NIEMANN, Charles

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, p 167

Charles NIEMANN, saloon, Fountain City [Buffalo County, Wisconsin], was born 
06 August 1823 in the State of Mecklenburg [the Grand Duchy of 
Mecklenburg-Schwerin or the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz?], Germany, 
and in 1853 came to America, and first settled in the State of Indiana, where 
he was employed constructing railroad. In August of 1855 he moved to 
Fountain City and worked in a saw mill, and in 1857 carried the mail between 
Fountain City and La Crosse [roughly forty miles]. At one time he was 
fourteen days making the trip on account of bad roads, and at another time 
when they were impassable for the snow, he hired C. W. GILBERT, who skated 
down the river [Black river?] to La Crosse and back, bringing with him 100 
pounds of mail. Mr. NIEMANN continued at this business until 1869, and 
afterwards erected the large brick block where he now does business. He has 
been a member of the Lutheran church for twenty-two years.

In 1860 at LaCrosse [LaCrosse County, Wisconsin] he [Charles NIEMANN] was 
married to [Miss?] Margaret CARRISCH [should be spelled CARISCH?], by whom he 
has one son and two daughters. [This NIEMAN (NIEMANN) family is enumerated 
in the 1880 census of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin: Charles, age 
fifty-nine, saloon keeper, born in Prussia, about 1821 by his census age, to 
parents also born in Prussia; his wife Margareth, age forty-two, born in 
Switzerland, about 1838, to parents also born there; and two children of 
Charles, born in Wisconsin to a father born in Prussia and a mother born in 
Switzerland: (1) Christopher, age nineteen, single, teamster; and (2) 
Sophia, age five, born about 1875. The household also contains three male 
boarders unrelated to Charles NIEMANN. Thus one daughter is mentioned in the 
biography but not enumerated in the 1880 census. This daughter may have been 
born between the 1880 census enumeration and the date the text was published 
in 1881. Submitter did not check later census records.]

[Assuming CARISCH was Margaret's maiden name, was she related to Charles 
CARISCH, age forty-four, born (about 1836 from his census age) in Prussia, 
one of the single males who boarded at the hotel of Martin NICK in Fountain 
City? Was she related to Balthasar CARISCH? Balthasar CARISCH was born in 
Switzerland, about 1832 per his 1880 census age, and resided in Fountain City 
with his wife Christina and four children. Bracketed material added by 
submitter (who is not researching these surnames) to support and clarify 
information given in the biography and to raise questions.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly