Peter Klaes 1780

— 1870

On 3 September 1860, Franz Staeler, Anna, their children and her parents Peter and Agnes Klaes were living in Roxbury, Dane County, Wisconsin, according to that census.

September 3, 1860, Federal Census for Frank Steeler (Franz Staeler), Town of Roxbury, Wisconsin

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Wilhelm Klaes, his wife Frances, and first child moved to Honey Creek, Sauk County, in 1856. In the 1860 Census for Honey Creek Township in Sauk County, dated 28 September 1860, Peter Klaes is listed as living with his son William (Wilhelm) Klaes and William’s wife and family. Agnes is not listed. Agnes’ death in family genealogy pages is listed as about 1860. Therefore, in the beginning of the month of September, 1860, Peter and Agnes were living in Roxbury, Dane County, with their daughter Anna Maria Staeler and family. By the end of the month, when the census was conducted in Honey Creek, Sauk County, Agnes was probably deceased, and Peter was now living with his son William/Wilhelm Klaes and wife and children in Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin.

1860 Federal Census for William/Wilhelm Klaes, Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin

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