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January Meeting Affirms Plans for Two Museum
Rooms, Targets Memorial Day
At its January meeting, the Society capped three months
of planning by targeting the Memorial Day open house for the first permanent
displays in the Fairwater museum.
Affirming their earlier decision to use the former
primary division classroom for reception and meeting space and for an
historical and genealogy research library, members also approved the
creation of displays devoted to area veterans, families, and churches.
The focal point of the room will be a conversation area with early twentieth
century parlor furnishings.
Members also gave final approval to the plan to use
of the former intermediate division room for a permanent display of
desks, textbooks, and other items characteristic of rural Wisconsin
public schools. The room will allow the Society to preserve a sense
of the teaching styles unique to classrooms with multiple grade levels.
Complementing the classroom display will be a permanent exhibit highlighting
childhood activities in the Fairwater area over the last century and
a half.
February’s meeting will begin to focus on the
details of the initial exhibits and will let the Society develop a formal
needs list.
Society Creating Committee to Locate, Recommend
Photos for Preservation
Faced with a choice among photographs of the
1860s Eggleston-Beilke farmhouse, the William Loechelt blacksmith shop
on the 1880s Washington Street, the 1917 crew of the Fairwater Hemp
Company, and Zion Lutheran’s 1930 confirmation class, which would
you save? That will be the challenge for a committee the Society will
create this month.
The Society has received a Wisconsin Historical
Society grant to make archival negatives of fifty historical photographs
not in the Fairwater collection. Considering how to proceed with the
grant at its January meeting, the Society approved the appointment of
a selection committee to assess the current collection and develop preservation
priorities for photographs that have been shared with the Society but
not donated.
The committee also will be asked to develop
a list of people and significant buildings for which no photographs
have been located. Among the examples suggested during the January meeting
are pictures of the 1919 Laper dance pavilion, the 1880s Fairwater school,
and the 1860s Jacob Carter farm.
The Society is hoping to have a display of its
final selections ready for Fairwater Heritage Days at the end of July
and is considering the publication of a project booklet featuring the
photos and accompanying historical descriptions.
Members interested in volunteering for the committee
should contact Bob Schuster (608-221-1421) by February 16.
A candidate for preservation through
a Wisconsin Historical Society grant is this photo of the 1930 confirmation
class at Zion Lutheran. Pictured are, back row, Florence Frei, Katharine
Kubehl, Dora Boelter (?); middle row, Mildred Blank, Clarence (?)
Schmuhl, Loren Lieske, Harry Schimmel; front row, Mabel Born, Kathryn
Schoeffel, Rev. O. C. Bliese, Lucille Laper, Leona Sasada. (Courtesy
Florence Frei Schaeffer) |
Kimble Completes Transcription of Zion Lutheran
Records for 1897-1973
Lorraine Kimble recently transcribed Zion Lutheran
Church baptism, marriage, confirmation, and death records from 1897
to 1973. The transcriptions for 1897 through 1905, reproduced below,
are taken from the village’s most significant period of growth,
from a population of 150 in 1895 to 450 in 1911.
1897
Baptisms: Wilhelm Ludwig Riemer, Ida Emma
Jahns, Oscar Johann Riemer, Edna Emma Frei, Luise Emma Fratzke, Franziska
Antonia Adelia Bunnow, Alma Margaretha Hedwig Bunnow, Ella Seraphine
Follmer, Heinrich Karl Friedrich Helmer, Murl Luise Zastrow, Wilhelm
Albert Nitzke, Karl Gottlieb Riemer, Ella Ida Lochelt, Clara Ida Butow,
Carl Ewald Hasse, Meta Alwine Plagens, Laura Elda Daehn, Friedrich Hermann
Gallert, Clarence Ewald Schure, Anna Marie Kubehl.
Marriages: Carl A. Schmidt and Emilie Loefer,
August F. Daehn and Emilie Luthe.
Deaths: Michael Bloch, Clara Wilhelmine Ernstine
Bihlke, Wilhelmine Schure, Justine Loefer.
1898
Baptisms: Ida Wilhelmine Bader, Arthur Georg
Stelter, Franz Theodor Daehn, Arthur Adolph Frymann, Mamie Auguste Luther,
Clara Minna Emilie Erdmann, Herm. Gustav. Edward Tetzlaff, Leona Olga
Pollesch, Meta Marie Luthe, Luise Emma Emilie Henke, Adolph Wilhelm
Schmidt, Walter Daehn, Oscar August Benz, Harry Albert Katzur, Heinrich
Herm. Mieske, Erwin Emil Jahns, Lillie Alwine Zastrow, Olga Marie Butow.
Confirmations: Robert August Schulz, Friedrich
Arthur Schulz, Wilhelm Eduard Graffenius, Otto Emil Strelow, Albert
Robert Frymann, Anna Mina Emilie Bunnow, Laura Wilhelmine Loefer, Ella
Ida Biermann, Emma Marie Henke, Emma Wilhelmine Bloch, Bertha Ottilie
Kraft.
Marriages: Herm. Roder and Emma B. Becker,
Robert Schmeck and Auguste Plagens, Gustav Winterhack and Emilie Auguste
Feldt, Frz. Ludw. Albrecht and Wilhelmine Born, Adam E. Vinz and Luise
Loefer, Edward Albert Mieske and Ida Marie Kiebel, Franz Albert Lenz
and Wilhelmine Luise Bahr, Gustav Wurch and Luise Tetzlaff, Aug. Emil
Albrecht and Wilhelmine M. Plagens.
Deaths: ___ Weckworth, Gottlieb Klawon, Thomas
Kubehl, Karl Gottlieb Riemer, Ida Henriette Stelter, Christ. Drager,
Ludw. Vick, August Schinzel.
1899
Baptisms: Gertrud Martha Maas, Esther Lillie
Riemer, Franz Friedrich Werth, Greta Emilie Werth, Friedrich Hermann
Ewald Helmer, Wilhelm Friedrich Lochelt, Bertha Wilhelmine Schmeck,
Arthur Edward Winterhack, Alfred Heinrich Bader, Emma Anna Louise Hannemann,
Pearl May Frey, Evaline Isabelle Mieske, Emma Caroline Hilger, Albert
Alex Lofer, Alex Albert Lofer, Henriette Auguste Kunert, Johann Wilhelm
Riemer, Clara Emma Kussman, Agnes Marie Lenz.
Confirmations: Julius Heinr. Kohrt, Reinhold
Heinr. Bruch, Ludwig Wilhelm Frey, Otto Aug. Wm. Brocker, Emil Oscar
Fratzke, Erwin Aug. Friedr. Daehn, Carl Friedr. Wm. Vick, Otto Wilhelm
Aug. Henke, Emil Carl Aug. Gaulke, Franz Friederich Moderow, August
Eduard Born, Ida Mathilde Plagens, Luise Bertha Pollesch, Alma Leona
Luthe, Bertha Maria Elisab. Tetzlaff, Emma Auguste Behlke, Lina Ella
Eva Becker, Luise Martha Biermann, Rosa Ida Marotzke, Emma WiIheImine
Drager, Henriette Marie Frey, Anna Marie Pollesch.
Marriages: Robert Valentin Splinter and Wilhelmine
Henriette Schwanke, Aug. Euker and Helene Ida Loning, Chas. F. Prochno
and Luise Marie Marotzke, Fred J. Harms and Martha Clara Marotzke, Herm.
Meihlan and Clara Wilhelmine Bader, Gustav Adolph Radtke and Alma Elisabeth
Muck, Richard E. Prellwitz and Louise Born.
Deaths: Olga Maria Butow, Herbert Waldemar
Riemer, Karl Ludw. Plagens, Caroline Luthe.
