Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Thoeni, John 1848 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 13, 2007, 11:10 pm Author: Unknown JOHN THOENI, contractor and builder, member of the firm of Theoni & Degendish, has been a resident of La Crosse since April, 1867. He was born in Graubrunden, Switzerland, in 1848; son of George Thoeni, who is still living in Switzerland; came to the United States in 1867, and has been in business in La Crosse since. He was married in La Crosse, in 1872, to Miss Mary Rau, daughter of John Rau, who is now in the mercantile business in La Crosse; has two children - John George and Willie. Is Secretary of the Concordia Society of La Crosse. Learned the stone-cutter's trade in Switzerland. Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 801. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/thoeni389gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb