Peter

Klaes 1780 — 1870

family in Nebraska. Family genealogy has Anna Maria dying in June, 1885, but this cannot be proven. No grave marker or burial record exists. They moved back to Wisconsin, where both Franz and his son-inlaw died in 1891. Franz Staeler is buried in St. Norbert Cemetery, Roxbury, Wisconsin. An iron cross marks his grave. This would further point to the likelihood of Peter Klaes also being buried at St. Norbert.

Marker for Franz Staeler, St. Norbert’s Catholic Cemetery, Roxbury, Wisconsin

Source: find-a-grave.com

Wilhelm Klaes: Wilhelm Klaes went by William in America. He married Crescentia Franziska Beischel, who went by Frances, on 4 November 1852. They were married by the Catholic priest, Adelbert Inama, who founded the Catholic parish of St. Norbert, Roxbury. Their marriage is recorded at Roxbury, Wisconsin.

According to Wilhelm Klaes’ 1908 obituary in Hebron, Nebraska, the family first “located at Sauk City, Wisconsin.” The Phelan history, quoted below, states that the family first settled in Sauk County. We know Wilhelm was unmarried and living with his parents in the 1850 census for the Township of Berry, Dane County. Wilhelm and Frances were married in 1852 by Father Inama in Roxbury, Dane County. Their first child Peter Klaes was born in 1853 in Roxbury. Their second child Joseph was born in Honey