Surnames: Melenthen / Mellenthin, Schwantes

----Source: Marshfield News 21 Nov. 1901 P. 2 C. 1

SPENCER, WISCONSIN LOCAL NEWS

Ferdinand Schwantes and Miss Martha Melenthen [Mellenthin] were married at the Lutheran church north of this village (Spencer) on Thursday, November 14th.

Family Notes

Mellenthin, Martha; Birth: 8 Oct. 1883; Father: Franz Mellenthin; Mother: Albertine Seefeldt; Married: 14 Nov. 1901; Spouse: Ferdinand Schwantes; Marriage Record pg., 245; Died: 7 Mar. 1965; Burial: 11 Mar. 1965; Location: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, North Spencer, Wis. Cause of death: heart attack; Death Record pg., 258, Record # 3.  This couple had 2 sons and 5 daughters.

1905 Wisconsin State Census, Brighton, Marathon, Wisconsin

Name: Ferd Schwantes  
Age: 35y
Estimated Birth Year: Abt 1870
Birthplace: Germany
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Place of Birth: Parent 1: Germany
Place of Birth: Parent 2:
Family Number: 84
Page Number: 83
Line Number: 15
Household
Ferd Schwantes M 35y
Spouse Martha Schwantes F 22y, b. Wis., father b. Germany
Child: Esther Schwantes F 2y (1883)
Child: Adelaide Schwantes F 1y (1904)
Niece: Leona Siebert F 6y (1899)
 

1920 Federal Census, Marathon, Wisconsin

Name: Ferd Schwantes
Estimated Birth Year: 1870
Age: 50
Birthplace: Germany
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Household 
Head: Ferd Schwantes M 50y
Spouse: Martha Schwantes F 37y
Child: Ester Schwantes F 17y
Child: Adelia Schwantes F 15y
Child: Arthur Schwantes M 13y
Child: Viola Schwantes F 11y
Child: Erna Schwantes F 9y
Child: Evelyn Schwantes F 5y
Child: Herbert Schwantes M 3y6m
 

Wisconsin Marriages

Groom's Name: Franz Friedrich Mellenthin (Bride's Father)
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Bride's Name: Albertine Wilhelmine Henriette Seefeld (Bride's Mother)
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Marriage Date: 15 Dec 1882
Marriage Place: Marathon, Wisconsin
Groom's Father's Name: Wilhelm Mellenthin
Groom's Mother's Name: Wilhelmine Lehman
Bride's Father's Name: Friedrich Seefeld
Bride's Mother's Name: Caroline Henke
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