PETER CLOEP - Biography

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This biography appears on page 630 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

PETER CLOEP, manufacturer of rivets and staples, Sec. 19; P. O. Racine;
was born Hillsheim, Kreis Daun, Reg. Bez. Trier Prussia, Nov. 6, 1830;
came to Wisconsin in 1854; in 1856, married Miss Helena Stratisky; she
was born in Bohemia, and died April 1, 1869; they had five children -
Geo. J., Frank, Lutzea, Anna, living, and Helena, who died Sept. 17,
1878; in 1869, he married Augusta Kannenberg; they have eight children-
Peter, Otilla, Paulinal John, Rosa, Mary, Anna and Louisa; Mr. and Mrs.
C. are members of the Catholic Church; he owns sixty-one acres of land
in 19, and values it at $80 per acre.