Our Family Ancestry - Person Sheet
NameJohn Barney MOUSEL 
Birth23 Jan 1868, Roedt, Waldbredimus, Remich, Luxembourg
Death23 May 1959, Elk Mound, Dunn, WI
Burial26 May 1959, Elk Mound, Dunn, WI
Immigration1893, From Antwerp, Belgium
FatherJohn MOUSEL (1820-1906)
MotherAnna Maria GASPER (1825-1897)
Spouses
Birth5 Apr 1880, Random Lake, Sheboygan, WI
Death15 Dec 1946, Elk Mound, Dunn, WI
BurialElk Mound, Dunn, WI
FatherNicolas SCHRANTZ
MotherMarie SCHNEIDER
Marriage27 Sep 1898, Menomonie, Dunn, WI
ChildrenNicolas John (1900-1961)
Edward Nicolas (1902-1919)
Catherine (1906-1906)
Raymond Michael (1912-1989)
Notes for John Barney MOUSEL
J.B. MOUSEL
OCCUPATION
FARMER
AGE
23
SEX
M
LITERACY
U
SHIP
LA GASCOGNE
ARRIVED
19 Oct 1896
ORIGIN
LUXEMBURG
PORT
HAVRE
LAST RESIDENCE
DESTINATION
7788
PLAN
Unknown
PASSAGE
Unknown
J.B. MOUSEL, proprietor of the Twin Hill Guernsey Farm in the town of Spring Brook, who has been a resident of Dunn County for many years, was born in Luxemburg, Jan. 24, 1868, son of John and Marie (Gasper) Mousel. The parents, also natives of that European duchy, spent their entire lives there the mother dying first in 1897 and the father on April 15, 1906. The subject of this sketch acquired an ordinary school education, after which he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed in his native land for three years. In 1893 he came to the United States with his brother Nicholas and two sisters, Mary and Anna. Two other brothers, John and Michael, were then living in the town of Elk Mound, Dunn County, Wis., having come to this country some time previously, and the new immigrants here joined them. Nicholas, John and Michael began farming, buying 120 acres of land in Section 3, town of Spring Brook, our subject, J. B., for five years doing farm labor in the town of Spring Brook and Elk Mound. At the end of that time he bought out his brothers and the 120-acre farm became his and has since remained so, it being his present home. He has, however, greatly improved it, doing practically all the
carpenter work himself on the buildings, of which he has a very good set. The house and barn are modern and supplied with all necessary conveniences and equipment, including electric lights, the power for the latter being obtained from the Elk Mound branch of the Northern States Power Company. The farm is well stocked with high grade Guernsey cattle, with a pure bred sire in the herd, and Mr. Mousel is a stockholder in the Elk Mound Cooperative Creamery. For several years he served as treasurer of his school district and he has always taken a keen and helpful interest in the welfare and progress of the community in which he lives. Mr. Mousel was married Sept. 27, 1898, in the city of
Menomonie, to Catherine Schrantz, who was born April 5, 1879, at Random Lake, Wis., daughter of Nicholas and Marie (Schneider) Schrantz. The children of this marriage are: Nicholas J., born June 5, 1900; Edward N., born Feb. 1, 1902, who was killed while working in the Schanon sawmill on March 19, 1919; a babe born Aug. 29, 1906, that died in infancy; Mildred, born Feb. 2, 1908, and now attending high school in Elk Mound; and Raymond, born Jan. 19, 1912. The family are members of St. Joseph's Catholic congregation at Elk Mound.
Transcribed from the "History of Dunn County Wisconsin, 1925" page 774-775
OCCUPATION
FARMER
AGE
23
SEX
M
LITERACY
U
SHIP
LA GASCOGNE
ARRIVED
19 Oct 1896
ORIGIN
LUXEMBURG
PORT
HAVRE
LAST RESIDENCE
DESTINATION
7788
PLAN
Unknown
PASSAGE
Unknown
J.B. MOUSEL, proprietor of the Twin Hill Guernsey Farm in the town of Spring Brook, who has been a resident of Dunn County for many years, was born in Luxemburg, Jan. 24, 1868, son of John and Marie (Gasper) Mousel. The parents, also natives of that European duchy, spent their entire lives there the mother dying first in 1897 and the father on April 15, 1906. The subject of this sketch acquired an ordinary school education, after which he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed in his native land for three years. In 1893 he came to the United States with his brother Nicholas and two sisters, Mary and Anna. Two other brothers, John and Michael, were then living in the town of Elk Mound, Dunn County, Wis., having come to this country some time previously, and the new immigrants here joined them. Nicholas, John and Michael began farming, buying 120 acres of land in Section 3, town of Spring Brook, our subject, J. B., for five years doing farm labor in the town of Spring Brook and Elk Mound. At the end of that time he bought out his brothers and the 120-acre farm became his and has since remained so, it being his present home. He has, however, greatly improved it, doing practically all the
carpenter work himself on the buildings, of which he has a very good set. The house and barn are modern and supplied with all necessary conveniences and equipment, including electric lights, the power for the latter being obtained from the Elk Mound branch of the Northern States Power Company. The farm is well stocked with high grade Guernsey cattle, with a pure bred sire in the herd, and Mr. Mousel is a stockholder in the Elk Mound Cooperative Creamery. For several years he served as treasurer of his school district and he has always taken a keen and helpful interest in the welfare and progress of the community in which he lives. Mr. Mousel was married Sept. 27, 1898, in the city of
Menomonie, to Catherine Schrantz, who was born April 5, 1879, at Random Lake, Wis., daughter of Nicholas and Marie (Schneider) Schrantz. The children of this marriage are: Nicholas J., born June 5, 1900; Edward N., born Feb. 1, 1902, who was killed while working in the Schanon sawmill on March 19, 1919; a babe born Aug. 29, 1906, that died in infancy; Mildred, born Feb. 2, 1908, and now attending high school in Elk Mound; and Raymond, born Jan. 19, 1912. The family are members of St. Joseph's Catholic congregation at Elk Mound.
Transcribed from the "History of Dunn County Wisconsin, 1925" page 774-775