Sebastian was born at Nittendorf, Regensburg, Bavaria, one of eighteen known children of Joseph and Anna Maria (GRAFF) HAMMER.
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According to one Hammer Family History, Sebastian and Katherine walked to Watertown, a distance of over 20 miles, to get married by the nearest Catholic priest. However, their 60th Wedding Anniversary story that appeared in the local newspaper in 1912, said they were married at "the little Catholic church located in what is now the town of Calamus." I don't know which location is correct.
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ANNIVERSARY: Beaver Dam Argus, Friday, October 25, 1912, page 10.
60 YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE
Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hammer Celebrate Sixtieth Anniversary Here Sunday.
To have enjoyed a half century of wedded life is counted a distinction worthy of note, but to have exceeded the half century mark by ten years is indeed a rarity. Such an instance is that of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hammer, 203 East South street, who celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their home amidst a gathering of their relatives and descendants.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammer are two of the oldest living settlers in this part of Wisconsin. They emigrated to America back in 1852, shortly after the Wisconsin territory had become a state and coming directly to this vicinity at once set to work to hew out a home from the primeval forests hereabout. The life of the Wisconsin pioneer was filled with hardships, the likes of which are little known to the densely settled country today. With no railroad nearer than Milwaukee to bring them in supplies or to take away to market their products they were left almost entirely dependent upon their own resources. And then to have lived to see this wilderness transformed into a garden spot in a land of plenty is a privilege enjoyed by but a few.
Mr. Hammer will be 92 [sic] years of age on the 20th of January, and his wife celebrated her 79th birthday on the 9th of last August. Both were born in Bavaria, Germany, and to their sturdy parentage they owe their present state of good preservation. On October 16th, 1852, they were united in marriage at the little Catholic church located in what is now the town of Calamus, Rev. Father Venidger, the only Catholic clergyman in this part of the wilderness at that time performing the ceremony. For a few years following their marriage they resided on a farm in the town of Westford, and then purchased a place about a mile south of the city on the Columbus road, where they continued to live until 1887, when they came to this city to spend in peaceful retirement the remaining days of their eventful lives.
They are the parents of nine children, all of whom participated in the celebration Sunday. They are Sebastian, John, Joseph, Henry and Geo. Hammer, Mrs. Stan Buskie, Mrs. John McCarty, Mrs. John Biersack and Mrs. Ben Fuesing.
The day was enjoyably spent in renewing family ties and the relating of incidents connected with the family history, and a bounteous dinner and supper, presided over by the venerable couple, left little to be desired in the way of a family reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Hammer were the recipients of the hearty congratulations of those present together with their best wishes for many more anniversaries.
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From his death certficate (Dodge County, Wisconsin, volume 16, page 42): Sebastian died at 3 p.m. of bronchitis and senile exhaustion according to Dr. C. W. Voorus; W. D. McKinstry was his undertaker; Mrs. Ben Fuesing [sp], informant.
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OBITUARY: Beaver Dam Argus, Thursday, September 3, 1914, page 5.
DIED - HAMMER - At his home in this city on Sunday, August 30th, 1914, Mr. Sebastian Hammer, aged 85 years, 7 months and 10 days.
Mr. Hammer was one of the oldest residents of this vicinity and one of the last remaining in the ranks of the sturdy German pioneers, who settled the wilderness hereabouts and have lived to see their efforts crowned by glorious success and the large and almost impenetratable [sic] forests give way to the bounteous fields of today.
He was born in the province of Bavaria, Germany, on January 20th, 1829. He was reared in his native land and in 1852 set out for the new world, arriving in this city on the fourth of July of that year. He at once acquired a tract of land south of the city on the Columbus road and began to clear the land for his home.
October 16th, 1852 he was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Waldier of this city. Ten children, nine of whom survive together with his aged widow, now past eighty-two years old, were born to them. These are Sebastian, John, Joseph, Henry and George, Mrs. Stan Buske, Mrs. John McCaffery, Mrs. John Biersack and Mrs. Ben Buesing, all of whom reside in this city or the immediate vicinity. Beside the children thirty-seven grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Hammer made his home on the farm south of the city until some twenty odd years ago when he came to Beaver Dam to live, making his home on South Street. He had enjoyed a degree of health consistent with advancing years, and until recently had possession of all of his faculties. Death was due to the infirmities of age.
