Charles W Hartig
  Charles W "Carl" HARTIG, 1876-1975
Woodworker in Milwaukee
Viola Hartig's father

 Father Johann Friedrich Heinrich Christian "Henry" HARTIG, 1844-1922
 Mother Dorothea Sophie Marie "Sophie" BURMEISTER Hartig, 1851-1922
       Sister Alwina HARTIG, 1874-
       Charles W "Carl" HARTIG, 1876-1975
       Brother Otto Wilhelm Heinrich HARTIG, 1878-1959
       Brother Hermann HARTIG, 1880-1880
       Brother Franz Theodor Wilhelm "Frank" HARTIG, 1881-1941
       Brother Heinrich August Wilhelm "Henry" HARTIG, 1883-1935
       Stillborn brother, 1885
       Sister Anna "Annie" HARTIG Sirge, 1887-
       Brother Edward HARTIG, 1889-
       Sister Tillie HARTIG Krahn, 1896-

 Wife Alma Dorothea Christina ROHLOFF Hartig, 1882-1964
       Daughter Viola Louisa Hermine Sophia HARTIG Benz, 1902-1983
       Daughter Lydia Olga Anna Alma HARTIG, 1904-1988
       Daughter Irmgard Bertha Theresa Julehen HARTIG Zastrow, 1909-1976
       Son Raymond Carl Rudolf Wilhelm HARTIG, 1915-1991

Time Line

25 June 1876 - Born at 990 Booth St, 13th Ward, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. (Pre-1929 street numbering system.) Birth was attended by midwife Mrs M Krueger of 1006 Richards.

21 June 1878, age 1 - Brother Otto Wilhelm Heinrich HARTIG born at 13th ward there

Sometime before 1880 - Sister Alwina HARTIG died

1880, age 3 - Recorded in the Federal census at Milwaukee

25 March 1880, age 3 - Brother Hermann HARTIG born there

18 December 1880, age 4 - Brother Hermann HARTIG died at 990 Booth St there of scarlet fever

13 September 1881, age 5 - Brother Franz Theodor Wilhelm "Frank" HARTIG born at 13th ward there

12 April 1883, age 6 - Brother Heinrich August Wilhelm "Henry" HARTIG born there

21 January 1885, age 8 - Brother stillborn there

29 April 1887, age 10 - Sister Anna "Annie" HARTIG Sirge born there

23 December 1889, age 13 - Brother Edward HARTIG born there

20 July 1896, age 20 - Sister Tillie HARTIG Krahn born at 990 Booth St there

Sometime before 1900 - Grandmother Friederica Caroline Dorothea GOSSELK Burmeister died

As of 1900 until 1909 - Occupation listed as laborer in woodworking industry

28 July 1900, age 24 - Married Alma Dorothea Christina ROHLOFF, age 17, at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Milwaukee. Attendants were William Tetzlaff and Otto Wilhelm Heinrich HARTIG

14 November 1900, age 24 - Brother Otto Wilhelm Heinrich HARTIG, age 22, married Etta MERTENS, age 22, there

1902, age 25 - Resided at 255 Booth St there

25 November 1902, age 26 - Daughter Viola Louisa Hermine Sophia HARTIG Benz born at 255 Booth St there

14 August 1904, age 28 - Daughter Lydia Olga Anna Alma HARTIG born there

20 August 1904, age 28 - Brother Franz Theodor Wilhelm "Frank" HARTIG, age 22, married Emma M KUSSMANN, age 21, there

18 August 1906, age 30 - Grandfather David Jochim Christopher BURMEISTER, age 81, died at Wilhelmstraße 32, Wismar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1909, age 32 - Resided at 44 Chambers St, Milwaukee

25 April 1909, age 32 - Daughter Irmgard Bertha Theresa Julehen HARTIG Zastrow born at 44 Chambers St there

18 December 1909, age 33 - Mother-in-law's husband Michael SCHäFER, age 65, died there of Krebs (cancer)

1910, age 33 - Occupation listed as woodworking machine hand

As of 1910 until 1915 - Resided at 1237 North Pierce, Milwaukee. (Pre-1929 street numbering system, Today 3027 N Pierce St.) His family was living with his mother-in-law.

20 April 1910, age 33 - Recorded in the Federal census there

1915, age 38 - Resided at 1248 North Pierce there. (Pre-1929 street numbering system, Today 3036 N Pierce St.)

2 June 1915, age 38 - Son Raymond Carl Rudolf Wilhelm HARTIG born there

28 August 1920, age 44 - Daughter Viola Louisa Hermine Sophia HARTIG, age 17, married Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ, age 33, there

28 June 1922, age 46 - Mother Dorothea Sophie Marie "Sophie" BURMEISTER Hartig, age 71, died at 990 Booth St there of carcinoma of the stomach and senile debility

27 August 1922, age 46 - Granddaughter Janet Adele BENZ Landowski born there

4 December 1922, age 46 - Father Johann Friedrich Heinrich Christian "Henry" HARTIG, age 78, died at 990 Booth St there of suicide by hanging

Between 1924 and 1935 - Brother Edward HARTIG died

11 August 1924, age 48 - Grandson Elroy BENZ born at Milwaukee

Sometime after 1930 - Mother-in-law Louise Christine Maria GLEI Rohloff Schäfer died in Milwaukee?

2 May 1934, age 57 - Sister-in-law Bertha C MACK Hartig, age 48, died at 2226 W Keefe, Milwaukee of pulmonary tuberculosis, myocardial degeneration, & chronic nephritis

Between 1935 and 1959 - Sister Anna "Annie" HARTIG Sirge died

19 April 1935, age 58 - Brother Heinrich August Wilhelm "Henry" HARTIG, age 52, died at Milwaukee

20 July 1935, age 59 - Son-in-law Eduard Georg Ferdinand "Eddie" BENZ, age 48, died at Milwaukee County Hospital there of pulmonary tuberculosis

23 November 1941, age 65 - Brother Franz Theodor Wilhelm "Frank" HARTIG, age 60, died at 3050 N 24th St there of coronary occlusion due to hypertension

About 7 September 1946, age 70 - Granddaughter Janet Adele BENZ, age 24, married Ervin Joseph LANDOWSKI, age 30

24 August 1948, age 72 - Brother-in-law Walter Arthur KRAHN, age 52, died at San Diego, San Diego County, California
Alma and Charles Hartig's 50th Anniversary

30 April 1959, age 82 - Brother Otto Wilhelm Heinrich HARTIG, age 80, died at Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Sometime after 1959 - Sister Tillie HARTIG Krahn died

11 June 1964, age 87 - Brother's widow Emma M KUSSMANN Hartig, age 80, died at Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

17 June 1964, age 87 - Wife Alma Dorothea Christina ROHLOFF Hartig, age 81, died at Milwaukee

13 February 1969, age 92 - Brother's widow Etta MERTENS Hartig, age 90, died at Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Five Generations of Hartig Descendants

11 February 1975, age 98 - Died at Milwaukee

14 February 1975 - Buried by Harders Funeral Home at Evergreen Cemetery there