Carl Moritz Ottocar MUETZE

Born

31 January 1842 , Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

Died

20 November 1930 , La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

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Gotthelf Moritz Wilhelm MUETZE Johanne Dorothee SCHMIDT

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Born: 31 January 1842 in Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

Father: Gotthelf Moritz Wilhelm MUETZE

Mother: Johanne Dorothee SCHMIDT

Carl Moritz Ottocar was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1879.

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Carl Moritz Ottocar married Emma STUEBNER abt. 1868 in Marklissa, Silesia, Prussia, Germany . Emma STUEBNER was born 28 May 1848 in Germany (German States) (German Empire). Emma died 16 May 1916 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA (LaCrosse).

Carl Moritz Ottocar MUETZE died 20 November 1930 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA .
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Recorded occupation: jeweler and watch maker

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Emma STUEBNER
Marriage date: abt. 1868
Marriage place: Marklissa, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

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History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Western Historical Company, 1881

Ottocar Muetze, jeweler and watchmaker, was born in 1842, in Schlesien, Prussia. He was educated in Prussia, and learned his trade there; also learned telegraphy and photography. He was married in Marklissa, Prussia, in 1868, to Emma Stuebner; came to America in 1878, arriving in La Cross in August, and was joined by his wife in 1879...

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Birth — 1842
31 January 1842
Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

La Crosse, Wisconsin
name: Otto Muetze
residence: La Crosse 2nd Ward, La Crosse, Wisconsin
number of white males: 3
number of white females: 3
number of black males:
number of black females:
country of birth: United States: 1; Germany: 5;
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form type: Inhabitants
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film number: 1032698
digital folder number: 4245049
image number: 00749

'Wisconsin, State Census, 1885,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MM91-YB9 : accessed 30 Jan 2013), Otto Muetze, La Crosse 2nd Ward, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1900 Shelby, La Crosse, Wisconsin
name: Ottocar Muetze
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 90 Shelby town (excl. La Crosse city), La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
birth date: Jan 1842
birthplace: Germany
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's birthplace: Germany
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Male
marital status: Married
years married: 33
estimated marriage year: 1867
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number living children:
immigration year: 1878
page: 5
sheet letter: A
family number: 75
reference number: 29
film number: 1241795
digital folder number: 004119951
image number: 00876
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Ottocar Muetze M 58 Germany
wife Emma Muetze F 52 Germany
daughter Asta Muetze F 28 Germany
son George Muetze M 25 Germany
son Felix Muetze M 16 Wisconsin
son Moritz Muetze M 14 Wisconsin
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1916 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emma STUEBNER died 16 May 1916, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA (LaCrosse)

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1930 Shelby, La Crosse, Wisconsin
name: Ottocar Muetze
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Shelby, La Crosse, Wisconsin
gender: Male
age: 88
marital status: Widowed
race: White
birthplace: Germany
estimated birth year: 1842
immigration year: 1879
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's birthplace: Germany
enumeration district number: 0039
family number: 125
sheet number and letter: 6B
line number: 51
nara publication: T626, roll 2579
film number: 2342313
digital folder number: 4547887
image number: 00630
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Ottocar Muetze M 88 Germany
daughter Asta Muetze F 58 Germany
son George Muetze M 54 Germany
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Death — 1930
20 November 1930
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
He died at the age of 88.

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