Homesteaded and built Lake View Resort

Biography

This profile is part of the Pelican Lake, Wisconsin One Place Study.

• From the Census of 1860^[1]George Firestein [George Feuerstein] was born in France, wife and children in Bavaria

Joseph Feuerstein was born, August 5, 1851, He came to the United States on board the ship Lydia in 1854^[2]. His parents George and Barbara Feuerstein where coming from the Alsace-Lorraine region of Germany and eventually settled in Bessemer, Michigan.

Joseph first obtained employment in the mines near Bessemer and then moved on to Milwaukee. There he met Catherine Musiel. They returned to Manitowoc, Catherine’s home town, married on June 26, 1878 and had three children Anna K, Joseph and Katherine, my grandmother. During this time Joseph was working at a hotel. He would hear stories from salesman and tourists traveling from Chicago and Milwaukee to the north woods, about the great fishing and hunting. At that time the Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western Railroad’s main track followed the Lake Michigan shore line to Manitowoc and then west to Eland Junction in 1879, northwest through Antigo in 1881, Pelican Lake in 1882 and on up north to the UP.

Because Katherine was born in 1884 in Manitowoc and Peter, the next child, was born in Antigo on September 11, 1885, the Feuerstein family probably took the train north in the summer of 1885.

His first job was as a mill fireman in Monico. He then started working for the railroad and eventually became section foreman on the Enterprise-Harrison branch of the North Western Railroad. It was during this time that he built a log cabin on top of a hill overlooking Pelican Lake. The homestead papers for these 80 acres where dated April 19, 1897. From 1893 to 1904, the Feuerstein’s had five more children Frank, Agnes, Alma, Magdalene and Clara.

Being an avid fisherman, many of the tourists would seek him out for guide service. Because of the lack of lodging on the lake, many of these tourists would stay at the log cabin. This became so popular that the Feuerstein’s built a two story annex behind the log cabin. Around 1905 they built the first Lake View Resort. It was a lovely Victorian building, with lodging rooms upstairs and dining and living areas on the first floor. The large dining and living areas soon became a meeting area for the people living on the south side of Pelican Lake.

For one or two years, around 1910, Catherine used the rooms to teach grades one through eight. This short-lived school was soon consolidated into the old school in Enterprise or Roberts Landing, as it was known back then.

Along with being a teacher, Catherine was also a midwife and nurse. She and Anna would travel around Pelican Lake with her big first aid book, delivering babies and fixing minor scrapes.

In the early days, travel around Pelican Lake was very limited. Highways G, B and Q were just trails. The main track of the Chicago and North Western made stops at Pratt Junction, the town of Pelican (later changed to the town of Pelican Lake) and possibly Union Town, a village half way between Pelican and Monico. Union Town was known for its “Red School House”. If you wanted to go to the south side of Pelican Lake you would get off of the train at Pratt Junction and catch the Enterprise-Harrison branch. Most of the people would get off the train in Pelican and catch a ride in Ed Keeler’s boat, the Pelican. Ed probably made a special effort to lure tourists to Lake View House because he was married to Anna Feuerstein, one of Joe and Catherine’s children.

The Feuersteins operated Lake View Resort until 1919/20 when they sold it to Conrad Guth. The Guth’s tore down the Lake View House and built the Lake View Inn, which still stands today.

After retiring from the Inn business, they purchased the Woodcock home, across the road from the Mistly homestead and one mile east of Enterprise.

John Mistley remembers Grampa (as he was commonly known) taking his big chair out on the lake and fishing almost every day. He supplied all of the neighbors with fish of the day. The Mistly and Webster children would come over in the evening and listen to the gramophone and then hear ghost stories. Down the hill towards Young’s resort lived Stella and Charlie Fox, with their adopted children Long-John and John-Duck

Maint. at Enterprise School Abt 1923.

1928 Living in Chicago, IL

1860 Census Name: Joseph Firestein [Joseph Feuerstein] Age: 9 Birth Year: abt 1851 Gender: Male Birth Place: Bavaria Home in 1860: Newton, Manitowoc, Wisconsin Post Office: Newton Dwelling Number: 83 Family Number: 79 Attended School: Yes^[3]

1870 Census Name: Joseph Fenerstera [Joseph Feuerstein] Age in 1870: 19 Birth Year: abt 1851 Birthplace: Baden Dwelling Number: 146 Home in 1870: Ahnapee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Red River Occupation: Laborer Inferred Father: George Fenerstera Inferred Mother: Barbara Fenerstera^[4]

1900 Census Name: Joseph Fluerstien Event Type: Census Event Date: 1900 Event Place: Pelican town (excl. Rhinelander city), Oneida, Wisconsin, United States Event Place (Original): ED 193 Pelican town (excl. Rhinelander city), Oneida, Wisconsin, United States Gender: Male Age: 48 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birth Date: Aug 1852 Birthplace: Germany Marriage Year (Estimated): 1878 Immigration Year: 1860 Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Germany Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 7^[5]

1905 Census Name: Joe Fenerstein [Joe Feuerstein] Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Married Age: 53 Birth Year: abt 1852 Birth Place: Germany Residence Date: 1 Jun 1905 Residence Place: Enterprise, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA Relationship: Head Spouse: Katie Fenerstein Line: 21^[6]

