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Last modified: July 2012
Created: August 1996

BORN:	April 9, 1849 in Nurburg, Rheinland, Germany 02 03b 04b 05b 06b 20 16 35 36 70
DIED:	September 18, 1919 in Mt. Calvary, Marshfield Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin 20 16 35 36
BURIED:	Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Wisconsin 20
PARENTS:	Maria Anna Casper and Michael Seurer 02 03b 16 08c 35 36 70
OCCUPATION:	farmer, a plasterer and stonemason 08c 04b 06b 35
RELIGION:	Catholic Godparents: Carl Seurer, of Nurburg and Apollonia Casper, of Niederadenau. 21 70
MARRIAGE:	1) Susan Rohlmann (May 13, 1852 - Nov. 12, 1892) on May 12, 1874 20 04b 16 35 36

CHILDREN

NAME	BORN	DIED	SPOUSE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN	NOTES
Mary Ann SEURER 04b	Apr. 5, 1875 04b	Dec. 8, 1884, age 9
Michael SEURER 04b	Dec. 31, 1876 04b	Sep. 29, 1895, age 18
Peter SEURER	Apr. 25, 1879	Oct. 22, 1879, age 6 months
Catherine SEURER	July 1, 1881	July 9, 1881, age 8 days
Catherine SEURER	Sep. 1, 1883	Jan. 8, 1963	Jacob Burg	7
Anna Marie SEURER	Aug. 17, 1888	Aug. 24, 1888, age 7 days
Clara SEURER 06b	Dec. 31, 1890	1963	Joseph Schramm	2

MARRIAGE:

2) Maria Anna Thelan (July 14, 1864 - 1961) on October 24, 1893. She is the daughter of Anna M. and Mathias Thelen who lived with them in 1910. 05b 06b 20 16 35 36

CHILDREN

NAME	BORN	DIED	SPOUSE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN	NOTES
Anna Catherine SEURER 06b	Aug. 6, 1894	Nov. 1976	Joseph Mueller	?
Margaret SEURER 06b	Sep. 28, 1896 06b	Dec. 1, 1972, age 76
Michael Joseph SEURER 06b	Oct. 8, 1899 06b	May 20, 1981	Alma Haensgen	2
Anton Hubert SEURER 06b	Dec. 28, 1901	July 1982	Florence Stephany	2
Infant	Nov. 29, 1904	Nov. 29, 1904
Susanna M. SEURER "Tillie" 06b	Feb. 14, 1907	Aug. 4, 1994	Harold Tautges	2
Josephine K. SEURER 06b	July 7, 1908	Jan. 1991	Herbert Bennin	2
Emma SEURER	July 6, 1912	June 17, 1989	William Koehler	6

RESIDENCES:	Nurburg, Rheinland, Germany until 1852. 08c 70
	Marytown, Wisconsin until 1866 02 08c
	Forest, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin 03b 08c
	Greenbush, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin in 1880
	Township of Marshfield in Fond du Lac county. 05b 06b 08c 35
NOTES:	Karl's family appears twice in the 1900 cesus of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: once in the township of Forest and again in the township of Marshfield. The entries are virtually the same. 05b

TIMELINE:

DATE AGE EVENT 1849/04/09 0 Carl Born in Nurburg, Germany 1849/08/26 0 Brother Nicholas died in Nurburg, Germany (age 6 yrs) 1849/04/09 0 Sister Anna Maria died in Nurburg, Germany (age 2 yrs) 1852/06/xx 3 Traveled from Germany to WI 1860/xx/xx 11 Census taken. Living with parents in Marytown, WI 1870/xx/xx 21 Census taken. Living with parents in Forest, WI 1874/05/12 25 Married Susan Rohlman (in WI?) 1875/04/05 25 Daughter Mary Ann born in WI 1876/12/31 27 Son Michael born in WI 1879/04/25 30 Son Peter born in WI 1879/10/22 30 Son Peter died in WI (age 6 months) 1880/06/15 31 Census taken. Living in Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., WI 1881/07/01 32 Daughter Catherine born in WI 1881/07/09 32 Daughter Catherine died (age 8 days) 1883/09/01 34 Daughter Catherine born in WI 1884/12/03 35 Father Michael died (age 68 yrs) 1884/12/08 35 Daughter Mary Ann died (age 9 yrs) 1888/08/17 39 Daughter Anna Marie born in WI 1888/08/24 39 Daughter Anna Marie died (age 7 days) 1890/12/31 41 Daughter Clara born in WI 1892/11/12 43 Wife Susan died (age 40) 1893/10/24 44 Married Maria Anna Thelan (age 29) 1894/08/06 45 Daughter Anna Catherine born in WI 1895/10/29 46 Son Michael died (age 18 yrs) 1896/04/15 47 Mother Maria Anna died 1896/09/28 47 Daughter Margaret born in WI 1899/10/08 50 Son Michael Joseph born in WI 1900/xx/xx 51 Census taken. Living in Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co., WI 1901/12/28 52 Son Anton born in WI 1904/11/28 55 Child born in WI 1904/11/28 55 Child died 1907/02/14 57 Daughter Tillie born in WI 1908/07/07 59 Daughter Josephine born in WI 1910/04/12 61 Daughter Catherine marries Jacob Burg 1910/04/28 61 Census taken. Living in Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co., WI 1911/12/04 62 Grandson Frank Burg born in WI 1912/07/06 63 Daughter Emma born in WI 1914/02/11 64 Grandson Albert Burg born in WI 1915/06/04 66 Granddaughter Hildegard Burg born in WI 1916/06/30 67 Grandson John Burg born in WI 1917/01/30 67 Daughter Clara marries Joseph Schramm 1918/06/30 69 Granddaughter Lauretta Schramm born in WI 1919/09/18 70 Carl died in Mt. Calvary, WI

SOURCES:	02 1860 Census, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
	03b 1870 Census Forest, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
	04b 1880 Census Greenbush, Sheboygan County. He is listed as Charles Sawyer on handwritten page #23 line 15.
	05b 1900 Census Forest and Marshfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Karl's family appears twice in the 1900 cesus of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: once in the township of Forest and again in the township of Marshfield. The entries are virtually the same.
	06b 1910 Census Marshfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
	20 Mt. Calvary Cemetery Information from Virginia Sippel
	16 Tony Schmitz
	08c Portrait and Biographical Album, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin 1889
	35 Foertsch-Achter-Seurer Family Chronicles by Dorothy Kaler, 1993
	36 Genealogy Report from Ron Friedel, 1997
	70 "Familienbuch Nurburg 1685-1899" by Karl-Josef Tonner (entry 549)