verna Bickal. As a result of this union, she was by most of the family treated as an outcast. There were three of his siblings
she did manage to befriend.
Albert (granddad), being somewhat of a young rebel, tired of what he found was happening, decided to remove an edge of the German stigma by changing ever so slightly the spelling of his last name. Others around him were told that, “In the presence of my wife, we will speak English.”." A forwarded email from Earl Wash, descendant of Albert Wintermantel.
17Ihringen Evangelical Church records, p.1189613, LDS film. "Ihringen church record - as transcribed by Julie Edwards- DEC 2003 -." sent by Julie Edwards Dec 2003. "Birth Record from Ihringen Church
Christian Wintermantel
No 67
Im Jahr Eintausend achthundert Zwei u. vierzig den zweiten October, Morgans halb neun Uhr, wurde in der Pfarrei Ihringen ehelich gebornen u. den neuten October, vormittags zehn Uhr, in der Kirche getauft:
Christian. Die eltern sind: Johann Jakob Wintermantel, hiesiger Burger u. Bauer u. Salome geborne Walther.
Tauufpathen u. Zeugen:
1. Johannes Jacob, hiesiger Burger u. Bauer;
2. Martin Gybsun, hiesiger Burger u. Todtengruber;
3. Maria Waibel, ehefrau das hiesiger Burgers u. Bauers Johannes Jacob.
Ihringen den 9ten October 1842
Thomen
Pfarrer
Translation:
Christian Wintermantel
No.67
In the year one thousand eight hundred forty-two, the 2nd of October,8:30 am, was in the parish of Ihringen legitimately born, and on the 9th of October, 10 AM, in the church christened: Christian. The parents are: Johann Jacob Wintermantel, citizen and farmer here, and Salome, nee Walther.
Godparents and witnesses:
1. Johannes Jacob, citizen and farmer here
2. Martin Gybsun, citizen and gravedigger here
3. Maria Waibel, wife of citizen and farmer here, Johannes Jacob.
Ihringen the 9th of October 1842
Thomen
Pastor." copy of original in files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
18Jan Bender, Patsy Clark, Julie Edwards, and Margaret Ann Jenstad; about 2002, Descendants of John Jacob Wintermantel, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
19Wintermantel-FeyWeddingCertificate.
20Christian Wintermantel Pension Papers. Christian and Matilda's wedding date is given in an affidavit by George Wintermantel of Prairie du Sac 14 Jun 1897.
p. 59 Wm Wintermantel says they were married at his father's house.
Matilda Ella FEY
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.". "Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."."
2Wintermantle, Mathilda-pension papers, Jun 1918, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
3edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America, Vol 7, p. 100.
4Census, Federal - 1860 - Sauk Co., WI, Troy Twsp, p. 111, 9 Aug 1860. "Name: Matilde Fey
Age in 1860: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Preußen
Home in 1860: Troy, Sauk, Wisconsin
Gender: Female
Post Office: Sauk City
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Adam Fey 60
Charlotte Fey 16
Matilde Fey 15
Adam Fey 33
Charles Fey 20."
5Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, Oregon, Clackamas, Canby - p. 8 of 16. "Line 54 Dwelling 89 Family 89
Druschel William head b Apr 1834 age 66 m 0 yrs Ger Ger Ger imm 1855 Na Farmer
Matilda wife May 1845 55 m 0 yrs Ger Ger Ger 1854
Herman son Dec 1874 25 s IA Ger Ger
Minnie dau Oct 1880 19 s IA Ger Ger at school
Clara dau Oct 1882 17 s IA Ger Ger at school
Ella dau Feb 1885 15 s OR Ger Ger at school."
6Jan Bender, Patsy Clark, Julie Edwards, and Margaret Ann Jenstad; about 2002, Descendants of John Jacob Wintermantel, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
7Compiled by Elbert J. Wardle, Wintermantle Genealogy: Christian and Mathilda's Family Tree 1799 to 1986, informal publication, July 1986, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "The Wintermantel Family
The Wintermantel family originated in Switzerland from around the late 1300's and were of the Aristocracy. Those we have record of were from the Freiburg area of Germany in the province of Baden Wurtemberg.
According to Paul Wintermantel, sometime prior to the Thirty years War.". " The Adam Fey Family
The Fey family lived on a wheat farm, near Bremen, in Westphalia
province. Adam Fey was a wheat merchant who traveled all over the
world. He made his first trip across the Atlantic when he was
nine years of age. He and his wife, Katherine, had seven
children.
Matilda, our grandmother, was the youngest child and was two and
a half years old when her mother died. Her father, sisters and
brothers took care of her.
On their trip across the Ocean to America she had her ninth
birthday. They were on a sailing ship and the sea was stormy and
very rough. Two icebergs were closing in on both sides of the
ship and crashed together just behind them. Although Matilda was
only nine, she remembers her father holding her and her sister
Charlotte on his knees and comforting them while many of the
passengers prayed. This trip took six weeks.
Upon arrival in America the Fey family settled on a farm at
Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. This is a very short distance from
Sauk City, Wisconsin.
Some records say that Matilda Fey and Christian Wintermantel met
and married and started their family in Prairie du Sac and some
say Sauk City." This exerpt comes just before the family tree information. There are no page numbers in this part of the book.
8Census, Federal - 1920 - Clackamas Co, Oregon, Canby, ED# 26, 13B (Ancestry p. 26 of 33), 16 Jan 1920. "Koehler, John W. head owns/m age 42 m IA Germany Germany occ: farmer/own acct
Louisa A wife 40 m IA GER GER
Druschel, Matilda mother-in-law 74 w GER GER GER imm: 1854 nat: 1861."
9Census, Federal - 1910 - Pierce Co, Washington, Tacoma , 2A (Ancestry p.3). "Tacoma Ward 3 ED# 244 1323 S. M Street Dwelling # 28 Households #'s 29 and 30 Line 23 - 29
Zimmerman, George E. Head 30 M1 5yrs MN Can PA OCC: Tinsmith at Hardware store R
Minnie J wife 29 M1 5yrs IA GER GER
Forrest son 3/12 WA MN IA
Mundorf, John Head 28 M1 5yrs KS GER PA Laborer at odd jobs R
Ella C wife 25 M1 5yrs OR GER GER
Lowell L son 3 OR KS OR
Druschel, Mitelda mother-in-law 65 wd GER GER GER."
10Census, Federal - 1880 - Franklin Co., Iowa, Geneva Twsp, p. 5, 4 Jun 1880. "line 33 Dwelling 33 Household 34
Wintermantel, Christian age 38 Farmer Baden Baden Baden
Matilda 35 wife Prussia Prussia Prussia
Rose 13 dau WI Baden Prussia
Matilda 12 dau same
William 10 son IA Baden Prussia
Albert 8 son same
Hedwig 7 dau same
Herman 5 son same
Amelia 3 dau same
Louisa 1 dau same."
11Census, Federal - 1870 - Madison Co, IA, Webster TWsp, PO Winterset, Ancestry p. 11 of 13. "Line 31 Dwelling # 75 Family # 76
Wintermantel, Wm age 31 Farmer born Baden
Sarah 21 NY
Family # 77
Wintermantel, Shristian age 27 Farm Laborer born Baden
Matilda 28 Prussia
Rosena 3 WI
Matilda 2 WI
William 7/12 IA."
12Christian Wintermantel Pension Papers, p. 34, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "At date of death CW left property: 490 acres of land near Jefferson, OR; 80 acres at Canby; Will left all property to MW;”130 acres of the property at Jefferson was under cultivation. I rented that for 1/3 of the crop. On average I would get 300 bu wheat 50cents/bu and 100bu oats 30 cents/bu. This place I worked myself for the first few years. There was about 40 acres under cultivation. I have since sold most of it. My taxes were on both places about $70 - $80 per year. No insurance. There was indebtedness of $2600 with interest of 7 and 8%. No other property except few head of stock, farming implements, and household goods... No money in bank or investments of any kind.”."
13Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970182, Source # 0995305.
14State of Oregon, Oregon Death Certificate, state no. 267, local no. 16, 3 Jul 1922.
15State of Oregon, Oregon Death Certificate, state 267, local 16.
16Wintermantel-FeyWeddingCertificate.
17Christian Wintermantel Pension Papers. Christian and Matilda's wedding date is given in an affidavit by George Wintermantel of Prairie du Sac 14 Jun 1897.
p. 59 Wm Wintermantel says they were married at his father's house.
John Jacob WINTERMANTEL
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Wintermantle, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.".
2edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America, Vol 10, p. 88.
3Census, Federal - 1860 - Sauk Co, WI, Township of Franklin, Post Office White Mound (near Plain), P. 159; Ancestry p. 9 of 14, 31 Aug 1860. "line 30 dwelling 1206 household #1187
Wintermantel, Jacob age 61 farmer value RE $400 born Baden
Salome 60 Baden
John Jacob 32 butcher Baden
Mary 28 "
William 22 "
Rosa 18 in school "
Christian 16 in school "."
4Census, Federal - 1870 - Sauk CO, WI, Twsp of Franklin, PO Plain, p. 19 (87), 5 Jul 1870. "Line 25 Dwelling # 144 Household #134
Smitty, Matthew age 49 Farm Laborer value PE $400 born: Bavaria
Sarah 48 "
Mathew 18 Farm Laborer "
Christian 11 WI
Catherine 4 WI
line 30 Household # 135
Wintermantle, Jacob 70 Farmer Value RE $600 PE $150 Bavaria
Sally 70 "
line 32 Dwelling # 145 Household # 136
Wintermantle, Jacob Jr. 38 Farmer Value RE $1200 PE $500 Bavaria
Agnes 33 Switzerland
Jacob 10 WI
Sally 8 WI
William 6 WI
John 4 WI
Sarah 2 WI."
5Compiled by Elbert J. Wardle, Wintermantle Genealogy: Christian and Mathilda's Family Tree 1799 to 1986, informal publication, July 1986, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "The Wintermantel Family
The Wintermantel family originated in Switzerland from around the late 1300's and were of the Aristocracy. Those we have record of were from the Freiburg area of Germany in the province of Baden Wurtemberg.
According to Paul Wintermantel, sometime prior to the Thirty years War.". "The Wintermantel Family
The Wintermantel family originated in Switzerland from around the late 1300's and were of the Aristocracy. Those we have record of were from the Freiburg area of Germany in the province of Baden Wurtemberg.
According to Paul Wintermantel, sometime prior to the Thirty Years War, which began in 1618, there were three Wintermantel brothers. One remained in Switzerland while another journeyed to Austria and the third emigrated to the Baden Wurtemberg region of Germany. As far as we are able to determine, all Wintermantels originating out of Germany are descendants of the brother who emigrated to Baden from Switzerland.
