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Wilhelm Julius Teske

* 22.1.1883 in ,,Germany
† 22.8.1969 in Merrill,Lincoln,WI

acc to Lloyd Teske, 1/89, "rode the carriage" in sawmill; moved to Glidden WI to follow timber, where dau. Dorothy was born, after timber stopped worked as janitor in church in Merrill; also lived in Minocqua & Star Rt. 1, Woodruff, WI; worked as fishing guide while living in Boulder Junction WI in 1950's, 10005 Crab Lake, Manitowish, acc. to Janice (Teske)Rayala, had laun dromat in Boulder Junction, acc to obit of 2nd wife, moved to Merrill in 1960, acc to Elaine (Teske) Ruprecht, 7/89, "Scot" (Skat) was his favorite card game; darkeyebrows went up & down w hen he played trombone (in City Band), acc to Mary (Hiatt) Mailander, 7/89, Bill never swore,drank or played cards until he met his 3rd wife, Alice Budreau, acc to Merrill City Directory, lived w/ Mary (Hamsing) Teske at Van Renselaer & 2nd, 1900 census, living with parents at 405 7th St., Merrill; ae. 17, laborer in sash factory;not naturalized, postcard, dated 6-9-13, Fo rt Frances, Ont., to ?, Dear Brother, . . . I'm out here with Jul [his brother Jules] riding carrige [sic] the head end, worked in town for a week but am doing better out here am getting $ 3.00 a day and a quarter hold back... Your brother Wm. (picture onfront of card: Zastrow's Orchestra, Bill on trombone, violinist, clarinetist, trumpeter, vibe player & woman on drums.W as this August Zastrow, of Tomahawk, b. 1856 Koblenz?), also played in Merrill City Band, Fraternal Order of Eagles Merrill Aerie Band, SSAN 393-01-7059, died 40 years to the day after hi s mother; exactly one week short of the 130th anniversary of his father's birth, daughter Lorraine (Teske) Cavanaugh claims he was born in Hamburg; is this instead, BROMBERG? 1/92, she s ays: possibly. This gains likelihood whereas Hamburg emigration lists do not list his mother or father as expected; and (unless his mother had friends or relatives in Hamburg) why woulds he give birth there, rather thanhome, 6 months before emigrating June 1883?, 1939 living at410 Genessee St., Merrill WI, tombstone, Merrill Cem: "Father, William J. Teske, Jan. 22, 1883,A ug.22, 1969", diary of dau. Dorothy list bday 23 Jan., obit of sister Ida, 1952:William living in Woodruff, Lorraine Teske, 3/97: after death of first wife, remarried [former girlfriend ] Margaret (Kiepke) Schueppert, & moved to Westside (of Merrill). Dau. Dorothy ran away, age ca. 6-7, to Eastside home of mother's parents the Hamsings, who would not tell Bill. He thereaf ter forebade any contact with Hamsings! even to extent that daughters were unaware when their Hamsing grandparents died. But later she adds: he was on good terms with the Binskis,parents of Bertha Hamsing