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Mathias BOETSELAERS (BUTZLER)1 was born on 10 August 1817 in Weeze, Kieve District, Nord Rhein-Westfalen Province, Preussen (Prussia).1,3,4,5 His surname was originally "Boetselaers."
(According to the 1880 Census, his father was born in Holland and his mother in Prussia.)
Weeze is a municipality in the Lower Rhine (Niederrhein) region, in the northwestern part of North Rhine-Westphalia in the district of Kleve in the region of Düsseldorf. The municipality consists of the town of Weeze and the village of Wemb and has approximately 10,500 inhabitants. It is situated in the district of Kleve, embedded in the northwestern part of the Lower Rhine Region, and lies between Goch to the north and Kevelaer to the south.
. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Jefferson Township, Monroe County, WI.3 His occupation was "Farmer." He died on 7 January 1886 at the age of 68 in Monroe County, WI.1,4 Mathias was buried in 1886 in St. Mary's Ridge, Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.4 in the St. Mary's Ridge Catholic Cemetery. (His original surname was "Boetselaers.")
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Mathias BOETSELAERS (BUTZLER) and Anna Margaretha NEUEN were married on 13 February 1847 in Rommerskirchen, Nord Rhein-Westpfalen Province, Preussen (Prussia).6,7 (According to the 1900 Census, they had 8 children, of whom 7 were living at the time.)
. Anna Margaretha NEUEN1, daughter of Gottfried NEUEN and Anna Catharina MOLL, was born on 22 August 1824 in Rommerskirchen, Nord Rhein-Westpfalen Province, Preussen (Prussia).1,3,4,7 (In the 1900 Census, her birth date was listed as Aug 1826 and her age as 73; the cemetery records list her birth year as 1823.) She was christened on 22 August 1824 in Rommerskirchen, Nord Rhein-Westpfalen Province, Preussen (Prussia).1 She emigrated in 1857 from Preussen (Prussia). Anna appeared in the census in 1880 in Jefferson Township, Monroe County, WI.3 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Jefferson Township, Monroe County, WI. She was living with her son Henry and his family. She died on 16 April 1903 at the age of 78 in Monroe County, WI.1,4 Anna was buried in 1903 in St. Mary's Ridge, Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.4 in the St. Mary's Ridge Catholic Cemetery.
Mathias BOETSELAERS (BUTZLER) and Anna Margaretha NEUEN had the following children:
+4 | i. | Gottfried BUTZLER. |
+5 | ii. | Gerhard BUTZLER. |
+6 | iii. | Maria Gertrude BUTZLER. |
+7 | iv. | Anna Gertrude BUTZLER. |
8 | v. | John BUTZLER was born in October 1859 in Wisconsin.2,7 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Jefferson Township, Monroe County, WI.3 (He was listed as "John," age 19, occupation "Farm Laborer.") He appeared in the census in 1900 in Jefferson Township, Monroe County, WI.7 He was living with his brother Henry and his family and his occupation was "Farm Laborer." John appeared in the census in 1910 in Jefferson Township, Monroe County, WI.8 He was living with his brother Henry and his family and his occupation was "Farm Laborer, Home Farm." |
+9 | vi. | Peter BUTZLER. |
+10 | vii. | Heinrich "Henry" BUTZLER. |
11 | viii. | Martin BUTZLER was born in June 1866.1,2 |