Brandenburg, Fred

Abt 1849 - 1908  (~ 58 years)    Has no ancestors but 6 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Brandenburg, Fred
  Born	Abt Sep 1849	Pomerania, Germany
  Gender	Male
  1900 Census	1900	Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Fred Brandenburg50 Bertha Brandenburg47 Bernhard Brandenburg21 Lena Brandenburg17 Emma Brandenburg12 Emil Brandenburg9 Ida Brandenburg5
  1905 State Census	1905	Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Fred Brandenburg54 Bertha Brandenburg50 Bernhard Brandenburg26 Emil Brandenburg14 Ida Brandenburg10 William Burmeister28 Martha Burmeister25
  Died	23 Feb 1908
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0776
  FRED BRANDENBURG, who during a period covering thirty years was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Outagamie county, was a man who took an active part in the progress and development of this section, and in his death, which occurred February 23, 1908, Cicero township lost one of its most highly esteemed citizens. Fred Brandenburg was born in Pomerania, Germany, and came to the United States in 1873, working at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, until 1878, when he located on forty acres of wild land in Cicero township, which he had purchased two years before. He was married in 1876 to Bertha Grasse, who was born in Germany, April 24, 1853, and came to the United States six months after the arrival of her husband. She was the daughter of Daniel and Engle (Brogan) Grasse, whose other children were: Mary, who is deceased; Lot and August, residing in Dakota; Mrs. Reca Deckman; and Caroline and Ferdinand, who are deceased. In 1878 Mr. and Mrs. Brandenburg settled on the Cicero township farm, where he built a log cabin 18x28 feet and two log barns, 30x16 feet and 20x22 feet. Four years later he bought eighty acres more of wild land, and still later purchased another tract of eighty acres, and he lived to see it all cleared from the wilderness and changed into a productive, well-equipped farm. He erected three upright frame buildings, two being 16x28 feet, and the other 16x16 feet, and during the same year built a basement barn 40x80 feet, and a stone hog barn, 24x50 feet. He was a great lover of horses, and always kept a number of well-bred animals on his property. Although Mr. Brandenburg was known in his neighborhood as a careful farmer, who always took the best care of his tools and equipment, he was the victim of several severe accidents. At Oshkosh, while sawing in the woods, on the present site of Antigo, a falling limb broke his left arm. Later, while working on his farm, he started to use a pry in lieu of a stump-puller, and when the team started too soon, the pry broke the same arm that had been injured before. On another occasion, Mr. Brandenburg was building his hay barn, and while loading stone his horse swerved suddenly, overturning the half-filled stone boat which crushed and broke his left leg. Mr. Brandenburg's final illness started as an attack of la grippe, which ran into erysipelas, from the effects of which he died. Mr. Brandenburg was always a hard worker, and to this must be accredited his success in his chosen occupation, as he started in life with no means and but few advantages of any kind. A good and public-spirited citizen, an excellent agriculturist and a loving husband and father, Mr. Brandenburg's death was felt by not only his immediate family, but by those in his township who had come to know and appreciate his many admirable qualities. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brandenburg: Bernhard; Emil; Martha, who married William Burmeister; Lena, who married August Burmeister; Emma, and Ida. Bernhard Brandenburg took up the management of the home farm after his father's death, and he also owns eighty acres on the west side of the old home place, where he has a comfortable home and a fine barn. He has an honorable discharge from Company C, of the Third United States Infantry, having served in the Spanish-American War and in the Indian uprising in Minnesota after the close of the former war.
  	Brandenburg, Fred Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Person ID	I195197	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Family	Grasse, Bertha,   b. 24 Apr 1853, , , , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1876
  Children	1. Brandenburg, Bernhard,   b. 10 Mar 1877,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Brandenburg, Martha,   b. Abt 1880,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Brandenburg, Helene "Lena",   b. 11 Feb 1883,   d. 29 Oct 1963  (Age 80 years)   4. Brandenburg, Emma,   b. Abt Jun 1887,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Brandenburg, Emil,   b. 10 Dec 1891,   d. 8 Jul 1986  (Age 94 years)   6. Brandenburg, Ida,   b. Abt Jan 1894,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F42102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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