Bio of Dosdall, Fred (b.1849) Wabasha Co., MN
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Dosdall, Fred (page 760), a well known and respected citizen of Hammond,
where he is engaged in the carpenter's trade, was born in Germany in 1849,
son of Michael and Wilhelmina (Johns) Dosdall. The parents came to the
United States from Germany in 1863, first locating near Princeton, Wis.,
where they remained for about four years. They then moved to Olmsted
County, Minn., and engaged in farming. Family differences caused them
finally to separate, and Mr. Dosdall subsequently died in the state of
Washington. His wife afterwards became the wife of Mike Johnson and died
at Ripon, Wis., February 4, 1914. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dosdall,
three sons and two daughters are now living, namely: Christ, Mike, Fred,
Amelia and Bertha. Amelia is the wife of E. N. York of Hammond. Bertha is
the widow of Charles Uhl and lives at Ripon, Wis. Fred Dosdall was reared
on the home farm, and in his boyhood attended district school. On reaching
the age of 17 he abandoned the farm to learn the carpenter's trade, which
he has since followed, as an additional occupation running a threshing
machine during threshing time. He owns 80 acres of timber land in Hyde
Park Township. Mr. Dosdall has resided in Hammond for 34 years, having
taken up his residence here in 1886, at which time there were but three
houses in the village, so he is well know here and throughout the vicinity
and enjoys considerable popularity. He was married at Ripon, Wis., June 4,
1876, to Rosa Gneiser, a native of that state, who died February 28, 1895.
They had been the parents of eight children, of whom six are now living,
namely: Anna, wife of Albert F. Fuerstnau of Hammond; Laura, who married
Ernest Brown of Menominie (sic), Wis.; Lillie, wife of Will Wegner of
Zumbro Township; Ella, wife of Fred Dittmer of Hammond; Charles, who is
married and lives in Hammond, and Fred E., a painter and decorator of
Hammond. In 1889 Mr. Dosdall married Josephine Brandt-Schroeder, who was
born in Wisconsin, daughter of George and Mary Brandt, her parents being
natives of Germany who settled in Wisconsin in the early fifties.