Title: Stroeh Family and Unnasch Family Papers
Bulk Dates: 1910-1969
Inclusive Dates: 1877-2006

Creators:

• Stroeh family
• Unnasch family

, Unique Identifier: MSS 102

Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet

Physical Description: 4 archives boxes

Repository:

La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Personal papers and photographs of La Crosse, Wis., residents, Fern (Stroeh) Unnasch (1917-1981) and her husband Ernest Unnasch (1918-1996). The bulk of the collection consists of black and white family photographs related to the Stroeh and Unnasch families which connects with the Heberlein, Krause, Ready, Schumacher, Schieche, Secor, and Smolek families.

Beside family images, other photographs include pictures of the Shelby Dairy truck, the Stroeh farm in the town of Shelby, a Shelby fire truck, the La Crosse Garment Workers (1938), Hamilton Homemakers, and Shelby Homemakers. Photographs of La Crosse, Wis., residences include 1020 So. 4th St., 1220 So. 4th St., and 223 No. 23rd St.

Additional materials include brief family trees; newspaper clippings (1918-2006); a scrapbook (1941-1942); photographs of friends; two milk/cream caps marked “Shelby Dairy” and “Joe Stroeh;” and an 1877 marriage certificate which appears to be written in the German language for Franz Dobbratz and Auguste Behnke.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-mss102

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(Accession no. 2005.091) Purchased by William Doering from the Evelyn Unnasch estate and donated to the La Crosse Public Library

(Accession no. 2006.034) Donated by Mary Sween

(Accession no. 2006.035) Donated by Gloria Biesen

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

[Identification of item], Stroeh Family and Unnasch Family Papers, MSS 102, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processed by Christine Stolz, 2006 June

Materials in this collection primarily pertain to families related to Fern (Stroeh) Unnasch and Ernest Unnasch. Other items relate to businesses, residences, and organizations that had a connection to the families. The bulk of the collection is made up of black and white photographs.

History materials include newspaper clippings (1918-2006), several brief hand-written family trees for the Stroeh and Unnasch families, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1941-1942).

Local business materials include a photograph of a Shelby Dairy truck, a photograph of Jack Stroeh delivering milk, and two milk/cream caps marked “Shelby Dairy” and “Joe Stroeh.” Also the Heileman Brewery and F. A. Kraft Brewery are photographed.

Farms and residences items consist of photographs of La Crosse, Wis., homes at 1020 So. 4th St., 1220 So. 4th St., and 233 No. 23rd St. Photographs of the Stroeh Farm in the town of Shelby in La Crosse County are also included and on Highway 33.

Family photographs are separated into family groups. Most are black and white and sizes vary. Some individuals in photographs have been identified on the back by Fern Stroeh Unnasch, and other individuals have been identified by Archives staff based on Unnasch’s information. Family groups include the Heberlein family, Krause family, Ready family, Schumacher family, Schieche family, Secor family, Smolek family, Stroeh family, and Unnasch family. Photograph albums are included for the Heberlein and Unnasch families in addition to the loose photographs. A separate folder is included for the John and Lucy (Heberlein) family; childhood photographs of Fern (Stroeh) Unnasch are found with these materials. Another Stroeh family folder is included for images of a town of Shelby fire truck showing Ed Mundstock, Ray Grisen, Wencel “Pitt” Beranek, and Rudy Smolek. These images are on CD-ROM. A separate folder is also included for photographs of the Ernest and Fern (Stroeh) Unnasch family.

Included with family materials are photographs of Chicago relatives. Many of these photographs are unidentified, but some that are include the surnames Merkel/Merkle, Elke, Klank, Schaefer, and Groebe.

Photographs of friends of the Stroeh/Unnasch family include Gordon and Charlotte (Gilbertson) Becker; Leona Beier; Robert Bosshard; Joe and Marion (Eberle) Briggs; Bert Eberlie; the Ender family; the Roy Franz family; Pastor Julius Gamm of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in La Crosse, Wis.; Teddy Harms; the Carl and Dorothy Helke family; Carl and Bernice Helwig; Lucy Jensen; the Kubiak family; the Gustave Marquart family; Louise Mauer; Ann Meyer; George and Ann Miller; the Samuel Miller family; Marianne Scholz; the Amy Senn family and their farm in Fountain City, Wis.; Donald Shaller; Ida Steppe; and the Bill and Helen Stingl family.

Miscellaneous materials include a 1932 graduation program from an unidentified school and an 1877 marriage certificate which appears to be written in the German language for Franz Dobbratz and Auguste Behnke.

