Mrs. William Backhaus Dies At Kiel After Heart Attack
Mrs. William Backhaus, aged 61 of Kiel died at her home, 625 St. Paul street Friday evening at 7:15 o'clock following a heart attack which she suffered that afternoon.
Mrs. Backhaus, the former Miss Pauline Dawurske, daughter of Albert Dawurske, Sr., of Milwaukee, and the late Bertha Dawurske, was born in Pommerania, Germany, on August 6, 1874. At the age of 18 in 1893 she came to America with her parents, settling in Kiel.
On May 4, 1894, she was married to William Backhaus, also of Kiel Mr. and Mrs. Backhaus resided in Kiel from the time of their marriage until 1907 when they purchased a farm in the town of Rhine, where they made their home until 1933 when they disposed of their farm to their son, Edwin. For the past two years, the couple had made their home in Kiel.
Survivors are her husband, her aged father, Albert Dawurske of Milwaukee, aged 87; two children, Edwin on the homestead farm in the town of Rhine, and Mrs. Edwin (Norma) Jaschob of Millhome; one grandson, three sisters, Mrs. Herman Birr, Mrs. Henry Stevens, and Mrs. James Couey, all of Milwaukee; four brothers, Frank of Kiel, Albert of Brillion, Herman and Theodore of Milwaukee. Two brothers; Gustave and Walter, preceded her in death many years ago.
Mrs. William Backhaus Dies At Kiel After Heart Attack
Mrs. William Backhaus, aged 61 of Kiel died at her home, 625 St. Paul street Friday evening at 7:15 o'clock following a heart attack which she suffered that afternoon.
Mrs. Backhaus, the former Miss Pauline Dawurske, daughter of Albert Dawurske, Sr., of Milwaukee, and the late Bertha Dawurske, was born in Pommerania, Germany, on August 6, 1874. At the age of 18 in 1893 she came to America with her parents, settling in Kiel.
On May 4, 1894, she was married to William Backhaus, also of Kiel Mr. and Mrs. Backhaus resided in Kiel from the time of their marriage until 1907 when they purchased a farm in the town of Rhine, where they made their home until 1933 when they disposed of their farm to their son, Edwin. For the past two years, the couple had made their home in Kiel.
Survivors are her husband, her aged father, Albert Dawurske of Milwaukee, aged 87; two children, Edwin on the homestead farm in the town of Rhine, and Mrs. Edwin (Norma) Jaschob of Millhome; one grandson, three sisters, Mrs. Herman Birr, Mrs. Henry Stevens, and Mrs. James Couey, all of Milwaukee; four brothers, Frank of Kiel, Albert of Brillion, Herman and Theodore of Milwaukee. Two brothers; Gustave and Walter, preceded her in death many years ago.
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