PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES

JOHN TECKS


John Tecks

From Calumet county death records:
John Tecks (v.4 p.4)
Nov. 18, 1839-Sept. 30, 1902
Husband of Anna Tecks
Son of Wm. and Susanna Tecks (both born Germany)
Born Germany –retired merchant
Died from “drowning at Chilton”
Buried at St. Mary Cemetery, Chilton
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From Calumet county death records:
Anna Tecks nee Tempke  (v.9 p.297)
Feb. 20, 1844-April 20, 1934
Wife of John Tecks
Parents ? Tempke and Anna Maria Schimian (both born Germany)
Born Germany
Died from “acute obstruction of the bowls, April 16, 1934”
Buried at St. Mary Cemetery, Chilton
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From the 1880 Federal census, Calumet county
Name: John Tecks 
Home in 1880: Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin 
Age: 39 
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841 
Birthplace: Prussia 
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) 
Spouse's Name: Anna 
Father's birthplace: Prussia 
Mother's birthplace: Prussia 
Occupation: Tailor 
Marital Status: Married 
Race: White 
Gender: Male 
House Number: 6474524 
Household Members: Name Age 
John Tecks 39 
Anna Tecks 36 
Willie Tecks 12 
Maggie Tecks 10 
Toney Tecks 8 
Tieney Tecks 2 
John Probst 40 

ROLAND TEMME


Roland Temme

Roland O. Temme, 86, a former rural Kiel businessman, died Monday evening 
at Willowdale Nursing Home, New Holstein, where he had resided the past 
two years.
He had operated a used parts auto business in Kiel for many years.
Born February 20, 1893, in Milwaukee, a son of Ferdinand and Elizabeth 
Wagner Temme, he attended schools in Milwaukee and moved to Kiel in 1908.
On May 14, 1913, he married Minnie Krause in Zion, Illinois. The couple 
resided in Kiel since their marriage.
Mrs. Temme died December 22, 1976.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. David Ringel of Waldo; two sons, Edwin of 
Sheboygan and Elmer of Sheboygan Falls; 20 grandchildren; 23 great-
grandchildren, and a brother, William of Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, 
Kiel. The Reverend John F. Baumann, pastor of St. Peter United Church of 
Christ, Kiel, will officiate. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4:00 p.m. Wednesday and on 
Thursday until the time of services.
(He is in cemetery #82)
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From Calumet county death records (v.22 p.697):
Roland Otto Temme 
Feb. 30 [?], 1892-Jan. 8, 1979
Son of Ferdinand Temme and Elizabeth Wagner
Sales and service, auto parts
Died from “acute myocardial infarction, sudden –arterioscleratic heart disease, years”
Buried at Kiel Cemetery
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From Calumet county death records:
Minnie Temme nee Krause (v.22 p.218)
Wife of Roland O. Temme
Feb. 27, 1892-Dec. 22, 1976
Daughter of Carl Krause and Johanna Galitz
Born in Illinois
Died from “renal failure –refractory anemic due to bone marrow failure, 
   source undetermined –arteriosclerotic heart disease –senile brain sydrome”
Buried at the Kiel Cemetery
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Mrs. Roland O. Temme, 84, of R. 2, Kiel, died Wednesday night at Calumet 
Memorial Hospital, Chilton.
The former Minnie Krause was born Feb. 27, 1892, in Chicago, where she 
received her education.
In 1910 she moved to Kiel with her parents.
On May 14, 1913 she was married to Mr. Temme in Zion, Ill. They made their 
home in Kiel since their marriage.
Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. David (Mae) Ringel, Waldo; 
two sons, Edwin, Sheboygan, and Elmer, Sheboygan Falls; 20 grandchildren 
and 23 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Murphy, Chicago.
Three sisters and two brothers preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Meiselwitz Funeral 
Home, Kiel, the Rev. John F. Baumann, pastor of St. Peter United Church of 
Christ, Kiel, officiating. Burial will be in the Kiel Cemetery.

PAUL TETZLAFF


Paul Tetzlaff standing, likely Renner Zef seated

From Manitowoc county marriage records:
Paul Tetzlaff and Hulda Krostag (v.7 p.345)
Married Sept. 1, 1904 in civil ceremony in City of Manitowoc
Paul Tetzlaff
Son of Daniel Tetzlaff and Carrie Carrow
Cigar maker at Kiel
Born at Strapelburg, West Prussia
Hulda Krostag
Daughter of August Krostag and Laura Schulz
Born at Kiel
Witnesses John Kriemann and August Kriemann