DEAR ANCESTORS


Your tombstone stands among the rest, Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out, On polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care, It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist, You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you, In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse, Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled, One hundred years ago, 
Spreads out among the ones you left, Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved. I wonder if you knew, 
That someday I would find this spot, and come to visit you.

Author Unknown




Foreward

The lives of our ancestors have left behind many treasures. Those treasures 
can come in the form of photographs, journals, property, inheritances, or other 
items of sentimental or monetary value handed down from generation to generation. 
However, there is one treasure that holds the highest value of all, and, 
unfortunately, it is the one most frequently lost: memories. Images of people, 
places, experiences, feelings, the very core of life that made our ancestors who 
they were.

It is my sincerest hope that this document will provide an opportunity for the 
current generation of the Zander family, and those generations yet to come, to 
learn and dream about what life was like for the earliest pioneers of our family.  
It is also my desire that we look past those pioneers and see how their lives 
impacted those that followed them. How did the experiences of Johann and Maria 
impart the strength of character in Otto enabling him to become the first man to 
successfully run the Brillion News? How did the goals and aspirations of the 
Zander brothers and their operation of the Manitowoc Planing Mill and other 
businesses inspire Arnold Scheuer Zander to co-found and preside over the 
American Federation of State, City, and Municipal Employees Union? How might 
they make an impression upon you? How might your life experiences impact the 
next generations of the Zander family?

In 1965, another member of the Zander family, Lucile Uspensky-Zander, wrote a 
wonderful book entitled “Mecklenburg to Wisconsin: The Johann Zander Family 
Migration 1854-1856.” This is an invaluable piece of work that illustrates in 
great detail, how the Zander family made their way from Mecklenburg to Bremen, 
across the Atlantic, through New York, across the US to Milwaukee, and up to 
the wilderness of Gibson Township. Lucile was Otto and Isabelle’s daughter and 
she is an inspiration to me. I have used her work throughout this document and 
have expounded upon it. My goal was to provide biographical and life experience 
information on our antecedents. 

I would like to thank all of the people who have helped me in this endeavor:  
Shari Milks who maintains an excellent and informative genealogical website about 
Manitowoc County, my family for trekking through cemeteries with me to document 
ancestors past and allowing me to sit at my computer for long hours, my parents-
in-law for sharing what they know about the Zander family history and for being 
as excited as I was every time I found something interesting. To Arnold W. for 
keeping his volumes of correspondences, newspaper clippings, and historical 
documents and to his daughter Bernice for donating those records to be archived 
for the enjoyment of future generations. And not to be forgotten is the Zander 
Family of Brillion for taking me in and welcoming me into their family, sharing 
the stories of their branch of the tree, sharing more of Lucile’s work, and most 
especially, sharing the exceptionally valuable treasured photographs and memories 
from the earliest days of the pioneer Zander family members.  

Thank you!

Jill Diane Kruppstadt-Zander



Zander Family History

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

The story of the Zander family history begins in the Eastern European region 
called Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Mecklenburg-Schwerin was the largest portion of 
the partitioned duchy of Mecklenburg. In the time of the patriarch of our 
Zander family, Johann Zander, there wasn’t a country called Germany, as we 
know it today.  Instead, there were several administrative units controlled 
by various hierarchies such as princes, grand duchies, dukes, counts, and 
barons. One such hierarchy was Prussia and a number of smaller independent 
states and principalities down to the free cities of Hamburg and Bremen.

The regions varied by religion, language (by dialect), form of government, 
types of agriculture, and cultural and architectural traditions. Once these 
individuals reached America and census takers began enumerating their presence, 
they became lumped together under the category “German”. This would have 
included people from Austria and Switzerland, and of widely varying cultural 
backgrounds including such minority groups as Kashubians, Alsatians, Poles, 
and Jews.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin had a coastline on the Baltic Sea, common borders on the 
east with Hither Pomerania, on the west with Holstein, and on the south with 
Hanover and Prussia. The city of Schwerin was the capital of the Grand Duchy 
and Henry the Lion founded it in the 12th Century. The Slavic tribe that had 
occupied the region called it “Zuarin” meaning “region of many animals” and 
this name stayed with it.

During the time of the Thirty Years War, the entire Mecklenburg region was 
devastated. Eventually, the Swedes took over Schwerin as they did with most of 
Mecklenburg. The disaster of losing the Thirty Years War was followed twenty 
years later with a fire that destroyed nearly all the homes in the town. In the 
early 1700s, Schwerin began to make a come back and by the mid-1800s it really 
began to flourish.

The castle built in Mecklenburg-Schwerin during the time of the Grand Dukes is 
still there today. It was the last home of the Mecklenburg royal family. The 
royal family resided in this palace until 1918 when they abdicated. The castle 
is situated on an island where the Schweriner See and Burgsee meet.  

Much of the palace was constructed between 1843 and 1857. Only four historical 
parts from the 16th and 17th centuries remained a part of the palace. Many 
buildings in Eastern Germany went into a state of disrepair during the Soviet 
era; however, that is not the case with this castle. It was well maintained and 
used as an educational school for kindergarten teachers. Since the reunification, 
it is being refurbished and is open to the public for tours.

The Zander family lived in the so-called lake plateau region. It forms a low 
watershed between the Elbe River and the Baltic Sea, jeweled with lakes so 
numerous; one wonders how roads could have been built among them. Windmills 
also dotted the landscape, but watermills were rare due to the low fall of the 
waters. Beech forests enhanced the landscape.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin was an agricultural state, thinly populated and without 
any large cities. Great landed estates of early medieval origin were common; 
they often had their own villages for the people who worked on them. For 
centuries, farmers in the Germanic regions were serfs of their overlords and 
artisans were required to abide by ancient regulations of medieval craft guilds. 
Life was strictly regulated right down to distinctive clothing made to identify 
a person’s status in society. The spread of industrialization, crop blights, 
and unemployment began to make America appear to be the land of hope and promise.
Many of the little churches to be found in villages and small towns had been 
erected as far back as the 1200s. The earliest of them were built of wood or 
of blocks of granite cut in regular squares and set in rows. The church at 
Bellin, where the baptisms of the 3 youngest children (Marie, Caroline, and 
William) were registered, is one of the granite edifices. It was restored and 
re-consecrated on orders of the grand duke the year after the Zander family 
emigrated. The cathedral in Guestrow, the chapel of ease at Langhagen and the 
church at Serrahn are all of brick and all played their parts in the Zander 
story.

While the very old churches had been founded by the Roman Catholics during the 
colonization period, many of them became Protestant after the Reformation. It 
is a matter of record that Maria and Johann were married in the Lutheran faith, 
had all their children baptized in that faith, and their first-born (Ludwig) 
was married and had his only child (Emma) baptized Lutheran, in the cathedral 
in Guestrow.

During the 1800's, breeding of merino sheep spread at an exceptional rate in 
the duchy and the wool markets of Mecklenburg-Schwerin became widely known. An 
1819 census roll of Langhagen has the name of Joachim Zander, a bachelor shepherd, 
who had been living there for 5 years. 

Three years later, Joachim took Maria Voelker of Teterow as his wife. The parish 
registers of the hamlet and two villages in the Krakow Lake region recorded the 
baptisms of 9 living children of this union. The last child, Wilhelm, was born 
in 1844 in Klein-Tessin.

                              Immigration

There were three major waves of German immigration to the United States in the 
1800s. The first wave, between 1845 and 1855 came from southwestern Germany. 
The second influx of German immigrants came between 1865 and 1875 from north-
western Germany. And finally, beginning in 1880, there was a large volume of 
immigrants from southern and eastern Europe. People from Prussia, Pomerania, 
Upper Silesia, and Mecklenburg dominated these numbers. The unification and 
industrialization of this region from 1816 to 1859 eliminated or consolidated 
peasant holding creating a large landless agricultural class whose best chance 
at an improved lot in life was immigration. The Zander family was ahead of 
their time, beginning with Edward’s immigration in 1850.
Even though a chance at a better life and expanded opportunities were the promise 
of immigration to America, departures from those left behind were heart breaking. 
Another settler to Manitowoc County, John Schuette, whose family crossed the 
Atlantic in 1848, had this to say, “The neighbors and friends were on hand to 
say a last farewell; tears flowed in profusion… anyone leaving for America was 
considered as about to pass into eternity.” Some family members and others left 
behind viewed immigrants as deserters of their homeland.

The Zander immigrants left from the port of Bremen which was described by 
Schuette in the following manner, “On arrival at this seaport we saw for the 
first time what we had so often longed to see, ships of all nations, in all 
colors, with symbolic figureheads, lofty, majestic spars-oh, how different 
from our inland town!”

The state of Wisconsin established a Commission of Immigration in 1852 and 
assigned a commissioner to live in New York City. Pamphlets were distributed 
glorifying the advantages of life in Wisconsin. Information was also provided 
to the immigrants regarding the proper routes to take to get to Milwaukee. The 
pamphlets were not only distributed in New York but were also handed out in 
coastal areas of Germany. German language newspapers also extolled the 
advantages of life in Wisconsin. Not to be forgotten, however, was the very 
effective impact of letters written by the immigrants to their friends and 
family members back home.

                       The Role of Women Pioneers

As you will see as you read this document, the biographical portraits are 
predominantly of our male ancestors. Before we proceed with our study of these 
men and their experiences, lets take this opportunity to imagine the role of 
the female in the immigration and pioneering adventure. Women were not only 
responsible for their natural role of bearing and caring for children they 
also had to prepare meals without the availability of many necessities. They 
were required to plant and tend the kitchen garden, tend the chickens, do the 
laundry chores, help get in the hay, and work in the wheat or cornfields right 
alongside the men. This was a vast cultural change from the European tradition.
Almost every farm task included the work of women, regardless of age, with the 
only qualifying factor being physical strength limitations.

