One of nine children born to Carl Christian August Rathsack & Maria Louisa Fredricka Timm. Five of his siblings died in Germany before reaching the age of nine. His other siblings were older sister, Johanna Wilhelmina (b. 1846 in Germany), twin brother, Wilhelm Friedrich August or "William" & younger sister Luncinda (b. 1857 in Wisconsin).
He married Lizzetta R. (Lizzie)Lenz 6 Apr 1868 in Chicago in a ceremony performed by the Rev. John H. Raggatz at the German New Jerusalem Church.
The newlyweds lived with Lizetta's parents for awhile at 185 Rucker, Charles working as a trunk maker for H. Vogier & Co., then moved to Manitowoc either before or just
after the Great Fire of October 1871. There, between 1872 and 1892, they had nine children, seven of whom survived childhood.
Louise A. (1872-1961)
Joseph William (1874-1962)
Adele M. (1878-1947)
Lillian J. (1881-1882)
Walter Lawrence (1884-1968)
Rose Theresa (1886-1974)
Charles Stephen (1890-1968)
Lizetta C. (1892-1985)
When the Milwaukee, Lakeshore & Western Railroad extended its line to Manitowoc in 1874, Charles got a job with the company (bought out in 1893 by the Chicago & Northwestern RR) and for 17 years served as a conductor on the Manitowoc-Two Rivers line. In 1902, after 27 years of employment and just three years short of retirement, he quit his job with the railroad and, after a brief stint of farming in Manitowoc Rapids and conducting a milk route in the city of Manitowoc, moved to Butternut Lake in Price County, Wisconsin, where he'd previously purchased 80 acres of land.
Family lore relates – I don't know how accurately – that he bought a team of horses and a wagon in Milwaukee, loaded it with the tools and hardware he'd need to clear a building site and build a house on his land, and drove it to Price County, a distance of nearly 300 miles. Lizetta died there in 1927, Charles in 1930. Both are buried in Manitowoc's Evergreen Cemetery.
He married Lizzetta R. (Lizzie)Lenz 6 Apr 1868 in Chicago in a ceremony performed by the Rev. John H. Raggatz at the German New Jerusalem Church.
The newlyweds lived with Lizetta's parents for awhile at 185 Rucker, Charles working as a trunk maker for H. Vogier & Co., then moved to Manitowoc either before or just
after the Great Fire of October 1871. There, between 1872 and 1892, they had nine children, seven of whom survived childhood.
Louise A. (1872-1961)
Joseph William (1874-1962)
Adele M. (1878-1947)
Lillian J. (1881-1882)
Walter Lawrence (1884-1968)
Rose Theresa (1886-1974)
Charles Stephen (1890-1968)
Lizetta C. (1892-1985)
When the Milwaukee, Lakeshore & Western Railroad extended its line to Manitowoc in 1874, Charles got a job with the company (bought out in 1893 by the Chicago & Northwestern RR) and for 17 years served as a conductor on the Manitowoc-Two Rivers line. In 1902, after 27 years of employment and just three years short of retirement, he quit his job with the railroad and, after a brief stint of farming in Manitowoc Rapids and conducting a milk route in the city of Manitowoc, moved to Butternut Lake in Price County, Wisconsin, where he'd previously purchased 80 acres of land.
Family lore relates – I don't know how accurately – that he bought a team of horses and a wagon in Milwaukee, loaded it with the tools and hardware he'd need to clear a building site and build a house on his land, and drove it to Price County, a distance of nearly 300 miles. Lizetta died there in 1927, Charles in 1930. Both are buried in Manitowoc's Evergreen Cemetery.
One of nine children born to Carl Christian August Rathsack & Maria Louisa Fredricka Timm. Five of his siblings died in Germany before reaching the age of nine. His other siblings were older sister, Johanna Wilhelmina (b. 1846 in Germany), twin brother, Wilhelm Friedrich August or "William" & younger sister Luncinda (b. 1857 in Wisconsin).
He married Lizzetta R. (Lizzie)Lenz 6 Apr 1868 in Chicago in a ceremony performed by the Rev. John H. Raggatz at the German New Jerusalem Church.
The newlyweds lived with Lizetta's parents for awhile at 185 Rucker, Charles working as a trunk maker for H. Vogier & Co., then moved to Manitowoc either before or just
after the Great Fire of October 1871. There, between 1872 and 1892, they had nine children, seven of whom survived childhood.
Louise A. (1872-1961)
Joseph William (1874-1962)
Adele M. (1878-1947)
Lillian J. (1881-1882)
Walter Lawrence (1884-1968)
Rose Theresa (1886-1974)
Charles Stephen (1890-1968)
Lizetta C. (1892-1985)
When the Milwaukee, Lakeshore & Western Railroad extended its line to Manitowoc in 1874, Charles got a job with the company (bought out in 1893 by the Chicago & Northwestern RR) and for 17 years served as a conductor on the Manitowoc-Two Rivers line. In 1902, after 27 years of employment and just three years short of retirement, he quit his job with the railroad and, after a brief stint of farming in Manitowoc Rapids and conducting a milk route in the city of Manitowoc, moved to Butternut Lake in Price County, Wisconsin, where he'd previously purchased 80 acres of land.
Family lore relates – I don't know how accurately – that he bought a team of horses and a wagon in Milwaukee, loaded it with the tools and hardware he'd need to clear a building site and build a house on his land, and drove it to Price County, a distance of nearly 300 miles. Lizetta died there in 1927, Charles in 1930. Both are buried in Manitowoc's Evergreen Cemetery.
He married Lizzetta R. (Lizzie)Lenz 6 Apr 1868 in Chicago in a ceremony performed by the Rev. John H. Raggatz at the German New Jerusalem Church.
The newlyweds lived with Lizetta's parents for awhile at 185 Rucker, Charles working as a trunk maker for H. Vogier & Co., then moved to Manitowoc either before or just
after the Great Fire of October 1871. There, between 1872 and 1892, they had nine children, seven of whom survived childhood.
Louise A. (1872-1961)
Joseph William (1874-1962)
Adele M. (1878-1947)
Lillian J. (1881-1882)
Walter Lawrence (1884-1968)
Rose Theresa (1886-1974)
Charles Stephen (1890-1968)
Lizetta C. (1892-1985)
When the Milwaukee, Lakeshore & Western Railroad extended its line to Manitowoc in 1874, Charles got a job with the company (bought out in 1893 by the Chicago & Northwestern RR) and for 17 years served as a conductor on the Manitowoc-Two Rivers line. In 1902, after 27 years of employment and just three years short of retirement, he quit his job with the railroad and, after a brief stint of farming in Manitowoc Rapids and conducting a milk route in the city of Manitowoc, moved to Butternut Lake in Price County, Wisconsin, where he'd previously purchased 80 acres of land.
Family lore relates – I don't know how accurately – that he bought a team of horses and a wagon in Milwaukee, loaded it with the tools and hardware he'd need to clear a building site and build a house on his land, and drove it to Price County, a distance of nearly 300 miles. Lizetta died there in 1927, Charles in 1930. Both are buried in Manitowoc's Evergreen Cemetery.
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