Generation No. 1

1. J. WILHELM¹ COBLENTZ was born Unknown, and died March 08, 1787 in Linz, on the Rhein, Germany. He married ANNA GERTRUD SCHLOSSER October 08, 1769 in Linz on the Rhein, Germany.

Children of J. COBLENTZ and ANNA SCHLOSSER are:
2. i. J. MATHIAS² COBLENZER, b. September 04, 1777, Linz, on the Rhein, Germany; d. November 18, 1836, Weiler, Germany.
        ii. A. CATHARINA COBLENTZ, b. May 12, 1770.

Generation No. 2

2. J. MATHIAS² COBLENZER (J. WILHELM¹ COBLENTZ) was born September 04, 1777 in Linz, on the Rhein, Germany, and died November 18, 1836 in Weiler, Germany. He married MARGARETHA LUDWIG January 31, 1802 in Civil ceremony, Weiler, Germany, daughter of PHILIPP LUDWIG and AGNES SCHMITT.

Notes for J. MATHIAS COBLENZER:
The Coblenz name has several spellings in the early records, but it is always spelled with a "C" in the German records, and always spelled with a "K" in the American records.

More About J. MATHIAS COBLENZER:
Occupation: Baker

Children of J. COBLENZER and MARGARETHA LUDWIG are:
3. i. PHILIPP³ COBLENZ, b. July 06, 1803, Weiler, Germany; d. February 23, 1869, Weiler, Germany.
        ii. MATHIAS COBLENZ, b. March 15, 1805, Weiler, Germany; m. MAGDALENA POSS, Unknown.
        iii. KATHARINA COBLENZ, b. June 03, 1807, Weiler, Germany; d. December 13, 1809, Weiler, Germany.
        iv. BERNHARD COBLENZ, b. June 03, 1811, Weiler, Germany; d. Unknown; m. ELISABETH SCHMITT.

More About BERNHARD COBLENZ:
Occupation: Baker

        v. JOHANN COBLENZ, b. July 11, 1814, Weiler, Germany; m. ELISABETH WALDORF.
        vi. ANNA MARIA COBLENZ, b. May 16, 1817, Weiler, Germany.
        vii. ADAM COBLENZ, b. November 11, 1820, Weiler, Germany; d. January 10, 1841, Weiler, Germany.

Notes for ADAM COBLENZ:
Adam Coblenz died an accidental death at the age of 21 years.

Generation No. 3

3. PHILIPP³ COBLENZ (J. MATHIAS² COBLENZER, J. WILHELM¹ COBLENTZ) was born July 06, 1803 in Weiler, Germany, and died February 23, 1869 in Weiler, Germany. He married ANNA MARIA MASSING February 11, 1825 in Civil ceremony, Weiler, Germany, daughter of FRIEDRICH MASSING and ANNA STIPP.

More about the Stipp Family

Notes for PHILIPP COBLENZ:
Philipp was a Baker in Germany, and most of the Koblenz family were bakers.

The Koblenz history begins about 1745 with the birth of Johann Wilhelm Koblenz who married Anna Maria Gertrude Schlosser 8 Oct. 1769. Helen Kautzer located the history up to Philipp Koblenz, and another relative who is related to the Koblenz family, John Maurer, did extensive research into Germany, and gave me a copy which I translated into English for him. The 'Koblenz' name is spelled ''Coblenz' in Germany, and Koblenz in America.