                             Edward’s Story

The third child of Maria and Johann, Edward (1828-1916) was the first member 
of the family to make the journey across the ocean to America. The year was 
1850 when Edward, who at the time worked as a furniture maker in Hamburg, was 
persuaded by a friend to immigrate to America. Their friendship and hope were 
their greatest assets because in hard cash, Edward had in his possession two 
dollars. They set out from New York to Milwaukee but were delayed in Chicago 
to work as fire fighters because of a fire prevailing there. Once they finally 
arrived in Milwaukee, they found work in the Dutcher Factory that stood on the 
grounds now occupied by the Plankington Hotel. They worked there and saved some 
money, which they deposited into a bank. After they had saved sufficient funds, 
the desire for land was strong so they headed out on the Green Bay Road seeking 
to purchase property. Eventually, they arrived at the small village of Mishicot.
They entered into negotiations with a land agent who gave them a map designating 
the waterways as well as government land for sale. He further advised them to 
look for maple trees as the land lying beneath them was always the best. They 
found what they sought in Section 4 of the Town of Gibson, and indeed on the 
same spot where the Zander Post Office now stands. It was here that they 
acquired the option on a farm.

Now their travels took them back to Milwaukee to collect their money from the 
bank only to find that the bank had gone bankrupt. This meant that the two 
friends had to start again to earn and save money. In February, they walked 
through snow and ice again to Gibson. They carried two oblong chests with 
covers that served as beds. After they arrived at their farm, they looked for 
a suitable place for their house, looking for four trees to form into the 
corner pillars. Young trees were cut down and set up in between them and a 
roof was placed over this. A temporary dwelling arose and later it received a 
covering of boards. Fortunately, in the vicinity there was a lumbering camp 
and they were able to find night lodging and supper until a fair house developed.

Edward stated that the space in their small house was so limited that the 
occupants at night one after the other, had to find a place to sleep to find 
needed space for his body. In the next year, the rest of the family came over 
from the homeland.  The father, upon seeing the little cabin and surroundings,
said; “Now I feel like a nobleman.”

                 Johann and Maria Come to America

Johann, Maria, Helmuth, Friedrich, Marie, Caroline, and Wilhelm embarked on 
the vessel Genesee in Hamburg on Monday, July 2, 1855. The sailing vessel, the 
147-foot long bark, Genesee had been built in Freeport, Maine the year before 
the Zander family set sail on it.
	
The Genesee had been engaged in emigration by the firm of Knorr and Holtermann; 
they must have been the agents from whom the Zander family bought their passage, 
either directly over there, or possibly with the help of the Wisconsin commiss-
ioner of immigration in New York and their sons in America, acting through him. 
Cargo space in the Genesee carried merchandise for W.F. Schmidt & Co. 
(per New York Herald, Sat Aug 25, 1855 -research by A.H. Frazier)

An Old Invitation for a Reunion of descendants of John Zander dated Sunday, 
July 1, 1906 gives us the following details of the journey made by Johann and 
his family.

John Zander, a native of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, with his estimable wife, 
Marie, and children Helmuth, Fred, Marie, Caroline, and William, emigrated to 
the United States in the year 1855, coming across the Atlantic in a sailing 
vessel, the voyage lasting nearly two months. Arriving in New York, they pro-
ceeded up the Hudson, through the Erie Canal to Buffalo, and went from there 
by rail to Milwaukee. From there they went by boat to Manitowoc where they made 
their way to their new home in the Township of Gibson, Manitowoc County, by 
ox-team, which had been selected for them by their sons Charles, Edward and 
John, who had preceded them to this country. (Louis Zander, the eldest child, 
did not come to the US until 1856). They made their home in a little log cabin 
in the wilderness, and after struggling against odds for two years; Mr. Zander 
passed away and was buried near his home. His wife, however, lived until 1884, 
and saw many of her grandchildren grow to manhood and womanhood.  All of their 
children (with the exception of Marie who died in 1856) are still living and 
will be in attendance at the reunion.

William Zander contributed to the history of Gibson Township by writing the 
following reminiscent article. It was published in the book titled, “History 
of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin” by Louis Falge.

             FIRST YEARS IN THE TOWN OF GIBSON –By William Zander

“On August 10, 1855, I came to Manitowoc County with my parents, John Zander 
and his wife, my brothers, Helmuth and Fred, and my sisters, Marie and Caroline, 
to the town of Gibson, where another brother, Edward, and William Buelkow had 
already erected a little log cabin on land taken up for us, the only one north 
of the Green Bay Railroad. Then life in the wilderness began for us. There were 
no roads at that time. Traveling was quite difficult and was accomplished on 
foot along a blazed trail to the city. There were no horses and oxen in this 
part of the country at that time. There was scarcely anything to live on, so 
Helmuth and Marie left for Milwaukee, where they found employment.
	
“My father and brother Fred made shingle bolts and Caroline and I hauled them 
home on a little sled, that was constructed for that purpose, and in the evening 
the bolts were made into shingles with a drawing knife, and when four or five 
thousand had been made they were sold to Miles & Falkenburg, who had a store 
in Mishicot. The storekeepers would send a team for the shingles and at the 
same time would bring provisions for the family, such as corn meal, midlings 
and occasionally ten or fifteen pounds of flour.

“At that time the land did not require much cultivation as the soil was rich 
and fertile. A strong branch of a tree would be taken and dragged across a 
piece of clearing where grain would be sown and potatoes planted the following 
spring.

“About the first thing my father did was to buy a cow, which was purchased 
from a man at Two Rivers. As there were no fences, old “Bossy” would wander 
away from home for miles and I remember late one evening my gather and I went 
in search of her, and after we had walked about three miles we stopped to 
listen for the tinkling of the bell, which was tied to her neck, when my father 
said, ‘there’s the sound of an ax!’ We went in the direction of the noise and 
there, to our surprise, found another family settled, by the name of Burtt, who 
were Yankees. But as we were Germans we could not understand each other in a 
conversation. Not withstanding this inconvenience, we were only too happy to 
find others as neighbors in that vast wilderness. Soon after this there came a 
man named Frederick Damrow, who had land adjoining ours. He brought along a pair 
of oxen, which made it easier for us, as he would help us with the oxen, paying 
him for their services in labor. That fall we sowed some rye and threshed ten 
bushels the next fall with a flail. The same year more people came to claim 
land, among them being James Remus, Gottlieb and Christ Winter and John Wegner.

“At the time of which I write there was an Indian village just east of where 
we lived, composed of about thirty families and about seventy horses, or rather, 
ponies, the latter of which would come to our clearing to feed upon the brush 
of the trees we had felled. My father purchased one of these ponies and one day 
I mounted the pony and took some rye to a little mill west of the Neshoto River, 
which was owned by a man named Krewnek. As his mill was a primitive one, the 
grain could only be ground like that now used as feed for cattle. With this, 
however, mother baked bread, and as we had maple syrup to eat with it, we felt 
as though our hard times were about over. But the privations and vicissitudes 
of the life he had been leading was too much for my father and two years after 
his arrival here he died, and was buried near our home. At the time there 
weren’t any ministers or speakers available to preach the funeral sermon, so 
my brother Lewis, who was the oldest boy and lived at Two Rivers, performed 
the last sad rites and officiated at his father’s funeral.

“In 1856, the first public school was built in the town and was near the place 
where the Zander schoolhouse now stands. Mary Chapman, whose parents owned a 
farm in the western part of the town, was the first teacher and her pupils were 
Sarah and Lena Struthers, Milo and Pierre Burtt, and myself.

“In the year 1859, my brother John came into the neighborhood, built a log 
blacksmith shop and became the first blacksmith in Gibson. Horses were few and 
oxen were chiefly beasts of burden, he made shoes for their split hoofs. Rarely 
was a horse brought to him for that purpose. This brother married Amelia Paul, 
of Manitowoc, in 1861, and the day before the wedding I took a team of oxen and 
drove to Two Rivers to get our relatives for the occasion. The drive home the 
next day consumed six long hours but it seemed a fast ride to us from the fact 
that as a rule we were compelled to make the trip on foot. In the evening the 
wedding was celebrated in John’s own home-a frame house that brother Carl had 
built for him-and by the way, it was the first frame dwelling erected in the 
town. The following summer Carl Paul, with his daughter Augusta, of Manitowoc, 
came to pay Mrs. John Zander a visit. They made the journey on foot, walking 
from Manitowoc to Mishicot along the public road and then following a footpath 
through the woods.

“At the time of the Civil War my brother Helmuth, who fought in the battle of 
Gettysburg, and was wounded, returned home and soon after started the first 
general store on the same place where Zander post office is now located. After 
that the people of our neighborhood, including myself, considered we belonged 
more to civilization and hard times have since been only matters of history.”

                 Louis – The Last Son to Make the Journey

The eldest Zander son, Ludwig (Louis), came to America with his wife Maria, 
daughter Emma and a child of unidentified origin, Sophie. They sailed on July 
31st, 1956 on a ship called the Borussia. The Borussia of the Hamburg-America 
Line was the first direct steamship link between Hamburg and New York. It was 
the first screw-propelled steamship operated by the line, which until then had 
employed only sailing vessels. Louis and his family set sail from Hamburg on 
July 31, 1856 and landed in New York August 16, 1856. This provides evidence 
that the new steamship greatly reduced the amount of time required to cross the 
Atlantic.
The Borussia was a 2,131 gross ton ship, built by Caird & Co, Greenock in 1855.
Her details were – length 280ft x beam 38.5ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three 
masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was
accommodation for 54-1st, 146-2nd and 310-3rd class passengers. Launched on 
3/7/1855, she was immediately chartered by the British government as a Crimean 
War transport. On 1/6/1856 she started her first Hamburg – New York voyage and 
on 30/4/1870 sailed from Hamburg on her last run on this service. In 1871 she 
was fitted with compound engines and was then transferred to the Hamburg – West 
Indies service. In 1876 she went to the Dominion Line and on 2/9/1876 started 
sailings between Liverpool and New Orleans. On 20/11/1879 she left Liverpool 
for the last time for New Orleans but was abandoned at sea on 2nd December with 
the loss of 169 lives. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.387] 
[Posted to The Ships List by Ted Finch – 22 October 1997]

Louis’s obituary in Der Nord Westen dated 07 October 1909 gives us a great 
perspective on his life and how his fellow citizens saw him.

