Later Years Helen Jo Breu sent letters to my great great grandmother, Rose Bohman Weigel, in Rose's later years in the nursing home. She related stories that her mother and grandmother told her and stories from her childhood memories of growing up in the area off Pleasant Hill Road called the Squaw Creek Homestead. One … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
Pioneer Life Anna and Nicholas Hamus worked hard to make a living on their farm. They grew crops, sold produce, and traded with the local Native Americans. Anna also told stories about Gypsy people coming through the area. According to Helen Jo Breu, in the days before there were cheese factories, farmers kept just enough … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
Nicholas Hamus With the death of Jakob Bohman on 12 November 1892, Anna Bohman was left a 34 year old widow with 7 children ranging in age from 14 to 2 years old. She was also responsible for caring for her 70 year old mother Dorothea and the family homestead. With no income to speak … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
Jakob Bohman Anna and Jakob Bohman and their 4 children made their home on some land in section 5 in the northwest corner of the Town of Auburndale in Wood County, Wisconsin. The family's exact arrival date is unknown, but a daughter Theresa was born at the homestead in 1886. Two more children, Peter and … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
The Voyage Passenger List for the SS Elbe arriving in New York 22 September 1883 On 7 September 1883, the S.S.Elbe left the harbor of Bremen sailing for America. Anna Ertl Bohman, her brother Joseph, her mother Dorothea Masanetz Ertl, and her four small children (Anna, Margaret, George, and Maria) were aboard the steamship. Anna … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
Hyršov Dorothea Mazonetz Ertl Squaw Creek Homestead is the land first settled by my Bohman family ancestors near Auburndale. The barn and home were still standing a few years ago when I last drove by. Dorothea Masonetz Ertl (my 4th great grandmother) and her husband Johann Ertl were married on 3 November 1847 in Hyršov, … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
