Bio: Woock, Paul George/Gustav & Augusta Wilhelmina "Minnie" Boehm

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Surnames: Woock, Margudedt, Patton, Briggs, Christianson, Dilley, Kenney, Vanpelp, Boehm, Larchbrow, Cater, Kennedy

 

----Source: 1900 Federal Census, research by Ellen Johnson, photo provided by Judith Cowell

 

 

Albert D. Bass purchased land from Nathaniel Clark and then sold it to Paul and Minna Woock.  

The Woocks then sold the property to R. E. Schoeneman in 1892.

 

 

1900  Federal Census, Mayville township Abbotsford village, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

 

Paul Woock
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Years Married: 27 (1873)
Immigration Year: 1879
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany

Household Members
Paul Woock Head M 55 (Sep 1845) Germany
Minnie Woock Wife F 52 (Oct 1848) Germany
Mark Woock Son M 26 (Mar 1874) Germany
Paul Woock Son M 25 (Apr 1875) Germany, RR Switchman
Richard Woock Son M 20 (Nov 1880) Wisconsin, R.R. News Agent
James Delsire? Boarder M 23(Jun 1877)  Denmark, single, boarder, parents b. Denmark
John Margudedt Boarder M 29 (Sep 1871) Germany, parents b. Germany
Ema Patton Servant F 24 (Jun 1876), servant, Pennsylvania, father b. NY, mother b. PA, restaurant waitress
Bell Briggs Servant F 23 (Jan 1877), servant, Minnesota, father b. Maine, mother b. VT, restaurant waitress
Otto Christianson Boarder M 23 (Dec. 1877), boarder, immigrated 1878, Norway, parents b. Norway
William B Dilley Boarder M 53 (Oct 1847), married (1899), boarder, Ohio, parents b. OH, machinist
Wm C Kenney Boarder M 24 (Oct 1876), boarder, Wisconsin, parents b. Wisconsin, day laborer
George Vanpelp Boarder M 26 (Jan 1874), boarder, married 1898, Wisconsin, father b. NJ, mother b. PA, day laborer

 

*News Clips

 

F. M. Cater (father of Ethel B. Cater Woock), dealer in sewing machines, at Greenwood, is selling the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine and can supply any demand for the well tried and favorite machine. The Clark Republican and Press Date: 9-27-1883

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Woock, Minnie (Grantor)

Real Estate Transfer: Minnie Woock to Grant Hopkins, Aug. 5, 1901. lot 20, blk. 3, Woock's add. to village of Abbotsford, 75. 

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Woock opera house

When a storm moved the Woock opera house, located in Hutman tin shop off its foundation, Ade Young bought it and moved it to the location where the Abby Theatre is.  Here it served many purposes. A stage was erected and the building was used for dancing, roller-skating, basketball, and housing show troops. Later it was sold to Ira Hawks. It-was the home of the first movies, with Martin Rilling operating the first silent pictures. The building burned and Ira Hawks did not rebuild it.

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Application for the corporation of the village of Abbotsford was made June 13, 1894, the signers of the petition being: R. C. Tennant, N. E. Denny, John A. Olson, W. W. Denny, John Greve, Paul Woock, Isaac Nelson, Edward Grenem, Gullick Olson, August J. Meyers, Hugh Traverse and John P. Olson. The April 23, 1894 census, showed a population of 362. The charter election was held at Paul Woock’s Hall, July 7, 1894 with sixty votes being cast, with only one negative.

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Three building lots, in Abbotsford, have been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Loys Buell from Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mauritz for $400. Described as lots 15, 16 and 17 of Woock’s second addition, the lots are located on the south side of McKinley Street, half a block west of Walnut Street. May 1952


Bio: Woock, Karl Richard/Richart (1880 - )


Gender: Male
Birth Date: 30 Nov 1880
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Father's Name: Paul Woock
Mother's Name: Wilhelmine Boehm

 

Bio: Woock, Gertrude Marguerite (1907 - )
 

Wife: Ethel Cater
Daughter: Gertrude Marguerite Woock
Name: Gertrude Marguerite Woock
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1907
Birthplace: Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wisconsin
Race: White
Father's Name: Paul Woock
Father's Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Mother's Name: Ethel Cater
Mother's Birthplace: Glenwood, Wis.
 

