Note: Alternate spelling of surname - Haeuser
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Additional information provided on 20 Sep 2012 by FAG Member #47931209:

I...believe that they had 3 more children who died as infants, Jacob, Christina, and Martin, as their names/dates are also inscribed on Michael and Gertrude's memorial stone.

"Solomon Hauser, formerly a well-known and respected citizen of Cross township, Buffalo County, but now deceased, was born in Cross township, August 6, 1866, son of Michael and Gertrude (Winter) Hauser.

The parents were natives of Germany, but they were married in Galena, Ill. Both had come to the United States in 1855, Michael arriving in the country after a voyage of sixty days in a sailing vessel.

After their marriage in Galena they came up river to Holmes Landing, now Fountain City. They found a suitable tract of land on which to settle in section 3, Cross township, and began domestic life here in pioneer fashion, their dwelling being a log house and his draught team a yoke of oxen.

Their market was Fountain City, and they often walked there on foot, carrying farm produce and bringing home supplies. In time, Michael Hauser accumulated four hundred acres of land and took rank as one of the prosperous citizens of Cross township.

He and his wife had six children: Andrew, Frederica, Solomon, Mary, Henry, and Minnie, of whom Solomon and Mary are now deceased. Solomon, who married Emma Baertsch, died March 15, 1906. His active career was spent as a farmer of Cross township. He had eight children: John, Esther, Pearl, Hilbert, Oscar, George, Leuverne, and Sally."

From: History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, Volume 1, compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge. Originally published by H.C. Cooper, Jr., & CO., Winona, Minn, 1919. Available as an ebook in Google library.

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England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869:
Source Citation: Class: HO 3; Piece: 67; .

Name: Mch Haeuser
Arrival Date: 12 Oct 1852
Ship: Batavier

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1860 United States Federal Census:

Name: Michael Heizer
Age in 1860: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1860: West Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Galena

Household Members:
Name Age
Michael Heizer 34
Caroline Heizer 18

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1880 United States Federal Census:

Name: Michael Heuser
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Wurtemburg
Home in 1880: Cross, Buffalo, Wisconsin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Gertrude Heuser
Father's Birthplace: Wurtemburg
Mother's Birthplace: Wurtemburg
Neighbors:
Occupation: Farming

Household Members:
Name Age
Michael Heuser 54
Gertrude Heuser 38
Christian Heuser 19
Frederica Heuser 17
Andrew Heuser 16
Solomon Heuser 13
Mary Heuser 11
Henry Heuser 1

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1900 United States Federal Census:

Name: Michael Hauser
Age: 72
Birth Date: Sep 1827
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1900: Cross, Buffalo, Wisconsin
[Buffalo]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1848
Relation to Head of House: Father
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany

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1910 United States Federal Census:

Name: Mike Heauser
Age in 1910: 82
Birth Year: 1828
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1910: Cross, Buffalo, Wisconsin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1892
Relation to Head of House: Father
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany

Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Heauser 45
Agnes Heauser 39
Edwin Heauser 16
Orrin Heauser 6
Mike Heauser 82

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