Individual Details

John J. DEUSTER

(22 Oct 1852 - 26 May 1926)

Had two daughters

1898 Green Bay City Directory shows two John J. Deusters: John J. Deuster, a miller who lived on Monroe Avenue; and John Joseph Deuster, a sawyer, who lived on Day Street. Which is ours?

Events

Birth22 Oct 1852Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Marriage4 May 1880Brown County, Wisconsin, United States - Margaret REBER
Census (family)Jun 1880Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Margaret REBER
Census (family)1 Jun 1900213 Quincy Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Margaret REBER
Census1 Jun 19055th Ward, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Census15 Apr 1910826 East Walnut Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Census1 Jan 1920134 South Jackson, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Death26 May 1926

Families

SpouseMargaret REBER (1853 - 1900)
ChildAlma DEUSTER (1881 - )
ChildCecelia DEUSTER (1883 - )
FatherLudwig (Louis) DEUSTER (1818 - 1882)
MotherAnna Elisabeth PUETZ (1822 - 1875)
SiblingAnna Mary DEUSTER (1849 - 1860)
SiblingFrancis Joseph "Frank" DEUSTER (1850 - 1886)
SiblingJames L. DEUSTER (1854 - 1930)
SiblingMathilda Anna "Tillie" DEUSTER (1856 - 1938)
SiblingHenry J. DEUSTER (1858 - 1927)
SiblingMary A. "TA" DEUSTER (1860 - 1946)
SiblingCatherine L. "Katie" DEUSTER (1863 - 1923)
SiblingFrances Margaret DEUSTER (1865 - 1938)

Notes

Census (family)

John was 27 years old, occupation flour and feed store. Maggie was 24 years old. They lived next-door to her mother and siblings.

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Census (family)

Enumerated with this family are:
-- John J. Deuster, age 47 (born Oct 1852), a miller of flour
-- Margaretha Deuster, his wife, age 45 (born May 1855)
-- Alvira Deuster, his daughter, age 18 (born Oct 1881)
-- Cecelia Deuster, his daughter, age 17 (born March 1883)
-- Henrietta Reber; his sister-in-law, age 40 (born July 1859), single

John and Margaretha had been married for 20 years. She had born 2 children, with 2 still living. John was born in Wisconsin and his parents in Wisconsin. Margaretha was born in Wisconsin and her parents in Germany.

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Census

Widowed. Living with his daughter and son-in-law, Cecilia and Carl Kattner.

Census

Cecelia Deuster, age 27, a widow living on her own income; and her father, John Deuster, age 57, widowed, working as a miller. John lost his wife between 1 June 1900 and 1 June 1905. Cecelia apparently lost Carl between the 1905 Wisconsin State Census and this 1910 Federal Census.

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Census

This enumerator mixes up the house number (street number) and dwelling number.

Enumerated with this family are John Deuster, a miller, widowed, age 67; his daughter, Cecil Kattner, a saleslady in a dry goods store, widowed, age 36; and his niece, Pearl Tuyls, a saleslady in a dry goods store, single, age 26.

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Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000, "Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Marg Reber; Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division; Brown Co., Vol. 3, p. 440.

2. , "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database online, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRJH-X8T : accessed ), John Deuster and Marg Reber; GS Film 1275774, Ref ID 2154.

3. 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, E.D. 9, sheet 30, dwelling 257, family 260, lines 35-36: John and Maggie Deuster.

4. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 2, e.d. 10, sheet 3B, dw. 55, fam. 62, lines 88-92: John Deuster and family.

5. John Deuster, 1905 State Census, Wisconsin, population, , Brown, Green Bay, Ward 5, p. 466, image 8; on Ancestry.com, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

6. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 5, E.D. 17, sheet 19A, dw. 225, fam. 248, lines 7-8. Cecelia Kattner and her father, John J. Deuster.

7. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 2, E.D. 18, sheet 2B, dw. 33, fam. 43, lines 74-76: John J. Deuster and family.