More About PHILIPP COBLENZ:
Occupation: Baker

Children of PHILIPP COBLENZ and ANNA MASSING are:
        i. MATHIAS⁴ COBLENZ, b. July 24, 1825, Weiler, Germany.
        ii. MARTIN COBLENZ, b. January 26, 1827, Weiler, Germany.
4. iii. ANNA MARIA COBLENZ, b. September 20, 1828, Weiler,Rhine, Germany; d. January 16, 1917, Elkhart Lake, WI.
        iv. MARGARETA COBLENZ, b. April 16, 1831, Weiler, Germany.
        v. THERESIA COBLENZ, b. August 07, 1833, Weiler, Germany.
        vi. ANNA MARIA COBLENZ, b. February 22, 1836; m. NIKOLAUS RAUTENBUSCH.
        vii. ADAM COBLENZ, b. May 17, 1838, Weiler, Germany; d. April 21, 1839, Weiler, Germany.
        viii. JOHANN COBLENZ, b. June 23, 1839, Weiler, Germany; d. January 16, 1840, Weiler, Germany.
        ix. ELISABETH COBLENZ, b. November 24, 1840, Weiler, Germany; m. ADAM SCHEID, June 29, 1867, Weiler, Germany.
5. x. BERNARD COBLENZ, b. May 25, 1843, Weiler, Germany; d. November 19, 1870, Metz, France.
6. xi. JOHANN COBLENZ, b. June 02, 1845, Weiler, Rhine, Germany; d. April 11, 1909, Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan Co., WI.
        xii. KASPAR COBLENZ, b. February 07, 1849.
        xiii. KARL COBLENZ, b. July 01, 1850.
7. xiv. JOHN COBLENZ, b. June 02, 1845, Weiler, Germany; d. April 11, 1909, Elkhart Lake, WI.

4. ANNA MARIA⁴ COBLENZ (PHILIPP³, J. MATHIAS² COBLENZER, J. WILHELM¹ COBLENTZ) was born September 20, 1828 in Weiler,Rhine, Germany, and died January 16, 1917 in Elkhart Lake, WI. She married AMBROSE BRECKHEIMER August 21, 1854 in Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI, son of HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER and ANNA MASSING.

Notes for ANNA MARIA COBLENZ:
Anna Maria Coblenz left her parents and twelve brothers and sisters in Weiler, Germany at the time that Ambrose Breckheimer invited her to come to the United States to become his bride. We have assumed that Henry Breckheimer came to the States with Ambrose's future wife, as Henry bought his farm in the Town of Rhine in August of 1854, right about the same time that Ambrose and Anna Maria were married. That would have been a very scary trip for Anna Maria to make alone, as there was very poor travel conditions in 1854. There were no trains going into Wisconsin at all. It is assumed that they took a boat and came as far as Sheboygan and were met there by Ambrose.

Several years later, Anna Maria and Ambrose Breckheimer had her younger brother John Koblenz come to the States from Weiler with his wife and family. They lived in Elkhart Lake their entire lives in Wisconsin.

Notes for AMBROSE BRECKHEIMER:
Ambrose Breckheimer left his homeland in Weiler, Rhine Province, Germany in 1851. He had one brother, Adam, who had bought his farm in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan County, in 1848. He evidently came to his brother's house to live. Ambrose purchased his farm in the town of Rhine the 23rd of July 1851, from DeLorma and Lila Brooks, (land prospectors from New Lisbon Ohio, who had purchased the land from the U.S. Government.) He paid $150.00 for the 80 acres. He later purchased 30 acres of land on the south side of the road from the 80 acres, south of county trunk (A) today.

Ambrose lived the life of a bachelor for three years while he cleared the land and built a log cabin on his land. He also made his own furniture from the wood on his land. Then he sent for his bride from Weiler, Germany. This log cabin was south of the present buildings. It served as the family home for the first nine children. Only the last two children were born in the new home that Ambrose built - so the new home was built around 1867. I was told that Ambrose made a table and benches, bed and dresser. (My father inherited this dresser which is still in use today). He also made a cradle, which is also in existence today.

Ambrose sent for his wife in 1854. We have not found a passenger list, but it is believed that she came in August with Ambrose's brother Henry. Ambrose and Anna Maria Koblenz married 21 August 1854 in the chapel in the town of Rhine. Henry Breckheimer bought his farm in the town of Rhine on the 19 of August 1854.

The Breckheimer's had eleven children, - ten of which grew to adulthood After the Ambrose Breckheimer's retired, they sold the farm to their eldest daughter Magdalena and her husband, John George Kestell. They sold their farm 9 June 1894, and moved to Elkhart Lake. The house is still standing in good condition. It is the first place west of the Garage on Rhine street - one block west of the Catholic Church.

Children of ANNA COBLENZ and AMBROSE BRECKHEIMER are:
        i. MAGDALENA⁵ BRECKHEIMER, b. June 28, 1855, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI.; d. September 14, 1902; m. JOHN GEORGE KESTELL, November 15, 1881, St. Francis, Milwaukee, Wi.

Notes for MAGDALENA BRECKHEIMER:
On the 19th Jan. 1882, John George sold the homestead farm to John Conrath Wiseckel with the personal. He must have gotten the farm back, as on the 15 Oct. 1886, George John Kestel and Magdalena sold the farm to John Tiry (George Kestell was married to Ferdinanda Tiry), and on the same day 15 Oct. 1886, John Tiry sold the homestead farm to Charles Dallmann of Milwaukee County. Christina was a sister of John George.

John George Kestell and Magdalena with their 7 children, lived on the 'Daily' farm in Germantown until 9 June 1894 when they bought the farm in the town of Rhine, from Ambrose Breckheimer and his wife Anna Maria. They paid $3500.00 for 110 acres of land and all the buildings. Magdalena and smaller children came to Elkhart Lake by train, and the household furniture was moved up by wagons and teams. John G. Kestell III was ten years old at the time. The Ambrose Breckheimers were the parents of Mrs. John George Kestell II. The Breckheimers moved to a house in Elkhart Lake to retire.

A few years before John George II death, he was picking apples in the orchard. He used a chair that had posts on the back lean, to climb up into the tree. He slipped and fell from the tree and hit the chair on one of the posts and injured his intestines. He lived for some time , but he was not in good health. He died 21 Jan. 1905. He is buried beside his wife on St. George's Cemetery in the town of Rhine.

Anna and her brother John George Kestell III were the only ones who were over 21 years of age when their father and mother were both dead. Francis Williams was appointed guardian of Julius, Charles, Arthur, Margaret and Catherine. Katie, the youngest was 10 years of age when her mother died and just 13 when her father died. John had just signed papers with his father on his 21st birthday to take over running of the farm. When Julius was 21, he went into partnership with John. The children all stayed at home. On the 5th of October 1905, John George III bought 26 acres from Julia Feldmann and her husband John for $1000.00. John George III also bought the personal property from his father before his death. He borrowed the money from his grandmother, Anna Maria Breckheimer. Each one in the family received their inheritance when they became of age.

Notes for JOHN GEORGE KESTELL:
John George Kestell was born 24 August 1853, the son of Johann Baptist Kastel and Ursula Kreppel/Krebbel/Krippel, in the town of Germantown, Washington County, Wi. He married , Jane Daily, a neighbor girl, about 1880. She died giving birth to their first born son on 12 March, 1881. Jane was born December 20, 1840 at Rochester, New York, the daughter of John and Nancy Daily. She was 40 years old when she died. She was 13 years older then John George. She is buried on Nelson's burial ground, Waukesha, Co.

The 26th of August 1880, John Kastell bought the farm from his mother for $1,000. with the personal. In the 1870 census, the property was valued as follows: 20 acres improved land, 20 acres woods valued at $1500. and $50. worth of machinery: 2 milking cows, 2 working oxen, 5 swine, $100. all livestock; 80 bushels wheat, 20 bushels rye, 10 bushels oats, 10 lbs. wool, 25 bushels peas and beans, 60 bushels Irish potatoes. $10.00 orchard products, 300 lbs. butter, 8 tons hay, $55.00 worth of animals slaughtered; $650.00 estimated value of all farm products. There was also a plow, a spring tooth, and a drag included in the machinery.

