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History of Buffalo & Pepin Counties, Wisconsin - Vol. 1
pub. H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Winona, MN - 1919

         [page 341]
         
         WILLIAM ALITZ, JR., proprietor of a farm of 320 acres, 200
       acres being in section 24, Belvidere township, and 20 acres 
       in Waumandee township, adjoining, Buffalo county, was born in 
       Alma township, this county, Feb. 19, 1873, son of WILLIAM, SR., 
       and BERTHA (SCHULTZ) ALITZ. The parents were both born in Ger-
       many, the father May 31, 1848. They were married in 1872 and 
       settled in Buffalo county, Wisconsin, in Alma township. MRS. 
       BERTHA ALITZ died in 1884, at the age of 44 years. Her husband 
       died July 26, 1917. They had eight children: WILLIAM, JR.; JOHN, 
       born May 5, 1875; EMMA, born April 8, 1877; HERMAN, born Dec. 9, 
       1879; FRITZ, born March 28, 1881 (dead); ROBERT, born Dec. 20, 
       1883; ALBERT, born Nov. 4, 1885; and a daughter who died in 
       infancy. Up to the age of 22 years the subject of this sketch 
       resided at home, assisting his parents on their farm in Alma 
       township. Then he and his brother JOHN rented the farm and oper-
       ated in partnership for six years. After that, for two years, 
       WILLIAM rented a farm belonging to his cousins. Later he rented 
       the CLAUS HOOP farm for six years, and after that the farm of 
       HENRY BORCHWARDT, operating the latter for four years, or until 
       1913, when he bought the farm on which he now lives. Of its 
       total area of 220 acres, 72 acres are cleared, the rest being 
       mostly woodland. MR. ALITZ is engaged in mixed farming, especi-
       ally in dairying and the raising of swine. His substantial 
       frame house contains six rooms, and he has a good-sized barn, 
       26 by 73 feet in dimensions, with a corn crib attached. His 
       buildings and equipment are complete and adequate for all the 
       purposes of modern farming, and he is doing a successful and 
       increasing business. On Nov. 6, 1904, MR. ALITZ was united in 
       marriage with HENRIETTA HILGERT, who was born in Alma township, 
       Buffalo county, July 20, 1880, daughter of JACOB and MINNIE 
       (APPEL) HILGERT. She was one of a family of six children, and 
       now has two brothers living: CHARLES, a resident of Buffalo City,
       and WILLIAM, who is in Canada. Both her parents are now deceased. 
       Mr. and Mrs. ALITZ are the parents of five children: OSCAR, born 
       May 13, 1904; ALVIN, born June 26, 1905; EMMA, born May 14, 1907; 
       PALMA, born July 4, 1911, and GEORGE, born Jan. 23, 1914. The 
       four eldest are attending school.
       
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