Doll/Toll Family Genealogy
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The Doll/Toll family originated in Prussia (Preußen), residing in the towns of Rommelsheim and Dorweiler in far Western Germany. Rommelsheim and Dorweiler are located in the German administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) of Cologne. The sub-district (kreis) is Düren, which is in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and is surrounded by the districts Heinsberg, Neuss, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Euskirchen and Aachen. Before the Napoleonic Wars this entire area belonged to the duchy of Jülich. The main river in the district is the Rur. Rommelsheim has a total population of 559. The local chief is Franz Josef Kuegelgen. A photo of the village is located OnLine. The immigrant ancestors are believed to be Wilhelm and Anna Maria (Esch) Doll. The arrival date in the U.S. is approximately 1848. The family is believed to have immediately settled in Washington County, Wisconsin. The 1860 Census for Polk, Wisconsin includes a listing of the Doll family as follows: Henry, 34, farmer from Prussia; Gertrude, 34; Friedrich, 7; Margrethe, 4; Anna M., 3; Anna, 6 mo. The value of the family property is listed at $1200. The family had assets totaling $355. Between 1860 and 1870, the family moved to Addison and made quite a bit of income. The 1870 Census for Addison, Wisconsin lists: Henry, 48; Gerthruth, 48; Friedrich, 16; Margreth, 14; Mary, 13; Anna, 10; Elisabeth, 8. All of the children were attending school. The value of the home was an impressive $4500 and the value of the personal assets of the family was $1400. These numbers, when compared with other new settlers, are relatively high. The 1880 Census lists similar information: Henry, 56; Gertrude, 56; Fritz, 26; Elisabeth, 19. Henry Doll is listed as a farmer and his son Fritz is listed as helping him work the farm. The family attended St. Lawrence Catholic Church in St. Lawrence, Wisconsin. The St. Lawrence Catholic Church is located at the southeast corner of Hwy. 175 and Hwy. K in St. Lawrence, Wisconsin. St. Lawrence is near Hartford in Washington County. The church was founded in 1846 by the Rev. Charles Schraudenbach, who was also the first resident pastor. The courthouse for St. Lawrence was located in Port Washington. That said, it appears that the Doll family made regular trips between Wood and Washington Counties in Wisconsin for a relatively long period of time. In 1883 the family moved to Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin. Heinrich "Henry" Doll (b. 1823) and family is listed in the 1860 census in Polk (Wood County) and in the 1870 census in Addison (Washington County). After 1897, the family moved once again to Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin. Anna Maria (Esch) Doll is buried with her son Johan Peter Doll. The gravestone lists their surname as "Toll." The cemetery plots for Heinrich and Gertrud (Kaiser) Doll appear with the following etched words: Henrick Doll, Jest 10 Kt 1902 Atler Mer 82 Jahre Gertrude Kaiser, Marker Jest 30 1899, Mer 78 Juhie The surname Doll was a nickname from Middle High German and came from tol or dol and has meanings ranging from 'foolish' or 'mad' to 'strong' and 'handsome'. The surname Esch has two different meanings, either a habitational name (from Old High German asc or 'ash' or a topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree) or from the Middle High German ezzisch, meaning 'seeded field' (and thus a topographic name for someone who lived by an area where grain was grown or perhaps a status name for someone who owned such land). The surname Kaiser is a common German surname, originating partly as an occupational name for a servant