Joseph Frank Wettstein

1842 - 1895  (53 years)

• Name	Joseph Frank Wettstein
  Born	13 Feb 1842	Austria
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1855
  Died	08 Mar 1895	Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I32893	Little Chute Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Joseph Wetzstein,   b. 10 Nov 1810, Bohemia, Czech Republic ,   d. 23 Dec 1886, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Franziska Tus Fuhrmann,   b. 07 Oct 1812, Luhov, Plzensky kraij, Czech Republic ,   d. 30 Mar 1873, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin  (Age 60 years)
  Married	1834
  Family ID	F16011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Hoffmann,   b. 25 Feb 1846, Bavaria, Germany ,   d. 06 Feb 1926, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Apr 1864	Fond du lac County, Wisconsin
  Children	1. Elizabeth Wettstein,   b. 26 Aug 1865, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 12 Sep 1918, Chippewa County, Wisconsin  (Age 53 years)   2. John Wettstein,   b. 16 Feb 1867, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 14 Mar 1942, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin  (Age 75 years)   3. Joseph C Wettstein,   b. 05 Nov 1868, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 17 Nov 1928, Minnesota  (Age 60 years)   4. Mary Anna Wettstein,   b. 15 May 1870, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 05 Nov 1957, Sheboygan, Sheboygan Co, Wisconsin  (Age 87 years)   5. Stephen Wettstein,   b. 14 Apr 1872,   d. 14 Nov 1874  (Age 2 years)   6. Edward Joseph Wettstein,   b. 29 Mar 1874, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 20 Sep 1947, Boyd, Chippewa Co, Wisconsin  (Age 73 years)   7. Anna Katharina Wettstein,   b. 18 Apr 1876, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 20 Sep 1950, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin  (Age 74 years)   8. Louisa Wettstein,   b. 12 Mar 1878, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 29 Nov 1961, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin  (Age 83 years)   9. Edward John Wettstein,   b. 05 Mar 1878, Marytown, Fond du Lac Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 08 Aug 1966, Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co, Wisconsin  (Age 88 years)   10. Simon L Wettstein,   b. 11 Mar 1880, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 03 Mar 1959, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin  (Age 78 years)   11. Hubert Wettstein,   b. 21 Dec 1881, Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan ,   d. 09 May 1949  (Age 67 years)   12. Albert Carl Wettstein,   b. 22 May 1884, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 26 Sep 1966, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin  (Age 82 years)   13. Mary Wettstein,   b. 15 Dec 1885, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 13 Feb 1919, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin  (Age 33 years)   14. Rose Ann Wettstein,   b. 05 Oct 1889, Brothertown, Calumet Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 09 Oct 1961, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F11172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  At his home in the town of Chilton, on Friday , March 8, Joseph Wettstein, aged 53 years and 23 days. Joseph Wettstein was born Feb. 13, 1842, in Germany. In 1855 he came to America with his parents and shortly afterwards located in the town of Marytown, Fond du Lac county. In 1864 he was married to Katie Hoffmann and four years later purchased a farm in Chilton on which he resided until his death. He was a man held in high respect by his neighbors and has been a member of the town board for a number of years. He was a loving husband and devoted father, a kind and obliging neighbor. His funeral took place on Sunday and was largely attended. He leaves a wife, eleven children, five brothers and one sister to mourn his death.