HAMM, Lydia Friedricke Caroline

1880 - 1964  (83 years)

• Name	HAMM, Lydia Friedricke Caroline  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	16 Aug 1880	Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin   [2]
  	her birth year has been seen as 1881 also but I will go by her baptism record.
  Gender	Female
  Census	Details of 1930 US Federal Census: Medford, Township, Taylor County, Wisconsin enumeration dist. 60-20, supervisor’s dist. 2nd; sheet 8A; stamped 142; April 18-19; lines 39-40; 128/128 Hamm, Lydia head, own, 12,000, farm, female, white, 44, single, did not attend school, read and write, born in Wisconsin, parents born in Germany, citizen, farmer, dairy farm, farm no. 107 Hamm, George brother, male, white, 42, single, did not attend school, read and write, born in Wisconsin, parents born in Germany, citizen, laborer, dairy farm, not a veteran
  Died	27 Apr 1964	Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin   [4, 5]
  Buried	30 Apr 1964	Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin   [5]
  	Ruesch Funeral Home, Medford, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I2185	Shepard and John Tree
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	HAMM, George Sr.,   b. 26 Sep 1845, Schwabsburg, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany ,   d. 5 Nov 1925, Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	ISSERSTEDT, Emilie Wilhelmina Fredericka,   b. 10 Jul 1850, Hessleben, Sömmerda, Thuringia, Germany ,   d. 22 Dec 1918, Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin  (Age 68 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1874	Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin   [6]
  	ancestry.com online database says 20 Dec
  Photos
  Documents		Vitals from Hamm Family Bible These are births and marriage record for George Hamm and Amelia Isserstedt Hamm. It lists both of their births, their marriage date and the births of their subsequent children. Last was listed Myrtle Hamm their grandchild. Written in German.
  		Vitals From Hamm Family Bible These are the deaths entered in the family bible for George Hamm and Amelia Isserstedt Hamm's family. Photocopy and scan of photocopy. Written in German.
  Family ID	F1742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Lydia Hamm headstone Located in area of parents George and Emilie Hamm, Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin cemetery.

  
  

• Notes

  According to her Entrance Statement to the Oshkosh Normal School: She intended to teach German when she received her certificate. She also listed her church preference as Congregational. [This paper was dated Aug 28 1900.] --------------------- Attended Oshkosh Normal School for two years, [her photo is in the files at the UW Oshkosh archives]. She is in the Annual Catalog for 1901 and 1902. In both catalogs she is listed as having 7 months experience teaching and she was a High School graduate. The 1902 yearbook has a picture of her on page 33 [copy in file]. She was in the German Club [photocopy of picture from yearbook in file] and the Lyceum [ditto]. She was only in the German Circle [ditto] in her junior year and was vice president. Her averages and classes from some of the teachers records found at the archives: Algebra 88 Adv. Physiology 83 Adv. Botany 82 Drawing 90 Rhetoric 72 Composition 77 Prof. English 72 Indus. Geography 92 Nature Study 80 Senior German 93 Never married. Was a teacher in Marshfield, Wood County and Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was thought that she quit teaching after she was in a horrible carriage accident that scarred her face. Although she is still listed as a teacher in 1930 census records. [7, 8]

  
  

• Sources

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