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OCONTO COUNTY
Wisconsin
FAMILIES and BIOGRAPHIES

.WATTERICH.

Photographs contributed by Watterich Descendant

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Anton Watterich
1845 - 1927

Mary Ann Becker Watterich
1860 - 1939

Baby Ernst A. Watterich (left)
1884 - 1965
Cousin Philip G. Neufeld (right)
1884 - 1937

Oscar C Watterich
1881 - 1946

Baby Oscar C Watterich
1881 - 1946

Other Related Family and Friends From Watterich Family Album

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1874

Mary Spies
and Mary Becker Watterich
(written on back)

Mary Spies
(written on back)

Mrs. Ellen Spies
(written on back)

Ellen Magdalena Heinrich
wife of Jacob Spies
1839 - 1929

Emma Neufeld
(written on back)

Emma Schwartz
Sister of Carrie Schwartz. Carrie was married to Ernst Becker, son of Elizabeth Neufeld and Peter Becker - brother of Mary Becker Watterich.
(written on back)

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Mrs. Rose Funke
(written on back)

Eva (Rose) Rosina Bader
1838 - 1925
married to Daniel Whitney Sr. and Ernst Funke

Mrs Funke
(written on back)

Kate Strack Luckenbach
(written on back)

Anna Catharina "Kate" Strack
1857 - 1918
married to Anton Henry Luckenbach

Mary Strack
sister of Mrs. Anton (Kate) Luckenbach
Godmother of Eva Watterich
(written on back)

Gift Card

Compliments
of`
Mrs. Baker (also Becker)
Mrs. Heller
Mrs Funke
Mrs. John Strack (Margaretha Mathias)
Mrs. C. Strack
Mrs. Hirsch
Mrs. Delaporte
Mrs. Grunert
Mrs. Schultz
Mrs. Schadler
Mrs. Luckenbach
Miss Mary Strack

Watterich Family Tree

Anton Watterich
    b: April 21, 1845 in Trier, Prussia, Germany
    immigration: 1873 in Port of Philadelphia (1900 census)
    naturalization: September 24, 1906 in Oconto, Wisconsin (certification)
    occupation: 1900 Dealer in Jewelery
    d: June 21, 1927 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
( notes on Anton: witnesses to Anton's naturalization were Adam Carchoc and August Utecht in Oconto)
+ Mary Ann Becker (also Baker/Backer) - wife of Anton Watterich, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Neufeld) Becker of Hesse-Darmstadt (now in Germany), sister of Ernst Becker b: 1864
    b: April 18, 1860 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
    marriage: November 26, 1880 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
    d: January 20, 1939 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
( notes on Mary: 1900 had 4 births and 4 children living)
    children of Anton and Mary
        Oscar Carl Watterich
            b: April 9, 1881 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            occupation: 1917 Watchmaker; 1920, 1940 Jeweler in Oconto, Wisconsin;
            d: April 13, 1946 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
( notes on Oscar: Remained single, living with parents until their deaths; 1917 lived at 918 Main Street, Oconto, Wisconsin; 1917 Draft Registration description was mediun height, stocky build, brown eyes and dark hair )
         Ernst Anton (also Anton Ernest/Ernst) Watterich (Pre-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index has name Anton Ernest)
            b: December 1, 1884 in Oconto County, Wisconsin (Pre-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index)
            occupation: 1917 Bank Cashier at Citizens National Bank 1043 Main Street Oconto, Wisconsin; 1930 Bank Cashier in Oconto, Wisconsin; 1940 Liquidator F.D.C. (Federal Department of Corrections) in Illinois)
            d: July 21, 1965 in Phoenix, Arizona
( notes on Anton Ernest: 1917 lived at 242 School Street, Oconto Wisconsin; 1917 Draft Registration describes him as medium height, medium build, brown eyes and black hair; 1930 Lived in Oconto, Wisconsin with wife and 1 daughter, 1 son; 1940 living in Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois with wife and son)
        + Gladys Mary Tallett - wife of Ernst Watterich
            b: 1887 in Iowa
            marriage: October 18, 1911
            d: January 29, 1956 in Belleville, Saint Clair, Illinois
           child of Ernst and Gladys:
           Elizabeth Ann Watterich
                  b: October 27, 1914 in Oconto, Oconto County
                  d: Sept 16, 1999 in Phoenix, Arizona
                    burial: Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Arizona
              + William Arthur Evans - husband of Elizabeth Watterich
                  b: February 1, 1916 in Missouri
                  d: April 27, 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona
                    burial: Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Arizona
       Eleanore (Also Eleanor) Elizabeth Watterich (Pre-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index)
            b: May 14, 1889 in Oconto County, Wisconsin (Pre-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index)
            d: April 17, 1982 in in Phoenix, Arizona
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
( notes on Eleanor: 6 children all born in Wisconsin including son John Phillip (Jackie) 1924 - 1925, Ray 1918 - 1999, Robert Carl 1926 – 2003, burials with parents in Oconto Catholic Cemetery; 1940 Worked as seamstress/clerk in Oconto, Wisconsin, Widowed in 1942 and moved to Phoenix, Arizona )
        + Raymond Herbert C. Klass - husband of Eleanor Watterich, son of William and Anna E. Klass
            b: April 24, 1889 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            marriage: 1912 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            occupation: 1920 mail carrier in Oconto Wisconsin; 1930 manager of a club house in Goodman, Marinette County, Wisconsin;
            d: October 8, 1942 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
        Eva Marie Watterich
            b: January 1898 in Oconto, Wisconsin (1900 Census)
            occupation: 1940 sixth grade public school teacher in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin;
            d: October 24, 1986 in Copley, Aurora County, Illinois
            burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
( notes on Eva: one son )
        + Paul Winstead McGehee - husband of Eva Watterich
            b: June 30, 1901 Evansville, Indiana
            occupation: 1940 Electrical appliance salesman in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin;
            d: June 25, 1984 in Tillers, Oswego County, Illinois
            burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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