The Community of Pelsdorf
Loyal, Clark Co., Wisconsin
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1920 Map of the Pelsdorf Community
Loyal Township, Clark Co., WI
Pelsdorf was a farming neighborhood south and a bit east of Loyal, Wisconsin. The community was centered around a Cheese Factory, St. Balthasar's Catholic Church and the "Mack" one room School where Gwen (Fensome) Piggott taught for a number of years. Irma (Schaeffner) Hollister grew up nearby and says, "The community was really not even a wide spot in the road. It was an undefined area known by the name Pelsdorf ." Her son, Carl, suggests the vicinity may have reminded some of the earliest settlers of another Pelsdorf in their old country and it called that in its memory. It was never officially incorporated by that name and today the only trace of the community is Pelsdorf Ave. which would have been the main road running through it.
There was a Homemakers Club in Pelsdorf and Dorothy Louise Perrin was one of the members.
Businesses
The Leo Hutter Factory was located in during the depression. Please contact us if you know what was manufactured there.
The Pelsdorf Cheese Factory was later known as Schlinsog’s and subsequently, "Catlin Corner’s Cheese Factory."
In 1946, Harry Schlinsog purchased the cheese factory in Pelsdorf, located 3 miles south east of Loyal, which he renamed Schlinsog Dairy. It was operated by the family until 1992 when the business was sold to Mullins of Mosinee and the factory closed. Below is a picture of the Schlinsog Dairy of Loyal, Wisconsin.
Residents and Land Owners of Pelsdorf
Agnes Bay
Nick Beaver
Mrs. L. Bender, News Clip
G. O. Bliss
William Booth
T. F. Buss
George R. Dewhurst
Ed Domine
Phyllis Fricke
A. Fuller
R. O. Hales
Mathilda Herdrick
John Hoss
S. R. Hunkins
F. Kimmer
Marcus Kimmer
William Lapp
Milton Marten
M. Martin
B. Miller
John Mingel
Oscar Neeb
John Nubing
Eva Palms
H. Pigott
S. Poeppel
Wayne Ramsay
Ernest Reknow
Clem Rous
Ben Schlaff
J. Smith
Ella M. Towns
G. W. Thurber
J. Veipert
J. M. Vincent
Joseph Wedl
Phil Weil
John Weyer
B. E. Young
Joseph Zenze
Frank Zuege
Related Links
Property: Breseman Cheese Factory
Contributors
Clark County, WI History Buffs; Carl Hollister; Schuld Family