Emma STELTER

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had only the one child.

According to the records of Forest Hill Cemetery, she died of cancer at the age of 34.

Her obit in the Capital Times said that she died at her residence from a complication of diseases. She had been ill for a year and a half. She was survived by two brothers and four sisters. One of the sisters was Martha, who, with her eventual husband, would adopt Emma’s younger son.

Emma may have been diagnosed with cancer early in her pregnancy with Richard.

Buried:
Section 24, Lot 074, no monument, owned by Fred Stelter.

Emma married Oscar Louis ENGEL on 31 Mar 1903 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. Oscar (son of August ENGEL and Sarah A SADDLER) was born on 18 Nov 1882 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; died on 2 Sep 1923 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin; was buried on 5 Sep 1923 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is living in Madison with his father in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, indexed as Eigel, he and Hazel live at 1530 Jenifer Street. He is a cabinet maker.

In the 1937 city directory for Madison, he was a student married to Hazel E. They lived at 2310 Winnebago.

In the 1940 census, misindexed as Bertrand Eugel, he and Hazel live in Janesville. Five years earlier they had lived in Madison. He is an instructor in a vocational school. They have no children. Bertrand has had five years of college, Hazel had two years of high school.

In the 1952 city directory for Janesville, he was a teacher at the Vocational School. He and his wife Hazel E lived at 1226 Blaine Avenue.

Not mentioned in the obit of his half-sister.

Bertrand married Hazel E about 1929. Hazel was born on 30 Nov 1907 in Wisconsin; died on 18 Feb 1987 in Clackamas County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is living with his father and brother in the 1920 census. He may have later been “adopted-out.” He was Richard L Johnson when he married Harriette. In the Wisconsin State Journal’s article on Harriette’s impending wedding, Richard is referred to as Richard Engel Johnson of Madison. One of the witnesses to his marriage was Bertrand E Engel. (The other witness was Esther Borstad.)

In the 1930 census, he is shown as the adopted son of Gehard Johnson, 44, and his wife Martha, also 44. The family lives in Madison. Gehard is a service man at a machine shop. Martha Johnson is a sister of Richard’s mother, Emma Stelter. She died in 1936. Gehard, whose parents were born in Norway, lived until 1969.

In the 1940 census, as Richard L Johnson, he and his new wife live in Madison. He has had 2 years of college, she is a high school graduate. In 1935, he had lived in Madison and she had lived in rural Jackson County, Wisconsin. Richard was employed as a butcher at a meat packing plant. Harriette was a beautician at a beauty shop.

They are still in Madison in the 1950 census, now with an 8 year-old daughter. He is a meat cutter at a meat packing plant, she is still a beautician at a beauty shop.

His obit called him Richard L Johnson, an employee of Oscar Mayer for over 30 years. He had lived in Madison all of his life. He was a member of Bethel Lutheran church, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union. Richard’s father, who survived him, was Gehard Johnson of Madison. Richard had a half-sister, Mrs. Arthur F. Swenson of Madison.

Not mentioned in the obit of his half-sister.

Richard married Harriette Anne WELLS on 24 Sep 1939 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. Harriette was born on 2 Nov 1916 in Jackson County, Wisconsin; died on 21 Feb 2011 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]