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Last modified: September 2010
Created: July 1997

BALTHASAR ANDREW FOERTSCH
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BORN: August 19, 1862 in Marytown, Wisconsin. 35
DIED: May 31, 1924 in North Dakota, in an accident with a horse drawn wagon. 35
BURIED: Calvary Cemetery in Mantador, North Dakota 35
PARENTS: Dorothea Schaffer and Balthasar Foertsch 35
MARRIAGE: Mary Ann Seurer (Dec. 20, 1862 - Apr. 23, 1945) on November 29, 1885 in Chilton, Wisconsin. Witnesses were John and Joseph Seurer. 35 41

Taken in the mid 1880's. Could this have been on his wedding day November 29, 1885?

CHILDREN
NAME BORN DIED SPOUSE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTES
Joseph FOERTSCH Apr. 15, 1886 June 28, 1967 Marie Reiland 7
Dorothea FOERTSCH Oct. 11, 1887 July 22, 1920 Joseph Schultz 7
Ursula FOERTSCH Sep. 18, 1889 Apr. 19, 1941 John A. Thiel 6
John Ludwig FOERTSCH Sep. 6, 1891 Mar. 7, 1981 Clara Pausch 8
Alvina Margaret FOERTSCH Oct. 12, 1893 Sep. 20, 1985 John M. Krump 6
Mary FOERTSCH Oct. 30, 1895 Oct. 10, 1978 Peter J. Krump 9
Ella Magdalene FOERTSCH Nov. 15, 1897 Jan. 7, 1941 1) Henry J. Krump
2) Peter Paul Krump
2
15
Pauline Theresa FOERTSCH Aug. 3, 1900 Apr. 18, 1959 Nicholas Valentine Lamberty 3
Henry Edward FOERTSCH Sep. 24, 1902 June 16, 1974 Emma Duwenhoegger 1
Ervin Joseph FOERTSCH July 18, 1906 Jan. 23, 1993 Elizabeth Duwenhoegger 2

CHILDREN
NAME BORN DIED SPOUSE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTES
Catherine FOERTSCH (Katie) Sep. 22, 1892 Feb. 23, 1929 Wilhelm Dins 9

RESIDENCES: Marytown, Wisconsin 35
New Holstein, Wisconsin in 1870, 1880 35
Mantador, North Dakota 1903- 35
The family moved to North Dakota on February 13, 1903, traveling by train for 2 days.

SOURCES: 35 Foertsch-Achter-Seurer Family Chronicles by Dorothy Kaler, 1993
41Marriage certificate of Mary Ann Seurer and Balthasar Foertsch (in 35)
37 Social Security Death Index from Ancestry.com