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    1. [WI-Sheboy] Re: Margaretha Molitor
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2FC.2ACI/1734.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Althea I came across your Molitor posting. Here is some additional information you might find useful. Peter Molitor may have had two or three other siblings, a sister named Susanna, another sister named Josephina, and a brother named Nicolaus. This is circumstantial but here is why I think they may all be related. Susanna Molitor married Anton Ludwig Nonnemacher from a pioneering farm that located just outside of Sheboygan in Town Sheboygan. They married at Holy Name Cath.Ch in Sheboygan in 1875. Her married record states that her parents were Peter and Margaretha Molitor (maiden name unknown). Susanna and Anton had two known children, Mathias Ludwig and Johann, both born in Town Sheboygan. Mathias' godmother was Josephina Molitor (his godfather was Mathias Miller or Mueller), and Johann's godfather was Peter Molitor (Jr?). A Peter Molitor is listed as living with his sister Susanna in her 1880 Town Holland, Sheboygan County census. Josephina Molitor married Mathias Mueller, a shoemaker from Town Sheboygan. He is believed to be the same Mathias who was the godfather of Mathias Nonnemacher. One of the witnesses at Josephina and Mathias' wedding was Fritz Nonnemacher, a brother to Anton. Josephina and Mathias married in Town Herman, Sheboygan County in 1877, where they apparently settled after marrying. Mathias and Josephina had a large family of at least ten children between 1878 and 1900. The godfather for one of their later children, Margaretha, was Mathias Nonnemacher, an early son of Susanna Molitor and Anton Nonnemacher. Josephina and Mathias had still a later child named Nicolaus Leonard Mueller. His godparents were Nicolaus and Helena (Graf) Molitor. I strongly suspect this Nicolaus is another sibling. He was born about 1850 and had a large family in Sheboygan with Helena between 1875 and 1888. Peter Molitor (Jr?) served as godfather for one of their children, Josephina for another. Hopes this helps with your research. Tom Lutz

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