August & Bertha Hartwig
Photos above from German language newspaper, The Milwaukee Herold, 9 December 1921, with an article regarding their 50th wedding anniversary
August Carl Hartwig
b. 20 September 1845 - Brandenburg, Germany
Immigrated to the USA in 1867 along with Father Friedrich August and Mother Elizabeth
Married Berth Wille in 1869
Declared Intention for Citizenship in 1870
Naturalized in 1878 (?)
Petitioned for Official Citizenship in June 1906
d. 14 January 1923 - Portage, Indiana
St. Joseph's Hospital while living at the home of his
daughter Olga Weissbrodt
Cremains buried at Pilgrim's Rest Cemetary in Milwaukee, WI
at his wife Bertha's gravesite located at Lot 1, Blk 9, Sec H, Grave 46
Bertha Wille
b. 16 June 1853 - Pomerania, Prussia
Immigrated to the USA in 1868 along with Father August Wille and Mother Caroline
Naturalized in 1878 (?)
d. 16 January 1921 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Trinity Hospital
Buried at Pilgrim's Rest Cemetary in Milwaukee, WI
at the gravesite located at Lot 1, Blk 9, Sec H, Grave 46
Children of August & Bertha Hartwig
William b. 23 Jan 1872 m. Maggie Piroska 15 April 1920 d. 24 June 1926 and buried at Montorse Cemetery
Arthur b. 1873 (the last know information for Arthur is in 1892 MKE City Dir.)
Otto J.C. b. 8 Jul 1874 m. Frances Retz 29 Nov 1895 d. 12 Jun 1911 (tuberculosis) and buried at Pilgrim's Rest cemetery in Milwaukee, WI
Martha Mary Louise b. 8 Sept 1875 m. Fred Zuehlke 20 May 1893 d. 3 Apr 1961
Frank b. 11 May 1879 m. Helen Stone 10 Dec 1909 d. 21 March 1965 and buried at Mosinee Cemetery, Mosinee, WI
Amanda Augusta b. 3 Dec 1880 m. John Junck 21 Oct 1899 d. unknown
Gustav b. 8 Feb 1882 m. Martha Giese 17 April 1909 d. 27 May 1917 due to acccidental electrocution at Geo. Ziegler candy factory in Milwaukee, and buried at Pilgrim's Rest cemetery in Milwaukee, WI
Herta (Hattie) b. Jul 1888 m. Wm (Bill) Steltzner 19 Oct 1907 d. 11 May 1936 ?
Olga b. 8 Mar 1890 m. Hugo Weissbrodt 16 June 1909 d. August 1986
Town of Summit Property
1873 Summit Plat Map
August and Bertha lived in the Town of Summit, just south of Oconomowoc in Waukesha County according to the 1870 and 1880 census, and also as indicated by the two plat maps shown below dated 1873 and 1891...
The small yellow square indicates the house currently located on the northeast corner of Golden Lake Road and Genesee Lake Road. The photo below shows that the house standing there as of August 21, 2015 could be - at least partially - the original dwelling:
1891 Summit Plat Map
2015 Video of August Hartwig Property
To see what the August Hartwi property looked like as of August 21, 2015 click on this link: Video of the August Hartwig property in the Town of Summit
Additional maps from the Town of Summit
1859 Summit Plat Map
Although August Hartwig didn't arrive to the USA until years later, note how they indicated the terrain of the property that he would later own just south of Battle Creek.
1873 Summit Plat Map
Here are more views of the 1873 plat map ...
1891 Summit Plat Map
Here are more views of the 1891 plat map ...
Undated Summit Plat Maps
Here are two more undated plat maps, neither of whcih list August Hartwig as the owner of the property in question. Although the owner on both maps appears to be "Charles Schuster (?)" please note that the owner of the property just south of his is different in both maps. Future research might help confirm whether these two maps are from the period between 1859 and 1870, or post 1891.
Gravestone of Frederich Hartwig (Father of August Hartwig) Located at the Summit Cemetery
