Bissing, Herman

1831 - 1910  (79 years)    Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Bissing, Herman
  Born	6 Oct 1831	Bocholt, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Biography	From Commenorative Biography of Fox Valley
  This gentleman, whose industry and commendable thrift have placed him in comfortable circumstances, is now a resident of Appleton, living a retired life. He is a native of Westphalia, Prussia, born in October, 1831, a son of Henry and Anna (Camphof) Bissing, also of Prussian nativity, well-to-do farming people. They died in their native land, the father in 1844, the mother in 1833, the parents of eight children. Herman received but a limited school training in Prussia, and there learned the trade of molder, till the age of fifteen years, or 1847, when he came to the United States, and locating in Buffalo, N. Y., there worked in a foundry one year. His health failing, however, he was obliged to give up the moulder's trade, and he then learned that of a shoemaker, in Buffalo, in which city he remained three years in all. Directing his eyes southward at this time, he, in 1850, made a trip to New Orleans, where he sojourned until the cholera drove him out of the city in 1851, and he did not cease traveling northward until he found himself in Milwaukeee, Wis. Here for two years he worked at shoemaking, then in Waukesha also two years, afterward in Hartland eight years, in the last named place having a boot and shoe store of his own. In 1863 he came to Appleton, where he conducted a leading boot and shoe business until May, 1894, at which time he made over his entire interest to his sons, and retired into private life. He owns three other stores, besides real estate, in Appleton, all acquired by his own individual exertion, perseverance and sound judgement. On October 16, 1853, Mr Bissing was married to Miss Catherine Bellew, born in County Louth, Ireland, in June, 1830, a daughter of Thomas and Catherine (McMahon) Bellew, agriculturists of the higher class. An uncle of Mrs. Catherine Bissing was a member of the English Parliment. Eight children were born to this union, as follows: Henry (drowned in Hartland when 5 years of age), Alice (who died in 1892 at the age of twenty two years), Mary, Elizabeth, Frank, Henry, George and Benjamin. The mother of these died in Appleton in October, 1884. Politically Mr. Bissing is a Democrat, and in religion he is a member of the Catholic Church. His father being in poor health and unable to do much work, Herman enjoyed no school privileges after the age of eleven years, but he became a close reader and an attentive observer, which enabled him to "paddle his own canoe" into a safe harbor of refuge.
  Immigration	Unknown
  Died	6 Nov 1910	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I55914	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Family	Bellew, Catherine,   b. Abt Jun 1830, , County Louth, Ireland ,   d. Abt Oct 1884, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Married	16 Oct 1853
  Children	1. Bissing, Frank,   b. Abt 1859, Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt May 1917, , , Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F27331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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