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22 July 1876 - Born at Mantlach, Kreis Kelheim, Bayern and baptized at Painten, Kreis Kelheim, Bayern

4 October 1877, age 1 - Brother Alois METZ born at Mantlach

21 November 1878, age 2 - Sister Barbara METZ Eimer born there

30 November 1879, age 3 - Brother Josef METZ born there

20 December 1879, age 3 - Brother Josef METZ died there

15 April 1881, age 4 - Brother Georg METZ born there

15 June 1882, age 5 - Sister Margaretha METZ born there

25 August 1882, age 6 - Sister Margaretha METZ died there

1883, age 6 - Grandmother Maria Barbara "Barbara" WEBER Spangler, age 61, died at Kollersried, Kreis Regensburg, Bayern

30 October 1885, age 9 - Brother Karl METZ born at Mantlach

4 November 1885, age 9 - Brother Karl METZ died there

25 September 1891, age 15 - Mother Margaretha WEBER Metz, age 49, died

29 November 1897, age 21 - Sister Theresia METZ, age 23, married Michael SCHMID, age 27, at Maierhofen, Bayern

15 August 1903, age 27 - Emigrated at Antwerp, Belgium. Traveled alone on the 'S.S. Kroonland'

25 August 1903, age 27 - Immigrated at New York, New York. He arrived with $50. His final destination was to meet with his brother Alois, of 86 Ogden Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

30 May 1904, age 27 - Wedding attendant when brother Alois METZ, age 26, married Walburga "Walli" SINZINGER, age 22, at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

5 May 1905, age 28 - Brother Georg METZ, age 24, married Walburga PREIS, age 24, at Maierhofen

11 July 1905, age 28 - Father Johann Friedrich METZ, age 67, died at Mantlach

15 May 1909, age 32 - Wedding attendant when John DIETZ Sr, age 32, married Franziska "Francis" SINZINGER, age 21, at Milwaukee

26 October 1909, age 33 - Married Mary Suzanne "Mamie" SCHOLTES, age 18, at St Matthew's Catholic Church, Neosho, Dodge County, Wisconsin

As of sometime before April 1910 until 1945 - Occupation listed as farmer and resided at Rubicon, Dodge County, Wisconsin. He rented a total of four different farms and houses. An address is added for the 1940 census farm: "Hartford Route 3". The family moved to their Rural Street address in Hartford in 1945, on the day their granddaughter Charlotte was born (October 1).

19 April 1910, age 33 - Recorded in the United States Census there

11 May 1912, age 35 - Daughter Maria Katherina "Caroline" METZ Haupert born at Rubicon Twp, Dodge County, Wisconsin

27 February 1914, age 37 - Naturalizaton at Circuit Court, Juneau, Dodge County, Wisconsin

9 December 1915, age 39 - Son Alphonse Matthew METZ born at Rubicon Twp

29 September 1919, age 43 - Daughter Anna Catherine "Annie" METZ Smith Lechner born there

16 January 1920, age 43 - Recorded in the United States Census at Rubicon. In 1920 the farm is a dairy farm. 39 year old, German-born Joseph Meiler is living with the family. He is listed as "laborer on a dairy farm."

7 August 1920, age 44 - Son Conrad Joseph METZ born at Rubicon Twp

3 May 1930, age 53 - Recorded in the United States Census at Rubicon. Helping out on the farm is Jacob and Mary's 14 year old son Alphonse. Living at the farm next door are Cornelius (33 year old Michigan native) and Mary (33 year old Wisconsin native) Scholtes and their six children. The Scholtes family has a boarder named Nicholas Haupert (28 year old Wisconsin native). He is listed as a farm laborer. Cornelius may be the brother of Mary Scholtes Metz, and Nicholas may be the brother of Caroline Metz Haupert's husband, Frank.

26 February 1936, age 59 - Brother-in-law Georg EIMER, age 58, died at Maierhofen, Kreis Kelheim, Bayern

11 September 1937, age 61 - Daughter Maria Katherina "Caroline" METZ, age 25, married Frank Jacob HAUPERT, age 28, at St John's Catholic Church, Rubicon

11 May 1938, age 61 - Brother Johann METZ, age 65, died at Aichkirchen, Kreis Regensburg, Bayern

10 September 1938, age 62 - Son Alphonse Matthew METZ, age 22, married Margaret Mary HEINTZ, age 20, at St. Kilian's Catholic Church, Hartford, Washington County, Wisconsin

17 July 1939, age 62 - Grandson Joseph Matthew HAUPERT born at St Joseph's Hospital there

30 September 1939, age 63 - Daughter Anna Catherine "Annie" METZ, age 20, married Everett Xavier SMITH, age 23, at St John's Catholic Church, Rubicon

17 April 1940, age 63 - Recorded in the United States Census there. Helping out on the farm are Jacob and Mary's 19 year old son Conrad, their son-in-law, Everett Smith (recently married to daughter Annie), and 59 year old Joseph Miler, all of whom live on the farm. Joseph Miler (age 59) may be the same lodger who lived and worked on the farm in 1920.