“Sudden death Sunday of Louis Zander, one of the long-time and well-known German 
pioneers of our county, in the residence of his brother William in Eastwin. Mr. 
Zander was born 07 October 1822 in Germany and came to America as a young man, 
for many years operating a retail store in Two Rivers where he enjoyed the 
highest esteem of his fellow citizens and was elected mayor on the city even 
though he hadn’t sought the office. After giving up his Two Rivers business he 
moved to Mishicott where he remained for a few years until his wife died, after 
which he moved in with his brother William in Eastwin. Mr. Zander was one of 7 
brothers, 5 of whom are still living-the above William, Carl, and Edward in 
Manitowoc, John in Milwaukee, and Helmuth in Zanders. He also leaves a sister, 
Mrs. Berner, in Antigo. His funeral will be held today, exactly on his 87th 
birthday.”

The same newspaper also reported:  “In memory of former Mayor Louis Zander, 
flags in the city of Two Rivers were flown at half mast.”

Louis’s daughter Emma died in 1871, his wife in 1901, and thus, sadly Louis was 
the end of this line of the family tree.

                              Helmuth’s Story
Helmuth was born in 1825 in Mecklenburg. He married his first wife, Wilhelmine 
Polzin on 13 June 1863. They had one or two children together, Mathilda Maria 
Rosa and Albert. After Wilhelmine’s death in 1869, Helmuth married Luise Schley 
on 18 November 1869. Together they had five children. 
Helmuth volunteered his service in the Civil War and enlisted into Company C 
Fifth Wisconsin Veteran Infantry from Milwaukee on June 10, 1861. He was 
discharged November 22, 1862, due to disability.
Per written historical contribution to “History of Manitowoc County” by Falge, 
William Zander writes “…At the time of the Civil War, my brother Helmuth, who 
fought in the battle of Gettysburg, and was wounded, returned home and soon 
after started the first general store on the same place where Zander post 
office is now located.”

Helmuth fought in many battles, Gettysburg is not mentioned on the Civil War 
Certificate of Service from the Wisconsin Veteran’s Museum, however, and 
military and medical records have been requested from the National Archives in 
Washington, DC.

The following battles are listed on Helmuth’s Certificate of Service, all were 
located in Virginia with the exception of Antietam which was in Maryland.

     1. Warwick Court House
     2. Siege of Yorktown
     3. Williamsburg
     4. Gaines Mill
     5. Goldings Farm
     6. Savage Station
     7. Glendale
     8. Malvern Hill
     9. Antietam

The battle of Antietam was also referred to as Sharpsburg. It was in Washington 
County. The battle was part of the Maryland Campaign and began on September 16 
and ended on September 18, 1862. The principle commanders of this battle were 
Major General George B. McClellan [US] and General Robert E. Lee [CS]. The 
armies were the forces engaged in this battle and estimated casualties totaled 
23,100.

Description: On September 16, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan confronted Lee’s 
Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. At dawn September 17, 
Hooker’s corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank that began the 
single bloodiest day in American military history. Attacks and counterattacks 
swept across Miller’s cornfield and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. 
Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate 
center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. Late in the day, 
Burnside’s corps finally got into action, crossing the stone bridge over 
Antietam Creek and rolling up the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, A.P. 
Hill’s division arrived from Harpers Ferry and counterattacked, driving back 
Burnside and saving the day. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed 
his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, 
enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both 
armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued 
to skirmish with McClellan throughout the 18th, while removing his wounded south 
of the river. McClellan did not renew the assaults. After dark, Lee ordered the 
battered Army of Northern Virginia to withdraw across the Potomac into the 
Shenandoah Valley. 
Result(s): Inconclusive (Union strategic victory.)

POST OFFICE:  Soon after it organization a post office was established on 
section 11 and called East Gibson. A post office was established on section 32, 
and named in honor of Helmut Zander, and he was appointed postmaster. All these 
offices have been discontinued and replaced by rural mail deliveries with the 
exception of the Zander office.

From Wisconsin Histories-Microfilm #18, Patron’s Directory 1893, Two Rivers 
Library: Helmuth Zander ran Zander’s Hotel, was a Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, 
Crockery, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, and Notions. He was also a dealer in fine 
wines, liquors, and cigars. The Post office was located at Larrabee; section 8, 
Gibson Township.
 	
SCHOOLS:  The town has been well supplied with schools, which have compared 
very favorably with those of sister towns. The Zander school located on section 
10, a half mile south of Zanderville, was perhaps the first school in the town.  


All of the Zander sons were educated as craftsmen. The value of education is one 
thing that a person can see has been handed down from generation to generation 
in the Zander family. Regardless of their financial situations, education is 
provided or sought after in whatever manner possible.

                         More About Edward

Johann Edward (Eduard) Friederich Zander was born 2 March 1828; died 25 Feb 
1916. He married on 1 Feb 1860 Anna Elisa ERNST (EICHEL) who was born 18 Jan 
1832; died 15 April 1901.
The register of deeds shows that Edward Zander purchased a parcel of land. The 
details of the land purchase are as follows:

Manitowoc County, Wisconsin No. 21,083
Receiver's Office at Menasha, WI July 25, 1855
Received from Edward Zander of Manitowoc County WI the sum of Sixty Dollars 
and cents, being in full for the West 1/2 of South West 1/4 & South East of 
South West Quarter of Section No. Three in Township No. 21, of Range No. 23 
containing one hundred & twenty acres and hundredths, at $50/100 per acre.
 	
Grant Act 1854, $60  Benj. C. Moons Receiver, Volume of Deeds "N" page 489, 
at the Register of Deeds in Manitowoc, WI.

Two townhouses are located in Manitowoc at 707 and 709 Franklin Street; the 
buildings were built around 1873. The original owner of 707 Franklin Street 
was Edward Zander.  The homes are of the Italianate style or form and were 
built to be a unique grouping. They are currently on the historical walking 
tour of Manitowoc. It is my belief that the blueprints for these homes are 
saved in the archival boxes at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay under 
the Arnold W. Zander collection.

The Manitowoc City Directory for 1875-76 lists Edward Zander as proprietor of 
a planning mill Quay west of 6th Street and his residence is listed as being 
Franklin east of 6th.  In the City Directory of 1894, an address of 707 Franklin 
is provided. In 1907, Ed Zander is listed as being a post office clerk with a 
home address of 1215 South 13th Street, however, this may well be pioneer 
Edward’s youngest son, Edward Christian Zander.

                             Carl’s Story

Carl (Charles) Johann Christian2 Zander was born 29 October 1830; died 18 June 
1926. He married on 27 April 1861 Eliza Lindstedt who was born 6 July 1842; 
died 18 March 1925.

Like his brother Helmuth, Carl volunteered to be a union soldier during the 
Civil War.  He entered into service February 15, 1865 enlisted into Company D 
48th Wisconsin Infantry from Two Rivers. He had the rank of corporal and 
mustered out of service February 19th, 1866. There are no engagements listed 
on his certificate of service from the Wisconsin Veteran’s Museum. It is 
believed that this regiment was formed at the end of the war and was therefore 
involved in some peacekeeping exercises, however, they did not engage in any 
battles. Military records for Carl’s service during the Civil War have been 
requested from the National Archives in Washington, DC.

In the 1894 Manitowoc City Directory, there is an advertisement for C. Zander 
& Co., Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds, & Mouldings. Fine Interior Finish. 
Manitowoc, WI. The factory was located near the Franklin Street bridge on the 
north side. From Wisconsin Histories-microfilm #18, Patron’s Directory 1893, 
the company also offered planning, re-sawing, and all kinds of work done to 
order.

In 1894, Carl lived at 902 Hancock Street and this is where he was still living 
in 1897-98. In 1907, a Carl Zander was in business with Ferdinand Heyroth called 
Heyroth-Zander Co. wholesaler in stationery on the corner of York and Tenth, 
the business phone number was 45. It is hard to determine if this is the same 
Carl involved in this business or a descendant as it appears that later gener-
ations with the name spelled it with a K.

                            John’s Story

Heinrich Johann Joachim (John) was born 11 May 1833 in Mecklenburg, Germany. 
He was the fifth son of Johann and Maria Zander. He was married to Emilie Paul 
on 5 May 1861 and together they had eight children.

John was a blacksmith by trade and as such he owned a shop in the small village 
of Zander. The story of John’s blacksmith shop and his wedding are mentioned in 
the reminiscences of William Zander covered earlier in this document.

                            Fred’s Story

Friederich Carl Theodore (Fred) was born 19 Oct 1835 in Mecklenburg, Germany. 
He married Rosa Musiel and together they had 11 children. Five of those children 
died in childhood. Fred was a farmer when he first came to Wisconsin in 1854 
in the Town of Gibson. After farming for 35 years, he sold his farm and moved 
to Mishicot where he engaged in the hotel business. In the 1870s, he moved again 
and went into business with his brothers Carl and Edward operating a planing mill.  
In 1874, he returned to Mishicot and there engaged in the mercantile business. 
He was retired for ten years before his death in 1908.

Fred’s wife Rosa, was born in Bohemia. She died at the home of her daughter 
Rose Angell in Milwaukee in 1918.

                           William’s Story

Wilhelm Johann Friedrich was born 17 Jul 1844, the last of nine children of 
Johann and Maria Zander. He married Auguste Paul on 20 Apr 1867 and together 
they had 8 children, one of which died in childhood.

