First Generation

1. George PRELL Sr. was born on 19 February 1822 in Selb, Bayern (Bavaria) Province, German Empire.^1,2,3,4,5 (The 1900 Census lists his birth date as January 1826 and his age as 74.)

(The 1870 Census of Jefferson Township, Jefferson County, WI contains the household of Charles Prell, age 47. That may have been his brother. Charles' family consisted of his wife Annake (?), age 47, and their children, John, 21; Adam, 18; George, 15; Catherine, 13; William, 11; and Rudolph, 9. Charles and his wife were born in Bavaria, but their children were all born in Wisconsin, so they probably emigrated in about 1849--around the same time that George and his wife came to America.)

(He may have been a brother of Henriette Prell, 1827-1904.)

. He emigrated in 1849 from Selb, Bayern (Bavaria) Province, German Empire.^1,4,6,7 They lived first in Jefferson County, then the Town of Germantown in Juneau County. While scouting for long, straght oak saplings to be used for oxen yokes, George came upon the Diamond Valley area, which reminded him of his homeland, and he decided to stay. On March 10, 1864, he bought 80 acres in Section 28 in Tug Hollow in the Township of Oakdale from Martin Kuhn. He and his wife lived there, rasing their family of nine children--Margaret, Kate, Lawrence, Jacob, Elizabeth, Minnie, George, Jr., Caroline and William.

(His emigration year was listed as 1850 in the 1900 Census.) He appeared in the census in 1850 in Jefferson Township, Jefferson County, WI.⁸ His household consisted of George, 28, and his wife Elizabeth, 23, and they were living in the household of her parents. His surname was spelled "Perll" his occupation was listed as "Laborer." George appeared in the census in 1860 in Germantown Township, Juneau County, WI.⁹ His occupation was listed as "Farmer." (His household was next to that of George Kuckuck and his family.) After 1860 he was a farmer in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ His occupation was listed as "Farmer." George appeared in the census in 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ His occupation was listed as "Farmer." He appeared in the census in June 1900 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ His household consisted of George "Prill"; his wife, Wilhelmine; and their daughter, Lizzie, a widow. He died on 27 March 1906 at the age of 84 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^7,12 George was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ in the Oakdale Township Cemetery.

George PRELL Sr. and Anna "Elizabeth" WUNDERLICHT were married on 25 December 1849 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI.^1,6 The 1900 Census indicated that they had 7 children, of whom 6 were still living at the time; that was an error because they had at least nine children.

. Anna "Elizabeth" WUNDERLICHT, daughter of John Jacob WUNDERLICHT and Anna Rosene Christine BECK, was born on 28 August 1827 in Selb, Bayern (Bavaria) Province, German Empire.^1,4 (She was listed as "Wilhelmine" in the 1900 Census, and her birth date was listed as March 1828.) She emigrated in 1849 from Selb, Bayern (Bavaria) Province, German Empire.^1,4,14 (Her emigration year was listed as 1850 in the 1900 Census.) She appeared in the census in 1850 in Jefferson Township, Jefferson County, WI.⁸ Elizabeth appeared in the census in 1860 in Germantown Township, Juneau County, WI.⁹ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ Elizabeth appeared in the census on 20 June 1900 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ She died on 29 June 1900 at the age of 72 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,7,12,14 of cancer of the liver She was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ in the Oakdale Township Cemetery.

George PRELL Sr. and Anna "Elizabeth" WUNDERLICHT had the following children: