Bio: Thomas, Antone & Francis Kopf
Transcriber: Janet
Surnames: Acker, Anderson, Appel, Arnold, Bingen, Braun, Bullman, Bumgarth, Butzen, Caffeny, Coon, Felter, Firnstahl, Foley, Fornance, Girk, Gray, Hirth, Hirth, Hrawes, Ingalls, Johnson, Kayser, Kissinger, Knebel, Kohl, Kramer, Kuntz, Mandt, O'brien, Oliyer, Pankow, Rapp, Reilly, Schloeter, Smith, Steinmetz, Strong, Thomas, Waitmann, Wellner, Wescott
----Source: Grand Rapids Reporter, 20 Apr 1881; Census Records, Hospital History; Grand Rapids Reporter, 26 Apr 1883, Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 05/26/1921
In 1905, fifty-seven year old, Antone Thomas was living in a boarding house in Colby, Clark Co., WI. He was a white, widowed male who was born in WI of German born parents. He was employed full time and among those residing in the same home were: Henry Waitmann, James Wescott, Joseph Will, N. W. Wellner, Bertha Bumgarth, and Minnie Smith.
1870 Federal Census, Addison, Washington Co., Wisconsin
Urban Thomas Male 60 1810 Prussia white
Anna Thomas Female 53 1817 Prussia white
Anton Thomas Male 24 1846 WI white
Jacob Thomas Male 20 1850 WI white
Peter Thomas Male 18 1852 WI white
1905 Wis. State Census, Colby, Clark County, WI, household #11.
1920 Federal Census, WI Langlade Elcho ED 116,
Sheet B4
Anton Thomas Male 73 1847 WI
Single
Shoemaker White Boarder Germany Germany
1930 Federal Census, WI Milwaukee Milwaukee (Districts 1-250) ED 133, Sheet A1, Saint Camillus Hospital
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St. Camillus Hospital cared care for men unable to afford hospitalization elsewhere. About 40% of the patients receive old age pensions or disability compensation, but when their income was insufficient the balance was furnished by the religious order. Anton first lived in the facility which open in 1926 on the left, located at S. 26th Street & Lapham Ave. in Milwaukee. The new building on the right opened in Wauwatosa, WI in1932 and he was likely moved there. |
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Name Sex Age Birth Year-Place Marital Status Race Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Head: Peter Kremer Male 36 1894 Germany Single White Germany Germany
Inmates
Adolph G Knebel Male 62 1868 WI Married White Germany Germany
William J O'brien Male 46 1884 WI Single White WI WI
John Appel Male 80 1850 Germany Single White Germany Germany
James P Foley Male 67 1863 Illinois Married White Ireland Ireland
Bernard Reilly Male 80 1850 Ireland Single White Ireland Ireland
Thedore Mandt Male 85 1845 WI Widowed White Germany Germany
Peter Butzen Male 75 1855 Germany Married White Germany Germany
James H Morrissey Male 56 1874 WI Single White WI WI
William Braun Male 55 1875 WI Single White Germany Germany
Herman Schloeter Male 64 1866 Germany Married White Germany Germany
Philip Kissinger Male 88 1842 Germany Widowed White Germany Germany
Arthur A Gray Male 57 1873 Germany Married White Germany Germany
George M Acker Male 74 1856 WI Single White Germany Germany
Henry W Kayser Male 82 1848 Germany Married White Germany Germany
John E Johnson Male 46 1884 Illinois Married White Norway Norway
Barney Anderson Male 64 1866 Illinois Single White Norway Norway
Anton Thomas Male 82 1848 WI
Widowed
White Germany Germany
Joseph Hrawes Male 89 1841 Germany Widowed White Germany Germany
Moritz Kramer Male 63 1867 Germany Widowed White Germany Germany
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Bio: Thomas, Anton (Occupation - 1921)
Transcriber: Stan
Surnames: Thomas, Firnstahl
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 05/26/1921
Anton Thomas, who used to cobble in Frank Firnstahl’s shop a number of years ago, was in the city last Thursday and Friday for a visit with some of his old friends. Mr. Thomas is employed by a lumber company at Elcho, Wis., as shoemaker, and had been granted a layoff to attend the convention of Catholic societies at Marshfield. He is still enjoying good health for all of his seventy-four years, but weighs about 275 pounds and says that it’s hard for him to carry it around.
