George Rothmann (1865 - 1930)

Born 3 Jun 1865 in Garnet, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Husband of Elizabeth (Dexheimer) Rothmann — married 27 Sep 1891 in Wisconsin

Died Nov 1930 at age 65 in Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Biography

George Rothmann was born on 3 Jun 1865 in Garnet, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

George (26) married Elizabeth Dexheimer (~24) (~1867 - ~1930) on 27 Sep 1891 in Wisconsin.

George died in Nov 1930 in Kiel, Manitowoc County aged ~65. He is buried in Kiel Cemetery, Kiel, Wisconsin.

Obituary: Death claimed George Rothmann, aged 65, at his home at 815 Seventh street, on Thursday morning at 10:45 o'clock, after a brief illness with heart disease. The cause of his death was a stroke of apoplexy. The deceased, a son of the late William and Amelia Rothmann, nee Hackenschmdt, was born in Garnet, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac county on June 3, 1865, where he had grown to manhood. At the age of 19 years he learned the blacksmith trade at the F.O. Horneck blacksmith shop in the town of Rhine, where he remained for 7 years. On September 27, 1891, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Dexheimer of the town of Rhine. Immediately after their marriage they located in Kiel, where Mr. Rothmann opened a blacksmith shop of his own on Fremont street,and two years later he erected a new blacksmith shop on the site of the present Stoll and Boeselager Co. garage, and he conducted the trade until 1912, when he sold it to J.G.W. Loos. Mr. Rothmann, then had a residence erected on Seventh street, where they have since resided. For the past several years he has been in the employ of the Stoelting Brothers Co. No children were born to them. ^[1]

Census Records

• 1870 US ^[2] Lived with parents William and Emelia, siblings Sophia, Elizabeth, Caroline and Edward and grandmother Catharine in Calumet, Fond du Lac County.
• 1880 US ^[3] Lived with parents William and Amila and siblings Eduard, Walter, Elizabeth and Philip in Calumet.
• 1900 US ^[4] Lived with wife Elisabeth in Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
• 1910 US ^[5] Lived with wife Elizabeth in Kiel.
• 1920 US ^[6] Lived with wife Elizabeth in Kiel.
• 1930 US ^[7] Lived with wife Elisabeth in Kiel.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46390234
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN98-P5L : accessed 13 Oct 2014), George Rothman in household of William Rothman, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 17, family 100, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000553212.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN4N-67X : accessed 13 Oct 2014), George Rothmann in household of William Rothmann, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 80C, NARA microfilm publication T9.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMV8-FH6 : accessed 13 Oct 2014), Elisabeth Rothman in household of George Rothman, Kiel Village, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241797.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPKT-7HC : accessed 13 Oct 2014), Elizabeth Rothman in household of George Rothman, Kiel, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 4A, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375732.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF27-451 : accessed 13 Oct 2014), Elizabeth Rothman in household of George Rothman, Kiel, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 10A, family 254, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821994.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X97M-MXL : accessed 13 Oct 2014), Elisabeth Rothmann in household of George Rothmann, Kiel, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0009, sheet 16B, family 423, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2581.