Mrs. Volker
AUGUST VOLLSTEDT
August Vollstedt
From Calumet county marriage records (v.3 p.254) August Vollstedt b: Town of New Holstein, Butcher at meat market in New Holstein p: Nicolaus Vollstedt and Sophia Jens m: Oct. 9, 1899 at residence of brides mother –civil ceremony –Town of New Holstein to: Minna Beyerstedt b: Town of New Holstein p: Fritz Beyerstedt and ? Arps ********** August Vollstedt, 93, of 2012 Wisconsin Ave., New Holstein, died Sunday at Toth Nursing Home, Chilton, where he had been a resident for three weeks. He was born in New Holstein July 3, 1871, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Vollstedt, and was married to Minnie Beyersteat Oct. 7, 1899, in New Hol- wife preceded him in death.(sic) Mr. Vollstedt was in the retail meat business in New Holstein most of his adult life. He was the last surviving member of the original New Holstein Turners, he was also the last surviving member of the city's first fire department. Surviving are three sons, Waldemar, New Holstein, John, Vaciville, Calif., and James, Fond du Lac; four daughters, Miss Else Vollstedt and Mrs. Richard (Alice) Cooley, both of New Holstein; Mrs. P.J. (Mary Ann) Klaudt, Toledo, Ohio. and Mrs. Herman (Margaret) Bonkamp, Waukegan, Ill., 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Erbe-Hoffman Funeral Home, New Holstein, with the Rev. Charles A. Koch, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in New Holstein Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Tuesday. (Jan. 24, 1968 handwritten on obit, no newspaper cited) ********* From Calumet county death records (v.17 p.477): August Vollstedt July 3, 1871-Jan. 24, 1965 Son of Nicholas Vollstedt and Sophia Jens Born New Holstein –merchant in retail meats Died from “malnutrition and anemia, 3 months –annular carcinoma of the stomach” Buried New Holstein Cemetery ******** From Sheboygan county death records: Minnie Vollstedt nee Beyerstedt (v.62 p.250) July 14, 1874-June 18, 1953 [wife of August Vollstedt] Daughter of Frederick Beyerstedt and Anna Arps Born Town of New Holstein, Calumet County Died from “cerebral vascular accident, June 16, 1953 –cardio-vascular- renal disease, 1945 –arteriosclerosis” Buried at New Holstein Cemetery
NICKOLAS VOLLSTEDT
Nickolas Vollstedt
From Calumet county death records: Nickolas Frederick William Vollstedt (v.7 p.515) March 17, 1841-Dec. 5, 1922 Widower Son of John Frederick Vollstedt and Dorothea Wulff (both born Germany) Born Germany –butcher Died from “apoplexy, died suddenly” Buried at New Holstein Cemetery
AUGUST VOLTZ
August Voltz
From Fond du Lac county marriage records: August Voltz and Anna M. E. Heinrich (v.6 p.595) Married Feb. 19, 1888 in German Evangelical Church, City of Fond du Lac August Voltz Son of Carl Voltz and Maria Witzel Farmer in Town of Rhine –born in Rhine Anna M. E. Heinrich Daughter of Fried. Heinrich and Wilhelmine Blasemann Witnesses Friedrich W. Meyer and Miss Hedwig Mysch ******** August Voltz (Fond du Lac 13-244) Husband of Annie [Heinrich] Sept. 27, 1863-July 9, 1901 Son of Chas Voltz and Mary [Witzel] Born Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County Residence at time of death Lamartine, Wisconsin Died from “suicide –died as a result of pistol shot wound –ball entering ear penetrating skull and injuring brain –temporarily insane” No place of burial is mentioned (He is buried in the Rosendale Cemetery in Fond du Lac County so is his wife Anna) ********* Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Marie Voltz, resident of Washington court, who passed away Wednesday morning at St. Nicholas hospital, will be held Friday morning at the Ballhorn Funeral chapels and at 1 o’clock in Fond du Lac. Burial will be at the Rosendale cemetery, Fond du Lac County. Born Oct 3, 1865, in the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac County, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heinrich, she married August Voltz on Feb. 19, 1888 and the couple resided in Sheboygan County for a year and then returned to Fond du Lac County where they lived until 1908. In that year they moved to other vicinities until ?? years ago when he moved to Sheboygan county. Her husband died in 1901. Survivors are three children, Mrs. Amelia Braatz, Lisa and August of the city and ?? grandchildren. Two sons preceded her in death. Sheboygan Press, May 14, 1942
Aug. Voltz