Haas, George E.

1858 - 1945  (86 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Haas, George E.
  Born	15 May 1858	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1860 Census	1860	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George Hawes30 Rosena Hawes27 Mary Hawes11 Elizabeth Hawes5 George Hawes2 William Hawes4/12
  1870 Census	1870	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George Hoes40 Sarah Hoes38 Elisabeth Hoes16 George Hoes14 Nellie Hoes12 Henry Hoes10 Maggie Hoes6 Wanton Terry5 S L Rabbidae8
  News Mention	24 Sep 1886
  Kaukauna Times
  Geo. Haas has completed the bridge across the 5th Avenue ravine on 4th street. This bridge is a handsome structure and is a credit to Mr. Haas and the city. (This view is looking south up Reaume Ave.)
  	Haas, George Kaukauna Times news article about the completion of the Kaukauna 5th Street bridge. Dated Sept 24, 1886.
  Biography	1895  [1]
  Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Page 0834
  G. E. Haas, senior member of the well-known hardware firm of Haas & Breier, Kaukauna, was born in 1858, in Buchanan township, Outagaine Co., Wis., a son of George and Rose (Bowvers) Haas. George Haas was a native of Baden, Germany, and at the age of twenty-two years imnmigrated to Syracuse, N. Y. His wife, Rose (Bowers) HIaas, was born in Saxony, and at the age of nine years became a resident of the same county (Onondaga) in New York State. There they were married, and subsequently they removed to Wisconsin, locating first ib Brown county, then in 1855 at Little Chute, finally on a farm in Buchanan township. Ontagamie county, in what was then dense woods. He assisted in building the canal, aided in the construction of the first railroad in Kaukauna, built the first bridges across the river at that place and Little Chute, rebuilt one of them twice, built the first float bridge across the canal, and cut the timber to open the first road on the Island. He enlisted in the Thirty-second Wisconsin Volenteer Infantry in 1862, but was rejected upon reaching Oshkosh, on account of disability. After remaining six weeks at that point he returned home. With his wife he now resides in South Kaukauna, which he has seen grow out of the wilderness covering the region upon his arrival nearly forty years ago. Aside from the son whose name opens this sketch, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Haas are: Mary, wife of Henry Blancher, of Neenah; Elizabeth, wife of John Myers, of Rock Creek, Pine Co., Minn. ; William and Henry, residents of South Kaukauna Margaret, wife of William Alger, South Kaukauna; Emma, wife of William Doran, of Rock Creek, Minn. ; Delia, wife of Williamn Smith, of Montana. Our Subject wvas reared a farmer, and was educated in the schools of the locality of his birth. He learned the carpenter's trade, and at the age of eighteen years built a barn and launched out into the business of contractor and builder, which he still continues. Among the buildings erected by him are the public school, Kuehn block, Mulford, Mulloy's livery, Jacobs block, and many of the edifices on the South side. In addition to his other business he engaged in the hardware trade in 1889. In 1890 he came to Kaukauna, and is at present the senior mnember of the firm of Haas & Breier, carring a complete stock of hardware, buggies and lumber. Mr. Haas was married in Buchanan township, Outagamie county, in 1882, to Augusta Abel, a native of Saxony, Germany, whose father, Ernst Abel, located in Kewaunee county, Wis., in 1870, removing subsequently to Menasha, thence to Little Chute, and finally to Antigo, whcre he now resides. Three children have been given them: Erma, Edmond and Martha. In political matters Mr. Haas convictions are those of the Republican party. He is a member of Ledyard Lodge, A. 0. U. W., also of Kaukauna Lodge No. 297, L. 0. 0. F, and is one of the representative young men of his city and county with years full of promise before him.
  	Haas, George Biography in the Commemorative Biological published in 1895
  1910 Census	1910	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George E Haas 50 Gusta Haas 46 Erma Haas 23 Edmon Haas 20 Martha Haas 18 Maud Haas 15 Ruth Haas 12 Herbert Haas 3 Ernest Abel 69
  1920 Census	1920	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  ED 214, page 17b
  George Haas 61 Augusta Haas 55 Edward Haas 29 Martha Haas 27 Maud Haas 24 Ruth Haas 21 Herbert Haas 12 Ernest Abel 79
  1940 Census	1940	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George E Haas81 Martha Haas48 Maude Haas44 Herbert Haas32
  Died	20 Mar 1945
  Buried	Union Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  	Haas, George Union Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  	Haas, George Family Union Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I170384	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	13 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Haas, Charles,   b. 13 Feb 1829, Weisweil, , Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany ,   d. 26 Jan 1895, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Bower, Rosina,   b. Abt 1832,   d. Abt 1911  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Family ID	F53135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abel, Augusta,   b. Abt 1865, , , , Germany ,   d. 1 Feb 1937, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	Abt Apr 1882
  News Mention (Family)	21 Apr 1882
  Kaukauna Times
  Four of a Kind George Haas, Jr., Augusta Able, Wm. Alguire, Maggie Haas Kaukauna Times | Date: 04/21/1882 | Page: 3 | Type: Wedding
  Children	1. Haas, Erma,   b. 7 Apr 1887,   d. 9 Jul 1956  (Age 69 years) + 2. Haas, Edmond,   b. 10 Mar 1890, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 6 May 1946  (Age 56 years)   3. Haas, Martha,   b. 5 Apr 1892,   d. 6 Oct 1955  (Age 63 years)   4. Haas, Maude J.,   b. 23 Apr 1895,   d. 21 Oct 1982  (Age 87 years)   5. Haas, Ruth,   b. 19 Feb 1898, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 25 Mar 1921, Highmore, Hyde, South Dakota, USA  (Age 23 years)   6. Haas, Herbert,   b. 23 Apr 1907,   d. 20 Sep 1960  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2012
  Family ID	F56061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 15 May 1858 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1860 Census - 1860 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1870 Census - 1870 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1910 Census - 1910 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1920 Census - ED 214, page 17b - 1920 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1940 Census - 1940 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Union Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1011] Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, J.H. Beers & Co., (Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1895 containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families. Read at Wisconsin History.org web site Or ), Page 834.