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FRANK H. HAGERMAN, M. D.
Dr. Frank H. Hagerman, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, with offices in the Caswell block on Grand avenue in Milwaukee, was born just across the border in Ontario, Canada. His birthplace was a farm and his natal day was April 7, 1861. His father, Henry Hagerman, who spent his life in Canada, devoted his attention to farming and merchandising, and passed away at the advanced age of ninety-seven years. His father was of German birth. The mother of Dr. Hagerman bore the maiden name of Nancy Milliken and died at the age of forty-eight years. By her marriage she became the mother of three sons who are yet living: Joseph F., of Manitoba; William A., residing in London, Ontario; and Frank H.
The last named, the youngest of the three brothers, spent his youthful days on his father's farm with the usual experiences of the farm bred boy who divides his time between the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and the work of the fields. He was graduated from the Park Hill high school at the age of eighteen years and for a decade thereafter he followed commercial pursuits. He then tock up the study of medicine in Toronto University, where he was graduated in 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine. He came at once to Milwaukee, where he has engaged in practice for thirty years, and his ability is attested by the liberal support that has been accorded him. He has successfully met and solved many difficult pro- fessional problems and he continually augments his skill and power by his reading and study, whereby he keeps abreast of the latest scientific researches and discoveries bear- ing upon the medical profession. He belongs to the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and he served on the local examining board during the World war.
In 190S Dr. Hagerman was married in Milwaukee to Miss Clara Lange, a native
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of this city and of German descent. Dr. Hagerman is a Knight Templar and thirty- second degree Mason and also a member of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias, in which he has served as chancellor. His name is on the membership rolls of the Milwaukee Athletic Club and he enjoys all manly sports but is particularly fond of travel, having visited many parts of the United States and Canada, while on one occasion he went to Europe, spending much of the year 1908 abroad, during which period he did hospital work in London. Each summer he takes a long motor trip, accompanied by his wife, and thus through his recreation he finds strength and inspiration for the labors of the ensuing year.
SALMON W. DALBERG.
Salmon W. Dalberg, who for thirty years was prominent as a lawyer of Milwaukee, in which city he was also highly esteemed as a man and citizen, was born May 10, 1860, in Madison, Wisconsin, his parents being Abraham and Charlotte Dalberg, the former a native of Westphalia, Prussia, while the latter was born in Vienna, Austria. It was in the year 1856 that Abraham Dalberg crossed the Atlantic to the United States, settling in Madison, Wisconsin, and the lady whom he afterward married made the voyage about a year later. They were married in Madison, Wisconsin, and became the parents of five children, two of whom died in infancy.
Salmen W. Dalberg, whose name introduces this review, was the eldest of the three children who reached adult age. In the acquirement of his education he attended the public schools, graduating from the Madison high school with the class of 1877. He then became a student at the University of Wisconsin, where he was esteemed as a brilliant scholar, and was numbered among the alumni of 1881. He was an instructor in the high school while attending the university, teaching Latin and other branches. He afterward went to Wausau, Wisconsin, where he was identified with the public schools, and also studied law under Judge Charles V. Bardeen, a prominent representa- tive of the Wisconsin bar. After reading law there for one year he continued his studies under the preceptorship of Winfield H. Smith, a distinguished attorney of Mil- waukee, and was admitted to practice in 1885. He soon afterward entered actively upon the work of his profession in connection with Franklin A. Becher, the partnership being maintained for several years, and Mr. Dalberg subsequently practiced alone, and for thirty years was numbered among the prominent representatives of the Milwaukee bar. He was a lawyer of ability, preparing his cases with great precision and care and presenting his cause with clearness, force and logic. The court records bear tes- timony to the many favorable verdicts which he won. He was a man of exemplary character, untiring energy in his chosen profession, and universally esteemed for his fine qualities of heart and mind.
