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William August Rudolph Alwin, *[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]

Male 1861 - 1937  (75 years)


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  • Name William August Rudolph Alwin  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    Suffix * 
    Birth 4 Jul 1861  Honey Creek Township, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 18, 20] 
    Gender Male 
    Married 22 Oct  Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Residence 1870  Honey Creek, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Residence Post Office: Sauk City
    Residence 1880  Honey Creek, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
    Residence 1900  Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
    Residence 1 Jun 1905  Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    Residence 1910  Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    Residence 1920  West Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married
    Residence 1930  Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Father-in-law
    Death 19 Apr 1937  Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 18] 
    Burial Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Person ID I290155316350  Alwin2025
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2025 

    Father Martin William Alwin, *,   b. 6 Jan 1827, Siedlisko, Wielkopolskie, Poland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1896, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Caroline Anna Raedel, *,   b. 27 Feb 1834, Przybychowo, Wielkopolskie, Poland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1903, Honey Creek Township, Sauk, Wis Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 25 Mar 1852  Przybychowo, Wielkopolskie, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • town known as Pripkowo, Obornik, Posen, Preussen during German occupation. Marriage is listed as part of Poznan project. They were part of Lutheran Protestant community Połajewo (Oborniki) [Güldenau]
    Family ID F5536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bertha Marie Graf, *,   b. 22 Oct 1871, Sumpter Township, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1926, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 22 Oct 1890  Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 21, 22] 
    Children 
     1. William Christian Alwin,   b. 17 Aug 1891, Honey Creek, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1963, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Selma Amanda Alwin,   b. 4 Sep 1893, Honey Creek, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1975, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. Caroline "Lena" Christine Alwin,   b. 9 Dec 1895, Honey Creek, Sauk, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1987, Reedsburg, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     4. Martin Frank Alwin, *,   b. 16 Feb 1898, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1959, North Freedom, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     5. Esther Marie Alwin,   b. 14 Jul 1900, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1988, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     6. Roger Herman Alwin,   b. 28 Nov 1902, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1978, Honey Creek, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F5766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S965666108] Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S965667071] .

    3. [S965667085] .

    4. [S965666198] Year: 1920; Census Place: West Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_2014; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 159.

    5. [S965666717] Year: 1930; Census Place: Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: 2608; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2342342.

    6. [S965667446] Year: 1880; Census Place: Honey Creek, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: 1446; Family History Film: 1255446; Page: 130B; Enumeration District: 253.

    7. [S965667039] Year: 1870; Census Place: Honey Creek, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1739; Page: 120A; Family History Library Film: 553238.

    8. [S965667050] Year: 1900; Census Place: Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: 1816; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0128; FHL microfilm: 1241816.

    9. [S965667059] Year: 1910; Census Place: Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1736; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0104; FHL microfilm: 1375749.

    10. [S1024847613] Index to Probate Case Matters (1853-1980) and Probate Case Files (Ca. 1853-1900) --; Author: Wisconsin. County Court (Sauk County).

    11. [S965666131] .

    12. [S965667088] Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives; Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Congregational Records.

    13. [S965667088] Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Archives; Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

    14. [S1068543812] Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Madison, WI, USA; Wisconsin Birth Records, Pre-1907.

    15. [S1020929628] Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Madison, Wisconsin; Wisconsin Death Records, 1933-1958.

    16. [S1021761164] .

    17. [S989924380] Wisconsin State Journal; Publication Date: 23/ Jul/ 1978; Publication Place: Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/400955488/?article=b99834c0-22ad-491f-99ef-a069ed148133&focus=0.01998811,0.062548436,0.17591706.

    18. [S989924380] .

    19. [S1001271371] The Capital Times; Publication Date: 3/ Jun/ 1921; Publication Place: Madison, Wisconsin, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/520395269/?article=cb86e8a4-0d18-4b78-a6b8-75b50a8f9fcb&focus=0.26238856,0.38412708,0.38048652,0.49001455&xid=3356.

