- The following obituary appeared in the STANLEY REPUBLICAN, Vol. 35, no. 9, p.1, July 11, 1930:CITIZEN OF QUARTER CENTURY DIES OF PARALYSIS, Mathew Lauer Succumbs, Foll owing Paralytic Storke, on Wednesday Evening. Mathew Lauer, prominent and respected citizen, devout churchman, kind n eighbor and devoted husband and father died at his home in this city on We dnesday evening at 10:15, following a paralytic stroke which he suffer ed on Monday, aged 78 and one half years. He had been in failing health f or several months. he was born in Germany on January 1, 1852. He ca me to America in 1870 and settled at St. Johns, Wis. On Oct. 13, 18 74 he was married to Miss Josephine Goetzman. They made their home the re for 24 years and came to this city in 1898. He entered the mercanti le business soon after his arrival here. Eight children were born, sev en of whom survive. Christina, Mrs. A. Utschig of Chilton, Jacob E., of G reen Bay, Anton J., of Chippewa Falls, Matt F., Jr., Peter E., Fred N., a nd Mayme of this city. His wife also survives, also two brothers, Jac ob of Menasha, and Nicholas of Germany. Eleven grandchildren and six gre at grandchildren also survive. The funeral will be held on Saturday at 9 :30 A.M. from St. Ann's church.
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Lauer, Anton (*02.01.1825, Irsch; + 14.07.1896, Greimerath)1. oo Buster, Magdalena (*08.02.1825, Greimerath; oo 25.04.1851, Greimerat h; + 27.07.1870, Greimerath)2. oo Blank, Margaretha (* ?, Hentern; 01.05.1871, Greimerath; + 30.04.188 5, Greimerath)
Kinder aus 2. Ehe:
Mathias (*02.01.1852, Greimerath) Ausgewandert nach USA
Johann (* ?, Greimerath) Ausgewandert nach USA
Peter (* 26.09.1857, Greimerath)
Nikolaus (*16.03. 1860, Greimerath)
Jakob (* ?, Greimerath) Ausgewandert nach Wisconsin/USAMargaretha (*19.04.1862, Greimerath; + 02.03.1863, Greimerath)
Michel (*11.02.1873, Greimerath; + 04.07.1873, Greimerath)
Anna (*15.02.1875, Greimerath)
Mathias (*02.10.1876, Greimerath)
Michel (*02.11.1877, Greimerath)
Luzia (*04.02.1880, Greimerath)Margaretha (*18.10.1881, Greimerath; + 16.09.1885, Greimerath)Peter (*20.12.1883, Greimerath; 19.02.1959, Hussingniy Godbrange)
Mathias and Josephine were married by John M. Gunterscheid. Henry Getzma nn and Barbara Getzmann were witnesses.Matthias Lauer, son of Anton Lauer and Magdalena Bustert, married from Gre imerath, born January 2, 1852, was baptised at the St. Lawrence Chur ch in Zerf on January 3, 1852. His godparents were Matthias Bustert and M agdalena Lauer, a young unmarried woman from Irsch.
The following information about Matthias Lauer comes from the work of Till man Anderson, 15 North Praire St., Chippewa Falls, WI:MATHIAS LAUER, Born on Jan 1, 1852 in Prussia, Germany to Anton & Magd alena Lauer; died on July 9, 1930 in Stanley, WI; was buried on July 12, 1 930 in St. Ann's Cemetery in Stanley, WI; was married to Josephine Goetzm an on Oct 13, 1876. (The above data is from V. 24 Deaths p 218, Chippe wa Co., WI); Immigrated at age 20, arriving in New York in June, 1872; app lied for Citizenship on Nov 4, 1876 in Calumet County, WI; became a Natura lized Citizen Apr 9, 1890 in Calumet County, WI.
The following information was compiled by Tilman Anderson: On Jan. 1, 1852, Anton and Magdalena (Bustert) Lauer gave birth to t he eldest of their 6 sons, Mathias. He arrived in a period of turmoil (177 1-1919) when the German Empire was flourishing and Prussia was one of it 's dominant States. Mathias immigrated from *Greimerath, Kr. Saarburg, Germany in 1872, ar riving in New York in June, 1872 from LeHavre, France. Whether he lef t, at this time, from a foreign port, because of all the unrest in Euro pe we'll never know. The Lauers who descended from Mathias never really ta lked much about how or why he left Prussia. In fact, it was difficu lt to get the Lauers from any generation up to about 1950 to talk abo ut any of their past lives. Some of the younger Lauers would dismiss th is silence with, "They're probably afraid Germany may still try to dra ft them into their army." Anyway, we next find Mathias in Calumet Coun ty, Wis., applying for U.S. Citizenship on Nov. 4, 1876, and he beca me a citizen on April 9, 1890 in Calumet Circuit Court. He married Jose phine Goetzman of New Franken, Wis. (Where she was born on Sep. 4, 18 55 to Anton and Barbara Goetzman). They were married in the little chur ch of St. John's in the small hamlet named St. John, Wis. on Oct. 13, 187 4. * Information from Fr. James Antoine. An 1893 Plat Book for Calumet County shows Mathias owning 80 acr es in Sec 10, T 19 N of R 19 E... or about 2 miles south of St. John a nd about 2 miles west of Hilbert, Wis. All their children would be baptized at St. John's and are as follows :
NAME BORN BAPTIZED 1.) Mathias Francis 10-8-1875 10-27-1875 2.) Barbara Christina 6-7-1877 6-16-18 77 Preferred "Chris" 3.) Joseph Antonio 2-27-1879 4-8-1879 "T ony" 4.) Johannes William 2-8-1881 3-27-1881 5.) Jacob Edward 1-8-1883 3-25-1883 "Jake" 6.) Maria Magdalena 7-13-1885 7-26-1885 "Ma yme" 7.) Peter Edward 12-16-1889 12-29-1889 8.) Frederich Nicolas 10-22-1892 11-9-1892 "F ritz"
The Wis. census of 1895 shows the family still intact in St. John's. T he Fed. census of 1900 shows the family (except Christina) in Stanley, Wis . As recorded in the Register of Deeds Office of Chippewa County, Wi s. in Vol 69 Deeds, p. 522 on Feb. 19, 1898, Jacob Lauer bought Lo ts 1 & 25 of Block 1 of Stanley Manufacturers' Ist Addition to the Vi llage of Stanley, (Stanley became a City on Mar. 17, 1898). As further recorded in the Reg. of Deeds of Chippewa Co. in V ol 71 D p. 630 on Oct 26, 1899 for $400, Jacob Lauer sold to Math (Mathia s) Lauer Lots I & 25 of Blk 1 of Stanley Manufacturers' to the Villa ge of Stanley. This is only theory, but Mathias Lauer, Sr. and his brother, Jacob, wi th, perhaps Mathias, Jr, age 22 and Anton, age 19 built the Lauer Hardw are store on the corner of S. Broadway St. and Maple St. during the peri od from Spring of 1898 to late Summer of 1899 on Lot 25 of Blk I of Stanl ey Manufacturers' 1st Add. to Stanley. Lot 1 was always used for a gard en for the Lauer family, which occupied the living quarters above the stor e. Mathias then moved his family to Stanley, except for Christina. She h ad married Anton Utschig on June 2, 1896 at St. John's in St. John, Wis. a nd was pregnant with her first child, Maria, who would be born Jan. 25, 1 900 in St. John. Note: On page 222 of the Stanley Centennial book it is mentioned th at Mathias built a hardware store on Stanley's south side in 1899 and cond ucted the first funeral parlor in Stanley.
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