Mr. Dalberg belonged to the Masonic fraternity, to the Royal Arcanum, the Knights of Pythias, the Old Settlers Club and the Wisconsin Club. Along strictly professional lines his connection was with the Milwaukee County and Wisconsin State Bar Associa- tions. He traveled extensively, finding great joy in visiting many of the beauty spots of the world, for he was a great lover of nature. He was also a writer of ability and ere his demise was planning on retiring from professional duties and devoting his time to travel and writing. His political support was given to the democratic party and in an early day he was president of the Jefferson Club. While he stanchly advo- cated the principles in which he believed, he never sought or desired office as a reward for party fealty. He numbered among his friends some of the most prominent and representative residents of the city-men who highly esteemed him for his sterling worth of character, for his splendid intellectual attainments and his fidelity to every cause which he espoused.
Mr. Dalberg passed away July 10, 1916, having met with an automobile accident at Racine, Wisconsin, and his untimely death was the cause of great sorrow among all who knew him. He is survived by two sisters, Miss Frieda Dalberg and Mrs. Julia D. Bowers, who reside at the Hotel Astor in Milwaukee.
HERMAN ANDRAE.
A consecutive development and expanding interests have marked the business career of Herman Andrae, the founder and the president of the Herman Andrae Elec- trical Company, which is one of the pioneer industries of the kind in Milwaukee. Constantly watchful of every opportunity pointing to success and recognizing that legitimate prosperity depends upon industry, close application and thoroughness, he has so directed his labors and is today at the head of one of the important enterprises of the city.
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Mr. Andrae is a native of this city, his birth having here occurred in April, 1860. He was educated in the Milwaukee public and parochial schools, which he attended to the age of sixteen, and then began working for his father, Julius Andrae, who was born in Saxony, Germany, and who passed away in the year 1917. Julius Andrae came to the United States in 1853 and settled in Milwaukee in 1855. In 1860 he founded what is now the Julius Andrae & Sons Company and his son, Herman Andrae, became asso- ciated with him in the business. When the latter was twenty-one years of age he was sent east on a trip by his father to learn the rudiments of the electrical business, which was then in its initial period of development. He worked in Philadelphia, New York and Savannah, Georgia, for a period of two years, being in the employ of the pioneer electrical dealers and workers. After his return home he was associated with his father in business for a time but later withdrew and organized the Herman Andrae Electrical Company on the 4th of January, 1905. The business was capitalized for ten thousand dollars at the beginning and now has a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars. Herman Andrae has been the only president and he is now at the head of what is today the oldest firm of its kind in the country, its patronage extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the north to the south.
Herman Andrae was united in marriage on the 1st of October, 1884, to Miss Lillie Trentlage, who was born in Milwaukee, a daughter of J. George Trentlage, a hardware merchant, who was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1824 and came to the United States in 1842, landing in Baltimore. After a time spent in the east and south he came to Mil- waukee in June, 1846, and established business on his own account in 1871. He worked for years for James Kneeland, who had the first general store in Milwaukee, and subse- quently he was with LeFevre & Green, the first hardware merchants of the city. At length, however, Mr. Trentlage purchased their stock of goods, at which time LeFevre & Green went out of business. He was thus long connected with the commercial inter- ests of the city and made steady progress in his career, contributing as well to the material development and upbuilding of Milwaukee. During the period of his residence in Baltimore, after coming to the new world, he worked for Edgar Allen Poe, the well known American poet, and was a member of his household. After a long period in which he was closely and prominently identified with the development and upbuilding of Milwaukee, Mr. Trentlage passed away on the 20th of May, 1911, at the age of eighty-six years.
To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Andrae there were born four children. Hilda, the eldest, is now the wife of Paul C. Burrill of Milwaukee, who is secretary of the Andrae Company, and they have become parents of two sons and two daughters: George, Helen, John and Alice. Louise is now the wife of Judge Otto H. Breidenbach, of Milwaukee, and they have a daughter, Margaret. Lydia is the wife of Willard M. Sporleder, of Jersey City, New Jersey, who is employed by the Erie Railroad. George H. J. is acting as assistant to his father in the management of the interests of the Herman Andrae Electrical Company.
