WENHOLZ, Meta Karoline Ernestine

1884 - 1961  (77 years)

• Name	WENHOLZ, Meta Karoline Ernestine
  Birth	1 Oct 1884	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Female
  Baptised	9 Oct 1884
  	Baptised
  Confirmed	29 Oct 1899
  	Confirmed
  		BL-Blum Meta (Wenholz) Blum Confirmation photo
  Misc	Family Picture
  	Three sisters
  		BL-Wenholz The three daughters of Dietrich and Sophie (Carstens) Wenholz Marie, Meta and Ida
  Misc	Aug 1947	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Gail Lynn Gagnon, three-months' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gagnon of this city, is pictured with four other generations of the Wenholz family. Her mother is shown holding ger at the left; her grandmother, Mrs. Alvin Messman, also of this city, is at the right; her great grandmother, Mrs. William Blum of Mishicot, is standing behind her great great grandfather, Diedrich Wenholz, also of Mishicot. The photograph was taken at a recent family reunion. Mr. Wenholz is 88 years of age. Two Rivers Reporter Thu, Aug 28, 1947 ·Page 4 Role: Witness
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  Death	15 Dec 1961	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Cause: Kidney Ailment
  Burial	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: Pioneer Rest Cemetery
  Person ID	I1010	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Blum Family Tree (Ellen's maternal), Carstens Family Tree (Ellen's maternal), Wenholz Family (Ellen's maternal), Wulf Family Tree (Ellen's maternal)
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	WENHOLZ, Diedrich Johann,   b. 19 May 1859, Germany d. 14 Nov 1947, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 88 years)
  Mother	CARSTENS, Sophie Wilhelmina,   b. 14 Nov 1862, Newtonburg, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 17 Sep 1944, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	19 Aug 1883	Newtonburg, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BLUM, Frederick Heinrich Wilhelm,   b. 22 Aug 1885, Mishicot Township, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 22 Sep 1968, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1907	Saxonburg (Now Mishicot), Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  		BL-Blum William Blum and Meta (Wenholz)
  Children	+ 1. BLUM, Dorothy Sophie,   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. Private + 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)
  Photos		BL-Blum William Blum and his family Herbert, Dorothy, Alma, william, Elva, Edna, Martha, Marie
  Family ID	F359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		BL-Blum Meta Blum and her grandchildren
  		BL-Blum Meta (Wenholz) Blum
  		BL-Blum Meta (Wenholz) Blum

  
  

• Notes

  December 15, 1961 Blum Mrs. William Blum. 77, of Rt. 1, Mishicot, died at noon Friday at Two Rive rs Municipal Hospital. Funeral Arrangements will be announced Saturday by Klein and Stangel Inc ., Funeral Home, Two Rivers. December 16, 1961 Herald Times Reporter Funeral Services for Mrs. William Blum, 77, of Rt. 1 Mishicot, a former re sident of Two Rivers who died at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital Friday no on where she was a patient 19 days, will be 2 p.m. Monday at St. John Luth eran Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. T.F. Stern officiating. Burial wi ll be in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers. Mrs. Blum, nee Meta C. Wenholz, was born Oct. 1, 1884, at Saxonburg, To wn of Mishicot, daughter of the late Diedrich and Sophia Carsten(s) Wenhol z. She was married Jan. 1, 1907, at Mishicot to William Blum. In the ear lier years of their marriage the family resided at Two Rivers for many yea rs. Besides her husband she leaves six daughters, Mrs. Alvin Messman, Mrs. Emm ath Jonas, Mrs. Alfred Jurgens and Mrs. Ray Steger of Two Rivers, Mrs. Har vey Baker of Bayfield, Wis. and Mrs. Fred Jonas of Rt. 1 Mishicot; a so n, Herbert of Neilsville, Wis., a sister, Mrs. Hugo Ploeckelmann of Mishic ot; 19 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. A son, daughter and sist er preceded her in death. Friends may call at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, aft er 2 p.m. Sunday until 10:30 a.m. Monday when the casket will be tak en to the church where the body will lie in state from 11 a.m. to the ti me of service. Blum Funeral Manitowoc Herald Times December 19, 1961 Funeral services for Mrs. William Blum, 77, of Rt. 1 Mishicot, who died Fr iday noon at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital, were at 2 p.m. Monday at St. J ohn Lutheran Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. T.f. Stern officiating. Buri al was in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers. Pallbearers were Winton Jonas, William Jurgens, Spencer Blum, Melvin Messm an, Kenneth Hall and William Chaloupka.

  
  

• Sources

  [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.