.. .... -. ,. .. ,. ......i ......- -- SOME PIONEER FAMILIES OF WISCONSIN - An Index - edited by Betty Patterson A Bicentennial Project of the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin 1977 Copyright@1977, Wisconsin State Genealogical Society, Inc. Library of Congress Cata log Card No.: 77-11739 PUBLISHED BY THE WISCONSIN STATE c;:+ICAL SOCIETY INC. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY .•.• tht: PRINl'shop OF DIXON, ILLINOIS ' ' This little book is dedicated to those who have sensed the thrill of unraveling their family mystery stories and the quiet satisfaction that comes from traveling vicariously with generations of grandparents long unknown. It is hoped that, at least in Wisconsin, it may make their searching a little easier. ERRATA II p. 2, Line 31 should read: "Spelling was an imprecise art in times past, Line 38 should read: 11 Jorndt, while the other (Fern Smith, #1815 .... 11 p. 126, Lines 70, 71, & 72, the spouses in column 4 should be Ann Eliza Taylor, George J. Beach, and Edward L. Myers. Background of the Pioneer and Century Certificate Project Even before the impetus of the Bicentennial year and the appearance of Alex Haley's Roots, more and more people were becoming interested in genealogy. Fifty years ago, the word was apt to mean an exercise aimed at qualifying for membership in an exclusive society. Today, its meaning has broadened to acconnnodate an increased awareness of the value of family and national heritages. Realization has come, too, that in a time of great social change, the knowledge of these--placing the individual, as it were, in a context--can stabilize and illuminate the sense of self. This project really began in 1972 with a suggestion from Marilyn Bailey editor of the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter. She proposed' that the South Central Chapter of the Society adapt for itself a certificate program. similar to one earlier undertaken by historical societies in Henry County, Indiana, and Racine County, Wisconsin. The idea was approved, and in January, 1973, South Central began issuing Century certificates to applicants who could prove their ancestors had settled at least 100 years previously in the Wisconsin counties of Dane, Rock, Green, Jeff~rson, and Columbia; and Pioneer certificates to those whose forebears had settled in those counties by 1850. Demand was such that, in 1974, the program. was expanded to include the remaining counties of Wisconsin, with the full participation of the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society, the parent organ­ ization. A total of 7,285 certificates had been issued by the termination date of the project, December 31, 1976. The question soon arose as to how to make the genealogical information thus accumulated available to the public for research. As the Bicentennial year was then approaching, it was decided to make the publication of an index to this material a project of the Society in honor of that occasion. How to Use This Book This volume is divided into two parts. Part I lists the names and some details about the ancestors whose authenticated early residence in Wisconsin was memorialized by the issuance of eithe: ~ Pioneer ~r c7ntury certificate. However, this is only an index. Certificat~ applicati~n forms contain, in most cases, much more inforr:i-ati~n than it v:as possible to include here. These applications are on file in the Arch:ves of.the . state Historical society of Wisconsin, 816 State Str:et, Ma~son, Wisconsin, and will be available to be consulted in the Manuscript Reading Room on the fourth floor. Xerox service is available for a small fee· Further to facilitate securing more information on these pioneers and their families, Part II lists the names and addresses of the people who applied for the certificates; i.e., in each case the person who s:111- mitted the original (or first authenticated) application. Reference is - i - made from Part I to Part II by means of the code n'\D:llber in the column labeled "Contact. " Example: (in Part I): Bell, Joseph 26 Dec 1835 Ger 5 Oct 1909 Susan Roden Outagamie (in Part II): 318 Virginia Bell Collard, 409 Saratoga Dr., Green Bay WI 54303 This book is not a complete record of all early Wisconsin settlers, or even of a significant percentage of them. We show only those names which came to our attention through the certificate project; i.e., those whose descendants applied for certificates. If a reader knows his ancestors settled in Wisconsin at least a hundred years ago but does not find them listed herein it means either that (1) no one applied for a certificate claiming them' as ancestors, or that (2) as in a few cases, though the claim was made it was not verifiable in the records we accepted as proof: land purchase' records, official censuses, county or state vital statistics (birth, death, or