Herman Andrae is a member of the Rotary Club, belongs also to the Milwaukee Athletic Club and is an interested member of the Association of Commerce. He stands loyally in support of every plan or project for the general good and his cooperation can always be counted upon to further any measure that tends to promote the snb- stantial growth of Milwaukee, where his entire life has been passed.
The son, George H. J. Andrae, who is a progressive young business man of Milwaukee, now assistant to the president of the Herman Andrae Electrical Company, was born September 23, 1893, in Milwaukee. He pursued his early education in the public schools of this city and was graduated from the South Side high school as a member of the class of 1910 .. He afterward entered the University of Wisconsin and was graduated in 1916 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. For two years he was employed by the Westinghouse Electrical & Manufacturing Company at East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as an apprentice and in the fall of 1918 he joined the army for service in the World war, becoming identified with the Engineer Officers Training School at Camp Humphreys, Virginia, where he remained until the armistice was signed, receiv- ing his discharge on the 27th of November. 1919. He then went with the Westinghouse Company at Boston, Massachusetts, as sales engineer for the New England territory and there continued until June, 1920. On the expiration of that period he returned home to Milwaukee because of his father's illness and took charge of the business in this city, his official title being that of assistant to the president of the Herman Andrae Electrical Company.
On the 23d of September, 1920, George H. J. Andrae was married to Miss Margaret L. Orth, a daughter of Philip Orth, of Milwaukee, who was born in Germany and came to the United States in boyhood, since which time he has lived in this city.
Mr. Andrae is a stalwart republican but has never been an active party worker. He belongs to the Grace Lutheran church and has membership in Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electrical society of the University of Wisconsin. He also has membership with the Electrical Contractors Association and the Master Builders Association of America. He belongs to tlc Association of Commerce and the Rotary Club. His interests and
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activities are thus broad and varied. He stands for that progressiveness which is so essential in the upbuilding and advancement of the community. The work instituted by his grandfather and carried on by his father is now being further developed by him and his thorough preliminary training well qualifies him for the duties and responsibili- ties which he has been obliged to assume, although still a comparatively young man.
WALTER NATHAN ALBERTSON.
Walter Nathan Albertson, senior partner of the firm of W. N. Albertson & Com- 'pany, electrical engineers and operators of public utilities in Milwaukee, was born in Burlington, Wisconsin, November 13, 1888, and is a son of Nathan Albertson, whose birth occurred at Darlington, Wisconsin, and who is now a traveling salesman living in Milwaukee. The son obtained his early education in the public schools of this city and, passing through consecutive grades, was graduated from the West Side high school as a member of the class of 1906. When his texthooks were put aside he entered the employ of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company as a general helper in the meter and testing department and remained with that corporation until 1910, having been advanced to the position of assistant electrical engineer. He next became associated with the Central Illinois Public Service Company at Mattoon, Illinois, and during his six months stay there was employed on the rebuilding of plants as a repre- sentative of the engineering department.
In 1911 Mr. Albertson returned to Milwaukee and established his present business in connection with his brother, Leslie H. Albertson, with offices in the Railway Ex- change building, but they are now located at 527 First Wisconsin National Bank build- ing. They are engaged in the rebuilding of municipal plants and public service cor- porate interests, their work being entirely along electrical lines. They have a public utility inspection bureau, conducting this in conjunction with the railway commission of Wisconsin for the inspection of public utilites. They have a shop and maintenance department in Milwaukee for the rebuilding of high tension transformers, switchboard instruments, meters and generators, together with power plant equipment. Among their clients are the Wisconsin Power Light & Heat Company of Madison, a subsidiary of the Mid-West Utilities Company of Chicago, also the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company, the St. Cloud (Minn.) Public Service Company, which operates about thirty public utilities. and still others of almost equal importance.
Mr. Albertson was married to Miss Anna Lauer, a daughter of Peter Lauer, a prosperous farmer of Chilton, Wisconsin, who is a veteran of the Civil war. To Mr. and Mrs. Albertson have been born two children: Robert and Ruth.