    20. [S975323565] 1918, William Alwin biography.
      WILLIAM ALWIN is one of the native sons of Sauk County, and has
      ordered his life along the pleasant and not unprofitable lines of agricul-
      ture and owns one of the notable farms of Baraboo Township.
      He was born in Honey Creek Township of Sauk County July 4, 1861,
      a son of Martin and Caroline (Radel) Alwin. His parents were born
      in Germany, were married there, and in 1856 crossed the Atlantic and
      came to Sauk County, Wisconsin. In Honey Creek Township they
      acquired a tract of land and developed it into a farm which has been
      in the family possession ever since. It is now owned by their son,
      Herman Alwin. They also acquired another farm about a mile away,
      and on that second place Martin Alwin spent his last years. He died
      in 1896, at the age of sixty-nine, and his widow passed away in 1903,
      aged sixty-nine. Martin Alwin began voting as a republican but sub-
      sequently became affiliated with the democratic party. He and his
      family were active* members of the German Lutheran Church at
      Leland in Honey Creek Township. Their children were nine in number:
      Fred, Julious, Augusta, William, Herman, Martin, Amelia, Louisa and
      August, the last three being deceased.
      HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY
      Mr. William Alwin grew up on the old homestead farm. He at-
      tended the local public schools and also the Sauk City High School.
      For over thirty years he has been prosperously and -actively engaged
      in farming on his own account and is now the owner of a place of
      260 acres in Baraboo Township. He has thrifty and well tended fields
      and does considerable stock raising. He also owns a block of stock
      in the Excelsior Cooperative Creamery Company of Baraboo.
      Politically Mr. Alwin is a republican, but active merely as a voter
      and never an aspirant for office. He is a member of the Lutheran
      Church at Baraboo.
      On October 22, 1890, he married Miss Bertha Graf, who was born
      in Sumpter Township of Sauk County August 30, 1871, a daughter
      of Christian and Louisa (Diebel) Graf. Both her parents were born
      in Germany but came to this country and to Wisconsin when young
      and were married in Sumpter Township. Her mother was thirteen
      years of age when she came to Sauk County with her parents, Martin
      and Christiana (Hansen) Diebel. That was in 1848. Martin Diebel
      and wife spent their last years in Sumpter Township on their farm.
      Christian Graf was a carpenter by trade and located in Sumpter
      Township in 1855. Mrs. Alwin's mother had first married Carl Schied,
      and by that marriage there were two children: Christina, wife of Frank
      Eschenbeck, and Fred, now deceased. Mrs. Alwin was one of six chil-
      dren: Henry, Louisa, Charles, Herman, Bertha and William, Charles
      and William being deceased. Mrs. Alwin's father died at Prairie du
      Sac in 1908, at the age of eighty-three, and her mother passed away
      October 29, 1910, at the age of seventy-five.
      Mr. and Mrs. Alwin have six children, William C., Selma, Caroline,
      Martin, Esther and Rodger. Selma married Fred Kuntzelnan and
      their two children are Lasetta and Harold. Caroline graduated from
      the Sauk County Normal and for the past four years has taught at
      Baraboo Township. The youngest child, Rodger, though only fourteen
      years of age, is now in the third year of the Baraboo High School.

    21. [S965766935] .

    22. [S975323565] 1918, Biography of William Alwin.
      WILLIAM ALWIN is one of the native sons of Sauk County, and has ordered his life along the pleasant and not unprofitable lines of agricul- ture and owns one of the notable farms of Baraboo Township. He was born in Honey Creek Township of Sauk County July 4, 1861, a son of Martin and Caroline (Radel) Alwin. His parents were born in Germany, were married there, and in 1856 crossed the Atlantic and came to Sauk County, Wisconsin. In Honey Creek Township they acquired a tract of land and developed it into a farm which has been in the family possession ever since. It is now owned by their son, Herman Alwin. They also acquired another farm about a mile away, and on that second place Martin Alwin spent his last years. He died in 1896, at the age of sixty-nine, and his widow passed away in 1903, aged sixty-nine. Martin Alwin began voting as a republican but sub- sequently became affiliated with the democratic party. He and his family were active* members of the German Lutheran Church at Leland in Honey Creek Township. Their children were nine in number: Fred, Julious, Augusta, William, Herman, Martin, Amelia, Louisa and August, the last three being deceased. HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY Mr. William Alwin grew up on the old homestead farm. He at- tended the local public schools and also the Sauk City High School. For over thirty years he has been prosperously and -actively engaged in farming on his own account and is now the owner of a place of 260 acres in Baraboo Township. He has thrifty and well tended fields and does considerable stock raising. He also owns a block of stock in the Excelsior Cooperative Creamery Company of Baraboo. Politically Mr. Alwin is a republican, but active merely as a voter and never an aspirant for office. He is a member of the Lutheran Church at Baraboo. On October 22, 1890, he married Miss Bertha Graf, who was born in Sumpter Township of Sauk County August 30, 1871, a daughter of Christian and Louisa (Diebel) Graf. Both her parents were born in Germany but came to this country and to Wisconsin when young and were married in Sumpter Township. Her mother was thirteen years of age when she came to Sauk County with her parents, Martin and Christiana (Hansen) Diebel. That was in 1848. Martin Diebel and wife spent their last years in Sumpter Township on their farm. Christian Graf was a carpenter by trade and located in Sumpter Township in 1855. Mrs. Alwin's mother had first married Carl Schied, and by that marriage there were two children: Christina, wife of Frank Eschenbeck, and Fred, now deceased. Mrs. Alwin was one of six chil- dren: Henry, Louisa, Charles, Herman, Bertha and William, Charles and William being deceased. Mrs. Alwin's father died at Prairie du Sac in 1908, at the age of eighty-three, and her mother passed away October 29, 1910, at the age of seventy-five. Mr. and Mrs. Alwin have six children, William C., Selma, Caroline, Martin, Esther and Rodger. Selma married Fred Kuntzelnan and their two children are Lasetta and Harold. Caroline graduated from the Sauk County Normal and for the past four years has taught at Baraboo Township. The youngest child, Rodger, though only fourteen years of age, is now in the third year of the Baraboo High School.
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