Trettin, Charles F.

1854 - 1939  (85 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Trettin, Charles F.
  Born	24 Oct 1854	, Erie County, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1895  [1]
  Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Page 0700
  CHARLES F. TRETTIN, proprietor of the well-known general store in Appleton, and whose wide patronage is in itself indisputable evidence of his enviable popularity, was born in Eric county, N. Y., October 24, 1854. Frederick Trettin, his father, a farmer by occupation, was a native of Prussia, born in 1822, whence in 1849 he emigrated to the United States, alone, settling in Erie county, N. Y. He there, in 1853, married Miss Caroline Schlueter, who was born in Germany in 1832, and came to America with her parents in 1852. Nine children were born to this union, named respectively: Charles F., Albertina E., Anna M., Frank F., Carrie, August, Amelia, Mattie, and William (who died in infancy of smallpox, in the winter of 1864, at which time the entire family were attacked with the disease). In 1856 Frederick Trettin came to Wisconsin with his family, and settled on a piece of wild land in the township of Ellington, Outagamie county, which property they cleared and improved, converting the wildwoods into smiling fields of clover and grain, a snug and fertile farm of eighty acres. In 1889 Mr. Trettin rented the place, and retiring from active work moved into the city of Appleton, where he died in March, 1891, and his widow is yet living. He enlisted in the army during the Civil war, but was rejected on account of his age. In politics he was a Democrat, in religious faith a member of the Lutheran Church, as is also his widow. Charles F. Trettin, their eldest son, was but an eighteen-month-old infant when his parents brought him to Wisconsin. When old enough he was placed in winter school, his summers being passed in assisting his parents to clear up the farm, up to the age of fourteen, when he left school, but at eighteen he again attended the district school. When twenty-one years old he left the home farm, hiring out his services, during the summer season, on another farm, at eighteen dollars per month, and in the winter time cutting cordwood at fifty cents per cord, and in this he continued four years, by the end of which time he had saved some four hundred dollars. Shortly after his marriage in 1878, he and his young wife came to Appleton, where he learned the trade of cooper, at which he worked, in all, four years-two in Appleton and two in Green Bay. In 1882 or 1883 he commenced clerking in the general store of Peter Leonhardt, where he remained about seven years, when impaired health compelled his retirement from active life for a time. He then took charge of the clothing department in Michael Clifford's store one year, after which he for six months occupied a similar position for the Milwaukee Clothing Rouse, all in Appleton. Mr. Trettin's next appearance was as traveling salesman for the Union Toy and Furniture Co., of Appleton, handling their goods as well as those of others on commission until March 22, 1892, when he purchased his present general store of Mr. Nic. Schafer. In October, 1878, Mr. Trettin was married to Miss Carrie Schroeder, who was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, October 24, 1853, daughter of Christian and Sophia Schroeder, who came to America in 1866, settling in Outagamie county, where the father died in 1874. They had a family of seven children. To Mr. and Mrs. Trettin have been born five children, as follows: Anna C., Emma, Arthur H., Walter O., and Olga (deceased in 1884). Our subject is a member of the I..0.0.F., atid past high priest of the Encampment; is president of the Appleton Maennerchor, also fest-president of the East Wisconsin Saenger-Bezirk. In politics he is a Republican, has always been very active in the workings of his party, and is very pronounced in his political ideas. Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago, J.H. Beers & Co, p. 700,
  1910 Census	1910	Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
  Charles Gretton53 Carlolina Gretton56 Arthur H Gretton21 Walter O Gretton19
  Died	18 Dec 1939	Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
  Obituary	19 Dec 1939
  Saint Paul Pioneer Press
  Trettin, Charles, residence 1817 Stanford. Beloved father of Emma and Walter O. Services at Adam Brothers Funeral home, 563 Kent St., Wednesday, Dec. 20th at 2:30 p.m. Interment private. Please omit flowers.
  1940 Census	1940	Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
  Charley F Trettin75 Caroline Trettin76 Emma H Trettin47 Arthur Trettin38
  Buried	Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  	Trettien, Charles Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  Person ID	I155991	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Trettien, Christian Frederick,   b. 19 Oct 1821, , , New York, USA ,   d. 19 Mar 1891, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Schlueter, Caroline,   b. 15 Mar 1831, , , , Germany ,   d. 31 May 1903, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F51734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Schroeder, Caroline,   b. 24 Oct 1853,   d. 4 Feb 1933, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1878
  Married Oct 24, 1878 Trinity Lutheran, Kaukauna by Pastor Sprengling.
  Children	+ 1. Trettin, Anna,   b. Abt Sep 1879, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Trettin, Emma,   b. 20 Dec 1880, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 29 Jul 1960, El Cajon, San Diego, California, USA  (Age 79 years)   3. Trettin, Olga,   b. Aft 1880, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt 1884, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 3 years)   4. Trettin, Arthur Henry,   b. 18 Jul 1888, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 15 Feb 1934, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA  (Age 45 years)   5. Trettin, Walter,   b. 30 Apr 1890, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 3 Nov 1974, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	24 May 2016
  Family ID	F51736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 24 Oct 1854 - , Erie County, New York, USA 1910 Census - 1910 - Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Died - 18 Dec 1939 - Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA 1940 Census - 1940 - Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Buried - - Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1011] Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, J.H. Beers & Co., (Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1895 containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families. Read at Wisconsin History.org web site Or ), Page 700.