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Wilhelm Zutz

Birth	:	23 Sep 1835 Germany
Death	:	13 Dec 1919
Burial	:	Saint Paul Cemetery, Norfolk, Madison County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0438995, -97.4244003
Description	:	Brieflet- 21 October 1910 Norfolk Weekly News Journal, Norfolk Nebraska William Zutz was born at Sagow, Germany, on 23 September 1835, and after his school education he became a professional gardener. Mrs Zutz was born near Stoeckow, Germany, in June 1840, and it was in that city where Mr. Zutz, who was employed at his profession, met Miss Louisa Schwertfager. Fifty years ago, they were married and after a few years Mr. Zutz went with his bride to the province of West Prussia. He did not remain there long, and a few years later resumed his profession at Stoeckow. Since... Read More	Brieflet- 21 October 1910 Norfolk Weekly News Journal, Norfolk Nebraska William Zutz was born at Sagow, Germany, on 23 September 1835, and after his school education he became a professional gardener. Mrs Zutz was born near Stoeckow, Germany, in June 1840, and it was in that city where Mr. Zutz, who was employed at his profession, met Miss Louisa Schwertfager. Fifty years ago, they were married and after a few years Mr. Zutz went with his bride to the province of West Prussia. He did not remain there long, and a few years later resumed his profession at Stoeckow. Since he was a mere boy he had heard of many adventures of Germans in America. He had listened to the stories told by the elder folks about the hardships, and letters from Nebraska were read to him. It was then when his ambitions to reach Nebraska were at their highest pitch. The opportunity to go to the new world arose in 1869, and with his wife and three children, E.W. Zutz, vice president of the Norfolk National Bank; Mrs Minnie Sonnaken of New York City, and Paul Zutz who died here nine years ago- he went to Bremen, Germany, from which port he sailed to New York. The trip was made over thirteen days, but the trip from New York to Chicago stretched out from one Monday till the next Sunday, an entire week. The travel was very slow in those days, and the family reached Watertown, Wisconsin, where many German families lived. Here Mr. Zutz, anxious to learn the American methods of agriculture, hired out to a farmer at very low wages and worked patiently in his new capacity. In the spring of 1870, he became anxious to reach Nebraska, and finally moved to Omaha, his destination being Norfolk, where he had friends. Walks to Norfolk- At Omaha he was told of the floods throughout Nebraska and he left the family in Omaha and went by rail over the Union Pacific to Fremont, where he met August Brummund with whom he walked to Norfolk, encountering many hardships. After the flood subsided, he in the company with Fred Braasch and Ferdinand Haase, drove to Omaha with wagons, where the family and household goods were put aboard the prairie schooners and brought to Norfolk. There were no bridges in those days and the streams, swollen by the recent floods, had to be forded. When near the mill dam in Norfolk, where the Sugar City Cereal mills now stand, a narrow escape was experienced from going into the water. After getting acquainted with the Norfolk citizens Mr. and Mrs Zutz took up a homestead two miles north of the city, where another child was born to the family, Mrs R.G. Rohrke, wife of a prominent Hoskins banker. After going through the hardships of pioneer life and in need of more land for the cattle, which he was raising, Mr. Zutz purchased a farm near Hoskins which a few years later he sold. He then entered the merchandise business in the city of Hoskins. Ill health, however, forced him to give up the business after five years and he retired to his present comfortable home in Hoskins, where Wednesday the bonds of matrimony into which the aged couple entered fifty years ago, were renewed. Mr. Zutz is one of the most prominent and sturdy Nebraska pioneers. He was at one time county commission of Madison county; he was defeated once for county treasurer, and later declared he was delighted over his defeat. For the past twenty years he has been a director of the Norfolk National bank, and although he does not consider himself a rich man, he is glad that he is fairly well off. Mr. Zutz has many friends in Madison county and his influence has brought to the county many desirable citizens. As a citizen and neighbor, he is looked upon as one of the best, and it had been often remarked that his word is as good as a bond. Contributor: Stone hunter (47845042)

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Wilhelm Zutz's memorial is located at: Saint Paul Cemetery, Norfolk, Madison County, USA.
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Wilhelm Zutz death on 13 Dec 1919 in
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Latitude: 42.0438995
Longitude: -97.4244003

Family Members:

Spouse

Luise Schwertfeger Zutz

(1840 - 1931)

Children

Ernest William Zutz

(1861 - 1923)

Paul F. Zutz

(1865 - 1901)

Martha Elise Zutz Rohrke

(1870 - 1963)

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