JACOB GERHARD

Jacob Gerhard

This is a younger brother to the George Gerhard already identified 
in these photos. His name is Jacob and he was born about 1865.
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From Sheboygan county marriage records:
Jacob Gerhardt and Katherine Rosenthal (v.6 p.411)
Married June 23, 1889 in Evangelical Church, Elkhart Lake
Jacob Gerhardt
Son of Adam Gerhardt and Magdalena Hoffmann
Born Town of Rhine –butcher at Elkhart Lake
Katherine Rosenthal
Daughter of Johann Thomas Rosenthal and Katharine Stein
Born Town of Herman
Witnesses Philip Mantz and Lizzie Gerhardt
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JACOB GERHARDT, ELKHART LAKE RESIDENT, SUMMONED
Elkhart Lake—(Special)—Jacob Gerhardt, 72, died at the home of 
his daughter, Mrs. Hans Olson, Elkhart Lake, from a heart disease 
which he had been suffering from for approximately one week.  He 
had been at the home of his daughter for several weeks prior to 
his death.  
Mr. Gerhardt was born in the town of Rhine May 3, 1865.  He spent 
the early years of his life there except for a few years that he 
lived in Rockford, Ill.  He was a butcher by trade and operated a 
meat market at Elkhart Lake for 30 years. For several years he was 
proprietor of the Central Hotel at Elkhart Lake.  
On June 23, 1889, he married Miss Katherine Rosenthal of Elkhart 
Lake. Children born to the union were Mrs. Olson, Jacob and Edgar 
of Madison, Robert of North Prairie, and George of Oshkosh, Mrs. 
Roma Hansen, a daughter, preceded her father in death; and two 
children died in infancy.  Mrs. Gerhardt died August 4, 1916.  
A year later he was married to Mrs. Anna Toepfer.  One child of 
this marriage, Katherine, and his wife survive.  One brother, 
George of Elkhart Lake, and three sisters, Mrs. William Kissinger, 
Elkhart Lake, Mrs. Carl Sell and Mrs. George Sell of Glidden 
survive.  There are two stepsons, Elmer and Marvin, and one 
stepdaughter, Esther, and 12 grandchildren.  
Funeral services were held at the Raeder Funeral home and at St. 
John’s Evangelical church.  The Rev. Carl Nagel will officiate 
and burial will be made in the Elkhart Lake cemetery.
no newspaper named, June 1, 1937
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It seems that Jacob Gerhard and Edgar Gerhard moved to Madison, Dane County.
From a social notice in the newspaper:
Harry Sell of St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. John Hewitt and Mrs. Elizabeth Sell of
San Diego, Calif., spent several days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hans Olson and with other relagives. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gerhard and family
and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gerhard and family of Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Hansen and Mrs. Norbert Pirron of Green Bay were Sunday guests at the Olson
home. On Friday, Mrs. Olson, Mr. Sell, Mrs. Hewitt and Mrs. Sell visited
the Robert Gerhard family at Waukesha and at the Herman Koerble and Mrs.
Margaret Booth homes at Milwaukee.