Brass, Otto

1868 - Aft 1930  (62 years)

• Name	Brass, Otto
  Birth - Civil Record	27 Jun 1868
  Name:Otto Brass Event Type:Birth Event Date:27 Sep 1868 Event Place:Saint Croix, Wisconsin Affiliate Film Number:0271 Record Number:001747 Citing this Record: "Wisconsin, Birth Index, 1820-1907," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VHH1-3Z1 : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Otto Brass, 27 Sep 1868; from "Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907," Ancestry.com; Saint Croix, Wisconsin, reel 0271, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.
  Birth	27 Sep 1868	, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1900 Census	1900	Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Otto Brass Titles and Terms: Event Type:Census Event Year:1900 Event Place:Cicero township, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States District:79 Gender:Male Age:32 Marital Status:Married Race:White Race (Original):W Relationship to Head of Household:Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Head Number of Living Children: Years Married:4 Birth Date:Sep 1868 Birthplace:Wisconsin Marriage Year (Estimated):1896 Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace:Germany Mother's Birthplace:Germany Mother of how many children: Sheet Number and Letter:11A Household ID:193 Line Number:40 Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number:T623 GS Film Number:1241809 Digital Folder Number:004120634 Image Number:00493 HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace Otto BrassHeadM32Wisconsin Ida BrassWifeF26Wisconsin Herbert BrassSonM4Wisconsin Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMK1-9GF : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Otto Brass, Cicero township, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 193, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1241809.
  1910 Census	1910	Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Otto Brass Titles and Terms: Event Type:Census Event Year:1910 Event Place:Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States District:131 Gender:Male Age:42 Marital Status:Married Race:White Race (Original):White Relationship to Head of Household:Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Head Birth Year (Estimated):1868 Birthplace:Wisconsin Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace:Germany Mother's Birthplace:Germany Sheet Number and Letter:7A Household ID:126 Line Number: Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number:M1283 GS Film number:1375744 Digital Folder Number:004455057 Image Number:00018 HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace Otto BrassHeadM42Wisconsin Ida BrassWifeF34Wisconsin Herbert BrassSonM14Wisconsin Edward BrassSonM11Wisconsin Viola BrassDaughterF7Wisconsin Matt KeilenHired manM26Wisconsin Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MP2N-BSR : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Otto Brass, Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 131, sheet 7A, family 126, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1375744.
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0829
  OTTO BRASS, junior member of the firm of Hahn & Company, of Cicero, Wisconsin, one of the well-known cheesemaking concerns of Outagamie county, was born September 27, 1868, in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, a son of Cornelius and Fredericka (Strassberger) Brass. Mr. Brass' parents were born in Germany, from which country his father came to the United States at the age of twenty years, settling in Sheyboygan county, Wisconsin, where he met and married Fredericka Strassberger, who had come here with her parents when two years old. They at once settled down to agricultural pursuits, which Mr. Brass followed throughout his life, his death occurring in 1876. His widow, who survives him, is seventy-six years of age. They had nine children, as follows: Bertha, Herman, Julius, Otto, Lena, Emma, Gustave, Ida and Cornelius, of whom Ida is deceased, and Emma is the wife of Charles Hahn, Mr. Brass' business partner. Otto Brass received his education in the schools of Sheboygan county, and there learned the cheesemaking business, which he followed for two years before coming to Cicero, in 1894, to form a partnership with Mr. Hahn, his brother-in-law. They now have a business which has increased its output from 3,000 pounds to from 12,000 to 15,000 pounds daily, do a large business in cream, and also have a farm of 200 acres under cultivation. Their first store, a structure 24x30 feet, was erected in 1895, but the business has increased to such an extent that numerous additions have been made and other buildings built to accommodate the large trade now handled by the partners. Their farm is equipped with fine, substantial buildings, and the partners are known as excellent farlmers and substantial, reliable business men. Mr. Brass was married December 8, 1895, in Outagamie county, to Edith Keilem, who was born in Eau Claire county, Wisconsin, May 21, 1874, daughter of Matthew and Maggie (Kuhn) Keilem, natives of Germany, who came to the United States as children. Mr. Keilem died in 1908, aged sixty-two years, while his widow still survives, having attained the age of sixty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Brass have had the following children: Herbert, born September 26, 1896; Edward, born September 24, 1900; and Viola, born June 21, 1903.
  	Brass, Otto Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1920 Census	1920	Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Otto Brass Titles and Terms: Event Type:Census Event Year:1920 Event Place:Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States District:203 Gender:Male Age:61 Marital Status:Married Race:White Race (Original):White Can Read: Can Write: Relationship to Head of Household:Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Head Own or Rent: Birth Year (Estimated):1859 Birthplace:Wisconsin Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace:Germany Mother's Birthplace:Germany Sheet Number and Letter:7B Household ID:143 Line Number:94 Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number:T625 GS Film number:1822009 Digital Folder Number:004391504 Image Number:00020 HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace Otto BrassHeadM61Wisconsin Ida K BrassWifeF46Wisconsin Viola E BrassDaughterF16Wisconsin Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF2H-N9K : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Otto Brass, Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 7B, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1822009.
  1930 Census	1930	Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Otto Brass Titles and Terms: Event Type:Census Event Year:1930 Event Place:Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States District:0021 Gender:Male Age:62 Marital Status:Married Race:White Race (Original):White Relationship to Head of Household:Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Head Birth Year (Estimated):1868 Birthplace:Wisconsin Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace:Wisconsin Mother's Birthplace:Wisconsin Sheet Number and Letter:7A Household ID:112 Line Number:38 Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number:T626 Affiliate Film Number:2603 GS Film number:2342337 Digital Folder Number:004547571 Image Number:00651 HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace Otto BrassHeadM62Wisconsin Ida BrassWifeF56Wisconsin Viola OhmDaughterF26Wisconsin George OhmSon-in-lawM35Wisconsin Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X9SC-9T3 : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Otto Brass, Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0021, sheet 7A, family 112, line 38, film number 2603, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); FHL microfilm 2342337.
  Reference Number	2810
  Death	Aft 1930
  Person ID	I308006	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Brass, Cornelius,   b. 18 May 1838   d. 5 Jan 1877 (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Strassberger, Fredericka,   b. 11 Apr 1844   d. 10 Apr 1923 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F211744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Keilem, Edith,   b. 21 May 1874, , Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, USA d. 13 Apr 1941 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1895
  Children	1. Brass, Herbert,   b. 26 Sep 1896   d. 28 Feb 1969 (Age 72 years)   2. Brass, Edward,   b. 24 Sep 1900   d. 7 Jan 1945 (Age 44 years)   3. Brass, Viola,   b. 21 Jun 1903   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F203291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016