Stoveken, John Frambach Sr.

1841 - 1926  (84 years)

• Name	Stoveken, John Frambach
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	15 Nov 1841	New York, New York, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  1850 Census	1850	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Ward 1
  Age 7 living with Bernard and Frances Stoveken.
  1860 Census	1860	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Ward 1
  1870 Census	1870	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  1880 Census	1880	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 271a
  John STOVEKEN Self M Male W 37 NY Reprinte Pulp Mill PRUSS IA NY Gertrude STOVEKEN Wife M Female W 36 WI Keeping House PRUSS IA PRUSSIA John STOVEKEN Son S Male W 12 WI At School NY WI Mary Ann STOVEKEN Dau S Female W 11 WI At Scho Peter STOVEKEN Son S Male W 9 WI At School NY WI Joseph STOVEKEN Son S Male W 7 WI At School NY WI Charles STOVEKEN Son S Male W 5 WI NY WI Gertrude STOVEKEN Dau S Female W 3 WI NY WI Jenny ESLER Other S Female W 17 WI Servant WI PRUSSIA
  Biography	1889
  From Marinette County Pages
  John Stoveken, Sr., first settler a nd first to attempt to harness the Lower Quinnesec Falls on the Menomin ee River, established a small pulp mill here.The village of Niagara, incorporated in 1913, lies in a valley on the rive r, below rocky bluffs and near beautiful falls. One of the first men to se ttle there was John Stoveken, Sr., who was the first to attempt to harne ss the Lower Quinnesec Falls. In 1889, he put in a small pulp mill; the fo llowing year it was purchased by the Badger Paper Company of Kaukauna, a nd in 1899 Kimberly-Clark obtained the plant, and rebuilt and enlarged t he mills. By the early 1900s Niagara had a population of nearly one thousa nd; today it has more than doubled in size. From Marinette County pages; 1889 -
  News Mention	14 Nov 1890
  Kaukauna Times
  Mr. Oscar Thilmany of Appleton, proprietor of Thilmany paper plant here, purchased from John Stovekin, three lots on the river bluff in what is known as the Stovekin homestead. Mr. Thilmany intends to build a handsome dwelling there on and will remove his family from Appleton to Kaukauna taking up his permanent residence in this city.
  1900 Census	1900	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  John Stoveken58 Elizabeth Stoveken50 Margareth Stoveken16 Katharine Stoveken13
  1905 State Census	1905	Amberg, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA
  John Stoveken37 Margaret Stoveken35 James Stoveken12 Will Stoveken10 Lizzie Stoveken8 Joyce Stoveken6 Margaret R Stoveken3 Peter Stoveken34 John Mullany22
  1910 Census	1910	Amberg, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA
  John Stoveken44 Margaret Stoveken43 James Stoveken17 William Stoveken15 Elizabeth Stoveken12 Joice Stoveken10 Rosella Stoveken6 Asel Swanson17 Caroline Young17
  1920 Census	1920	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Ward 15, Page 213
  Death	24 Feb 1926	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
  Media	2011
  2011 Induction to Papermakers Hall of Fame
  Induction	6 Oct 2011	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Inducted to the International Paper Hall of Fame
  John Stoveken (deceased), Kaukauna: Stoveken worked closely with his brother Henry Frambach, also an inductee, starting paper mills around Wisconsin. Stoveken built the first paper mill in Kaukauna in 1872. He started the Eagle Paper Mill and founded the Northern Pulp Co. in Quinnesec Falls on the Menominee River. Stoveken revived the Badger Paper Mill in Niagara. Stoveken was instrumental in starting the paper industry in Kaukauna, the Fox Valley and Niagara. Founder / Entrepreneur / Leadership - Badger Paper Company - Kaukauna, Wisconsin John Frambach Stoveken was born as John Frambach in Herkimer, New York on November 15, 1841. Shortly after John's mother died, his father moved the Frambach family to Racine, Wisconsin. After the death of his father, John was adopted by Bernard and Francis Stoveken. John gained work experience in a flour mill in Milwaukee and then in the early1860s he moved to Kaukauna to build and operate a flour mill on the Fox River. In 1871 a fire destroyed much of this mill. In partnership with his brother Henry Frambach, John built and operated a paper mill variously called the Stoveken and Frambach mill or the Eagle Paper mill. This mill incorporated the new process for grinding wood that had been invented by Keller in Germany. This very successful mill was also destroyed by fire in 1881. It was later rebuilt and sold. In 1886, John and his brother Henry started Badger Paper Company. It was the largest of the many mills in Kaukauna at the time. Shortly thereafter John started the Northern Pulp Company in Niagara, Wisconsin to supply groundwood pulp to the Badger mill in Kaukauna. In the ensuing years the Niagara mill was enlarged a number of times and eventually grew into the Quinnesec Pulp and Paper Company, a subsidiary of Badger Paper Company. The Niagara mill was purchased by Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 1898. Stoveken was a cornerstone in the development of the Fox River area as a center for pulp and paper production. Along with his bother Henry Frambach, he built and operated a number of pulp and paper mills in the area. The legacy he left is evident from the historical records of early Kaukauna, Wisconsin. In addition to his pulp and paper interests, Stoveken was also involved in gold mining operations in Colorado. He held a number of patents that describe methods for extracting gold from ore. Although he lived for a few years in Colorado, he returned to Milwaukee in 1915. In 1921, John Stoveken moved to Los Angeles, California where he died in 1926.
  Name	John Frambach
  Burial	Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
  Person ID	I101260	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Frambach, Charles August,   b. Between 1798 and 1801, Canton Alzey, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany d. Abt 1854, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Ader, Maria Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1810   d. Abt 1846, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA (Age ~ 36 years)
  Family ID	F55168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Diedrich, Gertrude,   b. 2 Jul 1843, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 8 Dec 1881, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1867	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	+ 1. Stoveken, John Charles,   b. 23 Apr 1866, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 23 Jan 1915, Pembine, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA (Age 48 years)   2. Stoveken, Mary Ann,   b. 30 Jun 1869, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 13 Mar 1907, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 37 years)   3. Stoveken, Peter,   b. 8 Jun 1871, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. Abt 1944, Niagara, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA (Age 72 years)   4. Stoveken, Joseph,   b. 26 Feb 1873, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. Abt Mar 1965, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, USA (Age 92 years) + 5. Stoveken, Charles Augustus,   b. 31 Jan 1875, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. Abt 1951, Pembine, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA (Age 75 years)   6. Stoveken, Gertrude,   b. 30 Apr 1877, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 28 Mar 1968, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 90 years)   7. Stoveken, Leo,   b. 4 Dec 1881, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 5 Jul 1954, , , Arizona, USA (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F33127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Kohanek, Elizabeth,   b. Abt Nov 1849, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA d. 10 Jan 1924, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age ~ 74 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1883	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	1. Stoveken, Elizabeth,   b. 30 Nov 1890   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F56312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2013