Mary Jane CORRIGAN

Other Events and Attributes:

• WikiTree Link: Corrigan-118
• FamilySearch ID: L8RH-9F3
• Residence: 1935-1940, Kingsford, Dickinson, Michigan, United States; Address:
  513 Marquette Blvd
• Occupation: 1947, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  Weyenberg Shoe Company

Notes:

Died:
Mary Jane Zalewski (nee Corrigan), formerly of Cedarburg, was reunited with her beloved husband Richard on Wednesday, August 10, 2011. For the past 7 years she had been a resident at Clement Manor in Greenfield. She was 85 years old. Mary Jane, the daughter of Maurice and Agnes Braatz Corrigan, was born in Ashland, WI, on April 27, 1926, and grew up in Iron Mountain/Kingsford, Michigan. She moved to Milwaukee after High School where she was employed at the Weyenburg Shoe Company. On October 11, 1947 she married Richard Zalewski and the couple moved to Cedarburg in 1955. During their 51 years of marriage, Mary Jane and Richard raised 3 children - Mark (Evonne) Zalewski of Greendale, John (Sharon) Zalewski of Saukville, and Barbara (James) Johnson of Bayside. She is further survived by seven grandchildren; Wendy (Greg) Serafin, Michael (Stephanie Yakobina) Zalewski, Eric (Jaime) Zalewski, Brian (Darcy) Zalewski and Joel (Ali) Zalewski, Lauren and Rebecca Johnson. She is also survived by five great-grandchildren; Zach and Connor Serafin and Aaron, Adam and Aerissa Zalewski, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Mary Jane loved to celebrate her Irish Heritage and was very close to her twin brother Tom, younger brother George, and sisters, Shirley and Patricia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard. A devoted wife and mother, Mary Jane also worked part-time at the Cedarburg Red Owl, Montgomery Ward, and Coffee Pot Restaurant - where she brightened the days of everyone she met. Mary Jane was a member of St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church for many years, belonging to the Women's Guild and the St. Ann's Society. She also enjoyed doing crafts, especially crocheting, quilting, knitting, and other needle work.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 17th at 12 PM at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church North, 1375 Covered Bridge Road in Cedarburg with Father Dan Janasik officiating. Mary Jane will be laid to rest next to her husband Richard in St. Francis Borgia Parish Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 17th at the CHURCH from 10 AM until 12 PM.

Mary married Richard Joseph ZALEWSKI on 11 Oct 1947 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Richard (son of Joseph Frank ZALEWSKI and Emily M TROKA) was born on 9 Dec 1921 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 18 Apr 1999 in Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 22 Apr 1999 in Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. M.P. ZALEWSKI
2. J.R. ZALEWSKI
3. B.J. ZALEWSKI

Other Events and Attributes:

• WikiTree Link: Corrigan-119
• FamilySearch ID: 9H8D-NR1
• Occupation: 1917/8, Barkadale, Bayfield, Wisconsin; Teamster
• Occupation: 1920; Teamster
• Occupation: 1923, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States; Laborer
• Occupation: 1930; Farmer
• Occupation: 1940, Kingsford, Dickinson, Michigan, United States; Machine Operator; Address:
  Auto Industry
• Residence: 1935–1947, Kingsford, Dickinson, Michigan, United States; Address:
  513 Marquette Blvd

Maurice married Agnes Katherine BRAATZ on 12 Apr 1923 in Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States. Agnes (daughter of Frank F BRAATZ, Sr and Barbara Margaretha Magdalena STEARNS) was born on 4 Feb 1903 in Mellen, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; died on 9 Apr 1998 in Merrill, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 14 Apr 1998 in Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• WikiTree Link: Braatz-3
• Name: Agnes Mary Braatz
• FamilySearch ID: 9H8D-NTH
• Occupation: 1930; Farmer
• Residence: 1935–1947, Kingsford, Dickinson, Michigan, United States; Address:
  513 Marquette Blvd

Notes:

Birth:
10AM on Wednesday

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses: Edwin Olsen & Mrs. Edwin Olsen

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• FamilySearch ID: LD5F-X6B
• Baptism: 3 Mar 1853, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada West; Address:
  Saint Gregory the Great
• Occupation: 1871; Farmer
• Immigration: 1884
• Immigration: 1885
• Occupation: 1888, Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States; works at N W Fuel Co. and boards Pacific House
• Occupation: 1900; Farmer & Hotel Keeper
• Occupation: 1910; Farmer

Notes:

Died:
According to a story about how Thomas died, while he was having a stroke the town doctor was riding by on his horse to deliver a baby. One of Thomas' children ran out a started waving their arms at the doctor to get his attention. Unfortunately, he just waved back and kept on going thinking that the child was just saying hello.

Thomas married Emma Jane FIRMENICH on 18 Jan 1892 in Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. Emma (daughter of Mathias Balthazar FIRMENICH and Paulina Henrietta THOMPSON) was born on 23 Jun 1873 in Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; died on 28 Apr 1941 in Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Member: Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  St. Agnes church, the Altar Society and the Old Settlers' Club
• FamilySearch ID: 9H8D-FHD
• Residence: 1882, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States
• Residence: Between 1905 and 1926, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  Sanborn Avenue
• Residence: Between 1926 and 1932, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Residence: 1930, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; 275 18th Street
• Residence: Between 1932 and 28 Apr 1941, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  109 North Ellis Avenue
• Occupation: 1940, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; Lodging House Keeper; Address:
  109 North Ellis Avenue

Notes:

Obituary mentions twelve (12) surviving children. Tom and Emma only have 9 listed Corrigan children on my list.



Listed on the obituary that I have are: Edwin, Sadie, Maurice, Clayton, Mrs. E. H. (Clarice) Olsen, Henry, Mrs. Norbert (Lenore) Enders, Mrs. Ed (Ethel) Strelka, Mrs. Harry (Beatrice) Natais.



Listed that I don't have: Frank of Rivera, Florida; Mrs. Joseph Maurer and Mrs. Mary Foster of Detroit. (Possibly George Cook's children, or her step-children)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Member: Ashland Eagles Lodge
• WikiTree Link: Braatz-4
• FamilySearch ID: L8RC-VWX
• Immigration: 1867
• Immigration: 15 Jun 1868, New York, New York, United States
• Residence: 1870, Caledonia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
• Residence: Between 1891 and 1898, Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States
• Residence: 1900, Philips, Price, Wisconsin, United States
• Occupation: 1900–1910; Laborer - Tannery
• Residence: Between 1911 and 1919, Munising, Alger, Michigan, United States
• Naturalization: 1912
• Residence: Between 1919 and 1935, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States
• Occupation: Between 1920 and 1940; Farmer
• Residence: Between 1935 and 1940, Gingles, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  Highway 118

Notes:

Immigration:
On the Nord Germany Ship Auguste from Bremen, Germany to New York.

Name: Franz Braatz
Arrival Date: 15 Jun 1868
Age: 1
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: Wisconsin
Place of Origin: Nord Germani
Ship Name: Auguste
Port of Arrival: New York

Frank married Barbara Margaretha Magdalena STEARNS on 4 Jun 1891 in Bear Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States. Barbara (daughter of Georg Heinrich STIERN and Katherina Rosina Margaretha SCHUMACHER) was born on 30 Aug 1866 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died in 1943 in Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• WikiTree Link: Stearns-290
• FamilySearch ID: L8RC-VHB
• Immigration: 1881
• Immigration: 1882
• Immigration: 1883
• Naturalization: 1912
• Residence: Between 1935 and 1940, Gingles, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  Highway 118

Notes:

Obituary mentions her age as 81 and birthdate as 1866. A hand-written 1943 is also on the page. These years don't match up.



MRS. F. BRAATZ, OLD RESIDENT HERE, DIED AT 81

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Brief Illness Fatal This Morning To Woman

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Mrs. Frank Braatz, Sr., 81, of Rt. 1, Ashland, for 40 years a resident of Ashland county, died in a local hosptial this morning, following a brief illness.



The former Margaret Stearns, was born in Germany, August 30, 1866 and in 1881 emigrated to the United States. Her marriage to Frank Braatz was solemnized in 1891 at Bear Creek, Wis. The couple celebrated their golden anniversary last year.



Survivors are her husband, Frank Braatz, Sr., one son, Frank Braatz, Jr., Ashland; four daughters, Mrs. Claude Moll (Matie), Mrs. Louis Peterson (Margaret) and Mrs. Alice Lancaster, all of Ashland, and Mrs. Maurice Corrigan (Agnes), Iron Mountain, Mich.; two brothers, Fred Stearns of Oregon and Ernest Stearns of Minneapolis; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.



Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. from the Pascoe-Erickson Funeral Home.

Notes:

Frank & Margaret Wedding

Agnes, Margaret, Margaret (Ma), Frank, Matie Moll, and Alice.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Roman Catholic
• FamilySearch ID: KC14-G6N
• Fact 1: 1861; Log, 1-story home
• Occupation: 1851–1871; Farmer
• Residence: 1851–1871, Mara Township, Brechin, Ontario, Canada

William married Mary MCCANN on 19 Nov 1848 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada West. Mary (daughter of Thomas MCCANN and Mary CRONIN) was born in 1828 in Mayo, Ireland; died on 27 Oct 1884 in Uptergrove, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K85D-FYV

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Address:
  Cologne Cathedral
• Occupation: 1890–99, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; Millwright at Mowatt & Thompson, 303 Seventh Avenue E
• FamilySearch ID: KVVH-BCD
• Immigration: 22 Apr 1847, New York, New York, United States
• Naturalization: 1852
• Occupation: 1870; Laborer
• Immigration: 1880
• Residence: 1880, Brighton, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States
• Possessions: 1893, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; 160 acres of land
• Occupation: 1880–1920, Farmer
• Residence: 1882–1920, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States

Notes:

[EIKURL=/everything/mathias]

Immigration:
Name: Mathias Fermaintz
Arrival Date: 22 Apr 1847
Estimated birth year: abt 1843
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium
Ship Name: Epervier
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Line: 33
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_66
List Number: 191
Page Number: 2

Immigration:
Obviously incorrect since he was married in 1867 in Wisconsin and is noted in the 1850-1880 census records.

Died:
From Superior Telegram, Sept 29, 1931

AGED PIONEER LAID TO REST
M.B. Firmenich, 91, Buried in Ashland Cemetery After Final Rites

ASHLAND, Wis - Final rites for Mathias B. Firmenich, 91, pioneer resident of Ashland and a charter member of the Chequamegon Bay Old Settler's club. who died Saturday were to be held Tuesday morning at the A.F. Anderson residence, 900 Ninth avenue west at 9 o'clock and at the St. Agnes church at 9:30. Burial was to be made in St. Agnes cemetery.
Born in Cologne, Germany, February 11, 1840, Mr. Firmenich came to Milwaukee in May 1847 and settled with his parents on a farm located in the wilderness 25 miles from that city.
Coming in contact with Indians who the inhabited the region, he learned to weave baskets from ash wood, a hobby which he enjoyed until the time of his death. His marriage to Miss Pauline Thompson took place at Green Bay, February 11, 1867. Mrs. Firmenich preceded him in death by 21 years.

Lived With Daughter

Mr. Firmenich first worked in Ashland as a millwright for the Miller and Ritchie company. He was employed there for four years. and later became connected with D.W. Mowatt firm where he was employed until 1905. He also lived on a farm near Sanborn until 1916. For the past few years he has been making his home with his daughter. Mrs. Andrew Anderson on Ninth avenue west.

Survivors Listed

Surviving are: Five daughters, Mrs. Emma Martin, Milwaukee; Mrs. William McKinley, Seattle; Mrs. Tom Gorman, Iron Mountain, Mich.; Mrs. Joseph Fabro and Mrs. A.F. Anderson, Ashland. Two sons, Henry of Elma, Manitoba, and Albert of International Falls; fifty-two grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Six of his grandchildren saw service in France during the World war.

Mathias married Paulina Henrietta THOMPSON on 11 Feb 1867 in Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, United States. Paulina (daughter of William Henry THOMPSON and Claude Françoise QUINET) was born on 5 May 1849 in Granville, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died before 30 Apr 1910 in Sanborn, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KVVH-BC6
• Residence: 1882, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L6P5-2YT
• Occupation: 1868; Carpenter
• Immigration: 15 Jun 1868, New York, New York, United States
• Residence: 1870, Caledonia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
• Naturalization: 19 Jan 1872, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States
• Occupation: 1870–1880; Farmer
• Residence: 1880–1890, Little Wolf (Historical), Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States
• Occupation: 1900, Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States; Apple Tree Agent
• Occupation: 1905, Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States; Pedlar
• Residence: 1900–1905, Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States

Notes:

Immigration:
On the Nord Germany Ship Auguste from Bremen, Germany to New York.

Name: Franz Braatz
Arrival Date: 15 Jun 1868
Age: 1
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: Wisconsin
Place of Origin: Nord Germani
Ship Name: Auguste
Port of Arrival: New York

Naturalization:
Declaration of Intention: 1 Jun 1872, Vol 1 Page 522

Wilhelm married Maria KLEGIN. Maria (daughter of Gottlieb KLEGIN and Frederike BUTZKE) was born on 15 Feb 1842 in Schoenwalde, Germany; died on 29 Mar 1890 in Little Wolf (Historical), Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Manawa, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Kleihin
• FamilySearch ID: L6P5-2TN
• Immigration: 15 Jun 1868, New York, New York, United States
• Residence: 1870, Caledonia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Immigration:
On the Nord Germany Ship Auguste from Bremen, Germany to New York.

Name: Franz Braatz
Arrival Date: 15 Jun 1868
Age: 1
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: Wisconsin
Place of Origin: Nord Germani
Ship Name: Auguste
Port of Arrival: New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L6P5-P3Q
• Immigration: 1873

Georg married Katherina Rosina Margaretha SCHUMACHER on 18 Feb 1862 in Michelbach an der Heide, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Katherina (daughter of Johann Michael SCHUMACHER and Barbara HEINZ) was born on 14 Sep 1838 in Gross-Forst, Württemberg, Germany; died on 9 May 1908 in Philips, Price, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Weyauwega, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• WikiTree Link: Schumacher-116
• FamilySearch ID: L6P5-PQM
• Immigration: 1873
• Immigration: 1881

Notes:

--From Unknown Newspaper, probably from Phillips, Wisconsin--



On Saturday, May 9, Mrs. Margaret Stearns, many years a resident of this village, died at the home of her son at Phillips, after several years of ill health. Her death was due to cancer.



Mrs. Stearns was born September 14, 1838, at Wurtemberg, Germany, coming to this country in 1881. She was a sister of the late William Schumacher and of Mrs. Peter Wagner. A brother, Fred Schumacher, lives at Worthingtan, Indiana, and a brother John at Kansas City, Kansas, and one sister still lives in Germany.



The remains were brought nere Sunday and laid to rest in Oakwood cemetery. They were accompanied by Ernest Stearns and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stearns of Phillips, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Braatz of Mellen, the sons and daughter of the deceased.



There were also in attendance Miss Matie Smith of Mellen; and Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Rice and Mrs. E. J. Harkness, all of McMinnville, Tennessee.



Mrs. Stearns was a woman who was well lov