Mautz's Tavern- A Historical Commentary

This is the first installment of "Cool Things Found at Mautz Tavern".   As I mentioned in my first post, Mary Ann kept everything and she didn't like to change anything.  This is especially true of the portion of the building that was the actual tavern/bar and upstairs in what used to be the dance hall.  There are treasures galore, many of which have some pretty cool historical and sentimental worth.   We found a handful of these 10 cent tokens, good in trade at Mautz Tavern, East Bristol, Wisconsin.  We found some in the old cash register that is still in its place behind the bar.  I would love to know what year these were put into use.  How many of these would be needed to pay for a beer today?  I say let's get the tavern up and running again and I might have enough of these to buy myself a half a beer.

Did my great grandmother have a child out of wedlock? Well according to this documentation I found on ancestory.com, she did indeed have a daughter out of wedlock.  The document below with a description written by another family member, shows a registry transcribed from church records of the family of Mathaus and Antonie Mauz, my great-great grandparents. This along with some further digging on ancestry.com shows a Josefina Mauz, born August 1886, died April 1887.  Mother is Anna Mauz, father not revealed. Burladingen-Mauz-Family-Register 15 Jun 1957 Document date Burladingen, Germany The text in this 1957 document is a transcription of church records found in "Familien Register Des Pfarr Ortes Burladingen". This is the Family Register for Mathäus Mautz and Antonie Müller which documents their parents and children. Included are two grandchildren born out of wedlock. With thanks, from the collection of Kathryn Mauz. Anna Mauz would later go on to marry

Burladingen, Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Upon discovery that my great-grandfather was from Burladingen, Germany and realizing I had never even heard of that, I wanted to see what I could find about this town.  It is situated south of Stuttgart, in the southwestern part of Germany, near the borders of France and Switzerland. I was even more intrigued about the town when I discovered a photo in Mary Ann's collection of people standing outside of a home and it is labeled on the back as 'Engelbert Mautz ancestral home still standing in Burladingen'. Now I don't know when this note was written on the photo, so not sure if it is indeed still standing. There is no street address provided so no help from google maps, unfortunately! If I knew it was still there, I might be compelled to travel there some day. If visiting an ancestral home isn't enough of a reason to travel to Burladingen, then maybe the only whip museum in all

Anna Mautz (formerly Mauz) gave birth to my grandfather in 1902, six years after arriving in America. He was the baby of the family. Anna Mauz Mautz Anna arrived into the U.S. in 1896, several years after her husband.  She arrived with their five children, ranging in ages from 15 down to 4 (Katharine, Regina, Johanna, Joseph, and Mathiaus).  Mary Ann shared the story in which Anna apparently had the children all tied together with a rope so she wouldn't lose any of them. Sounds completely sensible to me, just knowing what it's like to have to corral three children and that's just in a store, not in a completely foreign country after sailing across the ocean. So far one of the coolest things I've come across on ancestry.com is this handwritten passenger list which shows her name and that of the five children at the bottom. Ahhh, history is so cool! New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957  for  Anna Mauz

I'm going to start my blog with what little I do know about my great-grandfather, Engelbert Mautz, since he was the family member that first settled in East Bristol, WI. Nothing says classy biography like a bullet point list, but for your easy reading pleasure, here are some high level 'facts' that I found on the Internet and through information that my aunt had in the form of historical documentation, anecdotes, and photos. He was born in 1858 in Burladingen, Germany He was a cabinet maker According to my aunt, he was a tall and husky German (see photo below) He came to America in 1890 first to somewhere on the East coast. He settled in East Bristol, WI in 1893 His last name was actually Mauz. His first wife's name was Anna Heim. They had three daughters, Regina, Kate and Johanna. Anna died after giving birth to Johanna. His second wife's name was also Anna. Her maiden name was also Mauz. Were they related?  At some point and for a reason I'm not s

My aunt, Mary Ann Mautz, kept everything!!! All those exclamation points are not an exaggeration. She really kept everything! Sadly, she passed away on May 28, 2019. The contents of her home and settling her estate has been left to her nieces and nephews. That's where I come in. I am one of those nieces. Mary Ann lived her entire life in her home. She was born there and she died there. In fact, this dwelling, located in East Bristol, WI has been in the family since approximately 1893 when her grandfather, Engelbert Mautz settled his family there and started a business running a tavern and dance hall. Mary Ann's father, my grandfather, took over the tavern and raised his family there after Engelbert's death. So, back to the part where my aunt keeps everything.  Sounds horrible to those of us that despise clutter (I'm raising my hand here - I'm one of those people). Instead, I ask you to focus on the fact that she did this in a home that has been in her family