Bio: Helmer, Joseph (1836 - 1920)

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Surnames: Helmer, Harris, Halmer, Hoffman, Lenhardt, Bever, Emer, Lubinski, Bergman, Weinstock.

 

----Source: Site Research, Family records, Federal and State Census Records, NY Passenger Lists, U. S. Naturalization Records, Humbird Enterprise.

 

Joseph Helmer

Son of Laurence (10 Apr 1810 - 16 Nov 1882) & Barbara (8 Dec 1808 - 5 Apr 1888)

    b. 23 OCT 1836, France (1838, 1840) Alsace region?, d. 27 June 1920, Muskogee, Oklahoma

    Imm: 1860 (1845)

    Siblings:

        Dorothea, 1840, France (?Cordelia? b. Aug 1840, d. 23 Mar 1909; m. Joseph A. Emer, 1860)

        Ignaz, 1845, France

        Mary, 1851, WI                   

        Elizabeth, 1854, WI  (b. Jan 1853, d. 1933; m. Peter Lubinski, 1872)

    marriage date: 18 Apr 1866, marriage place: Chippewa County, Wisconsin

SPOUSE: Mary Elizabeth Harris (b. Aug 1850) (Tree: b. 4 Aug 1844 WI, d. 13 Dec 1930 OK)

                                                                              (Tree: Parents: John Harris & Catherine Marmot)

RES: 1860? & 1870 –Clark County, WI; 1880 Gray, White, AR; 1885 El Dorado, Butler, KS

         1900 Township 15, Muscogee Nation, Indian Territory; 1920 Agency, Muskogee, OK

CHILDREN

    Mary E., b. 06 Nov 1867, WI (Baptized Eau Claire, WI)

    John Leo Helmer, b. 17 Nov 1872 Hamburg (?), Marathon, WI  (Nov 1869 or Nov 1871)

        d. 27 Sep 1949, OK

        Married: Alla (b. Feb 1876, MO)

    Joseph, b. 1873 WI         (Mar 1873), m. Nora b. Feb 1876, AR

    Anthoiny, b. 1874, WI    (Jun 1876)

    Frank, b. 1877, WI

 

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Joseph Halmer    Age in 1860: 22    Birth Year: abt 1838

Birthplace: France          Gender: Male

Home in 1860: Pine Valley, Clark, Wisconsin    Post Office: Neillsville

Joseph Halmer  22  France     Workman

Katrina Miller    15  Prussia     Servant

 

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Mary Harris    Age in 1860: 10    Birth Year: abt 1850    Birthplace: Preußen

Gender: Female          Post Office: Greenfield     Value of real estate: John 350, 180

Home in 1860: New Berlin, Waukesha, Wisconsin

John Harris             33  Prussia     Farmer

Catharine Harris     30  Prussia                 << died 10 Mar 1865, buried Fairview Cemetery ??

Mary Harris          10  Prussia                << m. Joseph Helmer 18 Apr 1866

Catharine Harris       6  WI                       << ?? m. Matthew Freeman, 1867, Waukesha Co. ??

Eva Harris                4  WI

Susanna Harris         2  WI             << b. 12 Apr 1858 d. 13 Dec 1939, m. John Schmid, Mar 1886

John Harris         1/12  WI                        << d. 1945; m. Susan Lauer 1890 / Anna Lauer 1913

 

Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930

groom's name: Joseph Helmer      bride's name: Maria Herrig

marriage date: 18 Apr 1866          marriage place: Chippewa, Wisconsin

indexing project (batch) number: M53059-1

system origin: Wisconsin-EASy    source film number: 1316579

 

The only birth record I found for a child of Joseph & Mary…

Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926

name: Maria Elisabetha Helmer    gender: Female    baptism/christening date: 11 Dec 1867

baptism/christening place:

     SAINT PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, EAU CLAIRE, EAU CLAIRE, WIS

birth date: 06 Nov 1867     father's name: Joseph Helmer      mother's name: Marie

indexing project (batch) number: C53080-1

system origin: Wisconsin-VR     source film number: 1316599

 

1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Joseph Helmer    Birth Year: abt 1842    Age in 1870: 28

