Mom's father, Charles Henry Maigatter, was born on 24 February 1881, the second of eight children born to Gustav and Caroline (Heider) Maigatter.The Maigatters from the Kingdom of Prussia emigrated to Wisconsin in 1866. The family lived on a farm near the winding Kewaunee River in Kewaunee Wisconsin where Charles and his siblings were raised and attended school.
The Heider family came from Bavaria in 1853 and eventually settled on a farm north of the land the Maigatters later purchased.
During his younger years, Charles helped on the family farm which was located northeast of the Plohar farm in Kewaunee. This proximity allowed him to meet and court Matt and Mary Plohar's eldest daughter, Anna.
Charles had a natural talent and special love for carpentry. Among the furniture items he handcrafted over the years was a cedar-lined hope chest which is now a family heirloom. After he and Anna married, they gave up farm life and moved to their new home in Two Rivers, Wisconsin where they raised their family of three daughters and two sons. Charles worked as a carpenter for Hamilton Mfg. Co. in Two Rivers and later for Manitowoc Ship Building. When he died in 1973, he had 15 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
