obituary Marinette EagleStar Nov 2 1989 pg 8
Reference Source: "Amberg-The First 100 Years 1890-1990"
Thomas Maher was born October 5, 1890 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He was the oldest of five children. His father was a logger and they moved frequently, settling in Superior, Wisconsin and then Duluth, Minnesota, where his father worked as a teamster.
At the age of seven, he moved with his mother and siblings to the Cedarville area, where his mother's family, the McDonell's lived. As a youth, he worked as a 'cookee' in lumberjack camps and later as a logger. He was a boarder at the Mose Jossart home in Amberg, where he met and married Rose Jossart in July, 1914.
They were the parents of six children and lived in numerous locations: Amberg, where Thomas worked in the quarry; Niagara, Wisconsin at the paper mill; Quinnesec, Michigan, where he started as an apprentice carpenter and Pequaming, Michigan at the Henry Ford Mill. Around 1940, they bought land in Beecher, Wisconsin and built their home, living there until his wife Rose died in 1983 at the age of 88. Thomas retired from carpenter work at age 75 and died November 3, 1989 at age 99 in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Children of Thomas and Rose:
Loretta (Edwin) Miilu
Beatrice (Fred) Stein, BEATRICE BRASHER
Norbert b. 1921
Maurice 2/12/1924-1/11/2003 of Redford, MI
James Allen b. 1927 (m. Lorraine Pergandy)
Kathleen WESTBERG b. 1936
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**Feb 5, 2024~~suggested link for parents by "Colfax Monument", FIND A GRAVE ID #48760705**
Reference Source: "Amberg-The First 100 Years 1890-1990"
Thomas Maher was born October 5, 1890 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He was the oldest of five children. His father was a logger and they moved frequently, settling in Superior, Wisconsin and then Duluth, Minnesota, where his father worked as a teamster.
At the age of seven, he moved with his mother and siblings to the Cedarville area, where his mother's family, the McDonell's lived. As a youth, he worked as a 'cookee' in lumberjack camps and later as a logger. He was a boarder at the Mose Jossart home in Amberg, where he met and married Rose Jossart in July, 1914.
They were the parents of six children and lived in numerous locations: Amberg, where Thomas worked in the quarry; Niagara, Wisconsin at the paper mill; Quinnesec, Michigan, where he started as an apprentice carpenter and Pequaming, Michigan at the Henry Ford Mill. Around 1940, they bought land in Beecher, Wisconsin and built their home, living there until his wife Rose died in 1983 at the age of 88. Thomas retired from carpenter work at age 75 and died November 3, 1989 at age 99 in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Children of Thomas and Rose:
Loretta (Edwin) Miilu
Beatrice (Fred) Stein, BEATRICE BRASHER
Norbert b. 1921
Maurice 2/12/1924-1/11/2003 of Redford, MI
James Allen b. 1927 (m. Lorraine Pergandy)
Kathleen WESTBERG b. 1936
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**Feb 5, 2024~~suggested link for parents by "Colfax Monument", FIND A GRAVE ID #48760705**
obituary Marinette EagleStar Nov 2 1989 pg 8
Reference Source: "Amberg-The First 100 Years 1890-1990"
Thomas Maher was born October 5, 1890 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He was the oldest of five children. His father was a logger and they moved frequently, settling in Superior, Wisconsin and then Duluth, Minnesota, where his father worked as a teamster.
At the age of seven, he moved with his mother and siblings to the Cedarville area, where his mother's family, the McDonell's lived. As a youth, he worked as a 'cookee' in lumberjack camps and later as a logger. He was a boarder at the Mose Jossart home in Amberg, where he met and married Rose Jossart in July, 1914.
They were the parents of six children and lived in numerous locations: Amberg, where Thomas worked in the quarry; Niagara, Wisconsin at the paper mill; Quinnesec, Michigan, where he started as an apprentice carpenter and Pequaming, Michigan at the Henry Ford Mill. Around 1940, they bought land in Beecher, Wisconsin and built their home, living there until his wife Rose died in 1983 at the age of 88. Thomas retired from carpenter work at age 75 and died November 3, 1989 at age 99 in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Children of Thomas and Rose:
Loretta (Edwin) Miilu
Beatrice (Fred) Stein, BEATRICE BRASHER
Norbert b. 1921
Maurice 2/12/1924-1/11/2003 of Redford, MI
James Allen b. 1927 (m. Lorraine Pergandy)
Kathleen WESTBERG b. 1936
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**Feb 5, 2024~~suggested link for parents by "Colfax Monument", FIND A GRAVE ID #48760705**
Reference Source: "Amberg-The First 100 Years 1890-1990"
Thomas Maher was born October 5, 1890 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He was the oldest of five children. His father was a logger and they moved frequently, settling in Superior, Wisconsin and then Duluth, Minnesota, where his father worked as a teamster.
At the age of seven, he moved with his mother and siblings to the Cedarville area, where his mother's family, the McDonell's lived. As a youth, he worked as a 'cookee' in lumberjack camps and later as a logger. He was a boarder at the Mose Jossart home in Amberg, where he met and married Rose Jossart in July, 1914.
They were the parents of six children and lived in numerous locations: Amberg, where Thomas worked in the quarry; Niagara, Wisconsin at the paper mill; Quinnesec, Michigan, where he started as an apprentice carpenter and Pequaming, Michigan at the Henry Ford Mill. Around 1940, they bought land in Beecher, Wisconsin and built their home, living there until his wife Rose died in 1983 at the age of 88. Thomas retired from carpenter work at age 75 and died November 3, 1989 at age 99 in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Children of Thomas and Rose:
Loretta (Edwin) Miilu
Beatrice (Fred) Stein, BEATRICE BRASHER
Norbert b. 1921
Maurice 2/12/1924-1/11/2003 of Redford, MI
James Allen b. 1927 (m. Lorraine Pergandy)
Kathleen WESTBERG b. 1936
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**Feb 5, 2024~~suggested link for parents by "Colfax Monument", FIND A GRAVE ID #48760705**
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