Individual Details

HSO, 3 Feb 1910, p1
Silver Wedding S'prise
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Thome Help Them Celebrate--Supper and Dance
German Settlement Cuts Loose
A surprise was sprung on Mr. and Mrs. Nick Thome, out in the German settlement, last Thursday evening, the occasion being the silver wedding anniversary of the worthy couple. Trouble was started by a sister of Mrs. Thome, Mrs. Albert Schwitzer, whose home is near Roberts. It was she who organized and led the attack.
Early in the evening the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Thome began to drop in, and nothing was thought of that until the house began to look to be full. And still they came. Each sleigh load brought a mysterious looking basket. When people were beginning to be "thick" in the house and one needed to elbow his way around, then it occurred to the hosts that they were going to have a party.
Toward midnight the baskets were opened and such a display of real wedding fixings as was spread one would need to go a long way to see the like. It was a splendid dinner, although rather late at night. Then John M. Schwalen struck up his violin, drum and cymbols and it was "on with the dance" until 4 o'clock the next morning. Some of the older people played cards.
Nicholas Thome and Mary Schwalen were married in the German settlement 25 years ago, and the most of their lives since has spent right there. They have four children: Miss Gertrude, Frederick, Emma, Raymond, all of whom live at home. The younger daughter is a student in the Hudson high school.
When the guests left for home they presented Mr. and Mrs. Thome with a fine silver table set as a memorial of the day and occasion. It was a delightful evening. The surprised couple is accounted one of the most worthy in that community of "good folk," the German settlement. Their friends all say, "May they live long and prosper."
One feature of the event was the quality of the music furnished by John M. Schwalen, the one arm violinist, a cousin of the bride.


HSO, 9 Apr 1942, p1
Nickolas Thome, 81, Dies Saturday
Nickolas Thome, age 81 and a resident of this locality for more than sixty years, died Saturday morning. Funeral services were conducted at St. Patrick's Catholic church Tuesday morning with Msgr. Owen officiating. Interment was in the Gerrman Settlement cemetery.
Mr. Thome was born in Germany in 1860. After his education in the schools there, he worked for a while as a carpenter and then came to the U.S. at the age of twenty. He came directly to the town of Hudson where he worked on his uncle's farm for two years.
Mr. Thome then moved to Hudson where he was engaged in the lumbering business for four years. It was during this time that he married Anna Maria Schwalen. Shortly after their marriage they moved to their present farm on County Trunk N in the town of Hudson where he spent the remainder of his life.
Mr. Thome's survivors include Mrs. Thome, a daughter, Miss Gertrude, and a son Ray, both of whom live in the town o Hudson and a son, Fred, who lives in Spring Valley. Two children preceded Mr. Thome in death.
Pallbearers were Theo. Suennen, Michael Thome of St. Paul, Henry Kinney, Henry Schwalen of Roberts, Robert Friend, and John Thome of Rice Lake.

Birth	1860	Germany
Marriage	27 Jan 1885	Anna Marie "Mary" Schwalen
Death	4 Apr 1942	St. Croix County, Wisconsin, German Settlement
Burial	7 Apr 1942	German Settlement Cemetery

Spouse	Anna Marie "Mary" Schwalen (1858 - )
Child	Gertrude Thome (1885 - 1969)
Child	Frederick William Thome (1889 - 1981)
Child	Emma T. Thome (1894 - 1939)
Child	Raymond Thome (1896 - 1997)