Mr. Albertson maintains an independent course in politics, nor has he ever been actively interested therein. He belongs to the Wesley Methodist Episcopal church but has never been active in club circles, his membership relations being along professional lines, for he is connected with the Wisconsin Electrical Association and the National Stationary Engineers Association. He is very fond of motoring and finds his pleasure chiefly in making long auto tours with his family. Thoroughness and efficiency have characterized all that he has undertaken in the business world, and his progress has brought him prominently to the front in connection with electrical engineering and public utility service in the Mississippi valley.
ALBERT C. HABHEGGER.
Albert C. Habhegger, engaged in the manufacture of carriages and wagons in Milwaukee. was born in this city April 5, 1.863, and is a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families. His parents were Theodore and Marianna (Klans) Habhegger, who were natives of Switzerland. The father, Theodore Habhegger, and his brother Christ arrived in Milwaukee on the 4th of July, 1849, having determined as young men to try their fortunes in the new world, as the entrancing story of opportu- nities here offered had reached them and proven an impelling force in drawing them to American shores. Here Theodore Habhegger learned the trade of carriage and wagon making in the Kingsley establishment, located on River and Oneida streets. He served an apprenticeship until 1856, when in connection with George Haekler, he purchased the Kingsley shop, which was thereafter conducted under the firm style of Haekler & Habhegger until 1876. In that year the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Habhegger built the shop at No. 568 Market street, which is still standing. He con- tinued in the manufacture of carriages and wagons and built up a business of very sub- stantial proportions, at the head of which he continued to the time of his death on the 31st of January, 1901. The business has since been carried on under his name by his
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sons, Albert C. and Theodore F. Habhegger, who had been associated with their father and have now been identified with the enterprise for forty years.
Theodore Habhegger, Sr., was united in marriage to Miss Marianna Klaus, who was brought to Milwaukee by her parents about 1854. The voyage across the Atlantic had consumed three months. The marriage of Mr. Habhegger and Marianna Klaus was celebrated in 1860 and they became the parents of seven children, of whom two died in infancy, while Charles G. has also passed away. The four still living are: Sophia, the wife of Frank A. Karow of Milwaukee; Albert C .; Theodore F .; and Otto J., who is a real estate dealer. Theodore Habhegger, Sr., was the founder of the German Reformed church in Milwaukee and his wife was the oldest living member thereof. The latter was called to her final rest in April, 1921.
Albert C. Habhegger acquired his education in the Hadley public school, or the Seventh Ward school, and when his textbooks were put aside he entered his father's factory and familiarized himself with every phase of carriage and wagon building. He mastered the business in principle and detail and as his efficiency developed he was more and more entrusted with responsibilities in connection with the control and management of the business. Eventually the factory came into possession of himself and his brother Theodore, who are still proprietors of this industry, which has featured in the manufacturing circles of the city for many years. They now specialize in auto- mobile wheels, or the carriage work on automobiles, and their business is one of gratifying proportions.
In 1888 Albert C. Habhegger was united in marriage to Miss Augusta Kratz, a daughter of William Kratz, one of the pioneer settlers of this city. Mr. Habhegger belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Knights of Pythias and he also has mem- bership in the Old Settlers Club. He represents a family that has lived in Milwaukee for almost three-fourths of a century and his connection with the city covers his entire lifetime of about fifty-nine years. He has ever been an interested witness of the changes that have been wrought and has borne his part in the progress that has been made, particularly along the lines of industrial development.
HUGO DEUSTER.