From the Census of 1920^[7] White, Male, 68 years old, Born in France, father and mother born in France, immigrated in 1854, citizenship 1890

Family history from Catherine Devlin grandchild of Joseph, said they came from Alsace-Lorraine region of Germany/France (more research is required)

From 1910 census - Joseph Fenerstein 58 - Kate Fenerstein 53 - Peter Fenerstein 24 - Clara Fenerstein 21- Agnes Fenerstein 17 - Elma Fenerstein 15 - Frank Fenerstein 12 - Magdalene Fenerstein 9 - John Mcdonald 28 - Raymond Miller 17

(notes from Gary Gatton) Joseph was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1851. As a three-year-old, he immigrated to the United States with his family in 1854. Nine-year-old Joseph is shown living with his family in the 1860 US Census of Newton Twp., Manitowoc Co., WI. He is shown as 19-year-old Joseph with his parents in the 1870 US Census of Ahnapee, Kewaunee Co., WI. In 1878, Joseph married Wisconsin native Catherine Musiel. The couple would eventually have ten known children. In the 1880 US Census of Newton Twp., Manitowoc Co., WI, he is shown under the name Fenerstein with his new wife and daughter: Jos [28, WI, shoemaker]; Cattie [24, WI]; Annie [4 months, WI]. Note that Newton Township was the location where Joseph's father originally settled his family after the immigration. Joseph became a naturalized citizen on 25 September 1894. The 1900 Federal Enumeration includes the family living in Pelican Lake, Oneida Co., WI: Joseph [48, Germany, farmer]; Muriel (sic) [46, WI, mother of 10, 8 living]; Joseph [18, WI]; Kathie [16, WI]; Peter [14, WI]; Clara [12, WI]; Agnes [7, WI]; Alma [5, WI]; and Frank [2, WI]. Another daughter, Mary, was born shortly after the census was taken. Joe, Katie and seven of their children are included in the 1905 Wisconsin State Census, living in Enterprise, Oneida Co., WI. Joseph, his wife and six children are included in the 1910 Federal Enumeration of Enterprise. When his brother, Charles, died in 1919, Joseph was still living in Enterprise, WI. Joseph and Catherine are shown together without any children in the 1920 US Census of Enterprise, Oneida Co., WI. They were still there when the 1930 Federal Enumeration was made. Joseph died in Chicago, Illinois, in 1935. He is the GG Grandfather of Gary Gatton, source of much family information.

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Newton, Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1418; Page: 776; Family History Library Film: 805418
2. ↑ Name: Joseph Feuerstein Event Type: Immigration Event Date: 1854 Event Place: New York City, New York, United States Gender: Male Age: 3 Nationality: Baden Birth Year (Estimated): 1851 Birthplace: Baden Ship Name: Lydia Affiliate Publication Number: M237 Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897 Affiliate Film Number: 142 GS Film Number: 000175498 Digital Folder Number: 004678797 Image Number: 00377 Citing this Record "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2751-53B : 18 November 2020), Joseph Feuerstein, 1854; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,498.
3. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Newton, Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Page: 776; Family History Library Film: 805418, ancestry.com, Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
4. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Ahnapee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1720; Page: 353A; Family History Library Film: 553219, 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. - Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
5. ↑ District: 193 Sheet Number and Letter: 7B Household ID: 143 Line Number: 58 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T623 GS Film Number: 1241808 Digital Folder Number: 004120633 Digital Folder Number: 004120633 Image Number: 00883 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N00843-3 Record Number: 42499 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMKT-TBB : accessed 1 December 2020), Joseph Fluerstien, Pelican town (excl. Rhinelander city), Oneida, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 193, sheet 7B, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,808.
6. ↑ Wisconsin State Census, 1905. Microfilm, 44 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin - Ancestry.com.
7. ↑ United States Census 1920 Enterprise, Schoepke, Oneida, Wisconsin, Super's District 10, Enumeration District 129, Sheet No. 17a, Line 14

• BLM - Bureau of land Management "Homestead"
• Census, 1870, Ahnapee Twp., Kewaunee Co., WI
• "Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKLR-S9C : 12 December 2014), Joseph Feuerstein, 1894; citing Crandon, Wisconsin, NARA microfilm publication M1285 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 58; FHL microfilm 1,432,058.
• Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988
• Marriage Record, Manitowoc County, WI
• Source: S500001 Carol Devlin Devlin Family Website MyHeritage family tree Family site: Devlin Family Website Family tree: 345301971-1 Media: 345301971-1 Discovery Joseph Feuerstein Joseph Feuerstein Event: Discovery 28 FEB 2017 Added via an Instant Discovery™ Certainty: 3
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on AncestryDNA who share a 110 cM segment on chromosome 10, consisting of Richard Devlin and Christine (Buchheit) Green, his 4th cousin 1x removed, and Morris Keeney, his 2nd cousin 1x removed. (Christine and Morris Keeney are 5th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestor is Johannes Feuerstein, the 3x great grandfather of Richard Devlin and 4x great grandfather of both Christine (Buchheit) Green and Morris Keeney. DNA test taker Richard Devlin is the great grandson of Joseph Feuerstein, the son of George Feuerstein, the son of the common ancestor Johannes Feuerstein.