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January 1997

*JOHN JOSEPH (JOE) SEURER
-- ** --

BORN: September 26, 1864 in New Holstein, Wisconsin at home on the Seurer farm. 01 03a 04a 05a 09 10 16
DIED: August 21, 1910 in Sherwood or Harrison, Calumet County, Wisconsin of Appendicitis 01 10 16
Ed Seurer had heard that he died after falling down a well.
BURIED: Sherwood 10 St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Chilton, Wisconsin 35
PARENTS: Margaret Achter and Carl Seurer 01 03a 04a 09 10 14 16
OCCUPATION: farmer 05a 09 10
RELIGION: Catholic
married at St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg, Wisconsin and their children were baptized there
confirmed Oct. 23, 1879 St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg, Wisconsin 09 18
MARRIAGE: Magdalena Rieden (1874-1966) on January 16, 1894 in Charlesburg, Wisconsin at St. Charles Catholic Church by Father Leonard Blum. 05a 09 11 14 16 18

CHILDREN
NAME BORN DIED SPOUSE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTES
Anna Maria SEURER Nov. 11, 1894 Dec. 13, 1977 Joseph Grittner 2
Joseph SEURER Nov. 24, 1896 Apr. 15, 1919 Frances Vogel 1
Henry SEURER Jan. 30, 1899 July 4, 1971 Amelia Zander 3
Theresa SEURER Mar. 19, 1901 July 11, 1968 Oscar Leu 2
Frances SEURER Aug. 16, 1903 Feb. 24, 1972 1)Joseph Nett

2) John Goeser
3

0
Charles Lewis SEURER Jan. 5, 1906 Oct. 5, 1910 age 4
John Anthony (Tony) SEURER Mar. 2, 1908 June 18, 1980 Veronica Scholz 3

RESIDENCES: Wisconsin- New Holstein until 1901
01 03a 04a 05a 09 11
Charlesburg, Wisconsin 18 09
Sherwood/ a farm near Harrison, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
01 10 35

NOTES: "Joseph and Magdalena lived on a farm 1/2 mile east of the Carl Seurer farmstead. After sometime, they purchased a farm near the town of Harrison, about 25 miles from their home. Esther Daun remembers Erwin Seurer telling her how her grandparents drove their cattle from their farm to their new farm near Harrison." 35

SOURCES: 01 Letter from Henry Seurer
03a 1870 Census New Holstein, Calumet County, Wisconsin
04a 1880 Census New Holstein, Calumet County, Wisconsin
05a 1900 Census New Holstein, Calumet County, Wisconsin
09 1894 Registration of Marriage of J.J. Seurer & Magdalena Rieden
10 Death Certificate of John Joseph Seurer
11 Birth Certificate of Henry Seurer
14 Peter Rieden
16 Tony Schmitz
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