WI BIO - Dane Co - LOEHRER, Peter J.
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol II, pp 608-609

Peter J. LOEHRER, the genial proprietor of the Egg House of Wisconsin, 
located at 227 State Street, where he has done business for eighteen months, 
came to this city in 1889, and was connected with the firm of J. J. Loehrer 
Brothers, proprietors of the Egg House for about two years. He became a 
partner in the livery business which has been run for some years by the 
brothers. For many years our subject was a resident of Cross Plains 
Township, Dane County, where he was engaged for some time cultivating a good 
farm, having located there in 1852. He was successful in his business as a 
farmer and stock raiser.

Peter J. LOEHERER was born in the Rhine province of Prises, Germany, 03 Nov 
1842, and was only three year of age when his parents started for the U. S., 
sailing from Antwerp, landing in NY City, after a voyage of forty-two days in 
a sailing vessel. They then came to Milwaukee, landing there 04 Jul 1846, [p 
609] where they lived until 1852, when they came with a yoke of oxen, 
overland in a farm wagon to Madison, arriving 04 Jul 1852.

The father, William LOEHRER purchased 80 acres of good land in Cross Plains 
Township, lived there for some years, later came into Madison, and spent his 
remaining years with his son, dying here, 13 Feb 1892, aged eighty-three 
years and three months. William LOEHRER had been a successful farmer all of 
his life, a good German-American citizen, and was a man who was highly 
respected. His wife had died in this city at the home of our subject, 01 Mar 
1889, at eighty years of age. Both she and her husband had been members of 
the Roman Catholic Church. They were the parents of three sons and two 
daughters.* One daughter, Katherine, died, after her marriage to Herman 
WALLRAFF, who is also now deceased; Gertrude married Joseph [submitter 
assumes "Joseph" is not a surname, thus not transcribed in all caps], who has 
been the proprietor of an ice trade in Madison for many years, and she died 
09 Jan 1893, at the [age] of 55 years. Of their ten children, there are only 
three now living: Katie, Minnie, and Lena. Hubert, a brother of the subject 
of this sketch, married Saloma SCHLECK, and has six children, of whom 
William, the eldest, is now attending the Northwestern Business College at 
Madison [WI]; Katie, married Charles E. H. BAER; and Gertie, Josie, John, and 
Mary are at home with their parents. Mr. SCHLECK is a successful farmer and 
stock raiser in Cross Plains Township. Mr. LOEHRER's sister, Minnie 
BOLLIGBY, has eight children: Katie, Lizzie, Gertie, Salome, Hubert, Willie, 
Minnie, and Mary; three of these daughters are married. [* Submitter notes 
not "three sons and two daughters," but "two sons and three daughters" of Mr. 
and Mrs. William LOEHRER: namely, Katherine, Gertrude, Hulbert, Minnie, and 
Peter J.] 

Our subject is the third born in the family, all of whom are now married and 
have families. After he came to Cross Plains Township, he grew up a farmer 
by trade and became of age in this county, and was married in Springfield 
Township to Miss Mary HILGERS, born in Germany, there reared and educated, 
and was a young woman of eighteen years when she came to this country with 
her father. She was married about two years later. She has since been a 
true wife and good mother, has borne her husband ten children, two sons and 
eight daughters: Katie J., at home; William J., a clerk in his father's 
hotel; Annie, Gertrude J. and Christina J., at home assisting in the 
management of the hotel; Casper is being educated in St. Francis College, 
Milwaukee; and Minnie, Julia, Saloma, and Lena are at home. Both Mr. and 
Mrs. LOEHRER with all of the children are members of the Holy Redeemer 
Catholic Church. For eight years Mr. LOEHRER has been Superintendent of his 
township. He is a sound Democrat. He and his family are widely known 
throughout the whole county, and are highly respected.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly