First Generation
1. MArgaret1 Hoffmann, daughter of Matthias Hoffmann and Catherina
Scheuer, was born in Pruessen, Germany September 18, 1848. There
is conflicting information as to the year of her birth that may be
resolved by find the Hoffmanns on a ship docking in America
She married LOuis Fields in Mishicott, Wis., July 16, 1866. A Civil
marriage in Mishicott. He was living in Two Rivers at the time.
LOuis was born in Detroit, Michigan January 25, 1845. He was the son
of Louis Fields and Phillipine Sonis LaRue. LOuis died February 1, 1935
in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 90 years of age. Cause Influenza Pneumonia;
old age.
MArgaret died January 20, 1938 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 89 years of age.
Buried at Calvary Cemetery
OBITUARY - The Sheboygan Press Friday, January 21, 1938 Pg 4
Mrs. Margaret Fields, 89, Is Called to Rest Here Thursday Mrs Margaret Fields,
89, of 110 Lighthouse Court, widow of the late Louis Fields, passed away at
11 a m Thursday at St Nicholas hospital after having been confined there for
nearly two years. Mrs. Fields was born Sept 18, 1848, at Mishicot, Wis, the
daughter of Mr and Mrs Matthew Hoffman. She attended the rural church school
there and on July 16, 1866, was married to Louis Fields who at that time returned
from the Civil War. The family resided in Mishicot until 1881 when they came to
Sheboygan and have resided here since. Her husband preceded her in death on
Feb 1, 1935. Mrs Fields was a member of Holy Name church. She enjoyed a large
circle of frineds, possessed a pleasing personality and was admired for her keen
sense of humor by all those who knew her and came in contact with her. She is
survived by eight children: Mrs Emma Sprung of Sheboygan, Louis Fields of Sheboygan,
John Fields of Milwaukee, Phillip Fields of Crown Point, Ind, Mrs. Margaret
Siebenthal of Ammarilla, Tex, Mrs Katherine Murphy of Minneapolis, Mrs Elizabeth
Haertl of Wauwatosa, and Mrs Harriet Braun of River Hills, Milwaukee. Nine
grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren also
survive. Funeral services will be held Monday at 8:30 am at the Ballhorn Funeral
temple and at 9 o'clock at the Holy Name church. Msgr Phillip Dreis will officiate
and burial will be made in the family lot at Calvary cemetery. Friends may visit
the body at the funeral temple from Saturday afternoon until the time of services.
MArgaret Hoffmann and LOuis Fields had the following children:
+ 2 i. EMma2 Fields was born March 18, 1867 and died May 4, 1942.
+ 3 ii. John Fields was born September 1869.
4 iii. Franz Fields was born in Mishicott, Wis. February 7, 1871.
Franz died February 16, 1871 in Mishicott, Wis., at less
than one year of age. One of few burials recorded in
Holy Cross Cemetery behind the Church in Mishicott.
5 iv. Phillip Fields was born in Mishicott, Wis. 1873. Living
in Crown Point, Ind. in 1938. Living in Renselier, Indiana
in 1942.
6 v. Maria Anna Fields was born in Mishicott, Wis. April 10, 1874.
7 vi. Margarette Fields was born in Mishicott, Wis. October 17, 1876.
She married Siebenthal.
She married Tell. Living in Amarilla, Texas in 1935 as Mrs.
Siebethal. Living in Chicago, as Mrs. Siebenthal in 1938.
Living in Las Vegas, Nev. as Mrs. Tell, in 1942
8 vii. Katherine Fields was born in Mishicott, Wis. 1878.
She married Murphy. Living in Minneaplis in 1938 and 1942.
9 viii. Elizabeth Fields was born in Mishicott, Wis. February 1880.
She married Henry J. Haertl in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, December
21, 1901. Sheboygan Co.
Henry was born in Wisconsin 1880.
Living in Wauwatosa in 1938, 1942 and 1948.
+ 10 ix. Louis Fields was born October 25, 1881 and died January
19, 1948.
11 x. Fredericka Fields was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin November
18, 1884. Sheboygan Co. Not mentioned in her parent's
obituaries in 1935 and 1942.
12 xi. Harriet Henrietta Fields was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
December 20, 1888. Sheboygan Co.
She married Frank Braun. No marriage recorded in Milw.
Co. 1900 - 1920
Frank was born May 22, 1888. Frank died May 25, 1970 in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 82 years of age. Living in River
Hills, Milw. Co. in 1938, 1942 and 1948.