John Jacob Wintermantel lived close enough to the Alps that he could see them while herding the sheep and cattle. Like the Alsace region of France, the Baden area is wine growing country. John Jacob was a wine merchant, also. There are still many Wintermantels in the Baden area to this day. Most Wintermantels were peasants or farmers. Many were Lutheran although some were Roman Catholic as documented by old birth records.
Beginning with the Thirty Years War until Bismark consolidated the German states in 1871, there was civil strife and religious fighting between the Lutherans and Catholics throughout Germany. During the 1800's there was a mass migration of people to America, including John Jacob Wintermantel and his family about 1855.
The route followed by the family was by wagon to Chur, Switzerland. From Chur, the family crossed into France traveling northward to the Alsace Lorraine area where they worked in the vineyards for a while. They traveled along the Seine River to the vicinity of Paris and on to England where they boarded a ship to America for the three week crossing. At the time this trip was made, it was more than likely a clipper ship. After reaching New York, John Jacob Wintermantel's family settled in Wisconsin at Prairie du Sac.
Three of John Jacob Wintermantel's sons served in the Civil War. Christian ran away
from home and joined the army when he was 17 years old (1859). He fought in
Company K of the 26th division of the Wisconsin Infantry for three years. He was in
many of the largest battles including Fredericksburg, Chancellorville and Gettysburg.
George Jacob left his wife and small children to serve in the Army at Richmond,
Virginia during the War. He married at the age of 27 in 1859 to Angie Yoos.
Wilhelm (William) served three years in the Third Wisconsin Calvary Regiment. He
fought in Indian Territory as well as Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas.
All three sons returned safely to Wisconsin from the War although all suffered from
arthritis as a result of being in the cold and damp. George Jacob remained in
Wisconsin while his brothers, John Jacob Jr. and William moved to Iowa in 1865.
Christian met and married Matilda Fey in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1866. They
followed William and John Jacob,Jr. to Iowa in 1868 with their two daughters, Rosina
and Tillie.
Christian moved around in Iowa as the records show his son William born in Hull,
Iowa and Clara born in Blackhawk. Christian brought his family to Oregon on the first
Northern Pacific train, probably to Portland. They washed their clothes on Sunday
when the train did not run. The family moved to Jefferson, Oregon in 1883 and lived
there before moving on to Canby, Oregon. Christian died in 1897 and is buried in the-
Zion cemetery in Canby.
Matilda Fey Wintermantel then married William Druschell. They raised his children
since his wife had died in 1898. Matilda died in July 1922 and is buried with Christian
in the Canby cemetery. Most or all of Christian's sons departed home as carpenters
and eventually went into farming." Some think the description of the view from Ihringen and of the journey out of the country to America, was perhaps copied from another Wintermantel source that lived elsewhere. Following is what Julie Edwards had to say about this issue:
'OK, so it looks like a concensus on the Chur journey being incorrect. And
as far as being able to see the Alps from Ihringen, here is a reply from
Werner Schmidlin, a Schmiedlin cousin, who was born and raised in
Bischoffingen (next to Ihringen), and now lives in Australia, so he would
know for sure...
------
"To your question could one see the Alps from Bischoffingen or Ihringen?
The answer is no. If you look behind you in Ihringen or Bischoffingen
you see the hills of the Kaiserstuhl. If you look west, you see the
Vogue Mountains in France. If you go on top of the Hills on the
Kaiserstuhl and look east, you see part of the Black Forrest. If you
look towards Basel, about 50 Km away you do not see the Alps as the
northern part of Switzerland is fairly flat or slightly undulated and the
Alps are a fair way back.".
6Jacob Wintermantel Passport , Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "Passport No. 38 Hemisphere
No. 11413 Purpose: To travel to America
Canton Baden
Oberheim Section Passpot Bureau Breisach
Description:
age - 55 years
Height - 5 ft 9 in
stature - slim
face - longish, healthy
hair - brown
Forehead - high
eyebrows - brown
eyes - blue
nose - pointed
mouth - middlesized
beard - small beard in cheeks
chin - round
distinguishing marks - none
Personal affairs - married
Signature - Jacob Wintermantel
All native and foreign civil and military authorities are requested to let the holder of this passport -
Jacob Wintrmantel
and his wife, Salome Walter
and their six children -
Anna Maria - 26
George Jacob - 24
John George - 24
William - 17
Rosina - 15
Christian - 13
born in Ihringen, residing in Ihringen, who wish to travel to North America in order to settle there, travel free and without hindrance, also providing protection and help if needed. This pass was issued upon proper payment in triplicate, 9 April 1856.
Witnessed by Gortsch - Passport Bureau." translated by Meta Fashing. "
"Passport No. 38 Hemisphere
No. 11413 Purpose: To travel to America
Canton Baden
Oberheim Section Passpot Bureau Breisach
Description:
age - 55 years
Height - 5 ft 9 in
stature - slim
face - longish, healthy
hair - brown
Forehead - high
eyebrows - brown
eyes - blue
nose - pointed
mouth - middlesized
beard - small beard in cheeks
chin - round
distinguishing marks - none
Personal affairs - married
Signature - Jacob Wintermantel
All native and foreign civil and military authorities are requested to let the holder of this passport -
Jacob Wintrmantel
and his wife, Salome Walter
and their six children -
Anna Maria - 26
George Jacob - 24
John George - 24
William - 17
Rosina - 15
Christian - 13
born in Ihringen, residing in Ihringen, who wish to travel to North America in order to settle there, travel free and without hindrance, also providing protection and help if needed. This pass was issued upon proper payment in triplicate, 9 April 1856.
Witnessed by Gortsch - Passport Bureau."
translated by Meta Fashing."
7Letter from George Wintermantle to relatives in Germany, from papers received from Paul Wintermantel via Patsy Clark; June 2003. "January 31, 1875
Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Dear Relatives and Friends,
Since nearly 10 years have already passed since our emigration to America, and I have not entirely forgotten you who still live at my place of birth, I finally came to the thought to write again to you. Very likely, there are those of our relatives and acquaintances there who still think about us and would like to know how things are going with the Wintermantel family in America. This short report will give you some idea how we have fared.
After a wait of 2 days in New York we journeyed directly to Wisconsin and settled in Honey Creek, Sauk County, where we worked for the first few months for different farmers until August when our father moved a few miles farther and, in September, bought 40 acres of land for $1.00 an acre. Next spring we built a house on this land, and that is where the parents now live.
The first years father broke up 20 to 30 acres of land with the help of Jacob and William planted a vineyard and fruit trees, so that the parents have a pretty nice home. Both are still living. Father is still well and strong for his age. Mother is somewhat frail, but still pretty well. They live in well-to- circumstances and know nothing of want, for their land has produced MANY A GOOD HARVEST of wheat, oats, corn, wine and different vegetables with which you are acquainted too.
The land was still pretty wild when we arrived. The first ones came to this region about 10 years earlier, most of them from Switzerland, others from North Germany and South Germany and from the Alsace, still others from the eastern and southern states. Until 1846, wild people and wild animals were the only inhabitants of this region. And some of the original inhabitants are still present.
Now I will give you a brief report of all our relatives. M. Schmidlins live close by our parents. He had father's farm in rent for several years. but then they bought out an Irishman. The two older daughters are married. Several children were born in America, and several have died. The parents
and the rest of the children are healthy and well. Brother John Jacob was found by Brother William in Memphis in 1860 and then took the train to Wisconsin. He lived for several years with the parents. In 1865 he went to Iowa, bought land, married, sold the land again, moved farther west, bought other land at Winterset, Iowa County, Iowa, where he now lives. He is a widower, but lives in well-to-do circumstances. We never saw anything more of Brother Fredrich. According to J. J. Angaben he died in 1847 in Louisville, Kentucky. Sister Anna Maria has also died. She was married to Rudolf Jager, a
cobbler from Hanover. He died 3 years earlier in 1867. Brother George JACOB lives beside Schmidlin. He was married in 1859 to Agnes Joos, who as a little girl came from Switzerland with her parents. He does little as a cobbler, but in his farming he already has good help from his boys.
During the Civil War George JACOB'S lot came to go into the army, and he went to Petersburg and Richmond in Virginia. He returned to Wisconsin safe and sound at the close of the war. It was hard for him to leave wife and children. He told me that sometimes everything was a cemetery for the fallen soldiers. Brother William enlisted in the army in the beginning of the war. He served 3 years in the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, mostly under General Bloncl in the southwest, in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and in Indian Territory. He was in many battles and bloody situations, and in danger day and night between southern rebels and enemy Indians. In 1865 he moved with John Jacob to Iowa where he bought and sold farms several times, naturally not without profit. But two years ago he moved to Kansas where he again acquired 160 acres of land. Probably, according to law, every soldier with an honorable discharge was entitled to 160 acres of land. He sold a farm in Iowa, I think it was 730 acres. His wife was a daughter of a German preacher from Illinois. Sister Rosina was married in October, 1861, and lives in Minnesota since 1865. This state is west of Wisconsin. And the place where Rosina lives with her husband, Paul Heiz, is probably 300 miles from here.
Brother Christian was also in the war. He served in the 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment He was in some of the largest battles of the whole war, near Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville in Virginia and at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. He endured earthshaking cannon fire, he saw blood flow in streams in larger and smaller battles. After his three years of service in the army he came back hom from the war unhurt. After the war he married Mathilda Fei who came with her parents from Prussia to America. In 1867 he sowed 2 acres of hops on Father's land and made more than a thousand dollars from the hops. In the fall of 1868 he moved to the other brothers in Iowa.
Iowa, our western neighbor state, draws the people there because there it is not necessary to make a farm out of woodland like in Wisconsin, in most cases, for there on the large prairies you can see only heaven and grass for hundreds of miles. There the settlers can prepare 40, 50 or 60 acres of the nicest and fattest land with the break-plow and two teams of horses in one summer, and harvest 800, 1000 or 1500 bushels of wheat the next summer, and so with one stroke come to easy street. Of course, it does not always go so -well, but it does in many cases. The harvesting as well as the sowing and threshing is done with machines. Ten horses (5 teams) and 12 to 14 men are used for threshing when the grain and weather are dry, and 400 to 500 bushels of wheat or 700 bushels of oats can be threshed in one day, and in most cases, so well cleaned that it can be taken to the mill or to the market. Of course, the grain is cheap in the west and the workers wages are high. From myself, I cannot report such famous deeds and thrilling experiences.
Not like my brothers, I stayed in the same town and county where we settled in June, 1856. For five years I worked as a hired man for $140 a year. But in 1858 1 already bought 43 acres of land for $315. The following year I bought 20 acres more for $45. These 20 acres are hilly with much timber on them. In 1861 I made the beginning on this piece of land, and with the help of Brother Christian I cleared 8 acres of hazelbrush and burned it all in 8 days. We broke the land with a large plow and 5 yoke of oxen in 4 1/2 days. The next year I already threshed 157 bushels of wheat. The next spring I cleared five acres more on which I immediately planted corn and potatoes. Results were very good.
