William (Willie) FAUTSCH

Notes:

He is an elevator boy in a hotel in the 1910 census.

He is a tender and tester for a gas oxygen company in the 1920 census.

Still living at home with his mother in the 1930 census. He is a welder for the railroad.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1904-35-2495

Notes:

In the 1880 census he is unmarried and living with his brother Rochus and family in Otter Tail County in Oscar, Township 133. Both men were railroad workers. In the formation of the township of Carlisle (township 133, range 44) in Otter Tail County, “R. Fautch” and “Mathew Fautsch” were listed as “qualified electors” in the petition of organization dated 14 March 1881.

He is a saloon keeper in Delano in the 1895 state census.

In the 1900 census he is an assistant road master for the railroad. He and his family live in Milaca, a few houses away from Martin Orfald (#2592) and family.

Birth:
date per cemetery records, Oct 1854 in the 1900 census

Buried:
as Mathew Fautsch

Mathias married Rose PEITREK on 13 Feb 1878 in Wright County, Minnesota. Rose was born in Nov 1860 in Germany; died on 25 Nov 1946 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1946-MN-027246

Notes:

In the 1900 census she is shown as having had 8 children, all still living.

In the 1905 state census, Rosa, now apparently a widow, lives with her family at 1616 2nd Street in Minneapolis. She has no occupation but her daughter Marie is a dressmaker and her son George is a telegraph operator. All of her children are living with her.

In the 1909 and 1916 Minneapolis city directories, she is noted as the widow of Mathew and living at 1616 N E 2nd Street.

In the 1910 census George has left home but the other seven children are still living with Rose in Minneapolis.

When he registered for the draft in 1918, her son George gave her address as 1616 2nd Street, N.E. in Minneapolis.

In the 1920 census George, Joseph, and Anna have left home.

In the 1930 census, Rose and her family are still living at 1616 2nd Street in Minneapolis. The household consists of Rose, a 70 year-old widow, Mayme, 48, Frances, 40, Edward, 38, Bill, 35, and Rose, 30. Mayme has no occupation, Frances is a telephone operator at a hotel, Edward is a shipping clerk at General Cigar Co., Bill is a welder for a railroad, and the younger Rose is a bookkeeper for the telephone company.

Notes:

Married:
as Mathias Fautsch and Rosalia Pirdreck

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1906-49-1282

Notes:

The family name may have been Fautz.

Cheryl’s source says that Brinitz, the town where the Fautches may have come from, was Brinnitz, Kries Oppeln, Prussia. The village is named Brynica, Opole, Poland today. Historically, this is part of Upper Silesia which consisted of both German speakers and Polish speakers.

Another source has the Fautsches originating from Hirschfelde, Poland.

He, as Balthasar Fautsch, 57, came to the U.S. with his family in 1868 from Germany. They arrived in New York (Castle Garden) on June 2nd aboard the S.S. Borussia which had departed Hamburg May 16th. The family consisted of Balthasar, 57, Eva, 43, Rochus, 19, Mathias, 16, Joseph, 14, Franz, 7, Johanna, 6, Elsie, 5, and Francesca, 3.

In the 1875 state census, he and his family live in Franklin Twp, Wright County. All seven children are still single and living at home.

In the 1880 census, Bartholomew and family farmed in Franklin Twp, Wright County. The household consisted of Bartholomew, 65, Eva, 54, Joseph, 25, Frank, 23, Lizzie, 18, and Franciska, 14. All in the family were born in Prussia as were all of their neighbors. Also living in Franklin Twp was the Franz Fautsch (b. 1840) family and Anna Fautsch (b. 1860) who was a dressmaker living in the village of Delano.

In the 1885 state census, he lived in Delano. The household consisted of B. Fautsch, 67, Eva Fautsch, 59, Frank Fautsch, 24, and Francis Fautsch, 19. All were born in Poland.

He and Neva lived in the village of Delano, Franklin Twp, Wright County at the time of the 1900 census. He and Neva came to this country from Poland in 1866.

He died of old age.

Birth:
Other sources say his birth date is 24 August 1815 and location Oberschlesien, Prussia.

Died:
His death certificate said that he was 88 years and 6 months old

Balthasar married Eva FRIEMARK about 1848. Eva was born on 24 Dec 1825 in Germany; died on 14 Nov 1909 in Delano, Wright County, Minnesota; was buried on 17 Nov 1909 in Old St. Peter’s Cemetery, Delano, Wright County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1909-MN-014810

Notes:

Called Neva in the 1900 census. In that census, she is shown as having had 8 children, 7 still living. If Frank died in 1892, as is shown here, then that extra child must have been born in Poland and was still alive (either in Poland or the U.S., having come over separately) as of 1900.

One source (Elizabeth’s death record) shows her name as Frances Freemark.

Birth:
The 1900 census said December of 1826.