WilliamGoettsch, 18641943 (aged 79 years)

Name
William/Goettsch/
Given names
William
Surname
Goettsch
Birth 1864 26 24

Birth of a sisterMina Goettsch
1866 (aged 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRudolphGoettsch
November 1869 (aged 5 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Goettsch
April 4, 1870 (aged 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLauraGoettsch
January 28, 1875 (aged 11 years)
Birth of a sisterOlga Göttsch
July 20, 1876 (aged 12 years)
Death of a sisterOlga Göttsch
March 23, 1878 (aged 14 years)
Note: Olga's head stone is broken and is in need of restoration. It was found leaning against a headstone in an adjacent plot. A small lower-portion of the headstone containing the date of death is located near the Hans and Anna's family marker, and is below the surface of the ground and leaning in such a manner as one can only feel the date of death with ones finger tips.
Birth of a brotherEdward BGoettsch
July 12, 1879 (aged 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherCatharina Gotsch
1880 (aged 16 years)

Civil marriageAmelia LangmannView this family
February 19, 1889 (aged 25 years)

Birth of a daughterHilda GGoettsch
1890 (aged 26 years)
Birth of a daughterEdna VGoettsch
1891 (aged 27 years)
Birth of a daughterElsie M Goettsch
July 7, 1893 (aged 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoachim Schlapkohl
August 22, 1894 (aged 30 years)
Birth of a daughterAnna MGoettsch
September 1897 (aged 33 years)
Birth of a sonHarry AGoettsch
September 27, 1900 (aged 36 years)
Death of a motherAnna Schlapkohl
February 23, 1907 (aged 43 years)
Birth of a daughterVerona EGoettsch
December 20, 1908 (aged 44 years)
Death of a fatherHans A Göttsch
November 1, 1910 (aged 46 years)
Address: One of the family members of Henry Goettsch, recalls the story of Hans Goettsch, visiting Holstein Iowa for the first time, getting sick, going to the hospital and passing away. The Ida County Courthouse Death Index Records shows a recordfor Hans Goettsch and a death date of 1 Nov, 1910 lending credence to this story. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaida/ctdein/g.htm James M Fulford
Death of a sisterEmma Goettsch
October 6, 1917 (aged 53 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Goettsch
September 7, 1931 (aged 67 years)
Address: buried in Holstein Cemetery, Holstein, Iowa
Death of a brotherGeorge Goettsch
October 23, 1931 (aged 67 years)
Death of a sisterLauraGoettsch
October 9, 1939 (aged 75 years)

Death of a wifeAmelia Langmann
July 24, 1941 (aged 77 years)
Death 1943 (aged 79 years)

Note: Article written in the Luverne Star Herald:

Article written in the Luverne Star Herald:

Mr & Mrs William Goettsch celebrated their 50th Anniversary with members of their family and friends. They were united in marriage in Davenport, Iowa February 19, 1889. They spent their first five years farming in Cedar County, Iowa before coming to Rock County Minnesota. They farmed northwest quarter of section 35 Springwater Township. They retired on October 08, 1919 and moved to 218 North Freeman Ave Luverne. There children of whom all were present at the Golden Wedding: Mrs Hilda Stroeh of Hills, Mrs Elsie Jarchow of Blue Mound Township, Mrs Anna Noll of Springwater Township, Mrs Verona Colby of Long Beach, California and Harry Goettsch of Venice Ca. At that time they had fourteen grand children.

There were 9 children in William's family a sister and two brothers were still living at that time they were Mrs L J Jarchow Luverne, Rudolph Goettsch, Canby and Edward Goettsch in Davenport, Iowa.

William had been working on his car in the garage and was found unconscious on the floor of the garage. The car was running and the garage was filled with the deadly fumes. The doctor was unable to revive him.

Provided by Mavis and Jim Jarchow.

