Rathsack, Wilhelm

1848 - 1921  (72 years)    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Rathsack, Wilhelm
  Born	10 Dec 1848
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1911
  History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin
  WILLIAM RATHSACK, SR. This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.104-109. William Rathsack, Sr., one of the most prominent and successful business men of Manitowoc, is the president of the firm of William Rathsack & Son, a wholesale and retail hardware concern which has been conducted at No. 814 Jay street since March, 1910. His birth occurred in Vorpommern, Germany, on the 10th of December, 1848, his parents being Christian and Louisa Rathsack, whom he accompanied on their emigration to the United States in 1854, the family home being established in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The father, who held the office of mayor in Vorpommern, determined to come to America because of the revolution in Germany. He worked at the blacksmith's trade in early manhood but later purchased a farm in Manitowoc and subsequently divided the property into lots. He possessed only eleven hundred dollars at the time of his arrival in this country, but met with prosperity in his undertakings and eventually became a wealthy man. His demise occurred in 1898, when he had attained the age of ninety years, while his wife was called to her final rest in 1893 at the age of seventy-four. Both were buried in Evergreen cemetery. They had long resided in this county and were well known and highly esteemed within its borders.William Rathsack, whose name introduces this review, attended school in Manitowoc until fourteen years of age and then drove a stage for two years. He next learned the tinsmith's trade and was employed at that occupation for a period of thirty-eight years. In 1893, feeling that his capital and experience justified him in embarking in business on his own account, he opened a tinsmithing establishment and later added a hardware department. Success attended his efforts from the beginning and he is now at the head of the largest hardware concern in the county, at the present time conducting business under the firm style of William Rathsack & Son. He erected the structure in which the business is now carried on and also built his residence and a summer home. The business methods of Mr. Rathsack and his associates commend their establishment to the confidence and patronage of the public, for at no time have they swerved from the strictest commercial ethics but on the contrary have based their actions upon the rules which govern integrity, indefatigable enterprise and close application. On the 1st of August, 1876, in Manitowoc, Mr. Rathsack was united in marriage to Miss Annie Weber, who passed away on the 24th of July, 1908, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery. They were the parents of six children, as follows: William, Jr., who acts as vice president of the firm of William Rathsack & Son; Annie, who gave her hand in marriage to Arthur Ben, a stonecutter; Louis, who acts as foreman of the tin, plumbing and steamfitting departments of the firm of William Rathsack & Son; Tillie, the wife of Adolph Kadow, who is engaged in the butchering business; Charles, the secretary of his father's establishment; and Ella, who is the wife of Dr. Norman T. Zigilniski. In politics Mr. Rathsack is a republican, while fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also a devoted and consistent member of the German Lutheran church, and assisted in the erection of its house of worship. The period of his residence in Manitowoc county covers fifty-eight years and he has long enjoyed an enviable reputation as one of its foremost business men and citizens. Those who have known him since his boyhood have witnessed with interest his progress and rise in the world, and have rejoiced in the recognition which has come to his ability and genuine worth. His history is that of the man who resolutely faces the conditions of life, realizes what are the obstacles and difficulties as well as the opportunities and sets himself diligently to the task of overcoming the former and improving the latter.
  Other Info or Events	Children; William Karl Rathsack Son 15 Dec 1869 Manitowoc, Wisconsin 15 Mar 1944 Manitowoc , Wisconsin, USA Annie C Rathsack Daughter 27 Dec 1871 Manitowoc, Wisconsin Louis Carl Rathsack Son 25 Jun 1874 Wisconsin 5 Nov 1943 Manitowoc , Wisconsin, USA Mathilde C Rathsack Daughter 15 Apr 1879 Manitowoc, Wisconsin 31 Mar 1933 Manitowoc, , Wisconsin, USA Charles Leo Rathsack Son 19 Apr 1880 Wisconsin 1 Nov 1945 Manitowoc , Wisconsin, USA Ella A Rathsack Daughter 19 Nov 1883 Manitowoc, Wisconsin 19 May 1963 Manitowoc, Wisconsin
  Reference Number	8901
  Died	25 Jun 1921
  Person ID	I328233	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Rathsack, Carl Christian August,   b. Abt Jan 1811,   d. 22 Jan 1901, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Timm, Louisa,   b. 26 Dec 1813,   d. 28 Oct 1873  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F209792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Weber, Anna Louise,   b. Abt Jun 1848,   d. 24 Jul 1908, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Married	1 Aug 1876
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F209777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Rathsack, William Sr.