Descendants of Jacob Pongratz

Jacob Pongratz and his wife Thressa were born in the early-1800’s (place unknown).

Their son Frank, Sr. was born in 1866 in Onalaska and married Fannie Pearson in 1888. Frank and Fannie lived in Lincoln Township and had six children, two of whom married into the Ayers and Dana families.

All of the Pongratz families in Monroe County are descendants of Jacob and Thressa.