Elcho, Langlade Co., WI
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Obit: Thomas, Anton (Sep 1847-31 Mar 1935, aged 87)
March 1, 1871, Anton married Francis Kopf in St. Anthony's Church Addison, WI. She was born in Alcae Lorraine, France. She was the love of his life and they spent over thirty years together before she was laid to rest, 26 Oct 1904. Their four children were: Jacob (1871-1933); Mary (1875-?); Katie (1877-1956) and Sophia (1878-1958).
Sophia Thomas Calenberg (1878-1958)
The year after Francis died
Anton lived as a boarder in Colby, Clark Co., WI. His house
mates were: Henry Waitmann, James Wescott, Joseph Will, N. W. Wellner, Bertha
Bumgarth, and Minnie Smith. Anton spent his last years in the Camillus Hospital in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI. When he passed away, his burial took place in the "Gate of Heaven Cemetery", Marshfield, Wood County, WI. |
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Bio: Thomas, Anton
(Occupation - 1921)
Transcriber: Stan
Surnames: Thomas, Firnstahl
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 05/26/1921
Anton Thomas, who used to cobble in Frank Firnstahl’s shop a number of years ago, was in the city last Thursday and Friday for a visit with some of his old friends. Mr. Thomas is employed by a lumber company at Eicho, Wis., as shoemaker, and had been granted a layoff to attend the convention of Catholic societies at Marshfield. He is still enjoying good health for all of his seventy-four years, but weighs about 275 pounds and says that it’s hard for him to carry it around.
Father: Urban Thomas (1810–1873) married Anna Mary Holzeim (1818–1898) in 1833
in Germany. Their 11 children were: Ann Thomas (1833–1909); Joseph Thomas
(1837–1916); John Thomas (1841–1860); Sophia Thomas (1843–1913); Sibilla Thomas
(1845–?); Anton Thomas (1847–1935);
Adeline Thomas (1848–1860); Fidelius Thomas (1849–1916); Jacob Thomas
(1850–1878) and Peter Thomas (1852–1922). Many of the family members are
buried in Addison, WI
Marriage of Peter Thomas & Barbara Bingen (19 Nov 1873)
*Brother of Anton Thomas
BioM: Bingen, Barbara (19 Nov 1873)
Groom: Petrus Thomas
Father's Name Urban Thomas
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Anna Maria Thomas
Mother's Sex Female
Bride: Barbara Bingen
Spouse's Father's Name John Bingen
Spouse's Father's Sex Male
Spouse's Mother's Name Barbara Bingen
Marriage Date 19 Nov 1873
Marriage Place Washington, Wisconsin, United States
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NEWS CLIPS
----Source: Grand Rapids Reporter, 20 Apr 1881.
----Source: Grand Rapids Reporter, 26 Apr 1883.
Obit: Thomas, Mrs. Anton, Francis Kopf
(1846-1904)
Transcriber: Stan
Surnames: THOMAS WILSON MCDERMOTT
----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 11/03/1904
Thomas, Mrs. Anton (1846 - OCT 1904)
Mrs. Anton Thomas who was taken to the hospital a week ago and there underwent an operation, which it was hoped would save her life, died at the hospital Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was 58 years old and has been a resident of this city for almost twenty-five years. A husband and the following four children are left to mourn her loss: Jacob Thomas and Miss Mary Thomas of this city, Mrs. A.B. Wilson of Portage, and Mrs. Charles McDermott. (Marshfield Times)
Mr. Thomas has been working for the past year for Frank Firnstahl and his Colby, Clark Co., Wis. friends will sympathize with him in the loss of his wife. He returned this morning.
Francis Thomas, 1846-1904 (aged 57–58)
Buried in the "Gate of Heaven Cemetery"
Marshfield, Wood County, WI.
