PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES

ANNA (LAU) ROEH


Anna (Lau) Roeh

From Calumet county marriage records:
William Roeh and Annie Lau (v.3 p.37)
Jan. 25, 1887 in civil ceremony, Town of New Holstein
William Roeh
Son of Henry Roeh and Christina Harder
Born Town of Schleswig, Manitowoc County
Annie Lau
Daughter of Michael Lau and Augusta Strausburg
Born Town of Eaton, Manitowoc County
Witnesses are William Lau and Emma Roeh
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From the Calumet county death records:
Annie Augusta Roeh nee Lau (v.10 p.393)
April 17, 1867-Aug. 6, 1939
Wife of William Roeh
Son of Michael Lau and Augusta Straussburg (both born Germany)
Born Town of Eaton, Manitowoc County
Died from “cerebral hemorrhage, July 29, 1939 -hypostatic pneumonia, Aug. 3, 1939”
Buried at New Holstein Cemetery
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From the Calumet county death records:
William Roeh (v.12 p.484)
March 26, 1867-Jan. 30, 1950
Son of Henry Roeh with only mother’s maiden name of Harder given
Born Town of Schleswig, Manitowoc County –farmer 
Died from “uremic poisoning, 3 days –cardio vascular renal disease,
  10 years –arteriosclerosis, 20 years”
Buried at New Holstein Cemetery

HELEN (QUANTE) ROEHL


Helen (Quante) Roehl

From Manitowoc county marriage records:
August Roehl and Lena Quante (9-75)
Sept. 10, 1908 in religious ceremony, Town of Schleswig
August Roehl
Son of Wm. Roehl and Dora Williams (both born Germany)
Born Wisconsin –mason and 36 years of age at marriage
Lena [Helena] Quante
Daughter of August Quante and Bertha Zorn (both born Germany)
Born Wiscosnin –34 years of age at marriage
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This is Helen (Lena) Quante who married August Roehl.  Helen was born 
March 9, 1874 of August Quante and Bertha Zorn in the Town of Schleswig.  
She married August F. Roehl on Sept. 10, 1908 at the Zion Lutheran Church, 
Louis Corners, Town of Schleswig.  She died in 1963 and is buried at Union 
Cemetery, near Louis Corners.  August and Helen had only one child, Elsie 
Roehl, who never married. Elsie is buried at Union also.
August F. Roehl was born in the Town of Meeme on Dec. 4, 1871 of William 
Roehl.  About 1880, the family moved to Peshtigo.  August returned to the 
Town of Schleswig in 1904 and married Helen Quante in 1908.  August died 
in 1951 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Town of Schleswig.
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Helen Roehl nee Quante (v.58 p.208)
March 9, 1874-April 20, 1963
[Wife of August Roehl]
Daughter of August Quante and Bertha Zorn
Born Wisconsin
Died from “cerebral hemorrhage, 2 days –generalized arteriosclerosis, 
   years –with arteriosclerotic gangrene of left foot”
Buried at Union Cemetery, Town of Schleswig
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Mrs. August Roehl, 89, of R. 1, Kiel, Town of Schleswig, died early today 
at St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan where she had been a patient the past 
three weeks.
The former Helena Quante, she was born at R. 1, Kiel, March 9, 1874, the 
daughter of the late August Quante and Bertha Zorn.  She attended district 
schools in the Town of Schleswig and on Sept. 10, 1908, was married to 
August Roehl of Peshtigo at the Zion Lutheran Church, Louis Corners.
The couple settled on the homestead farm at R. 1, Kiel, after their marriage.
Mr. Roehl died in 1950.
Mrs. Roehl was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church at Louis Corners and a 
member of the Ladies Aid Society of the church.
Surviving is one daughter, Miss Elsie, at home.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Zion Lutheran Church, 
the Rev. Adalbert Schultz, pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in Union 
Cemetery in the Town of Schleswig.
Friends may call at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel from 3 p.m. Monday 
until 11 a.m. Tuesday and at the church from noon until time of services.
The Sheboygan Press - April 20, 1963 - P. 17
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Mrs. August Roehl Dies Saturday
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. August Roehl, 89, of Route 1,
Kiel, Town of Schleswig, who died Saturday at St. Nicholas hospital in
Sheboygan. The services were held at the Zion Lutheran Church with the
Rev. Adalbert Schultz officiating. Burial was in the Union Cemetery in
Town of Schleswig.
The former Helena Quante, she was born at Route 1, Kiel March 9, 1874,
the daughter of the late August Quante and Bertha Zorn. She attended
district schools in the Town of Schleswig and on September 10, 1906,
was married to August Roehl of Peshtigo at the Zion Lutheran Church,
Louis Corners.
The couple settled on the homestead farm at Route 1, Kiel, after their
marriage.
Mr. Roehl died in 1950.
Mrs. Roehl was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church at Louis Corners
and a member of the Ladies Aid Society of the church.
Surviving is one daughter, Miss Elsie, at home.
(4-25-1963 handwritten on the obituary-no newspaper named)
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From Manitowoc county death records:
August Frederick Roehl (v.44 p.106)
Dec. 14, 1871-Jan. 15, 1951
[Husband of Helen Quante]
Son of William Roehl and Dorothy Vieland
Born Wisconsin –carpenter 
Died from “cerebral embolism, 1 week –fracture of hip, 6 weeks –accident, 
   stepped on ice at home”
Buried at Union Cemetery, Town of Schleswig
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August F. Roehl, 79, town of Schleswig, passed away at St. Nicholas hospital 
Monday afternoon.  He had been a patient at the hospital since fracturing his 
hip in a fall six weeks ago.
He was born in the town of Meeme on Dec. 4, 1871, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William 
Roehl.  When he was nine years of age the family moved to Peshtigo, and he 
returned to Schleswig in 1904.  He was married there to Helena Quante on Sept. 
10, 1908, and the couple settled on the Quante family homestead farm.
Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Elsie, at home; one brother, Otto, of 
Marinette; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Kamps of Marinette, Mrs. Gussie Kamka of 
Peshtigo, and Mrs. Charles Rasmussen of Colby.
One brother and one sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, at the Zion Lutheran 
church, Louis Corners.  The Rev. William Hartwig will officiate and burial 
will be made in Union cemetery.
The body will lie in state from 2 a.m., today, until 10 a.m., Thursday, at 
the Meiselwitz Funeral home, Kiel, and from 11 a.m., Thursday, until the hour 
of services, the body can be viewed at the church.
The Sheboygan Press - Wednesday, January 17, 1951 - P. 12



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