Outagamie County, WI - Biography of Fred ROHLOFF of Grand Chute Twp (1848- )

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SUBJECT: Biography of Fred ROHLOFF of Grand Chute Twp (1848 - )
SUBMITTER: Janice Marasch     
EMAIL: jmmarasch@aol.com
DATE SUBMITTED: 10 Apr 2000
SURNAMES: ROHLOFF
SOURCE: History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, Thomas H. Ryan, Chicago, Goodspeed
Historical Association, publishers, p. 1078, 1911


BIOGRAPHY:


FRED ROHLOFF, a progressive farmer and public-spirited citizen of Grand Chute township,
who owns and operates a well improved farm of 100 acres is a native of Mecklenburg, Germany,
where he was born February 3, 1848, and is a son of Fred and Louisa (Dettman) Rohloff, natives
of Mecklenburg who never left the Father-land. They had five children, of whom Fred is the
oldest of the three now living, the other two being Charles, who lives in Germany, and Anna,
who is the wife of Fred Leverenz, of Marion, Waupaca county. After his first wife's death, Fred
Rohloff married again, and there were three children born to the second union, of whom two
survive: Lena, the wife of William Romlof, and John, who is street commissioner of Appleton.
Fred Rohloff went to the schools of his native vicinity, and at the age of nineteen years began his
service in the German army, which every youth of that country must under-go. He was in the
army for three years, seeing service in the Franco-Prussian war, during which he was never
seriously wounded, but was confined to the hospital for a time on account of sickness. After
receiving his discharge, he went back home, where he became private coachman for a large
landowner, who was a government forester. but after being thus occupied for a year, he decided
to try his fortune in America and subsequently came to this country. On first locating in
Appleton, he was handicapped on account of not being able to speak the English language, and
for a time was compelled to accept whatever occupations presented themselves, but he was
quick to learn and his economy and frugality soon enabled him to accumulate enough money to
buy a farm of forty acres in Grand Chute township, on which he lived ten years. He made a
number of improvements on this property, and was able to sell it at an advance, and at that time
purchased the farm on which he now lives. He now has 100 acres of finely cultivated land,
having sold forty acres of his original purchase, and here he carries on general farming and stock
raising. His buildings are substantial and modern, and include one of the handsomest residences
in. Grand Chute township, erected by Mr. Rohloff in 1907. Mr. Rohloff is a member of the
Lutheran Church, and is independent in his political views. 
On November 27, 1876, Mr. Rohloff was married to Louisa Longe, who was born in
Mecklenburg, Germany, April 17, 1848, daughter of Henry and Louisa Longe, natives of that
place who came to the United States in 1872 and located in Appleton, where they spent the
balance of their lives in retirement, Mrs. Longe dying within a year after their coming, and her
husband passing away in 1891. They had five children, of whom two are living: Mrs. Rohloff,
and Henrietta, who is the wife of Fred Lilly, of Appleton. Mr. and Mrs. Rohloff have had five
children; Martha, born May 4, 1877, who is the wife of Albert Culbach, engaged in the pump
and well-drilling business in Appleton; Anna, born April 28, 1879, the wife of Otis Spriester, a
butcher of Appleton; Paul born June 9, 1883 is single and resides at home; Lizzie, born February
23, 1891, also single and at home; and Louie, born April 4, 1885, who died in 1898.