In 1896, William was the proprietor of the Manitowoc Planing Mill located at 
609-615 Quay Street. Two business ledgers and other documents from this time 
may be found in the archival boxes housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green 
Bay in the Arnold W. Zander collection.

Many family obituaries refer to William as being the Honorable William Zander. 
If one looks through court cases of Manitowoc County for this time period, it 
can be found that William was the Justice of the Peace and as such, performed 
many marriages.

William and Auguste celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1917. Their 
granddaughter Miss Edith Marie Zander requested of an acquaintance of hers a 
Mr. Davidson of Madison, to write a poem to honor the occasion.

     The Golden Wedding of Mr. And Mrs. William Zander

        Is there a moment of this glad time
        To give to the music of accent and rhyme?

        Better than words are these kindly deeds:
        Better than song are the heart-felt creeds
        That all mean love when we know them aright.
        Better than music our hearts’ deep delight
        In womanly welcome and manly grip
        When hand meets hand and the mother’s lip
        Blesses each daughter and son with her kisses
        From eldest to youngest and no one misses.

        All this is melody, this is hearts’ song;
        And these are the singers who come from the throng
        Of the world’s busy workers to honor, this hour,
        Vows kept that were spoken in your manhood’s power,
        In woman’s fidelity, purity, truth.

        Twice blessed are they, in their age as in youth,
        Whose children and children of children are met
        To tell their glad thanks, to acknowledge the debt
        They owe to the pair whom we honor this day.

        God’s blessing upon them, we fervently pray!

Auguste Zander was the last surviving member of the original Zander pioneers. 
She died on October 10, 1939 just short of her 91st birthday. The following 
obituary and news article was written honoring her.

                     Two Rivers Reporter, October 11, 1939

                    “Grandma” Zander is Dead; Was Nearing 91
        Member of One of County’s Earliest Families Dies at Daughter’s Home

Grandma Zander, one of the county’s oldest and most respected citizens is dead.

She died peacefully at the home of her daughter, Miss Emma Zander, 1609 25th 
Street, shortly before 6 p.m. yesterday. In ten more days, or on October 20, 
she would have observed her ninety-first birthday.

Up until a week ago she was in good health and was up and about as usual. She 
was the widow of the late William Zander, former sawmill operator at Zander and 
later operator of the “halfway house” between here and Mishicot, now Eastwin.

Funeral Saturday:  Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 
o’clock from the Klein & Stangel, Inc funeral home here with the Rev. Walter G. 
Hasse of St. John’s Lutheran church officiating. Interment will be in the Zander 
cemetery at Gibson.

Mrs. Zander, nee Auguste Paul, was a resident of Manitowoc County for 81 years, 
coming here with her parents from Bandike, Pommern, Germany, in 1858 when she 
was 10 years old.  She was born in Germany Oct. 20, 1848.

The Paul family came directly to Wisconsin from Germany and settled in Manitowoc.  
Auguste Paul attended the Manitowoc school and lived in Manitowoc until her 
marriage to William Zander on April 20, 1867.

Operated Saw Mill: The couple then went to Zander where the husband operated 
a sawmill until 1889.  Then they moved to Kings Bridge, where they lived for 
about seven years. From there they went to Eastwin and operated the inn for 
twenty years until the death of Mr. Zander in 1919.

Since her husband’s death, or for the past 20 years, Mrs. Zander made her home 
with her daughter in this city.

Mrs. Zander did not belong to any clubs or organizations but devoted her entire 
time to her home and her family and as the last survivor of another era was 
greatly revered by the many nephews and nieces. When she was 90 years old last 
October; 87 of her descendants gathered at her home without prearrangement.

Five Children Survive: Survivors are three sons, former Councilman Arnold Zander 
of this city, William of Grand Rapids, Mich, and Walter of the town of Two 
Rivers; two daughters, Miss Emma of this city, and Mrs. Amanda Lidickar, 
Milwaukee: one brother, Charles Paul, Edgar, Wis.; fourteen grandchildren; and 
16 great-grandchildren.

Three children preceeded her in death. These were Richard Zander, who died two 
years ago; Mrs. Albert Johannes, who died about eight months ago; and Louis, 
who died when a child.

The body was taken to the Klein & Stangel funeral home where it may be viewed 
until the time of the funeral Saturday.

Included in the archive boxes stored at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 
under Arnold W. Zander was a letter to Arnold from his cousin Otto of the 
Brillion Press dated 10-12-39:


Dear Cousin:

   Received the sad tidings of “Aunt Auguste’s” death in your letter today.

   Certainly if at all possible Isabel and I will want to pay our last respects 
to the dead and will make every effort to attend the funeral Saturday afternoon. 
Thanks for letting me know.

   Thus passes the last member of the old Zander clan, whose scion, born in 
1792, came to America at the advanced age of 60 years and led his family into 
the great Wisconsin wilderness for a new home in free America.

   We who survive this pioneer family and those who will follow us, will, I 
am sure, carry on the tradition of decency and good citizenship and liberal 
thinking which we inherited.  My sympathy to all of you.

    Otto

                          Otto’s Story

Otto was born 8 Jan 1872 in Gibson, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin to Fred and 
Rosa Zander. He married Anna Isabella Trossen on 31 Aug 1897 and together they 
had three children. Their first child, a daughter, Juanita, was born 9 Jun 1898 
and died on 13 Oct 1898 and is buried in Brillion Community Cemetery. Otto and 
Isabel’s two surviving children were Lucile and Elliot.

Otto received a common primary education as was typical of the times and then, 
having earned a teacher’s certificate, taught in the district schools of 
Manitowoc County for ten years. Two of the ten years were spent teaching in 
the Mishicot School, Otto’s alma mater. In 1899, Otto bought the Brillion News 
from Jay A. Matthews for a sum of $450, his life savings at the time, and 
published it continuously until his retirement. Otto was the first of five 
previous owners to make this newspaper a success and the subscription list 
rose steadily from 300 to 925 a week under his leadership, after he first 
eliminated the 200 delinquent subscribers.

Otto penned the following letter in The Brillion News during the week he took 
over ownership of the paper:
   “As will be seen by an announcement elsewhere, we have purchased and 
   assumed charge of The Brillion News. It shall be our endeavor to make 
   the News, everything that its name signifies; to furnish our readers 
   with a bright readable sheet. To place before advertisers a circulating 
   medium that will secure the best possible returns of their investments; 
   to discuss current events in a dignified and nonpartisan spirit. In our 
   opinion, the times demand an independent and candid discussion of 
   national problems. At the same time we recognize the fact that the 
   editor of a paper should aim to cover the best sentiments of every 
   class of his patrons without regard to political of factional differences. 
   We hope that the acquaintance hereby formed may ripen into most friendly 
   feeling, and that the relations established between the public and this 
   office may prove mutually pleasant and profitable. We should be glad to 
   meet personally with those already doing or intending to do business with 
   us and we cordially invite such to call in and see us whenever convenient.”

Otto owned and operated the Brillion News for over thirty years. During that 
time, he was instrumental in the development and advancement of his community.  
He was very proud of the fact that after all of those years, his fellow citizens 
of Brillion could not determine his personal political viewpoints such was the 
unbiased reporting of his newspaper. He said as much to his cousin Arnold W. 
Zander in a letter he wrote to him on 29 February 1940 stating,

   “I have a little nook in one corner of my paper where I waddle around in 
   journalistically appealing and have all kinds of fun razzing and hazing 
   dignified statesmen and politicians and who are trying to spoon-feed 
   people. It is a lot of fun and I have kept free of all entangling alliances,
   as Washington would say. At a meeting of our Lions Club a few years ago, 
   one of my friends here introduced me for a talk saying, ‘I’ve known Zander 
   for over 30 years and I still don’t know whether he’s a democrat, republican, 
   or socialist.’  Strange to say I felt flattered, for that is exactly the 
   status I want to maintain through my little newspaper; where I can say what 
   I care to say on any subject at any time regardless of political affiliation 
   and no expectation of “Pap” or political reward from any source. I have made 
   my living off my friends and neighbors here at Brillion and no politician 
   owes me anything; which is exactly as much as I owe him. In my editorial 
   column, I discuss public questions as they arise and in my own way.”

Otto was liberal in his political views and showed a constant and effective 
interest in local public affairs. For 20 years he served as a member of the 
school board, and also served as a member of the village board of trustees, 
he was a police justice, and a member of the income tax board of review for 
Calumet County. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Beavers, and was 
secretary of the Brillion Advancement Association.

Otto’s wife, Isabella Trossen, on Saturday, July 4th, 1896 at the age of 24, 
one year before she married Otto, went out with her rig. It was reported in 
Der Nord Westen on July 9th of that year, that the horses shied and ran away 
and poor Isabella was thrown from her buggy receiving very severe injuries. 
Lucky for us, the injuries were not life threatening and she went on to live 
a happy life with Otto.

                       Karl Louis Zander

Karl Louis Zander was born 14 Dec 1876, the 8th child of Fred and Rosa Zander. 
On 30 Jun 1909 he married Victoria Buechner and together they had four children.

Dr. L. Falge wrote about Karl in his book, “History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin”, 
indicating in his biographical sketch that he was well known in the Wisconsin 
paper trade as a jobber in all kinds of paper. Karl was educated in the local 
schools and held various jobs until he entered the paper-jobbing business in 
1906 and later, in 1909, became a paper broker. Eventually, Karl had a territory 
covering the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Karl died in April of 1954.

                        Caroline Zander

Caroline was the daughter of Fred and Rosa Zander born 28 Jul 1864 and died 
6 Nov 1948. On 30 Jun 1883 she married Ferdinand Heyroth who was Carl Zander’s 
partner in the wholesale stationery business on the corner of York and Tenth.  
The business was called Heyroth-Zander Co. Ferdinand and Caroline had two 
children together, Albert and Ella Heyroth.

                             Anna Zander

Anna was born 29 Mar 1874 to Fred and Rosa Zander, in 1893 she married Nicholas 
H. Terens. Anna and Nicholas had five children. Anna delivered twins after her 
second pregnancy, however, only one of the twins survived. They were twin boys, 
Hans and Max, Max survived. Anna and Nicholas’s first-born child was Isabella 
Paine Terens. Isabella is important in this document because she married Gerald 
Scheuer Zander on 22 Jan 1917. Together they had one daughter, Jean Terens 
Zander on 4 Nov 1917. Isabelle died of pneumonia on 2 Dec 1918. Gerald Scheuer 
Zander is the author’s husband’s grandfather, the eldest son of Arnold W. Zander.

                            Arnold W. Zander

Arnold W. Zander, great-grandfather to the author’s husband was born 6 Mar 1868, 
the first child of William and Auguste Zander. Arnold spent the majority of his 
life in Two Rivers, Wisconsin and on September 28, 1893, was married to Anna 
Katherine Scheuer. Six children were born of this marriage: Arnold S., Gerald S., 
Eugene, Mercedes, Edith, and Berenice.

Arnold held various civic and public offices while living in Two Rivers and in 
1896 was elected alderman. He also served on the city council at various times 
during the 1920s and 1930s. He was chairman of the regulation committee of the 
Two Rivers Transportation Commission. In 1938, he served on the board of 
directors of the Two Rivers Hospital. In 1919 he ran unsuccessfully for mayor.

Arnold was a member of the Wisconsin Socialist Party throughout most of his 
life. He ran for several positions at the state level on the Socialist ticket:  
Insurance Commissioner in 1902, State Senator in 1914, and Secretary of State 
in 1932. None of his state level campaigns were successful. Arnold’s principal 
political focus was monetary reform and as such, began his attack on this 
system in 1896 with a letter to the editor of the Chronicle. In his letter, 
he stated his opposition to the national bond and currency system. Arnold was 
a member of the Greenback Party of Indianapolis, Indiana, for sixty years, and 
occupied a position on the National Advisory Board of that party in 1953-1954 
as a representative from Wisconsin.

A major public issue of the post-Civil War period was related to the nation’s 
currency. The main focus of the debate was the action that the government had 
taken to fund the Union war effort. From 1862 to 1865, the government issued 
$450 million in “green-backs” or paper notes that were not backed by specie, 
meaning gold or silver.

Agrarian and debtor interests wanted to keep the greenbacks in circulation and 
wanted more printed as such a move would most likely cause inflation. Inflation 
was looked upon favorably as it would be a way to pay debts with “cheap” money.  
From a political point of view, Democrats who floated a scheme to redeem war 
bonds in greenbacks also adopted this point of view.

The Republicans, on the other hand, who were representatives of the wealthy 
creditors, wanted the greenbacks removed from circulation and wanted a return 
to the gold standard of currency. They believed this would put an end to 
inflation and assure that they would be repaid in hard money.

Anxieties were increased with the dawn of the depression that followed the 
Panic of 1873. Farmers and debtors bore the brunt of the economic distress and 
wanted the government to print additional greenbacks and an unlimited coinage 
of silver minted. These calls for action led to the formation of the National 
Greenback Party. Arnold Zander was a member of the Greenback Party.

Other political, civic, and social movements attracted Arnold as well. He wrote 
many letters to newspapers, presidents, first ladies, the treasury, and social 
and government organizations in an effort to make a difference. In the late 
1940s, Arnold and his wife Anna donated a fifteen-acre tract of land to the 
City of Two Rivers for recreational purposes and it has since been turned into 
a park.

Arnold was the Chairman of the 8th Congressional District for the Townsend 
Council in 1945.  Arnold W. Zander wrote and spoke frequently to bring his 
beliefs to the attention of others. He also composed a few songs, and invented 
a device for turning music. He penned an unpublished manuscript entitled “The 
Orthodox God”. He was thinking of a different title of “The Devine Spirit of 
God.” He wrote the manuscript in 1912 and revised it in 1951. He wrote the 
following dedication of the revision on the manuscript cover page: “The 
revision was prompted and inspired by and dedicated to the memory of our dear 
daughter Edith who was called to the great beyond May 18th, 1946.” He wrote 
the following dedication of the original work to his parents: “As an 
appreciation to my father and mother for allowing me in my youth to roam in 
the woods, and to read and think freely under God’s blue sky and green trees 
instead of having me attend an Orthodox church, this book is dedicated.”  
Arnold W. Zander died in October, 1959, at the age of ninety-one.

The above mentioned manuscript, the patent for his music leaf turning invention, 
ledger books from the original pioneer, William Zander’s planing mill business, 
copies from the 1822 family Bible birth record pages, Arnold’s many corres-
pondences and newspaper clippings, and many other documents are stored in five 
archival boxes at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The archives are called 
“The Arnold W. Zander Collection.”

                       The Scheuer Family-
             Arnold Zander’s wife was Anna Katherine Scheuer

Nicholas and Catherine (Rau) Scheuer came to the United States in 1847, bringing 
with them their three children, Joseph, John, and Catherine. They came from 
Prussia, Germany landing in New York; they then took a steamer on the Hudson 
River to Albany. From there they went by train as far as Buffalo and on July 4th, 
they went by way of the Great Lakes to Milwaukee, landing there after a trip of 
four days. From there they headed north to Manitowoc County where they purchased 
80 acres of wild land on section 9 in the Town of Mishicot. Nicholas erected a 
log cabin sixteen by twenty-four feet and a log barn and started to clear the 
property for farming. Soon after that, they purchased an ox team and procured 
supplies from Two Rivers, where Captain Henderson would come in with a sloop 
from Milwaukee. Because there were no roads at the time, they had to pack the 
goods to their little home in the woods. They were unable to purchase meat or 
barley, but were able to get an amount of rutabaga seed. They raised about one 
thousand bushels of rutabagas that they traded to a logging camp so that they 
could purchase their first wagon.

Nicholas added another 40 acres of property to their holdings and built a 
modern house and barn. This is where he died on June 13, 1872 at the age of 
69 years, 8 months. His widow survived until 1887 when she passed away at the 
age of 84 years, 6 months. Nicholas Scheuer was a strong democrat and held the 
offices of town supervisor and chairman of the board and the family attended 
the Catholic Church.

John G. Scheuer was born in Prussia on March 25, 1839, and was the son of 
Nicholas and Catherine. He was one of the successful businessmen of Mishicot, 
Wisconsin. For twenty-seven years he owned and operated the Mishicot Brewery.
He received a standard education in the rural school district and was engaged 
in farming on the home farm until 1872. After the death of his father, he took 
over the operation of the farm until 1884. That is the year he purchased the 
Linstedt Brewery, which had been built in the years 1864-1865. Under John’s 
careful management, he was able to increase the breweries capacity from about 
eight hundred barrels to between four and five thousand barrels.

In 1862, John was married to Frances Paulu. Frances was born in Bohemia on 
April 19, 1843, the daughter of Joseph and Frances (Socher) Paulu, who came 
to America in 1856 with their eight children and located in Kewaunee County.  
Mrs. Paulu died in 1896 at the age of 84 years and 6 months while her husband 
had died in 1864 when he was only 56 years old. John and Frances had 6 children: 
Joseph, John, Mary, Nicholas, Anna, and Charles. Anna Katherine was to go on
to marry Arnold W. Zander. John G. Scheuer was a staunch democrat in his 
political views.

Joseph Scheuer resided on a tract of land on section 17 in the Town of Mishicot. 
He was one of the oldest settlers in Manitowoc County and was born on March 2, 
1834 in the Rhine Province of Germany. Joseph attended school in Germany for 
6 years prior to coming to America and finished his education in the schools 
of Mishicot. He remained home until he married Catherine Gueif. Catherine was 
a native of Luxemburg and came to the United States with her sister.

When Joseph originally purchased his tract of land, he built a log cabin in 
much the same manner as other settlers. He began farming with a yoke and steers. 
Later, his property was in a state of high cultivation and he had built a home 
of brick and stone and his barn was well stocked with horses and carrel and 
equipped with the most modern agricultural machinery and implements of the 
time.

Joseph and Catherine were the parents of five sons: John who was a carpenter, 
Nick who resided on the farm, Henry who lived in the state of Washington, 
Peter who lived on a farm in Manitowoc Township, and Joseph who moved to St. 
Paul, Minnesota. Joseph, like his father and brother, was a democrat but never 
aspired to hold public office.

Military service:  Frances (1905-1975) has a veteran flag holder by his grave 
marker. Given his date of birth, it is likely he fought in WWI. Leo G.  
(1894-1955) Has a veteran marker indicating his service as a Private in Company 
M, 326 Infantry WWI. Raymond (1888-1938) also has a veteran marker indicating 
his service as a Sergeant in the Medical Department during WWI.

                       The Mishicot Brewery

Many Wisconsin communities had breweries and Mishicot was no exception. At one 
time, the brewery produced 6,000 barrels a year with some being sold as far 
away as Milwaukee, which, at the time, was considered the beer capital of 
Wisconsin.  Julius Lindstedt (1836-1890) came to Mishicot in 1847 with his 
parents and began the brewery business. Lindstedt sold the brewery to John G. 
Scheuer in 1884.

The Mishicot Brewing Company had a main brewing building, a separate bottling 
plant, two icehouses, and a horse barn. They had several teams of horses that 
were used to deliver the beer. The brewery produced several different types of 
beer. At the time, the only way to get to the brewery was to cross the Rockway 
Bridge, which had been constructed solely for that purpose.

