Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Wunderlich, Ernst 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Ernst Wunderlich, a resident of Joliet for more than a third of a century and 
for many years engaged in the marble and monument business, being now located 
at Nos. 804 to 808 North Hickory street, was born in Fleissen Kries Eger, 
Germany, November 3, 1848. His father, John Frederick Wunderlich, was also a 
monument sculptor and died in his native town at the age of forty-five years. 
His son Ernst remained a resident of the fatherland until in his twenty-first 
year, when, thinking to enjoy better business opportunities in the new world, 
he came to the United States in 1869. He did not tarry on the eastern coast, 
but made his way at once to Illinois and settled at Joliet, where he has since 
resided. He was here employed at his trade until 1874, when he opened business 
on his own account. After three months he removed to No. 804 North Hickory 
street, where he has since remained, his business house now covering three 
numbers. In the establishment of the new enterprise he brought to the 
undertaking an excellent knowledge of the business and superior skill in 
workmanship and from his place have been sent out some of the finest monuments 
ever made in Will county. He has been accorded a liberal patronage, which he 
well merits by reason of his skill and ability and his honorable business 
methods. On the 3d of August, 1869, occurred the marriage of Mr. Wunderlich 
and Miss Margaret Geipel, a native of Germany, who had been a schoolmate with 
her husband in her girlhood days. She was a daughter of John Geipel, a well 
known farmer of Fleissen, who died in his native country at the age of sixty-
six years. She came to this country about three months after the arrival of 
Mr. Wunderlich. Unto them have been born twelve children, of whom eleven are 
yet living: Albert, who died at three years of age; Mrs. Emma Steiner, the 
wife of James Steiner of Joliet; William, a leading undertaker of this city, 
who married Minnie Faust; Minnie, now the wife of Dr. H. G. Schuessler; Ernst 
H., who is in business with his father; Amelia, at home; Arthur G. and Edward 
J., who are also assisting their father; Laura, who is with her parents; 
Walter C. and Alfred F., who are connected with the marble business; and 
Milton Joseph, who is attending school. The family attend St. Peter's German 
Lutheran church, of which Mr. Wunderlich has been a member continuously since 
1869. Seeking the broader outlook and better advantage of the new world in the 
days of his early manhood, he has never had occasion to regret his 
determination to come to the new world, for in America, where labor is king, 
he has developed a business of large and profitable proportions and thus made 
a good home for his family. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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