JOSEPH GILSDORF

Joseph Gilsdorf

From Calumet county marriage records:
Joseph Gilsdorf and Margaret Dorn (v.3 p.176)
June 25, 1895 in Catholic ceremony, Hilbert, Town of Rantoul, Calumet Co.
Joseph Gilsdorf
Son of Joseph Gilsdorf and Elizabeth Heyer
Born Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County –farmer 
Margaret Dorn
Daughter of George Dorn and Mary Sommer
Born Hilbert, Town of Rantoul, Calumet County
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From 1906 Sts. Peter and Paul church census:
Joseph Gilsdorf and Margaret Dorn
Joseph Gilsforf was born Jan. 7, 1866 in Wisconsin. He speaks only German. 
Joseph is a brother to Mrs. Hen. Schnell, who is also a member of St. Peter 
and Paul. Joseph lived 4 miles south of Kiel.
Margaret Dorn (his wife) was born March 16, 1874 in Hilbert, Wisconsin. She 
speaks only German.
They were married June 25, 1895 in Hilbert by Rev. Verberk. In 1906 there 
were 4 children alive:
Norbert born Dec. 22, 1888 
Arthur born Feb. 16, 1890
Anton born Jan. 2, 1903
George born Aug. 7, 1904
Plus one dead child
[Note mentions that Max Christmann also lives at this house. He was born 
Jan. 16, 1880 and is a child of Joseph Gilsdorf’s sister. Both his sister 
and her husband are dead.]
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From Sheboygan county death records:
Joseph Gilsdorf    (v.54 p.449)
Jan. 7, 1866-Oct. 14, 1947
Husband of Margaret Dorn
Son of Joseph Gilsdorf and Elizabeth Heyer (both born Germany)
Born Town of Schleswig, Manitowoc County –farmer
Died from “artereosclerosis”
Buried at “Catholic Cemetery” [St. Peter and Paul, Manitowoc co.]
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Joseph Gilsdorf, 81, of the town of Rhine, passed away Monday afternoon 
after a short illness.
Born Jan. 7, 1866, the son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Gilsdorf, in 
the town of Rhine, and he operated a farm there until his retirement a 
few years ago.
He was married to Margaret Dorn on June 25, 1895 at St. Mary’s Catholic 
church at Hubert, and in 1945 the couple celebrated their golden wedding 
anniversary.
Survivors are his wife; five children, Norbert on the homestead farm, 
Arthur and George of Fond du Lac, Anthony of Muskegon, Mich., and Miss 
Cecelia of Bear Creek, Wis. Two children died in infancy.
Mr. Gilsdorf was a former member of the Kiel Branch of the Catholic Knights 
of Wisconsin and a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Peter and St. Paul 
Catholic church at Kiel.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a. m. at the Meiselwitz Funeral 
home at Kiel and at 9:30 a. m. at the St. Peter and St. Paul Catholic church 
with Father F. X. Khell officiating. Burial will be made in the family lot 
in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning this 
evening.
Members of the Holy Name Society of St. Peter and St. Paul Catholic church 
will recite the Rosary at the church at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday.
(1947 handwritten on obituary, no newspaper cited)
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From Sheboygan county death records:
Margaret Gilsdorf nee Dorn  (v.73 p.106)
March 26, 1874-April 14, 1959
[Wife of Joseph Gilsdorf]
Daughter of George Dorn and Mary Sommers
Born Wisconsin
Died from “cardiac failure, 18 hours –carcinoma, cecum”
Buried at Kiel Cemetery [St. Peter and Paul, Manitowoc co.]
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Mrs. Joseph Gilsdorf, 85, R. 1, Elkhart Lake, died at St. Agnes  
Hospital, Fond du Lac, at 7 p.m. Tuesday following a brief illness.   
The former Margaret Dorn, she was born in Hilbert March 26, 1874, a  
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Dorn.  On June 25, 1895, she  
was married to Joseph Gilsdorf at St. Mary's Catholic Church,  
Hilbert.  They settled on a farm in the Town of Rhine and spent their  
entire married life there.  They celebrate their golden wedding  
anniversary June 25, 1945.  Mr. Gilsdorf preceded his wife in death  
Oct. 13, 1947.  Mrs. Gilsdorf was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul  
Catholic Church, Kiel, the parish Christian Mothers Society and  
Women's Catholic Order of Foresters.  Survivors include four sons,  
Norbert of R. 1, Elkhart Lake, Arthur and George of Fond du Lac and  
Anthony of Muskegan, Mich.; a daughter Miss Cecilia Gilsdorf of Bear  
Creek, Wis.; nine grandchildren and two brothers, Edward Dorn of  
Chilton and Henry Dorn of New Holstein.  A sister and two infant  
children preceded her in death.  Funeral services will be held at 10  
a.m. Friday at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kiel following  
brief rites at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home.  The Rev. F.X. Kheil,  
pastor, will be celebrant of the Requiem Mass.  Burial will be in the  
parish cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m.  
Thursday.  The rosary will be recited there Thursday, 7:30 p.m. by  
members of the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters and 8 p.m. by  
members of Christian Mothers Society.
Sheboygan Press, Wed. Apr. 15, 1959, p. 16, c. 5
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Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Gilsdorf, 85, of R. 1, Elkhart Lake,  
who died Tuesday, were held at 10 a.m., Friday at Ss. Peter and Paul  
Catholic Church in Kiel.  The Rev. F.X. Kheil, pastor was celebrant  
of the Requiem Mass, assisted by the Rev. Lambert Scanlan as deacon  
and the Rev. George Kiefer as sub-deacon.  Burial was in the church  
cemetery.  The Women's Catholic Order of Foresters and the Christian  
Mothers Society attended the services in a group.  They also held a  
vigil at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home Thursday evening.  Pallbearers  
were Leo and Richard Dorn, Joe and Othmar Gilsdorf, Wallace Joas and  
Joseph Schnell.
Sheboygan Press, Mon. Apr. 20, 1959, p. 10, c. 3