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Anton Geigel

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Anton Geigel

Birth
Death
16 Jul 1916 (aged 16)
Burial
Saint Nazianz, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Geigel, Anton (child –Dec. 18, 1899-July 16, 1916 –son of Joseph Geigel and Anna Muehlhaupt –student and laborer –painter –in the 1900 and 1905 census for the Town of Eaton, Anton is shown living with his parents and siblings in the house at 102 South Fourth Avenue in St. Nazianz –died from “drowning” –“Anton Geigel, 17, was drowned at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Pigeon Lake, three and one-half miles from St. Nazianz, when he was taken with cramps. There were many bathers and onlookers in the immediate vicinity of the lad, but his plight was not discovered until he was missed. The body was recovered in fifteen minutes with drag nets, but life was extinct.” –from The Sheboygan Press, July 18, 1916) –buried at St. Gregory Catholic Cemetery in St. Nazianz, Town of Eaton [buried in Section 3, Row 3, Lot 10 –stone] [death record Manitowoc 14-49]
Geigel, Anton (child –Dec. 18, 1899-July 16, 1916 –son of Joseph Geigel and Anna Muehlhaupt –student and laborer –painter –in the 1900 and 1905 census for the Town of Eaton, Anton is shown living with his parents and siblings in the house at 102 South Fourth Avenue in St. Nazianz –died from “drowning” –“Anton Geigel, 17, was drowned at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Pigeon Lake, three and one-half miles from St. Nazianz, when he was taken with cramps. There were many bathers and onlookers in the immediate vicinity of the lad, but his plight was not discovered until he was missed. The body was recovered in fifteen minutes with drag nets, but life was extinct.” –from The Sheboygan Press, July 18, 1916) –buried at St. Gregory Catholic Cemetery in St. Nazianz, Town of Eaton [buried in Section 3, Row 3, Lot 10 –stone] [death record Manitowoc 14-49]


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  • Created by: Rose Mohnsam
  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98732722/anton-geigel: accessed ), memorial page for Anton Geigel (18 Dec 1899–16 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98732722, citing Saint Gregory Cemetery, Saint Nazianz, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Rose Mohnsam (contributor 47105797).