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Christian Graf, *

Christian Graf, *[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

Male 1826 - 1908  (82 years)


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  • Name Christian Graf  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Suffix * 
    Birth 8 Jan 1826  Berndorf, Twistetal, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 7, 11, 12] 
    • City of birth mentioned in census, etc. numerous sources. Parents' names come from marriage document.

    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1852  [11] 
    • emigrated alone? Ship register not found
    Residence 1875  Sumpter, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Relation to Head: Head
    Residence 1880  Sumpter, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
    Residence 1885  Sumpter, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Relation to Head: Head
    Residence 1900  Prairie du Sac, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
    Residence 1 Jun 1905  Prairie du Sac, Sauk, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    Death 16 Apr 1908  Prairie Du Sac, Sauk, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Burial Prairie du Sac, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Person ID I290155319708  Alwin2025
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2025 

    Father Johann Heinrich Graf, *,   b. 20 Mar 1790, Berndorf, Twistetal, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1875, Berndorf, Twistetal, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Marie Luise Nolte, *,   b. 1 Feb 1788, Külte, Vokmarsen, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1869, Berndorf, Twistetal, Waldeck, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F2203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louisa Doepel, *,   b. 29 Sept 1836, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1910, Prairie Du Sac, Sauk, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1 July 1860  Franklin, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11, 15] 
    • (see image of marriage certificate in gallery)

    Children 
     1. Henry Christian Graf,   b. 4 Mar 1861, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1936, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     2. Louisa A Graf,   b. Jul 1862, Sumpter, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1943, Merrimac, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     3. Charles W Graf,   b. Jun 1864, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1894, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     4. Herman Graf,   b. 13 Mar 1868, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1940, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     5. 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)
     6. William Graf,   b. 1874, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1896, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
    Family ID F7201  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S965666108] Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S965667071] .

    3. [S965667071] Wisconsin Historical Society; Madison, Wisconsin; Census Year: 1875; Roll: 5.

    4. [S965667071] Wisconsin Historical Society; Madison, Wisconsin; Census Year: 1885; Roll: 8.

    5. [S965666790] National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-19.

    6. [S965766935] .

    7. [S965667446] Year: 1880; Census Place: Sumpter, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: 1446; Family History Film: 1255446; Page: 242B; Enumeration District: 262.

    8. [S965765871] Year: 1851; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 102; Line: 44; List Number: 955.

    9. [S965765871] Year: 1854; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 148; Line: 39; List Number: 1581.

    10. [S965765871] Year: 1849; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 085; Line: 26; List Number: 1499.

    11. [S965667050] Year: 1900; Census Place: Prairie du Sac, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: 1816; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0141; FHL microfilm: 1241816.

    12. [S965666131] .

    13. [S1020929628] Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Madison, Wisconsin; Wisconsin Death Records, 1907-1932.

    14. [S1021761164] .

    15. [S975323565] 1918, Biography of William Alwin (son-in-law of Louisa Diebel).
      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.
      Information on parents of Bertha Graf (Louisa Deibel and Christian Graf) is toward the end of the bio of her husband William Alwin.

      Pages 811-812



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