Rossberg, Louis

Other Events:

• Immigration: Abt 1847
• 1870 Census: 1870, Centerville, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA
• 1900 Census: 1900, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1150

Notes:

1870 Census:
Louis Rossberg 38
Henriette Rossberg 24
Frank Rossberg 5/12
Christias Kartens 22

1900 Census:
Louis Rossberg 68
Henryetta Rossberg 56
Frank Rossberg 29
Louis Rossberg 27
Otto Rossberg 3
Ida Rossberg 30
Arthur Rossberg 5
Laura Rossberg 3

Biography:
LOUIS ROSSBERG, one of the old and honored residents of Greenville township, where he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years, is now cultivating an excellent tract of eighty-eight acres. He is a native of Saxony, Germany, born November 11, 1831 a son of William and Rosena Rossberg, natives of Saxony, where the father was born December 20, 1807, and the mother in 1809. They came to the United States in 1847, settling in Centerville township, Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, where the mother died in 1877, while the father passed away in 1884, near Sheboygan Falls. In his native country Mr. Rossberg had been a carpenter by trade, but after coming to this country he was engaged in farming and fruit growing. Louis Rossberg received his education in the schools of his native country and at the age of fourteen years began working in a glass factory, later learning the miller's trade. On coming to this country he began to assist his father to clear the wild farm of 160 acres, but in 1853 left home and went to the copper mines near Superior, where he spent about five years. He then returned to the homestead at Sheboygan and engaged in pier building and shipping wood by vessels to Chicago and other points, and later went to Apple Creek, in Grand Chute township, where for seven years he was engaged in the saloon business. At the end of this time he purchased his present farm, a fine tract of eighty-eight acres, where he carries on general farming and dairying. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and a republican in politics. In August, 1869, Mr. Rossberg was married to Henrietta Schiermyer, who was born in Germany, and they have had three children: Frank, who is operating the homestead farm with his father; Louis, who lives in Appleton; and Otto, who is employed in a factory in Appleton.

Louis married Unknown, Henrietta Abt 1869. Henrietta was born Abt 1845; died Abt 1917; was buried , Wonder Rest Cemetery, Greenville, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1900 Census: 1900, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1940 Census: 1940, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 20 May 1958; APC

Notes:

1900 Census:
Louis Rossberg 68
Henryetta Rossberg 56
Frank Rossberg 29
Louis Rossberg 27
Otto Rossberg 3
Ida Rossberg 30
Arthur Rossberg 5
Laura Rossberg 3

1940 Census:
Otto Rossberg 54
Amanda Rossberg 53
Merle Rossberg 19

Obituary:
Name: Otto W. Rossberg
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1885
Birth Place: Greenville, WI
Death Date: 1958
Burial Place: Appleton, WI
Cemetery: Highland Memorial Park
Publication Date: 20 May 1958
Publication Place: Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
Publication Title: Post-Crescent

Otto — Hipp, Amanda. Amanda (daughter of Hipp, Charles and Eckhardt, Minnie) was born 23 Dec 1886; died 28 May 1973, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]