From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 780. City of La Crosse OTTOCAR MUETZE, jeweler and watchmaker, was born in 1842, in Schlesien, Prussia. He was educated in Prussia, and learned his trade there; also learned telegraphy and photography. He was married in Marklissa, Prussia, in 1868, to Emma Stuebner; came to America in 1878, arriving in La Crosse in August, and was joined by his wife in 1879; has three children - Meta, Asta and George; has been in business for himself in his present location on Pearl street since April, 1879. His father, Moritz Muetze, has been Superintendent of the extensive woolen factory of Waller Brothers, in Marklissa, for the last twenty-five years, and was Mayor of the city of Seidenberg, Prussia, for six and a half years previous to that. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]