Organization photographs include the La Crosse Garment Workers (1938), the Hamilton Homemakers, and the Shelby Homemakers.

Photographs of unidentified individuals make up the rest of the collection. Some photographs were in the folder of a professional photographer, and therefore the city where the photograph was taken could be determined. Some of these photographs were taken in La Crosse, Wis., while others were taken in Janesville, Wis.; Baraboo, Wis.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Winona, Minn.; Indiana Harbor, Ind.; and Lakeland, Fla.

Fern (Stroeh) Unnasch, daughter of John “Jack” Stroeh (1894-1944) and Lucy Heberlein Stroeh (1894-1945), was born on Dec. 14, 1917, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Stroeh (1868-1929) and Louisa Schieche Stroeh (1871-1963) and August F. Heberlein (1864-1921) and Anna Krause Heberlein (1863-1918).

Fern married Ernest Unnasch on June 25, 1941 at First Lutheran Church in La Crosse. Ernest was born on July 17, 1918, in Winona County, Minnesota, the son of Paul and Anna (Ready) Unnasch.

Fern and Ernest made their home in La Crosse. Ernest worked for the G. Heileman Brewing Company for 35 years before retiring in 1980. Fern died on July 23, 1981. The couple had no children. Ernest married his second wife, Evelyn Koplin Worst, on Nov. 28, 1981. Ernest died on March 5, 1996.

• Stroeh family
• Unnasch family
• Unnasch, Ernest, 1918-1996
• Unnasch, Fern Stroeh, 1917-1981
• La Crosse (Wis.)--Photographs
• Shelby (Wis.)--Photographs

	History
Box 1   Folder 1	Family trees
Box 1   Folder 2	Newspaper clippings, 1918-2006
Box 1   Folder 3	Scrapbook, 1941-1942
	Businesses
Box 1   Folder 3A	Heileman Brewery
Box 1   Folder 3B	Kraft (F. A.) Brewery
Box 1   Folder 4	Shelby Dairy
	Farms and residences
Box 1   Folder 5	1020 South 4th Street (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
Box 1   Folder 6	1220 South 4th Street (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
Box 1   Folder 7	223 North 23rd Street (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
Box 1   Folder 7A	Highway 33
Box 1   Folder 8	Stroeh farm
	Family photographs
Box 2   Folder 1-2	Chicago relatives
Box 1   Folder 9-13	Heberlein family
Box 1   Folder 14	Krause family
Box 2   Folder 3	Ready family
Box 2   Folder 4	Schieche family
Box 2   Folder 5	Schumacher family
Box 2   Folder 6	Secor family
Box 2   Folder 7	Smolek family
	Stroeh family
Box 2   Folder 8	General
Box 2   Folder 9	Shelby fire truck
Box 2   Folder 10-11	Stroeh, John and Lucy (Heberlein) family
Box 3   Folder 1-2 Box 2   Folder 12	Unnasch family
	Friends' photographs
Box 3   Folder 3	Becker, Gordon and Charlotte (Gilbertson)
Box 3   Folder 4	Beier, Leona
Box 3   Folder 5	Bosshard, Robert
Box 3   Folder 6	Briggs, Joe and Marion (Eberle)
Box 3   Folder 7	Eberlie, Bert
Box 3   Folder 8	Ender family
Box 3   Folder 9	Franz, Roy A. family
Box 3   Folder 10	Gamm, Pastor Julius
Box 3   Folder 11	Harms, Teddy
Box 3   Folder 12	Helke, Carl and Dorothy family
Box 3   Folder 13	Helwig, Carl and Bernice
Box 3   Folder 14	Jensen, Lucy
Box 3   Folder 15	Kubiak family
Box 3   Folder 16	Marquart, Gustave family
Box 3   Folder 17	Mauer, Louise
Box 3   Folder 18	Meyer, Ann
Box 3   Folder 19	Miller, George and Ann
Box 3   Folder 20	Miller, Samuel family
Box 3   Folder 21	Scholz, Marianne
Box 3   Folder 22	Senn, Amy family
Box 3   Folder 23	Shaller, Donald
Box 3   Folder 24	Steppe, Ida
Box 3   Folder 25	Stingl, Bill and Helen family
Box 3   Folder 26	Miscellaneous, 1877, 1932
	Organizations
Box 3   Folder 27	Garment Workers, 1938
Box 3   Folder 28	Hamilton Homemakers
Box 3   Folder 29	Shelby Homemakers
	Unidentified photographs
Box 3   Folder 30	General
Box 4   Folder 1-2	La Crosse, Wisconsin area
Box 4   Folder 3	Other towns