John G. Scheuer managed to increase the production of the brewery from 800 to 
between four to five thousand barrels annually. He operated the brewery until 
1904 when he sold it to his son, John P. Scheuer and Andrew Frank. Andrew Frank 
was John P. Scheuer’s brother-in-law. These two men incorporated the business 
at that time as the Mishicot Brewing Company. They remodeled the facility with 
up to date equipment and refrigeration. Before the availability of refrigeration, 
ice from the nearby river was used. Andrew Frank later sold his share of the 
business to John’s son, Irvin P. Scheuer.

Beer production continued until Prohibition in the 1920s when it was forced to 
close. The last journal entry in the business ledger is dated 27 September 1928. 
A soda factory opened in the bottling house when the brewery closed. Cyril 
Scheuer who was another of John P. Scheuer’s sons ran this business. The soda 
factory operated until the mid1930s when the entire operation was sold to a 
Chicago based corporation that had planned to reopen the brewery. Unfortunately, 
the corporation went bankrupt and this plan never came to fruition. Even more 
unfortunate was the fact that the previous owners had never been paid for the 
property and now the brewery had a new owner – the bank.

Many years later, Jesse Lambert, a Mishicot businessman, purchased the land 
from the bank and sold it soon after to the Western Condensing Company. They 
converted the buildings to a whey plant. The whey was picked up from area 
cheese factories and processed through the evaporators and processed into 
various products, including condensed and powdered whey and three different 
grades of sugar. The factory closed its doors around 1970. In 1974, the plant 
was sold to Salvage Battery and Lead Company. 

                     Lucile Zander Uspensky

Lucile was born in Brillion on 4 Sep 1899 to Otto and Isabelle Zander. On 13 
Oct 1927 she married James Victor Uspensky. Lucile graduated from the 
University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1917 with a degree from the College of 
Journalism. She met her husband while she was working in the publicity 
departments of Carlton College in Northfield, Minnesota. James Victor Uspensky 
was a professor of the Academy of Science from Petrograd, Russia. After their 
marriage, the couple lived in Russia for a year before returning to the United 
States. James later became a professor of mathematics in Leland Stanford 
University, Palo Alto, California (1929-1947). James achieved his degree in 
1906 and his PhD in 1910. He was the author of a book entitled, “The Theory 
of Equations.” The couple did not have any children.
  
It is Lucile who we can credit for endless hours of work researching the Zander 
family history and genealogy. She is the author of “Mecklenburg to Wisconsin: 
The Johann Zander Family Migration 1854-56”.  The following paragraphs are her 
exact words as she wrote them in the foreword of this book.

    “This story is about JOHANN ZANDER and MARIA VOELKER and their offspring, 
    our ancestors who came from Mecklenburg-Schwerin to America and the virgin 
    forest of Wisconsin, in the 1850s.

    “Once, during my girlhood, my father took me with him to the town of Gibson 
    in Manitowoc County, and showed me the graves of Johann and Maria, on a rural 
    hillside facing east. The fact that Johann had been laid to rest before our 
    Civil War, made a deep impression on a teenager, to whom a mere fifty-five 
    years were as centuries.

    “Occasionally during the next twenty-eight years, my father, with the help 
    of brothers and sisters, summoned whatever recollections he could from the 
    stores of memory, and jotted them down, but he never found the time to 
    search for documents before he, too, went to his final rest.

    “It was not until 1958 that it was possible to take up the matter of a 
    family history in earnest. Little did I anticipate the help from unexpected 
    sources that would turn the project into something more than a simple list 
    of the Zander descendants.

    “The addresses of most of you, and even most of the names, were unknown to 
    me. Ella Heyroth Lowry gave me many useful leads, and brought Gertrude 
    Frazier Chloupek and me into correspondence, with far-reaching results.

    The Wanderbuch

    “Gertrude sent me the translation of her grandfather’s 108 year old 
    Mecklenburg traveling journeyman’s book (Wanderbuch). Arthur H. Frazier 
    had translated it for the descendants of Carl Johann Christian Zander some 
    years before. Much as I appreciated Gertrude’s generosity in sharing this 
    family keepsake, I had no idea at the time how important a part the document 
    was to play in the development of the story.

    “The translation gave, among other data, Carl Zander's birthplace and date. 
    Because the original script in German was not very legible, the translation 
    came out "Dobbin District Tessin." A search of a German gazetteer published 
    in 1868, only thirteen years after the Zanders left for America, turned up a 
    problem; there were too many Dobbins and Tessins in little Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

    ”At Christmas time in 1959 I wrote to friends in Hamburg, Germany, Professor 
    Dr. Helmut Hasse and his wife, asking if they could advise me how to find 
    the right home town of the Zanders.

    Records in the Old Country

    ”With only the family name (not the given names) to go on, and the fact 
    that one son had learned his craft in Guestrow, and that his birthplace 
    was "Dobbin District Tessin", Professor Hasse had an answer for me in a 
    month's time. He had found the right Tessin from among six, and the right 
    Dobbin of two possibilities. Moreover, he assured me that they were two 
    separate communities, one the birthplace and the other a hometown. He had 
    corresponded with the parish register office of Mecklenburg in Schwerin, 
    and from the few facts he could give them, they supplied the following:

    In the parish register of Kieth - Dobbin we found a shepherd family 
    ZANDER, one son of which, named CARL JOHANN CHRISTIAN was born in Dobbin 
    on the 29th of October, 1830.

    ”It seemed hardly possible that some other Zander could have been born in 
    exactly that tiny village (pop.290) on a date which differed only in the 
    year from that given in the Wanderbuch; and that the person could have been 
    given the identical three Christian names possessed by our Carl. The names 
    convinced me, even had the other points not been so persuasive.

    ”Out of the mists of time a clear record of one of our Zanders had emerged. 
    Professor Hasse immediately offered his help in finding the others.”

And so Lucile was on her way. She went on to create the book that gives us a 
very vivid picture of the course of travel required to get from Mecklenburg to 
Wisconsin. She provided a sketch of the layout of the sailing ship. She managed 
to collect the birth dates, marriages, and dates of deaths of six generations 
and documented it all for our enjoyment some 42 years later. Her original 
hardbound volume has many precious photographs that were not available to me 
anywhere else.

In the very beginning of the book, Lucile chose the following passage by Samuel 
Adams (1722-1803), which is quite apt for both the purpose of her booklet and 
the efforts I am making with this document.

    “Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain 
    the rights bequeathed to us by the former, for the sake of the latter.”

                          Arnold Scheuer Zander

Arnold Scheuer Zander was born 26 Nov 1901 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin to Arnold 
W. and Anna Katherine Zander. He married Lola Miriam Dynes on 15 Jun 1929. 
Together, the couple had four children.

Arnold’s father (Arnold W.) was an active socialist as mentioned earlier in 
this document. Arnold W. even went so far as to name his third son Eugene after 
hearing Eugene Victor Debs speak. As a result of his father’s strong beliefs, 
Arnold grew up with an appreciation of social issues. Although the Zander 
family was always in tight financial straits, the family was young during the 
time of the depression years; the children were encouraged to pursue education. 
Arnold and Eugene took turns working and supporting each other at the University 
of Wisconsin.

Arnold studied city planning. He had almost finished his Ph.D. when he was 
offered the position of senior personnel examiner for the state. It was 
Depression time-and a good job, so Arnold began working for the state while 
he finished working on his degree.

He and his wife Lola joined the Capital Club-a social club for state workers. 
Arnold attempted to center some of the club activities on job-related issues. 
It was just at this time that Arnold’s supervisor, mentor, and life-long friend 
Col. A. E. Garey spoke with him about the creation of a state worker’s union.  
Arnold was hooked; he was the first to sign up.

The first union meeting, held on May 10, 1932, Arnold S. Zander found himself 
elected financial secretary. Later that month, the AFL chartered the Wisconsin 
union as Federal Labor Union 18213. After the International union was formed, 
the union became the Wisconsin State Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 1.

On January 17, 1933, with just 50 members out of a potential 1,700, the new 
union faced the predicament that its founders feared. The Democrats had been 
voted into power on FDR’s coattails, and they planned to abolish civil service 
so that they could offer state jobs to the Depression-poor party faithful. The 
Wisconsin Union organized and lobbied and won-convincing the new administration 
that state civil service should continue. By June, membership in the union 
increased to 700; which attracted the attention of the AFL.

Arnold started realizing the potential for a national union that would represent 
workers at the state and local government level. Already there was AFL affiliates 
representing federal workers but no national affiliate representing state and 
municipal workers. Arnold took on the job of convincing the AFL of the need for 
this new union. Over the next three years, he developed contacts with other AFL 
local unions. He lobbied and coaxed and urged until the AFL acknowledge the need 
for a new national union.

In the depths of the Depression, in 1936, the American Federation of Labor 
chartered a new international union to represent and organize state and local 
government workers. The union was named the American Federation of State, 
County, and Municipal Employees. On September 17, 1936, delegates representing 
ninety local unions in nineteen states met at Detroit’s Book-Cadillac Hotel.
Their dream realized, they formed AFSCME, and they elected Arnold S. Zander 
president. Fifty years later, theirs became the largest AFL-CIO affiliate.

The Capital Times published an article on September 1, 1952, reporting Arnold’s 
disdain for Senator Joseph McCarthy. Arnold was quoted as having said, “no labor 
man will find justification for casting his vote for Joe McCarthy.” Arnold 
deplored the “bad labor record” of the senator and “the low state of his 
political morals.” In a speech Arnold prepared for a local Labor Day celebration, 
he declared that from the point of view of labor and as a representative of the 
public in general, McCarthy had “voted wrong” on many measures.

The article goes on to quote Arnold as saying, “Labor has fought valiantly 
against Communism for many years and in many places around the world and labor 
is opposed to McCarthy and McCarthyism because McCarthy’s methods of the big 
lie and of character assassination and distortion as well as exploitation of 
ignorance are the goals of bad men, dictators, Communists and Fascists alike.”

Arnold was a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay after his long 
tenure with the AFSCME. There are 30 archival boxes of his works in storage 
there.  He died in July1975 in Green Bay.