On October 3, 1881, there was a land entry between Nancy Daily and John G. Kestell (as he spells his name now) . According to the indenture, Jane, John George's wife, had bought the farm a few years earlier from her mother, but I guess the papers were not made at the time. Jane had died in March and the estate was being settled. Before the death of Johann Baptist Kastel, John George went by the name of 'George", because of the confusion with his father's name. He kept using the name of 'George until the time of his death, even though he had a brother by the name of George.

Eight months after Jane died, John George Kestell married Magdalena Breckheimer, daughter of Ambrose Breckheimer and Anna Maria Koblenz in St. Francis Church in Milwaukee. They were married by Rev. P. Ignatius Ullrich on 15 Nov. 1881. Lena Breckheimer was born 28 June 1855, in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan County. She went to Milwaukee to find work as a young girl and that is when she met John George. Magdalena died of Broncho pneumonia following a case of the measles, on the 14 Sept. 1902. She is buried on St. George's Catholic Cemetery in the town of Rhine - just one half mile north from the family homestead.

On the 19th Jan. 1882, John George sold the homestead farm to John Conrath Wiseckel with the personal. He must have gotten the farm back, as on the 15 Oct. 1886, GEORGE John Kestell and wife Magdalena sold the farm to John Tiry (George Kestell was married to Ferdinanda Tiry), and on the same day, 15 Oct. 1886, John Tiry sold the homestead farm to Charles Dallmann of Milwaukee County. Charles Dallmann was married to Christina Kaestel, a sister of John George's.

John George Kestell and his wife Magdalena and family of seven children, lived on the "Daily" farm in Germantown until 9 June 1894, when they bought the farm in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan County, from Ambrose Breckheimer and his wife Anna Maria. The Breckheimers were the parents of Magdalena Kestell. They paid 3500.00 for 110 acres of land and all the buildings. Magdalena and smaller children came to Elkhart Lake by train, and the household furniture was moved up by wagons and teams. John G. Kestell III was ten years old at the time. The Breckheimers moved to a house in Elkhart Lake to retire. Ambrose lived until 2 July 1901, and Anna Maria outlived her daughter by a good many years and passed away 16 Jan. 1917.

A few years before John George's death, he was picking apples in the orchard. He used a chair that had posts on the back lean, to climb up into the tree. He slipped and fell from the tree and hit the chair on one of the posts and injured his intestines. He lived for several years, but he was not in good health. He died 31 Jan. 1905. He is buried beside his wife on St. George's Cemetery in the town of Rhine, just one half mile north of the farm

Anna and John were the only ones who were over 21 years of age when their father and mother were both dead. Anna had just married the September before her father's death. Francis Williams was appointed guardian of Julius, Charles, Arthur, Margaret and Catherine. Katie was 10 years of age when her mother died and just 13 when her father died. She was the youngest in the family. John had just signed papers with his father on his 21st birthday to take over running of the farm. When Julius was 21, he went into partnership with John. The 5th of October 1905, John George III bought 26 acres from Julia Feldmann and her husband John for $1000.00. Now the farm was 136 acres total. John George III also bought the personal property from his father before his death. He borrowed the money from his grandmother Breckheimer.

        ii. AMBROSE BRECKHEIMER, b. October 01, 1856, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. February 05, 1934, Remington, Wood Co., WI.
        iii. HERMAN BRECKHEIMER, b. October 06, 1858, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. January 13, 1924, Menominee, MI; m. ?, Unknown.

Notes for HERMAN BRECKHEIMER:
Herman was a twin to William Breckheimer. After he moved to Michigan, The family lost track of him.

        iv. WILLIAM BRICKHEIMER, b. October 06, 1858, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. April 20, 1944, Wood County, WI; m. KATHERINE STEPHANS, Abt. 1884, Wood County, WI.

Notes for WILLIAM BRICKHEIMER:
William was a twin to Herman Brickheimer. The northern Wisconsin Brickheimers spell their name with an I, while the rest of the Breckheimers spell their name with an 'e'.

        v. HENRY BRECKHEIMER, b. February 10, 1860, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. August 31, 1953, Calumet Co. WI; m. CHRISTINA HENSCHEL, April 15, 1890, Town Schleswig, Manitowoc Co., WI.