Birthplace: France          Race: White                  Gender: Male

Value of real estate: Mary: 350    Personal Estate: Joseph: 100

Home in 1870: Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin

Joseph Helmer      28  France    Works on Farm    Cannot read or write

Mary Helmer        20  Prussia    Keeping House

Mary E Helmer       2  WI

John Helmer    6 mos  WI     born: Nov

 

1880 United States Federal Census

Name:  Joseph Helmer      Age: 40    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840

Birthplace: France            Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)

Marital Status: Married    Spouse's Name: Mary Helmer

Father's birthplace: France    Mother's birthplace: France

Occupation: Farm Laborer    Race: White    Gender: Male

Home in 1880: Gray, White, Arkansas

Joseph Helmer     40             France    Farm Laborer

Mary Helmer       30  Wife   Prussia   Keeping House

Mary E. Helmer   12  Dau    WI          at home

John Helmer        10  Son     WI          at home  

Joseph Helmer      7  Son      WI

Antony Helmer     6  Son      WI

Frank Helmer        3  Son      WI

 

1885 Kansas State Census Collection, 1 Mar 1885 

Name: Joseph Helmer    Marital Status: Married    Gender: Male

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840    Race: White

Family Number: 4    Line: 18    Roll: KS1885_14

Locality: El Dorado    Residence County: Butler, Kansas

Household Member(s): (all born “WI”)       

Joseph Helmer       45

Mary Helmer         33

John Helmer          14

Joseph Helmer      12

Anthony Helmer   10

Frank Helmer         8

Mat Young            35

 

1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Joseph Helmer    Age: 55    Birthplace: France

Race: White    Gender: Male           Immigration Year: 1860

Relationship to head-of-house: Head    Spouse's Name: Mary Helmer

Home in 1900: Township 15, Muscogee Nation, Indian Territory

Joseph Helmer    55  Head   France                Oct 1840   married 34 years    Farmer

Mary Helmer       49  Wife   TN-France-GA  Aug 1850  5 of 6 children living

Antony Helmer   33  Son     WI-France-TN    Jun 1876   farm laborer

Next household:

Joseph Helmer  27  Head  WI-France-TN    Mar 1873    married 5 years  Farmer

Nora Helmer     24  Wife  Arkansas             Feb 1876     1 of 1 child living

Munroe Helmer  2  Son    Indian Terr          Oct 1897 

Same page:

John W Helmer  28  Head  WI-France-TN  Nov 1871    married 5 years  Farmer

Attilie? Helmer  21  Wife  MO-MO-MO    Feb 1876     2 of 3 child living

Gertie Helmer      1  Dau    Indian Terr        Oct 1898 

Bertha Helmer     1  Dau    Indian Terr        Oct 1898 

 

1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Joseph Helmer    Age: 84    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836    Birthplace: France

Relation to Head of House: Father    Spouse's Name: Mary E Helmer

Father's Birth Place: France    Mother's Birth Place: France

Race: White   Sex: Male   Year of immigration: 1845   Able to read/write: Yes/Yes

Home in 1920: Agency, Muskogee, Oklahoma

John Helmer           48  WI-France-WI    Farmer

Alla Helmer            41  WI-MO-MO

Jessie R Helmer     18  OK-WI-MO       Mail Clerk

Deadie Helmer       12  OK-WI-MO

Joseph Helmer      84  France               Imm: 1845 Na

Mary E Helmer     74  WI-Germany-Canada

 

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Joseph Hellmer     Arrival Date: 13 Aug 1846    Destination: Ohio

Birth Year: abt 1838         Birth Location: Germany      Age: 8

Port of Departure: Le Havre, France

Port of Arrival: New York, New York     Ship Name: Eli Whitney

Laurenz 36; Barbara 36; Joseph 8; Dorothea 6; Ignaz (?) ¾

 

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)

Name: Lawrence Helmer     Birth Place: France     Date of Action: 16 Oct 1855

Court District: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa (Washington Co., WI)

Witnesses: Francis J. Hoffman & Bernhard Lenhardt

 

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)

Name: Lawrence Helmer     Birth Date: abt 1810    Birth Place: France    Age at event: 45

Court District: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa

Year of Arrival: 1846           Date of Action: 16 Oct 1855

 

