Wisconsin Ancestors - Heads of Households
Town of Germantown, Washington* county during the 1842 territorial census

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Listed below are the heads of households in this census and related information about them and their family.

*Note: In 1842, Washington county had not been formed yet and was still part of Milwaukee county.  In the area north of current day Milwaukee county, township governments had not been organized yet, so at this time Germantown didn't really have an official legal name.  Instead, it was just referred to by its legal description used by the land office which was Town 9 North, Range 20 East (frequently just called 'Town 9' or 'Town nine' for short).

This list was last updated on November 19, 2021.  Return to Genealogy Home Page.

Descriptions of columns in the table below:

  1. Head of household - The first column gives the name of the head of the household as recorded by the census taker. The surname is in bold when the census taker's surname spelling differs from the corrected spelling (see third column).
  2. Section - Each township is comprised of 36 sections each of which is one square mile. This column gives the section number within the township where I suspect the family resided. This can be helpful to follow the census taker's route if you want to convince yourself that a misspelled family name is really your family.
  3. Corrected Name - This column shows a more correct (not saying definitive) spelling of both the first name and the surname of the head of the household.
  4. Occupation - The occupation of the head of the household.   Territorial censuses do not list occupations, so I looked ahead in time to find this person in the 1850 or 1860 census and use that occupation if found.
  5. Church - The general denomination or church affiliation of the family, inferred by where family members are buried or by where church baptisms, confirmations, marriages and/or burials are recorded.   In these early years, if a specific church is listed, it might not have been organized yet.
  6. The checkbox is there if you'd like to order a family group sheet for this family.  If interested, check the box and then come back up to the top of this page and click on the long, light gray button.
  7. Notes - This column gives some details about this family.


Head of household
Sec-
tion
Corrected
Name

Occupation

Church

Notes
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Levi Ostrander 35 Levi Ostrander Farmer born 1796 in Ontario county, New York, married to Sally, 4 children from 1821 to 1834
Wm. H. Bence 34 William Henry Bunce Farmer born 1813 in Suffolk county, New York, married to Caroline S., 7 children from 1838 to 1866
E. S. Bence 34 Edward Satterly Bunce Farmer born 1818 in New York, married to Harriet, 4 children from 1844 to 1859
Wm. W. Bendick 34 William Wilcox Burdick Farmer born 1809 in New York, married to Susan, 3 children from 1841 to 1847
John Pyburn 27 John Pyburn Farmer Catholic born 1794 in Ireland, married to Jane, 1 child born in 1815
John Caughlin 33 John Coughlin Farmer Catholic born 1809 in Ireland, married to Eliza, 9 children from 1839 to 1855
Thomas Cannel 20 Thomas Connell Farmer Catholic born 1803 in Ireland, married to Mary, 7 children from 1843 to 1864
Andrew Stalver 24 Andreas Stahlhoefer Lutheran born 1787 in Nassau, emmigrated 1841, married to Catharina Margaretha, 3 children from 1821 to 1837
J. C. Hubendall 27 John Claus Hubenthal Farmer U.C.C. born 1810 in Hessen Cassel, married to Susanna Elisabeth, 7 children from 1837 to 1852
Jacob Shunk 26 Johann Jakob Schunk Farmer Lutheran born 1805 in Canton Zweibruecken, Bavaria, married to Anna Maria, 8 children from 1833 to 1855
Adam Small 26 Adam Schnell Farmer Lutheran born 1794 in Hessen, married to Anna Maria, 2 children from 1833 to 1846
Jacob Balhann 27 Jacob Ballheim Lutheran born 1777 in Germany, emmigrated 1837, married to Catherine, 6 children from 1809 to 1833
Lewey Bader 24 Ludwig Bader Farmer born 1824 in Nassau, emmigrated 1841, married to Frederica, 5 children from 1839 to 1861
Martin West 32 Martin Waite
John Mottes 26 John Mathes Lutheran born 1811 in Hessen, married to Anna Elisabetha, 6 children from 1841 to 1857
Jacob Schneider 36 Jacob Schneider Farmer Lutheran born 1805 in Germany, emmigrated 1840, married to Catharine, 7 children from 1836 to 1853
Elish Sampson 29 Elisha Sampson Farmer born 1817 in Vermont, married to Ann, 3 children from 1849 to 1865
Harmon Ostrander 36 Harmon Ostrander Farmer born 1809 in Ontario county, New York, married to Mary Ann, 4 children from 1832 to 1839
James P. Vaughn 33 Jonas Platt Vaughan Farmer born 1816 in Genesee county, New York, married to Harriett, 2 children from 1841 to 1845
D. Linegan D. Linegan
Joh. M. Curtiss 31 John Milton Curtis
Lewis Craps 20 Louis Krebs Farmer born 1792 in France, emmigrated 1830, married to Margaret, 5 children from 1813 to 1827
Daniel Allen 30 Daniel Allen Farmer born 1800 in Massachusetts, married to Ann, 7 children from 1836 to 1850
J. Gifford 32 Joshua Gifford Farmer born 1805 in Canada West, married to Charity, 7 children from 1828 to 1848
Moses Fieldhouse 30 Moses Fieldhouse Farmer born 1810 in England
Edward Peaso 29 Edward Pease
Andrew Inglhart 18 Andreas Engelhard Farmer Catholic born 1813 in Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen, emmigrated 1841, married to Philippina, 7 children from 1845 to 1862
Philip Inglhart 18 Philipp Engelhard Farmer Catholic born 1811 in Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen, emmigrated 1841, married to Maria Susanna 'Mary', 2 children from 1839 to 1843
Jacob Hall 27 Jacob Holl Lutheran born 1783 in Hessen, married to Maria Elisabetha, 2 children from 1814 to 1815
Peter Gilman 26 Peter Gettelmann Farmer Lutheran born 1814 in Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen, married to Catharina, 7 children from 1840 to 1855
John Gilbert 26 Johann Gilbert Farmer Lutheran born 1814 in Kreis Mainz, Hessen, married to Gertrud, 9 children from 1843 to 1858
Philip Weaber 36 Philipp Weber Farmer born 1789 in Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen, married to Katharina, no children
Wm. Straub 23 Georg Wilhelm Straub Farmer Lutheran born 1790 in Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen, married to Maria Dorothea, 9 children from 1816 to 1838
Jacob Slaver 22 Jacob Schlafer Farmer Lutheran born 1808 in Hessen, emmigrated 1840, married to Catherina, 8 children from 1836 to 1852
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M. Emery 15 Johann George Emrich Farmer Lutheran born 1803 in Bavaria, married to Susanna Katharina, 2 children from 1819 to 1825
V. Swalbock 22 Valentin Schwalbach Farmer Lutheran born 1802 in Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen, emmigrated 1841, married to Magdelena, 5 children from 1830 to 1846
John Shatzel 35 Johann Schaetzel Farmer Lutheran born 1797 in Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen, married to Anna Dorothea, 7 children from 1820 to 1835
A. D. Wiesner 35 Anton Wiesner Farmer Lutheran born 1810 in New York, married twice - Katharine, Adeline, 5 children from 1841 to 1850
Philip Zimmermann 26 Philipp Zimmermann Farmer Lutheran born 1813 in Kreis Alzey, Hessen, married to Katharina, 9 children from 1842 to 1858
Adam Buckman 23 Johann Adam Buchmann Farmer Lutheran born 1786 in Bavaria, emmigrated 1837, married to Maria Dorothea, 6 children from 1809 to 1834
John Brown 26 Johann Braun Farmer Catholic born 1797 in Germany, emmigrated 1839, married to Agnes, 5 children from 1827 to 1837
Genter Straver 26 Günther Ströbe Farmer Lutheran born 1798 in Sachsen, married to Elisabeth, 12 children from 1822 to 1845
N. Cosler 26 Nicholaus Kastler Farmer Catholic born 1788 in Kreis Merzig, Rheinland, married twice - Anna Maria, Eva, 10 children from 1815 to 1836
John Begerly 25 Johann Beckerle Farmer Catholic born 1797 in Kreis Worms, Hessen, married to Elisabeth, 4 children from 1833 to 1842
John Miller 26 John Miller born 1812 in Hessen
John Young 26 John Jung Farmer Lutheran born 1806 in Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen, emmigrated 1842, married to Eva, 6 children from 1845 to 1855
Nelson Burst 35 Nelson B. Burst Farmer born 1812 in Schoharie county, New York, married twice - Eliza, Rosetta Ann, 11 children from 1837 to 1869
Abraham Laisy 36 Abraham Laisy Farmer born 1812 in Bezirksamt Kirchheimbolanden, Bavaria, married to Elisabetha, 9 children from 1843 to 1861
Carl Will 25 Carl Gottlieb Wille Farmer Lutheran Freistadt born 1806 in Kreis Cammin, Pommern, married to Wilhelmine Caroline Christina, no children
Michael Heire 25 Michael Christian Heuer Farmer Lutheran Freistadt born 1801 in Kreis Cammin, Pommern, emmigrated 1839, married to Dorothea Sophia, 7 children from 1823 to 1841
Fred Bartle 24 Friedrich Bartelt Grocer Lutheran Freistadt born 1800 in Prussia, emmigrated 1839, married to Charlotte Sophia, 7 children from 1836 to 1852
John Demkson John Demkson
J. P. Boumgart 13 Johann Friedrich Baumgart Farmer Lutheran Freistadt born 1806 in Kreis Cammin, Pommern, married to Caroline Friederike, 8 children from 1834 to 1853
G. Bramneal 13 Gottfried Brendemuehl Farm laborer Lutheran Freistadt born 1789 in Kreis Cammin, Pommern, married to Maria Dorothea, 2 children from 1826 to 1835
George Gorbish 12 Georg Garbisch Farmer Lutheran Freistadt born 1798 in Kreis Trebnitz, Silesia, married to Marie Elisabeth, 9 children from 1821 to 1846
T. Ranman? T. Ranman?
E. F. Groot 12 Christian Friedrich Groth Lutheran Freistadt born 1803 in Pommern, married to Regina Louise, 4 children from 1833 to 1839
John Boot 13 Johann Buth Farmer Lutheran Freistadt born 1810 in Prussia, emmigrated 1841, married to Maria, 6 children from 1839 to 1850
Martin Arndt 13 Martin G. Arndt Farmer Lutheran Freistadt born 1796 in Kreis Cammin, Pommern, emmigrated 1841, married to Dorothea S., 6 children from 1819 to 1838
Wm. Creger 13 Wilhelm Friedrich E. Krueger Farmer Lutheran Freistadt born 1814 in Pommern, emmigrated 1841, married to Wilhelmine Maria Dorothea, 12 children from 1840 to 1862
John Gage 13 Johann Friedrich Goetsch Lutheran Freistadt born 1799 in Pommern, emmigrated 1841, married to Sophia Louise, 7 children from 1818 to 1843
Justin Schneider Philipp Justus Schneider Lutheran born 1779 in , emmigrated 1840, married to Catharine, 3 children from 1805 to 1810
Peter Brauer 36 Peter Brenner Farmer Lutheran born 1814 in Hessen, married to Christina, 6 children from 1844 to 1854