Martens, Julius J.

Other Events:

• News Mention: 31 May 1895; Kaukauna Times
• 1900 Census: 1900, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Political Office: Between Nov 1908 and 1910, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; Mayor of Kaukauna
• News Mention: 21 Oct 1910; Kaukauna Times
• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1063
• 1920 Census: 1920, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 13 Dec 1944; Appleton Post Crescent
• Obituary: 13 Dec 1944; Kaukauna Times

Notes:

News Mention:
Julius Martins (sic) has resigned his position as traveling salesman for the Anson Bros. of Milwaukee and intends to start a grocery store on the south side.

1900 Census:
George Martin 60
Ernestine Martin 54
Julius Martin 28
Hugo Martin 21
Mary Martin 18
John Martin 17
Ella Martin 14

News Mention:
Julius J. Martens has been appointed postmaster at South Kaukauna to succeed C. E. Raught, who filed his resignation on October 1^st.

Biography:
JULIUS J. MARTENS, president of the Julius J. Martens Company, general merchants at Kaukauna, Wisconsin, was born near Centerville, Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, October 12, 1871, and is a son of Joachim and Ernestine (Rosbery) Martens. The parents were born in Germany and came to the United States in childhood. For a. number of years the father conducted a hotel at Kaukauna, where he died October 6, 1901. He was a veteran of the Civil War. His family consisted of four sons and four daughters, two of the latter being now deceased. He located at Kaukauna in 1883 and here Julius J. attended school until old enough to become clerk in a store and continued in that capacity for seven years. Afterward he traveled for a grocery company for two years and later was in a machine business for one year and then went into his present enterprise. In 1899 in partnership with Joseph Vilas and William Overbeck, he formed a stock company that operated under the name of Martens & Overbeck, and later the company bought a stock of dry goods and both stores were operated until 1900, when Mr. Martens bought the interests of his partners. In 1901 the business was incorporated as the Julius J. Martens Company, with officers and directors as follows: J. J. Martens, president; Mrs. Ernestine Martens, vice-president; Hugo E. Martens, secretary and treasurer, with John H. Martens as an additional stockholder. The company erected a commodious two-story brick building, with dimensions of 75x90 feet, and have a warehouse. An immense stock is carried, including dry goods, groceries and crockery, and a very large amount of business is done. Mr. Martens is additionally interested in other successful enterprises, being president of the Herman T. Runte Company, and is vice-president of the Kaukauna First National Bank. He has been a very active and stable citizen for a number of years, serving three terms as alderman, during one of which he was president of the body, and in 1909 was elected mayor and was also president of the Board of Education, and in 1910 was appointed postmaster of the south side of the city and was reappointed. Mr. Martens was married in 1900 to Miss Lillian Mulholland, a daughter of H. J. and Katie (Hare) Mulholland, and they have two daughters: Alice L. and Helen M. He belongs to the Blue Lodge and Chapter of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

1920 Census:
Julia J Martens 47
Lillian Martens 42
Alice L Martens 18
Helen Martens 12
Julius J Martens 5

Obituary:
MartensJulius J. 12/11/1944Post Crescent12/13/1944 12

Obituary:
Julius J. Martens, 73, pioneer business man and banker, passed away suddenly Monday when he suffered a heart attack while sitting at the desk at the Farmers and Merchants bank. With the passing of Mr. Martin's Kaukauna loses one of its oldest business men. In the years of 1880's he was employed by the August Mill's store as a delivery boy and clerk in the grocery department. In the 1890s he built a building and started in the grocery business.

Julius married Mulholland, Mary Lillian Abt 1900, , , Wisconsin, USA. Mary (daughter of Mulholland, Hugh J. and Herr, Katherine) was born 26 Mar 1877, , , Wisconsin, USA; died 22 Sep 1962. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Other Info or Events: Abt 1902
• Birth - Church Record: 12 Jan 1902

Notes:

Other Info or Events:
Children; She had 4 children -- Edward, John, Mary, William

Birth - Church Record:
Name Alice Lillian Martens
Gender Female
Race White
Birth Date 12 Jan 1902
Birth Place Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin
Father Julus J Martens
FHL Film Number 1305139

Alice married Young, Edward J. Abt Sep 1924, , Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA. Edward was born Bef 1906; died Bef 2006. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• News Mention: 23 May 1907; Kaukauna Sun
• Education - High School: 1926, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1930 Census: 1930, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 12 Mar 2001; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

News Mention:
Boy and Girl Boy to Mr. And Mrs. Frank Kern-Daughter to Mr. And Mrs. Juli us Martens Kaukauna Sun 5/23/1907 A6 Birth

Education - High School:
Kaukauna High School Class of 1926

1930 Census:
Julius J Martens57
Lillian M Martens52
Helen M Martens22
Julius J Martens15

Obituary:
Helen Marie Martens 5/22/1907 3/10/2001 Post Crescent 3/12/2001 C 4

Helen married Ristau, Alfred Gustave 11 Aug 1924. Alfred (son of Ristau, Gustav W. and Zittlow, Amelia) was born 26 Dec 1904, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 25 Jun 1993, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Education - High School: 1931, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• News Mention: 17 Oct 1945; Kaukauna Times
• Obituary: 22 Sep 2006; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

