William Friedrich Karl SCHULTZ William Friedrich Karl SCHULTZ  ‎(I1995)‎
Given Names: William Friedrich Karl
Surname: SCHULTZ

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 5 December 1895 38 20 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death: 5 February 1974 ‎(Age 78)‎ Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA

Personal Facts and Details
Birth 5 December 1895 38 20 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA

Address:
In House Of Parents


Christening 5 January 1896 ‎(Age 31 days)‎ Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA

Address:
Immanuel Ev. Luth. Church



Show Details Source: Source #24

Education 6th Grade
Marriage 29 December 1920 ‎(Age 25)‎ Helen O. OLSON - Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA

Address:
In Parsonage Of Pastor



Show Details Source: Source #2

Occupation Farmer
Biography Written by Blaine H. Schultz

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Show Details Note: Wilhelm ‎(William, aka "Bill")‎ Fredrick Karl Schultz, my father, was born on December 5, 1895 in Caledonia township, Traill in what was then Dakota Territory. North Dakota did not became a state until 1889. He was born in the farm house his father had built. He was the second of 14 children born to Frank ‎(Franz)‎ Schultz and Endrina Meyer. ‎(See Endrina Meyer biography for the names of all children)‎. He was delivered by Dr. W. P. Cleveland, a pioneer resident of Caledonia township, who lived on a farm 2 ½ miles from our farm. He held the first license ‎(No. 1)‎ granted to practice medicine in Dakota territory. He was also famous in early Caledonia politics.
Dad did not have many years of formal education. He attended a German parochial school. I believe he only went through the fourth grade before he had to stay home and help with farming. Nevertheless, Dad could read very well. He liked to do crossword puzzles in his later years. He was also very good at figures. He was the church treasurer for many years and would bring the collection home to count the money. I think that is where I learned from him the importance of being trustworthy. He was the most honest man I have ever known. He would never cheat anyone, including the government, out of a cent that was due them. Back in the early thirties, when not many people had to pay income tax, the government would post, in the local post office, the names of those who had to pay Federal Income tax. Dad's name was one of the first to appear. But we are certain that many other farmers made as much money as did Dad, but their names were not there.

In another instance Dad was hauling a load of grain to Taft to the local elevator, when he saw a lot of paper money blowing around on the road. He stopped to gather it up. He later said, as he was doing so, that he was thinking, "I hope I don't find out who this belongs to". But he also found a billfold, which belonged to Ira Frendberg, a tight-fisted neighbor of ours. Dad took the money and billfold in a paper bag over to the Frendberg farm. When Dad asked Ira if he had lost anything. Ira said he had not. Dad then asked him if he had lost his billfold. Ira reached for his hip pocket, his jaw dropped, he reached out, took the bag and walked into the house without saying a word. A few minutes later his wife came out to thank Dad for returning the money. Ira had left his wallet lying on the edge of a truck box that was also going to the grain elevator. It had traveled about five miles before falling off.

Dad, ‎(everyone called him "Bill")‎, was a streetcar conductor in Minneapolis for a year or two before he returned to the farm and married my mother, Helen Olson. While he was a conductor he purchased a Hamilton 13-jewel gold pocket watch which still keeps time.

Dad married Helen Olson, my mother, on December 29, 1920. They were married by a Norwegian Pastor, a Rev. Knutson, because their German pastor was out of town. This raised a few eyebrows in the German community. Mom and Dad were married around noon. Dad's mother, Endrine, had prepared two geese for their wedding dinner. After dinner they were driven to Hillsboro where they caught a train to Fargo and then to Finley, North Dakota where they spent their honeymoon with his sister and brother-in-law, Ida and Bill Provance. The next day, Mother and Dad took the train to Fargo where they had their wedding photos taken. Train service was available to every small town in those days. When they returned to Hillsboro the next week-end they were met with a horse and sleigh because a snow storm had closed the roads.

After his father died in November 1918, Dad bought out the inheritances of his mother, brothers and sisters and took over the farm. To purchase the farm Dad borrowed money from a Mrs. Mergenthal. During the depression years, ‎(when there were also a drought and grasshopper plagues to contend with)‎, Dad could only make the interest payments on the loan. Fortunately, Mrs. Merganthal was a very compassionate lender and renewed the note many times until the good years ‎(during WWII)‎ came along and he was able to pay off the mortgage.

