Edward immigrated to the U.S. in 1856 with his parents and seven of his siblings, arriving at New York on 29 September of that year. The family settled in the Town of Brussels, Door County, Wisconsin, at what was then at the settlement frontier in Wisconsin, where they engaged in the occupation of farming.
On 21 October 1880 Edward married local girl Elizabeth Francois (1866-1936) at the nearby church, St. Michaels, in the village of Misiere. Edward and Elizabeth raised three children who survived to adulthood: Emma (1881-1959), Frank (1886-1966), and Henry (1889-1950).
Edward died on 13 December 1911 at the age of 63. Cause of death was tuberculosis -- St. Hubert Interment Book
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Edward immigrated to the U.S. in 1856 with his parents and seven of his siblings, arriving at New York on 29 September of that year. The family settled in the Town of Brussels, Door County, Wisconsin, at what was then at the settlement frontier in Wisconsin, where they engaged in the occupation of farming.
On 21 October 1880 Edward married local girl Elizabeth Francois (1866-1936) at the nearby church, St. Michaels, in the village of Misiere. Edward and Elizabeth raised three children who survived to adulthood: Emma (1881-1959), Frank (1886-1966), and Henry (1889-1950).
Edward died on 13 December 1911 at the age of 63. Cause of death was tuberculosis -- St. Hubert Interment Book
See http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=penbelgen for greater particulars and for source references.
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