Forster, Vincent John

Other Events:

• 1920 Census: 1920, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• News Mention: 18 Jul 1922; Appleton Post Crescent
• Obituary: 1 Mar 1929; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

1920 Census:
Vincent Forster25
[35]
Rose Forster23
Vincent Forster1
[1 2/12]

News Mention:
Sponge Squad Gets 5 For Selling Liquor Three Pay $200 Fines and Two Are to be Tried Today - New Hiding Places Are Found for Moonshine. Three saloon keepers paid fines of $200 and costs when they appeared before Judge A. M. Spencer in municipal court Tuesday morning on a charge of having intoxicating liquor in their places of business and two are to be tried Tuesday afternoon on the same charge. Those who paid fines were Edward Mantz, Stephensvills, and Martin Verbeten and Theodore Jacobs of Kimberly. Trials of John and Vincent Forster, Maple Grove-st., and Jacob Miller, Kaukauna. still are pending. All five arrests were the result of raids in Outagamie Co. within the last few days by a group of federal and state prohibition officers, who confiscated liquor for evidence in each place. A pitcher of moonshine whisky behind the bar and a jug of the fluid in the back room ware found at the Mantz soft drink establishment, Stephensville, in a raid Monday afternoon At the Forster brothers' establishment, one man is said to have fled through the rear door as the officers entered at the front. He was followed and a pint of liquor was found beneath a stairway. A path was followed to the end of, the yard, where a jug containing more "moon" was discovered. This raid was conducted Monday morning. The visit to the Jacob Miller place of business on Wisconsin-ave, Kaukauna, Sunday evening revealed a pint bottle of moonshine concealed in the flushing tank of a toilet. In the two Kimberly raids, the officers confiscated several pop bottles filled with the strong brown fluid at the Verbaeten place and a pint bottle half filled and a 3-gallon jug partially filled at the Jacobs place.
Appleton Post Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Tuesday, July 18, 1922 | Page 1

Obituary:
VINCENT FORSTER Vincent Forster, 35, died Friday morning at his home at 1929 E John-st from pneumonia, after an illness of only a few days. Survivors are one son, Vincent Jr.; mother, Mrs. Max Forster: one brother, Frank, Appleton; four sis- ters, Mrs. D. Greishabed, Mrs. C Grieshaber and Mrs. Rose McCann Appleton; and Mrs. Frank Warbeck Sturgeon Bay. The body will be taken from the Schommer funeral home to the residence Saturday morning. The funeral will be held from the Forster home at 8:15 Monday morning, will services at 0 o'clock at St. Joseph church.
Appleton Post Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Friday, March 01, 1929 | Page 23

Vincent married Hopfensperger, Rose Mary Bef 1918. Rose (daughter of Hopfensperger, Andrew and Geiger, Elizabeth) was born 8 Sep 1896, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 3 Jan 1982, Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA; was buried Aft 3 Jan 1982, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Education - High School: 1936, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Death Record - Civil: 11 Sep 1985; Wisconsin Death Index 1959-1997, Certificate # 204820

Notes:

Education - High School:
Appleton High School Class of 1936

Vincent married Jansen, Matilda "Tillie" 15 Nov 1939, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, USA. Matilda (daughter of Jansen, Martin and Williams, Jacoba "Cora") was born 1 Jul 1918, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 20 Sep 2009, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Sandra married Felber, Tedd [Group Sheet]