1900
Baptisms: Harry Heinrich Gallert, Arthur Wilhelm
Draheim, Lillie Marie Luethe, Eva Sophia Fratzke, Harry Herbert Schmidt,
Viola Maria Wilhelmine Hannemann, Lenhard Reinhold Vogt, Henriette Auguste
Albrecht, Delilla Anita Marotzke, Leo Arnold Daehn, Elsa Lydia Lillie
Tetzlaff, Johann Wilhelm Benz, Lela Ida Maria Hannemann, Leona Meta
Schmuhl, Earl Herbert Frey, Georg Alfred Harms, Mamie Martha Else Hass,
Lydia Margaretha Albrecht, Johann Karl Robert Helmer, Gladyce Johanna
Emilie Erdmann, Lorenz Alfred Anton, Heinrich Richard Schmeck, Walter
Oscar Harms, Erwin Raymond Prochno, Friedrich Emil Lochelt, Alwine Ema
Martha Meilahn, Walter Alfred Schulz.
Confirmations: Emil Karl Wilhelm Erdmann,
Heinrich Gustav Lieske, Albert Franz Graffenius, Samuel Andreas Mieske,
Rudolph Albert Schwanke, Johann Friedrich Falbe, Johann Martin Kubehl,
Johann Andreas Fenske, Oscar Hermann Berg, Johannes Fr. Wm. Brocker,
Bertha Martha Lofer, Hulda Ida Bloch, Franzilie Emile Draeger, Alma
Wilhelmine Briese, Anna Marie Schulz, Helene Angelca Arndt, Emilie Amanda
Biesenthal, Olga Schmidt, Emma Louise Plagens, Wilhelmine Sophie Jahns,
August Euker.
Marriages: Karl Weisshoff and Emilie Bubbolz,
August Klettke and Louise Marie Arndt, Friedr. Wm. Arhart and Lena Dora
Doehn, Gustav Henslin and Ida Butz, Alfred E. Klokker and Bertha A.Schulz,
Edward Berg and Emilie Schinzel.
Deaths: Lilian Florence Ludjeck, Arthur Arndt,
Evalyn Isabella Mieske, Joh. Wm. Riemer, Maria Hanemann, Auguste Schmeck,
Heinr. Rich. Schmeck, Carl Zabel.
1901
Baptisms: Leona Artolina Butow, Artolina Leona
Butow, Eva Emma Bader, Reinhold Heinrich Luther, Edgar Georg Winterhack,
Evalyn Isabella Pollesch, Wilhelm Edwin Gallert, Ruth Stella Bahr, Oscar
Hermann Albert Eucker, Erna Emma Riemer, Albertine Ella Zastrow, Elmer
Robert Albrecht, Emma Ida Kussmann.
Confirmations: Hermann Christian Loeper, Heinrich
Albert Drager, Johann Oscar Loeper, August Julius Zabel, Friedrich Reinh.
Lemanske, Wilhelm Rollen Kiebel, Gust. Wm. Bader, Heinr. Wm. Behlke,
Wm. Fr. Alb. Henke, Wm. Heinr. Frey, Eduard Theod. Kubehl, Eduard Samuel
Loeper, Rosalie Lilia Kiebel, Rosammda Bloch, Dora Hedwig Biermann,
Elsa Constantia Fenske, Louise Marie Wilhelmine Erdmann, Margaretha
Agnes Marotzke, Lilly Johanna Lisette Hannemann, Ella Elida Hasse, Elsa
Emilie Marie Hannemann, Auguste Louise Kussmann, Helene Bertha Frei,
Eugenie Emilie Luethe, Emma Therese Born.
Marriages: Edward Schmuhl and Martha Lochelt,
Wm. Hannemann and Anna Harmel.
Deaths: Wilhelmine Kubehl, Julius Butz, Evalyn
Isabella Pollesch, Rosina Klemm, Marie Bloch.
1902
Baptisms: Leone Maria Louise Erdmann, Arthur
Franz Henslin, Johan Herbert Lochelt, Viola Adelheid Frei, Luella Margaretha
Werth, Harold Heinrich Schmuhl, Herby Karl Ewald Hannemann, Elly Viola
Schmuhl, Karl Wilhelm Johann Hannemann, Ewald Karl Butow, Ida Emilie
Daehn, Henriette Helene Klettke, John Loren Plagens, Robert Oscar Anton,
Gustav Rudolf Freimann, Lora Edna Thekla Helmer, Bernhard Reinhold Martin
Schmeck, Albert Hermann Frei.
Confirmations: Laura Dorothea Jahns, Ida Marie
Emilie Gaulke, Amanda Rosa Krenz, Martha Marie Tetzlaff, Maria Magdalena
Helmer, Lydia Emilie Falbe, Helene Marie Schwanke, Eduard Wm. Fr. Ehrenberg,
Wilhelm Joh. Heinr. Bloch, Georg Karl Berg, Wm. Gottlieb Strelow.
Marriages: Louis Ott and Louise _etke, Julius
Klettke and Lillie Berg, Franz Wilhelm Loechelt and Martha Emilie Briese.
Deaths: Oscar Herm. Alb. Eucker, Carl Ludjeck,
Hermann Roeder, Justine Henriette Christine Gaulke, Lela Ida Maria Hannemann.
1903
Baptisms: Edward Hermann Luethe, Harry Leil
Berg, Eugen Oliver Stelter, Bertha Mathilde Auguste Schure, Mary Johanna
Alwine Zastrow, Albert Arthur Riemer, Laura Emilie Jahns, Masc Paul
Heinrich Buetow, Arnold Wilhelm Prochnow, Eduard Eulenhoefer, Friedrich
Hermann Freiheit.
Confirmations: Wilhelm Friedrich Bloch, Georg
Johannes Becker, Christoph Reinhold Briese, Emil Oscar Fenske, Heinrich
Albert Seelinger, Wilhelm Karl Eduard Daehn, Johannes Polter, Hermann
Friedrich Wilhelm Ehrenberg, Johann August Ehrenberg, Emilie Bertha
Marotzke, Emma Alwine Auguste Lemanske, Agnes Auguste Alwin, Mabel Ida
Fenske, Lora Henriette Auguste Hannemann, Georg Wilhelm Schwandt.
Marriages: Frank Scheer and Dora Werth, Adolf
Freiheit and Ottilie Plagens, Karl Oliver Field and Minna Therese Lieske,
Edward Blank and Emma Bilka, Ludwig Moderow and Minna Krentz.
Deaths: Albert Karl Ludwig Butz, Friederieke
Werth, Robert Oscar Anton, Henriette Auguste Kuhnert, Johann Friedrich
Bruch, Heinrich Friedrich Riemer, Friedrich Harms, Ottilie Marie Freiheit.
1904
Baptisms: Otto Edward Loechelt, Harry Franz
Loechelt, Eva Marie Emma Henslin, Mabel Irma Albrecht, Walter Emil Willy
Hannemann, Adeline Bertha Klettke, Meta Irma Kussmann, Mabel Ida Auguste
Erdmann, Hazel Louise Daehn, Friedrich Leo Harms, Herbert Oranc’e
Daehn, Meral Ottilie Becker, Lorenz Elmer Harms, Els’e Albertine
Freimann, Ruth Dorothea Klettke, Ruben Aloys Frei, Carl Eduard Anton,
Raymond Willie Hinz, Herbert Henry Blank.
Confirmations: Eduard August Frei, Oscar Johann
August Schmuhl, Franz Albert Wilhelm Broecker, Johann Wilhelm August
Henke, Wilhelm Julius Hilger, Wilhelm Friedrich Tetzlaff, Lillie Mathilde
Kussmann, Lillie Liona Loeper, Emilie Emma Lemanske, Anna Helene Auguste
Gaulke, Bertha Helene Pollesch, Emma Theresia Pollesch, Mabel Ernestine
Hasse.
