WI BIO - Dodge Co - ALBERT, Gottlieb
History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 
1880, p 643-644 

Gottlieb ALBERT, proprietor of Albert's Hotel and Restaurant, Mayville [Dodge 
County, Wisconsin], was born in Russia 06 January 1821. At the age of 
twenty-one he went to Prussia and served five years in the Prussian Army. He 
came to America in 1852, locating at Mayville. He learned the trade of 
carpenter, wagon maker and millwright in Prussia.

[Gottlieb ALBERT] began business as a blacksmith and wagon maker in Mayville, 
and sold out his shop and factory in 1872. He sold Waupun pumps for some 
time, but has turned over the business to his son, Julius. [p 644] In 1878 
he raised his hotel, leveled off its site and built another story under the 
original building. Mr. [Gottlieb] ALBERT is a Democrat, and has been a 
member of the Town, Village and School Boards, Street Commissioner, etc. He 
controlled the building of the first iron bridge in Mayville.

In 1853 he married Miss Charlotte SCHAAL. They [Gottlieb and Charlotte 
(SCHALL) ALBERT] have five children living: (1) Julius, (2) Emma, (3) 
William, (4) Bertha, and (5) Alvina.

Submitted by: Cathy Kubly