Hugo Deuster, engaged in the real estate and investment business, with offices in the Security building of Milwaukee, is now in control of important interests and his management thereof indicates him to be a man of sound judgment, keen discrimination and marked progressiveness. Milwaukee claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred April 18, 1872. His father, Hon. P. V. Deuster, was a most prominent and influential resident here for many years. He was a native of Aix-la-chapelle, Germany, as was his wife, who bore the maiden name of Gertrude Stoltz. They came to America in 1844, settling in Milwaukee with their parents. . The grandfather was Mathias Deuster and the grandfather in the maternal line was John Stoltz, both being among the pioneer residents of Milwaukee. The latter was a musician of ability and was said to own the only bass viol in this part of the country in those days. He played in Chicago in the old McVicker's theatre and at many notable musical events in this section of the country. For a considerable period the paternal grandfather, Mathias Deuster. lived retired, purchasing a farm some distance from Milwaukee which he occupied for some time. His son. P. V. Deuster, was the publisher of the Seebote, which was one of the oldest German newspapers of the northwest, and he was a man of marked influence among the people of his own nationality and with the general public as well. He became a prominent figure in political circles and for three terms repre- sented Milwaukee in congress in the early '80s. While serving in the national legisla- tive hall he secured the first appropriation for the inner harbor at Milwaukee, which has since been developed into a very valuable asset to the shipping interests of the city, the work of development being carried forward more and more at all times. Mr. Deuster also served as consul general at Crefeld, Germany, under President Cleveland. He was born in 1831 and had reached the age of seventy-three years when death called him in 1904. His widow survived until 1918 and had reached a very advanced age when called to her final rest.
Hugo Deuster was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin, being graduated therefrom with the class of 1891 on the completion of a course in engineering. When his college days were over he entered the office of the Seebote as general manager, remaining with the paper until it was sold to the Mil- waukee Herald in 1895. Since that time he has given his attention to the supervision of the Deuster estate and to the handling of his realty investments. He was instru- mental in the purchase of the Stumpf & Langhoff building at Grand avenue and Second street, which was remodeled into a modern office building, now known as the Security building. It is an eight-story structure, one of the best in the city. Mr. Deuster is
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also a director of the American Exchange Bank and in business affairs he displays ready discrimination between the essential and the non-essential.
On the 14th of November, 1891, Mr. Deuster was married to Miss Elsie Roehrich of Milwaukee, and they have one daughter, Gertrude. Mr. Deuster belongs to the Milwaukee Athletic Club and also to the Chi Psi, a college fraternity. His life has been passed in Milwaukee and he has been an interested witness of the changes which have occurred, of the development that has been carried forward and of the progress that has been made. In fact his aid and influence have always been given on the side of advancement and the work which his grandfather began in pioneer times has been carried forward by the succeeding generations of the family, Hugo Deuster, like his forbears, taking his full part in the work of progress and improvement.
ADOLPH J. SCHMITZ.
Adolph J. Schmitz, practicing at the Milwaukee bar, as senior partner in the law firm of Schmitz, Wild & Gross, has not only attained enviable distinction in his pro- fession, but has long been a dominant factor in political circles and one whose position is never at any time an equivocal one. He stands fearlessly for his opinions and honest convictions and no one doubts his integrity nor the loyalty of his opinions, no matter how much one may differ from him in belief. Moreover, it is an indication of his attractive personal characteristics to know that he is most highly honored and esteemed where he is best known.
Adolph J. Schmitz was horn on a farm in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, June 4, 1852, his parents being Fred C. and Johanna (Groelle) Schmitz, who were natives of Germany, where they spent the greater part of their minority, although married after coming to Wisconsin. The father was a student of the political history of Germany and opposed to the monarchial rule. He, therefore, became connected with the Revolutionary movement in his native land in the late '40s and because of the failure of this movement he, like hundreds others of his countrymen, sought free- dom and liberty in the new world, coming to the United States in 1848. There was a great influx of German settlers in that year, who, opposed to the despotism of Ger- many, sought political freedom across the water and many of these became residents of Wisconsin, contributing to its development and its upbuilding. Fred C. Schmitz turned his attention to agricultural pursuits in Manitowoc county and there in the midst of a forest he hewed out a farm, on which he and his wife spent their remaining days. They attended the German Reformed church and Mr. Schmitz gave his political allegiance to the democratic party after securing his right of franchise.
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