marriage registry), county histories, school or church records, etc. Not all applicants who received certificates are listed in Part II. Often one interested person in a family completed an application and ordered certificates for several members of his family. If you applied for a certificate and your ancestor's name appears in Part I, but you do not find your own name in Part II, it indicates that someone else's application reached us before yours did. We have included in the second part of the index only the first applicant's name. In all cases, ir..f'ormation shown in Part I was taken from the application form. We often received from different applicants varying birth and death dates on their common ancestors. Since the entire project was carried out by volunteers, it was felt we could check only the record cited as proof of settlement and could not get into the time-cons1.lll'.ling process of authenticating dates or other details. We have used the spelling of all names as submitted by the applicants. Spelling was an imprecise art in times part, but if varied spellings persisted in~o recen~ yea:s, both versions of a name are shown; e.g., Asselin/Aslan. This spelling pitfall led to a duplication, belatedly discovered, involving the following names: Minnie Jorndt is the same person as Minnie Wilhelmina ~oerndt; Louis Jorndt is the same as Ludwig Joerndt; and Frederick Kluender is the ~a.me as Karl Fredrich David Kluender. These ancestors are shared by two ladies~ one of whom (Kay Drissel, #444 in Part II) spelled the name Jorndt, while the o~her (Fern Smith, 1815 in Part II) spelled it Joerndt. There m~y be othe: inadvertent confusions such as this. For them, and for other mistakes which undoubtedly crept in, we apologize. In cases w~ere a ~usb~d married more than once, both spouses are named in Part ~ ~f this publication only if descendants from both spouses applied for certificates. - ii - Abbreviations Used The following abbreviations for countries in the Old World have been used in Part I: Al-Lor Alsace Lorraine Ire Ireland Aus Austria Lux Luxemburg Belg Belgium Neth Netherlands Boh Bohemia Nor Norway Can Canada Pol Poland Czech Czechoslovakia Pom Pomerania Den Denmark Pru Prussia Eng England Sax Saxony Fra France Scot Scotland Ger Germany Swe Sweden Hung Hungary Swtz Switzerland The following shortened forms of certain Wisconsin counties have been used in Part I, when space demanded: Br Brown Lac Lacrosse Rich Richland Buff Buf'f alo LaF LaFayette Ste St. Croix Cal Calumet Ma.nit Manitowoc Shaw Shawano Chip Chippewa Mara Marathon Sheb Sheboygan Col Columbia Marin Marinette Tremp Trempealeau Craw Craw.ford Marq_ Marquette Vern Vernon Fd.L Fond du Lac Men om Menominee Walw Walworth Gm Green Milw Milwaukee Wash Washington GrnLk. Green Lake M:m Monroe Wauk Waukesha Jack Jack.son Ocon Oconto Waup Waupaca Je'ff Jefferson Out a Outagamie Waus Waushara Jun Juneau Oz auk Ozaukee Winne Winnebago Ken Kenosha Port Portage Kew Kewaunee Rae Racine To the corps of dedicated volunteers who carried out the long process of authenticating the proof of settlement for each application, and who helped with typing and proofreading, our profound gratitude. They were supervised by, and indeed from the very beginning the project was organized and carried out by the most dedicated of them all, Betty Patterson, without whom you would never have seen this publication before you. - iii - PART I The Settlers Birth Applicant/ Ancestor Date & Place Death Date Contact Aae, Groe Nilssen 13 Jan 1827 Nor 23 Jul 1907 Lars H. Skavlem Rock 1220 Aae, Halvor Nilssen Nor? Aug 1856 Guri Frygne Rock 1955 Aafedt, Gjorand 6 Aug 1823 Nor 21 Sep 19ll Ambjorn Erickson Columbia 253 Aamodt, Christoffer Olsen ll Jun 1820 Nor 28 Feb 1884 Ingeborg S. Jensdatter Jefferson 439 Aamodt, Johan Kristian 15 Mar 1864 WI 7 Jun 1943 Hannah E. Olson Jefferson 439 Aarlivold, Ole Olsen 12 Feb 1822 Nor 6 Dec 1893 Johanna Barbo Portage 1393 Aas, Guri/Julia 18 Feb 1831 Nor 14 Mar 1901 Carelius Hansen Jeff/Rock 704 Abbott, Charlotte Sophronia 4 Jan 1822 VT 5 Jan 1910 Sylvanius LaF. Fox Jefferson 1427 Abendroth, Christian 20 Oct 1819 Pru 25 Nov 1907 Sophia Uecker Green Lake 1029 Abendroth, Christina 6 Jul 1863 WI 5 Jan 1940 Charles J. Martin Green Lake 1913 Abendroth, Frederick 20 Jul 1848 Ger 24 Feb 1932 Fredericka Abendroth Green Lake 1029 Abendroth, Frederick Michael 28 Jul 1828 Ger 30 Oct 1887 Wilhelmina Wolfgram Green Lake 1029 Abendroth, Frederick William 31 Dec 1861 22 Jun 1920 Rosetta E. Propst Green Lake 1 Abendroth, Fredericka 9 Sep 1855 Ger 15 Mar 1937 Frederick Abendroth Green Lake 1029 Ableman, Stephen V. R. 1 May 1834 NY 7 Jun 1900 Maria Welton Green 1372 Ableman, William 1800 NY after 1880 Elizabeth Vandenberg Green 1372 Abler, Nicholas 1800 Ger 1877 Elizabeth Kreiser Fond du Lac 972 Abraham, Wilhelmina 1848 Ger 1879 August D.