Joseph J Faust
1864 - 1931 (66 years)-
Name Joseph J Faust Born 16 Nov 1864 Harrison, Calumet Co, Wisconsin 
Gender Male Died 19 Mar 1931 Buried Holy Cross Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin Person ID I21733 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 30 Jul 2018
Father Nicholas Faust, b. 02 Jan 1841, Germany , d. 02 Feb 1913 (Age 72 years) Mother Mary Catherine Furstenberg, b. 16 Jun 1846, Saxony, Germany , d. 28 Mar 1930 (Age 83 years) Married 26 Dec 1863 St Francis Church, Hollandtown, Wisconsin Family ID F25817 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Johanna Hoffman, b. 18 Feb 1862, Krettnach, Konz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany , d. 11 Sep 1936, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin (Age 74 years) Married 24 Jun 1887 Town of Woodville, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Children 1. Catherine J Faust, b. 1888, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 1890, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin (Age 2 years)2. Susan M Faust, b. 10 Mar 1890, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 28 Jun 1945 (Age 55 years)3. Louis J Faust, b. 14 Mar 1892, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 15 Aug 1956 (Age 64 years)4. Bernard Nicholas Faust, b. 06 Apr 1894, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 30 Oct 1939 (Age 45 years)5. Peter Charles Faust, b. 25 Feb 1896, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 13 Nov 1937 (Age 41 years)6. Ottilia V Faust, b. 18 Mar 1898, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 07 Apr 1898, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin (Age 0 years)7. Cecelia M Faust, b. 18 Mar 1899, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 22 Oct 1975 (Age 76 years)8. Michael A Faust, b. 10 Oct 1902, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 28 Sep 1956, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin (Age 53 years)9. Gregory M Faust, b. 16 May 1905, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 24 Nov 1973 (Age 68 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F7201 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - JOSEPH J. FAUST, a well known business man of Kaukauna, is a member of one of the old pioneer families of Wisconsin, the grandparents coming from Germany and settling in 1846, near Milwaukee, subsequently living in Calumet and Fond du Lac counties. Joseph J. Faust was born in Harrison township, Calumet county, Wisconsin, November 16, 1864, a son of Nicholas and Maria K. (Furstenberg) Faust. The father was about six years of age when the grandparents came to America. He was a soldier in the Civil War and is a member of the G. A. R. He is prominent in insurance affairs, being president of the Fox River Health and Accident Company, and has been a resident of Kaukauna since 1890. The mother of Mr. Faust was born in Germany in 1845 and came to Wisconsin when young. Their family contained ten children. After his school days were over, Joseph J. Faust traveled for a time for a nursery company but in October, 1879, he embarked in his present business, that of well drilling. He has complete equipment including modern machinery for this business and works from six to eight men. He was married June 28, 1887, to Miss Johanna Hoffman, who was born in Germany, and accompanied her parents to America in 1881 and to Calumet county, Wisconsin, where her father was a farmer and died in 1908, having survived his wife since 1892. To Mr. and Mrs. Faust nine children have been born, as follows: Susan M., who is a milliner; Louis J., who is in business with his father; and Bernard N., Peter C., who live at home; Tilly, who is deceased; Cecelia M., Michael A. and Gregory M., all of whom are at home, while the eldest, Katherine, died when aged eighteen months. Mr. Faust and family are members of the Holy Cross Catholic Church. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the St. Joseph's Society and the Foresters, of which his son, Louis J., is also a member, while his wife belongs to the Lady Foresters. Mr. Faust has been active in other lines. For seven years he served as a member of the city fire department and was subsequently made chief of this brave and efficient body of men and served as chief for four years. He is a practical electrician and for two years was employed by the municipality as city electrician.