PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES



Joseph Gossert

GUSTAVE GRABS


Gustave Grabs

From Manitowoc county marriage records:
Gustave John Carl Grabs and Ellise Grantt (Alice Grant) (v.6 p.362)
July 23, 1896 in religious ceremony, Town of Schleswig
Gustave John Carl Grabs
Son of Wilhelm Grabs and Henriette Schmid
Born Germany –butcher in Kiel
Ellise Grantt
Daughter of E. W. Grantt and Maggie Suhr
Born Kiel
Witnesses Paul E. Grabs and Clara Hiller
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Last Rites for Gustave Grabs Held Here Wednesday
Funeral services for Gustave Grabs, 87, were held yesterday. Wednesday, 
from the Meiselwitz Funeral Home.  The Rev. E. L. Worthman was in charge. 
Burial was made in the Union cemetery.
Mr. Grabs died Sunday night at Holy Family hospital, Manitowoc. He had 
resided at Shady Lane home for the past four years. 
He was born in Germany in 1868 and accompanied his father, William to
Manitowoc county eight years later. They located in Schleswig. July 23, 
1896 he married Miss Alice Grant. Mrs. Grabs died in 1931.
After farming in the town he operated a meat market and ice business in 
Kiel in the early 1890s. The couple observed their golden wedding in 1946.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Walter Schilling, New Holstein, and 
Mrs. Walter Vilberg, Chicago; a son Herbert, Monrovia, California, three 
grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
(no newspaper named, 8-18-1955)
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From death record:
Death of Gustave Grabs. Gustave was born June 25, 1868 in Germany son of 
William Grabs.  He died on Aug. 14, 1955 of “cerebral hemorrhage, 2 days” 
and “arterioscerosis, 5 years”. Buried at Union Cemetery, Town of Schleswig.
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Rites Held Saturday For Mrs. Gustave Grabs
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Gustave
Grabs, 87, at the Meiselwitz Funeral home. The Rev. E. L. 
Worthman was in charge of the services.
Burial was made in the Union cemetery. Mrs. Grabs died Thursday 
at a Manitowoc hospital.
Pallbearers were Henry Bong, William Happel, Melvin Happel,
Robert Kelm, Howard Grabs and Clifford Schilling. The Misses 
Patricia Tollmann and Sandra Steinhardt sang several numbers.
Mrs. Grabs was born Alice Grant in 1867 in Schleswig, daughter 
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Grant, and in 1895 was married 
to Gustave Grabs. They located in Kiel and later moved to a 
farm in Schleswlg. Twenty-five years ago they returned to Kiel. 
The couple observed their golden wedding in 1945.
Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Walter Schilling 
of New Holstein and Mrs Walter Vilberg of Chicago, a son, Herbert 
of Altadena, California; two sisters, Mrs. Laura Irwin of Sioux 
Falls, South Dakota, and Mrs. Nellie Marquardt of Kiel; three 
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Alice Ann Grabs nee Grant
Oct. 14, 1867-Feb. 18, 1954
Daughter of Elisha Grant and Eliza Shur
Born Wisconsin
Died from “organic heart disease –sudden death”
Buried at Union Cemetery

MARIA (KLEILER) GRADY


Maria (Kleiler) Grady

From Calumet county marriage records:
Edward Grady and Maria Kleiler (v.4 p.27)
April 23, 1904 at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kiel
Edward Grady
Son of Michael Grady, with mother unknown
Born Falls River, Mass.
Maria Kleiler
Daughter of John Kleiler and Anna Hildenbrandt
Born Kiel
[this is the only “Kleiler” appearing in the Calumet records]


B.N. Gourninger