DESCENDANCY of JOHANN CARL GOTTLIEB KEIL (b 1812 ... - Edler

“All-People”- Section 9b
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WILLIAM HENRY TECHTMANN (b 1892) and ESTHER M LANDVATTER (b 1895)
and their descendants
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William's parents were William Techtmann and Emma Antonie Keil
Esther's parents were Elias Landvatter and Lydia Blaesser
2. William Henry 3 Techtmann, born 20 Sep 1892 9 West Bend, Washington Co WI, was a member of
St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, West Bend. He married Esther M Landvatter (pronounced
"Lahnd-fah-ter") 2 Jun 1916 Methodist Church, Barton Twp, Washington Co WI, four children born
Barton Twp. 7 Her parents were Elias Landvatter and Lydia Blaeser.
Born 28 Jun 1895, Route 3, West Bend, Esther died 13 Aug 1975, St Joseph Community Hospital,
West Bend, age 80. William died 8 Feb 1978 Cedar Lake Home, West Bend, age 86. They were buried
Union Cemetery, West Bend.
They lived on his parents' farm in Barton Twp until 1939, when they moved to Kewaskum, where Esther
was a member of the St Lucas Lutheran Ladies Aid Society. In 1957 they moved to West Bend.
In his memoirs, their son wrote about his parents. 7 He said that, while William and Esther were farming,
they used mostly horses for power, but in 1929 bought a Fordson tractor. They raised dairy cattle and hogs,
and for cash crops they also raised barley for grain, red clover seed, and peas for the canning company at
West Bend.
They went through some hard times like most farmers in those years. During some of those years
potatoes were a "drug on the market. I could buy all the potatoes I could load on for $1.50 a load. I had a
Ford l.5 ton truck with a special device called a ruxel" [defined as a worm-drive axle] "that gave it more
power, so I could haul 1.5 ton. We would boil the potatoes along with pumpkins, put in a barrel along with
middlings” [defined as a by-product of grain milling], “ mix it up and use that along with milk whey to feed
the pigs. Later they were fed cob corn to top them off. A dressed 200# pork brought $8 or $9 delivered."
They dressed as many as 30 hogs a year and sold them to people in West Bend for a dollar more than the
market price. The dollar was for butchering them and hauling them to town. "Neighbors worked back and
forth helping each other butcher and also with other farm work where two or more could work better than
one." During the lean years, barley and rye were roasted together instead of coffee. 7
-- See page 9b-21 for some information about the LANDVATTER family --
a. Harvey William 4 Techtman, born 9 Jul 1917, dropped the final "n" from his name -- see page 9b-29.
b. Louise Matilda 4 Techtmann, born 22 Jul 1919, married Harvey Dhein -- see page 9b-30.
c. a son, 4 born 1921, attended high school in West Bend and went to college in Milwaukee.
He made his career in St Paul MN as a radar engineer. 7 After a stint in the army (WWII), he married
Evelyn Ruth Anderson 1946 Kewaskum, Washington Co WI; one child. Born 10 Sep 1921, she died
2 Apr 2005, age 83.
i. a son, 5 born 1946 Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co WI, married Susan Edith Ernst 21 Aug 1970
Chicago, Cook Co IL; two sons. 7 Born 7 May 1949, she died 4 Apr 1993, age 43.
d. a daughter, 4 born 1928, attended Kewaskum High School. After graduation she was employed by
the Kewaskum Bank, later the Valley Bank. She married 1948 Kewaskum, Washington Co WI; 7 no
children. The bank awarded her a gold/diamond ring for 30 years' faithful service, and she retired after
a total of 45 years.
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