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Created: August 1996
| BORN: | October 5, 1826 in Nurburg, Rheinland, Germany (Prussia) between Coblenz and Trier. 01 03a 15 17 18 35 70 |
| DIED: | January 26 15 17 -27 18, 1878 in New Holstein, Wisconsin 01 04a 35 |
| BURIED: | St. Charles Cemetery 17 15 35 |
| PARENTS: | Anna Maria Hoffman and Johann Joseph Seurer 35 70 |
| OCCUPATION: | farmer
03a
He bought a 64.64 acre farm near Charlesburg, Wisconsin from Michael Rothman on August 19, 1854 for $235. Five generations have lived there. 35 |
| RELIGION: | Catholic
His godparents were Karl Pauli of Quiddelbach and Anna Gertrud Josten of Nurburg. 70 He was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church in Charlesburg, Wisconsin. 18 |
| MARRIAGE: | Margaret Achter (Jan. 25, 1841-Apr. 17, 1927) on February 16, 1859 in Marytown, Wisconsin. 01 03a 09 10 14 17 18 35 |
| NAME | BORN | DIED | SPOUSE | NUMBER OF CHILDREN | NOTES |
| Johan A. SEURER (John) | July 12, 1861 | May 24, 1946 | Anna Mueller | 2 | |
| Maria Anna SEURER (Mary Ann) | Dec. 20, 1862 | Apr. 23, 1945 | Balthasar Foertsch | 10 | |
| *John Joseph SEURER (Joe) | Sep. 26, 1864 | Aug. 21, 1910 | Magdalena Rieden | 7 | |
| Henry SEURER | Jan. 6, 1867 | Oct. 27, 1943 | Theresa Klotz | 2 | |
| Katherine SEURER (Katie) | Nov. 1869 | Mar. 24, 1956 | Hubert Rieden | 8 | |
| Nicholas SEURER (Nick) | Sep. 19, or Oct. 20, 1871 | June 24, 1876 or July 24, 1877, age 5 | |||
| Carl SEURER | Oct. 20, 1873 or 1874 | Mar. 21, 1946 | Anna Hermes | 7 | |
| Anna Catherine SEURER | Dec. 24, 1877 | Apr. 4, 1947 | 1) Mr. Herrone 2) Mr. Ferree | 1 0 0 |
| RESIDENCES: | Nurburg, Rheinland, Germany 01 03a 19 35 70 between Coblenz and Trier. He and his brother and sister arrived in New York harbor in June of 1852. |
| New Holstein, Calumet County, Wisconsin in 1870, 1877, and 1878 03a 17 18 35 | |
| NOTES: | He could read and write. 03a |
| He became a U.S. citizen on April 1, 1854 in the State of Michigan, County of Houghton, renouncing all allegiance to the King of Prussia. 35 | |
| All of the children were born on the Seurer homestead as well as Catherine Foertsch, Erwin Seurer and his three children. 35 |
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| SOURCES: | 01 Letter from Henry Seurer |
| 03a 1870 Census New Holstein, Calumet County, Wisconsin | |
| 04a 1880 Census New Holstein, Calumet County, Wisconsin | |
| 09 1894 Registration of Marriage of J.J. Seurer & Magdalena Rieden | |
| 10 Death Certificate of John Joseph Seurer | |
| 14 Peter Rieden | |
| 15 Virginia Sippel | |
| 16 Tony Schmitz | |
| 17 St. Charles Cemetery, Charlesburg, Wisconsin | |
| 18 St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg, Wisconsin | |
| 19 A History of St. John the Baptist Congregation, Johnsburg, Wisconsin | |
| 35 Foertsch-Achter-Seurer Family Chronicles by Dorothy Kaler, 1993 | |
| 70 "Familienbuch Nurburg 1685-1899" by Karl-Josef Tonner (entry 545) |