Jacob Severin
Title
Jacob Severin
Description
County surveyor, New Holstein; born in Holstein Germany 1-31-1842; came to America in 1867 directly to his present location; while in the fatherland he served in the Danish army in the engineer corps; on settling down here he bought a farm in Oconto County and went to lumbering and farming which he carried on till 1877 when he came back to New Holstein and in 1878 was elected County Surveyor and in 1880 was re-elected; he still owns 200 acres of pine lands and a cranberry marsh in Oconto County; in 1870 he married Miss Tiedjens of Holstein; he is a member of the IOOF and of the Turn Verein
Source
1881 Hist North Wis Calumet Co The Calumet County portion of the History of Northern Wisconsin has been indexed.
Call number: MTWC 977.5 H62 http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnorther00west
Call number: MTWC 977.5 H62 http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnorther00west
Date
1842-01-03
Name
Jacob Severin
Date
1842-01-03
Notes
County surveyor, New Holstein; born in Holstein Germany 1-31-1842; came to America in 1867 directly to his present location; while in the fatherland he served in the Danish army in the engineer corps; on settling down here he bought a farm in Oconto County and went to lumbering and farming which he carried on till 1877 when he came back to New Holstein and in 1878 was elected County Surveyor and in 1880 was re-elected; he still owns 200 acres of pine lands and a cranberry marsh in Oconto County; in 1870 he married Miss Tiedjens of Holstein; he is a member of the IOOF and of the Turn Verein
Source Title
1881 Hist North Wis Calumet Co
Source Description
The Calumet County portion of the History of Northern Wisconsin has been indexed.
Call number: MTWC 977.5 H62
Call number: MTWC 977.5 H62
Source Link
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnorther00west
Collection
Citation
“Jacob Severin,” Manitowoc Genealogy and Local History Database, accessed October 20, 2026, https://www.manitowoccollection.manitowoclibrary.org/items/show/111967.