Marriage Notes for HENRY BRECKHEIMER and CHRISTINA HENSCHEL:
Henry Breckheimer and Christina Henschel were married in a civil ceremony. Manitowoc County records, volume 6, page 29.

        vi. PETER BRECKHEIMER, b. June 13, 1861, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. April 02, 1934, Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan Co., WI; m. EMMA PITZLEN, November 24, 1885, Brandow, WI.

Notes for PETER BRECKHEIMER:
Peter Breckheimer went to Sheboygan to learn the wagon-making trade from Fritz Hoppe. The following article was in the Sheboygan Press on April 22, 1910

Sheboygan is to have a horses' neck yoke factory. Otto Hardt and William Schultz have purchased the patents, plant and business for manufacturing the "Horses's Friend Neck Yoke" owned by P. Brickheimer of Elkhart Lake, and will move the concern to Sheboygan.

They will begin next week the erection of a new factory near Lake View and expect to be turning out their product in a couple of months.

The manufacture of the patent neck yokes has been Going on at Elkhart Lake for some time. About eight or nine men will be employed when the factory begins operations here.

        vii. JULIUS BRECKHEIMER, b. September 19, 1862, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. 1937, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI; m. MARY STARR.

Notes for JULIUS BRECKHEIMER:
Julius Breckheimer went to Milwaukee as a young man and married and was a very successful business man. All of the Breckheimers were successful, except one brother Ambrose. He never married and he never seemed to own anything.

        viii. JOSEPH BRECKHEIMER, b. January 05, 1864, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. December 05, 1868, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI.

Notes for JOSEPH BRECKHEIMER:
Joseph Breckheimer died at the age of 4 years and 11 months.

        ix. EDWARD BRECKHEIMER, b. March 12, 1866, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. September 03, 1940, Marshfield, WI; m. LUCY BECKER, Unknown.

Notes for EDWARD BRECKHEIMER:
Edward Breckheimer Breckheimer settled in Marshfield, Wood County. He operated a flour and feed
mill very successfully for many years.

        x. ANNA BRECKHEIMER, b. November 11, 1868, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. July 14, 1939, Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan Co., WI; m. CORNELIUS GESSERT, January 09, 1901, Kiel, Manitowoc Co., WI by Rev. J. Schmitz.

Notes for ANNA BRECKHEIMER:
Anna Lived in Elkhart Lake her entire married life. Anna and Cornelius lived with the Ambrose Breckheimers the first years of their married life. Then Cornelius and Anna built a home on the street real close to the Elkhart Lake Depot. Many years later, they built another home on Lake Street, where they lived out their lives. Cornelius was a rural mail carrier in the Elkhart Lake region all of his life, until he retired.

        xi. KATHARINE BRECKHEIMER, b. March 12, 1870, Town Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI; d. July 19, 1946, Milwaukee, Wi; m. JOSEPH SCHLOEMER, Abt. 1904, Milwaukee, WI.

Notes for JOSEPH SCHLOEMER:
Joseph and Katherine did not have children, but Joe did have at least one son from a previous marriage.

Joseph's father invented one of the first cars built, but there were many inventors of cars in that time, and rarely was more than one car built from the same pattern. His car never became popular. The following was in "Wisconsin Then and Now" Vol. xx1 No. 8, page 15:

In 1890, a practical self propelled gasoline vehicle was designed by Gottfried Schloemer of Milwaukee. One of the first such cars in the U.S., the motor had, instead of spark plugs, "a make & break" system by which two steel points struck up a spark and ignited the gas. These points were fragile, needing replacement every few miles.

Spring 1970 - Wisconsin - "Tales & Trails" Page 24. Charles & Frank Duryea from Massachusetts usually are credited with building and operating America's first successful motor vehicle to run on gas. Their machine was built in 1893, yet 4 years earlier, the SCHLOEMER was chugging down Milwaukee streets, produced by Schloemer-Toepfer in Milwaukee. A Schloemer car has been preserved by the Milwaukee Public Museum as the first practical gasoline-powered auto in the nation.

