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Joseph Wetzstein

Male 1810 - 1886  (76 years)


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  • Name Joseph Wetzstein 
    Born 10 Nov 1810  Bohemia, Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 01 Sep 1855 
    Died 23 Dec 1886  Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Jericho, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I45651  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2016 

    Father Joseph Wetzstein,   b. 1784, Bohemia, Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1819  (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Regina Barbara Kunz,   b. 17 Apr 1782, Bohemia, Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 29 Apr 1806  Bohemia, Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F49085  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Franziska Tus Fuhrmann,   b. 07 Oct 1812, Luhov, Plzensky kraij, Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1873, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 1834 
    Children 
     1. Therese Wettstein,   b. 31 Dec 1835, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1901, Kiel, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     2. Franz Frank Wettstein,   b. 20 Jan 1837,   d. 21 May 1905, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     3. Anna Wettstein,   b. 01 Nov 1839,   d. 05 Sep 1872, Fond du lac County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     4. Joseph Frank Wettstein,   b. 13 Feb 1842, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Mar 1895, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     5. Carl Paul Wettstein,   b. 28 Feb 1844, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1922, Charlesburg. Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Adrian Wettstein,   b. 26 Aug 1846, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Aug 1923, Marytown, Fond du Lac Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     7. Stephen Wettstein,   b. 25 Feb 1850,   d. 09 Feb 1923, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     8. Edward Wettstein,   b. Sep 1855,   d. 03 Jul 1917, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F16011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Joseph & Franziska and their eight children set sail for the United States and arrived in New York, on September 1, 1855, on the ship Orpheus from Bremen, Germany. Their last name at that time was spelled Wetzstein.

      It was mentioned that the family owned land and sold it in order to come to the US. Their land was on the border of Austria and Germany.

      In 1858 they homesteaded in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - plat of sec 36 E 1/2 of NW 1/4 T17 R19E, located on the Kiel Road, 1/2 miles southwest of Marytown. It is now owned by a fifth generation: Wilmer Buechel and Elizabeth Mueller. The land may have been secured before they arrived to Fond du Lac.

      Joseph lived with his son Carl's family until his death, in the town of Stockbridge. Franziska's parents were unknown at the time of her death. The tombstone in Jericho cemetery states the date of birth for Joseph to be November 16, 1810.