13 xii. Vivian Fields was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin September
1, 1897. Not mentioned in her parent's obituaries in 1935
and 1942.
Second Generation
2. EMma2 Fields (MArgaret1 Hoffmann) was born in Mishicott, Wis. March 18, 1867.
She married August F. Sprung in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, April 14, 1885.
August was born in Uckamark, Brandenburg Prov., Germany April 27, 1860.
He was the son of August Sprung. August died March 16, 1942 in Sheboygan,
Wisconsin, at 81 years of age.
EMma died May 4, 1942 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 75 years of age. Buried in
Wildwood Cemetery in Sheboygan.
OBITUARY - Sheboygan Press, May 4, 1942.
Mrs. Emma Sprung, 75, widow of the late August F. Sprung, passed away at 7:55 a.m.
today, at the residence, 2313 N. Tenth Street, after a brief illness. She was born
March 18, 1867, at Mishicot, Manitowoc County, the daughter of Louis and Margaret
Fields, and attended district school there, and came to Sheboygan as a young girl.
On April 11, 1885, she was married to August Sprung, and she always confined her
activities to her home and family. Her husband preceded her in death March 16, 1942.
Survivors are four children, Louis, Mrs. John (Emma) Hirt, Mrs. George (Lillian)
Schloss, and Gustave, of Brunswick, Ohio; eight grandchildren and two great
grandchildren; three brother, John of Milwaukee, Phillip of Renselier, Ind., and
Louis of Sheboygan; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Tell of Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs.
Catherine Murphy of Minneapolis, Mrs. Henry Hertel and Mrs. Frank Braun, of
Milwuakee. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ballhorn Funeral
Chapels, the Rev. E.H. Wessler officiating, and burial will be made in the family
lot in Wildwood cemetery. Friends may may call at the funeral chapel beginning
Tuesday evening.
EMma Fields and August F. Sprung had the following children:
14 i. Emma3 Sprung.
She married John Hirt in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, May 1, 1909.
15 ii. Lillian Sprung.
She married George Schloss. Living in Sheboygan in 1942.
16 iii. August C. Sprung was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin January 13, 1886.
August died June 6, 1888 in Sheboygan Co., Wis., at 2 years of
age. Died of measles. Buried in Wildwood.
17 iv. Louis Sprung was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin 1886 ?.
He married Helen Schloss in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, May 15, 1915.
Helen was born in Selz, Russia January 27, 1896. She was the
daughter of William Schloss and Marie Sauder. Helen died March 8,
1971 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 75 years of age.
OBITUARY - Sheboygan Press, March 10, 1971.
Louis died March 31, 1952 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 65 years of
age. Living in Sheboygan in 1942.
18 v. Oscar A. Sprung was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin December 30, 1888.
Oscar died January 7, 1889 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at less than
one year of age.
19 vi. GUtave Sprung was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin December 23, 1889.
He married Marie Minnie Chapman in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, January
1, 1916.
Marie was born in Canada 1897 ?. She is the daughter of Walter
Chapman and Emma Chapman.
GUtave died December 23, 1968 in Brunswick, Ohio, at 79 years
of age.
OBITUARY - SHEBOYGAN PRESS, Dec. 30, 1968.
Gustav Sprung, a former Sheboygan resident, died Monday at his home in Brunswick,
Ohio. He was born in Sheboygan Dec. 23, 1889, and while in Sheboygan, was employed
as an auto mechanic. He also managed the baseball team sponsorred by Art Imig. His
marriage to Minnie Chapman of Sheboygan Falls, took place on New Year's Day, 1916.
They then moved to Cleveland Ohio. Surviving are his wife; three children, two
grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. George Schloss, 2313 N. 10th. St. Funeral services
will be held Wednesday in Brunswick. Living in Brunswick, Ohio in 1942.
20 vii. Twins Sprung was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin July 19, 1893. Twins
died July 19, 1893 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Buried in Wildwood
Cemetery.
21 viii. Arthur Sprung was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin October 27, 1905.
Arthur died February 25, 1906 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Information on Arthur comes from Wildwood Cemetery.
3. John2 Fields (MArgaret1 Hoffmann) was born in Mishicott, Wis. September
1869. Date from 1900 census.
He married Sophia F. Jacob in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, June 2, 1891.
Sophia was born in Wisconsin June 1869. Living in Burlington, Racine Co.
in 1900. Living in West Allis in 1920. Living in Milwaukee in 1938 and 1948.
John Fields and Sophia F. Jacob had the following child:
22 i. Emily M.3 Fields was born in Wisconsin 1902 ?. Date from 1920 census.
10. Louis2 Fields (MArgaret1 Hoffmann) was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
October 25, 1881. Date comes from his obituary.
He married Elizabeth Jochem in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, May 18, 1901.
Elizabeth was born in Alsace Lorraine, Germany April 15, 1882. She was
the daughter of Peter Jochem. Elizabeth died February 25, 1966 in
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 83 years of age.
OBITUARY - Sheboygan Press, Feb. 25, 1966.
Louis died January 19, 1948 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 66 years of age.
OBITUARY - Sheboygan Press, Jan. 20, 1948 Buried at Calvary Cemetery.
Louis Fields and Elizabeth Jochem had the following children:
23 i. PEter3 Fields was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin June 14, 1902.
He married Pauline Trester in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, June 5, 1926.
Pauline was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin October 21, 1907.
She was the daughter of Henry Trester and Ann Altenbach. Pauline
died February 7, 1998 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 90 years of age.
OBITUARY - Sheboygan Press, Feb. 8, 1998.
PEter died December 3, 1984 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 82 years
of age. Buried at Calvary Cemetery
OBITUARY - Sheboygan Press, Dec. 4, 1984.
Peter Fields, 82, a Sheboygan native whose military career spanned nearly 50 years
and who was known locally for his military bearing as the mounted leader of many a
parade, died at his home, 1720 Alexander Court, Monday afternoon after a long
illness. Mr. Fields remained active in military organizations all his adult life,
and was well-known for his activities on behalf of Boy Scouts organizations locally.
He was born in Sheboygan on June 14, 1902, son of Louis and Elizabeth Jochim Fields,
and attended local schools. Mr, Fields and the former Pauline Trester were married
June 5, 1926, at Holy Name Catholic Church. He was a member of Holy Name parish, and
was a lay distributor of the parish. He was a member of Our Lady of the Rosary Council
722 Knights of Columbus, and a past Faithful Navigator of Msgr. Philipp Dreis Fourth
Degree General Assembly K of C, and the current Honor Guard moderator. He was also a
member of St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Apostolate of Suffering . Mr. Fields
was a 1913 member of the Boys Brigade and in 1915, a founding member of Boy Scouts of
America Troop 13. He was active in scouting for 50 years, serving as first scoutmaster
of Troop 21 of Holy Name parish. Mr. Fields' military career began during World War I,
when he served in Company H of the Wisconsin Home Guard. He later was a member of the
Army National Guard of Wisconsin with Service Battery of 120th Field Artillery of the
32nd. Division, serving three and a half years in the Pacific Theater, although due
to his height of 5 feet 2 inches, he was very nearly rejected. In the cavalry for a
number of years as a bugler with the 127th mounted engineers, and then with the field
artillery, he was one of the few enlisted men to have a personal mount. From 1945 to
1947, he served with the U.S. Army Reserves, later transferring to the Army National
Guard as squadron commander of the local chapter, He was promoted from major to
lieutenant colonel of the CAP last year in ceremonies at Chanute Air Force Base In
Rantoul, Illinois. Mr. Fields was a member of Reserve Officers Association Chapter 35,
past commander of the United Military Association, past commander of Amvets Post 18,
past trustee of Veterans of Foreign Wars Sheboygan Memorial Post 9156, past commander
of the Catholic War Veterans, and a member of the 32nd Division Veterans Association.
He was also past state commander of Sons of the Union Veterans, and a member of the
State Historical Society and the American Red Cross Instructors Association. Mr. Fields
is survived by his wife; two sons, Roger and Thomas, and one daughter, Mrs. Ralph (Mary)
Radke, all of Sheboygan; eight grandchildren and three great grandchiIdren.He was
preceded in death by a great-grandchild and one brother. The funeral Mass will be
celebrated Thursday at 11 a.m. at Holy Name Catholic Church. The Rev. James Hess,
associate pastor, will be celebrant of the Mass, which will. be preceded by family
rites at 10:30 a.m. at Gerend-Habermann Funeral Home. Burial will take place in
Calvary Cemetery.
24 ii. Louis Fields was born in Sheboygan Co., Wis. January 2, 1904.
He married Gertrude Goetsch in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, June 4, 1927.
Gertrude was born in Sheboygan Co., Wis. May 22, 1908. She was
the daughter of Albert Goetsch and Emily Oldenburg. Gertrude
died March 1983 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 74 years of age.
Louis died April 1959 in Wisconsin, at 55 years of age. Living in
Milwaukee in 1948.