1855 Wisconsin Census – State Census Index

Name: Lawrence Helmer     State: WI    County: Washington County    Township: Addison

 

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Name:  Lorenzo Helmer     Issue Date: 10 Aug 1858    State of Record: Wisconsin

Acres: 80      Accession Number: WI0840__.476         Metes and Bounds: No

Land Office: La Crosse     Canceled: No     US Reservations: No     Mineral Reservations: No    

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)     Document Number: 12312

Legal Land Description:        

Section                 Twp            Range  Meridian                              Counties

17            24-N            2-W     4th PM - 1831 MN/WI           Clark

 

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Name: Lorenzo Helmer     Issue Date: 1 Jul 1859     State of Record: Wisconsin   Acres: 80

Accession Number: WI0880__.380     Metes and Bounds: No    Land Office: La Crosse

Canceled: No     US Reservations: No     Mineral Reservations: No

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)     Document Number: 13972   

Legal Land Description:        

Section               Twp  Range  Meridian                              Counties

17          24-N  2-W    4th PM - 1831 MN/WI           Clark

 

Fairview Catholic Cemetery - Mentor Township, Clark Co., WI

t   Helmer, Barbara      8 Dec 1808      5 Apr 1888        Lawrence Helmer                   

t   Helmer, Lawrence 10 Apr 1810    16 Nov 1882     Barbara         

to Emer, Cordula        Aug 1840        23 Mar 1909      Joseph A. Emer     1860  << Dorothea?

t   Emer, Joseph A.      8 Apr 1830      6 Feb 1891        Cordula                  1860

t   Lubinski, Elizabeth       1853          1933                  Peter Lubinski             

t   Lubinski, Peter              1847          1919                  Elizabeth      

to Harris, Anna           29 Jul 1873      15 Jul 1915        m. John Harris 2 Apr 1913               Lauer

t   Harris, Cate                                     10 Mar 1865 -             Age 26 yr, 4 mo, 13 da       J. Harris   

t   Harris, John H.        1858                1945      m. Susan Lauer 17 Nov 1890/ Anna Lauer 2 Apr 1913

t   Harris, Peter            1863                1942      

to Harris, Susan           21 Apr 1872    8 Mar 1906        John H Harris 17 Nov 1890            Lauer

to Bever, Andrew       16 Feb 1859    18 Oct 1924                Thresia Bergman         25 Nov 1884    

to Bever, Bernadine A.           1850    12 Jan 1939 Obit says B. 1849; B. Germany 

                                                                                        m. Peter Bever 1877                  Bergman

t  Bever, Elizabeth      1820                 1895               Peter Bever (m. 2nd John Harris??)                   

t  Bever, Nick              6 Nov 1861    20 Apr 1873                                 Peter & Elizabeth Bever?

t  Bever, Peter                         1855                1918                Bernadine A. Bergman           1877     

t  Bever, Peter                         1816                1866                Elizabeth                      

t  Bever, Theresa         22 Feb 1862    10 Apr 1907      Andrew Bever 25 Nov 1884       Bergman

t  Schmid, John           1857    1949    Father Susan Harris     Mar 1886         

to Schmid, Susan        12 Apr 1858    13 Dec 1939    B. Near Milwaukee    

                                                                                      m. John Schmid, Mar 1886     Harris

 

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Lawrence Hilmer    Age in 1860: 50    Birth Year: abt 1810    Birthplace: France   

Post Office: Neillsville       Value of real estate: 500, Personal: 125

Home in 1860: Pine Valley, Clark, Wisconsin

Lawrence Hilmer   50  France          Farmer

Barbara Hilmer      50  France

Mary Hilmer            9  Wisconsin

Elizabeth Hilmer     6  Wisconsin

 

1880 United States Federal Census

Name:  Lawrance Helmer     Age: 70     Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810

Birthplace: France     Relation to Head of Household: Father-in-law

Father's birthplace: France   Mother's birthplace: France    Occupation: Farmer

Marital Status: Married        Race: White     Gender: Male

Home in 1880: Garden Valley, Jackson, Wisconsin

Peter Lubinski             33  Prussia           Farmer

Elizabeth Lubinski      29  Wisconsin      Keeping House

Lawrence Lubinski       6  WI

Frank Lubinski             2  WI

Isac Lubinski             5 m  WI

Lawrance Helmer       70  France    Father-in-law

Barbara Helmer          70  France    Mother-in-law

 