2 May 1940, age 63 - Grandson Jerome Francis SMITH born at St Joseph's Hospital, Hartford

9 January 1941, age 64 - Granddaughter Mary Ellen METZ Urwin born at St Joseph's Hospital there

15 April 1941, age 64 - Granddaughter Patricia Loretta SMITH Hunter Wendorf Darling born at Rubicon Twp

31 January 1942, age 65 - Grandson James Conrad METZ born at Milwaukee Hospital, Milwaukee

15 March 1942, age 65 - Granddaughter Mary Ann HAUPERT Schulte Eckman born at St Joseph's Hospital, Hartford

13 April 1942, age 65 - Father-in-law Mathias SCHOLTES, age 78, died at St. Joseph's Hospital there

19 December 1942, age 66 - Grandson John Edward SMITH born at St Joseph's Hospital there

13 May 1944, age 67 - Son Conrad Joseph METZ, age 23, married Evelyn Mary JUSTMAN, age 23, at Dubuque County Courthouse, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa

Sometime before 1945 - Son Alphonse Matthew METZ divorced from Margaret Mary HEINTZ at Milwaukee

24 March 1945, age 68 - Son Alphonse Matthew METZ, age 29, married Helen Modene HOVATER, age 17, at Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama

1 October 1945, age 69 - Granddaughter Charlotte Margaret SMITH Laufenberg born at St Joseph's Hospital, Hartford

29 December 1945, age 69 - Granddaughter Linda Lou METZ Schmidt Funk born at Wilson, Mississippi County, Arkansas

15 March 1946, age 69 - Daughter Anna Catherine "Annie" METZ, age 26, divorced from Everett Xavier SMITH, age 30, at West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin

April 1947, age 70 - Grandson Larry Paul METZ born at St Joseph's Hospital, Hartford

17 March 1948, age 71 - Granddaughter Arlene METZ Wickert Smith Abbotts Hamlin born at Wilson ; Granddaughter Marlene METZ Feucht born there

27 March 1948, age 71 - Granddaughter Jeanne Marie METZ Fettig born at St Joseph's Hospital, Hartford

27 May 1949, age 72 - Brother-in-law Michael SCHMID, age 79, died at Maierhofen

14 June 1949, age 72 - Grandson David Franklin METZ born at Mt Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee

6 July 1949, age 72 - Sister Barbara METZ Eimer, age 70, died at Maierhofen

21 October 1949, age 73 - Granddaughter Jane Veronica HAUPERT Dietzler born at St Joseph's Hospital, Hartford

20 March 1951, age 74 - Sister Theresia METZ Schmid, age 76, died at Maierhofen

24 December 1951, age 75 - Brother's widow Theres KARL Metz, age 71, died at Aichkirchen

19 June 1954, age 77 - Brother Alois METZ, age 76, died at 110 W Garfield Ave, Milwaukee of bronchopneumonia secondary to prostate cancer

17 March 1955, age 78 - Sister-in-law Walburga PREIS Metz, age 74, died at Painten

25 January 1956, age 79 - Daughter Anna Catherine "Annie" METZ, age 36, married Glen Joseph LECHNER, age 32, at Hartford

8 February 1957, age 80 - Mother-in-law Mary HEIN Scholtes, age 89, died at St Joseph's Hospital there

8 February 1958, age 81 - Grandson James John LECHNER born at St Joseph's Hospital there

17 June 1960, age 83 - Son Alphonse Matthew METZ, age 44, died there of Coronary Thrombosis

29 December 1960, age 84 - Brother's widow Walburga "Walli" SINZINGER Metz, age 78, died at Belleview Health Care Center, Milwaukee of hypostatic pneumonia, pyelonephritis; arteriorsclerotic heart disease and brain disease; decubitis

23 September 1961, age 85 - Granddaughter Patricia Loretta SMITH, age 20, married Harland HUNTER, age 19, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois

25 November 1961, age 85 - Grandson Joseph Matthew HAUPERT, age 22, married Leona Josephine PRUNK, age 20, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Denver, Adams County, Colorado

28 April 1962, age 85 - Granddaughter Linda Lou METZ, age 16, married Eugene Alvin SCHMIDT, age 24, at St Kilian's Catholic Church, Hartford

10 August 1963, age 87 - Grandson John Edward SMITH, age 20, married Shirley Ileen RAASCH, age 22, at St Kilian's Catholic Church there

13 June 1964, age 87 - Granddaughter Mary Ellen METZ, age 23, married Charles Edward URWIN, age 33, at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Milwaukee

5 September 1964, age 88 - Grandson Jerome Francis SMITH, age 24, married Sheila Mary BOAK, age 18, at Hartford

12 September 1964, age 88 - Granddaughter Mary Ann HAUPERT, age 22, married Kenneth Joseph SCHULTE, age 23, at St Matthew's Catholic Church, Neosho

10 October 1964, age 88 - Granddaughter Charlotte Margaret SMITH, age 19, married Leonard John LAUFENBERG, age 21, at St Kilian's Catholic Church, Hartford

14 July 1965, age 88 - Wife Mary Suzanne "Mamie" SCHOLTES Metz, age 74, died at St Joseph's Hospital there of ruptured appendix

1 April 1966, age 89 - Granddaughter Patricia Loretta SMITH, age 24, divorced from Harland HUNTER, age 23, at Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin

6 August 1966, age 90 - Granddaughter Marlene METZ, age 18, married Gary Paul FEUCHT, age 20, at St Theresa Catholic Church, Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin

20 September 1966, age 90 - Died at St Joseph's Hospital, Hartford of generalized arteriosclerosis

Buried at St John's Catholic Cemetary, Rubicon