Josephine Renner
1838 - 1918 (80 years)
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Name Josephine Renner Birth 28 Jun 1838 Indiana 
Gender Female Census 12 Aug 1850 Franklin, Ripley, IN age 11, born IN, living with mother Census 7 Jun 1860 La Crosse, La Crosse, WI age 23, born IN Census 10 Jun 1870 La Crosse, La Crosse, WI age 32, Keeping House, born IN Census 1 Jun 1880 La Crosse, La Crosse, WI age 42, born IN, keeping house, parents born GER/GER Census 5 Jun 1900 La Crosse, La Crosse, WI age 62, born Jun 1839 in IN, marr 46 yrs, 6/12 children living, parent born GER/GER Census 1 Jun 1905 La Crosse, La Crosse, WI age 69, born IN, parents born IN Census 26 Apr 1910 La Crosse, La Crosse, WI age 72, born IN, marr 55 yrs, 5/12 children living, parents born IN/IN Death 6 Dec 1918 La Crosse, La Crosse, WI Burial 10 Dec 1918 Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse, WI Person ID I1199 Family Tree | Test Branch Last Modified 13 Apr 2012
Father Bernard Renner, b. 2 Apr 1803, Gamshurst, Baden, GER d. Aug 1850, Ripley Co, IN (Age 47 years) Mother Isabella Weingart, b. 13 Mar 1807, Gamshurst, Baden, GER d. 18 Mar 1901, Ripley Co, IN (Age 94 years) Marriage 1831 Family ID F251 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Melchior Volz, b. 5 Jan 1831, Gamshurst, Baden, GER d. 14 Mar 1917, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (Age 86 years) Marriage 9 May 1854 St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Ripley Co., Indiana Notes - from "The La Crosse Tribune", 12 May 1914 (newspaperarchive.com)
PAIR HERE SINCE '57 CELEBRATE SIXTIETH YEAR OF MARRIAGE
Mr. and Mrs. Melchior Volz, 124 North Eighth street, are today celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. Five children, twenty-one grandchildren and one great-grandchild are present at the celebration.
Mr. Volz was born January 6, 1831, near Axhern, Baden-on-the-Rhine, Germany. He came to America in the spring of 1851, landing at New York after a month's trip on the ocean. He worked for a while in Louisville, Ky., before going to Ripley county, Indiana, where he met Miss Josephine Renner, who became his wife May 9, 1854. Mrs. Volz was born Jun 24, 1833, on the old homestead of her parents in Ripley county, Indiana, which was acquired by the parents early in the century, Mr. and Mrs. Renner moving to moving to Indiana from Pittsburg, sailing down the Ohio river to Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Volz were married in the old St. Nicholas church in Ripley county, moving to Chicago soon after their marriage. Later, they moved to Iowa, and in the trip up the Mississippi in 1857, bound for St. Paul, Mr. Volz was so delighted by the location and the beauty of La Crosse that he landed here instead of continuing to St. Paul. That was May 7, 1857. Since that time La Cross has been their house. Twelve children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Volz, six of them dying in infancy, and one, William, dying twelve years ago at the age of twenty years. The eldest, Rev. Joseph F. Volz of Marshfield, was born on the homestead in Indiana, the rest being natives of La Crosse. The children are: George S and B. H. Volz of La Crosse, Mrs. Mary Guter of Minneapolis. John of Great Fall, Mont., and the Rev Joseph F Volz, pastor of St. John's Catholic church in Marshfield. Since 1875 Mr. and Mrs. Volz have lived on the property at 124 North Eighth street, which they bought from J. J. Hogan. Prior to that time they lived on State street, between Ninth and Tenth streets.
Children 1. Joseph Francis Volz, b. 1 Jan 1857, Prattsburg, Ripley, Indiana d. 30 May 1926, Marshfield, Wood, WI (Age 69 years)2. Karl Volz, b. 19 Dec 1858, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI d. 19 Aug 1859, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (Age 0 years)+ 3. George Stephan Volz, b. 12 Jul 1860, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI d. 10 Sep 1948, San Diego, San Diego, CA (Age 88 years)+ 4. Bernard Henry Volz, b. 8 Oct 1862, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI d. 15 Aug 1934, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (Age 71 years)+ 5. Mary Theresa Volz, b. 1865, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI d. 31 Dec 1943, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN (Age 78 years)6. Clara Volz, b. 1868 d. 5 Jun 1877, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (Age 9 years)+ 7. John Andrew Volz, b. 3 Feb 1870, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI d. 29 Oct 1940, Anaheim, Orange, CA (Age 70 years)8. Emma I Volz, b. 1871, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI d. 1874, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (Age 3 years)9. Bertha A Volz, b. 1874, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI d. 20 Jun 1877, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (Age 3 years)10. Nettie Sophie Volz, b. 8 Jun 1878, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI d. 1886, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (Age 7 years)11. William A Volz, b. Jul 1881, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI d. 19 Aug 1901, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (Age 20 years)Family ID F250 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Feb 2019
- from "The La Crosse Tribune", 12 May 1914 (newspaperarchive.com)
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Photos Josephine (Renner) Volz 
Josephine (Renner) Volz 1914
Josephine Volz Photo in 12 May 1914 La Crosse Tribune article commemorating 60th anniversity
Melchior & Josephine (Renner) Volz Family
Family Photo of Melchior (Renner) Volz and Family probably taken in front of the family house in La Crosse, WI
Headstones 
Volz Family Gravestone, front
Melchior born Jan 6 1831 died Apr 14 1917
Josephine born June 24 1838 died Dec 6 1918
Plot: Section Old, Lot 4
Histories 
Melchior and Josephine Volz 60 year marriage article
Article commemorating 60th wedding anniversary of Melchior and Josephine Volz published in The La Crosse Tribune on 12 May 1914
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Notes - from "The Wisconsin Oshkosh Daily Northwestern", 11 Dec 1918
Mrs. Josephine Volz, dead at La Crosse, at the age of eighty, had resided in that city sixty-two years and was a charter member of the St. Joseph's Catholic congregation, the first formed in La Crosse.
from "The La Crosse Tribune And Leader-Press", 7 Dec 1918 (newspaperarchive.com)
Mrs. Josephine Volz, widow of the late Melchoir Volz, 124 North Eighth street, died at St. Francis hospital at the age of 80. She was ill for five weeks. Mrs. Volz was born in Indiana, and had lived in La Crosse since 1857. Five children survive. Mrs. Charles Guter, of Minneapolis, Minn., Rev. Jos. F. Volz, of Marshfield, Wis., John A Volz, of Anaheim, California, George Volz and B. H. Volz, of La Crosse. The funeral will be Tuesday morning from the home of B.H. Volz, 624 South Seventh street, and from St. Joseph's Cathedral at 9 o;clock, Rev. Jos. F. Volz officiating. Interment will be in the Catholic cemetery.
- from "The Wisconsin Oshkosh Daily Northwestern", 11 Dec 1918