                     Gerald Eugene Zander

Gerald Eugene Zander was born 25 Feb 1924 to Gerald Scheuer Zander and Elizabeth 
Rita Sterba. Gerald also had a younger sister, Gloria (Babe) Catherine 
(24 Sep 1928-2004).

Gerald served in the Navy on a Landing Ship Tank (LST) during World War II. 
The LST was created during World War II to support amphibious operations by 
carrying significant quantities of vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly 
onto an unimproved shore.

From the time these ships were originally used in the Solomon Islands in June 
1943 until the end of the war in August 1945, the LSTs performed a vital service 
in World War II. They participated in the invasions of Sicily, Italy, Normandy, 
and southern France in the European Theater and were an essential element in 
the island-hopping campaigns in the Pacific culminating in the liberation of 
the Philippines and the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Thirty-eight LSTs were converted to serve as small hospital ships and designated 
LSTH. They assisted in removing casualties from the beach following the landing 
of their cargo of tanks and vehicles. For example, on D-Day, LSTs brought 41,035 
wounded men back across the English Channel from the Normandy beaches. Gerry's 
ship served this purpose - he has a pipe with as many notches as trips made 
across the Channel.

The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between Nazi Germany and the invading 
Allied forces of World War II. Operation Overlord was the codename for the 
Allied invasion of northwest Europe, which began on June 6, 1944, and ended on 
August 19, 1944, when the Allies crossed the River Seine. Over sixty years 
later, the Normandy invasion still remains the largest sea borne invasion in 
history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel 
from England to Normandy. Operation Neptune was the codename given to the 
initial assault phase of Operation Overlord; its mission, to gain a foothold 
on the continent, started on June 6, 1944 (commonly known as D-Day) and ended 
on June 30, 1944.

The Battle of Normandy was described by Hitler in the following way: "In the 
East, the vastness of space will... permit a loss of territory... without 
suffering a mortal blow to Germany’s chance for survival. Not so in the West! 
If the enemy here succeeds… consequences of staggering proportions will follow 
within a short time."

Casualties as a result of the D-Day invasion were as follows United States: 
29,000 dead, 106,000 wounded and missing; United Kingdom: 11,000 dead, 54,000 
wounded and missing; Canada: 5,000 dead; 13,000 wounded and missing; France: 
12,200 civilian dead and missing 23,019 KIA, 67,060 wounded, 198,616 missing 
& captured.

When Gerry’s ship was assigned to hospital detail making trips back and forth 
across the English Channel, often times the waters were very rough. The 
operating arena of the ship would not be as stable as it would need to be as
a result of the choppy waters and the fact that the bottom of the ship was 
flat. Gerry was often called upon to steer the ship as he was one of the few 
men who could manage to keep the ship at a more steady level of control.

Gerry was on his assigned LST bearing witness to the battle on the beach at 
Normandy, an experience I am sure he will never forget. Gerry has shared many 
stories of his experiences during WWII; one of the most poignant refers to his
experience on the beaches following the battles of D-Day. Along with a few 
other men, Gerry was walking along the beach when several steps behind, a 
land mine exploded. After the men regained their senses, they backtracked to 
determine what had happened. Gerry soon realized that it was his footstep that 
had been imprinted on the land mine. As the wife of a descendant of this 
particular Zander, a Zander I am quite fond of, I am very thankful that this 
particular mine was defective.

Gerry and his business partners operated a land surveying business located in 
downtown Wauwatosa for many years.  The business was called Wisconsin Land 
Surveyors. Although the business was predominantly involved with residential 
surveys, Gerry was involved in many illustrious projects in Milwaukee. These 
projects included the downtown post office, the Northwestern Mutual Insurance 
extension project, underpasses of the downtown freeway system, and the 
remodeling project for St. Luke’s Hospital. Gerry was acquainted with the vice 
president at the electric company and as a result of this relationship; he did 
a lot of work for the electric company as well.

Before establishing his business in Wauwatosa, Gerry was involved in a business 
that did aerial surveys.  They were the first men to do this sort of work. They 
hired a pilot to fly over the contracted property and used a new technology of 
the time to do three dimensional photo glass plate surveys from the air. Their 
office was located at 55th and Wells.

Gerry also worked for the Army Corps of Engineers conducting beach erosion 
studies of the lakefront and bluffs of Lake Michigan.


    Obituaries, Cemetery Locations, Inscriptions and Their Meanings

   Pioneer’s Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

The northern boundary is 26th St, the southern boundary from north sidewalk at 
east entrance on 25th St, west on path located on south side of the grandstand, 
center of cemetery, west to Forest Ave. The earliest remaining headstone is 
dated 1850.

Emma/tochter von/ L. u. L. Zander/24 Juli 1853/25 Apr 1871	
     (daughter of – Louis and Louisa)

Monument is large gray marble with engraved lilies. Lilies indicate chastity, 
innocence and purity. It was a favorite funeral flower of the Victorians.  
Joseph is often depicted holding a lily branch to indicate that his wife Mary 
was a virgin. In tradition, the first lily sprang forth from the repentant 
tears of Eve as she went forth from Paradise. The use of lilies at funerals 
symbolizes the restored innocence of the soul at death.

   Manitowoc Tribune Vol. 18 No 2, Thursday April 27, 1871, Page 4 Column 1

“We are sorry to learn that Mr. Zander of Two Rivers, has lost his accomplished 
and beautiful daughter, 17 years old, by death on last Tuesday. The stricken 
parents have our heartfelt sympathy.”

Louis/Zander/7 Oct 1823/3 Oct 1909

Louisa/gattin von/L. Zander/10 Oct 1823/24 Mai 1901  (wife)
	
Footstones:  Mutter, Emma, Vater (Mother…Emma… Father)

   From Der Nord Westen, 30 May 1901:  
     (From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 27 May)

“Mrs. Ludwig Zander was buried at 2 p.m. today. The deceased, who is survived 
by her eminent husband but no children, has been ill for a long period. She 
has been a resident here for 40 years. She was born 1823 in Mecklenburg. The 
funeral was attended by countless relatives. Hubert Falge of Manitowoc 
delivered the funeral oration, and the vocal group “Liedertafel” sang the 
funeral music.”

Richard H./Zander/1872- Aug 1947

Ella/Zander/1872 – Aug 1947

Martha Zander/nee. SCHLUNDT/1872-1906

Helen Zander/Apr 19, May 15, 1898

Child Zander/bur 1900

	 From Der Nord Westen, 26 Jul 1900: 

“The little son of our new innkeeper Wilhelm Zander has died suddenly.”

Esther Zander/nee STOLLBERG/1896-1967/age 70 yrs.

Walter L. Zander/ 1888-1973/age 84 years

Headstone engraved with a bare maple tree that could indicate the tree of life 
or perhaps strength of faith. The tree is tapped and has a bucket collecting 
syrup. Perhaps Walter was engaged in the production of maple syrup. This will 
need to be researched further.

                   Town of Gibson Cemetery

   Town of Gibson Cemetery 0.9 miles north of the unincorporated village of 
Zander on County Trunk Q. The cemetery is located on a hill .01 mile south of 
the junction of County Trunks Q and BB, on the west side of County Trunk Q.

Elenore/tochter von H. & L. Zander/gestorben Mai 10, 1874/alt 2 jahre 16 tage
	Footstone:  E. Z.

	(Daughter of H. and L. Zander, born May 10, 1874, 2 years old 16 days)

The headstone is at about a 45degree angle with the hill. One must bend down 
and look beneath it to read the details of the inscriptions.

Headstone has a lamb engraved into in which usually marks the grave of a child. 
The lamb always stands for innocence. Christians go a little further and 
associate it with the Lamb of God, meaning Jesus. Lambs were symbolic of purity, 
gentleness, and innocence. Christ as the shepherd and believers as his flock.  
Lambs were almost always depicted lying down which is the case on the headstone 
of Elenore Zander. This was the daughter of Helmuth and his second wife Luise.

William A. Zander/1876-1961

Headstone is engraved with wings, which is symbolic of the soul soaring to heaven.

Emma Zander/1869-1941

Headstone is of the exact material and engraving as William A. Zander (above).

William/1844-1919 (on the same stone with) Auguste/1848-1939

Headstone has engraving of a rose in between William and Auguste’s names. This 
is symbolic of love, beauty, hope and unfailing love, associated with the 
Virgin Mary, the “rose without thorns.” This was a proper choice for William 
and Auguste from the evidence shown in the long lasting marriage and the poem 
written in honor of their marriage. The two upper corners of the stone are also 
engraved with roses.

Louis/sohn von Wm. & Aug. Zander/Geb. 13 Febr. 1878/ Gest. 17 Aug. 1878

(son of William and Auguste, born 13 February, died 17 August )
Helmut Zander/1825-1911 (on the same stone with) Luise Zander/1839-1918

Rudolf Zander/1883-1923 (on the same stone with) Lena Zander /1876-1936

Headstone engraved with rose in full bloom. This symbolizes love, beauty, hope 
and unfailing love, associated with the Virgin Mary, the “rose without thorns.”  
Note from author: it is my belief that Rudolf and Lena were brother and sister. 
Lena never married and lived to be 60, Rudolf died at the age of 40.

Johann Zander/geboren 17 Nov 1793/gestorben 29 Juni 1859 (on the same stone with)

Maria/seine gattin/geboren 27 Nov 1800/gestorben 9 Nov 1883

(born 17 November, died 27 June, Maria his wife, born 27 November, died 9 November)

Engraved at the top of their monument is an oval and inside the oval are two 
hands in a handshake. This is representative of God’s welcome into heaven.  
Because there are sleeves on each hand, the engraving represents holy matrimony.  
The sleeve on the viewer’s left is feminine and on the right is masculine.

