02 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Family portraits
Children of Katherine (“Kate”) Eberlein Reichel
From oldest to youngest:
Mary Catherine Reichel (born 15 March 1886)
Herman Otto Reichel (born 03 May 1888)
William C Reichel (born 27 December 1889)
Frederick Gustave Reichel (born 27 March 1892)
Emil Conrad Reichel (born 29 January 1895)
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Descendant reports
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS EBERLEIN was born on 19 March 1875 in Herman, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 11 May 1956 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He married (1) KATHARINE E. KING, daughter of Eastman King and Zella Youmans on 08 November 1900 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. She was born on 12 July 1877 in Belle Plaine, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. She died on 06 March 1903 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He married (2) ALWINA DUECKER, daughter of Peter Duecker and Alwina Sabeline on 20 April 1910 in Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, USA. She was born on 22 February 1885 in New Holstein, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA. She died on 26 November 1968 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA.
Frederick Augustus Eberlein and Katharine E. King had the following child:
i. FREDERICK EASTMAN EBERLEIN was born on 05 August 1901 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 12 May 1973 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. He married Frances Lillian Jorgens, daughter of Orin Jorgens and Mabel Rasmussen on 07 February 1948 in Scandinavia, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA. She was born on 31 May 1912 in Scandinavia, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA. She died on 18 April 1998 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA.
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Obituaries
Frederick Augustus Eberlein, pioneer Shawano county fur farmer, died at Shawano at 2:15 o’clock Friday afternoon after a illness of one and one-half years. He was 81.
Mr. Eberlein was born in the town of Herman in Shawano county on March 19, 1875, the son of Frederick and Catherine Eberlein. He lived in the Shawano area all his life and attended schools in Shawano and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin.
IN NOVEMBER 1900, he was married to the former Kitty King who passed away in 1903. He was married to Alwina Duecker on April 20, 1910, and they spent eight winters in Arizona for reasons of Mr. Eberlein’s health.
Active in civic affairs, Mr. Eberlein was District Attorney in Shawano county for four years and a member of the Masonic lodge and the Rotary club. A lawyer by profession, he was the senior member of the Eberlein and Eberlein law firm from 1904 to 1917 and he also served on the Shawano County Board for several years. He practiced with his brother, the late Michael G. Eberlein, who was circuit judge at the time of his death.
Ill health forced him to discontinue the practice of law when doctors advised him to be out of doors. He then (1917) gave up the legal profession for fur farming and cattle raising. He also was interested in potato farming.
He was very active in the Wisconsin Fur Breeders Association, serving as its secretary for many years. He was an optimist by nature and did not allow his physical handicaps to seriously curb him in his work or dim his hopeful outlook on life.
By a strange coincidence, Frederick A. Eberlein was succeeded in the office of district attorney by a nephew 50 years to the date that the elder Eberlein took the office himself. The nephew is the present district attorney, Frederic C. Eberlein. F. A. Eberlein took over the office January 5. 1903, and “Fritz” assumed similar duties Jan. 5, 1953.
Survivors include his wife and a son by his first marriage, Frederic Eastman Eberlein, a fur farmer at Shawano R. 1. Also surviving are two grandchildren and a brother, Charles Eberlein of Shawano.
FUNERAL SERVICES will be held 2 p.m. Monday at the Schweers Funeral Home in Shawano with the Rev. W. E. Williamson officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Shawano. Masonic rites will be held at graveside.
Friends may call at the Schweers Funeral Home from this evening until the time of the service.
Members of Lodge 170 F and A.M. are asked to meet at the Masonic Temple at 1:30 p.m. Monday to prepare for participation in the rites for Mr. Eberlein.
Unidentified clipping, in the Eberlein folder at the Shawano Heritage Center.
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Obituaries
Lora Eberlein, widow of the late Circuit Judge Michael G. Eberlein, died here at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday. She was 76.
Mrs. Eberlein, 125 South Franklin Street, had been in failing health for some time and was seriously ill for the past month.
The former Lora Rather was born at Calumetville, Wisconsin on February 16, 1884, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rather.
She came to Shawano in 1904 and taught at the elementary school in the town of Richmond and at the Lincoln School here for many years after her graduation from Oshkosh Normal.
On July 31, 1906 she was married at New Holstein to Michael G. Eberlein and lived in Shawano ever since. Judge Eberlein preceded her death on September 23, 1952.
She was a member of the St. James Lutheran Church of Shawano where funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday with Rev. W. A. Uttech officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetary.
Mrs. Eberlein was very active in church activities, being a member of the Ladies Aid Society, Valpo Guild and the Tabitha Society and served as president of the Ladies Aid.
She took a high interest in club activities and was a past-president of the Shawano Woman’s Club. and the Shawano Historical Society and was a member of the Shawano school board for several years.
