Fred Weiss (1877 - 1929)

Born 22 Apr 1877 in Berne, Switzerland

Descendants

Died 1929 at about age 51 in Barron, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Fred Weiss, proprietor of the Clover Leaf Cheese Factory in Section 25, Turtle Lake Township, Barron County, Wisconsin, was born April 22, 1877 in Berne, Switzerland, son of John and Anna (Fechtar) Weiss, farmers in that locality. In 1882, at the age of five years, his parents emigrated to the United States and settled on a farm in Green County, Wisconsin. Fred grew to manhood on the farm, but had little opportunity for schooling as he was needed on the farm. At fourteen years of age, Fred he begin to learn the cheese making trade and at the age of nineteen years became the owner and operator of a factory in Green County. He prospered and made two trips back to his native country. On one of the trips he married Emma Steiner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Steiner, and brought her back to Green County. Emma died June 12, 1911, leaving four children: Fred, born Oct. 12, 1902, who lived in Dodge County, Wisconsin; Frieda, born April 16, 1903; Rosa, born March 20, 1906; and Edward, born April 14, 1904. In 1914, Fred bought the Clover Leaf Cheese Factory, added a house onto the building and there he and his family made their residence. Fred's second marriage was to Elizabeth Dietrich, born Jan. 23, 1896, daughter of Casper and Mary Dietrich of Turtle Lake Township. Their one child was Raymond, born Oct. 7, 1919. The family attended the Silver Lake congregation of the German Lutheran Church. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Abstracted from page 159 of The History Of Barron County, Wisconsin, published in 1922, by H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8W9-2R2 : 24 December 2021), Fred Weiss, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFVK-TMY : 4 February 2021), Fred Weiss, 1920.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Susannah Zemke for creating WikiTree profile Weiss-696 through the import of ZemkeDietrich2013.ged on Jan 23, 2013.