	       Death notice in Der Nord Westen, 15 Nov 1883

83 year old Mrs. Zander died last Fri. in Gibson. Mother of Edward and Carl 
Zander of Manitowoc, Louis Zander of Two Rivers, Fritz Zander of Mishicott, 
and John Helmuth Zander and the Hon. Wm. Zander, both of Gibson.

Fred Zander/1835-1907 (on the same stone with) Rosa/his wife/1844-1918

Mary Emma/Rosa/Karl/Fritz/children of F. & R. Zander

More research needs to be done on the deaths of these children. The headstone 
is in three pieces which is very unfortunate. At the top of the top piece, 
there are two hands in a handshake which represents God’s welcome into heaven. 
There aren’t any dates indicated on the headstone. The fact that all 4 children 
are on the same headstone would lead one to believe that perhaps they died 
around the same time period, perhaps due to a particular epidemic.

Vital Records clerks at the courthouse in Manitowoc were unable to find death 
certificates for any of these children. A few of the children were listed on 
later census reports indicating that perhaps a few of the children had preceded 
them in death. However, it is possible that the headstone was placed at one 
time after the death of the last child when funds were available or for any 
number of other reasons.

Wilhelmine Zander/geborne POLZIN/gestorben Sept. 4, 1869/ alter 28 jahre,
There is a footstone but there isn’t any information engraved upon it. It is 
located next to Helmuth and Louis Zander.
(born Polzin/ died Spet 4/ 28 years of age)

                  Brillion Community Cemetery

Located on County Highway PP, south of Brillion. The Zander family monuments 
are located at the front of the cemetery in the right hand corner section.

Margaret E. Zander / May 1, 1907 – May 2, 2005 (on the same stone with)
Elliot T. Zander / Feb 5, 1907- Jan 5, 1991

Elliot’s marker has a 3-chain link symbol above his name indicating his 
membership in the Odd Fellows Fraternity. His marker was also adorned with 
a flag of the volunteer firefighters.

Isabel Zander / 1872-1957 (on the same stone with)
Otto J. Zander / 1872 – 1944

Juanita Zander / Oct 13, 1898 / 4 months 6 days

Bonnie Lee Zander (on the same stone with her husband Noel who is not yet deceased)
May 25, 1943 – Feb 6, 1988

                 St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery

Located in Franklin Township on County Highway T or Tower Road on the south 
side of Kellnersville. The Zander / Sterba plots are in the center most 
section of the main cemetery close to the large crucifix monument.

John Sterba / 1860 – 1924 , large main monument and foot stone with first 
name and dates
Katharine Sterba / 1862 – 1921

To the right:

Gerald S. Zander / July 12, 1894 – Sept 20, 1985
Bess R. Zander nee Sterba / April 24, 1894 – April 7, 1984

To the left of John and Katharine Sterba:

Kenneth and Gloria Sommer  - stone not yet carved
Gloria was born 24 Sept 1928 and passed away 19 Jan 2006

Sommer, Gloria C. “Babe”, (Nee Zander) Found peace on January 19, 2006, and 
is safely home.  Loving wife and friend of Kenneth R. Sommer for 49-1/2 years.  
She was the daughter of the late Gerald S. and Bess R. (Sterba) Zander and 
sister of Gerald E. (Constance) Zander of Wauwatosa. She was the devoted 
mother of Michelle M. “Mitzi” (Kevin) Byrne. She will be remembered by nieces, 
nephews, cousins, and many dear friends.

“Babe” cherished her career as a teacher and worked for MPS for 38 years. She 
was a founding member of the Mayor’s Beautification Committee, City of Milwaukee 
Arbor Day, and current Chaplain of the VFW Lamster-Newmann Auxiliary 2787.  
Her love of life was also shared with Our Lady of Snows, Mercy Home for Boys 
and Girls, Legion of Mary, and the Henry Berg Society of the Wisconsin Humane 
Society. She as also a member of the following organizations:  WEA, MARTA, NEA, 
UW Alumni and the American Legion Auxiliary.

We are forever grateful. “Babe” will be greatly missed by all who knew her. 
May her strength, wisdom, warm smile and kind heart continue to flourish in 
all the many lives she touched.

Mass of Christian Burial at 12 Noon, Friday, Feb. 3, at Christ King Catholic 
Church, 2604 N Swan Blvd, in Wauwatosa, WI  Visitation Friday, 11:00 AM at the 
church until the time of Mass. In lieu of flowers, memorials received by the 
family will help fund a reflection fountain for the Chapel at Ruth Hospice or 
Wisconsin Humane Society.

              Holy Cross And Mishicot Public Cemetery

Northwest side of the village at the junction of Hwy 147 and 163. It is 
difficult to tell where Holy Cross ends and the public cemetery begins. If 
the deceased is Catholic, they are in Holy Cross, otherwise, they are in the 
public cemetery. The flat part at the front is Holy Cross and behind it, on 
the slopes, is the public portion.

Scheuer

Nicolaus/Scheuer/geboren/25Mar, 1808/gestorben/13 Jul 1877  (this stone is in 2 pieces, NE corner of cemetery)
Clifford E./Scheuer/1918-1919
Corretta/1870-1937
Nicholas/1868-1951
Lillian/1897-1974
Earl C./1894-1961
[3-5-2] John G. Scheuer/25 Mar 1839-19 Nov 1916
Franciska Scheuer/19 Apr 1843- Aug 1919
	Footstones:  Mutter, Vater
Cyril C./1903-1948
Lucille Scheuer/1900-1984
Leo G Scheuer/Wisconsin Pvt Co M 326 Infantry/ World War I/Feb 22 1894 /April 25, 1955
Gertrude/Scheuer/1868-1950
Raymond J Scheuer/Wisconsin/Sgt. Med Dept/June 7, 1939
John P/Scheuer/1864-1925

[4-7-123]Irvin/1895-1943
Gertrude/1896-1941
John Scheuer/1929-1990
Michael Scheuer/no dates

                              Calvary Cemetery
                              City of Two Rivers

Scheuer Family Stone

[d-3]   Anna K/Scheuer/1887-1889
[19-6]  Catherine/1832- Dec 1927 
        Joseph/Scheuer/Geb/2 Mar 1837/Gest/16 Aug 1913
	  Footstones:  Vater, Mutter
	  Maryanne / 1863 – Oct 1944
	  Nicholas/1861-June 1941
	
[20-4] Ralph I./Scheuer/1891-1967
	 Joseph/Scheuer/1862-1934
	 Anna Seidl/Scheuer/1868-1915
	 John [John Joseph]/Scheuer/1925-1943 (? Did he serve in the military and die in WWII?)
	 Agnes S./Scheuer/1893- Oct 1975
	 Baby Boy Scheuer/bur 11-05-1932
	 Paula Scheuer/1887-1979 [bur 5-1-1979/age 91 years]


              Evergreen Cemetery, City of Manitowoc, Wisconsin

The cemetery is bounded by 18th street on the East, Revere Drive on the Southeast, 
Prospect Ave and Michigan Ave on the North and by the Chicago and Northwestern 
Railroad on the West and Southwest. Burials go back to about 1847. The cemetery 
contains more than 20,000 burials. Maps of the cemetery by section and plots can 
be found on the Internet at www.2manitowoc.com

Scheuer:  Frances Scheuer/1905-1975 (War vet flag holder)

Father/Peter Scheuer/1865-1949, next to
Mother/Joseohine/Scheuer/1867-1926, next to
Marguerite/1896-1960, next to
[R-39-2] George E./Scheuer/Oct 2 – Nov. 4, 1928

(Note:  George Edward Scheuer died in Waukesha of myocarditis and is buried 
on Harvey Scheuer lot)


Evergreen Cemetery continued on next page…


Section & Plot
Name
Burial Date
Cause of Death
 

W2-144-4
Edward Zander Sr.
02-28-1916
Senility
	   
W2-144-4
Edward Zander Jr
01-30-1872	


W2-144-4
Eliza Zander	
04-15-1901 Age 69 years
Heart disease
	   
Unk
Baby Zander
11-24-1872

			   
Unk
Miss Zander	
10-17-1885 Age 35 years

		   
A-38-1
Adolph Zander
12-09-1887 Age 2 years

	   
A-38-1
Adolph Zander
06-23-1889 Age 5 months
Paralysis of heart
	   
A-38-1
John Zander
03-24-1901
Convulsions
  
A-38-1
Adolph Zander
1862-1915
Struck by electric crane at Manitowoc Boiler Works
	   
A-38-1
Bertha Zander
1865-1936 Age 71 years
Mitral regurgitation, chronic nephritis
	   
A-38-1
Louise Zander
1894-1920 Age 26 years
Electrocuted accident
   
E2-91-4
Alvina/Tochter des/C. & E. Zander
Geb 8 Febr 1870/starb 14 Aug 1870

			   

Elizabeth Zander
July 6, 1842/March 18, 1925

			   

Alvina Zander


			   

Carl C. J. Zander
Oct 29, 1830/ June 18, 1926 (US War Vet flag holder) **Note-Civil War Veteran

		   
F-36-3
Belle Zander/Nee TERENS
1896-1918	**Note-G. S. Z. first wife.
Pneumonia-buried on Gerald Z. lot
   

Edward C.
1876-1956	On same stone with

	   

Christine
1874-1942

			   

Fritz C. Zander
Wisconsin CPL 20 Engineers/WW I/
Oct 2, 1894-June 19, 1951

	   

Mother/Mathilda Zander
1868-1960

			   

Father/Arthur H.Zander
1869-1938

			   

Kathleen BLANCHARD/nee Zander
1899-1968

			   
T-23-9
Arthur H.
1909-1980 Husband of Myrtle J. Zander Age 71 years, on the same stone with

	   

Myrtle J.
1916-Married Oct. 12, 1935

		   
T-20-3
Barbara
1878-1965	On the same stone with

		   

Helmuth
1874-1966