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Joseph Frank Gresl

Male 1867 - 1947  (80 years)


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  • Name Joseph Frank Gresl 
    Born 24 Feb 1867  Fuchsberg (Rothenbaum [Cervené Drevo]), Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Mar 1947  Greenville, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Whitelaw, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I121519  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2017 

    Father Wenzel Grassel,   b. 25 Nov 1821, Fuchsberg (Rothenbaum [Cervené Drevo]), Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1897, Andale, Sedgwick Co, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Aloisia Multerer,   b. 1824, Fuchsberg (Rothenbaum [Cervené Drevo]), Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1912, Whitelaw, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1849 
    Family ID F115442  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sophie Grall,   b. 17 Sep 1871, Clarks Mills, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1942, Whitelaw, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 19 Jun 1888  Hanover, Washington Co, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Rosalia Gresl,   b. 24 Nov 1893, Andale, Sedgwick Co, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Mar 1988, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     2. Sophia Gresl,   b. 03 Jul 1897, Andale, Sedgwick Co, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1981, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     3. George John Gresl,   b. 28 Feb 1901, Whitelaw, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1987, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     4. Barbara Gresl,   b. 08 Nov 1904, Cato, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1994, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     5. Alfred Hugo Gresl,   b. 02 Dec 1911, Cato, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1993  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F47759  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • Joseph Gresl Sr., 80 (photo), retired Cato farmer, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Pritzl at Appleton, following a lingering illness.
      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Michael's Catholic church, Whitelaw, the Rev. J.W. Husslein officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
      Mr. Gresl was born in Austria in 1867 and his family moved to Kansas.
      He married Miss Sophia Grall there in 1888 and they came to Cato to locate on a farm. The couple observed their golden weddding in 1938.
      Mrs. Gresl died four years ago.
      Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Harvey Denk of this city, Mrs. Pritzl of Appleton and Mrs. Alois Griesbach and Mrs. Theodore Schmit of Greenville, Wis.; six sons, Frank of Goodrich, Wis., George of Appleton, Wilbert and Oscar of this city, Joseph of Cato and Alfred of Greenville; 51 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
      The body may be viewed at the Valley funeral home, Appleton.
      Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 28, 1947 P.2