Falck, Frank

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• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0982
• Obituary: 27 May 1914; Kaukauna Times

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Biography:
FRANK FALCK, vice-president of the Seymour State Bank and for a number of years prominently identified with the business interests of Seymour, Wisconsin, is now living retired from business activities. Mr. Falck's birth occurred near Milwaukee, in what is now Washington county, Wisconsin, November 10, 1852, and he is a son of Phillip and Catherine (Hanger) Falck, natives of Darmstadt, River Rhine, Germany. Phillip Falck came to the United States when he was thirteen years of age with his parents, and the family settled at Albany, New York, where they resided for twenty-seven years, coming thence to Morrison, Brown county, Wisconsin. Phillip Falck's first work was on the streets of Albany, and he started for Milwaukee on foot, peddling on the way. He later located a homestead in Washington county, but eventually removed to Morrison, Brown county, where he purchased a farm and also conducted a general store, with which he was identified until 1876 and in this year turned the business over to his sons Phillip and Frank and retired from active life. His death occurred in 1889 at Morrison, when he was seventy-one years of age, his wife being the same age when she died ten years later. Their children were as follows: Jacob, Phillip, Frank, George, Peter, Marx, Catherine, John, Daniel and Louis, all of whom are living. Frank Falck received his early education in Brown county, where the family had located when he was but three years old, and after succeeding to his father's business carried that on with his brother Phillip at Morrison until 1890, when he sold his interests and moved to Seymour. Here he formed a partnership with his brother George, and they purchased a stock farm of sixty acres, located one mile south of the city. Two and one-half years later they disposed of this property, and Frank Falck embarked in the general merchandise business in the Odd Fellows building, in Seymour, where he built up a large and lucrative trade and won a wide circle of friends. In 1909, Mr. Falck turned this business over to his son Arthur M. Falck and Henry Wolk, who have since conducted the enterprise under the firm name of Falck & Wolk, and retired from business activities, although he still holds interest in several large business organizations and is vice-president of the Seymour State Bank. On November 10, 1879, Mr. Falck was married at Morrison, Wisconsin, to Caroline Gross, who was born at Morrison, December 3, 1855, daughter of John G. and Margaret (Marshall) Gross, natives of Germany. John G. Gross was born at Reichenhall, Bavaria, in 1828, and died January 17, 1909. He was a son of John G., Sr., and Christina Gross, whose other children were Sophia, Susan and Fred, and who all came to the United States. After the death of his wife, John G. Gross, Sr., joined his son, John G., Jr., who had come to the United States two years previous to this time and located in New York. He followed farming for two years and then came to Washington county, Wisconsin, and several years later removed to Morrison, Brown county, where he was engaged in farming and lumbering and also in conducting a sawmill. Mrs. Margaret (Marshall) Gross died March 6, 1897, aged sixty-six years. Their children were: August, Caroline, John, Louisa, Fred, Maggie, Sophia, Stena and Godfrey, and all are living. Mr. and Mrs. Falck have been the parents of two children: Louisa, born December 4, 1880, was married in August, 1908, to Henry Wolk, and they have one son, Frank A., born January 2, 1911; and Arthur M., born April 3, 1883, was married in 1910 to Lena Otto.

Obituary:
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Frank married Gross, Caroline Aft 1873. Caroline (daughter of Gross, John G. and Moshel, Margaret) was born 3 Dec 1855, Morrison, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 1 Jun 1943, Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Seymour, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Death Record - Civil: 16 Oct 1971

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Death Record - Civil:
Name: Louise Wolk
SSN: 388-48-9684
Last Residence:
54165 Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
BORN: 4 Dec 1880
Died: Oct 1971
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (1963)

Louisa married Wolk, Henry Abt 1908. Henry was born 7 Apr 1879, Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 27 Oct 1938, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Seymour, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: 4 Nov 1958; APC

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Obituary:
Name: Arthur Falck
Birth Date: 3 Apr 1883
Birth Place: Morrison, WI
Death Date: 1958
Burial Place: Seymour, WI
Cemetery: Emmanuel Lutheran
Publication Date: 4 Nov 1958
Publication Place: Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
Publication Title: Post-Crescent

Arthur married Otto, Lena Abt 1910. Lena was born Bef 1892; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Death Record - Civil: 14 May 1999

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Death Record - Civil:
Name: Frank A. Wolk
SSN: 389-05-8111
Last Residence:
53213 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
BORN: 2 Jan 1911
Died: 14 May 1999
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951)