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Note: JOHN WILLIAM SCHWEISTHAL.
John William Schweisthal is well known in business circles of Milwaukee as the
secretary and treasurer of the Milwaukee Shoe Company at Nos. 816 to 824 Eleventh
Street. which he assisted in organizing in 1915 and which he has served in the dual
official capacity for the past two years. He was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (actually Bausendorf, Kreis Kröv-Bausendorf, Deutschland), on the 26th (actually the 25-th) of December, 1878, his parents being Joseph and Angela (Thul) Schweisthal, who were born, reared and married in Germany. The paternal grandfather also bore the name of Joseph (actually Franz Josef)
Schweisthal. The father of our subject was twenty-four years (actually 31) of age when he emigrated to the United States with his wife and both are still living in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Joseph Schweisthal being a retired shoe dealer of that city.
John W. Schweisthal obtained his early education in parochial schools of his native
city and subsequently pursued a course of study in the Edmiston Business College of
Cleveland. After putting aside his textbooks he became an apprentice with the S. L.
Pierce Manufacturing Company, shoe manufacturers of Cleveland, with which concern
he continued for eight years, rising to the position of foreman. In 1901 he came to
Milwaukee and here filled the position of assistant foreman with the F. Mayer Boot
& Shoe Company for one year, while later he entered the service of the Kalt-Zimmers
Shoe Manufacturing Company, acting as foreman until 1909. He next became identified
with the United Shoe Machinery 'Corporation, which he represented as a salesman and
machinery expert until the 1st of March, 1915, when in association with John Gesser
and Frank Ripple he organized the Milwaukee Shoe Company, of which he became
secretary in 1918. The following year he was made secretary and treasurer of the
company, which is his present official position, while Mr. Ripple acts as president. Mr.
Gesser retired in 1916. The Milwaukee Shoe Company is engaged in the manufacture
of men's and boys' unlined work shoes, and while the business has extended to every
part of the United States, the output is largely distributed throughout the east and the
northwest. In 1919 the concern exported shoes to Russia. At the beginning the output of the factory was two hundred and forty pairs of shoes daily and by 1918 this had been increased to sixteen hundred pairs daily, while in the present year (1921} the capacity is eighteen hundred pairs of shoes per day. The original location of the plant was on Fourth and Vliet streets, but later the company purchased the Akron factory on Eleventh street, to which they made an addition and which they improved in other ways, having now a strictly modern as well as sanitary factory in every particular. The steady and continued growth of the enterprise is attributable in large measure to the excellent executive ability and sound judgment of Mr. Schweisthal, whose long experience in the shoe business has made him thoroughly familiar with every phase thereof and who is accounted one of the leading representatives of in-
dustrial interests in his adopted city.
On the 4th of June, 1901 (actually 1902), Mr. Schweisthal was united in marriage to Miss Marie
M. (actually Magdalena Helen) Justen. A daughter of Nicholas Justen, who emigrated to the United States from Germany, his native land and participated in the Civil war as a soldier of the Union army. He became one of the pioneer settlers of Milwaukee, where he still makes his home and is employed as a cigar maker by the Louis Kindling Company.
Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Schweisthal has supported
the men and measures of the republican party but otherwise has not taken any part
in politics, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs.
In religious faith he is a Catholic and a leading worker in St. Sebastian's parish, hav-
ing served as chairman of its finance committee and for many years as a member of its
school board. He takes an active interest in charitable and church work and has ever
been ready to assist a fellow traveler on life's journey. Fraternally he is identified
with the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Knights of Columbus and in the latter
organization has attained the fourth degree and has served as a member of the library
board of that organization and is now on the house committee. He also belongs to
the Association of Commerce and to the National Shoe Manufacturers' Association.
His recreation is found in outdoor sports, of which he is very fond, finding particular
pleasure in hunting and fishing in northern Wisconsin. Motoring also affords him
relaxation and delight and he has made several extended tours in his car. He enjoys
an enviable position in social as well as business circles of Milwaukee, where he has
made his home for the past two decades and where his course has ever been such as to
commend him to the confidence and esteem of his fellowmen.
John W Schweisthal
United States Census, 1920
5025 North Ave
Name: John W Schweisthal
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Milwaukee Ward 22, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1879
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 2
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
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John William Schweisthal
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
John W Schweisthal
United States Census, 1930
676 Hi Mount Blvd
Name: John W Schweisthal
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Milwaukee (Districts 1-250), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1879
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 6
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace John W Schweisthal Head Male 51 Ohio Helen Schweisthal Wife Female 51 Wisconsin https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X99L-L1G
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Name: John William Schweisthal
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Milwaukee County no 1, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1878
Birthplace: , , United States
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John William Schweisthal
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: John William Schweisthal
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Arcadia, Los Angeles, California, United States
Residence Place: Arcadia, Los Angeles, California
Gender: Male
Employer: John William/Schweisthal
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1878
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John W Schweisthal
California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: John W Schweisthal
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 11 Feb 1948
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1878
Birthplace: Other Country
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Schweisthal
Mother's Name: Tuhl
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