in an Emperor’s household, partly as a nickname for someone who behaved in an imperious manner, and partly from a house sign. Finally, the surname Frank was an ethnic or regional name for someone from Franconia (German Franken), a region of southwestern Germany so called from its early settlement by the Franks, a Germanic people who inhabited the lands around the river Rhine in Roman times. (Special note of thanks to my distant cousin Jack Fleischmann, Linda Scheimann, Carol Steinmetz, and John Von Haden for their assistance in compiling the below information.) Surnames of those in my direct ancestral line appear in BOLD. 1 Wilhelm Doll b: Abt. 1772 in Rommelsheim, DEU d: May 2, 1858 in Wisconsin .. + Anna Maria Esch b: Bef. 1790 in Rommelsheim, DEU d: Aug. 15, 18XX in St. Lawrence, WI ......... 2 Irmgardis "Ermina" Doll b: 1805 in Rommelsheim, DEU d: Jan. 28, 1878 in St. Lawrence, WI ............ + Joseph Peters b: Abt. 1804 d: May 27, 1886 in St. Lawrence, Wisconsin .........2 Margaret Doll b: Sept. 8, 1806/1807 in Rommelsheim, DEU d: Mar. 4, 1880 in St. Lawrence, WI ............ + Joseph Schneider b: Oct. 23, 1799/1800 in Kirchdorf, DEU d: Feb. 20, 1872 in St. Lawrence, WI ................ 3 Elizabeth Schneider b: 1833 d: unknown ................ 3 Anna Maria Schneider b: 1837 d: unknown ................ 3 Werner Schneider b: 1838 d: unknown ................ 3 Johannes Schneider b: unknown d: unknown ................ 3 Wilhelmine Schneider b: unknown d: unknown ................ 3 Gertrude Schneider b: unknown d: unknown ................ 3 Anna Apolonia Schneider b: 1846 d: unknown ................ 3 Anna Catharina Schneider b: 1850 d: unknown .........2 Elisabeth Doll b: 1810 in Rommelsheim, DEU d: unknown ............ + Arnet Stollwerk b: unknown d: unknown ......... *2nd Husband of Elisabeth Doll: ............ + Carl Obrecht b: Nov. 04, 1806 d: Aug. 1863 in Wisconsin .........2 Guernard Toll b: Feb. 14, 1814 in Rommelsheim, DEU .........2 Anna Maria Doll b: Dec. 1816 in Rommelsheim, DEU .........2 Johan Peter Doll b: Sept. 1819 in Rommelsheim, DEU d: Oct. 16, 1884 in Wisconsin ............ + Anna Maria Koll b: Abt. 1824 d: Aft. 1884 in Wisconsin ................ 3 Gertrude Doll b: Abt. 1848 d: Bef. 1884 .................. + John Konrad b: unknown d: unknown ....................... 4 Anna Maria Konrad b: Nov. 28, 1866 in St. Lawrence, WI d: 1867 in WI ....................... 4 John Konrad b: unknown d: unknown ................ 3 Peter Doll b: 1851/1852 d: in Wisconsin .................. + Mary (unknown) b: in Wisconsin d: in Wisconsin ....................... 4 Anna Doll b: Abt. 1875 in Addison, WI d: unknown ....................... 4 Katy Doll b: Abt. 1877 in Addison, WI d: unknown ....................... 4 Mary Doll b: Abt. 1878 in Addison, WI d: unknown ....................... 4 Helena Doll b: Jan., 1880 in Addison, WI d: unknown ................ 3 Elizabeth Doll b: Abt. 1855 in Addison, WI d: Jan. 10, 1871 in WI ................ 3 Anna Maria Doll b: March 20, 1858 in Addison, WI d: 1871 in WI ................ 3 Henry Doll b: Abt. 1860 in Addison, WI d: Aft. 1884 in WI ................ 3 Anna Margaretha Doll b: Aug. 16, 1863 in Addison, WI d: 1871 in WI ................ 3 Joseph Doll b: 1866 in Addison, WI d: Jan. 22, 1869 in WI ................ 3 William Doll b: Jan. 22, 1870 in Addison, WI d: Aft. 1884 in WI .........2 Heinrich "Henry" Doll b: Sept., 1823 d: Aft. 1900 in Marshfield, WI ............ + Gertrude Kaiser b: 1823 d: Aft. 1897 in Marshfield, WI ................ 3 Anna Sybilla Doll b: 1852 in Addison, WI d: 1854 in Addison, WI ................ 3 Remiadus Doll b: 1854 in Addison, WI d: 1856 in Addison, WI ................ 3 Friedrich Andrew Doll b: May 01, 1857 in St. Lawrence, WI d: June 19, 1927 in Wisconsin .................. + Aurelia Gundrum b: June 01, 1859 m: June 24, 1880 d: June 11, 1953 ....................... 4 Emma Ludmilla Doll b: 1881 in Wisconsin d: in South Dakota ......................... + Edward Barlow m: March 10, 1917 in Chicago, IL d: in South Dakota ....................... 4 Louis Joseph Doll b: 1883 in Wisconsin ....................... 4 Catherine Mary Doll b: 1885 in Marshfield, Wisconsin ....................... 4 Anne Catherine Doll b: May 23, 1888 in Marshfield, Wisconsin ......................... + (unknown) Simon ....................... 4 Rose Elizabeth Doll b: Nov. 07, 1890 in Marshfield, Wisconsin ......................... + William Hoeft ....................... 4 Mary Theresa Doll b: Jan. 28, 1894 in Marshfield, Wisconsin ......................... + (unknown) Ganser ....................... 4 Frederick Michael Doll b: Jan. 30, 1896 in Marshfield, Wisconsin ....................... 4 Aurelia Regina Doll b: Oct. 19, 1898 in Marshfield, Wisconsin ......................... + (unknown) Beyer ....................... 4 Clara C. Doll b: Nov. 19, 1904 in Marshfield, Wisconsin ......................... + Christ Westcherff m: Aug. 26, 1923 ......................... *2nd Husband of Clara C. Doll: ......................... + (unknown) Dickmann ................ 3 Anna Margaretha "Margaret" Doll b: March 16, 1856 in St. Lawrence, WI .................... d: May 06, 1935 in Wisconsin .................. + Herman Blumer b: March 26, 1852 d: May 20, 1924 ....................... 4 Johan Melchior Blumer/Bloomer b: Aug. 17, 1876 in St. Lawrence, WI d: March 11, 1960 ......................... + Mary Palecek m: January 10, 1899 at St. John's Catholic Church, Marshfield, WI ............................ [For additional information on this line, contact Carol Harnisch] ....................... 4 Henry Blumer b: March 26, 1880 in St. Lawrence, WI ....................... 4 Agnes Catherine Blumer b: March 10, 1882 in St. Lawrence, WI ....................... 4 Anna Maria Blumer b: April 30, 1885 in St. Lawrence, WI ....................... 4 Frederick Werner Blumer b: March 25, 1887 in St. Lawrence, WI ................ 3 Mary Frances Doll b: July 21, 1857 in St. Lawrence, WI .................... d: June 23, 1928 in Hartford, WI .................. + Joseph Frank b: Jan. 24, 1850 in New York, NY ..................... m: Bef. 1877 d: Mar. 29, 1913 in Addison, Wisconsin -- Notes on Joseph and Mary (Doll) Frank: .............Mary was baptised Franziska on August 6, 1857 in St. Lawrence. Her baptismal sponsor was her aunt, Fraziska (Kaiser) Rabenstein. Mary Doll Frank Schild was buried June 26, 1928 in Hartford/St. Lawrence. .............Her obituary, dated June 29, 1928, stated: Mrs. Mary Schild passed away at her home on High Street, Saturday evening, June 23 at 7:45 o' clock. Death was due to a complication of diseases which she had been a suffferer for the past seven years and has been confined to her bed for three weeks. Mrs. Schild, nee Mary Doll, was born in the town of Addison, July 21, 1857; and thus at her death had attained the age of 70 years, 11 months, and 2 days. .............On July 7, 1875 she was united in marriage, at St. Lawrence Church, to Joseph Frank, a resident of the same locality. Following their marriage they lived in Arkansas for 6 years, and in Kansas for 10 years. Then, they finally returned to the Frank homestead in the town of Addison, and made home their until the death of her husband in 1913. Mrs. Frank then came to this city (Hartford), where she was united in marriage in 1918 to Mr. John Schild, who died three years ago. .............By her first marriage, she was the mother of 12 children, three of whom, Joseph, age 29, who died in 1918, and two sons, who passed away in infanct predeceased her. She is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mary (Mrs. Louis Neu), Margaret (Mrs. Peter Kolb), and Matt; of Milwaukee. Anna (Mrs. Joseph Schmidt) town of Rubicon; Elizabeth (Mrs. Robt. Reitzner) Mapleton; Helen (Mrs. Oscar G. Peters) Wyocena; Herman, who's whereabouts at the present time are unknown; and Henry of Japan. She leaves 3 sisters, Mrs. Anna Steinmetz and Mrs. Margaret Blumer of Marshfield; and Mrs. Elizabeth Nigh of Pueblo, Colorado. .............Deceased was the mother of an unusually large family who she carefully guarded over while her health permited. Because she cares and responsibilities of rearing so large a family, took heavily of her time and attention. Mrs. Schild of necessity, was a quite, home-loving woman. She was of congenial disposition and radiated good cheer to those that she came in contact with. Her passing removes her from a bed of pain. She was a loyal Christian, observing the religious teachings of the Roman Catholic Church as a member of St. Killian's Congregation. Last services of the remains of Mrs. Schild were conducted Tuesday morning from St. Killian's Church with Rev. C.J. Hartmann officiating. Interment was made in the parish cemetery on Union Street. .............A photo of the grave stone has been generously placed OnLine by Larry and Linda Kopet. -- ....................... 4 Theodore Julius Frank b: April 04, 1876 in WI d: Aug. 22, 1876 in WI ....................... 4 Mary Anne Frank b: July 09, 1877 in WI d: June 08, 1946 in Rubicon, Wisconsin ......................... + Louis J. Neu b: 1872 d: 1949 in Wisconsin ....................... 4 Joseph Frank b: June 09, 1879 in WI d: May 27, 1880 in Conway, Arkansas ....................... 4 Anna Mary Frank b: July 27, 1880 in AR d: June 11, 1952 in WI ......................... + Joseph Schmidt b: 1877 in Wisconsin d: 1963 in Wisconsin ....................... 4 Elizabeth Berta "Lizzie" Frank b: March 08, 1884 in AR d: Nov. 20, 1962 in WI ......................... + Robert Reitzner b: Aug. 01, 1880 in WI d: June 04, 1964 in Rubicon, WI ....................... 4 Theodore Christopher "Ted" Frank b: June 24, 1887 in KS d: 1936 in WI ......................... + Katherine Rosalia "Katie" Rohlinger b: 1893 d: 1994 in WI ....................... 4 Joseph Peter Frank b: Feb. 27, 1889 in KS d: Nov. 06, 1918 in Rubicon, WI ......................... + Susan Gehl ....................... 4 Margaret Miriam Frank b: Jan. 15, 1891 in KS d: April 21, 1935 in WI ......................... + Peter Andrew Kolb b: Oct. 12, 1887 in WI d: April 09, 1941 in WI ....................... 4 Helen Clara Frank b: March 26, 1893 in Windthorst, KS d: March 04, 1995 in WI ......................... + Oscar G. Peters ....................... 4 Herman Joseph Frank b: Sept. 11, 1895 in Windthorst, KS d: Nov. 1965 in WI ....................... 4 Henry Frank b: October 30, 1898 in WI d: in Japan ....................... 4 Mathias Robert "Matty" Frank b: Dec. 16, 1900 in WI d: June 27, 1984 in CA ......................... + Angeline Mary Stanczyk b: October 02, 1906 in Portage County, WI ................ 3 Anna Katharina "Kate" Doll b: 1860 in St. Lawrence, WI d: Aft. 1928 .................. + Michael Steinmetz b: January 11, 1851 d: 1910 ................ 3 Elizabeth Doll b: Jan. 1, 1862 in St. Lawrence, WI d: Aft. 1928 in Wisconsin .................. + Herman Krebs/Kreps b: Feb. 15, 1856 in St. Lawrence, WI d: 1882 .......................4 Johannes Linus Krebs b: Aug. 6, 1881 d: Jan. 5, 1883 in St. Lawrence, WI ................ 3 Gerhard Doll b: Aug. 15, 1864 in St. Lawrence, WI d: 1866 ................ 3 Gerhard Doll b: July 04, 1867 in St. Lawrence, WI d: Bef. 1870 |
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