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A Geneology Collection by Debbie Mills
John Mares
Born: 10/15/1845 Stockton/Stuckton, Holland
Parents: Diedrick Mares and Mary unknown
Siblings: Peter (1837-1904), Isadoras “Doras”
Note from Genevieve Mares July 1977:
Peter and John Mares first landed in Cedarburg. They married two sisters apparently in Cedarburg. John Mares came up first and built a log house. Peter built a log cabin on the next road.
Marriage: to Applonia “Pluny” Gietzen 4/14/1869 (note: brother Peter married Pluny’s sister Barbara
Children: Anna, Joseph, John M., Michael, John Jacob, Joseph Charles, Frank, George, Mary, Lorenz, Rose, Doras, Louis
Death: 3/3/1918 Bear Creek, Waupaca Co, WI. Buried St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bear Creek. Died of septicemia (blood poisoning) from foot infection. Death certificate on file.
Census:
1910 US Census, WI, Waupaca, Bear Creek
John Mares, 64, 1st marriage, married 41 years, b Holland, farmer
Apluney, wife, age 59, 13 children born, 9 alive
Sorence, 21 (son), farm laborer
Doris, 16 (son)
Mary M., 23
Rose H., 18
Louis A, 13
1900 US Census, Waupaca Co, Bear Creek
John Maers, b Oct. 1845, age 54, married 31 years, b Holland, emmigrated 1853, farmer
Akloma, b Sept. 1850, age 49, 12 children born, 9 alive, b Germany, emmigrated 1857
Anna, daughter, 30, b April 1870 WI
Jacob, son, 23, b Dec. 1876
Charly, 20, b July 1879
George, 16, b July 1883
Mary, 13, b Jan. 1877
Lorenz, 11, b Dec. 1888
Rose, 8, b July 1891
Doras (son), 7, b Jan. 1893
Louis, 3, b June 1896
1895 WI state census
John Mares: 7 white males, 5 white females, 9 born in US, 3 born Germany
1880 US census, WI, Waupaca Co, Bear Creek
John Meres, 45, married, farmer, b Holland, parents b Holland
Plona, 30, wife, born Prussia
John J., 3, b WI
Anna, 10, b WI
Joseph C. 9 months, born Sept. 1879 WI
1870 US Census, WI, Waupaca, Bear Creek
Joh Marez, 25, farmer, b Holland, cannot read or write
Pluny, 20, b Prussia, cannot write
Anna, 3 months, b WI
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