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OTHER WISCONSIN German-BOHEMIANS

If you are a Wisconsin German-Bohemian, send in your information and I will include it here or link to your site.

Wisconsin German-Bohemians became so thoroughly American that most descendents of the original immigrants do not even know that they are German-Bohemian. They and all other Germans in Wisconsin adopted the American culture so well that there is very little to remind someone that Wisconsin is the most ethnically German state in America. (SEE OFFSITE MAP). Until 1997 I just assumed that we were from Germany although it was mentioned that we were Austrian, which is technically correct. Then I discovered the 1900 census and it said that we came from Bohemia. 

According to the book  Border People: The Bohmisch in America by Ken Meter and Robert Paulson, 1993; German-Bohemians settled in these Wisconsin counties:

• Kewaunee                      Go to Kewaunee County Genweb page

  • Algoma

  • Casco

  • Franklin Township

  • Stanglville

  • Luxemburg

  • Montpelier Township

  • Neuren

  • Pilsen

• Manitowoc                    Go to Manitowoc County Genweb page

  • Cato

  • Clarks Mills

  • Whitelaw

  • Eaton Township

  • Franklin Township         Photo and surnames off site link. 

  • Taus

  • Kellnersville                   History of Kellnersville off site link.

  • Manitowoc      http://www.strato.net/~rpritzl/index.htm

• Calumet                       Go to Calumet County Genweb page

  • Brillion

• Wood                          Go to Wood County Genweb page

  • Auburndale

  • Blenker

  • Hewitt

  • Marshfield

  • Milladore

• Winnebago               Go to Winnebago County Genweb Page

  • Oshkosh

PRICE COUNTY

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/i/l/Raymond-J-Hilgart/index.html

Searching for individuals with the following surnames having ancestral
family connections back to the Böhmerwald towns of Markt Eisenstein
(Zelezna Ruda), Dorf Eisenstein (Spicak), Panzer (Pancir), Seewiesen
(Javorna) and Deffernik (Debrinik):

HILGART, WUDI, SCHMIDT, KUNDINGER, BRADLE, WALLNER, BERTL, GSCHWENDNER,
ESTERL, DUMS, BOYER, DENK, MIESBAUER

In the early 1880s twenty-one immigrant families from the Böhmerwald
settled homestead land in northern Price County of northern Wisconsin.
In the early 1900s, state approval was given to establish a new Town to
accommodate request made by these German-Böhmische immigrants.  They
were granted the opportunity to select a name of their choice for their
new Town and in keeping with their desire to retain their collective
name of "Eisensteiners,"  they named their Town "Eisenstein."

ALSO: From German-Bohemian mailing list:

 St. Joseph's Catholic Church, now located in
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (a "city-suburb" of Milwaukee) which was originally
located  at 11th and Cherry Streets in the city of Milwaukee (9th
Ward).  A German  and German-Bohemian neighborhood. Many GBs attended
this church, which was established in 1856. After it was razed, the
records went to St. Joseph's in Wauwatosa.