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John Marthenze

 

 

Born: 27 Jan 1886, Sheboygan, WI

John’s birth certificate lists his birth year as 1885 and his gravestone states 1886.  The Marthenze’s voluntarily filed their births at the Sheboygan county courthouse after the 1907 requirement to record vital statistics.

 

Parents: Folmer Marthenze and Catharina Schleth

 

Siblings: George (Dec. 1886-1962), Margaret (1889-1939), Teana Cathryn (1891-1977) and Folmar Charles (1894-1948) Step Sibling: Anna Catharina (Hammond)

 

Marriage: to Elizabeth Caroline “Carrie” Loop, 12/17/1914

 

Children: June Bernice 1928-1957 (Lohman)

 

Death: 25 Jun 1974, Sheboygan, at age 88 1/2 years of age. Buried Wildwood Cemetery, Sheboygan, WI

 

From the Sheboygan Press, June 26th, 1974:

John Marthenze, 88, formerly of 4420 County Trunk EE, dies at Sunny Ridge Tuesday evening, where he had been a resident two years. Mr. Marthenze was born in the Town of Wilson, Jan. 1, 1886, a son of the late Folmer and Catherine Marthenze. He attended school in Wilson.

On Dec. 17, 1914, he married Carrie Loop of Crivitz, in Sheboygan. She died in Oct. 1957. He was a farmer until retirement. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Ivan (June) Lohman, of Springfiled, IL; four grandchildren (granddaughters), and a sister, Mrs. Andrew Poppe of Sheboygan. He was preceeded in death by two brothers, two sisters and a granddaughter.

Committal services will be held at Wildwood Cemetery Thursday at 1:30 pm.

 

Family Notes:

When John was done with only second or third grade, he had to leave school to help with the work at home.  One of his jobs was plowing, and once he had a tame crow that would sit on his shoulder and fly down and pick up the worms as they were exposed. For a few years John worked up north near Crivitz, WI doing farm work and working as a lumberjack. Here he met his wife.  They moved to Elkhart Lake, Wi and John worked at a resort called Sharp’s.  They then moved back to Sheboygan to help Folmar Sr. with the farm, although he had promised Carrie they would never farm for a living since neither cared much for it. After Folmar died, they bought out the brother’s and sisters share of the house on Rt. 3 and lived there the rest of their lives.  John’s mother Catherina lived with them upstairs.

John and Carrie were married 14 years whe they had their only child, June.  At the time of her conception, John had a broken arm in a cast and couldn’t do much farm work.  His brother George came to help out, and Carrie got some teasing by her friends saying that George was the real father.

In later years, after Carrie died, John lived alone in the house. The house never had plumbing in it, even as John lived there into the the 1950’s, which required carrying water from the well in the barn and visiting the outhouse even in the dead of winter.  It did eventually have electricity, but not for many years.

 

Census

1930 US Census, WI, Sheboygan Co, Wilson Township:
John Marthenze, age 45, age 29 at 1st marriage, born WI, owns radio, father b Denmark, mother b Germany, farmer, dairy farm
Caroline, age 36, age 21 at 1st marriage, born WI, parents b Germany
June B, daughter, age 1, born WI
Catharina, mother, age 76, widow, born Germany

 

1920 US Census, Sheboygan Co, Town of Wilson:
Folmar (spelled either Folmerr or Folmire) Marthenze age 69, emigrated 1878, born Denmark
Catrina age 66, born Holstein
John Marthenze age 35?
Caroline Marthenze age ?

 

1910 US Census, Sheboygan Co, Town of Wilson:
Folmer, age 59 married 11 years, born Denmark, emigrated 1871, farmer
Catherine, wife, age 52, born Germany, emigrated 1880 or 1882 (cannot decipher) number of children born 6
John, son age 25, farm labourer
George age 23 farm labourer
Teana age 18
Folmar son age 16

 

1900 US Census, Sheboygan Co, Town of Wilson:
Fulmer  “Martherye” (sic), born Jan 1849, age 51, born Denmark, married married 24 years, crossed out, changed to 16, born Denmark, emigrated 1870
Catherine, wife age 46, born Germany, married 16 year, 5 children born, 5 alive, emigrated (crossed out and changed - illegible, looks like 1880, lived in US 20 years)
Anna, age 21, born Oct. 1878 (this is daughter by 1st wife)
John, born Jan 1885 age 15 all children born WI
George born Dec 1886 age 13
Maggie born Oct. 1888 age 11
Teana born Oct 1890 age 9
Folmar born Mar 1894 age 6

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