In December, 1862, I married Charlotte Rose, daughter of Fredrich and Katrina Rose, but after a short marriage of I year and 2 weeks, my dear Charlotte died. Eleven weeks before her death a girl was born whom I turned over to my sister, Salome, for her upbringing. She was a real mother to the dear child until I was married again the following year to Anna Kindschi. She came with her father and relatives from Switzerland to America. With her I have 5 girls. Two are going to school. They are being taught German and English.
On January 13th I received a letter from Brother Christian in Iowa in which he enclosed a letter from you which you sent to Christian Wintermantel in Iowa. Regarding this I wanted to write to you, and had a letter ready when I received 2 other letters from him, one was from you and one from my mother's oldest sister, Kathrina, very likely written by her daughter, Kathrina. The next morning I brought them to my parents and read them to them in the presence of their daughter, Salome, and the young Schmidlin. These 2 letters surprised us, and brought joy, but also sorrow. We blamed ourselves for great carelessness, that for such a long time we did not write to you, and if I should give the reason, I would not know what to say. After the letters were read, father gave me $10 which I was to send to my mother's oldest sister. But if she should not be living any more, one half of it shall go to Rosina, the other sister of my mother, but the other half to go to the oldest sister's daughter, Kathrina.
Now I could come to a close, but I cannot send empty paper to Germany. I will, therefore, write something about the price of land. Last spring a farm of 120 acres was sold in our neighborhood for $2,700. It is almost all level land, but perhaps 50 acres is usable, the other is woods. But the land is all fertile. Another farm of 200 acres, with 80 acres under plow was sold for $4,250. On it was a 2 story stone house which cost $1,200.
Now I shall also write something of the conditions of the state and church, but there isn't enough room. Finally, a hearty greeting from us all to you all. Next spring I want to write another letter, God willing. When you write again tell us how many gulden you received for the $10. Our address is,
George Wintermantel, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.". "After a wait of 2 days in New York we journeyed directly to Wisconsin and settled in Honey Creek, Sauk County, where we worked for the first few months for different farmers until August when our father moved a few miles farther and, in September, bought 40 acres of land for $1.00 an acre. Next spring we built a house on this land, and that is where the parents now live.
The first years father broke up 20 to 30 acres of land with the help of Jacob and William planted a vineyard and fruit trees, so that the parents have a pretty nice home. Both are still living. Father is still well and strong for his age. Mother is somewhat frail, but still pretty well. They live in well-to- circumstances and know nothing of want, for their land has produced MANY A GOOD HARVEST of wheat, oats, corn, wine and different vegetables with which you are acquainted too.
The land was still pretty wild when we arrived. The first ones came to this region about 10 years earlier, most of them from Switzerland, others from North Germany and South Germany and from the Alsace, still others from the eastern and southern states. Until 1846, wild people and wild animals were the only inhabitants of this region. And some of the original inhabitants are still present."
8Doris Litscher Gasser, Wintermantels: Schmiedlin Branch reunion, Sauk Prairie Star; 18Sep2003, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "Sauk Prairie Star 18 September 2003
Wintermantels: Schmiedlin Branch Reunion
by Doris Litscher Gasser
Feature Writer
Through the years family names have come and gone in the history of he community. So it is with the Wintermantel name. The local General Telephone Book of 1865 had two Wintermantel names. George Wintermantel and Fred Wintermantel. Today there are none.
John Jacob Wintermantel and his wife, Salome Walter Wintermantel sailed to the United States in 1965. It is uncertain as to how they came to Wisconsin or Irish Valley; perhaps on the train.
John Jacob, his wife and six of their nine children left from Baden, Germany, Oberlein section on Passport #38. John Jacob is described as being 55 years old, 5'9'' tall with a longish, healthy face, brown hair, high eyebrows, blue eyes, pointed nose, middle sized mouth, small beard on his cheeks, bad teeth and no distinguishing marks. The passport was issued with the "Proper payment in triplicate'' and requested that all native and foreign civil and military authorities allow his travel without hindrance and to provide help if necessary The passport included John Jacob Wintermantel's wife and the names and ages of six of their nine children accompanying them, Christian - 13, Rosina - 15, William - 17, John George - 20, George Jacob - 24, and Anna Maria - 26. The other three children followed the family later, George Frederick, John Jacob and Salome Wintermantel. Another son, Frederick, came by himself via New Orleans and the Mississippi. He was never found by his family and is buried in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Wintermantels purchased a farm in Irish Valley and built a home. They sold the farm to Martin Yanke in 1907 and his descendants continue to live there. The house was in the path of the same tornado that destroyed the Catholic Church in Plain in 1918.
John George Wintermantel, known as George (1835-1920) son of John Jacob must have been the most dedicated and affluent writers in the family, for his work has provided treasured sources of information about life during their time. George purchased a farm two miles west of the Ragatz Church on PF in 1871. It was a typical Swiss style stone house brought to our attention recently as a block and stack design by Jane Eisley and Donald Kindschi.
George married Charlotte Rose in 1862. They had a daughter, Charlotte. When Charlotte Rose, the mother, passed away, George married Anna Kindschi. George and Anna had seven more children, six daughters and then a son, Fred, mentioned in the first paragraph of this account,"farmed his father's farm before he took over the
John Deere Dealership in Prairie du Sac." According to Dr. Kindschi, Fred told that his father regarded his eight cows as being a sizable herd at that time. Fred sold the business to Les Sprecher about 1949. As a member of Sauk County Male Chorus, Fred was known for being an accomplished singer. Les reported that Fred had a unique way of dealing with irate customers, Fred just stood there and calmly sang a hymn." Fred's daughter, lone and son, John are both deceased. Ione passed away at the Pines shortly after we worked on a short story with her for the Honey Creek Hamlets Sesquicentennial book.
The other Wintermantel, George, mentioned in the first paragraph of this article, who many people remember, was the son of John Wintermantel (1866-1938) who lived in Prairie du Sac and clerked at Conger and Schoephorsters. John Winttermantel
married Emma Ragatz and lived next to the EUB Church in Prairie du Sac.
John had two sisters living in Prairie du Sac, Mary, Mrs. August Mallentin who had no children, and Sarah, Mrs. Felix Sprecher, retired from the farm and had two daughters
Grace, Mrs. Carl Litscher, who had four children and May who later in life became Mrs. Ray Meng. John's older brother,Jacob, went on to live in Hull, Iowa, married Amelia Buttke and had one son, Emmet, who married Annetta Hall and had live children. John's older sister, Salome, married Al Hudson from Lodi and they made their home in Reedsburg. After Al passed away Salome made a home for her two brothers George and Chris who were in the butchering and meat market business in Reedsburg. After Chris passed away in 1927, George went into the business of selling McNess products. Salome and Al had one daughter, Jessie, who married Maurice Cowles and had two daughters; the younger one was born after Maurice had passed away. Jessie, her mother, Salome and her Uncle George made their home together in Reedsburg. John's brother, William, passed away at the age of 27. Rose, the youngest in the family, married Fred Sprecher, farmed near Black Hawk and had five children, Wilbert married Marcella Felix and they had four children, Viola, Mrs. Howard Sorg, had five children, Clarence married Argent Marks and they had three sons, Rosina, Mrs. Cecil Mc Cready had one daughter and Ruth, the sole living member of her generation, Mrs. Donald Hehenberger, has five children.
We'll leave George the banker, in Prairie du Sac and join his great Uncle George, the writer. George, in writing to his sister-in-law Matilda upon the death of her husband, wrote, “Everything is subject to change, no exceptions. We are thank God, healthy. Since spring I have lived with my oldest daughter Charlotte Straub. She built a house in town last summer and by the middle of September it was ready to move into. Since that time we have lived in it. It is build of red brick, 26'x28', a two story home with a full basement. It is a nice looking little house, nicely arranged and costing, with the lot, $1,900.''
That nice, little, brick house across the street from Marion Park on Grand Avenue is now the home of Rev Bill Richards.
In an earlier letter to his friends and relatives in Germany in 1975, George wrote about farming and life in the United States. Their family like many others, fled turmoil in their own country, only to have to participate in the Civil War soon after their arrival to the land of freedom and opportunity.
Without complaining George wrote, "Brother Jacob, in Irish Valley found it difficult to leave his wife, Agnes Joos and their children to fight in the war. Brother William fought in Mississippi, Kansas and Arkansas, in Indian territory in danger night and day in bloody battle. Brother Christian was in grave danger serving between southern rebels and enemy Indians with everything sometimes looking like a cemetery for fallen soldiers.''
In the same letter he mentions that M. Schmiedlins were living next to his parents. There lies the tie-in with the Schmiedlins.
George Wintermantel, son of John Wintermantel, married Della Kindschi, lived in Prairie du Sac and was a key fixture in the Bank of Prairie du Sac for approximately 50 years. George and Della had two daughters, Shirley Finger in Madison. and Janice
in Prairie du Sac Janice married Rev. Gordon Bender (deceased), lived in various places where he served as a pastor and returned to retire in Prairie du Sac.
Julie Edwards of Manchester, MI, planned a reunion for the Schmiedlin branch of the family tree in Marion Park in Prairie du Sac, Saturday,August 9, as a central location for Lodi, Madison and other places Schmiedlins live in the surrounding area.
About 50 relatives came to become acquainted, meet one another enjoy the potluck dinner and outing and hear of Julie's latest information in researching the family history.
Salome Wintermantel was the oldest daughter of Johann Jacob Wintermantel and Salome Walter Wintermantel. Salome Wintermantel and Mathias Schmiedlin were both born in Baden, Germany. Mathias was born in 1820 and Salome was born in 1823. They were married and came to the United States with their eight children several years after their parents and younger siblings. While the Schmiedlins first came to live near Salome's parents, they moved around a bit. By 1900 Salome and Mathias Schmiedlin were living in Sauk City. Their daughter, Salome, married Emanuel Kirschner. They lived in Sauk City with their children Josephine, Rosa, Ernest, Louisa and Irma. Their son, Mathias and his wife, Kate Schmiedlin and their children Fred, Mamie, Daisy and Mary lived in Lodi. Another son, Christian and his wife, Emma Schmiedlin and their children Clara Roy, Raymond and Emma also lived in Lodi. Their oldest daughter Magdalena and her husband Adolph Weber lived in Iowa.
Bill Kirsclner of Sauk City is the great grandson of Salome and Mathias Schmiedlin. His grandfather, Emanuel Kirschner, started a ''meat market'' in Sauk City in 1864 on a butcher block made out of the trunk of a tree, according to Bill. Bill's father, Ernie took over the bossiness in 1909. The Kirschner brothers, Bill and Phil (deceased) have a story of their family history in "People of Sauk Prairie" IV page 42 found in the local libraries.
