Vater, Arthur; Owen, Hixon Twp., Clark Co., Wisconsin

Surnames: Baxter Berger Bestier Brown Bullough Casper Daugherty Davis Decker Delamater Douphuer Fox Frame Gibson Hirsch Holzauser Jacobi Laabs Marth Miad Mitchell Moody Mussleman Nacthwey Palms Parge Pritzel Runkel Schultz Somerfeldt Sullivan Vater Welsh

I was asking my father-in-law, 93 year old Neil F. Vater, of rural Owen, about family history. He told me that his uncle Arthur Vater had a cheese factory in the Township of Hixon, in Owen at the corner of X and the road that has the high bridge over the RR tracks. He said his uncle was strict, and maybe a little sharp, with his customers regarding milk quality, and thus had difficulty keeping patrons. Grandpa Neil didn't know what the cheese factory was called. It would be fun to find mention of it somewhere.

I found Arthur Vater in Hixton Township in the 1900 Federal Census. He is listed as a boarder, single, age 22, a cheesemaker, born Sept. 1877.

From family records I know Arthur Vater was born Sept. 11, 1877 in Plymouth, WI. He was one of seven children born to Carl Frederick Vater and his wife, Elizabeth Gruenisen Vater. Arthur never married. He died in Saskatoon in Canada, November 14, 1950.

Art Vater didn’t stay in cheese making long. By 1906 he had filed for a homestead in Saskatchewan.

Mr. Arthur Vater has bought the Hans Nielsen brick cheese factory, located two miles northwest of town, and will put in new machinery with which to make American cheese. Mr. Vater is a first-class cheese maker, being a graduate with high honors from the State Agricultural College and having made cheese making a life study. Mr. Vater will sell his product direct to the consumer. He is making many improvements to factory and expects to have things in running order about Dec. 1st.

THE WITHEE SENTINEL, Vol II, No 41, Nov 27, 1903

Arthur Vater, our cheese maker transacted business in Marshfield Wednesday.

THE WITHEE SENTINEL, Vol II, No 46, Jan 1, 1904

Mr. Art Vater left Tuesday morning for Madison where he goes to attend the Wisconsin University and take a short course in cheesemaking [sic]. Mr. Vater is bound to keep up with all the latest methods pertaining to his line of business.

THE WITHEE SENTINEL, Vol II, No 52, February 12, 1904

State Dairy and Food Commissioner / Biennial report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of Wisconsin. For the years 1899-1900 (1901) Page 162.

Clark County, Wisconsin Cheesemakers

Jerry Daugherty ............... ................ Thorp
H. Laabs ..... ............. Curtiss
Enterprise Cheese Favtory . ................... G. A. Hirsch,
Lynn
Fred Somerfeldt ......... .. ............ Colby
Arthur Vater .......... .. Wlthee
Val Casper .......... .. ........... Sullivan
Beaver Cheese Factory . ...................... Wm. Welsh, Loyal
Dorchester Cheese Co . ................... H. G. Parge, Dorchester
Cheese Factory . ..................... M. A. Nacthwey, Dorchester
Pine Valley Cheese Factory ........................,.Frank Marth, Neillsville
Aug. Schultz ......... .............. Spencer
Frank Pritzel .......... .. ........... Stanley
Otto Decker ......... .............. Hemlock
Henry Jacobi ......... .. ............ Abbotsford
S. R. Davis ........................ Granton
Farmers' Cheese Co. ....................... Dorchester
Distelhorst & Co. ......... .... . Dorchester
Delamater & Palms ......... .. ............ Greenwood
Herman Laabs ......... .. ............ Green Grove
S. D. Gibson ....................... Wilcox
Holzauser Cneese Factory ........... ............ Reeseburg
Joseph Frame ........................ Unity

Arthur C Vater
Name Arthur C Vater
Event Type Birth
Event Date 10 Sep 1877
Affiliate Film Number 0273
Record Number 001902

Father: Carl F Vater 1842-1892*
Mother: Elizabeth Gruenisen Vater 1848-1931*
Robert Vater 1870-1964*
Amanda Vater Daetz 1872-1937*
Nettie K Vater 1874-1955*

*Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada

1900 Federal Census, Hixon & Longwood townships, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

Arthur Vater / Single White Male, Age 23 / Cheesemaker / Relationship to Head of Household Boarder
Birthplace: Wisconsin / Parents born in Wisconsin

Lucinda Moody Head F 34 Wisconsin
Ernst Mussleman Boarder M 30 Wisconsin
Earl W Moody Son M 10 Wisconsin
Clara Moody Daughter F 7 Wisconsin
Ida Baxter Servant F 21 Wisconsin
Stella Miad Servant F 21 Wisconsin
David Douphuer Boarder M 45 Canada Eng
Arthur Vater Boarder M 23 Wisconsin
William Brown Clerk M 23 Wisconsin
Charles Berger Boarder M 33 Wisconsin

Husband Robert W Vater
Marriage Date 11 Nov 1893
Event Place Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States
Father's Name Carl Vater
Wife: Henrietta Schoensiegel
Spouse's Father's Name Philip Schoensiegel
Spouse's Mother's Name Katharina Weince

Husband: Edward Field Fox
Marriage Date 30 Jun 1904
Event Place Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States
Father's Name Sebastian Fox
Mother's Name Sarah Wright

Wife: Leonora Elizabeth Vater
Spouse's Father's Name Carl Freddie Vater
Spouse's Mother's Name Elizabeth Greenisen
Page 206

Sheboygan Press, Wed. Nov. 4, 1931

MRS. VATER OF PLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN PASSES AWAY ON TUESDAY

Plymouth--Mrs. Elisabeth (Gruenisen) Vater died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Miss Nettie Vater, 11 Forest Aveune, Plymouth (Wis.). She had been in ailing health for the past several months. She was recently confined to the Plymouth hospital with an injured hip but was later removed to her residence.

Mrs. Vater was born in Germantown, Washington County, March 10, 1848. Her husband preceded her in death several years ago.

The survivors are the following children: Robert Vater, Withee; Arthur Vater, Waudena, Canada, Alvin Vater, Canta Rosa, California; Mrs. Amanda Daetz, Mrs. Ed Fox and Miss Nettie Vater, all of Plymouth; fourteen grandchildren; one great grandchild; and following sisters; Mrs. Jacob Runkel, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Louisa Bestier,Tacoma, Washington, and Mrs. Catherine Mitchell, Salt Lake City, Utah.

The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Wittkopp Funeral Home, South Street. Rev. Samuel Bullough of the First Congregational church will officiate and interment will be made in the Union cemetery (the body must have later been moved to Saskatchewan, Canada) .

Friends may view the body at the funeral home Thursday afternoon and evening until the time of the funeral Friday.

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