Part of the Wisconsin Biographies Project
Frederick Goetz
Frederick Goetz, of the firm of Adam Frey & Co., Hartford; son of Charles and Julia (Huebner) Goetz; was born in Saxe-Coburg Feb. 2, 1841; came to America in May, 1856; stopped in Brooklyn, N. Y., one and a half years; then came to Milwaukee, where he remained a short time, and then came to the town of Polk, Washington Co.; lived a few years on a farm in this town; then bought a farm near Pike Lake; was back and forth between New York and Wisconsin several years; was engaged some time in New York in the manufacture of sand paper; in May, 1869, he moved to Hartford Village, and in company with his brother, John P., he engaged in the hotel business two years. March 8, 1871, he was married at Hartford to Miss Henrietta Brause, daughter of Fred Brause; they have five children-Agnes, Frederick, Adolph, Ida and George. Mr. Goetz entered into partnership with Mr. Frey in his present business in 1871. He is the present Chief of the Fire Department.
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"History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin," published in 1881 by Western Historical Company.