We've touched the of the tip of the iceberg as far as the Wintermantel and Schmiedlin history is concerned. There are some high energy level individuals throughout the country who are pursuing the study. Some of them are Margaret Ann Jenstad of Richfield Minnesota, great-great-granddaughter of Jacob Wintermantel and Agnes Joos
Wintermantel, Julie Edwards, Manchester, Michigan, great-great granddaughter of Salome Wintermantel Schmiedlin and Mathias Schmiedlin and Patsy Clark, Woodbridge, Virginia, great-great- granddaughter of Rosina Wintermantel Heitz and Paulus Heitz. These ladies are searching and researching information on stories and lives of the Wintermantels so that future reunions will become progressively more fascinating.
auf Wiedersehen!.". "The Wintermantels purchased a farm in Irish Valley and built a home. They sold the farm to Martin Yanke in 1907 and his descendants continue to live there. The house was in the path of the same tornado that destroyed the Catholic Church in Plain in 1918."
9Ihringen Evangelical Church records, p.1189610, LDS film. "Ihringen church record - as transcribed by Julie Edwards- DEC 2003 -." sent by Julie Edwards Dec 2003. "1799
Johann Jakob Wintermantel
The 28th of August between 10 and 11 p.m., born, and the 29th of the same (August) christened
father: Johann Jakob Wintermantel
citizen here.
Mother: Catharina nee Muller.
Christening Witnesses:
1. Jakob Walther, citizen and caregiver here
2. Wilhelm Muller, single here.
3. Salome Birmelin, single here.
4. Anna Maria nee Muller, wife of Johannes Mossner, citizen here." copy of original in files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
10J. E., Schmiedlin Reunion 2003, informal 2003, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. A booklet of Schmiedlin and Wintermantel family history information produced by J.E. for the Schmiedlin-Wintermantle Reunion in 2003 in Sauk City, WI. "1846 1847 The 2 oldest Wintermantel sons,JOHN Jacob and George FREDERICH, traveled to America, together or separately. (And 3 Gugel sons came as well--Jacob in 1846, John in 1851, and George in 1854.)
1847 Frederich Wintermantel died in Louisville, Kentucky.
9 April 1856 The remaining members of the Wintermantel family (except the married daughter salome and her husband Mathias Schmiedlin, and children, who remained in Germany...), were issued a passport at Breisach, Baden, Germany, near Ihringen.
24 April 1856 John Jacob Wintermantel, his wife, Salome (Walter), and children -- Anna Maria, George JACOB, John GEORGE, Wilhelm Frederick, Rosina and Christian, left Ihringen. Also, Jacob and Catherine Gugel's remaining family left Ihringen on the same day, with the following remaining children -- William, Christian, Kate, Barbara and Sarah. The oldest daughter, Anna May Gugel and her husband, George Wintermantle, remained in Ihringen until 1857.
The Wintermantel and Gugel families arrived in Kehl, Baden, by train that evening, and stayed there overnight.
25 April 1856 The families crossed the Rhine River and went to Strasburg, Alsace, France, and later that evening started for Paris.
26 April 1856 The families arrived in Paris, and that night the journey was resumed for le Havre, France.
27 April 1856 In the morning, the families arrived in le Havre, and spent several days there.
30 April 1856 In the evening the families boarded the sailboat "Hemisphere".
1 May 1856 In the morning the ship Hemisphere started for America.
7 June 1856 After a voyage of 37 days, the Hemisphere arrived in New York. Jacob Gugel had been ill before the voyage, but it was hoped the trip would improve his health. Instead, "he was taken to the hospital shortly after arriving in New York, where he died of palsy and a complication of diseases, at the age of 68 years, and was buried on Staten Island". (The rest of the Gugel family settled in Logansport, Indiana where the oldest Gugel son, Jacob, had been given a land grant for his service in the Mexican War.)
18 June 1856 The Wintermantel's arrived in Little Prairie, Wisconsin."
11Jan Bender, Patsy Clark, Julie Edwards, and Margaret Ann Jenstad; about 2002, Descendants of John Jacob Wintermantel, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
12Ihringen Evangelical Church records, p.1189610.
13Jan Bender, Patsy Clark, Julie Edwards, and Margaret Ann Jenstad; about 2002, Descendants of John Jacob Wintermantel.
14Patsy Clark , Cemeteries - an Email, dated 9May2003. "Section C; Row 5."
15Christian Wintermantel Pension Papers, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
Salome Stalbar WALTER
1edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America, vol 10, p. 88.
2Census, Federal - 1860 - Sauk Co, WI, Township of Franklin, Post Office White Mound (near Plain), Ancestry p. 9 of 14. "line 30 dwelling 1206 household #1187
Wintermantel, Jacob age 61 farmer value RE $400 born Baden
Salome 60 Baden
John Jacob 32 butcher Baden
Mary 28 "
William 22 "
Rosa 18 in school "
Christian 16 in school "."
3Census, Federal - 1870 - Sauk CO, WI, Twsp of Franklin, PO Plain, Ancestry p. 19 of 20, 5 Jul 1870. "Line 25 Dwelling # 144 Household #134
Smitty, Matthew age 49 Farm Laborer value PE $400 born: Bavaria
Sarah 48 "
Mathew 18 Farm Laborer "
Christian 11 WI
Catherine 4 WI
line 30 Household # 135
Wintermantle, Jacob 70 Farmer Value RE $600 PE $150 Bavaria
Sally 70 "
line 32 Dwelling # 145 Household # 136
Wintermantle, Jacob Jr. 38 Farmer Value RE $1200 PE $500 Bavaria
Agnes 33 Switzerland
Jacob 10 WI
Sally 8 WI
William 6 WI
John 4 WI
Sarah 2 WI."
4Census, Federal - 1880 - Sauk Co, WI, Twsp of Franklin, ED# 251, Ancestry p. 1 of 21. "Line 34 Dwellin # 8 Household # 8
Schmiedlin, Matheas ae 59 Farmer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Salomea 57 wife " " "
Matheas 27 son " " " Occ: Farmer
Christian 19 son WI " " Works on farm
line 38 Dwelling # 9 Household # 9
Wintermantel, Salomea 80 Ol Age Prussia Prussia Prussia disabled box is checked
line 39 Dwelling # 10 Household # 10
Wintermantel, Jacob 47 Farmer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Agnes 42 wife Switz Switz Switz
Jacob 19 son WI Prussia Switz health issue: Dyspepsia
Salomea 17 dau same
Wilhelm 15 son "
Johann 13 son "
Sarah 11 dau "
Maria 9 dau "
Geoge F. 7 son "
Christian 5 son "
Rosina A. 2 dau "."
5Doris Litcher Gasser, Wintermantels Bound for America 1856, unpublished, Marilyn Arnold, 3 Fraust Circle, Madison,WI 53711. a collection of loose papers in a yellow folder. The papers include drawings by Doris Litscher Gasser, copies of photos, obituaries, and genealogic information.
6Census, Federal - 1860 - Sauk Co, WI, Franklin Twsp.
7Jan Bender, Patsy Clark, Julie Edwards, and Margaret Ann Jenstad; about 2002, Descendants of John Jacob Wintermantel, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
8Jan Bender, Patsy Clark, Julie Edwards, and Margaret Ann Jenstad; about 2002, Descendants of John Jacob Wintermantel.
9Patsy Clark , Cemeteries - an Email, dated 9May2003. s/w Johann J. Wintermantel, Section C, Row 5.
10Christian Wintermantel Pension Papers, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
George Frederich WINTERMANTLE
1Letter from George Wintermantle to relatives in Germany, from papers received from Paul Wintermantel via Patsy Clark; June 2003. "January 31, 1875
Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Dear Relatives and Friends,
Since nearly 10 years have already passed since our emigration to America, and I have not entirely forgotten you who still live at my place of birth, I finally came to the thought to write again to you. Very likely, there are those of our relatives and acquaintances there who still think about us and would like to know how things are going with the Wintermantel family in America. This short report will give you some idea how we have fared.
After a wait of 2 days in New York we journeyed directly to Wisconsin and settled in Honey Creek, Sauk County, where we worked for the first few months for different farmers until August when our father moved a few miles farther and, in September, bought 40 acres of land for $1.00 an acre. Next spring we built a house on this land, and that is where the parents now live.
The first years father broke up 20 to 30 acres of land with the help of Jacob and William planted a vineyard and fruit trees, so that the parents have a pretty nice home. Both are still living. Father is still well and strong for his age. Mother is somewhat frail, but still pretty well. They live in well-to- circumstances and know nothing of want, for their land has produced MANY A GOOD HARVEST of wheat, oats, corn, wine and different vegetables with which you are acquainted too.
The land was still pretty wild when we arrived. The first ones came to this region about 10 years earlier, most of them from Switzerland, others from North Germany and South Germany and from the Alsace, still others from the eastern and southern states. Until 1846, wild people and wild animals were the only inhabitants of this region. And some of the original inhabitants are still present.
Now I will give you a brief report of all our relatives. M. Schmidlins live close by our parents. He had father's farm in rent for several years. but then they bought out an Irishman. The two older daughters are married. Several children were born in America, and several have died. The parents
and the rest of the children are healthy and well. Brother John Jacob was found by Brother William in Memphis in 1860 and then took the train to Wisconsin. He lived for several years with the parents. In 1865 he went to Iowa, bought land, married, sold the land again, moved farther west, bought other land at Winterset, Iowa County, Iowa, where he now lives. He is a widower, but lives in well-to-do circumstances. We never saw anything more of Brother Fredrich. According to J. J. Angaben he died in 1847 in Louisville, Kentucky. Sister Anna Maria has also died. She was married to Rudolf Jager, a
cobbler from Hanover. He died 3 years earlier in 1867. Brother George JACOB lives beside Schmidlin. He was married in 1859 to Agnes Joos, who as a little girl came from Switzerland with her parents. He does little as a cobbler, but in his farming he already has good help from his boys.
During the Civil War George JACOB'S lot came to go into the army, and he went to Petersburg and Richmond in Virginia. He returned to Wisconsin safe and sound at the close of the war. It was hard for him to leave wife and children. He told me that sometimes everything was a cemetery for the fallen soldiers. Brother William enlisted in the army in the beginning of the war. He served 3 years in the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, mostly under General Bloncl in the southwest, in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and in Indian Territory. He was in many battles and bloody situations, and in danger day and night between southern rebels and enemy Indians. In 1865 he moved with John Jacob to Iowa where he bought and sold farms several times, naturally not without profit. But two years ago he moved to Kansas where he again acquired 160 acres of land. Probably, according to law, every soldier with an honorable discharge was entitled to 160 acres of land. He sold a farm in Iowa, I think it was 730 acres. His wife was a daughter of a German preacher from Illinois. Sister Rosina was married in October, 1861, and lives in Minnesota since 1865. This state is west of Wisconsin. And the place where Rosina lives with her husband, Paul Heiz, is probably 300 miles from here.
