MARRIAGE OF JOHN WELLNER SR AND MAGDALENE MUENCH

John Wellner Sr. and Magdalene Muench were married April 26 1876 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Kellnersville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin with Rev. Joseph Maly officiating. They had seven children: John Jr. (b.1879), Joseph (b.1882), Anna (b.1885), Mary (b.1887), Rosa (b.1889), Frank (b.1893) and Edward (b.1896). In 1883, John and Magdalene moved to the Town of Edson, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

In 1880, John Sr. and Magdalene, with their son John Jr., were living in Cooperstown, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. John Sr. was working as a farmer and a shoemaker. Michael Wellner, John's brother, was living with them at the time and working as a shoemaker's apprentice.¹

In 1900, John Sr. and Magdalene, with their children John Jr., Joseph, Anna, Mary, Rosa, Frank and Edward, were farming in the Town of Edson, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.²

In 1910, John Sr. and Magdalene, with their sons Frank and Edward, were farming in the Town of Edson, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.³

In 1920, John Sr. and Magdalene, with their sons Frank and Edward, were farming in the Town of Edson, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.⁴

In 1930, John Sr. and Magdalene, with their sons Frank and Edward, were farming in the Town of Edson, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.⁵

Circa 1894. The John Wellner Sr. Family. Front from l to r: John Sr., Anna, Mary, Magdalene and Frank. Back from l to r: John Jr., Rosa and Joseph.

April 26 1926. Magdalene and John Wellner on their Golden Wedding Anniversary.

September 23 1947. Photograph taken in front of St. Ann's Catholic Church at the occasion of the marriage of Clarence Zimmerman and Katherine Meyer. From l to r: Zimmerman sisters Evelyn (Naiberg) and Catherine (Jackson), and Wellner sisters Anna (Swatzina), Rosa (Zimmerman) and Mary (Binsfeld).