Education - High School:
Kaukauna High School Class of 1931

News Mention:
Julius J. Martens, Jr., has returned to Kaukauna after being honorably discharged from the Army on October 10 in Mississippi. Mr. Martin's entered service in April 1942 and served for 3 1/2 years with the air Corps and infantry. He obtained the rank of Master Sgt. He will now assume the management of the Julius J Martens dry goods store, founded and operated by his father until the latter's death in December 1944.,

Obituary:
Martens, Julius J ohn (Jay)Julius John Martens, Kaukauna, age 92, died Sunday, September 17, 200 6, at St. Paul Elder Services in Kaukauna. He was born July 7, 1914, in Ka ukauna, the youngest of three children born to Julius and Lillian (Mulholl and) Martens. Jay graduated from Nicolet Grade School and Kaukauna High Sc hool. After high school he entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison a nd graduated with a degree in Business Administration and then returned ho me to work in his father's Dry Goods store, J.J. Martens Co., Third Stree t, Kaukauna, WI, where he met his future wife, Geraldine Eve Hentz. In 194 2, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After basic training at Fort Bennin g, GA, he served as a Master Sergeant in the Finance Department of the ar my in Sioux Falls, SD. On February 11, 1943, he married Geraldine Eve Hent z. In 1945, after his father's death, he received an honorable discharge a nd returned home to manage J.J. Martens Co. He was an active member of t he Kaukauna Chamber of Commerce and the Kaukauna Rotary.Jay and his wife, Gerry, loved nature and the beauty of the Wisconsin woo ds and lakes. Listening to the owls hoot and watching the eagles soar ov er Thousand Islands were some of their greatest joys. One of their favori te pastimes was exploring the Wisconsin woods. Every Sunday throughout t he summer and into the fall, Jay would consult his complete set of Wiscons in county road maps, pack up the wife and four kids, and plan a trip to so me new and unexplored destination. For a week or two each summer, he wou ld rent a cottage on Silver Bass Lake near Rhinelander, WI, where they wou ld, canoe, hike, explore, and read comic books. For breakfast they would h ave cereal topped with wild blackberries that Gerry had picked in the wood s. Jay taught the kids to catch perch and sunfish which Gerry would then c ook for dinner. Killing song birds and frogs in the woods was off-limits t hough - a lesson the three boys learned early in life.Jay's other main interests were science and technology which were also pas sed down to all of his children. After he retired from the store in 197 3, he pursued a new career of tax consulting and became an avid stude nt of computer technology. In the late 1980's, he learned Forth, a program ming language, and used it to develop "DE-BOOKS", a bookkeeping program, w hich was published in the Jan/Feb 1990 issue of FORTH DIMENSIONS magazin e. His love of nature, words of wisdom, and inquisitive mind will be remem bered by many.Jay is survived by four children: Julie Newcombe (Chuck Habeger) of Seattl e, WA; John Martens and his friend Sharon Kilfoy of Madison, WI; Thomas Ma rtens of Appleton, WI; and Michael (wife Cindy Marks) Martens of Portlan d, OR. He is also survived by the following nieces and nephews: Edward You ng of Anchorage, Alaska; John Young of Santa Barbara, CA; Mary (Young) Sac hse of Kohler, WI; William Young of Madison, WI; Donald Rustau of Appleto n, WI; and Mary (Ristau) LaRock of Minneapolis, MN. Jay is also surviv ed by many grand-nieces and grand-nephews.He was recently preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine Eve (Hentz) Marte ns on August 25, 2006, and two sisters, Alice (Martens) Young, and Helen ( Martens) Ristau, and nephew, David Ristau.A visitation will be held for Jay at 10 a.m. followed by a funeral servi ce at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at the Fargo Funeral Home, K aukauna, with Fr. Jerry Pastors officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary 's Cemetery immediately after the service.A memorial fund in Jay and Gerry Martens' name has been established for t he Thousand Islands Environmental Center which promotes the "appreciati on of and involvement in nature by people of all ages."FARGO FUNERAL HOME 400 W. Wisconsin Avenue Kaukauna 920-766-6200

Julius married Hentz, Geraldine Eve 11 Feb 1943, , , Wisconsin, USA. Geraldine (daughter of Hentz, Nicholas and Thon, Christina) was born 3 Dec 1911, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 25 Aug 2006, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried Aft 25 Aug 2006, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Education - High School: 1952, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Military Service: Abt 1955

Notes:

Education - High School:
Kaukauna High School Class of 1952

Military Service:
Kaukauna Times dated 1/21/1955: Pvt. David A. Ristau, Sarah street Kaukauna, recently completed basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., with the 6th Armor division.

Julie married Newcombe, Steve [Group Sheet]

Julie married Habeger, Charles [Group Sheet]

Michael — Marks, Cindy. [Group Sheet]