Brother Christian was also in the war. He served in the 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment He was in some of the largest battles of the whole war, near Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville in Virginia and at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. He endured earthshaking cannon fire, he saw blood flow in streams in larger and smaller battles. After his three years of service in the army he came back hom from the war unhurt. After the war he married Mathilda Fei who came with her parents from Prussia to America. In 1867 he sowed 2 acres of hops on Father's land and made more than a thousand dollars from the hops. In the fall of 1868 he moved to the other brothers in Iowa.
Iowa, our western neighbor state, draws the people there because there it is not necessary to make a farm out of woodland like in Wisconsin, in most cases, for there on the large prairies you can see only heaven and grass for hundreds of miles. There the settlers can prepare 40, 50 or 60 acres of the nicest and fattest land with the break-plow and two teams of horses in one summer, and harvest 800, 1000 or 1500 bushels of wheat the next summer, and so with one stroke come to easy street. Of course, it does not always go so -well, but it does in many cases. The harvesting as well as the sowing and threshing is done with machines. Ten horses (5 teams) and 12 to 14 men are used for threshing when the grain and weather are dry, and 400 to 500 bushels of wheat or 700 bushels of oats can be threshed in one day, and in most cases, so well cleaned that it can be taken to the mill or to the market. Of course, the grain is cheap in the west and the workers wages are high. From myself, I cannot report such famous deeds and thrilling experiences.
Not like my brothers, I stayed in the same town and county where we settled in June, 1856. For five years I worked as a hired man for $140 a year. But in 1858 1 already bought 43 acres of land for $315. The following year I bought 20 acres more for $45. These 20 acres are hilly with much timber on them. In 1861 I made the beginning on this piece of land, and with the help of Brother Christian I cleared 8 acres of hazelbrush and burned it all in 8 days. We broke the land with a large plow and 5 yoke of oxen in 4 1/2 days. The next year I already threshed 157 bushels of wheat. The next spring I cleared five acres more on which I immediately planted corn and potatoes. Results were very good.
In December, 1862, I married Charlotte Rose, daughter of Fredrich and Katrina Rose, but after a short marriage of I year and 2 weeks, my dear Charlotte died. Eleven weeks before her death a girl was born whom I turned over to my sister, Salome, for her upbringing. She was a real mother to the dear child until I was married again the following year to Anna Kindschi. She came with her father and relatives from Switzerland to America. With her I have 5 girls. Two are going to school. They are being taught German and English.
On January 13th I received a letter from Brother Christian in Iowa in which he enclosed a letter from you which you sent to Christian Wintermantel in Iowa. Regarding this I wanted to write to you, and had a letter ready when I received 2 other letters from him, one was from you and one from my mother's oldest sister, Kathrina, very likely written by her daughter, Kathrina. The next morning I brought them to my parents and read them to them in the presence of their daughter, Salome, and the young Schmidlin. These 2 letters surprised us, and brought joy, but also sorrow. We blamed ourselves for great carelessness, that for such a long time we did not write to you, and if I should give the reason, I would not know what to say. After the letters were read, father gave me $10 which I was to send to my mother's oldest sister. But if she should not be living any more, one half of it shall go to Rosina, the other sister of my mother, but the other half to go to the oldest sister's daughter, Kathrina.
Now I could come to a close, but I cannot send empty paper to Germany. I will, therefore, write something about the price of land. Last spring a farm of 120 acres was sold in our neighborhood for $2,700. It is almost all level land, but perhaps 50 acres is usable, the other is woods. But the land is all fertile. Another farm of 200 acres, with 80 acres under plow was sold for $4,250. On it was a 2 story stone house which cost $1,200.
Now I shall also write something of the conditions of the state and church, but there isn't enough room. Finally, a hearty greeting from us all to you all. Next spring I want to write another letter, God willing. When you write again tell us how many gulden you received for the $10. Our address is,
George Wintermantel, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.". " We never saw anything more of Brother Fredrich. According to J. J. Angaben he died in 1847 in Louisville, Kentucky."
2Doris Litscher Gasser, Wintermantels: Schmiedlin Branch reunion, Sauk Prairie Star; 18Sep2003, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "Sauk Prairie Star 18 September 2003
Wintermantels: Schmiedlin Branch Reunion
by Doris Litscher Gasser
Feature Writer
Through the years family names have come and gone in the history of he community. So it is with the Wintermantel name. The local General Telephone Book of 1865 had two Wintermantel names. George Wintermantel and Fred Wintermantel. Today there are none.
John Jacob Wintermantel and his wife, Salome Walter Wintermantel sailed to the United States in 1965. It is uncertain as to how they came to Wisconsin or Irish Valley; perhaps on the train.
John Jacob, his wife and six of their nine children left from Baden, Germany, Oberlein section on Passport #38. John Jacob is described as being 55 years old, 5'9'' tall with a longish, healthy face, brown hair, high eyebrows, blue eyes, pointed nose, middle sized mouth, small beard on his cheeks, bad teeth and no distinguishing marks. The passport was issued with the "Proper payment in triplicate'' and requested that all native and foreign civil and military authorities allow his travel without hindrance and to provide help if necessary The passport included John Jacob Wintermantel's wife and the names and ages of six of their nine children accompanying them, Christian - 13, Rosina - 15, William - 17, John George - 20, George Jacob - 24, and Anna Maria - 26. The other three children followed the family later, George Frederick, John Jacob and Salome Wintermantel. Another son, Frederick, came by himself via New Orleans and the Mississippi. He was never found by his family and is buried in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Wintermantels purchased a farm in Irish Valley and built a home. They sold the farm to Martin Yanke in 1907 and his descendants continue to live there. The house was in the path of the same tornado that destroyed the Catholic Church in Plain in 1918.
John George Wintermantel, known as George (1835-1920) son of John Jacob must have been the most dedicated and affluent writers in the family, for his work has provided treasured sources of information about life during their time. George purchased a farm two miles west of the Ragatz Church on PF in 1871. It was a typical Swiss style stone house brought to our attention recently as a block and stack design by Jane Eisley and Donald Kindschi.
George married Charlotte Rose in 1862. They had a daughter, Charlotte. When Charlotte Rose, the mother, passed away, George married Anna Kindschi. George and Anna had seven more children, six daughters and then a son, Fred, mentioned in the first paragraph of this account,"farmed his father's farm before he took over the
John Deere Dealership in Prairie du Sac." According to Dr. Kindschi, Fred told that his father regarded his eight cows as being a sizable herd at that time. Fred sold the business to Les Sprecher about 1949. As a member of Sauk County Male Chorus, Fred was known for being an accomplished singer. Les reported that Fred had a unique way of dealing with irate customers, Fred just stood there and calmly sang a hymn." Fred's daughter, lone and son, John are both deceased. Ione passed away at the Pines shortly after we worked on a short story with her for the Honey Creek Hamlets Sesquicentennial book.
The other Wintermantel, George, mentioned in the first paragraph of this article, who many people remember, was the son of John Wintermantel (1866-1938) who lived in Prairie du Sac and clerked at Conger and Schoephorsters. John Winttermantel
married Emma Ragatz and lived next to the EUB Church in Prairie du Sac.
John had two sisters living in Prairie du Sac, Mary, Mrs. August Mallentin who had no children, and Sarah, Mrs. Felix Sprecher, retired from the farm and had two daughters
Grace, Mrs. Carl Litscher, who had four children and May who later in life became Mrs. Ray Meng. John's older brother,Jacob, went on to live in Hull, Iowa, married Amelia Buttke and had one son, Emmet, who married Annetta Hall and had live children. John's older sister, Salome, married Al Hudson from Lodi and they made their home in Reedsburg. After Al passed away Salome made a home for her two brothers George and Chris who were in the butchering and meat market business in Reedsburg. After Chris passed away in 1927, George went into the business of selling McNess products. Salome and Al had one daughter, Jessie, who married Maurice Cowles and had two daughters; the younger one was born after Maurice had passed away. Jessie, her mother, Salome and her Uncle George made their home together in Reedsburg. John's brother, William, passed away at the age of 27. Rose, the youngest in the family, married Fred Sprecher, farmed near Black Hawk and had five children, Wilbert married Marcella Felix and they had four children, Viola, Mrs. Howard Sorg, had five children, Clarence married Argent Marks and they had three sons, Rosina, Mrs. Cecil Mc Cready had one daughter and Ruth, the sole living member of her generation, Mrs. Donald Hehenberger, has five children.
We'll leave George the banker, in Prairie du Sac and join his great Uncle George, the writer. George, in writing to his sister-in-law Matilda upon the death of her husband, wrote, “Everything is subject to change, no exceptions. We are thank God, healthy. Since spring I have lived with my oldest daughter Charlotte Straub. She built a house in town last summer and by the middle of September it was ready to move into. Since that time we have lived in it. It is build of red brick, 26'x28', a two story home with a full basement. It is a nice looking little house, nicely arranged and costing, with the lot, $1,900.''
That nice, little, brick house across the street from Marion Park on Grand Avenue is now the home of Rev Bill Richards.
In an earlier letter to his friends and relatives in Germany in 1975, George wrote about farming and life in the United States. Their family like many others, fled turmoil in their own country, only to have to participate in the Civil War soon after their arrival to the land of freedom and opportunity.
Without complaining George wrote, "Brother Jacob, in Irish Valley found it difficult to leave his wife, Agnes Joos and their children to fight in the war. Brother William fought in Mississippi, Kansas and Arkansas, in Indian territory in danger night and day in bloody battle. Brother Christian was in grave danger serving between southern rebels and enemy Indians with everything sometimes looking like a cemetery for fallen soldiers.''
In the same letter he mentions that M. Schmiedlins were living next to his parents. There lies the tie-in with the Schmiedlins.
George Wintermantel, son of John Wintermantel, married Della Kindschi, lived in Prairie du Sac and was a key fixture in the Bank of Prairie du Sac for approximately 50 years. George and Della had two daughters, Shirley Finger in Madison. and Janice
in Prairie du Sac Janice married Rev. Gordon Bender (deceased), lived in various places where he served as a pastor and returned to retire in Prairie du Sac.
Julie Edwards of Manchester, MI, planned a reunion for the Schmiedlin branch of the family tree in Marion Park in Prairie du Sac, Saturday,August 9, as a central location for Lodi, Madison and other places Schmiedlins live in the surrounding area.
About 50 relatives came to become acquainted, meet one another enjoy the potluck dinner and outing and hear of Julie's latest information in researching the family history.
