“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


WM. FUERSTENAU, teacher; born in Prussia April 16, 1830; came to 
America in 1857; located in Chicago; was employed as a teacher there 
and in that vicinity for seven years; then he came to Watertown, and has 
been engaged in teaching here ever since; he is Principal of the school 
which he is now connected with; educated at Stettin Seminary, in 
Germany.  Mr. F. is a member of the Missouri German Lutheran Synod.  
Oct. 12, 1854, he was married, in Germany, to Wilhelmina Gramzow; 
she was born in Prussia; they have six children – Martha (now the wife 
of Rev. Mr. Machmiller, of Fairbank, Iowa), Renata (now teaching in 
Milwaukee), Martin (a student in the Northwestern University), Paul and 
Anna.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)