The funeral, which was very largely attended, was held at St. Peter's church at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning with interment in St. Peter's cemetery. Rev. Kleist officiated.
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According to one Hammer Family History, Sebastian and Katherine walked to Watertown, a distance of over 20 miles, to get married by the nearest Catholic priest. However, their 60th Wedding Anniversary story that appeared in the local newspaper in 1912, said they were married at "the little Catholic church located in what is now the town of Calamus." I don't know which location is correct.
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ANNIVERSARY: Beaver Dam Argus, Friday, October 25, 1912, page 10.
60 YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE
Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hammer Celebrate Sixtieth Anniversary Here Sunday.
To have enjoyed a half century of wedded life is counted a distinction worthy of note, but to have exceeded the half century mark by ten years is indeed a rarity. Such an instance is that of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hammer, 203 East South street, who celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their home amidst a gathering of their relatives and descendants.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammer are two of the oldest living settlers in this part of Wisconsin. They emigrated to America back in 1852, shortly after the Wisconsin territory had become a state and coming directly to this vicinity at once set to work to hew out a home from the primeval forests hereabout. The life of the Wisconsin pioneer was filled with hardships, the likes of which are little known to the densely settled country today. With no railroad nearer than Milwaukee to bring them in supplies or to take away to market their products they were left almost entirely dependent upon their own resources. And then to have lived to see this wilderness transformed into a garden spot in a land of plenty is a privilege enjoyed by but a few.
Mr. Hammer will be 92 [sic] years of age on the 20th of January, and his wife celebrated her 79th birthday on the 9th of last August. Both were born in Bavaria, Germany, and to their sturdy parentage they owe their present state of good preservation. On October 16th, 1852, they were united in marriage at the little Catholic church located in what is now the town of Calamus, Rev. Father Venidger, the only Catholic clergyman in this part of the wilderness at that time performing the ceremony. For a few years following their marriage they resided on a farm in the town of Westford, and then purchased a place about a mile south of the city on the Columbus road, where they continued to live until 1887, when they came to this city to spend in peaceful retirement the remaining days of their eventful lives.
They are the parents of nine children, all of whom participated in the celebration Sunday. They are Sebastian, John, Joseph, Henry and Geo. Hammer, Mrs. Stan Buskie, Mrs. John McCarty, Mrs. John Biersack and Mrs. Ben Fuesing.
The day was enjoyably spent in renewing family ties and the relating of incidents connected with the family history, and a bounteous dinner and supper, presided over by the venerable couple, left little to be desired in the way of a family reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Hammer were the recipients of the hearty congratulations of those present together with their best wishes for many more anniversaries.
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From his death certficate (Dodge County, Wisconsin, volume 16, page 42): Sebastian died at 3 p.m. of bronchitis and senile exhaustion according to Dr. C. W. Voorus; W. D. McKinstry was his undertaker; Mrs. Ben Fuesing [sp], informant.
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OBITUARY: Beaver Dam Argus, Thursday, September 3, 1914, page 5.
DIED - HAMMER - At his home in this city on Sunday, August 30th, 1914, Mr. Sebastian Hammer, aged 85 years, 7 months and 10 days.
Mr. Hammer was one of the oldest residents of this vicinity and one of the last remaining in the ranks of the sturdy German pioneers, who settled the wilderness hereabouts and have lived to see their efforts crowned by glorious success and the large and almost impenetratable [sic] forests give way to the bounteous fields of today.
He was born in the province of Bavaria, Germany, on January 20th, 1829. He was reared in his native land and in 1852 set out for the new world, arriving in this city on the fourth of July of that year. He at once acquired a tract of land south of the city on the Columbus road and began to clear the land for his home.
October 16th, 1852 he was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Waldier of this city. Ten children, nine of whom survive together with his aged widow, now past eighty-two years old, were born to them. These are Sebastian, John, Joseph, Henry and George, Mrs. Stan Buske, Mrs. John McCaffery, Mrs. John Biersack and Mrs. Ben Buesing, all of whom reside in this city or the immediate vicinity. Beside the children thirty-seven grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Hammer made his home on the farm south of the city until some twenty odd years ago when he came to Beaver Dam to live, making his home on South Street. He had enjoyed a degree of health consistent with advancing years, and until recently had possession of all of his faculties. Death was due to the infirmities of age.
The funeral, which was very largely attended, was held at St. Peter's church at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning with interment in St. Peter's cemetery. Rev. Kleist officiated.
Sebastian was born at Nittendorf, Regensburg, Bavaria, one of eighteen known children of Joseph and Anna Maria (GRAFF) HAMMER.
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According to one Hammer Family History, Sebastian and Katherine walked to Watertown, a distance of over 20 miles, to get married by the nearest Catholic priest. However, their 60th Wedding Anniversary story that appeared in the local newspaper in 1912, said they were married at "the little Catholic church located in what is now the town of Calamus." I don't know which location is correct.
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ANNIVERSARY: Beaver Dam Argus, Friday, October 25, 1912, page 10.
60 YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE
Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hammer Celebrate Sixtieth Anniversary Here Sunday.
To have enjoyed a half century of wedded life is counted a distinction worthy of note, but to have exceeded the half century mark by ten years is indeed a rarity. Such an instance is that of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hammer, 203 East South street, who celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their home amidst a gathering of their relatives and descendants.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammer are two of the oldest living settlers in this part of Wisconsin. They emigrated to America back in 1852, shortly after the Wisconsin territory had become a state and coming directly to this vicinity at once set to work to hew out a home from the primeval forests hereabout. The life of the Wisconsin pioneer was filled with hardships, the likes of which are little known to the densely settled country today. With no railroad nearer than Milwaukee to bring them in supplies or to take away to market their products they were left almost entirely dependent upon their own resources. And then to have lived to see this wilderness transformed into a garden spot in a land of plenty is a privilege enjoyed by but a few.
Mr. Hammer will be 92 [sic] years of age on the 20th of January, and his wife celebrated her 79th birthday on the 9th of last August. Both were born in Bavaria, Germany, and to their sturdy parentage they owe their present state of good preservation. On October 16th, 1852, they were united in marriage at the little Catholic church located in what is now the town of Calamus, Rev. Father Venidger, the only Catholic clergyman in this part of the wilderness at that time performing the ceremony. For a few years following their marriage they resided on a farm in the town of Westford, and then purchased a place about a mile south of the city on the Columbus road, where they continued to live until 1887, when they came to this city to spend in peaceful retirement the remaining days of their eventful lives.
They are the parents of nine children, all of whom participated in the celebration Sunday. They are Sebastian, John, Joseph, Henry and Geo. Hammer, Mrs. Stan Buskie, Mrs. John McCarty, Mrs. John Biersack and Mrs. Ben Fuesing.
The day was enjoyably spent in renewing family ties and the relating of incidents connected with the family history, and a bounteous dinner and supper, presided over by the venerable couple, left little to be desired in the way of a family reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Hammer were the recipients of the hearty congratulations of those present together with their best wishes for many more anniversaries.
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From his death certficate (Dodge County, Wisconsin, volume 16, page 42): Sebastian died at 3 p.m. of bronchitis and senile exhaustion according to Dr. C. W. Voorus; W. D. McKinstry was his undertaker; Mrs. Ben Fuesing [sp], informant.
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OBITUARY: Beaver Dam Argus, Thursday, September 3, 1914, page 5.
DIED - HAMMER - At his home in this city on Sunday, August 30th, 1914, Mr. Sebastian Hammer, aged 85 years, 7 months and 10 days.
Mr. Hammer was one of the oldest residents of this vicinity and one of the last remaining in the ranks of the sturdy German pioneers, who settled the wilderness hereabouts and have lived to see their efforts crowned by glorious success and the large and almost impenetratable [sic] forests give way to the bounteous fields of today.
He was born in the province of Bavaria, Germany, on January 20th, 1829. He was reared in his native land and in 1852 set out for the new world, arriving in this city on the fourth of July of that year. He at once acquired a tract of land south of the city on the Columbus road and began to clear the land for his home.
October 16th, 1852 he was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Waldier of this city. Ten children, nine of whom survive together with his aged widow, now past eighty-two years old, were born to them. These are Sebastian, John, Joseph, Henry and George, Mrs. Stan Buske, Mrs. John McCaffery, Mrs. John Biersack and Mrs. Ben Buesing, all of whom reside in this city or the immediate vicinity. Beside the children thirty-seven grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Hammer made his home on the farm south of the city until some twenty odd years ago when he came to Beaver Dam to live, making his home on South Street. He had enjoyed a degree of health consistent with advancing years, and until recently had possession of all of his faculties. Death was due to the infirmities of age.