The 1st FWD Car, later christened the Battleship, was large and roomy. It held 8 people - e in front, four in the rear, and two on folding seats. Many other cars had a "Mother-in-law seat". This single seat was located in the rear and was hard to get into and out of. Once settled, there was no top or windshield to protect the passenger. She couldn't even shout at the couple up front.

5. BERNARD⁴ COBLENZ (PHILIPP³, J. MATHIAS² COBLENZER, J. WILHELM¹ COBLENTZ) was born May 25, 1843 in Weiler, Germany, and died November 19, 1870 in Metz, France. He married (1) ELISABETH STEINBERGER October 14, 1868 in Weiler, Germany, daughter of JOHANN STEINBURGER and AGNES REICHERT. He married (2) ELIZABETH STEINBERGER October 14, 1868 in Weiler by Bingen, Germany.

Notes for BERNARD COBLENZ:
Bernard Koblenz fell in the war with Napoleon in Metz, France, during the Franco-Prussian War.

Children of BERNARD COBLENZ and ELISABETH STEINBERGER are:
        i. ANNA MARIA⁵ COBLENZ, b. February 12, 1869, Weiler, Germany; d. May 20, 1954, Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan Co., WI; m. LUDWIG BASTIAN, September 17, 1887, Elkhart Lake, Shegoygan Co., WI.

Notes for ANNA MARIA COBLENZ:
Anna Maria, or Mary, (Coblenz) Bastian was a half sister to Elizabeth Coblenz Maurer. Anna Maria worked for Osthoff's Hotel at the bath house during the summer. She took care of the changing rooms where guests changed into their swim suits immediately before going to the beach. You didn't wear your swim suit around the hotel. This bath house was in close proximity to the Pavilion that Sadie and Robert Maurer operated for Osthoff's during the summer. Anna Maria's husband, Ludwig Bastian, also worked for Osthoff's Hotel as a grounds-keeper and caretaker during the summer and doing general maintenance during the winter months. There was some relationship between Ludwig Bastian and the Osthoff family.

Their second child, Alice, married Nick Zorn and continued to live out her life in the same home in which her parents lived adjacent to Osthoff's on East St.

More About ANNA MARIA COBLENZ:
Cause of Death: Carcenoma of esophagus

Notes for LUDWIG BASTIAN:
Ludwig Bastian came to America in 1882, to Milwaukee, where he was employed in the Schiltz Palm Garden by Mr. & Mrs. Otto Osthoff. In 1887 he came to Elkhart Lake with Mr. and Mrs. Osthoff, owners of Osthoff Hotel. Ludwig married Anna Maria Koblenz 17 Sept. 1987. He was caretaker of this hotel until the time of his death, November 29, 1931. He was of the Catholic religion. Indians lived in and around Elkhart Lake during the first years of their married life. Ludwig Bastian and his wife are buried on St. George Catholic Cemetery in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan Co., WI.

        ii. KATHARINA COBLENZ, b. September 26, 1870, Weiler, Germany; d. October 08, 1870, Weiler, Germany.

6. JOHANN⁴ COBLENZ (PHILIPP³, J. MATHIAS² COBLENZER, J. WILHELM¹ COBLENTZ) was born June 02, 1845 in Weiler, Rhine, Germany, and died April 11, 1909 in Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan Co., WI. He married ELIZABETH STEINBERGER November 13, 1873 in Catholic Church, Weiler, Germany.