Marriages: Herman Korth and Henriette Frei,
Friedrich Riemer and Wilhelmine Riemer, Heinrich Schmuhl and Hulda Bloch,
Karl Born and Auguste Bloch, Michael Franke and Minna Laper.
Deaths: Wilhelm Schmidt, Emma Biegel, Johanna
Schure, Henriette Stelter, Friedrich Ferdinand Emil Henke, Ludwig Ott,
Christian Ebeling, Herbert Henry Blank.
1905
Baptisms: Lillie
Viola Winterhack, Evelyn Ida Riemer, Herbert Oskar Schmuhl, Gottlieb
Ernst Ehrenberg, Pearl Alma Lochelt, Clarence Rudolf Erdmann Hasse,
Meta Viola Henslin, Laura Irena Krenz, Alfred Heinrich Johann Albrecht,
Irena Edna Becker, Laura Auguste Emma Butow, Franz Heinrich Lochelt,
Arthur Lipmann, Clara Lipmann, Erwin Lipmann, Willie Lipmann, Eduard
Johann Jahns, Margaretha Cacilia Fenske, Else Edna Nitzke, Ella Edna
Nitzke, Merthie Ema Emilie Klettke, Karl Ruben Lang, Guida Ruth Blank,
Ida Margaretha Zastrow.
Confirmations:
Wilhelm Walter, Eduard Julius Jahns, Geo. A. Riemer, Florence Esther
Riemer, Else Auguste Frei, Bertha Pauline Freimann, Ella Wilhelmine
Plagens, Else Anna Mathilde Erdmann, Louise Ema Auguste Hannemann.
Marriages: Adolf
Freiheit and Helene Arndt, Frank Elmer Larkin and Rose Ida Marotzke,
Edward Schinzel and Emma Henke, Edward Wichner and Ottilie Silgmann,
Karl Friedrich and Emma Walter, Emil Loning and Bertha Kraft, Daniel
F. Schwanke and Emma Drager.
Deaths: Louisa
Henke, August Bahr, Auguste Buss, Karl Julius Petzlin, Wilhelm Lochelt,
Ludwig Bader, Guida Ruth Blank, Mable Dahn.
Zion Lutheran and parsonage, 1904.
Free Baptist church at right (from the Society’s Helena Bertha
Frei Post Card Collection). Note carriage parking on Maria Street
west of church. |
For the Record
Electrical work in the Fairwater museum was completed
January 16 following the Board’s approval of a revised estimate
by Ness Electric. The new estimate included unanticipated work mandated
by code to raise the building’s power line above windows at the
front of the building.
Postcard of the “A. J. Van Doven” house in Fairwater recently
donated by Bob and Kathy Schuster. The Society is seeking assistance
in identifying the location. |
One of the museum’s three new furnaces is now
operational. The remaining furnaces will be heating the former classrooms
the first week of February following installation of a new electrical
circuitry in the old boiler room. Blair Heating reported that the removal
of the old furnace proved to be a major effort. Blair had to break the
unit’s cast iron frame into several pieces to fit it through the
fire door. How it was installed originally remains a mystery.
The Society will hold its annual meeting on March
2. Those attending will elect Board members to fill the expiring terms
of Cirena Lenz and Bill Loechelt.
Eugene Cluppert and Bob Schuster will evaluate the
former school piano for possible display in the museum. Stored in a
Washington Street basement, it has had water damage and will be examined
to determine whether it can be refinished.
Lois and Harlan Schmuhl have donated a focal piece--a
1920s era carpet--for the former primary division room.
Maurice Kimble, one of the Society’s original
members, passed away in January.
Reminder: Membership Renewals Due
Annual memberships in the Society are renewed each
January 1. If you haven’t already renewed yours, please do. Mailing
and printing costs led the Board of Directors in January to discontinue
newsletter mailings to non-members and non-donors. The new policy will
be effective with the March issue.
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