Naturalized on June 9, 1917 in Oconto, WI. His father thought that the papers letting him into the U.S. automatically made him a citizen so he never became naturalized. When Andrew went to vote, he discovered he was not a citizen.
He married Jane Berton on October 30, 1899 at St. Anthony Catholic church in Oconto Falls. Together they had 16 children.
Andrew couldn't read or write but learned to sign his name and became time keeper for the county roads. He loved to be read to and in the evening would have one of his daughters read to him. A funny note was he could not milk a cow. He always did other chores while the rest did the milking.
After only five days in the hospital with double pneumonia, Andrew died on May 18, 1934. He had never been in a hospital before. He had always been very devoted to the Blessed Mother, saying three Hail Mary's every night at bed time for a happy death which he certainly had. He had candles, the priest and Last Sacrements and some of the family by his bedside saying the rosary. At the end of the third Hail Mary, he died.
Stories provided by Andrew's daughter, Agnes Konitzer Bridger Bast in her book called Original Konitzer Family Tree Book.
Naturalized on June 9, 1917 in Oconto, WI. His father thought that the papers letting him into the U.S. automatically made him a citizen so he never became naturalized. When Andrew went to vote, he discovered he was not a citizen.
He married Jane Berton on October 30, 1899 at St. Anthony Catholic church in Oconto Falls. Together they had 16 children.
Andrew couldn't read or write but learned to sign his name and became time keeper for the county roads. He loved to be read to and in the evening would have one of his daughters read to him. A funny note was he could not milk a cow. He always did other chores while the rest did the milking.
After only five days in the hospital with double pneumonia, Andrew died on May 18, 1934. He had never been in a hospital before. He had always been very devoted to the Blessed Mother, saying three Hail Mary's every night at bed time for a happy death which he certainly had. He had candles, the priest and Last Sacrements and some of the family by his bedside saying the rosary. At the end of the third Hail Mary, he died.
Stories provided by Andrew's daughter, Agnes Konitzer Bridger Bast in her book called Original Konitzer Family Tree Book.
Family Members
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Martha E. Konitzer
1901–1913
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John Benjamin Konitzer
1902–1982
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Mary Frances Konitzer Gallas
1903–1982
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Martin Andrew Konitzer
1907–1993
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Joseph Edward "Joe" Konitzer
1909–2007
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Lucy Louise Konitzer Birr
1910–1999
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Eva Margaret Konitzer Birr
1912–2012
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Margaret Dorothy Konitzer Ostrenga
1914–1996
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George Adam Konitzer
1917–2003
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Magdalene J. "Mag" Konitzer Tisch
1919–2019
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Dorothy Jane Konitzer Tisch
1921–2017
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Andrew Bernard Konitzer Sr
1922–2018
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Marcel Robert Konitzer Sr
1925–1995
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Agnes Clara Konitzer Bridger Bast
1929–2019
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