Title: Jerry Austin Collection of Jandt/Yandt Family, Salzwedel Family, Affeldt Family, and Walter Family Papers
Date: 1761-2002

Creator:

• Austin, Jerry

Unique Identifier: MSS 069

Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet

Physical Description: 2 archives boxes

Repository:

La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Jerry Austin, a family researcher from St. Paul, Minnesota, compiled research on six German immigrant families who settled in western Wisconsin including the Carl Jandt/Yandt (1837-1901) family, the Johann Jandt (1828-1911) family, the Herman Salzwedel (1834-1915) family, the William Salzwedel (1840-1919) family, the Emilie (Salzwedel) Affeldt (1843-1922) family, and the Joseph Walter (1839-1922) family. Materials in the collection include photocopies of family reports, correspondence, birth records, census records, death records, marriage records, obituaries, passenger lists, pictures, maps, and some information provided by family researchers in Germany.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-mss069

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(Accession nos. 1999.027; 2001.015; 2001.024) Donated by Jerry Austin, Sept. 1999 and 2001.

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

[Identification of item], Jerry Austin Collection of Jandt/Yandt Family, Salzwedel Family, Affeldt Family, and Walter Family Papers, MSS 069, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processed by Anita Doering, 2002.

Arranged in six series:

Series 1: Carl Jandt/Yandt Family

Series 2: Johann Jandt Family

Series 3: Herman Salzwedel Family

Series 4: William Salzwedel Family

Series 5: Emilie (Salzwedel) Affeldt Family

Series 6: Joseph Walter Family

The genealogical materials in the Jerry Austin Collections include information on six families and their descendents. The collection has been divided into series by family.

Similarities exist between materials found in each of the series. Materials for each series include a family report written by Jerry Austin, which highlights birth and death dates, names of descendents, and other information for each family. Most series include group sheets used by Austin to collect information on family members.

Photocopies of U.S. Federal Census and some Wisconsin State Census records are included for each series. Correspondence for each series consists of responses from family members to Austin's requests for information about the family.

Birth, marriage, and death records contained in this collection consist of photocopies of original documents or, in some cases, notes taken from documents held by Registers of Deeds in various counties in Wisconsin or Minnesota. Some newspaper clippings and miscellaneous notes are also included with the birth, marriage, and death records.

Obituaries are photocopied from newspapers. Most, but not all, include a notation of the date the obituary was published, but many do not include the name of the newspaper.

Jerry Austin, a family researcher from St. Paul, Minnesota, compiled research on six families who settled in western Wisconsin including the Carl Jandt/Yandt (1837-1901) family, the Johann Jandt (1828-1911) family, the Herman Salzwedel (1834-1915) family, the William Salzwedel (1840-1919) family, the Emilie (Salzwedel) Affeldt (1843-1922) family, and the Joseph Walter (1839-1922) family.

Carl Jandt (1837-1901) was born in Pomerania. In 1860, He married Ulricke Scheunemann (1838-1913). The couple came to America in 1873 and settled in Barre Mills in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. In 1891, they moved to the city of La Crosse. The couple had seven children: Bertha Jandt Stegemann Martin Euler (1863-1938), Karl Jandt (1864-1936), Albert Jandt (1866-1944), Emelie Jandt (1870-1886), Reinhardt Carl Yandt (1875-1955), Lewis Jandt (1880-1911?), and Frederick Ludwig Yandt (1882-1956).

The second family group in the collection is the Johann Jandt (1828-1911) family. He was born in Bolkow, Kreis Belgard,Pomerania, Prussia. Jandt married Catherine Friederika Manke around 1850 in Pomerania. Johann immigrated, with his children, to the United States in 1871, and the family settled in Barre Mills, Wisconsin in 1872. His children include August Jandt (1850-1932), an unnamed daughter who died in 1853, Bertha Lena Jandt Salzwedel (1856-1926), Herman Jandt (1859-1922), and Albert L. Jandt (1863-1902).

The next family group is the Herman Ludwig Frederick Salzwedel (1834-1915) family. Salzwedel was born in Molstow, Kreis Greifenberg, Germany. He married Wilhelmina G. Gust (1828-1915) in 1857. The coupled immigrated to the United States in 1858, settling first in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before moving to La Crosse, Wisconsin. The family later settled in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Their children include Charlie C. Salzwedel (1858-1877), Lewis William August Salzwedel (1860-1942), Bertha Caroline Salzwedel Affeldt (1863-1948), Louisa A. Salzwedel Hardie (1866-1934), Ida Albertina Augusta Salzwedel Ehret (1868-1952), and August Ferdinand Salzwedel (1871-1943).

The fourth family group is the Martin Wilhelm Ferdinand Salzwedel (1840-1919) family. He is also known as "William" and is the brother of Herman Salzwedel. William Salzwedel was born in Gumminshoff, Kreis Greifenberg, Germany. He married Bertha Lena Jandt (1856-1926), daughter of Johann and Catherine Jandt, in 1877. Both William and Bertha came to the United States with their parents. The couple settled in Ettrick, Wisconsin. Their children include Herman Salzwedel (1878-1881), Otto Louis Salzwedel (1880-1962), Charles Salzwedel (1882-1956), Amelia Augusta Salzwedel Walter (1885-1958), Wilhelmina Augusta Rose Salzwedel Thompson (1887-1955), and Wilhelm Louis August Salzwedel (1890-1979).

