Jacob C. Wallrabenstein, was born June 22, 1836 in Laufenselden, Hesse-Nassau, Germany. He came to America with his father and stepmother on July 1849, at the age of 13 years. He lived in Ackerville, Town of Polk, until he enlisted in the Wisconsin Vounteers. A Civil War Veteran, he served 3 years and 10 months with the Wisconsin Union forces, the 9th battery, light artillery, stationed mostly in the Colorado Territory (and western Kansas) protecting settlers from Indian attacks. Sections of the battery saw action in the battle of Little Blue, MO on October 21, 1864 and joined General Blunt's Army of the Border in eastern Kansas. He was mustered out on September 30, 1865 and disbanded in Madison, WI on October 4, 1865.
Jacob returned to Washington County and six months later, on April 15, 1866, he married Christina SCHULTEIS at the home of his father, Gotlieb, in Ackerville. The marriage was performed by Wilhelm Biesemeier, Minister of the Gospel (Marriage Record #1118).
Shortly after the marriage, they moved to a homestead in the Town of Erin, later known as Orchard Hill, near St. Augustine. The house and barns are still standing at 2265 Powder Hill Road. Their first child was born stillborn in 1867. However they were blessed with 13 children during the marriage. In October 1891, they moved to a house in the 2nd ward of Hartford (south Main Street). Christina passed away shortly after the birth of their last child, Fredrick, on March 3, 1893. Both Christina and Jacob are buried in Union Cemetery in Hartford.
(1) Stillborn, b. 1867; d. 1867
(2) Louis Karl Wallrabenstein, b. January 20, 1868, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. April 28, 1932, (heart stroke) at his residence (264 S. Main St.) Hartford, Washington County, WI. Buried at Union Cemetery (next to his parents), Hartford.
Married: Augusta Neubauer on April 9, 1893, St. John's U.C.C. in Hartford. She came to America and to Hartford at the age of 19 years (1887).
(3) Nikolas Wallrabenstein, b. June 27, 1869, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. Sept. 8, 1942, Pewaukee, Waukesha County, WI. Buried at Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery.
Married: Ida Bertha Wallich on Oct. 15, 1893 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
(4) Gottlieb Wallrabenstein, b. December 7, 1870, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. August 27, 1942, Waukesha, Wasukesha County, WI. Buried at Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha.
Married: Mathilda Neubauer on June 4, 1892 in Hartford, Washington Co., WI. They moved to Waukesha.
(5) Katherine (Katie) Wallrabenstein, b. March 19, 1872, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. Milwaukee. Both are buried at Union Cemetery in Milwaukee where the Nehls family are located.
Married: August Nehls on October 29, 1891 at St. John U.C.C. in Hartford, Washington Co., WI.
(6) Elizabeth Wallrabenstein, b. October 19, 1873, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. Oak Park, IL
Married: Herman Bullerman. No children.
(7) Louise Wallrabenstein, b. February 5, 1875, Erin, Washington County,WI; d. Oshkosh
Married: William Kuttig
(8) Jacob H. Wallrabenstein, b. August 12, 1876, Erin, Washington County,WI; d. September 24, 1930, Waukesha, Waukesha County, WI. Buried at Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha.
Married: Elizabeth Reehs in 1903, Waukesha.
(9) Mary Wallrabenstein, b. March 21, 1878, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. February 19, 1953, Dundee, IL. Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park. IL.
Married: Dominique Kies in 1903 in Chicago. He was from Luxemburg and came to Illinois in 1871. A woodworker and cabinet maker. He is buried at St. Boniface Cemetery in Chicago.
(10) Frieda Wallrabenstein, b. January 12, 1880, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. Milwaukee
Married: Charles Salaty in Milwaukee. No children.
(11) John Wallrabenstein, b. November 7, 1881, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. Chicago, Cook County, IL
Married: Agnes; they had one child, John, Jr.
Note: At the Wallrabenstein reunion we learned that John changed his surname to WALL and that he was a shoe salesman in Chicago, IL.
(12) Martha Wallrabenstein, b. December 16, 1883, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. February 1, 1920 Hartford. Buried at Prairie Hill Cemetery, Hartford.
Married: John Uecke on August 15, 1905.
(13) Christina Jacobina Wallrabenstein, b. February 28, 1887, Erin, Washington County, WI; d. June 5, 1946, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI. Buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee. Cancer.
She married Edward Mahnke
(14) Frederick Wallrabenstein, b. February 25, 1893, Hartford, Washington County, WI; d. March 6, 1931, Hartford. Buried in Union Cemetery, Hartford.
Married: Anna Daehn on Nov. 10, 1920. No children.
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