William & Ellen Maria (Tuttle) Oelig

 

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William Oelig was born in 1840.  He enlisted with Co. "G" in the 14th Regiment of the Wisconsin Infantry on November 18, 1863 serving as a Private and was discharged October 9, 1965.  He died November 16, 1917 and is buried in the Greenwood, Wisconsin City Cemetery.  His son, Fred Oelig of New Auburn, Wisconsin was listed as his next of kin on his grave registration.

 

May 4, 1863, he married Ellen Marie Tuttle, the daughter of Rensselear and Clarissa Tuttle who was born October 10, 1843 in Ohio.

 

 

Census Records

 

1855 State Census-Auburn Twp. Fond du Lac Co., WI
Family Head	White Males	White Females	Colored Males	Colored Females	Deaf & Dumb	Blind	Insane	Foreign Birth
Olin [Oelig], Philip	3	1						4

 

30 Jun 1860 Federal Census, Auburn, Fond Du Lac, WI, Post Office: Newfane

Name: Phillip Oelig, 59 (1801, Hanover), Farmer
Birth Year: abt 1801
Birthplace: Hannover
Estate Value: $1,000
Property Value: $125

Wife: Hannah Oelig, 59 (1801, Germany)
William Oelig 20 (1840), b. Canada

 

 

1900 Federal Census Eaton, Clark County, Wisconsin
Name	Relation	Marital Status	Gender	Race	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
William Oehlig	Self	M	M	W	60	Canada/England	Day labor
Ellen M. Oehlig	Wife	M	F	W	56	Ohio
Albert F. Oehlig	Son	S	M	W	30	Wisconsin	Woodsman
William E. Oehlig	Son	S	M	W	23	Wisconsin	Laborer at sawmill
Grace M. Oehlig	Daughter	S	F	W	19	Wisconsin

 

According to this census, William immigrated to the United States in 1849.

 

He married Ellen Maria Tuttle on 4 May 1863 in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. She was born 10 Oct. 1843 in Ohio.

 

1910 Federal Census, Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin

Head of Household: William Ollig, 69 (1841, Canada/English), married male
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania

Wife: Ellen Ollig 66 (1844, OH), [Ellen Oelig], married white female, 4 Children/4 living
Father's Birth Place: Connecticut
Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts

 

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1910 Federal Census, Eagle Point, Chippewa, Wisconsin

Head of House: Wm Orlig (Wm Oelig)
Age in 1910: 33 (1877), white male married 1 yr.
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Wisconsin
Spouse's Name: Ella. age 22 (1888)

1840 - 1917

 

 

Land Records

Phillip Oelig's Homestead [1] [2] 1862 Plat Map [1]

Oelig, Philipp	03/01/1850	17	NENW	40	14098	WI1400__.297
Oelig, Philipp	08/01/1849	17	SENW	40	11656	WI1360__.075

	Aliquot Parts	Sec./ Block	Township	Range	Fract. Section	Meridian
Volkerts, Gerhard-1 Aug 1849	SENW	17/	13-N	19-E	No	4th PM - 1831 MN/WI

 

Research Notes

William's father married a 2nd time to Dorothea Bentin and from that union he had a half brother, Adolph who married Elizabeth Neuhauper, 2 Jul 1887 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Michael McCulloch was the first Irish settler; Philip Oelig and Gerhardt Volkerts,the first German settlers in Auburn. (From the "History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin" published by the Western Historical Company, Chicago, IL. - 1880)

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wifonddu/resources/histories/1880/auburn.html

 

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Greenleaf was in the town of Wrightstown, the center of a magnificent farming district and cheese factories and creameries abound. Here are to be found enormous barns with silos attached, and the level stretches of country are given to generous cultivation of the land and the raising of herds of cattle for dairying purposes. The ride from the village of Wrightstown across to Greenleaf is full of beauty, the latter hamlet nestling almost under the shadow of the great stone ledge which rises here to lofty heights. The Greenleaf Stone Company is located here. From Greenleaf to Green Bay runs a straight and even road, much used by motorists and pleasure seekers, who enjoy its level stretches and diversified landscape. History of Brown County, Wisconsin; By Deborah Beaumont Martin, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, pg. 311
 

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