BioM: Olson, Anna (1904)

 
Groom: Max Carl Arnhold Woock
Birthplace: Germany
Spouse's Name: Anna Olson
Spouse's Birthplace: Norway
Event Date: 07 Mar 1904
Event Place: Clark, Wisconsin
Father's Name: Paul Gustav Woock
Mother's Name: Wilhelmine Augrest Bohn Woock
Spouse's Father's Name: Ole Olson
Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Olson Larson
Race: White
Spouse's Race: White

 
Bio: Woock, Paul Byron Richard (1905 - 1923)

Son: Paul Byron Richard Woock
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 09 Oct 1905
Birthplace: Village of Abbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin
Race: White
Father's Name: Paul Woock
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Ethel Blanche Cater
Mother's Birthplace: Greenwood, Wis

 

Obit: Woock, Paul Byron Richard


Event Date: 26 Sep 1923
Event Place: Asford, Lewis, Washington
Gender: Male
Age (Formatted): 17 years 11 months 17 days
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906 (9 Oct., Greenwood, Wis.)
Father's Name: Paul Woock
Mother's Name: Ethel B. Cater

Wife: Wilhelmine Boehm
Son: Karl Richart Woock

 

*1923 was a dangerous year in the woods if you were in Eatonville, WA.  There were nine deaths and two serious injuries to Eatonville loggers. There could have been more, but those were the ones reported at the Eatonville hospitals. A. W. Bridge Hospital, 1920, located across the street from High School on Mashell Ave.  The only saving grace was that Eatonville did have medical facilities. This picture was taken in 1920 outside the hospital (now a residence on the corner across from the Eatonville High School). Paul Woock of Ashford and Harry Howell were killed in September. It’s believed they were cutting down a tree and got in line with the haul-back line.

 

Bio: Woock, Ethel Blanche Cater (1874 -1961)

 

*Father: John B. Cater, Birth: JUN 1845 in Michigan, Death: 10 JUN 1929 in Washington Soldiers Home, Orting, Pierce County, WA, Burial: Soldiers Home Cemetery, Orting, WA, Pension records indicate that he also had unassigned service in the 30th Michigan Infantry.

Grandfather: Joshua Cater b: 1816 in Erie County, NY
Grandmother: Mary Ann Kennedy b: 1814 in Ireland

*Mother: Marion Elizabeth Larchbrow, Birth: MAR 1846 in Pennsylvania
Siblings of Ethel B. Cater:
James Franklin Cater b: 7 AUG 1874 in Wisconsin
Sarah Mae Cater b: AUG 1879 in Buffalo County, WI
Mary S. Cater b: AUG 1880 in Buffalo County, WI
Lola M. Cater b: DEC 1884 in Wisconsin
Ethel B. Cater b: JUL 1887 in Greenwood, Wisconsin
John C. Cater b: 16 AUG 1890 in Glenwood City, Saint Croix County, WI
Irma M. Cater b: 7 MAY 1894 in Saint Croix County, WI

 

Obit: Woock, Ethel B. Cater (1887 - 1961)

 

Ethel B Cater Woock
Maiden Name: Cater
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1961
Event Place: Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 1887
Death Date: 1961 (Greenwood, Wisconsin)
Cemetery: Evergreen Cemetery

from Washington, Death Certificates

 

1940 Federal Census, Port Orchard, Port Orchard Election Precinct, Kitsap, Washington, United States

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Paul Woock Head M 64 (1906) Germany
Ethel Woock Wife F 52 (1888) Wisconsin (father b. Michigan, mother b. Pennsylvania)
Vivian Woock Daughter F 26 (1914) Washington
Robert Woock Son M 23 (1917) Washington

 

 


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