Notes for JOHANN COBLENZ:
In Germany, John Koblenz worked as a head porter for the railroad station. The Coblenz family left Germany in 1883 because they heard the streets in America were paved with gold and life was all milk and honey. This was not what they found upon their arrival. They had been invited here by John's sister and her husband, Ambrose and Anna Maria Breckheimer, who had come from Germany earlier and resided on a farm in the Town of Rhine. John found he had to work much harder in America and ended up with less than he did in Germany. John worked as a caretaker at the Schwartz Hotel in the winter and during the summer months he met the trains with a horse drawn wagon carrying the tourists trunks and baggage transporting them to the hotel. Once there, he had to lug these heavy trunks to the respective rooms. Burdie Maurer says, that he worked very hard at this job. Hyldanna and Burdie Maurer remember their Grandpa Koblenz as being a kind man but Grandma Koblenz always seemed a bit more stern. Grandma Koblenz also worked at the Schwartz Hotel and being that their daughter, Elizabeth, (our Mimsie) was the youngest, she had to go with her mom and dad spending a lot of her time in the Schwartz Hotel kitchen with Alma Schwartz. It was here, as Alma's helper, that Mimsie learned to be such a wonderful cook and baker. Note: While viewing the records of St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church at Kiel, I found John Coblenz's funeral service recorded there. His is the 1st recorded death on 11th April 1909 and buried 14 April 1909 at age 63 dying of cancer and buried by Fr. R. Kolbe in Town Rhine Cemetery. (Evidently, St. George's at Elkhart Lake did not have a live in pastor yet at this time).

The above history was contributed by John Maurer of Delavan, WI.

Children of JOHANN COBLENZ and ELIZABETH STEINBERGER are:
        i. JOSEPH⁵ KOBLENZ, b. April 11, 1874, Weiler, Rhine, Germany; d. December 23, 1950, Illinois Masonic Hosp., Chicago, Il.; m. MAY FINK WARTELL, Unknown, Chicago, Il.

Notes for JOSEPH KOBLENZ:
Joseph Koblenz was buried on Independence Cemetery Plot #3-1510. Joe married May Fink who had two sons from a previous marriage. George and Arthur were very young when their father died of Tuberculosis and they were about five years of age when their Mother, May, married Joseph Koblenz. Their name possibly was Wartell. May was beautiful, red-headed petite woman who did modeling as a profession.

The Coblenz name was changed to Koblenz when they came to Wisconsin.

Joseph was a successful saloon-keeper. The two boys were not adopted by their father, however they used his name, and he was really the only father they ever knew and they couldn't have had a better Dad. George married Marie Kolloch and Arthur married her sister, Frances. George and Marie had three children, George Jr., Catherine and Joseph. George, Jr. married Albina Mijka in Sept. of 1955 and they are now divorced. Catherine married Richard E. Loeb.

Joe died of rectal cancer, myocarditis and benign prostatic hypertrophy.

(This information furnished by John Maurer, which he received from Catherine Loeb.

        ii. ELIZABETHA COBLENZ, b. April 10, 1878, Weiler, Rhine, Germany; d. December 22, 1965, Elkhart Lake, WI; m. ROBERT A. CARL HERMAN MAURER, November 01, 1895, Court House in Sheboygan, WI.

7. JOHN⁴ COBLENZ (PHILIPP³, J. MATHIAS² COBLENZER, J. WILHELM¹ COBLENTZ) was born June 02, 1845 in Weiler, Germany, and died April 11, 1909 in Elkhart Lake, WI. He married ELISABETH STEINBERGER Unknown in Weiler, Germany, daughter of JOHANN STEINBURGER and AGNES REICHERT.

Children of JOHN COBLENZ and ELISABETH STEINBERGER are:
        i. JOSEF⁵ COBLENZ, b. April 11, 1874, Weiler, Germany; d. December 23, 1950, Chicago, Il; m. MAY FINK, Unknown.

Notes for JOSEF COBLENZ:
Joseph Koblenz was a successful saloonkeeper most of his life in Chicago. The two children listed were his wife's from a previous marriage. They took the name of Koblenz and were very much loved by their step father.

        ii. ELISABETHA KOBLENZ, b. April 10, 1878, Weiler, Rhine Province, Germany; d. December 22, 1965, Elkhart Lake, WI; m. ROBERT A. CARL HERMAN MAURER, November 01, 1895.