Dad lost his left arm in an accident in 1951. Dad's youngest sister, Margaret, had polio when she was in high school which left her paralyzed from the waist down. Margaret had married an older man named Danny Beaudette. They were living on a farm near Alexandria, Minn. Danny had a stroke which left him completely paralyzed. Ida Provance, ‎(Dad's and Aunt Margaret's sister)‎, first went to help Margaret out. ‎(That's how it was done in those days)‎. But soon asked for some help in caring for him. So Dad and Mother drove to Alexandria to help out. The roads out to the farm were all closed because of a blizzard which had just gone through. So they hired a local man, who ran the local Chrysler agency in Alexandria, to take them out to the farm in his snowmobile, which was propelled by an airplane propeller. They were going across the fields when they got stuck. Mom and Dad had to get out and help pull ‎(or push)‎ the device free. As it began to move, Mom got out of the way, but Dad was not so fortunate. The propeller caught his left arm and broke many bones in his lower arm and hand. The owner of the snowmobile stopped, of course, grabbed Dad's arm to staunch the flow of blood and then they tramped across the fields to the nearest farm to call for help. Dad laid down on the kitchen floor so as not to get blood all over the house.

Fortunately, the telephone system was still working and they were able to call for help. A snow plow and ambulance were sent out and they took Dad to the Alexandria hospital. By the time the ambulance got to the farm the bleeding had stopped. Dad was still able to move one or two fingers. But the local doctor amputated his left arm just below the elbow. I wish that they had taken Dad to a large hospital in Minneapolis as I feel certain that his arm could have been saved. He might have had stiff joints, but that would have been better than no arm at all. Dad never tried any prosthesis devices, although he did work out several simple devices so that he could do many tasks himself.

Farming was difficult for Dad after that, although he did farm until 1973 when he sold the farmstead and a quarter of land and moved to Hillsboro where he lived until he died on Feb. 5, 1974 of acute leukemia.

Written by: Blaine H. Schultz

Globally unique Identifier 0F59A3D09D66D147B0E5E419E9B68996460E
Death 5 February 1974 ‎(Age 78)‎ Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA

Address:
Hillsboro Hospital


Burial 8 February 1974 ‎(3 days after death)‎ Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA

Address:
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery ‎(now St. John)‎


Religion Lutheran- LCMS
Last Change 11 April 2009 - 08:57:24 - by: geoffschultz
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Parents Family  (F662)
Frank SCHULTZ
1857 - 1918
Endrina MEYER
1875 - 1921
Fritz Wilhelm Ferdinand ‎(Fred)‎ SCHULTZ
1894 - 1925
William Friedrich Karl SCHULTZ
1895 - 1974
Heinrich Gustav Emil ‎(Henry)‎ SCHULTZ
1896 - 1966
Karl August Ludwig SCHULTZ
1897 - 1898
Ida Bertha Adelheid SCHULTZ
1898 - 1980
Franz Johann Wilhelm ‎(John)‎ SCHULTZ
1899 - 1900
Emilia Louise SCHULTZ
1901 - 1901
Ella Martha Emilie SCHULTZ
1902 - 1919
Dorothy Otilla SCHULTZ
1903 - 1983
Johann Franz Friedrich ‎(John)‎ SCHULTZ
1904 - 1987
Erick Emil Alfred SCHULTZ
1907 - 1991
Elfrieda ‎(Frieda)‎ Bertha Louise SCHULTZ
1908 - 1976
Walter Emil Edmund SCHULTZ
1911 - 1982
Margaret Edna SCHULTZ
1915 - 1955

Immediate Family  (F443)
Helen O. OLSON
1900 - 1996
Blaine Harris SCHULTZ
1922 - 2016
Shirley Mae SCHULTZ
-
Norma Jean SCHULTZ
-
William Fredrick SCHULTZ
1940 - 1940


Notes
Biography Wilhelm ‎(William, aka "Bill")‎ Fredrick Karl Schultz, my father, was born on December 5, 1895 in Caledonia township, Traill in what was then Dakota Territory. North Dakota did not became a state until 1889. He was born in the farm house his father had built. He was the second of 14 children born to Frank ‎(Franz)‎ Schultz and Endrina Meyer. ‎(See Endrina Meyer biography for the names of all children)‎. He was delivered by Dr. W. P. Cleveland, a pioneer resident of Caledonia township, who lived on a farm 2 ½ miles from our farm. He held the first license ‎(No. 1)‎ granted to practice medicine in Dakota territory. He was also famous in early Caledonia politics.

