BLUM, Frederick Heinrich Wilhelm

1885 - 1968  (83 years)

• Name	BLUM, Frederick Heinrich Wilhelm
  Nickname	William F.
  Birth	22 Aug 1885	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	20 Sep 1885
  	Baptised St. Peter's Lutheran, Mishicot, WI
  Confirmed	29 Oct 1899
  	Confirmed St. Peter's Lutheran, Mishicot, WI
  Occupation	1900	Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  	employee
  	Address: Mirro Aluminum
  	Role: Resident
  Occupation	1904–1911	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Mishicot's First Postal Carrier
  Occupation	CA 1912	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	employee
  	Address: Mirro Aluminum
  Occupation	CA 1915	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	employee
  	Address: Boehringer Oil and Fuel Co.
  Occupation	CA 1920	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: Kahlenberg Bros. Company
  Occupation	CA 1940	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Mishicot's first garbage collector
  Occupation	CA 1940	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Sexton for Mishicot Public Cemetery
  	Address: Mishicot Public Cemetery/Holy Cross Cemetery
  Death	22 Sep 1968	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [2]
  	Address: Two Rivers Municipal Hospital
  Burial	25 Sep 1968	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: Pioneer Rest Cemetery
  Person ID	I1009	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	BLUM, Wilhelm,   b. 3 Oct 1839, Ganiza, Holstein, Germany d. 25 Nov 1906, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 67 years)
  Mother	WULF, Dorothea,   b. 21 Jul 1843, Holstein d. 16 Apr 1932, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	6 Mar 1864	Wisconsin, United States
  Family ID	F361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WENHOLZ, Meta Karoline Ernestine,   b. 1 Oct 1884, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 15 Dec 1961, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1907	Saxonburg (Now Mishicot), Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [3]
  Children	1. BLUM, Dorothy,   b. 2 Jun 1907, Saxonburg (Now Mishicot), Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. May 1996, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 88 years)   2. BLUM, Herbert Diedrich Ernest,   b. 7 Apr 1909, Saxonburg (Now Mishicot), Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 31 May 2000, Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, United States (Age 91 years)   3. BLUM, Martha H.,   b. 11 Apr 1913, Saxonburg (Now Mishicot), Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 16 Oct 1990, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 77 years)   4. BLUM, Alma,   b. 11 Nov 1914, Saxonburg (Now Mishicot), Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 20 Oct 1998, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 83 years)   5. Living   6. BLUM, Elva Ida,   b. 1 Apr 1917, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 27 Apr 2004, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States (Age 87 years)   7. BLUM, Alice D.,   b. 26 Jul 1919, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 5 Apr 1920, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 0 years)   8. BLUM, Marie Meta Alvina Margaretha,   b. 24 Apr 1922, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 18 Jan 2001, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 78 years)   9. BLUM, Edward H. Walter,   b. 11 Dec 1924, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 6 Jan 1925, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2024

  
  

• Histories

  Blum Family History Introduction to the Blum Family that settled in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] Census - 1900 United States Federal Population Schedule - FamilySearch, Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; District 82; District 82, Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, Sheet 15A; Line number 33, Household 269, Family 278; viewed online; 17 June 2018. [S112] Newspaper - Wisconsin - Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter - 2manitowoc.com, 23 September 1968. William F. Blum, 83 of Rt. 1, Mishicot, retired sexton of Mishicot Public Cemetery, died Sunday night at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital where he had been a patient for three weeks. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. Edward Stelter officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers. Mr. Blum was born August 22, 1885, in the town of Mishicot, a son of the late William and Doris Wolf Blum. He attended the Mishicot school district. He married the former Meta Wenholz Jan. 1, 1907, at Mishicot. She preceded him in death in December of 1961. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1957. Mr. Blum was a rural mail carrier from 1904 to 1911, after which he moved his family to Two Rivers and was employed at Mirro Aluminum Co., Boehringer Oil and Fuel Co. and later at Kahlenberg Bros. Co. In 1929 the family moved to a farm in the Tisch Mills area which he operated until 1944. He became Mishicot 's first garbage collector in the middle 1940s and also was the sexton of the Mishicot Public Cemetery until his retirement four years ago when he moved to his p resent address in the Town of Mishicot. Surviving are his six daughters, Mrs. Alvin Messman, Mrs. Emmath Jonas, Mrs. Alfred Jurgens, and Mrs. Ray Steger of Two Rivers, Mrs. Harvey Baker of Bayfield and Mrs. Fred Jonas of Rt.1, Mishicot; a son, Herbert of Neillsville; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Schmidt of Rt. 1 Mishicot, and Mrs. Alvina Thielbar of Rt. 1, Two Rivers; 19 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren. Two children and five sisters preceded him in death. Friends may call at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers after 3 p. m. Tuesday until 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when the casket will be taken to the church whe re the body will lie in state until the time of services. Herald Times Reporter Mon. Sept. 23, 1968 [S136] Newspaper - Wisconsin - Manitowoc Der Nord Westen abstracts-2manitowoc.com, Marriage; announcement; 10 January 1907; viewed transcription; date unknown. From Der Nord Westen, 10 Jan. 1907 (From the correspondent in Mishicott, 08 Jan.) On New Year's Day, Wm. Blum and Miss M. Wenholz were joined in marriage in the local Lutheran Church by Pastor G. Vater, followed by a marriage celebration in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Wenholz. The young couple will make their home here in our village where Mr. Blum has taken over his mother's estate. He is employed by the local post office as a rural carrier.