1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Elisabeth Lubinski    Age: 47    Birth Date: Jan 1853    Birthplace: Wisconsin

Race: White    Gender: Female             Relationship to head-of-house: Wife

Father's Birthplace: Germany                Mother's Birthplace: Germany

Mother: number of living children: 7    Mother: How many children: 7

Spouse's Name: Peder Lubinski    Marriage year: 1872    Years married: 28

Home in 1900: Cleveland, Jackson, Wisconsin

Peder Lubinski            52

Elisabeth Lubinski      47

Joseph Lubinski          16

Peder Lubinski            13

Steve Lubinski            11

Teressa Lubinski           9

William Lubinski           6

 

DOROTHEA ????????????????????

Source: HUMBIRD ENTERPRISE (Humbird, Clark County, Wis.) 03/27/1909

Emer, Mrs. Joseph (AUG 1840 - 23 MAR 1909)

 

Death called another pioneer settler of this vicinity (Humbird, Clark County, Wis.) last Tuesday morning, when Mrs. Joseph Emer of Fairview passed away after being in failing health for nearly a year. Mrs. Emer had not been considered ill but a day or two before her death, and not over a week ago had visited at her son's home in the village. The funeral services were held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Fairview, on Thursday morning, conducted by the pastor. The esteem by which the deceased was held in the community where she had long been a resident was testified by the large congregation which gathered to pay its last tribute to a devoted member of the church.

 

Mrs. Emer was a native of Germany, born in August 1840. At the age of seven years she came with her parents to America. In 1860 she was united in marriage with Joseph Emer and together they suffered the hardships of pioneer life, settling on the farm at Fairview which has ever since been their home. From a valueless wild to one of the best farms in this section, the place was developed by them until her husband was taken from her nineteen years ago, when the sons took up the work, erected a fine house on the farm and kept the mother in comfort during her declining years.

 

Thirteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Emer, three of whom died in infancy and one son, Joseph, died a year ago. Five daughters and four sons survive. Three of the children have entered the service of the church, of which the deceased has been a faithful and consistent member, two daughters in a convent at La Crosse and one son in the priesthood. Of the sons, Michael is residing on the home farm, Frank on a farm in Fairview, John in business in this village and Rev. Peter Emer is pastor of the Catholic Church at Marshfield.

 

1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Cordelia Emer    Age: 40    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840

Birthplace: France    Relation to Head of Household: Wife    Race: White    Gender: Female

Father's birthplace: France    Mother's birthplace: France

Occupation: Keeping House    Marital Status: Married    Spouse's Name: Joseph Emer

Home in 1880: Garden Valley, Jackson, Wisconsin

Joseph Emer         50

Cordelia Emer      40             << DOROTHEA ??

Frank S. Emer      18

Barbara Emer      17

Theresa Emer      12

Elizabeth Emer    10

Joseph Emer           8

Justina Emer           6

Michael S. Emer    3

Fredrick A. Emer   1

 

1870 United States Federal Census

Name: John Harris    Birth Year: abt 1824    Age in 1870: 46

Birthplace: Prussia    Gender: Male    Value of real estate: 6000, Personal: 1800

Home in 1870: Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin

John Harris            46  Prussia    Farmer

Elizabeth Harris    59  Prussia    Keeping House          << 2nd wife, widow of Peter Bever

Eva Harris            14  WI    Attending School

Susan Harris         12  WI    Attending School

John Harris           10  WI    Attending School

Peter Harris            8  WI    At Home    deaf & dumb     << died 1942, buried Fairview Cemetery ??

