Matthew Frasch ^{1 2 3}

  Burial Notes:

Grave site mystery: Row 6, the far right (east) row has a more complicated arrangements of lots and grave than the other 5 rows. Row 6 starts as a two grave wide row at the top (north) end beginning with Lot 62 working down toward the bottom (south) end of the row where the last two lots, 69 & 70, become single grave wide lots.

Lots 69 & 70 were covered with trees and brush for many years and cleaned out during the May 2013 cleanup.

The old Lot Map shows Lot 69 contains 4 parallel grave sites and Lot 70 contains 2 parallel grave sites.

The old database List of Burials show Matt Frasch [1858-1937] to be buried in Lot 69, grave 1 and his wife Mary (Stiller) [1868-1928] buried in Lot 69, grave 2 and no one buried in graves 3 & 4. However the individual Matt & Mary Frasch grave markers are actually sitting in lot 68.

So, is the old database in error and their remains are actually beneath the grave markers in lot 68?

Or were the grave markers moved further uphill when that lower east corner of the cemetery was still covered with trees and brush?
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 3 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Page 10A, Roll 1739, District 173, Household 237
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 24 yrs
Matt Frash..Head..51..POLAND..Farmer, General Farm
(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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• His obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 9 November 1937 in Winona, MN.

³ MATTHEW FRASCH OF TREMPEALEAU DEAD

Trempealeau, Wis. -- (Special to the Republican-Herald) -- Matthew Frasch, 79, Trempealeau, died at a La Crosse hospital Monday noon. He had been a hospital patient for about a week but had been in failing health for some time.

He was born in Czainowanz, Germany, September 13, 1858, and came to this country when he was 15 years old. He married Mary Stellar October 28 , 1885. They made their home on a farm for 17 years after which they purchased the farm near Trempealeau, where Theodore Schindler now lives, and lived there for 14 years. They then retired from the farm and moved to Trempealeau.

His wife died nine years ago. There were ten children, one dying when a baby, and John with influenza at the age of 21.

Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Edward (Mary) Drugan, Trempealeau; Mrs. Theodore (Anna) Crivits and Mrs. Cathryn Fiedler, La Crosse, Wis.; Mrs. Samuel (Bertha) McCartney, Galesville, and Mrs. Oscar (Clara Goodwinson, Winona, and three sons, Edmund, at home; Peter, La Moille, Minn., and Alex, Brooklyn, NY; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren .

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 9 a.m. at St. Bartholomew's church with the Rev. T. J. Murphy officiating and burial will be in the Trempealeau Catholic cemetery.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 9 Nov 1937, page 4)
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• He was buried on 10 November 1937 in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial 71175015
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Matthew married Mary Stiler on 28 October 1883 in Arcadia, WI.^{1 2} (Mary Stiler was born on 2 December 1869 in Munkiez, GERMANY,^{2 4} died on 8 August 1928 in Trempealeau, WI ⁴ and was buried after 8 August 1928 in Trempealeau, WI ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 3 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Page 10A, Roll 1739, District 173, Household 237
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 24 yrs
Matt Frash..Head..51..GERMANY..Farmer, General Farm
Stella Frash..Wife..41..GERMANY..10/9
Anna Frash..Daughter..13..WI
Bertha Frash..Daughter..10..WI
Clara Frash..Daughter..7..WI
Matt Frash..Son..0..WI.