The next family group is the Emilie F. Augusta Salzwedel Affeldt (1843-1922) family. She was born near Greifenburg, Germany, and is the sister of Herman and William Salzwedel. Emilie married Ludwig Herman Affeldt in 1859. The couple settled in Melrose, Wisconsin. Their children include William F. Affeldt (1863-1948), Anna Affeldt Clatt (1866-1943), Edward H. Affeldt (1868-1868), Edward Affeldt (1868-1872), Ida Affeldt (1870-1881), Emma Affeldt (1872-1881), Otto Emil Affeldt (1875-1958), Bertha Louise Affeldt Ristow (1878-1949), Wilhelmina Amelia Anna Affeldt Lewison (1880-1958), and Henry Louis Affeldt (1883-1946).

The sixth family group is the Joseph Jacob Walter (1839-1922) family. He was born in Baden-Baden, Germany. His first marriage was to Walburga Ward (1839-1878). The couple came to the United States in the summer of 1867 and eventually settled in Ettrick, Wisconsin. Their children include Louisa Walter Robinson (1868-1944), William M. Walter (1870-1945), Henry Charles Walter (1871-1963), Edward Daniel Walter (1873-1952) and Josephine Agnes Walter Raichle (1878-1941).

After his first wife died, Joseph Walter married Anna Catherine Henrietta Poehlmann Ehret (1838-1909). Their children include Bertha Ida Lena Walter Salzwedel (1880-1952) and Lena Augusta Walter Kuhs (1883-1959).

• Affeldt family
• Affeldt, Emilie F. Augusta Salzwedel, 1843-1922
• Jandt family
• Jandt, Carl, 1837-1901
• Jandt, Johann, 1828-1911
• Salzwedel family
• Salzwedel, Herman Ludwig Frederick, 1834-1915
• Salzwedel, Martin Wihelm Ferdinand, 1840-1919
• Walter family
• Walter, Joseph Jacob, 1839-1922
• Genealogists--Minnesota--St. Paul
• Germany--Emigration and immigration--United States
• Immigrants--Wisconsin

(Series 1)	Series: Carl Jandt/Yandt Family
Box 1   Folder 1	Family report and group sheets, 1999
Box 1   Folder 2	Census records, 1880-1920
Box 1   Folder 3	City directory information, 1900-1909
Box 1   Folder 4	Correspondence, 1999-2002
Box 1   Folder 5	Death records, 1901-1994
Box 1   Folder 6	Marriage information, 1890-1971
Box 1   Folder 7	Obituaries, 1901-1999
Box 1   Folder 8	Passenger lists, 1873-1939
Box 1   Folder 9	Pictures, 1920-1972
(Series 2)	Series: Johann Jandt Family	⇧
Box 1   Folder 10	Family report, 2001
Box 1   Folder 11	Birth records, 1920-1985
Box 1   Folder 12	Cemetery information
Box 1   Folder 13	Census records, 1880-1920
Box 1   Folder 14	Correspondence, 1998-2001
Box 1   Folder 15	Death records, 1902-2000
Box 1   Folder 16	Family history charts, circa 1997-2001
Box 1   Folder 17	Maps, 1878-2000
Box 1   Folder 18	Marriage records, 1875-1987
Box 1   Folder 19	Obituaries, 1920-2001
Box 1   Folder 20	Pictures/events, 1920-2002
Box 1   Folder 21	Miscellaneous, 1872-1909
(Series 3)	Series: Herman Salzwedel Family	⇧
Box 2   Folder 1	Family history charts, 1999
Box 2   Folder 2	Family report, 2001
Box 2   Folder 3	Birth records, 1899-1981
Box 2   Folder 4	Census records, 1870-1905
Box 2   Folder 5	Correspondence, 1999-2000
Box 2   Folder 6	Death records, 1900-1979
Box 2   Folder 7	Marriage records, 1886-1954
Box 2   Folder 8	Obituaries, 1915-1995
Box 2   Folder 9	Miscellaneous, 1999
(Series 4)	Series: William Salzwedel Family	⇧
Box 2   Folder 10	Family reports and group sheets, 1999-2001
Box 2   Folder 11	Birth records, 1885-1952
Box 2   Folder 12	Census records, 1875-1905
Box 2   Folder 13	Civil War records, 1862-1891
Box 2   Folder 14	Correspondence, 1998-2002
Box 2   Folder 15	Death records, 1891-1955
Box 2   Folder 16	German homeland information, 1858-1998
Box 2   Folder 17	Germany research, 1859-1999
Box 2   Folder 18	Marriage records, 1877-1969
Box 2   Folder 19	Obituaries, 1952-2002
Box 2   Folder 20	Previous Salzwedel family research, 1859-1998
(Series 5)	Series: Emilie (Salzwedel) Affeldt Family	⇧
Box 2   Folder 21	Family report and group sheets, 1999-2001
Box 2   Folder 22	Birth records, 1880-1912
Box 2   Folder 23	Census records, 1880-1900
Box 2   Folder 24	Correspondence, 1998-2002
Box 2   Folder 25	Death records, 1898-1987
Box 2   Folder 26	Marriage records, 1887-1944
Box 2   Folder 27	Obituaries, 1922-1989
(Series 6)	Series: Joesph Walter Family	⇧
Box 2   Folder 28	Family report and group sheets, 1999-2001
Box 2   Folder 29	Birth records, 1902-1952
Box 2   Folder 30	Census records, 1870-1905
Box 2   Folder 31	Correspondence, 1998-2002
Box 2   Folder 32	Death records, 1909-1991
Box 2   Folder 33	German research, 1761-2001
Box 2   Folder 34	Marriage records, 1897-1999
Box 2   Folder 35	Obituaries, 1947-1999
Box 2   Folder 36	Passenger ship records, 1867-1868