Bio: Rumanoff, Joseph (1881)

 
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Surnames: Rumanoff, Brandmeyer

----Source: History of Northern Wis. (Wood County, Wis.) 1881, page 1212

JOSEPH RUMANOFF, hardware merchant, Marshfield, came to Marshfield in August, 1877, from Sherwood. Was born in Kreutzler, Germany, Oct. 5, 1848. He is a son of George and Katharina Rumanoff; is a carpenter by trade. He came to Wis. in 1866. Lived a year at Hollandtown, Calumet Co.; then went to Green Bay; then lived four years in Vinland, Winnebago Co.; then to Sherwood. Commenced in the hardware business at Auburndale, in April, 1877, and in August of the same year came to Marshfield. Was married, in February, 1872, to Miss Magdalena Brandmeyer, of Sherwood. They have four children — Andrew, Christiana, Maggie and Frank.