Petersen, Louis

1873 - 1958  (84 years)    Has 4 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Petersen, Louis
  Born	19 Apr 1873	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1150
  LOUIS A. PETERSEN, whose fine farm of 105 acres is located only one-quarter of a mile west of the city limits of Appleton, Wisconsin, is one of the good practical farmers of Grand Chute township, and a well-known and respected citizen. Born in Appleton, April 19, 1873, Mr. Petersen is a son of John A. and Wilhelmina (Freiberg) Petersen, natives of Germany. John A. Petersen was born in Holstein, Germany, in 1840 or 1841, and his wife in Prussia in 1850, and they were married in Appleton, Wisconsin, whence John A. Petersen had come in 1880. He first worked for the government at dredge work, continuing this until he had money enough to go into the butcher business with his brother, Fred, they having the first establishment of its kind in the city, but later they dissolved partnership, and each continued in business alone. Later John A. Petersen moved onto a farm one and one-half miles outside of Appleton, although he continued in the butcher business about eighteen years thereafter, when because of failing health he moved to the farm for eleven years, and then engaged in the butcher business again, but one and one-half years later he was taken suddenly sick and died, he being then about eighty-six or eighty-seven years old. He was a stockholder in the old chair factory, and a member of the Odd Fellows, and became prominent as a citizen and a business man. His widow still survives him and resides in Appleton. Louis A. Petersen attended the public schools and the old Ryan high school, which he left at the age of nineteen years. During his vacations he had been working for the grocery stores in Appleton, and after leaving school he learned the tanner's trade, and worked for Slosser, Baird & Company several years, and after leaving this concern he established himself in the hardware business and continued therein for seven years. After selling this business, Mr. Petersen purchased the farm on which he now resides, a tract of 105 acres lying one-quarter of a mile west of the city limits of Appleton. This makes it very convenient for him to market his general farm produce and the product of his dairy, although the excellence of his goods would make them have a ready sale wherever offered. Mr. Petersen was married June 30, 1897, to Emma Mundt, who was born in Chicago, April 22, 1876, daughter of Emanuel and Katharine (Gunthre) Mundt, natives of Germany, where the father was born October 31, 1831, and the mother February 19, 1834. The mother had been previously married in Germany, but prior to 1860 married Mr. Mundt and they came to the United States shortly afterward, locating in Chicago, where Mr. Mundt followed the occupation of tanner, a trade which he had learned in the Fatherland. On leaving Chicago, in 1878, Mr. Mundt came to Grand Chute township, and built a tannery on the present site of the Riverside Paper Mill, but after some years disposed of his interest in that business and built a store on College avenue, Appleton, where he dealt in hides and wool up to the time of his death, in 1894. He became a prosperous and prominent citizen, and served as alderman from his ward for several terms. His widow survived him until 1909, when she passed away, having been the mother of three children. Louis and Gustave, who are deceased; and Emma, who married Mr. Petersen. Mr. and Mrs. Petersen have been the parents of five children: Carl Louis, born June 3, 1898; Leila Clara, February 19, 1902 ; Herbert Andrew, September 11, 1904; Ruth Florence, February 25, 1907; and Willard, July 5, 1910. Mr. Petersen is a republican in politics, but he has never aspired to public office, nor is he a member of any fraternal associations, his entire time and interest being taken up by his farming operations. He is a public-spirited citizen, however, and may be counted upon to lend his influence towards promoting any movement calculated to be of benefit to his community.
  	Peterson, Louis Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1920 Census	1920	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Louis A Peterson46 Emma M Peterson42 Carl L Peterson21 Leila C Peterson17 Herbert A Peterson15 Ruth F Peterson12 Willard E Peterson9 Areline Peterson7 Robert Peterson3 [3 1/12]
  1930 Census	1930	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Louis Peterson56 Peterson53 Herbert Peterson25 Ruth Peterson23 Arlene Peterson16 Robert Peterson13
  1940 Census	1940	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Louis Peterson66 Emma Peterson63 Stewart Larson38 Lilila Larson37
  Died	26 Feb 1958	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	27 Feb 1958
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Page 16
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  	Petersen, Louis Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I191406	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Petersen, John C.,   b. 2 Nov 1842, Frankfurt, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 10 Jul 1887, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Freiberg, Minnie,   b. 6 Oct 1849, Stetten, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 10 Mar 1932, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F64749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mundt, Emma,   b. 22 Apr 1876, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ,   d. 18 Mar 1970, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1897
  Children	1. Petersen, Carl Louis,   b. 3 Jun 1898, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 29 Jun 1988, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 90 years) + 2. Peterson, Leila Clara,   b. 17 Feb 1902, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 16 Dec 2002, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 100 years)   3. Petersen, Herbert Andrew,   b. 11 Sep 1904, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 17 Jan 1946  (Age 41 years)   4. Petersen, Ruth Florence,   b. 25 Feb 1907, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 Nov 1971, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 64 years)   5. Petersen, Willard,   b. 5 Jul 1910, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Petersen, Robert John,   b. 16 Dec 1916, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1989, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 72 years)   7. Petersen, Arline,   b. 7 Oct 1919, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 2 Oct 2009, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F16105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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