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


GUSTAVUS WERLICH, real-estate and loan broker; was born in 
Hamburg, Germany, May 29, 1826; came to Wisconsin Aug. 25, 1846, 
locating in the town of Emmett, Dodge Co.  Mr. Werlich was in the 
hardware business in Hamburg, and when he came to Watertown, he 
went to farming until 1853, when,  in connection with his brother under 
the firm name of Werlich Bros., opened a general store which he carried 
on for five years.  In 1859, he entered the real-estate business, and also 
the loaning of money, which business he has followed up to the present 
time.  Mr. Werlich has made the following additions to Watertown:  One 
in the Sixth Ward of between three and four acres; one in Sixth Ward of 
twenty acres; one of eighty-eight acres in town limits; and, in connection 
with other parties, has added the following: One of sixty-five acres in 
Third Ward; one of forty acres in Seventh Ward; one of sixty-two acres 
in Second Ward.  He has held the following offices:  In 1849, he was 
Constable of Emmett; in 1850, 1851 and 1852, was Assessor of Emmett; 
in 1853, he was Town Clerk of Emmett; in 1855, 1856 and 1857, was 
Alderman of Second Ward, Watertown; in 1860-66, was City Clerk of 
Watertown.  He married, April 22, 1851, Theresa Niemeyer, of Kingdom 
of Hanover, Germany; he has six children – Constantine, Isabella, Percy 
(Midshipman in the U. S. Navy), Julius, Olga and Meta.



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