John Bizer (1867 - 1932)

Born 16 Apr 1867 in Germany

Husband of Elizabeth (Reichert) Bizer — married 10 Oct 1894 in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States

Died 12 Apr 1932 at age 64 in Browning, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States

Biography

John Bizer was born at Tilfengen, Germany, April 16, 1867. The first 20 years of his life, Rev. Bizer spent in Germany, coming to the United States in 1887 to enter Eden Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., to study for the ministry. At the completion of his seminary course Rev. Bizer went to Shelby, Iowa, to take charge of his first parish. On October 10, 1894, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Reichert in the town of Russell, Sheboygan County. Seven children were born to this union, one of whom died in infancy, while Bizer’s were still at Shelby.

From Iowa the Bizers moved to Sheboygan County, where Rev. Bizer had charge of the parishes in the towns of Mosel and Meeme. In 1906 he and his family were transferred to Colby where he served as pastor for seven years, after which time they moved to Medford to serve there and at Dorchester, Wis. ^[1]

Birth, Death & Marriage Records

• Wisconsin Marriages ^[2] John Bizer, son of John Bizer and Katharina Schoeller, married Elizabeth Reichert, daughter of George Reichert and Elizabeth Brueckbauer, on 10 Oct 1894 in Sheboygan County.

Census Records

• 1900 US ^[3] Lived with parents-in-law George and Elizabeth, wife Elizabeth, and children Julius and Eugene in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
• 1905 Wisconsin ^[4] Lived with wife Elisebeth and children Julius, Eugene and Alwin in Mosel, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
• 1930 US ^[5] Lived with father-in-law Geroge, wife Elizabeth and son Eugene in Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/1data/31/31320.htm
2. ↑ "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-SC3C : 9 March 2016), John Bizer and Elizabeth Reichert, 10 Oct 1894; citing Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,571.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM26-6Z1 : accessed 10 December 2016), Elizabeth Reichert in household of George Reichert, Rhine town Elkhart Lake village, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 2B, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,818.
4. ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM7H-KW4 : 14 November 2014), Elisebeth M Bizer in household of John Bizer, Mosel, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; citing p. 263, line 43, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,985.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X93S-MJL : accessed 11 December 2016), Elizabeth Bizer in household of John Bizer, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 17A, line 8, family 352, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2614; FHL microfilm 2,342,348.