Name/Title
Family photo of William Bohnsack, son of Johann & Maria (Heineke) BohnsackEntry/Object ID
2023.359.1Description
This family photo of William Bohnsack with his wife, Minnie Kuehl, and two daughters, Alvina and Meta, was taken at the W. Clara Jung studio in Plymouth, Wisconsin. William and Minnie later had a son, Edwin Bohnsack, born in 1898.
William Bohnsack was born on 6 September 1857 in Sheboygan Falls, WI, to parents Johann & Maria (Heineke) Bohnsack, who were 1879 pioneers of Traill County, DT. Although William helped his parents and brothers, Phillip and Charles Bohnsack, homestead in Traill County, he returned to Wisconsin where he married Wilhelmina (Minnie) Kuehl in Plymouth, WI, on 24 March 1885. William and Minnie settled in Greenbush, WI, where they celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary in March 1959 (see story by Edwin's wife Kathryn)
William and Minnie had three children: Alvina Bohnsack (b. 3 February 1887, m. Carl Schatzsneider in 1908, d. 1941), Meta Bohnsack (b. 30 December 1889, m. Charles Schuette in 1913, d. 1974), & Edwin Bohnsack (b. 18 February 1898, m. Kathryn Verhulst in 1925, d. 1953).
William Bohnsack died in June 1940 in Plymouth, WI, where he was buried in the Union Cemetery. Minnie (Kuehl) Bohnsack died in October 1959, and was also buried in the Union Cemetery.Acquisition
Accession
2023.359Source or Donor
Brian Bohnsack