The funeral, which was very largely attended, was held at St. Peter's church at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning with interment in St. Peter's cemetery. Rev. Kleist officiated.
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According to one Hammer Family History, Sebastian and Katherine walked to Watertown, a distance of over 20 miles, to get married by the nearest Catholic priest. However, their 60th Wedding Anniversary story that appeared in the local newspaper in 1912, said they were married at "the little Catholic church located in what is now the town of Calamus." I don't know which location is correct.
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ANNIVERSARY: Beaver Dam Argus, Friday, October 25, 1912, page 10.
60 YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE
Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hammer Celebrate Sixtieth Anniversary Here Sunday.
To have enjoyed a half century of wedded life is counted a distinction worthy of note, but to have exceeded the half century mark by ten years is indeed a rarity. Such an instance is that of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hammer, 203 East South street, who celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their home amidst a gathering of their relatives and descendants.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammer are two of the oldest living settlers in this part of Wisconsin. They emigrated to America back in 1852, shortly after the Wisconsin territory had become a state and coming directly to this vicinity at once set to work to hew out a home from the primeval forests hereabout. The life of the Wisconsin pioneer was filled with hardships, the likes of which are little known to the densely settled country today. With no railroad nearer than Milwaukee to bring them in supplies or to take away to market their products they were left almost entirely dependent upon their own resources. And then to have lived to see this wilderness transformed into a garden spot in a land of plenty is a privilege enjoyed by but a few.
Mr. Hammer will be 92 [sic] years of age on the 20th of January, and his wife celebrated her 79th birthday on the 9th of last August. Both were born in Bavaria, Germany, and to their sturdy parentage they owe their present state of good preservation. On October 16th, 1852, they were united in marriage at the little Catholic church located in what is now the town of Calamus, Rev. Father Venidger, the only Catholic clergyman in this part of the wilderness at that time performing the ceremony. For a few years following their marriage they resided on a farm in the town of Westford, and then purchased a place about a mile south of the city on the Columbus road, where they continued to live until 1887, when they came to this city to spend in peaceful retirement the remaining days of their eventful lives.
They are the parents of nine children, all of whom participated in the celebration Sunday. They are Sebastian, John, Joseph, Henry and Geo. Hammer, Mrs. Stan Buskie, Mrs. John McCarty, Mrs. John Biersack and Mrs. Ben Fuesing.
The day was enjoyably spent in renewing family ties and the relating of incidents connected with the family history, and a bounteous dinner and supper, presided over by the venerable couple, left little to be desired in the way of a family reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Hammer were the recipients of the hearty congratulations of those present together with their best wishes for many more anniversaries.
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From his death certficate (Dodge County, Wisconsin, volume 16, page 42): Sebastian died at 3 p.m. of bronchitis and senile exhaustion according to Dr. C. W. Voorus; W. D. McKinstry was his undertaker; Mrs. Ben Fuesing [sp], informant.
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OBITUARY: Beaver Dam Argus, Thursday, September 3, 1914, page 5.
DIED - HAMMER - At his home in this city on Sunday, August 30th, 1914, Mr. Sebastian Hammer, aged 85 years, 7 months and 10 days.
Mr. Hammer was one of the oldest residents of this vicinity and one of the last remaining in the ranks of the sturdy German pioneers, who settled the wilderness hereabouts and have lived to see their efforts crowned by glorious success and the large and almost impenetratable [sic] forests give way to the bounteous fields of today.
He was born in the province of Bavaria, Germany, on January 20th, 1829. He was reared in his native land and in 1852 set out for the new world, arriving in this city on the fourth of July of that year. He at once acquired a tract of land south of the city on the Columbus road and began to clear the land for his home.
October 16th, 1852 he was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Waldier of this city. Ten children, nine of whom survive together with his aged widow, now past eighty-two years old, were born to them. These are Sebastian, John, Joseph, Henry and George, Mrs. Stan Buske, Mrs. John McCaffery, Mrs. John Biersack and Mrs. Ben Buesing, all of whom reside in this city or the immediate vicinity. Beside the children thirty-seven grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Hammer made his home on the farm south of the city until some twenty odd years ago when he came to Beaver Dam to live, making his home on South Street. He had enjoyed a degree of health consistent with advancing years, and until recently had possession of all of his faculties. Death was due to the infirmities of age.
The funeral, which was very largely attended, was held at St. Peter's church at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning with interment in St. Peter's cemetery. Rev. Kleist officiated.
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