Family with parents
father
AnnaHansGottsch.jpg
18371910
Birth: March 23, 1837 46 35Gatersdorf in Probstei Schleswig-Holstein
Death: November 1, 1910Holstein, Ida County, Iowa
mother
AnnaHansGottsch.jpg
18391907
Birth: July 17, 1839 33 34Stakendorf, Germany
Death: February 23, 1907Iowa
Marriage Marriage1860
16 months
elder brother
GoettschHenryFamily.jpg
18611931
Birth: April 12, 1861 24 21Scott County, Iowa
Death: September 7, 1931Lutheran Hospital, Sioux City, IA
23 months
elder sister
23 months
himself
3 years
younger sister
MinnieGoettschJarchow.jpg
18661946
Birth: 1866 28 26New Liberty, Iowa
Death: January 25, 1946Rock County
4 years
younger brother
GoettschRudolph2.jpg
18691950
Birth: November 1869 32 30New Liberty, Iowa
Death: November 28, 1950Yellow Medicine, Minnesota
5 months
younger brother
GeorgeGoettsch.jpg
18701931
Birth: April 4, 1870 33 30New Liberty, Iowa
Death: October 23, 1931Minneapolis, Minnesota
5 years
younger sister
18 months
younger sister
GottschOlgaHeadstoneRestored.jpg
18761878
Birth: July 20, 1876 39 37New Liberty, Iowa
Death: March 23, 1878New Liberty, Iowa
3 years
younger brother
GoettschEdward.jpg
18791946
Birth: July 12, 1879 42 39New Liberty, Iowa
Death: 1946
Family with Amelia Langmann
himself
wife
GoettschLangmannAmelia.jpg
18671941
Birth: June 16, 1867 34 25Davenport, Iowa
Death: July 24, 1941Luverne, Rock County, MN
Civil marriage Civil marriageFebruary 19, 1889
23 months
daughter
2 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
3 years
son
GoettschHarry.jpg
19001961
Birth: September 27, 1900 36 33Iowa
Death: June 23, 1961LOS ANGELES, CA
8 years
daughter
19081967
Birth: December 20, 1908 44 41Minnesota
Death: July 15, 1967Los Angeles, California
Death

Article written in the Luverne Star Herald:

Mr & Mrs William Goettsch celebrated their 50th Anniversary with members of their family and friends. They were united in marriage in Davenport, Iowa February 19, 1889. They spent their first five years farming in Cedar County, Iowa before coming to Rock County Minnesota. They farmed northwest quarter of section 35 Springwater Township. They retired on October 08, 1919 and moved to 218 North Freeman Ave Luverne. There children of whom all were present at the Golden Wedding: Mrs Hilda Stroeh of Hills, Mrs Elsie Jarchow of Blue Mound Township, Mrs Anna Noll of Springwater Township, Mrs Verona Colby of Long Beach, California and Harry Goettsch of Venice Ca. At that time they had fourteen grand children.

There were 9 children in William's family a sister and two brothers were still living at that time they were Mrs L J Jarchow Luverne, Rudolph Goettsch, Canby and Edward Goettsch in Davenport, Iowa.

William had been working on his car in the garage and was found unconscious on the floor of the garage. The car was running and the garage was filled with the deadly fumes. The doctor was unable to revive him.

Provided by Mavis and Jim Jarchow.

Note

William Goettsch was born in Davenport Iowa. William did not have the opportunity to attend school because when he was 10 years old he began working in the fields. In the fall he would never have the chance to start school until the end of the corn picking season. In the spring he would discontinue his studies as soon as it was possible for him to help with the field work.

The first money he earned was picking corn at three cents per bushel. He would furnished his own team of horses and board. In those days, a man picking 50 bushels per day was considered a good picker. Mr Goettsch picked about that much each day.He then would drive five miles home at night after he had unloaded his load with a scoop shovel. When he was 20 years old he worked away from home earning $18.00 per month. The most he every earned then was $22.00 a month.

When the boom was on in Denver Mr. Goettsch and several of his friends decided to go west to see what opportunities were available there. They applied for employment at a smelting works. They turned him down. Then he head about a farmer who wantedto hire a man, so he went to the place arriving there about 2:00 PM. The man asked him if he had eaten his noon meal and he said he had not eaten. He was given a crust of bread and a jug of water. He worked for the man that afternoon and he proved to be satisfactory, so he hired him for the week.

On Monday the following week he accepted a job at the smelting works but stayed there on a short time because he could not stand the dust and dirt. The farmer who he had worked for before rehired him and he stayed there working for $1.50 a day until fall. He then returned to Davenport arriving there in time to pick corn.

William married Amelia Langmann in Davenport, Iowa and he began farming for himself in Scott County. After a year there he went to Cedar County, Iowa where he farmed 11 years before moving to Rock County Minnesota in 1901. Land prices were high in Iowa at that time and he wanted to buy a farm of his own. He learned about the good land in Rock County, and with his savings he bought the Northwest quarter and the west half of the Southwest quarter of Section 35 in Springwater Township. He lived there until he retired and moved to Luverne, Minnesota September 23, 1919.

Note provided by Mavis and Jim Jarchow.