Plank, Joseph J.

1881 - 1949  (67 years)    Has 4 ancestors and 11 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Plank, Joseph J.
  Born	30 Dec 1881	Brillion, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0759
  JOSEPH J. PLANK, president of the firm of Joseph J. Plank & Company, of Appleton, manufacturing dandy rolls and specializing in artistic watermarking used in papermaking, and one of the leading young business men of this city, was born in Brillion, Wisconsin, December 30, 1881, a son of Ferdinand and Sybilla (Trier) Plank, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Ferdinand Plank came to the United States in boyhood, his family locating in Brillion, Calumet county, and in 1883 came to Appleton, where he worked as a miller until becoming foreman of Marshall & Hamel's mill. His wife died in 1904. Joseph J. Plank was the only child of his parents, and his education was secured in St. Joseph's Parochial school and the Ryan High school. After leaving the latter institution he worked for a time for Petti-- bone and Peabody, and then entered the screen plate factory of the Appleton Screen Plate Company in Appleton, continuing with this concern for seven years, and having charge of the dandy roll department. In November, 1908, Mr. Plank established the Joseph J. Plank & Company factory for the manufacture of dandy rolls and watermarking, and the business has grown to such an extent that the firm now employs fifteen specialists and occupies a building 24x84 feet, two stories high, on Clark street, near the Northwestern depot, and the building is to be extended to 300 feet sometime in the future. Mr. Plank has patented a special roll of his own which has many advantages over the common type. The product of the company is sold all over the United States, and the company bears the reputation of being one of the most substantial in their line in the United States. The company intends, in the near future, to go more extensively into the manufacturing of paper mill specialties and will then employ about fifty men. On August 29, 1906, Mr. Plank was united in marriage with Miss Henrietta Kamps, the estimable daughter of Gerhardt and Sophia (Baumann) Kamps, and three children have been born to this union: Gertrude, Sybilla and William Joseph. The Plank family is connected with St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and Mr. Plank is a member of St. Joseph's Society, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Catholic Knights and the Knights of Columbus.
  	Plank, Joseph J. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1940 Census	1940	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Joseph J Plank58 Henrietta Plank57 Margaret Plank25 Annette Plank23 Ferdinand A Plank81
  Died	17 Oct 1949
  Buried	St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I119594	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Plank, Ferdinand,   b. Abt Dec 1858, , , , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Trier, Sybilla,   b. 27 Apr 1861,   d. 8 Oct 1904, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F54713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kamps, Henrietta,   b. 27 May 1883, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1955  (Age 71 years)
  Married	29 Aug 1906
  Children	+ 1. Plank, Gertrude,   b. 26 Jul 1907, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 May 1973, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 65 years)   2. Plank, Sybella,   b. 19 Dec 1909, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1991  (Age 81 years) + 3. Plank, William Sr.,   b. 29 Apr 1911, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 27 Apr 1968, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 56 years)   4. Plank, Mary,   b. 23 Aug 1912, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 15 May 2003  (Age 90 years)   5. Plank, Margaret,   b. 27 Jun 1914, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 5 Nov 1993, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)   6. Plank, Annette,   b. Abt Nov 1916, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt 1989  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2012
  Family ID	F46575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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