Barbara Harris       6  WI    At Home (attended school)

Peter Beaver         15  WI    Works on farm    parents foreign born

John Beaver         13  WI    Works on farm    parents foreign born

Andrew Beaver    10  WI    Attending School    parents foreign born

Nicholas Beaver    9  WI    Attending School    parents foreign born

 

1880 Mentor Township, Clark Co., WI Federal Census

John Harris @56, b. Prussia, Farmer, Father b. Prussia, Mother b. France

Wife: Lizzie @59, b. Prussia, Keeps House, Parents b. Prussia

Son: Peter @18, b. WI, At Home

Dau: Barb @15, b. WI At Home

 

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs14/14645.htm

--- Source: HUMBIRD ENTERPRISE (Humbird, Clark County, Wis.) 02/25/1911

--- Harris, John (17 MAR 1822 - 22 FEB 1911)

 

From the fullness of life to the coldness of death. Thus passed the aged father of J. S. and Peter Harris of the town of Cleveland, and Mrs. John Schmid of this village (Humbird, Clark County, Wis.), at about five o'clock on Wednesday morning. He had retired, feeling as well as usual, and was taken during the night with a choking spell, from which he rallied, only to be attacked by another later, to which he succumbed. Mr. Harris had enjoyed exceptionally good health for one of 89 years, and a week before his death walked from his son's farm into town.

 

John Harris was the last of the original settlers of the eastern part of the town of Garden Valley, now Cleveland. He brought his family into the wilderness when Sparta was the nearest railroad town and the only roads were Indian trails through the woods. That was the last year of the war, 1864. Mr. Harris was a native of Germany and was born March 17th, 1822.

 

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/bios/993.htm

----Source: 1891 Bio. History Of Clark Jackson Co., Wisconsin, pg. 175-176

 

PETER BEVER, a farmer of section 7, township 24, range 4 west, Clark County, was born in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, March 5, 1855, the eldest of four sons of Peter Bever, Sr., in whose family there were no daughters. His father was born near Kell, Prussia, on the famous banks of the Rhine, and emigrated on a sailing vessel when a young man, requiring six months time, and immediately located at Milwaukee. A sister of his came afterward and settled in Walworth County, this State, after her marriage, bringing a large family of children who have grown up and settled in different States. The remainder of the grandparents children continued their residence in the old country. Peter Bever, Sr., died January 18, 1866. The brothers of the subject of this sketch were: John, born October 2, 1856, at Milwaukee Andrew, February 16, 1859, in Clark County and Nicholas, December 6, 1861, also in Clark County, and died October 20, 1873, in this county, at the age of about twelve years. Andrew, a man of a family, lives near by John near Otter Creek, in Clark County. He married Annie Weinstock, November 25, 1889.

 

Mr. Bever, whose name heads this sketch, married Dena Bergman, November 22, 1877. She is a daughter of Adolph Bergman, who had four daughters and four sons, namely: George, Adolph, Anton, Lena, Frank, Mary, Elizabeth and Theresa, all of whom are now living excepting Mary. Of this large family, one, Adolph, is a Catholic priest in Syracuse, New York George, the eldest, is a well-known architect in St. Paul, with a large and prosperous business and the other two are contractors and builders in the same city. The two living sisters are married and settled in the town of Mentor, Clark County. The parents came to this country from Westphalia about 1882, and the father's death occurred November 9, 1889, at the age of seventy-five years, and the mother is still living in the township above mentioned, at the age of seventy years. Mr. Bever has had five children, as follows: Elizabeth, born December 11, 1878 Theresa, December 2, 1880 Mary, December 18, 1882 Emma, January 9, 1885 and Peter G., December 27, 1889.

 

Mr. Bever came to the township where he now lives when it was entirely new, there being only seven families therein at the time. For breadstuff he had to take his grist to a mill at Sparta, the trip consuming four days. The many Indians here at the time were the source of great fear and anxiety, although they made no serious outbreaks. Mr. Bever is now busily engaged in farming and establishing a permanent home on a fractional eighty-acre tract of land, his house being on a commanding site, and in a few years he will have made it and its surroundings all that an independent farmer can desire.

 

1880 Mentor Township, Clark Co., WI Federal Census

Peter Bever @25, b. WI, Farmer, Parents b. Germany

Wife: Dena Bever @24, b. Germany, Keeps House, Parents b. Germany

Brother: Andrew Bever @21, b. WI, Parents b. Germany

Dau: Lizzie Bever @1, b. WI, Father b. WI, Mother b. Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

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