Individual Details
Anton Nathe Sr
(March 15, 1834 - January 7, 1900)
In 1859, Anton, his mother, and his sisters Anna Marie and Anna Elizabeth left Repe and went to Milwaukee to join others in the family.
"The land that Nathe (in German it was spelled Nahte) bought was land that the state had set aside for schools. Like many other immigrants that came to this country, Nahte chose to settle where other Germans were. Anton and his wife had several children when they first came. After his first wife died, Anton married again. He and Adelheid had several more children of whom John was the oldest.
Anton, working for a shoe manufacturer supplying boots to troops of the Civil War, was helping to support his mother, sister Elizabeth and her children. Sometime about 1860 after arriving in Milwaukee, he met and married Paulina Schoenfelder, who was working as a housemaid in the city of Milwaukee.
Pauline Nathe, daugther of Charles, had been able to tell us the most about this grandmother whose family may have come from the Pottsdam area of Germany. The assumption is that in the years between 1860-1870, the family lived and went to church in the outskirts, "out on the Kilbourn Road" because the do not appear on the Milwaukee city census for those ten years.
On 31 May 1869, he stated on his citizen declaration of intent that he arrived in this country on or about 15 Oct 1857, renouncing his allegiance to the King of Prussia. He became a citizen of the United States on 7 Dec 1896.
In the spring of 1869, Anton took his wife Paulina and their 3 children to Minnesota and probably lived with Joseph and his family. Pauline had their 4th child shortly after arriving. The church records show the baptism of Anna Margaret in May of 1869.
The Schoenfelders did not want Paulina to leave for the wilds of Minnesota when the time came for Anton to move his family there to take up farming. They were sure the severe winters, and Indians would be too much for her. [Pearl S. Nathe's] Aunt Annie (John) Nathe quoted the pioneering Mrs. Meyer to the effect that Paulina was the real pioneer, the ideal neighbor and friend before her death in November of 1873.
In 1875, Anton married Adeleid Stroering from New Munich. They were blessed with 7 more children.
Anton Sr. was a medium to smaIl build, wore a long beard but no mustache. He left his mark on the family in what is referred to as the "Nathe dimple". This deep crevice in the chin can be seen in his children, grandchildren, and great- grandchildren.
Anton was a farmer and died of Diabetes Mellitus.
"The land that Nathe (in German it was spelled Nahte) bought was land that the state had set aside for schools. Like many other immigrants that came to this country, Nahte chose to settle where other Germans were. Anton and his wife had several children when they first came. After his first wife died, Anton married again. He and Adelheid had several more children of whom John was the oldest.
Anton, working for a shoe manufacturer supplying boots to troops of the Civil War, was helping to support his mother, sister Elizabeth and her children. Sometime about 1860 after arriving in Milwaukee, he met and married Paulina Schoenfelder, who was working as a housemaid in the city of Milwaukee.
Pauline Nathe, daugther of Charles, had been able to tell us the most about this grandmother whose family may have come from the Pottsdam area of Germany. The assumption is that in the years between 1860-1870, the family lived and went to church in the outskirts, "out on the Kilbourn Road" because the do not appear on the Milwaukee city census for those ten years.
On 31 May 1869, he stated on his citizen declaration of intent that he arrived in this country on or about 15 Oct 1857, renouncing his allegiance to the King of Prussia. He became a citizen of the United States on 7 Dec 1896.
In the spring of 1869, Anton took his wife Paulina and their 3 children to Minnesota and probably lived with Joseph and his family. Pauline had their 4th child shortly after arriving. The church records show the baptism of Anna Margaret in May of 1869.
The Schoenfelders did not want Paulina to leave for the wilds of Minnesota when the time came for Anton to move his family there to take up farming. They were sure the severe winters, and Indians would be too much for her. [Pearl S. Nathe's] Aunt Annie (John) Nathe quoted the pioneering Mrs. Meyer to the effect that Paulina was the real pioneer, the ideal neighbor and friend before her death in November of 1873.
In 1875, Anton married Adeleid Stroering from New Munich. They were blessed with 7 more children.
Anton Sr. was a medium to smaIl build, wore a long beard but no mustache. He left his mark on the family in what is referred to as the "Nathe dimple". This deep crevice in the chin can be seen in his children, grandchildren, and great- grandchildren.
Anton was a farmer and died of Diabetes Mellitus.
Events
| Birth | March 15, 1834 | Repe, Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |||
| Marriage | 1860 | Milwaukee, WI - Paulina Schoenfelder | |||
| Census | 1870 | Grove Twp., Stearns Co., MN | |||
| Marriage | January 19, 1875 | Meire Grove, Stearns Co., MN - Adelheide M. Stroering | |||
| Death | January 7, 1900 | Meire Grove, Stearns Co., MN--he was 65 |
Families
| Spouse | Paulina Schoenfelder (1840 - 1873) |
| Child | Anton Nathe Jr. (1861 - 1926) |
| Child | Franklin "Frank" Nathe (1863 - 1910) |
| Child | Charles Nathe (1867 - 1939) |
| Child | Anna Margaret Nathe (1869 - 1918) |
| Child | Mathias Nathe (1872 - 1923) |
| Spouse | Adelheide M. Stroering (1849 - 1928) |
| Child | John H. Nathe (1875 - 1938) |
| Child | Catherine R. Nathe (1877 - 1949) |
| Child | Elizabeth Nathe (1880 - 1970) |
| Child | Casper Nathe (1882 - 1928) |
| Child | Gerhard Joseph Nathe (1884 - 1959) |
| Child | Joseph Nathe (1886 - 1954) |
| Child | Henry Nathe (1889 - 1945) |
| Father | Wilhelm Nathe (1791 - 1843) |
| Mother | Anna Margaretha Besting (1802 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Anna "Catherine" Nathe (1828 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Anna " Elisabeth" Nathe (1830 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria Nathe (1831 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Joseph Nathe (1836 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Casper "Johann Kasper" Nathe (1839 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Maria Katherina Nathe (1842 - 1843) |