In his early years with his family, lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
As a Civil War veteran, he was recruited in Paw Paw, Michigan and served three years with 70th Infantry Co. C New York Volunteers.
He was a Chicago police officer at the time of the Great Fire, an 1880 Alabama homesteader, and a Chicago carpenter through the latter 1880's. Father of ten children, husband to Rosa Sturm, he retired to the Soldiers Home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died on November 26, 1911.
In his early years with his family, lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
As a Civil War veteran, he was recruited in Paw Paw, Michigan and served three years with 70th Infantry Co. C New York Volunteers.
He was a Chicago police officer at the time of the Great Fire, an 1880 Alabama homesteader, and a Chicago carpenter through the latter 1880's. Father of ten children, husband to Rosa Sturm, he retired to the Soldiers Home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died on November 26, 1911.
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Co. C 70 N.Y. Inf.
Family Members
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Rose Fertig Curran
1869–1928
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Birdie V. Fertig Ellison
1876–1944
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Walter Fertig
1877–1947
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Edward Charles Fertig
1879–1953
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Laura Fertig Duddy
1882–1951
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Daniel Herbert Fertig
1884–1949
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Minnie Grace Fertig Roche Bowman
1886–1947
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Benjamin Harrison Fertig
1888–1955
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Alma Fertig Gunderson
1891–1969
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Lizre Fertig
1892–1892
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Records on Ancestry
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1900 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960
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U.S., National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
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U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970
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Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915
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