This is proof that MESSAGE BOARDS REALLY WORK!!! Mark Fruendt replied to a query I had posted regarding the Bonduel Teschke family that arrived May 28, 1869 in New York City.  He is a descendant of Frederich and Louisa Schultz Teschke family and has collected much information on the family... and he is sharing it with the Shawano GenWeb Project.  Not only has his research found many of my "missing links" but if you are researching Teschke or Hafemann Families from Hartland Twp - Bonduel area, I'm sure it will fill in some of your blanks as well.

Mark has included some spectacular photographs and in one email, in passing, Mark mentioned that he had included a picture of his mother's confirmation class at the Lutheran Church's Red Springs Indian Mission where her mother (Mark's grandmother) was a cook... and I did a double take!  Mark has AWESOME pictures and documentation of the Red Springs Indian Mission just outside of Gresham.  Since we receive so very many emails regarding the Shawano County Indian Schools of the early 1900s, I'm creating a page utilizing the rare information Mark has sent in.  Very few things take my breathe away at my age but this great documentation of this small school is fantastic.  Be sure to check out the Red Springs Indian Mission Page -- it's pretty cool! 

And Mark, we are indebted!  Many thanks again!

This page, as well as ALL THE PAGES in the Shawano GenWeb Project, are copyright protected-ATC. 
© 2009 MF

The Carl "Friedrich" Gottlieb Hafemann Family
Left front: Bill, Carl, Mabel.  Sitting: Friedrich and Louise.  Back: Walter, Gust, Lydia Ed, and Fritz.


Zachow Baseball Team
Fritz Hafemann (Mark's grandfather) sitting left front with crossed bats.  Mark doesn't know the others in the photo, perhaps someone will recognize them.

Lutheran Church's Red Springs Indian Mission (Gresham)
Confirmation Class 1927
  Lucille Hafemann on far right. Can you help identify any of the people?
Photo was taken at Mark's mother's confirmation in 1927 when she was living at the Lutheran Church's Red Springs Indian Mission where her mother was a cook.  Mark's grandmother's state "Rev Tjernagel was supertendant, Amanda Graper matron, Esther Roesler asst matron, Edna Bender teacher and Bee Helgensen teacher, Theo Zart janitor." 

Frederick Teschke (1825-1912)
Mark's great-great-grandfather

The Frederick Teschke Family
 
Here are the FAMILY GROUP SHEETS... w/ TERRIFIC NOTES & DOCUMENTATION!
 
Here is the AHNENTAFEL CHART for Friedrich HAFEMANN...
From a German word meaning "ancestor table," an ahnentafel is an ancestor based numbering system. An excellent choice for presenting a lot of information in a compact format.  (It is pronounced AW-NEN-TAW-FULL)  It's a simple way of listing ALL the ancestors for a specific person -- since we don't have the means to search an entire gedcom file like ancestry has, this is an option for trying to list most of the people in Mark's genealogy file.  We have missed a few here and there but this list should catch most of them between the FAMILY GROUP SHEETS and the AHNENTAFEL CHART... the BEST WAY to view this chart below is with your browser set to FULL SCREEN or MAXIMIZED as the columns may or may not line up properly without it.

And click here for the PDF version of Ancestors of Friedrich Carl August HAFEMANN which includes Mark's detailed notes and sources which include obits, newspaper items, etc..
 

Ancestors of Friedrich Carl August HAFEMANN 
 Generation 1

1. Friedrich Carl August1 HAFEMANN, born 30 Jul 1888 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; died 27 Dec 1918 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI, son of 2. Carl "Friedrich" Gottlieb HAFEMANN and 3. Louise TESCHKE.  He married on 30 Jun 1912 in Town Bear Creek, Waupaca Co. WI Carolina Matilda (Tillie) RAISLER, born 27 Jan 1887 in Town Bear Creek, Waupaca Co. WI; died 13 Sep 1984 in Clintonville, Waupaca Co. WI.  

        Children of Friedrich Carl August HAFEMANN and Carolina Matilda (Tillie) RAISLER were as follows:

                        i               Lucille Florence HAFEMANN, born 21 Dec 1913 in Angelica, Shawano Co. WI.  She married on 5 Feb 1938 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co. WI Carl Heinrich Gotfried FRUENDT, born 8 Feb 1910 in Chicago, Cook Co. IL; died 28 Sep 1959 in Watseka, Iroquois Co. IL; buried 1 Oct 1959 in Woodworth, Iroquois Co. IL.

                        ii              Donald Victor HAFEMANN, born 5 May 1917 in Angelica, Shawano Co. WI; died 18 Mar 2001 in Midland, Texas; buried 22 Mar 2001 in Midland, Texas.  He married on 1 Sep 1949 in Austin, Travis Co. TX unknown.  

Generation 2 

2. Carl "Friedrich" Gottlieb2 HAFEMANN, born 6 Feb 1855 in Ornshagen, Kr. Regenwalde, Pommern; died 20 Dec 1918 in Pulaski, Brown Co. WI, son of 4. Johann HAFEMANN and 5. Ernestine Fredericke FRÄDRICH.  He married on 20 Dec 1881 in Town Hartland, Shawano Co, WI 3. Louise TESCHKE, born 30 Aug 1859 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 15 Feb 1939, daughter of 6. Frederick TESCHKE and 7. Louise SCHULZ.

        Children of Carl "Friedrich" Gottlieb HAFEMANN and Louise TESCHKE were as follows:

        1              i               Friedrich Carl August1 HAFEMANN, born 30 Jul 1888 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; died 27 Dec 1918 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI.  He married on 30 Jun 1912 in Town Bear Creek, Waupaca Co. WI Carolina Matilda (Tillie) RAISLER, born 27 Jan 1887 in Town Bear Creek, Waupaca Co. WI; died 13 Sep 1984 in Clintonville, Waupaca Co. WI.

                        ii              Gustave August Wilhelm1 HAFEMANN, born 28 Sep 1882 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI.

                        iii             Lydia Wilhelmina Ernstina1 HAFEMANN, born 14 Jun 1884; died 1981 in Oklahoma.  She married (1) D. HEDGES; (2) J J GIBSON, born 11 Mar 1875 in Minnesota; died 25 Aug 1950 in Oklahoma; buried 28 Aug 1950 in Oklahoma.

                        iv             Wilhelm August "Edward"1 HAFEMANN, born 19 Jun 1886; died aft 1926 in Portland, Oregon.

                        v              Walter Wilhelm Johann1 HAFEMANN, born 23 Jul 1892 in Zachow, Shawano Co. WI; died 2 Dec 1955 in West Allis, Milwaukee Co. WI.  He married on 23 Jul 1914 in Wheatland, Cass Co., ND Rose Ella CAMPBELL, born 5 Apr 1896 in Kalamazoo, MI; died 16 Jul 1976 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co. WI; buried 18 Jul 1976 in Zachow, Shawano Co. WI.

                        vi             William August Albert1 HAFEMANN, born 28 Nov 1894 in Wisconsin; died 1990.  He married on 12 Jun 1924 in Des Moines, Polk Co, IA Jesse Edith JACKSON, born 12 Oct 1899 in Iowa; died 18 Jul 1987; buried 22 Jul 1987 in Glendale, Maricopa Co. AZ.

                        vii            Carl Frank1 HAFEMANN, born 25 Aug 1896 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; died 27 Sep 1982 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 29 Sep 1982 in Zachow, Shawano Co. WI.  He married on 3 Jan 1924 in Appleton, WI Helen HORN, born 10 Aug 1906 in Town Waukechon; died 28 Jan 1992 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 31 Jan 1992 in Zachow, Shawano Co. WI.

                        viii           Mabel Louise Emilie1 HAFEMANN, born 8 Jan 1899 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; died 22 Dec 1996.  She married on 8 Dec 1918 in Zachow, Shawano Co. WI Henry Frank BOERST, born 20 Mar 1893; died 4 Jan 1982.  

Generation 3 

4. Johann3 HAFEMANN, born 23 Feb 1825 in Germany; died 12 Feb 1908 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 14 Feb 1908 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI, son of 8. Frederick HAFEMANN.  He married abt 1852 5. Ernestine Fredericke FRÄDRICH, born 28 Apr 1821 in Pommern; died 29 May 1904 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 31 May 1904 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI, daughter of 9. Johann FRÄDRICH and 10. Elizabeth (---).

        Children of Johann HAFEMANN and Ernestine Fredericke FRÄDRICH were as follows:

                        i               Wilhelmine2 HAFEMANN.  She married (---) KESSLER.

                        ii              Johann Carl Friedrich2 HAFEMANN, born 22 Feb 1854 in Ornshagen, Kr. Regenwalde, Pommern; died 30 Apr 1928 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI.  He married on 17 Nov 1882 in Town Washington, Shawano Co, WI Albertina W. L. BEHNKE, born 27 Mar 1860 in Justine, Prussia; died 20 Mar 1906 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 23 Mar 1906 in Town Washington, Shawano Co, WI.

        2              iii             Carl "Friedrich" Gottlieb2 HAFEMANN, born 6 Feb 1855 in Ornshagen, Kr. Regenwalde, Pommern; died 20 Dec 1918 in Pulaski, Brown Co. WI.  He married on 20 Dec 1881 in Town Hartland, Shawano Co, WI Louise TESCHKE, born 30 Aug 1859 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 15 Feb 1939, daughter of Frederick TESCHKE and Louise SCHULZ.

                        iv             William Carl Fredrich2 HAFEMANN, born 16 Aug 1861 in Germany; died 26 Jan 1920 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI.  He married on 23 Nov 1883 Ida Hulda F MORAHL, born Dec 1864.

                        v              Bertha2 HAFEMANN, born 1866 in Prussia.  She married (---) FOLEY.

 6. Frederick3 TESCHKE, born 17 Nov 1825 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 15 Dec 1912 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI, son of 11. Jacob TESCHKE and 12. Christine WITT.  He married on 2 Nov 1851 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg 7. Louise SCHULZ, born 26 May 1829 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 11 May 1899 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 13 May 1899 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI, daughter of 13. Johann Gottlieb SCHULZ and 14. Christina KLANN.  

        Children of Frederick TESCHKE and Louise SCHULZ were as follows:

                        i               August F.2 TESCHKE, born 9 Aug 1852 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 7 Mar 1928 in Town Hartland, Shawano Co, WI.  He married on 20 Dec 1881 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI Bertha BRUCK, born 18 Aug 1861 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 27 Jul 1913 in Town Hartland, Shawano Co, WI; buried 30 Jul 1913 in Town Hartland, Shawano Co, WI.

                        ii              Wilhelmine2 TESCHKE, born 20 Jan 1855 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 1 Feb 1896 in Town Hartland, Shawano Co, WI.  She married abt 1873 Heinrich "Henry" DRAGE, born 25 Jan 1842 in Harnau, Kr. Rosenberg; died 15 Jan 1925 in Town Hartland, Shawano Co, WI; buried 18 Jan 1925 in Town Hartland, Shawano Co, WI.

        3              iii             Louise2 TESCHKE, born 30 Aug 1859 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 15 Feb 1939.  She married on 20 Dec 1881 in Town Hartland, Shawano Co, WI Carl "Friedrich" Gottlieb HAFEMANN, born 6 Feb 1855 in Ornshagen, Kr. Regenwalde, Pommern; died 20 Dec 1918 in Pulaski, Brown Co. WI, son of Johann HAFEMANN and Ernestine Fredericke FRÄDRICH.

                        iv             Johanna2 TESCHKE, born 15 Aug 1865 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.  She married Franz BARTLET.

                        v              Edward Ludwig2 TESCHKE, born 3 Aug 1869 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; died 14 Oct 1949.  He married on 25 Oct 1894 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI Emilie F. BOETTCHER, born Jul 1865.

                        vi             Augustine2 TESCHKE, born 16 Jul 1857 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        vii            unnammed2 TESCHKE, born 8 Jul 1864 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 8 Jul 1864 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        viii           unnammed2 TESCHKE, born 6 Jun 1868 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 6 Jun 1868 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.  

Generation 4 

8. Frederick4 HAFEMANN.  He married unknown.  

        Children of Frederick HAFEMANN were as follows:

        4              i               Johann3 HAFEMANN, born 23 Feb 1825 in Germany; died 12 Feb 1908 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 14 Feb 1908 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI.  He married abt 1852 Ernestine Fredericke FRÄDRICH, born 28 Apr 1821 in Pommern; died 29 May 1904 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 31 May 1904 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI, daughter of Johann FRÄDRICH and Elizabeth (---).  

9. Johann4 FRÄDRICH.  He married 10. Elizabeth (---).  

        Children of Johann FRÄDRICH and Elizabeth (---) were as follows:

        5              i               Ernestine Fredericke3 FRÄDRICH, born 28 Apr 1821 in Pommern; died 29 May 1904 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 31 May 1904 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI.  She married abt 1852 Johann HAFEMANN, born 23 Feb 1825 in Germany; died 12 Feb 1908 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 14 Feb 1908 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI, son of Frederick HAFEMANN.  

11. Jacob4 TESCHKE, born 7 Jun 1780 in Faut, Kr. Rosenberg; died 1 Feb 1830; buried 4 Feb 1830 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg, son of 15. Jacob TESCHKE and 16. Louisa RETZLASS.  He married 12. Christine WITT, born 1792; died 8 Jun 1832; buried 10 Jun 1832 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg.  

        Children of Jacob TESCHKE and Christine WITT were as follows:

        6              i               Frederick3 TESCHKE, born 17 Nov 1825 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 15 Dec 1912 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI.  He married on 2 Nov 1851 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg Louise SCHULZ, born 26 May 1829 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 11 May 1899 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 13 May 1899 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI, daughter of Johann Gottlieb SCHULZ and Christina KLANN.

                        ii              Regina3 TESCHKE, born 15 Mar 1829 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        iii             Jacob3 TESCHKE, born 15 Jul 1821 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        iv             Carl3 TESCHKE, born 29 Dec 1818 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        v              Louise3 TESCHKE, born 13 Dec 1813 in Groß Faut. Prussia.

                        vi             Gottfried3 TESCHKE, died 29 Dec 1834 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        vii            Simon3 TESCHKE, died 20 Nov 1824 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.  

13. Johann Gottlieb4 SCHULZ.  He married on 27 May 1813 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg 14. Christina KLANN, born 29 Jan 1786 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 31 Jan 1840, daughter of 17. Erdmann KLANN and 18. Christina BAMNOWSKI.  

        Children of Johann Gottlieb SCHULZ and Christina KLANN were as follows:

        7              i               Louise3 SCHULZ, born 26 May 1829 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 11 May 1899 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI; buried 13 May 1899 in Bonduel, Shawano Co. WI.  She married on 2 Nov 1851 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg Frederick TESCHKE, born 17 Nov 1825 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 15 Dec 1912 in Shawano, Shawano Co. WI, son of Jacob TESCHKE and Christine WITT.

                        ii              Christian3 SCHULZ, born 4 Nov 1826 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        iii             Ludwig3 SCHULZ, born 10 Feb 1823 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.  He married Wilhelmine (---), born 1823.

                        iv             Friedrich Wilhelm3 SCHULZ, born 20 Jan 1821 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 25 Aug 1844 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        v              Friedrich3 SCHULZ, born 8 May 1819 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        vi             Simon3 SCHULZ, born 15 Dec 1813 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.  

Generation 5 

15. Jacob5 TESCHKE.  He married 16. Louisa RETZLASS.  

        Children of Jacob TESCHKE and Louisa RETZLASS were as follows:

        11           i               Jacob4 TESCHKE, born 7 Jun 1780 in Faut, Kr. Rosenberg; died 1 Feb 1830; buried 4 Feb 1830 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg.  He married Christine WITT, born 1792; died 8 Jun 1832; buried 10 Jun 1832 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        ii              Eva4 TESCHKE, born 13 Oct 1777 in Faut, Kr. Rosenberg.  

17. Erdmann5 KLANN, born 1740; died 27 May 1819 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.  He married on 8 May 1769 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg 18. Christina BAMNOWSKI.  

        Children of Erdmann KLANN and Christina BAMNOWSKI were as follows:

        14           i               Christina4 KLANN, born 29 Jan 1786 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg; died 31 Jan 1840.  She married on 27 May 1813 in Groß Bellschwitz, Kr. Rosenberg Johann Gottlieb SCHULZ.

                        ii              Johann4 KLANN, born 17 Apr 1784.

                        iii             Eleonora4 KLANN, born 18 Jun 1793.

                        iv             Catharina Elisabeth4 KLANN, born 15 Sep 1797.

                        v              Erdmann4 KLANN, born 11 Aug 1799 in Faut, Kr. Rosenberg.

                        vi             Jacob4 KLANN, born 25 Jul 1790 in Schakenbruch, Kr. Rosenberg.

OBITUARIES & NEWSPAPER ITEMS from Mark Fruendt's collection...

The Bonduel Times
Thursday January 2, 1919
(The last name Hafemann was incorrectly spelled)

Two Deaths in Family
Fred Hafermann and Son Fred Both Died of Influenza in One Week

     Fred Hafermann, Sr. of the town of Angelica, Shawano County, died of the Influenza, followed with pneumonia, on Thursday December 19th age Sixty three years, ten months and thirteen days. 
     The deceased was born in Germany, Feb 6, 1855 and came to America as a young man.  In the year of 1881 he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Teschke.  To them eight children were born, all of whom are living except for Fred Jr. who died one week after his father.  The funeral was held at Zion's Lutheran Church at Zachow on Sunday, December 22nd.  Rev. Schroeder officiated.
     He is mourned by his wife; seven children; Gust, Mrs. A. F. Hedger of Okalahoma City, Okl.,  Ed., Walter and Mabel; two brothers and one sister.
     Fred Hafermann, Jr., of the town of Angelica, died one week after his father, Thursday December 26, of the same disease, age 36 years, four months and twenty-six days.
     Fred was born in Shawano, July 30, 1888.  He was married June 30, 1912 to Miss Tillie Raisler, which matrimonial was blessed with two children, Lucille and Donald. 
     The funeral took place at Zion's Lutheran Church on Sunday December 29th, Rev. Schroeder officiating.
     The mourners are his devoted wife and two dear little children, mother, brothers and sisters. 
     To the bereaved family we with their friends extend heartfelt sympathy.

The Bonduel Times
Thursday December 19, 1912 

     Frederick Teschke died at his home in the town of Hartland December 15th at the age of 87 years and 28 days from a stroke of paralysis.

     The deceased was born in Schakenbruch, Germany November 17th 1825, and in the year 1851, November 2 he was married to Miss Louisa Schultz, which matrimony was blessed with nine children of which four still survive.
     In 1860 he with his wife immigrated to America and settled in the town of Hartland, where he made his home until death.  He won many friends during long earthly pilgrimage by his good humor and kind way and he was always known to be a good Christian, being a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and devoting his long lifetime in the service of his Lord Jesus, also rearing his children in the same spirit.
     Four children mourn his loss, two sons August and Edward, two daughters, Louisa and Johanna, and twenty-seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
     The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, December 17th from the St. Paul's Lutheran church, Rev. Mueller officiating who paid a beautiful tribute in memory of the deceased.

The following article appeared in the Clintonville, Wisconsin Tribune Gazette, the exact date is not known, but it is estimated to be in February, 1981: 

Remembering the Mission
             By Becky Schnurr 

     “My brother, Andrew Raisler, took me up there.  I watched his car leave with tears running down my face.  About an hour later, Miss Amanda Graper got there.  She worked so fast, and she helped me with whatever she could.  She was just like the sun coming out on a cloudy day.”
     That’s how Tillie Mandery, 33 Hughes street, Clintonville, describes her arrival at the Lutheran Indian Mission, about three miles northeast of Gresham on Mission Lake, and a recent addition to the National Register of Historic Places.
     It was 1920 and Mrs. Mandery, then Tillie Hafemann, was a young widow with two small children to support.  Her husband, Fred Hafemann, had died during the flu epidemic two years earlier.  Tillie and her children, Lucille and Donald, had moved to her parent’s home in Nicholson and she went to work at a mill.
     But then she was told that the Lutheran Indian Mission needed a cook and an aide, and she was asked to take the job as cook and bring along whoever she wanted as an aide.  Tillie agreed to give it a try, and brought Esther Roesler along as her helper, she says.
     “The thing that made me so happy was when the pastor told me I could have a place of my own and could have my children with me,” Mrs. Mandery recalls.  And the family did get their own little apartment in the mission’s dormitory building.
     Thus the Hafemanns arrived at the mission prior to the start of the 1920-21 school year.  At the time, the main buildings were the church, built in 1901, which is still in use, and a dormitory-school building, built in 1902.  There were almost 120 children enrolled in the school, mostly from the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe.  But actually, 11 tribes were represented recalls Tillie’s daughter, Lucille Fruendt, with students from as far away as the Dakotas.
     There were three teachers and three classrooms at the mission.  In 1920, the first and second grade classroom was in the church, while third through fifth and sixth through eighth grades each had a room in the other building.  Lucille started school there that fall, attending first grade in the church classroom.  By the time Donald started school a few years later, a new dormitory building has been completed and the older building now held all three classrooms.
     The new dormitory was a beautiful building overlooking the lake, constructed by area Stockbridge Indians.  The building has since been torn down, however.
     The pupils at the Lutheran Indiana Mission were mostly boarding students.  They paid no fees to attend, but they did have to help with the work, says Mrs. Mandery.  Each child was assigned a job, be it hauling water, helping with the baking, laundry, chopping and hauling wood, peeling potatoes or drying dishes, among others.  The jobs were rotated each month, she adds, so that each student learned every job.
     During all the cooking for 120 pupils was by no means an easy job, even though the girls helped with the bread baking.  They made 50 to 60 loaves of bread every day.  Mrs. Mandery says, adding, “Sometimes when I was done baking bread at night, I was so tired I’d just cry.”
     Tillie ordered her supplies for the school from Green Bay.  They were shipped by train from Green Bay to Lindhurst, and from there to the mission by horse-drawn wagon or, in winter, by sleigh.
     Another drawback during the first year, while they were still in the old building, was the “kitchen” and “laundry room” were one and the same.  Long rows of clotheslines were strung across the room, so Tillie and the girls who helped her had to dodge wet laundry as they prepared meals.  “It was much better when the new building was built.”  Mrs. Mandery says.
    Miss Graper was a tremendous help to Tillie during the early days at the mission.  A Clintonville native, Miss Graper had already been at the mission for four years when the Hafemanns arrived, so she “knew the ropes.”  Says Mrs. Mandery.  Together, they managed to get most of the weekend work finished on Saturday so they could go to church on Sunday.
     The mission used margarine on the bread, Mrs. Mandery recalls, and back then, it wasn’t colored, so it was very white.  Once when she and Miss Graper colored the margarine yellow, a state official found out, and they were fined.
     The pupils at the mission were always quite cooperative, according to Mrs. Mandery.  If they hadn’t done their work just right, and she said they had to do it over, they did it without feeling angry or hurt.
     “They just felt that was my job,” she explains.  “I have to give them credit for that.”
     Favorite food among the mission students, Mrs. Mandery recalls, was baked beans.  Given their choice for Sunday dinner between baked beans or beef roast, the student’s chose beans every time.
     Like any other kids, those at the mission appreciated a good joke.  On his very first Sunday at the mission, they taught little Donald about “wild Indians.”  Donald had been “warned” by his grandmother to “be careful of the Indians.”  A few of the students decided to play a little joke, so they put strips of cloth around their heads, then got a few feathers from the mission’s chickens and stuck these in their hair.  Then they went to surprise Donald, who promptly turned and ran to his mother screaming, “The Indians are coming!  The Indians are coming!”
     Despite the help and cooperation she received, the first year at the Lutheran Indian Mission was a tough one for Tillie.
     “It was an awfully hard year.  I had decided I wasn’t going to come back,” she says.
     But Lucille was doing well in school, and the mission board begged Tillie to stay, so she finally agreed.  And she stayed not only that year, but the next and the next, and finally ended up spending seven years there.
     Lucille was able to complete all eight grades in those seven years.  Apparently, she got a quality education at the mission school, too, because when she took the eighth grade tests required by the county, she had the highest score of anyone.  And she had no trouble with her studies when she attended Lutheran High in Milwaukee for the next four years.
     “We learned how to study, and I’m still grateful for that,” Mrs. Fruendt says.  “We had a good system.  There was a required study period every night.” 
     Being the only white student in her grade school classes didn’t cause any problems for Lucille either.
     “As far as I was concerned, I didn’t actually realize that I was white and different,” she explains.  “They were all very good friends of mine.”
     After Lucille graduated from eighth grade, Tillie accepted a position as a cook at Concordia College in Milwaukee, where she spent more than 10 years, working until her children were through college.  And she’s proud that she was able to provide her children with a good education, even though she was a widow with just an eighth grade education herself.
     “I’m thankful the Lord gave me the health and strength to do what I did.” Mrs. Mandery concludes.
 

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