Dad did not have many years of formal education. He attended a German parochial school. I believe he only went through the fourth grade before he had to stay home and help with farming. Nevertheless, Dad could read very well. He liked to do crossword puzzles in his later years. He was also very good at figures. He was the church treasurer for many years and would bring the collection home to count the money. I think that is where I learned from him the importance of being trustworthy. He was the most honest man I have ever known. He would never cheat anyone, including the government, out of a cent that was due them. Back in the early thirties, when not many people had to pay income tax, the government would post, in the local post office, the names of those who had to pay Federal Income tax. Dad's name was one of the first to appear. But we are certain that many other farmers made as much money as did Dad, but their names were not there.

In another instance Dad was hauling a load of grain to Taft to the local elevator, when he saw a lot of paper money blowing around on the road. He stopped to gather it up. He later said, as he was doing so, that he was thinking, "I hope I don't find out who this belongs to". But he also found a billfold, which belonged to Ira Frendberg, a tight-fisted neighbor of ours. Dad took the money and billfold in a paper bag over to the Frendberg farm. When Dad asked Ira if he had lost anything. Ira said he had not. Dad then asked him if he had lost his billfold. Ira reached for his hip pocket, his jaw dropped, he reached out, took the bag and walked into the house without saying a word. A few minutes later his wife came out to thank Dad for returning the money. Ira had left his wallet lying on the edge of a truck box that was also going to the grain elevator. It had traveled about five miles before falling off.

Dad, ‎(everyone called him "Bill")‎, was a streetcar conductor in Minneapolis for a year or two before he returned to the farm and married my mother, Helen Olson. While he was a conductor he purchased a Hamilton 13-jewel gold pocket watch which still keeps time.

Dad married Helen Olson, my mother, on December 29, 1920. They were married by a Norwegian Pastor, a Rev. Knutson, because their German pastor was out of town. This raised a few eyebrows in the German community. Mom and Dad were married around noon. Dad's mother, Endrine, had prepared two geese for their wedding dinner. After dinner they were driven to Hillsboro where they caught a train to Fargo and then to Finley, North Dakota where they spent their honeymoon with his sister and brother-in-law, Ida and Bill Provance. The next day, Mother and Dad took the train to Fargo where they had their wedding photos taken. Train service was available to every small town in those days. When they returned to Hillsboro the next week-end they were met with a horse and sleigh because a snow storm had closed the roads.

After his father died in November 1918, Dad bought out the inheritances of his mother, brothers and sisters and took over the farm. To purchase the farm Dad borrowed money from a Mrs. Mergenthal. During the depression years, ‎(when there were also a drought and grasshopper plagues to contend with)‎, Dad could only make the interest payments on the loan. Fortunately, Mrs. Merganthal was a very compassionate lender and renewed the note many times until the good years ‎(during WWII)‎ came along and he was able to pay off the mortgage.

Dad lost his left arm in an accident in 1951. Dad's youngest sister, Margaret, had polio when she was in high school which left her paralyzed from the waist down. Margaret had married an older man named Danny Beaudette. They were living on a farm near Alexandria, Minn. Danny had a stroke which left him completely paralyzed. Ida Provance, ‎(Dad's and Aunt Margaret's sister)‎, first went to help Margaret out. ‎(That's how it was done in those days)‎. But soon asked for some help in caring for him. So Dad and Mother drove to Alexandria to help out. The roads out to the farm were all closed because of a blizzard which had just gone through. So they hired a local man, who ran the local Chrysler agency in Alexandria, to take them out to the farm in his snowmobile, which was propelled by an airplane propeller. They were going across the fields when they got stuck. Mom and Dad had to get out and help pull ‎(or push)‎ the device free. As it began to move, Mom got out of the way, but Dad was not so fortunate. The propeller caught his left arm and broke many bones in his lower arm and hand. The owner of the snowmobile stopped, of course, grabbed Dad's arm to staunch the flow of blood and then they tramped across the fields to the nearest farm to call for help. Dad laid down on the kitchen floor so as not to get blood all over the house.

Fortunately, the telephone system was still working and they were able to call for help. A snow plow and ambulance were sent out and they took Dad to the Alexandria hospital. By the time the ambulance got to the farm the bleeding had stopped. Dad was still able to move one or two fingers. But the local doctor amputated his left arm just below the elbow. I wish that they had taken Dad to a large hospital in Minneapolis as I feel certain that his arm could have been saved. He might have had stiff joints, but that would have been better than no arm at all. Dad never tried any prosthesis devices, although he did work out several simple devices so that he could do many tasks himself.