Salome Wintermantel was the oldest daughter of Johann Jacob Wintermantel and Salome Walter Wintermantel. Salome Wintermantel and Mathias Schmiedlin were both born in Baden, Germany. Mathias was born in 1820 and Salome was born in 1823. They were married and came to the United States with their eight children several years after their parents and younger siblings. While the Schmiedlins first came to live near Salome's parents, they moved around a bit. By 1900 Salome and Mathias Schmiedlin were living in Sauk City. Their daughter, Salome, married Emanuel Kirschner. They lived in Sauk City with their children Josephine, Rosa, Ernest, Louisa and Irma. Their son, Mathias and his wife, Kate Schmiedlin and their children Fred, Mamie, Daisy and Mary lived in Lodi. Another son, Christian and his wife, Emma Schmiedlin and their children Clara Roy, Raymond and Emma also lived in Lodi. Their oldest daughter Magdalena and her husband Adolph Weber lived in Iowa.
Bill Kirsclner of Sauk City is the great grandson of Salome and Mathias Schmiedlin. His grandfather, Emanuel Kirschner, started a ''meat market'' in Sauk City in 1864 on a butcher block made out of the trunk of a tree, according to Bill. Bill's father, Ernie took over the bossiness in 1909. The Kirschner brothers, Bill and Phil (deceased) have a story of their family history in "People of Sauk Prairie" IV page 42 found in the local libraries.
We've touched the of the tip of the iceberg as far as the Wintermantel and Schmiedlin history is concerned. There are some high energy level individuals throughout the country who are pursuing the study. Some of them are Margaret Ann Jenstad of Richfield Minnesota, great-great-granddaughter of Jacob Wintermantel and Agnes Joos
Wintermantel, Julie Edwards, Manchester, Michigan, great-great granddaughter of Salome Wintermantel Schmiedlin and Mathias Schmiedlin and Patsy Clark, Woodbridge, Virginia, great-great- granddaughter of Rosina Wintermantel Heitz and Paulus Heitz. These ladies are searching and researching information on stories and lives of the Wintermantels so that future reunions will become progressively more fascinating.
auf Wiedersehen!.". "Another son, Frderich, came by himself via New Orleans and the Mississippi. He was never found by his family and is buried inLouisville, Kentucky."
William DRUSCHEL
1Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, p. 8 of 16, 7 Jun 1900. "Line 54 Dwelling 89 Family 89
Druschel William head b Apr 1834 age 66 m 0 yrs Ger Ger Ger imm 1855 Na Farmer
Matilda wife May 1845 55 m 0 yrs Ger Ger Ger 1854
Herman son Dec 1874 25 s IA Ger Ger
Minnie dau Oct 1880 19 s IA Ger Ger at school
Clara dau Oct 1882 17 s IA Ger Ger at school
Ella dau Feb 1885 15 s OR Ger Ger at school." The four children listed are all Wintermantels not Druschels.
2Druschel, Wm - obit. written in German.
3Census, Federal 1880, Western, Multnomah, Oregon. "1880 United States Federal Census about William Drushel Name: William Drushel
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Prussia
Home in 1880: Western, Multnomah, Oregon
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: F. Drushel
Father's Birthplace: Prussia
Mother's Birthplace: Prussia
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Laborer
Household Members: Name Age
William Drushel 48
F. Drushel 35
Charles Drushel 14
Samuel Drushel 11
Sarah Drushel 8
William Drushel 5
Delia Drushel 3."
4Sandy McGuire, Clackamas County Family History Society Letter to Patricia Andrea dated 27 Feb 1997. "Index to William Drueschel's Probate information:
Druschel, Wm. #1084
d. 22 June 1907, Testate. Execs: C.W. Druschel and W. H. Druschel.
Heirs: John F. Druschel, son, age 47, San Francisco, Calif; Matilda Koehler, age 28; Ida Lucke, age 45; Sam'l G. Druschel, age 37; Matilda Druschel, widow, age 65, Canby, Ore; C.W. Druschel, age 41; W.H. Druschel, age 31, Portland, Ore; Amelia D. Tempel, age 43; Sarah L. Keller, age 33, Portland, Ore; Mrs. Elizabeth Hoefle, Des Moines, Iowa; Clara Hoefle, age 29, Portland, Ore; Ebenezer Orphan Asylum of Flatrock, Ohio."
5Druschel-obituary, Wintermantle, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. written in German. The obit is in German and hasn't been translated as of 12/2001.
6Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
7Druschel-obituary.
8Clackamas County Probate Records 1845-1910, Index to, # 1084. "D. 22 June 1907, Testate. Execs: C. W. Druschel and W. H. Druschel. Heirs: John F. Druschel, son, age 47, San Francisco, Calif; Matilda Koehler, age 28, Ida Lucke, age 45, Sam'l G. Druschel, age 37, Matilda Druschel, widow, age 65, Canby, Ore; C. W. Druschel, age 41, W.H. Druschel, age 31, Portland, Ore; Mrs. Elizabeth Hoefle, Des Moines, Iowa; Clara Hoefle, age 29, Portland, Ore; Ebenezer Orphan Asylum of Flatrock, Ohio."
9Sandy McGuire, Clackamas County Family History Society Letter to Patricia Andrea dated 27 Feb 1997.
Matilda Ella FEY
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.". "Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."."
2Wintermantle, Mathilda-pension papers, Jun 1918, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
3edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America, Vol 7, p. 100.
4Census, Federal - 1860 - Sauk Co., WI, Troy Twsp, p. 111, 9 Aug 1860. "Name: Matilde Fey
Age in 1860: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Preußen
Home in 1860: Troy, Sauk, Wisconsin
Gender: Female
Post Office: Sauk City
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Adam Fey 60
Charlotte Fey 16
Matilde Fey 15
Adam Fey 33
Charles Fey 20."
5Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, Oregon, Clackamas, Canby - p. 8 of 16. "Line 54 Dwelling 89 Family 89
Druschel William head b Apr 1834 age 66 m 0 yrs Ger Ger Ger imm 1855 Na Farmer
Matilda wife May 1845 55 m 0 yrs Ger Ger Ger 1854
Herman son Dec 1874 25 s IA Ger Ger
Minnie dau Oct 1880 19 s IA Ger Ger at school
Clara dau Oct 1882 17 s IA Ger Ger at school
Ella dau Feb 1885 15 s OR Ger Ger at school."
6Jan Bender, Patsy Clark, Julie Edwards, and Margaret Ann Jenstad; about 2002, Descendants of John Jacob Wintermantel, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
7Compiled by Elbert J. Wardle, Wintermantle Genealogy: Christian and Mathilda's Family Tree 1799 to 1986, informal publication, July 1986, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "The Wintermantel Family
The Wintermantel family originated in Switzerland from around the late 1300's and were of the Aristocracy. Those we have record of were from the Freiburg area of Germany in the province of Baden Wurtemberg.
According to Paul Wintermantel, sometime prior to the Thirty years War.". " The Adam Fey Family
The Fey family lived on a wheat farm, near Bremen, in Westphalia
province. Adam Fey was a wheat merchant who traveled all over the
world. He made his first trip across the Atlantic when he was
nine years of age. He and his wife, Katherine, had seven
children.
Matilda, our grandmother, was the youngest child and was two and
a half years old when her mother died. Her father, sisters and
brothers took care of her.
On their trip across the Ocean to America she had her ninth
birthday. They were on a sailing ship and the sea was stormy and
very rough. Two icebergs were closing in on both sides of the
ship and crashed together just behind them. Although Matilda was
only nine, she remembers her father holding her and her sister
Charlotte on his knees and comforting them while many of the
passengers prayed. This trip took six weeks.
Upon arrival in America the Fey family settled on a farm at
Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. This is a very short distance from
Sauk City, Wisconsin.
Some records say that Matilda Fey and Christian Wintermantel met
and married and started their family in Prairie du Sac and some
say Sauk City." This exerpt comes just before the family tree information. There are no page numbers in this part of the book.
8Census, Federal - 1920 - Clackamas Co, Oregon, Canby, ED# 26, 13B (Ancestry p. 26 of 33), 16 Jan 1920. "Koehler, John W. head owns/m age 42 m IA Germany Germany occ: farmer/own acct
Louisa A wife 40 m IA GER GER
Druschel, Matilda mother-in-law 74 w GER GER GER imm: 1854 nat: 1861."
9Census, Federal - 1910 - Pierce Co, Washington, Tacoma , 2A (Ancestry p.3). "Tacoma Ward 3 ED# 244 1323 S. M Street Dwelling # 28 Households #'s 29 and 30 Line 23 - 29
Zimmerman, George E. Head 30 M1 5yrs MN Can PA OCC: Tinsmith at Hardware store R
Minnie J wife 29 M1 5yrs IA GER GER
Forrest son 3/12 WA MN IA
Mundorf, John Head 28 M1 5yrs KS GER PA Laborer at odd jobs R
Ella C wife 25 M1 5yrs OR GER GER
Lowell L son 3 OR KS OR
Druschel, Mitelda mother-in-law 65 wd GER GER GER."
10Census, Federal - 1880 - Franklin Co., Iowa, Geneva Twsp, p. 5, 4 Jun 1880. "line 33 Dwelling 33 Household 34
Wintermantel, Christian age 38 Farmer Baden Baden Baden
Matilda 35 wife Prussia Prussia Prussia
Rose 13 dau WI Baden Prussia
Matilda 12 dau same
William 10 son IA Baden Prussia
Albert 8 son same
Hedwig 7 dau same
Herman 5 son same
Amelia 3 dau same
Louisa 1 dau same."
11Census, Federal - 1870 - Madison Co, IA, Webster TWsp, PO Winterset, Ancestry p. 11 of 13. "Line 31 Dwelling # 75 Family # 76
Wintermantel, Wm age 31 Farmer born Baden
Sarah 21 NY
Family # 77
Wintermantel, Shristian age 27 Farm Laborer born Baden
Matilda 28 Prussia
Rosena 3 WI
Matilda 2 WI
William 7/12 IA."
12Christian Wintermantel Pension Papers, p. 34, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "At date of death CW left property: 490 acres of land near Jefferson, OR; 80 acres at Canby; Will left all property to MW;”130 acres of the property at Jefferson was under cultivation. I rented that for 1/3 of the crop. On average I would get 300 bu wheat 50cents/bu and 100bu oats 30 cents/bu. This place I worked myself for the first few years. There was about 40 acres under cultivation. I have since sold most of it. My taxes were on both places about $70 - $80 per year. No insurance. There was indebtedness of $2600 with interest of 7 and 8%. No other property except few head of stock, farming implements, and household goods... No money in bank or investments of any kind.”."
13Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970182, Source # 0995305.
14State of Oregon, Oregon Death Certificate, state no. 267, local no. 16, 3 Jul 1922.
15State of Oregon, Oregon Death Certificate, state 267, local 16.
16Sandy McGuire, Clackamas County Family History Society Letter to Patricia Andrea dated 27 Feb 1997.
Johann Adam FEY
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.". ""Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."."
2edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America, Vol 7 May 1854 - August 1854; p. 100. "ship: Bremen
From Bremen to New York
Arrived: 20 May 1854
Fey, Adam age 53, farmer, from Prussia, destination Illinois
Adam age 27, farmer, " "
Catherine age 26, unkown, " "
Anna age 21, " " "
Elisabeth age 19 " " "
Carl age 14 " " "
Caroline age 12 " " "
Charlotte age 9, child, " "
Mathilde age 7, child, " "."
3Census, Federal - 1860 - Sauk Co., WI, Troy Twsp, p. 111, 9 Aug 1860. "Name: Adam Fey
Age in 1860: 60
Birth Year: abt 1800
Birthplace: Preußen
Home in 1860: Troy, Sauk, Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sauk City
Value of real estate: 1500
value personal estate 200
Household Members: Name Age
Adam Fey 60
Charlotte Fey 16
Matilde Fey 15
Adam Fey 33
Charles Fey 20."
4Census, Federal - 1880 - Sauk Co, Wi., town of Excelsior, # 1255446, NA film # T9-1446, p. 85A, Familysearch.com.
5J Adam Fey, Jr., Letter Edged in Black, 7 Dec 1880, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "The letter is written in German. This translation is by the folks at ScripTrans
Envelope:
Mr. Christ. Wintermantel
Ackley(?), Hardin Co, Iowa
Ableman, 7 December 1880
Dear Brother-in-Law and Sister:
Father died on Saturday the 4th (December) at 5:45 in
the morning, after
a 6 week-long illness. He had at the beginning of his
illness a weakness with the back and stomach ache, we
used the Lebenswecker*, whereupon he was better, but
he does not lose the entire weakness, whereupon we let
the doctor come, but as soon as father had the
medicine taken away ? was to eat, so that in 9 days,
he had forgotten he was to meet with Karl. Brother
John, sister Elira, and Caroline…
Brother John, sister Elira,(Probably Eliza and refers to sister Elizabeth) and Caroline her 3 daughters, which serve in Baraboo, were here for the funeral. Father endured from Friday noon up to his end after much
pain. Father died gladly, since he himself saw, that he cannot have much luck and more happy conditions with his handicap. Father was buried yesterday the 6th of the month, he now has overcome all ? and worries and the ground may be easy to him.
The rest of us are well and hope that our letter, to you, finds you well.
Many cordial greetings from all of us to all of you.
Your brother, A. Fey
* Originally invented in the 1850s by Carl Baunscheidt
and called a Lebenswecker (German for "Life
Awakener"), this counter-irritation device consisted
of an 8" long turned ebony hollow handle, with 30
small needles in one end which the operator coats with
Baunscheidt's inflammatory oil. A spiral spring
concealed in the handle is then pulled back and let go
to drive the 30 needles and their irritating oil into
the skin.". Third sentence, we have since figured out, they used a Lebenswecker on him. This was a "counter-irritation" device, it had an 8" long ebony handle w 30 small needles in one end. Operator coats the needles with Braunscheidt's inflammatory oil. A spring in the handle is pulled back and then let go to drive the needles into the skin.
6Census, Federal 1870, Blooming Grove, Dane, WI. "Name: Adam Fay
Age in 1870: 70
Birth Year: abt 1800
Birthplace: Prussia
Home in 1870: Blooming Grove, Dane, Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Post Office: Madison
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Gastine Renter 36
Eliza Renter 35
Emma Renter 12
Rosa Renter 10
Matilda Renter 8
Gustus Renter 6
Charley Renter 4
Fred Renter 1
Adam Fay 70." Listed with the family of Gastine Renter.
7compiled by Kathy Waddell, St John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, found at: http://www.interment.net/data/us/wi/sauk/stjohn/rockspring_ag.htm.
8Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch J970186 Source 0589231.
9Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch J970186 Source 0589231.
10J Adam Fey, Jr., Letter Edged in Black.
11compiled by Kathy Waddell, St John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
12J Adam Fey, Jr., Letter Edged in Black. Date of burial is from this source.
Anna THOMAS
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.".
2Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # K970186, Source # 0589231. Evangelisch church.
3Wintermantle, Minnie, note.
4Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # K970186, Source # 0589231.
FEY
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
Anna FEY
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.". "Matilda Fey
daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey
Born in Westphalia, Prussia May 2, 1845
She was the youngest of nine children:
Adam
John
Carl
Katherine
Caroline
Anna
Elizabeth
Charlotte
Matilda
Her mother died of TB when Matilda was 3 years of age.
At the age of nine she, and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin.
When she was twenty years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel.
For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883 the family came to Oregon.
They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district.
In 1899 she was married to William Druschell.
She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Canby cemetery."
2edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America.
3Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch#: C970181 Source# 0995304.
Caroline FEY
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
2Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
3Maxwell Andrae and Patricia Fey, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, Informally published 10 May 2003.
FEY
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
Carl FEY
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.". "Matilda Fey
daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey
Born in Westphalia, Prussia May 2, 1845
She was the youngest of nine children:
Adam
John
Carl
Katherine
Caroline
Anna
Elizabeth
Charlotte
Matilda
Her mother died of TB when Matilda was 3 years of age.
At the age of nine she, and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin.
When she was twenty years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel.
For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883 the family came to Oregon.
They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district.
In 1899 she was married to William Druschell.
She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Canby cemetery."
2edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America.
3Census, Federal - 1860 - Sauk Co., WI, Troy Twsp, p. 111, Ancestry p. 529/530, 9 Aug 1860. "Name: Adam Fey
Age in 1860: 60
Birth Year: abt 1800
Birthplace: Preußen
Home in 1860: Troy, Sauk, Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sauk City
Occupation: farmer
Value of real estate: 1500
Personal estate: 200
Household Members: Name Age
Adam Fey 60
Charlotte Fey 16
Matilde Fey 15
Adam Fey 33
Charles Fey 20." I believe This son and Charles Fey are one and the same.
4Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
5Census, Federal 1870, Troy, Sauk, Wisconsin. "Charles Fey age 30 Farmer Laborer born Prussia." Carl (Charles) is living with the family ofCarolyn Fey and Ludwig Dill (Diehl). This is Carl's sister.
6Census, Federal 1900, Reedsburg, Sauk, Wisconsin. "Name: Charles Fey
Age: 61
Birth Date: abt 1839
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1900: Reedsburg, Sauk, Wisconsin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Pauper
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Andrus 59
Adarene Andrus 55
Belle Brummrett 35
Belle Brummrett 4/12
George Arnsmeyer 22
Pearl Rickon 24
Maud Kinaman 25
Minnie Bender 21
Belle Terrill 20
Lizzie Kirkington 18
John Gregory 40
Metta Gregory 35
Forrest Gregory 40
Louis Bender 26
Ada Bender 26
Agnes Bender 2
Wallace Jerrome 25
Nellie Moody 36
Frank Adams 41
John Brining 71
David Brown 33
John Cunningham 81
Fred Danda 65
Charles Dyson 83
Charles Fey 61
John Jackson 54
Godfred Jennich 64
Elija Lane 41
Michael Lodersladen 60
John Manska 30
William Mc Clusky 47
Edwin Sargeant 83
Ira Walkins 50
Michael Grenber 21
John Vachriner 69
George Altpeter 30
Michael Finnegan 63
William Harrison 63
Charles Hall 45
William Mckenne 37
Herman Bitterick 56
Susan Ames 61
Matilda Anderson 45
Kate Berch 55
Sarah Griswold 61
Rachael Hutchins 66
Agnes Lawrence 79
Hattie Potter 65
Hannah Rebka 85
Etta Spring 45
Marie Keller 58
Vincent Priest 86." Sauk County Poor farm.
7Census, Federal 1910, Reedsburg, Sauk, Wisconsin. "Name: Chas Fey
Age in 1910: 67
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1910: Reedsburg, Sauk, Wisconsin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Pauper
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Sutter 42
Leonard Seitz 46
William Sherwood 51
Henry Schmith 39
[34]
Andrew Scheldberg 82
Barbara Sutter 71
Ann Stuck 62
Ruth Steel 35
Rosalia Schubert 58
George Wolters 57
Thomas Wilcox 53
Edwin B Wright 62
Stephen Washington 47
William Wright 41
John Weaton 58
Fred Edward Wolters 24
Emma Vowers 52
Joseph Huerth 25
Minnie Zuch 27
[29]
Frank Adams 51
John Adank 30
Matilda Anderson 55
J D Brown 50
David Brown 52
August Brugel 46
Henry Dolga 78
Chales Desig 48
Chris Dussell 86
Chas Fey 67
Nellie Fiebier 78." Sauk County Asylum and Poor House.
8Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
Charlotte FEY
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.". "Matilda Fey
daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey
Born in Westphalia, Prussia May 2, 1845
She was the youngest of nine children:
Adam
John
Carl
Katherine
Caroline
Anna
Elizabeth
Charlotte
Matilda
Her mother died of TB when Matilda was 3 years of age.
At the age of nine she, and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin.
When she was twenty years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel.
For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883 the family came to Oregon.
They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district.
In 1899 she was married to William Druschell.
She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Canby cemetery."
2edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America.
3Census, Federal - 1860 - Sauk Co., WI, Troy Twsp, p. 111, 9 Aug 1860. "Name: Charlotte Fey
Age in 1860: 16
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Preußen
Home in 1860: Troy, Sauk, Wisconsin
Gender: Female
Post Office: Sauk City
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Adam Fey 60
Charlotte Fey 16
Matilde Fey 15
Adam Fey 33
Charles Fey 20."
4Census, Federal - 1880 - Sauk Co, Wi., town of Excelsior, # 1255446, NA film # T9-1446, p. 85A, Familysearch.com. "Name: Adam Fay
[Adam Fey]
Home in 1880: Excelsior, Sauk, Wisconsin
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Prussia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Jenne Fay
Father's Name: Adam Fay
Father's birthplace: Prussia
Mother's birthplace: Prussia
Occupation: Merchant
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Adam Fay 53
Jenne Fay 43
Christoff Fay 5
George Fay 3m
Carlotta Fay 35 sister dressmaker
Adam Fay 79 merchant." Charlotte is called Carlotta on this census.
5Census, Federal 1870, Spring Green, Sauk, Wisconsin. "Name: Charlotte Fey
Age in 1870: 26
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Prussia
Home in 1870: Spring Green, Sauk, Wisconsin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Spring Green
occupation: seamstress
Household Members:
Name Age
Louis Goedecke 35
Julia H Goedecke 35
Amelia Goedecke 11
Charles Goedecke 9
Louis A Goedecke 4
Victor H Goedecke 2
Adam Fey 43
Charlotte Fey 26."
6Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # K970187, Source # 0598232.
7Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # K970187, Source # 0598232.
Johann Georg FEY
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch J970186 Source 0589231.
2Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # J970185, Source # 0598230.
3Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # J970185, Source # 0598230.
4Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, batch_number=M970189, source 0598234.
Catharina JUNCKER
1Maxwell Andrae and Patricia Fey, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, Informally published 10 May 2003.