She loved children, taking a high degree of interest in neighborhood youngsters in a way that made them feel they were almost part of the family.
After the death of Judge Eberlein she did considerable travel throughout the south and southwest, enjoying the numerous points of interest.
Survivors include a daughter, Margaret, Mrs. L. G. Volkman of Oshkosh; Michael G. of Shawano; William F. of Rochester, New York; Frederic C. of Shawano and Dr. Walter R. of Philadelphia. One son preceded her in death in 1918.
Also surviving are two eight grandchildren, two sisters Lottie, Mrs. Alfred Joos of Alma Center; Agnes, Mrs. Louis Erbe of New Holstein, and a brother, Maxwell F. Rather of Palm Beach, Florida.
The body will lie in state at the Born-Schweers Funeral Home from 2 p.m. Friday until 11 a.m. Saturday and then at the church until the time of the service.
Source: Shawano Evening Leader, Thursday, 30 June 1960
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
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Lora Elizabeth Rather Eberlein and child, date unknown
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Obituaries
Mrs. Gus Prudeman [sic] of Chicago passed away Saturday, September 4. She was 83 years of age. Mrs. Prudeman [sic] had been ill for the past two years.
She was the former Dolly Eberlein, sister of Fred and Charles Eberlein of this city.
Source: Shawano Evening Leader, Tuesday 7 September 1954
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
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Mike Eberlein and niece, summer 1980, near Lake Placid, NY
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Obituaries
Michael Barry Eberlein
Michael Eberlein
Michael Barry Eberlein, 65, of Fort Smith died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. Born Nov. 20, 1946, in Ann Arbor, Mich., son of William Frederick Eberlein and Mary Bernarda Barry Eberlein, Mike was a graduate of Shimer College and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, an Army Corps veteran, a retired mechanical engineer (formerly employed by Amana Refrigeration, York International, Carrier and Rheem), and a gunsmith by avocation.
He is survived by his ex-wife, Karen Cushing of Madison, Wis.; a daughter, Laura Eberlein of Duluth, Ga.; a son, William Eberlein of Fayetteville; two brothers, Robert (Stephanie) Eberlein of Glenn Dale, Md., and Patrick (Jennifer) Eberlein of Chapel Hill, N.C.; four sisters, Sarah Wells of Lincoln, Vt., Mary Wells (Steve Schultz) of Carmine, Texas, Kathryn (Steve) Klaber of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Kristen James Eberlein of Durham, N.C.; a cousin, Liz (Ian) Redpath; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Memorial donations can be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, an organization devoted to the rehabilitation of seriously wounded war veterans, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675-8516. Inurnment will be at a later date in Shawano, Wis., [and] at Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: Times-Record, 9 September 2012
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Ephemera
Advertisement for the Eberlein Hotel and Saloon, Shawano, WI. From a photocopy of the “1884 Fair Book”, the Frederic C. Eberlein genealogical papers.
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Newspapers
In 1879, the Frederick John Eberlein family moved from the township of Herman to Shawano, seat of Shawano county. Mrs. Eberlein (nee Catherine Goerner) wanted their children to have a better education than was available in the one-room, rural school of Herman. In Shawano, Mr. Eberlein opened a hotel and saloon.
Here are excerpts from the Shawano County Advocate:
18 May 1882: The auction sale of the old court house and jail drew out a large crowd and the bidding was spirited. The court house was finally bid in by Fred Eberlein, Sr. for $176 and the jail by the city for $131.
15 Jun 1882: Fred Eberlein has the old court house moved next to this dwelling and will soon open a hotel. Fred has many acquaintances in this county and no doubt will receive plenty of customers.
28 Aug 1882: Fred Eberlein — Application for a saloon license. The application was accepted and his bond approved, and Clerk instructed to issue license at the rate of $100 per year, as soon as the proper amount is paid into the city treasury.
25 Jan 1883: Fred Eberlein will open the season for dancing by giving a grand masquerade ball, at his hall, Jan. 29. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
22 Mar 1883: A dance at Eberlein’s Lake Shore House Hall, Shawano, Monday evening, March 26 — Music by the Bavarian Brass Band of Tigerton — H. A. Brauer & J. M. Schweers, floor managers.
2 Aug 1883: Fred Eberlein has purchased one of the handsome Parlor Bagetelle Tables [1], manufactured by M. Redgrove, which are well known throughout the land, for the accommodation of his many customers. Call on him and play a game.
[1] Bagatelle is a table-top game based on billiards. In 1870, Montague Redgrave patented a spring loaded plunger mechanism that launched the ball, making his version the predecessor of pinball. See a photo of an 1871 Redgrave bagatelle table.
Eberlein genealogy and photographs 