Farming was difficult for Dad after that, although he did farm until 1973 when he sold the farmstead and a quarter of land and moved to Hillsboro where he lived until he died on Feb. 5, 1974 of acute leukemia.

Written by: Blaine H. Schultz

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Christening Source #24
Marriage Source #2
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Family with Parents
Father
Frank SCHULTZ ‎(I770)‎
Birth 2 November 1857 28 30 Gros Sabow, Kreis Naugard, Pommern, DEU
Death 22 November 1918 ‎(Age 61)‎ Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, USA
18 years
Mother
 
Endrina MEYER ‎(I880)‎
Birth 1 October 1875 31 28 Effington, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA
Death 12 September 1921 ‎(Age 45)‎ Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA

Marriage: 13 October 1889
5 years
#1
Brother
Fritz Wilhelm Ferdinand ‎(Fred)‎ SCHULTZ ‎(I1519)‎
Birth 12 September 1894 36 18 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death July 1925 ‎(Age 30)‎ California, USA
15 months
#2
William Friedrich Karl SCHULTZ ‎(I1995)‎
Birth 5 December 1895 38 20 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 5 February 1974 ‎(Age 78)‎ Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA
1 year
#3
Brother
Heinrich Gustav Emil ‎(Henry)‎ SCHULTZ ‎(I1530)‎
Birth 5 December 1896 39 21 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 3 November 1966 ‎(Age 69)‎
1 year
#4
Brother
Karl August Ludwig SCHULTZ ‎(I1541)‎
Birth 1 December 1897 40 22 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 29 July 1898 ‎(Age 7 months)‎ Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA
1 year
#5
Sister
Ida Bertha Adelheid SCHULTZ ‎(I1553)‎
Birth 3 December 1898 41 23 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 4 June 1980 ‎(Age 81)‎ Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
1 year
#6
Brother
Franz Johann Wilhelm ‎(John)‎ SCHULTZ ‎(I1564)‎
Birth 18 December 1899 42 24 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 25 August 1900 ‎(Age 8 months)‎ Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
13 months
#7
Sister
Emilia Louise SCHULTZ ‎(I1575)‎
Birth 8 January 1901 43 25 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 2 October 1901 ‎(Age 8 months)‎
17 months
#8
Sister
Ella Martha Emilie SCHULTZ ‎(I1586)‎
Birth 2 June 1902 44 26 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 7 February 1919 ‎(Age 16)‎ Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
1 year
#9
Sister
Dorothy Otilla SCHULTZ ‎(I1597)‎
Birth 30 May 1903 45 27 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 23 May 1983 ‎(Age 79)‎ Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota, USA
1 year
#10
Brother
Johann Franz Friedrich ‎(John)‎ SCHULTZ ‎(I1608)‎
Birth 28 May 1904 46 28 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 7 March 1987 ‎(Age 82)‎ Parkers Prairie, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA
3 years
#11
Brother
Erick Emil Alfred SCHULTZ ‎(I1619)‎
Birth 19 January 1907 49 31 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 11 March 1991 ‎(Age 84)‎ Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota, USA
17 months
#12
Sister
Elfrieda ‎(Frieda)‎ Bertha Louise SCHULTZ ‎(I1630)‎
Birth 7 June 1908 50 32 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 12 November 1976 ‎(Age 68)‎ Flint, , Michigan, USA
3 years
#13
Brother
Walter Emil Edmund SCHULTZ ‎(I1641)‎
Birth 30 June 1911 53 35 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 25 March 1982 ‎(Age 70)‎ Madison, Lake, South Dakota, USA
4 years
#14
Sister
Margaret Edna SCHULTZ ‎(I1652)‎
Birth 31 August 1915 57 39 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 7 February 1955 ‎(Age 39)‎ Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, USA
Family with Helen O. OLSON
William Friedrich Karl SCHULTZ ‎(I1995)‎
Birth 5 December 1895 38 20 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 5 February 1974 ‎(Age 78)‎ Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA
5 years
Wife
 
Helen O. OLSON ‎(I112)‎
Birth 14 December 1900 40 34 Bingham, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 13 March 1996 ‎(Age 95)‎ Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA

Marriage: 29 December 1920 -- Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, USA
13 months
#1
Son
Blaine Harris SCHULTZ ‎(I1)‎
Birth 30 January 1922 26 21 Caledonia, Traill, North Dakota, USA
Death 24 November 2016 ‎(Age 94)‎ South Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
#2
Daughter
#3
Daughter
#4
Son
William Fredrick SCHULTZ ‎(I2)‎
Birth 17 August 1940 44 39 Halstad, Norman, Minnesota, USA
Death 17 August 1940