Second Generation

3. Henrietta Austine Gette "Etta" ERDMANN was born on 1 March 1855 in Preussen (Prussia).^1,6,7,8 (Her name was listed as "Jannett Erdmann" on her Marriage Registration Certificate.)

(Her given name appears to be listed as "Rieke" in the 1900 Census; it may have been "Goethe." Her birth date was listed as June 1855.) She emigrated in December 1880 from Preussen (Prussia).^7,9 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ Etta appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ She appeared in the census in January 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ She was listed as "Henrietta." She died on 13 March 1920 at the age of 65 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,11 of percacius anemia. Etta was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Henrietta Austine Gette "Etta" ERDMANN and Stanislaw (Stanley) "Albert" GRABITSKY Sr. were married on 18 May 1882 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,7,8,9 The witnesses at their wedding were August Grill and Julius Erdmann. The Registration Certificate indicates that he was 27 years old and she was 29; those ages are off by a couple of years according to other birth information.

(According to the 1900 and 1910 Census records, they had 4 children, of whom all 4 were living at the time.) Stanislaw (Stanley) "Albert" GRABITSKY Sr., son of Joseph GRABITSKY and Paulina UNKNOWN (GRABITSKY), was born on 8 May 1854 in Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,7,8,11,12 (His name was liste as "Stanistaw Grabicki" on his Marriage Registration Certificate.)

(His birth year is listed as 1854 on his gravestone; it was listed as June 1855 in the 1900 Census.)

He emigrated in December 1880 from Germany.^1,7,9 They sailed on the vessel "Donau" from Bremen, Germany. The ship arrived in New York on 20 Dec 1880.

According to the ship records, "Stanislaw Grabitsky" was a 26-year-old workman coming from Prussia with his son Fred, 2 years old. Listed above their names were Henette Erdmann, 27, Gustav Erdmann, 24, and Wilhelmine Erdmann, 53, also coming from Prussia. Their destination was Chicago.

. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ His surname was listed as "Grabisky." His household (located on Hollister Street, with no street number, but between 609 and 629) consisted of Albert, age 44, occupation "Day Labor;" his wife, "Rieke," age 44; and their children, Albert, age 19; occupation, "Day Labor;" William, age 14; and Hulda, age 8. The record indicated that Albert and his wife were born in Germany and their children were born in Wisconsin. Albert appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ His household was on Hollister Avenue in the 2nd Ward. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ His household was at 717 Hollister Avenue and consisted of "Stanley," "Henrietta," and their son Fred. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² He was living alone at at 717 Hollister Avenue and was listed as a "Widower." Albert died on 5 October 1941 at the age of 87 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,11 of coronary thrombosis arterio-sclerosis. He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery. (His name is listed as "Albert S. Grabitsky" in the cemetery records.)

Henrietta Austine Gette "Etta" ERDMANN and Stanislaw (Stanley) "Albert" GRABITSKY Sr. had the following children: