Hajenga, Nettie

Other Events:

• 1880 Census: 1880, Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
• 1940 Census: 1940, Brothertown, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: Aft 4 Nov 1954; Unknown and undated

Notes:

1880 Census:
Rudolph Hajenga29
Emily Hajenga27
Schwamet Hajenga4
Maves C. Hajenga2
Charles Hajenga3m

1940 Census:
William Kalwitz83
Otta Kalwitz39
Nettie Kalwitz63
Elmer Klessig34
Clara Klessig30
Lincoln Klessig10
Roy Klessig7
Robert Klessig5
Violet Klessig3

Obituary:
The Obituary for Mrs. William Kalwitz: No date or name of paper
Mrs. William Kalwitz town of Brothertown, Passed away at 7 pm Thursday, Nov. 4 at St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, following a lingering illness. Nee Nettie Hajenga, she was born May 29, 1876, in the town of Chilton, the daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. Rudolf Hajenga. She attended Brant school, and on May 22, 1898 was married to William Kalwitz at Brothertown. She was a member of the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Calumetville, the Women's Guild of Calumetville, and the Women's Society of Christian Service at Brothertown. Survivors include two sons, Otto at home, and the Rev. Rudolf Kalwitz of Milwaukee: three daughters, Mrs. William (Emma) Olbrich and Mrs. Ebon (Ella) Phillips, both of the town of Brothertown, and Mrs. Elmer (Clara) Klessig at home; nine grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; three brothers, Alex of Milbank , S.D. Robert of Brillion, and Rudolph of Great Falls, Montana. Funeral services were held at 2 pm Monday at the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Calumetville. The Rev. C.A. Voll officiated and burial was made in the church cemetery. Pall bearers were George Phillips, Lincoln Klessig, Robert Hajenga, Donald Hajenga, Charles Kalwitz, and Louis Kalwitz. The Erbe-Hoffmann Funeral home, Chilton conducted the funeral services.
Notes for Wilhelm Kalwitz:
The mother tongue of William's mother and dad is listed as German on the 1920 census in Wisconsin. On the same census the place of birth for his mother and dad was listed as Prussian. His death certificate is listed as coming from the Calumet County Register of Deeds and has a local registrar's number of #316. (208 is written in the top right hand corner. He died in Calumet, Brothertown at the age of 90 years, 10 months and 23 days. The file date was 3 - 13 - 48. He is listed as a white male who was married to Nettie who was 71 years old when he died. He was born in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin and his occupation was a "farmer." His father is listed as Karl Kalwitz from Germany and his mother as Rica Marks from Germany. The informant was Mrs. Wm. Kalwitz of Malone R. 1. Wisconsin. He was buried on 2-23-48 in the St. Paul Cemetery in Calumet, Wisconsin and the funeral director was Anton Hoffmann from Chilton. William resided in Brothertown, Calumet County, Wisconsin. He died at 12:45 am from lobar pneumonia after an illness duration of 4 days. He is also listed as having senility. The certificate of death is signed on the 21st of Feb., by E. T. Rathert, M.D. who was from Chilton, Wisconsin. There is age incongruity with the 1870 census where he is listed as being 16 which doesn't go with the birth date. However the number 16 looks as if it was written over. William is listed on the 1920 census as being the Head of his household and 62 years of age. His wife Zettie is listed, along with Emma, Otto, Ella, Rudolph, and Clara. Next to his household is listed that of his brother, Christian. His brother was listed as 54 years of age at the time of the census and married to Anna who was 44 years of age. Their children were Charlie, who was 23, William who was 21, Della (?) who was a 16 year old female, Louis who was a 15 year old son, Rose who was a 13 year old daughter, Margret who was a 9 year old daughter, and Christian who was a 7year old son. Christian and William's mother and father were listed as coming from Prussia and speaking German. Both of them were Farmers and listed as General farmers. His marriage certificate is No. 30, 01362. He was listed as a Farmer living in Brothertown, Calumet County, Wisconsin and born in Fon du Lac County, Wisconsin. He married on March 22, 1898 in Brothertown. The ceremony was listed as Clergical and the witnesses were Miss Amelie Guestoerhoeft and John Hajenga. Conrad Hartinstern pronounced the marriage and the date of certificate was March 28, 1898 and the date of registration was March 30, 1898.

Nettie married Kalwitz, William 22 May 1898. William (son of Colwitz, Charles and Marks, Fredericke) was born Abt 1857, Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA; died 20 Feb 1948, Brothertown, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA; was buried 23 Feb 1948. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Family History Researcher:
Ella Emilie Wilhelmine Kalwitz. She was born on 30 Oct 1903, in Rt. #3 Calumet County, Wisconsin. Residence 1920 in Brothertown, Calumet, Wisconsi. She married Ebon Lyman Phillips on 18 Sep 1923, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malone, Calumet County. She died on 18 Aug 1975, in Brothertown, Wisconsin.

Notes for Ella Emilie Wilhelmine Kalwitz:

According to her confirmation notice, Ella Kalwitz was confirmed in 1919 at the age of 16 years of age in St. Paul's Church. When she was in high school, Ella played basketball on the first Chilton High School Girls Basketball Team. She was a teacher when she married. She taught in Malone (Calumet County) and in a school one mile north of Brothertown (The "North" School.) Historically, women dominated the pedagogical processes. Women were the educators in the one-room school house. Contracts were drawn for these women in which they agreed to several stipulations for a monthly salary of $75. In Wisconsin, a typical teacher's contract for the school year of 1922 was as follows: Miss ___ agrees:
* Not to get married. This contract becomes null and void immediately if the teacher marries.
* Not to keep company with men.
* To be home between the hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. unless in attendance at a school function.
* Not to loiter downtown in icecream parlors.
* Not to leave town at any time without the permission of the chairman of the Trustees.
* Not to smoke cigarettes.
* Not to drink beer, wine, or whiskey.
* Not to ride in a carriage or automobile with any man except her brother or father.
* Not to dress in bright colors.
Ella had always wanted to become a nurse and in 1959, she attained her nursing degree and worked at Calumet Memorial Hospital as a nurse.

Article on Ella's Golden Anniversary Celebration: Fond Du Lac Reporter, Tuesday, September 25, 1973

"Mr. and Mrs. Ebon L. Phillips of Brothertown, Wisconsin celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a dinner dance and social Sunday at Schneider's Kloten Oasis. The former Ella Kalwitz and Ebon Phillips were married September 18, 1923 at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Malone, the Rev. Hoeppner officiating. Mr. Phillips served in the U.S. Navy in WW 1 and since his marriage has been engaged in farming. Mrs. Phillips taught school in Calumet County for several years. In 1959 she graduated from Moraine Park Technical Institute and was employed at Calumet Memorial Hospital, Chilton for 12 years. The couple has three children, Mrs. James Koertgen of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Mrs. Vernon Damer of Peru, Illinois, and George of Drummond. They also have 10 grandchildren.

Ebon Lyman Phillips is the son of George Phillips & Flora Florence Waffle Phillips. He was born at 5:45 A.M on 26 Jul 1899, in Brothertown, Wisconsin Calumet County. He died at the age of 96 following a two-year illness on 12 Dec 1995, in Peru, Illinois and was buried in Chilton, Wisconsin.

Notes for Ebon Lyman Phillips:

At the age of 17, Phillips helped drive cattle from Brothertown to Malone. That year he moved out west and worked there on a ranch. When the war broke out, he tried to enlist in the Navy but was sent back to work on the ranch harvesting grain. Finally on Dec. 17, 1917, he enlisted in the Navy at Seattle, Washington, where he served as a gunner on the USS South Dakota and the USS Des Moines. At the end of the war, he served on a overt mission in Russia, known as the Polar Bear Mission. He was a member of World War I Barracks of Calumet County, American Legion Post No. 125 of Chilton, Calumet County Veterans of Siberia, the Polar Bears of Detroid, Chilton Senior Citizens, and AARP. He served a treasurer of Consolidated School No. 1 of Brothertown for 20 years and was building inspector for the Town of Brothertown until 1973. He farmed in Brothertown.

Ella — Phillips, Ebon. Ebon was born 26 Jul 1899; died 12 Dec 1995. [Group Sheet]