Person:Bernardus Wiggenhorn (1)

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Bernardus Wilhelm William Wiggenhorn
b.23 Apr 1797 Westphalia, Prussia
d.12 Dec 1876 Watertown, Dodge, WI
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Name Bernardus Wilhelm William Wiggenhorn
Gender Male
Birth? 23 Apr 1797 Westphalia, Prussia
Marriage 4 Sep 1821 Westphalia, Prussiato Josephina Beckhaus
Death? 12 Dec 1876 Watertown, Dodge, WI
Burial? Dec 1876 Watertown, Dodge, WI

He was a buisnessman in Westphalia. For a time he was also postmaster of the town of Schoppingen. He came with his family leaving the port of Bremen on the ship GEORGE SKOLFIELD. They arrived in N.Y. 21 Sept 1848. They traveled by lake and rail to Watertown WI. In 1849 he bought the Buena Vista House (hotel) there and opperated it until 1855, when hje sold it to A. Meiswinkel. in It later reverted to Wiggenhorn, however and he leased it to his son Eugene to operate. He was a Roman Catholic and a member of the Democratic Party.