Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2025 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Northern Wisconsin pub: The Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 [page 178) JOSEPH BERSCH, hotel, Chilton. Born in Prussia, Germany, April 22, 1847. He came to America in 1848; went to Sheboy- gan Co., Wis., and with his parents located on a farm. In 1867-8 he worked in the Lake Superior mining region of Mich- gan. He returned home in 1868, and remained till 1870 when he began farming for himself. In May, 1880, he came to Chilton, and bought the hotel called the Wisconsin House. In 1870 he married Miss HELFRIG. They have three children, having lost three. Those living are FRANK, MARY and THOMAS. They are Catholics. ===========================================================================