First Generation

          1.  Mathias HUEBSCHER, son of Martin HUEBSCHER and Anna
          Rosina FRANZ, was born in Krotchin, Posen, Prussia 1808.
          Mathias died 1870 at 62 years of age.
             He married Maria Elizabeth PUSCH in Germany, 6/14/1840.
          Maria was born in Gross Lenka, Germany 12/6/1816.  Maria died
          2/19/1898 Pensaukee, Oconto County, WI., at 81 years of age.
          Maria immigrated, 1870. Destination: Pensaukee, Wisconsin.
              Mathias died of cholera. in Germany.
              His sons August and Frederick served in the German army in
          Russia during the war and when they returned to Germany could
          not find work.  So they decided to immigrate to the United
          States. Lacking funds to do so, they divised a plan where they
          would hopefully be picked up at sea by a boat headed for the
          United States. This occured circa 1865.
              In 1870 after the death of their father they sent for
          their mother and other sibling to immigrate.

             Mathias HUEBSCHER and Maria Elizabeth PUSCH had the
          following children:

                    i. Anna HUEBSCHER was born in Germany.  Never
                       married and lived with her brother Jule.
                   ii. August HUEBSCHER was born in Germany 7/7/1842.
                       August died 1/07/1929 in Oconto County,
                       Wisconsin, at 86 years of age.  He married
                       Ernestine TOAST in Green Bay, WI, 4/22/1870.
                       Ernestine was born in Germany 1845.  Ernestine
                       was the daughter of Gotlieb TOAST and Susan ?
                       TOAST.  Ernestine died 6/24/1922 in Oconto
                       County, Wisconsin, at 76 years of age.  Ernestine
                       was divorced from August HUEBSCHER in Oconto,
                       WI., 1908.
                          August immigrated, 1868. Destination: Oconto
                       County, USA.
                           August was a personal body guard for the
                       Kaisers in Germany before he left.
                           August and his brother Frederick walked from
                       Krotensehein, Germany to Holland.  There they
                       bought a skiff put a sail on it, enough supplies
                       for several days and set sail into the sea.  They
                       encountered strong winds and lost their sail and
                       after several days of drifting they were picked
                       up by a passing ship headed for America.  They
                       were lucky to be picked up and landed in New
                       York. This occurred circa 1865.
                           From New York they worked their way to
                       Wisconson.  They settled in Abrans and worked for
                       the logging camp until they bought the farm in
                       between Pensaukee and Brookside near the Bell
                       Bridge.  According to his obit they were in the
                       Pensaukee area by 1866.
                           In 1870 they sent for their mother and five
                       other siblings to immigrate to the United States.
                       Ernestine Toast came with this group as the bride
                       to be of August.
                  iii. Julius HUEBSCHER was born in Germany 1844.  He
                       married Dorothea Johanna Sophie BECKENDORF in
                       Oconto County, Wisconsin, 12/26/1882.  Dorothea
                       was born Zabel, Meklenburg, Germany 11/23/1849.
                       Dorothea was the daughter of John BECKENDORF and
                       Christina CHRISTENSON.  Dorothea died 11/02/1913
                       Pensaukee, Wisconsin, at 63 years of age.
                          Julius immigrated. Destination: Oconto County,
                       USA.
                   iv. Caroline HUEBSCHER was born in Krotenschein,
                       Germany 4/4/1845.  Caroline died 6/1/1917 at 72
                       years of age.  She married twice.  She married
                       William SACHES in Germany.  She married Reinhold
                       REIM in Brookside, Wisconsin, 1/21/1871.
                       Reinhold was born in Gohr Circit Metitz, Prussia
                       8/4/1838.  Reinhold died 5/1/1923 in Abrams, WI,
                       at 84 years of age.
                       The marriage with Reinhold Reim was an arranged
                       meeting for which Caroline dressed very properly
                       for.  At the introduction she was evidently
                       wearing an elaborate hat, which prompted Reinhold
                       to ask "What can I do with a woman like that? I
                       need a wife who can work."  Supposidly a friend
                       of his said, "Turn the hat upside down in the
                       barn and chickens can nest in it."
                       Evidently at the time of the fires in 1871
                       Caroline was working in a hotel were her and her
                       daughter were in extreme danger.
                       Caroline is recorded in the 1910 plat book as
                       owning 40 acres of land on Green Bay south of
                       Pensaukee.
                    v. Martin HUEBSCHER was born in Krotenschein,
                       Germany 4/4/1847.  Martin died 1/6/1940 in Oak
                       Orchard, Oconto Co., WI, at 92 years of age.  He
                       married Bertha GUHEL.  Bertha was born 1852.
                       Bertha died 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio, at 93 years
                       of age.
                           Bertha lived for 28 years with her daughter
                       Ida in Cleveland, Ohio.
                          Martin immigrated, 1869. Destination: Oconto
                       County, USA.
                           Martin and Bertha had 17 children, 10 of
                       which lived. They were living in Green Bay in
                       1929. They were later divorced when Martin was
                       70.
                   vi. Frederick HUEBSCHER was born in Germany 1850.
                       Frederick died 1935 at 85 years of age.  He
                       married Caroline PIETRUSKOHSKE in Wisconsin,
                       circa 1870.  Caroline was born 1848.  Caroline
                       died 1932 at 84 years of age.
                          Frederick immigrated, 1869. Destination:
                       Oconto County, USA.
                           Fred served in the Grerman army, like his
                       brother, during the Franko-Prussian war.
                  vii. Christ HUEBSCHER was born in Germany 1860.
                       Christ Huebscher,entered US at Baltimore, Md.
                       and his first sponsor was Charles Norton.
                       Christ died 10/1/1913 at 53 years of age.  He
                       married Heneretta PETERS in Oconto County,
                       Wisconsin, 30 Sept. 1883.  Heneretta was born in
                       Provence of Pozen, Germany 6/15/1867.  Heneretta
                       was the daughter of John PETERS and Dorthea
                       LEPIN.  Heneretta died 1944 at 77 years of age.
                       Christ immigrated, 19 March 1870. Destination:
                       Oconto County, USA.

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