Maternal Grandmother Anna Plohar

Anna Ida Plohar was born on 24 December 1881 in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. She was the second child born to Matt and Mary Plohar, after her brother Mathias. Five sisters and three more brothers were born over the years.
Her father Matt purchased land from his father in 1878, the same year he married Anna's mother Mary Schuller.
The Plohar family (originally spelled Plouhar) came from Bohemia in 1858 and the Schullers arrived from Prussia in 1854. Both families settled in Kewaunee where they bought land for farming.
Anna met Charles Maigatter, the son of a farmer who owned land a few miles northeast of her dad's farm. She was 23 years old when she and Charles were married by clergyman Joseph F. Valecka in a civil ceremony on 07 June 1905. Subscribing witnesses to their marriage were Charles' brother Gustav (who signed the certificate "G.C. Maigatter") and Anna's sister, Emma Plohar.

Maternal Grandfather Charles Maigatter

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.