2Maxwell Andrae and Patricia Fey, Descendants of Heinrich Fey.
3Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, batch_number=M970189, source 0598234.
Johann Simon FEY
1Maxwell Andrae and Patricia Fey, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, Informally published 10 May 2003.
Catherina FEY
1Maxwell Andrae and Patricia Fey, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, Informally published 10 May 2003.
Anna FEY
1Maxwell Andrae and Patricia Fey, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, Informally published 10 May 2003.
Anna Elizabeth FEY
1Maxwell Andrae and Patricia Fey, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, Informally published 10 May 2003.
FEY
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch J970186, source 0589231.
2Maxwell Andrae and Patricia Fey, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, Informally published 10 May 2003.
Johann Heinrich FEY
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch J970186 Source 0589231.
Johann Georg FEY
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch J970186 Source 0589231.
Elizabetha FEY
1M Andrae, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, 10 May 2003.
Johannes THOMAS
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # K970186, Source # 0589231.
Anne Marie SCHRECK
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # K970186, Source # 0589231.
2Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, batch# K970186 source#0589231.
3Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # K970186, Source # 0589231.
William DRUSCHEL
1Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, p. 8 of 16, 7 Jun 1900. "Line 54 Dwelling 89 Family 89
Druschel William head b Apr 1834 age 66 m 0 yrs Ger Ger Ger imm 1855 Na Farmer
Matilda wife May 1845 55 m 0 yrs Ger Ger Ger 1854
Herman son Dec 1874 25 s IA Ger Ger
Minnie dau Oct 1880 19 s IA Ger Ger at school
Clara dau Oct 1882 17 s IA Ger Ger at school
Ella dau Feb 1885 15 s OR Ger Ger at school." The four children listed are all Wintermantels not Druschels.
2Druschel, Wm - obit. written in German.
3Census, Federal 1880, Western, Multnomah, Oregon. "1880 United States Federal Census about William Drushel Name: William Drushel
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Prussia
Home in 1880: Western, Multnomah, Oregon
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: F. Drushel
Father's Birthplace: Prussia
Mother's Birthplace: Prussia
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Laborer
Household Members: Name Age
William Drushel 48
F. Drushel 35
Charles Drushel 14
Samuel Drushel 11
Sarah Drushel 8
William Drushel 5
Delia Drushel 3."
4Sandy McGuire, Clackamas County Family History Society Letter to Patricia Andrea dated 27 Feb 1997. "Index to William Drueschel's Probate information:
Druschel, Wm. #1084
d. 22 June 1907, Testate. Execs: C.W. Druschel and W. H. Druschel.
Heirs: John F. Druschel, son, age 47, San Francisco, Calif; Matilda Koehler, age 28; Ida Lucke, age 45; Sam'l G. Druschel, age 37; Matilda Druschel, widow, age 65, Canby, Ore; C.W. Druschel, age 41; W.H. Druschel, age 31, Portland, Ore; Amelia D. Tempel, age 43; Sarah L. Keller, age 33, Portland, Ore; Mrs. Elizabeth Hoefle, Des Moines, Iowa; Clara Hoefle, age 29, Portland, Ore; Ebenezer Orphan Asylum of Flatrock, Ohio."
5Druschel-obituary, Wintermantle, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. written in German. The obit is in German and hasn't been translated as of 12/2001.
6Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
7Druschel-obituary.
8Clackamas County Probate Records 1845-1910, Index to, # 1084. "D. 22 June 1907, Testate. Execs: C. W. Druschel and W. H. Druschel. Heirs: John F. Druschel, son, age 47, San Francisco, Calif; Matilda Koehler, age 28, Ida Lucke, age 45, Sam'l G. Druschel, age 37, Matilda Druschel, widow, age 65, Canby, Ore; C. W. Druschel, age 41, W.H. Druschel, age 31, Portland, Ore; Mrs. Elizabeth Hoefle, Des Moines, Iowa; Clara Hoefle, age 29, Portland, Ore; Ebenezer Orphan Asylum of Flatrock, Ohio."
Sibilla LINK
1Census, Federal - 1870 - Benton Co, Iowa, Eldorado Twsp.
2Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
3Census, Federal - 1870 - Benton Co, Iowa, Eldorado Twsp.
4Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
John F. DRUSCHEL
1Census, Federal - 1870 - Benton Co, Iowa, Eldorado Twsp.
2Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
3Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
Willie DRUSCHEL
1Census, Federal - 1870 - Benton Co, Iowa, Eldorado Twsp.
Delia DRUSCHEL
1Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
2Census, Federal 1880, Western, Multnomah, Oregon.
Thomas John FEY
1Census, Federal - 1930 - Sauk Co, WI Excelsior, ED# 56; sheet 1A, 23 Apr 1930.
2Thomas John Fey Obituary, Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, Nevada; 15 Jan 1999. "Thomas John Fey, 86, of North Las Vegas died Tuesday in Las Vegas. He was born May 22, 1912, in Ableman, Wis. A resident for 42 years, he was a retired general contractor, a member for 25 years as a 32nd Degree Mason and a longtime elder at the First Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; one daughter, Judith Fey Thomas of Raleigh, N.C.; two sons, Joel T. Fey of Las Vegas and Jeffrey G. Fey of Van Nuys, Calif.; and five grandchildren.
Graveside services were 11 a.m. Friday in Paradise Memorial Gardens. Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave., handled arrangements.".
3M Andrae, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, 10 May 2003.
Dorothy Alice A. RASSLER
1Patsy Clark Email, 16 Mar 2004.
2Dorothy Alice A. Fey Obituary, Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, Nevada; 7 Nov 2001. "Dorothy Alice A. Fey, 88, of Las Vegas died Monday in Las Vegas. She was born Dec. 23, 1912, in Dickinson, N.D. A resident for 44 years, she was a homemaker and a member of Southgate Chapter of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by one daughter, Judith Fey Thomas of Raleigh, N.C.; two sons, Joel T. Fey of Las Vegas and Jeffery G. Fey of Van Nuys, Calif.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Visitation is scheduled 6-8 p.m. Thursday in Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave. Services will be 1 p.m. Friday in Davis Paradise Valley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Paradise Memorial Gardens, 6200 S. Eastern Ave. Davis Funeral Home, 2127 W. Charleston Blvd., is handling arrangements.".
3M Andrae, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, 10 May 2003.
Matthew Goodson HOOVER
1Jan Bender, Patsy Clark, Julie Edwards, and Margaret Ann Jenstad; about 2002, Descendants of John Jacob Wintermantel, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
2Census, Federal 1920, Washington, Okanogan, Okanogan. "Hoover, Matt Head owns free age 59 m MO PA KT Farmer
Rose wife 53 m WI Ger Ger
Marie dau 21 s OR MO WI school teacher
Greely, Harold son-in-law 23 m MN MY MN Farm Laborer
Greta dau 24 m OR MO WI schoolteacher."
3Ancestry.com, Albertson Family Tree.
4Compiled by Elbert J. Wardle, Wintermantle Genealogy: Christian and Mathilda's Family Tree 1799 to 1986, informal publication, July 1986, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "The Wintermantel Family
The Wintermantel family originated in Switzerland from around the late 1300's and were of the Aristocracy. Those we have record of were from the Freiburg area of Germany in the province of Baden Wurtemberg.
According to Paul Wintermantel, sometime prior to the Thirty years War.".
Rosina Magdalene WINTERMANTEL
1Census, Federal - 1870 - Madison Co, IA, Webster TWsp, PO Winterset, Ancestry p. 11 of 13. "Line 31 Dwelling # 75 Family # 76
Wintermantel, Wm age 31 Farmer born Baden
Sarah 21 NY
Family # 77
Wintermantel, Shristian age 27 Farm Laborer born Baden
Matilda 28 Prussia
Rosena 3 WI
Matilda 2 WI
William 7/12 IA."
2Wayne Wardle letter to Dianne Stevens dated 3 Jun 2003, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "(Rose) and her husband farmed wheat land in North Central Washington. Later they lived at Ocean City, WA, and rented tourist cabins. They retired at Okingan, WA."
3Census, Federal - 1880 - Franklin Co., Iowa, Geneva Twsp, p. 5. "line 33 Dwelling 33 Household 34
Wintermantel, Christian age 38 Farmer Baden Baden Baden
Matilda 35 wife Prussia Prussia Prussia
Rose 13 dau WI Baden Prussia
Matilda 12 dau same
William 10 son IA Baden Prussia
Albert 8 son same
Hedwig 7 dau same
Herman 5 son same
Amelia 3 dau same
Louisa 1 dau same."
4Census, Federal 1900, Foster Creek, Douglas, Washington. "Name: Rose L Hoover
[Rose L Hower]
Age: 31
Birth Date: Sep 1868
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1900: Foster Creek, Douglas, Washington
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Matt J Hoover
Marriage Year: 1892
Years Married: 8
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 2
Occupation: farmer
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Matt J Hoover 39
Rose L Hoover 31
Greta Hoover 5
Marie Hoover 6/12."
5Census, Federal 1910, Bridgeport, Douglas, Washington. "Name: Rose Hoover
Age in 1910: 43
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home in 1910: Bridgeport, Douglas, Washington
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Matt G Hoover
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Matt G Hoover 49
Rose Hoover 43
Greta Hoover 15
Mari Hoover 11."
6Census, Federal 1920, Washington, Okanogan, Okanogan. "Hoover, Matt Head owns free age 59 m MO PA KT Farmer
Rose wife 53 m WI Ger Ger
Marie dau 21 s OR MO WI school teacher
Greely, Harold son-in-law 23 m MN MY MN Farm Laborer
Greta dau 24 m OR MO WI schoolteacher."
7Jan Bender, Patsy Clark, Julie Edwards, and Margaret Ann Jenstad; about 2002, Descendants of John Jacob Wintermantel, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
8Maxwell Andrae , Wintermantel, Fey - an Email. Maxwell's wife, Patricia Fey, is a descendant of John Fey.
9Ancestry.com, State of Washington Death Index. "Name: Rose L Hoover
[Rose L Wintermantel]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1866
Death Date: 19 Apr 1955
Age at Death: 89
Death Location: Okanogan, Okanogan, Washington
Father: Christian Wintermantel
Mother: Matilda Fey
Record Source: Washington State Death Records."
10Findagrave, http://www.findagrave.com/, p.28757055, internet.
11Compiled by Elbert J. Wardle, Wintermantle Genealogy: Christian and Mathilda's Family Tree 1799 to 1986, informal publication, July 1986, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. "The Wintermantel Family
The Wintermantel family originated in Switzerland from around the late 1300's and were of the Aristocracy. Those we have record of were from the Freiburg area of Germany in the province of Baden Wurtemberg.
According to Paul Wintermantel, sometime prior to the Thirty years War.".
HOOVER
1Ora Fox Obituary, Omak Chronicle, 9 March 1937, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.