Welhouse, Anthony

1890 - 1972  (81 years)    Has 8 ancestors and 91 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Welhouse, Anthony
  Born	31 Dec 1890	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Other Info or Events	See Story "County Carpenter" written by Martha Welhouse and Mrs. Tony (Ramona) Welhouse about 1941. (The following text needs to be edited it was vocally transcribed...) one of his favorite pastimes as a little boy was hammering nails into a ground many of the more than to the modern 24 structures built by Anton Tony Welhouse are still in use today in the Fox River Valley, an enduring testimony to the quality of the craftsmanship of this hard-working carpenter whose career spanned 46 years in the early and mid 1900's. He was best known for the barns he built, 88 of them, according to his records. The largest one was constructed in 1918 in the town of Buchanan for Dan Ryan who wanted "the biggest barn in the County." It measures 46 by 120 ft., reaches 50 ft. to the peak, and is now owned by the Robert Berghuis family. It was built at a cost of $420 for labor, netting him a profit of $66.91. The average wage paid a worker was approximately 45¢ per hour. Most of these bonds were built with a gambrel roofs. In those days barn timber for put together in sections called bands on the ground, with the joints been secured with oak pegs. The assembled sections were then raised to form the skeleton of a barn. As time went on, more parts such as tresses, or prefabricated, short attending the time it took to build a barn. Anton Tony Wells also built more than a hundred and five homes and 31 sheds, including the buildings at his home on highway 55, south of cocotte, where his son and family now live. The House is representative of a style called prairie architecture with its square two-story shape and hip roof. He also built silos, the remodeling and repair and moved many buildings in the area. Tony was born on a farm located in the area of the present St. Aloysius parish, the son of Gephardt John and Johanna interment will house, December 31st, 1890. His father died five months before his birth, of sunstroke watchmaking fences with his neighbor, Mike Klein.
  Died	10 Apr 1972	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	Aft 10 Apr 1972	Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  	Welhouse, Anton Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I63588	1FamilyTree | KarenDrwila91098
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Welhouse, Gerrit Jan,   b. 25 Feb 1827, De Lutte, , Overijssel, Netherlands ,   d. 30 Jul 1890, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Penterman, Johanna Maria,   b. 15 Aug 1853, Zieuwent, , Gelderland, Netherlands ,   d. 2 Apr 1913  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F33156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emmers, Anna,   b. 4 Jun 1891, Brillion, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 14 Apr 1934, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 42 years)
  Married	21 Apr 1913	, , Wisconsin, USA
  News Mention (Family)	23 Apr 1914
  Emmers-Welhouse Anna Emmers, Anton Welhouse Kaukauna Sun 4/23/19 14 5 Wedding
  Children	+ 1. Welhouse, Marie C.,   b. 8 Apr 1915, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 22 Mar 1990, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 74 years)   2. Welhouse, Martha Ann,   b. 26 Aug 1916, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 13 Mar 2005, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 88 years) + 3. Welhouse, Ruth M.,   b. 4 Aug 1918, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 12 Mar 2011, Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 92 years) + 4. Welhouse, Sylvester Anthony,   b. 16 Jul 1920, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 23 Nov 1977, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 57 years) + 5. Welhouse, Anthony W.,   b. 4 Jul 1922, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 22 Feb 1999, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 76 years) + 6. Welhouse, Rita M.,   b. 18 Aug 1924, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 28 Dec 2004, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 80 years)   7. Welhouse, Norbert,   b. 1 May 1927, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 16 Aug 1929, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 2 years)
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F20686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Arentz, Kathryn,   b. 13 Nov 1896,   d. 9 Jun 1974, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1936
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F20707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 31 Dec 1890 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Married - 21 Apr 1913 - , , Wisconsin, USA Died - 10 Apr 1972 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - Aft 10 Apr 1972 - Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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