Priewe, Herman

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• Reference Number: 2446
• Immigration: Abt 2 Jun 1881
• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1183

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Biography:
HERMAN PRIEWE, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits on section 5, Seymour township, and is also proprietor of the Square Deal blacksmith shop at North Seymour, Wisconsin, is a native of Germany, havng been born at Pomerania, April 5, 1854, a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Behnke) Priewe, natives of the Fatherland who never left that country, Mr. Priewe dying there in 1863, aged fifty-six years, and his wife in 1900 when about eighty years of age. They had these children: Charles, who is deceased; August; Tena; Caroline and Herman, the latter being the only one of the family to come to the United States. Herman Priewe learned the blacksmith and wagonmaker's trades in his native country after completing his educational training, and there started to work. On May 19, 1881, he was married to Ernestine Luedke, and in June 2, following they started out for the new world, where Mr. Priewe felt that he could find better opportunities for displaying his abilities. From Baltimore, Maryland, where the young people first settled, they came west to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and at the latter city Mr. Priewe began to follow his trade, an occupation which he continued to follow for a period covering ten years. The next five years found him the proprietor of a grocery store at Green Bay, and during a like period he conducted a store at Little Suamico, Oconto county, and he then purchased a farm of eighty acres on which he carried on operations until coming to North Seymour in 1908. Here he has a wagon and blacksmith shop, and deals in farm implements, and he has erected a handsome residence, surrounded by well-kept lawns and. orchards.
Mrs. Priewe is the daughter of John and Henrietta (Linstead) Luedke, who came to the United States in 1884, Mr. Luedke carrying on farming in Brown county until his death at the age of seventy-four years. His wife passed away in 1908, when seventy-two years of age. Their children were: Ernestine, Theresa and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Priewe have had a family of six children: Alfred, who is engaged in business with his father; Otto, residing at Marinette; Mamie, who married W. Philhold; Hattie, who lives at Marinette; Ola, a resident of Green Bay; and Arthur, who lives at home.