Name: Otto Christian Bittmann Sex: M Birth: May 10, 1875 in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Death: January 03, 1956 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Burial: January 07, 1956 in Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Block 2, sec A, lot 124, grave 7 Residence: Whitelaw, Wisconsin Residence: 1900 Lived with Paul on Mason Street, Milwaukee as boarders to Mamie McCullough Residence: 1956 2319 West Michigan Avenue Apartment 102, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Census: 1900 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Census: 1910 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin married: #2 *** father 34736265, mother 34736307 (Otto Christian Bittmann was born May 10, 1875, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the son of Bernhard Bittmann and Philomena Bastian. Otto was the sixth of their seven children, and the second to be born in the U.S. His parents had emigrated from Michelbach, Baden, Germany in 1871 - just four years before he was born. The spelling of his name varied from Bittmann (marriage) to Bittmann (original German) to the final version Bittman. The family legend is that the change was to make it sound less German. Otto's father died in 1890, when Otto was 15 years old. His mother died in 1916. Otto married Veronika Laura Basel (known as Laura). Laura's brother Joseph brought her to Milwaukee to work as a chambermaid at the Pfister Hotel. She was there by at least 1900. In 1900, Otto was living in Milwaukee with his brother, Fred, at 168 Mason Street. Otto met Laura while he was working at the Pfister Hotel as a porter, and they married on April 23, 1902. At the time of the marriage, Otto was a bar keeper. By 1910, Otto and partner Adolph Benzing (husband of Otto's sister, Paulina), had started the Cream City Granite and Marble Works. Otto and Laura lived at 709 4th Street in Milwaukee. In 1927, they lived at 84 Lloyd in Milwaukee. By 1930, Otto was the vice-president of Badger Monument Company. By 1945, he changed the name to Bittman Monument Company. Otto and Laura had eight children from 1903 through 1919 - three boys and five girls. Laura died young, in 1928. Otto died on Jan 3, 1956, in Milwaukee. Otto and Laura are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, with his sister Paulina, her husband Adolf Benzing, and their daughter Philomene Benzing.
Name: Otto Christian Bittmann Sex: M Birth: May 10, 1875 in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Death: January 03, 1956 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Burial: January 07, 1956 in Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Block 2, sec A, lot 124, grave 7 Residence: Whitelaw, Wisconsin Residence: 1900 Lived with Paul on Mason Street, Milwaukee as boarders to Mamie McCullough Residence: 1956 2319 West Michigan Avenue Apartment 102, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Census: 1900 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Census: 1910 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin married: #2 *** father 34736265, mother 34736307 (Otto Christian Bittmann was born May 10, 1875, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the son of Bernhard Bittmann and Philomena Bastian. Otto was the sixth of their seven children, and the second to be born in the U.S. His parents had emigrated from Michelbach, Baden, Germany in 1871 - just four years before he was born. The spelling of his name varied from Bittmann (marriage) to Bittmann (original German) to the final version Bittman. The family legend is that the change was to make it sound less German. Otto's father died in 1890, when Otto was 15 years old. His mother died in 1916. Otto married Veronika Laura Basel (known as Laura). Laura's brother Joseph brought her to Milwaukee to work as a chambermaid at the Pfister Hotel. She was there by at least 1900. In 1900, Otto was living in Milwaukee with his brother, Fred, at 168 Mason Street. Otto met Laura while he was working at the Pfister Hotel as a porter, and they married on April 23, 1902. At the time of the marriage, Otto was a bar keeper. By 1910, Otto and partner Adolph Benzing (husband of Otto's sister, Paulina), had started the Cream City Granite and Marble Works. Otto and Laura lived at 709 4th Street in Milwaukee. In 1927, they lived at 84 Lloyd in Milwaukee. By 1930, Otto was the vice-president of Badger Monument Company. By 1945, he changed the name to Bittman Monument Company. Otto and Laura had eight children from 1903 through 1919 - three boys and five girls. Laura died young, in 1928. Otto died on Jan 3, 1956, in Milwaukee. Otto and Laura are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, with his sister Paulina, her husband Adolf Benzing, and their daughter Philomene Benzing.
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