Joseph John Ott III, son of Joseph John Ott, was * born on Tuesday, 29 August 1967 in Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA.¹ Joseph + died on Thursday, 09 November 1967 in Appleton.¹ He is ± buried in St. Mary Cemetery, Appleton.¹

     Katherine Marie Ott, daughter of Joseph B. Ott and Marion Michaelson, was * born on Thursday, 22 June 1922 at 09:20 at night at 559 Walker Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2 Say 1947, Katherine Marie oo married John Frank Magerl. Katherine + died, at the age of 83 years, on Wednesday, 01 March 2006 in Random Lake, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA.^3,2 She is ± buried in Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA.³

     Ludwig Ott, son of Ludwig Louis Ott and Mercedes Schoos, was * born on Tuesday, 11 July 1922 at 07:00 in the morning at 619 16th Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2,3 Ludwig + died, at the age of 75 years, on Wednesday, 18 February 1998 in Green Bay.^4,5,3

     Ludwig Louis Ott, son of Georg Michael Ott and Maria Philipp, was * born on Saturday, 24 August 1895 in Godas bie Kemnath, Oberfranklen, Bavaria, Germany.^1,2,3 On Wednesday, 09 June 1920, Ludwig Louis, age 24, oo married Mercedes Schoos, age 30, at St. Anne Catholic Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^2,4 Ludwig + died, at the age of 76 years, on Tuesday, 07 March 1972 in Green Bay.^3,5 He is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.³ His burial location is Block 40, Lot 493, Grave 2, Level 1; IN 84619.
     Ludwig emigrated at the age of 8 departing Rotterdam, Holland, on Saturday, 29 August 1903 arriving in New York on 7 September 1903 with family on the ship "Statenbam".

     Marcella Emily Ott, daughter of Michael Ott and Marie Anna Dreckmann, was * born on Monday, 06 November 1922 at 09:00 in the evening at 993 36th Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2,3 On Saturday, 20 October 1945, Marcella Emily, age 22, oo married Thomas Matthew Eberle, age 23, at St. Leo Catholic Church, Milwaukee.² Marcella + died, at the age of 75 years, on Monday, 09 February 1998.³

     Margaret Ott, daughter of Ulrich Ott and Amalia Elisabeth Hacker, was * born on Friday, 27 February 1852 in Godas bie Kemnath, Oberfranklen, Bavaria, Germanic Lands.^1,2 On Tuesday, 29 October 1872, Margaret, age 20, oo married Erhard Kick, age 25, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.³ On Monday, 16 September 1889, Margaret, age 37, oo married Joseph Tremmel, age 33, at The Catholic Church, Bakerville, Wood County, Wisconsin.⁴ Margaret + died, at the age of 80 years, on Monday, 11 July 1932 in Marshfield, Wisconsin.² She is ± buried in Marshfield.⁵
     Margaret emigrated departing in 1872. [possibly 1871]

     Margaret Anna Ott, daughter of Georg Michael Ott and Maria Philipp, was * born on Tuesday, 23 March 1909 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2 She was ~ baptized on Sunday, 11 April 1909 at St. Michael Catholic Church, Milwaukee.³ On Wednesday, 24 August 1938, Margaret Anna, age 29, oo married Lester Edward Srnka, age 33, at St. Anne Catholic Church, Milwaukee.^4,3 Margaret + died, at the age of 95 years, on Saturday, 19 March 2005 at Pinecrest Medical Care Facility, Powers, Michigan.^5,2 She is ± buried in Spalding Township Cemetery, Spalding. The burial location is next to her husband Lester.

     Mary Ott, daughter of Ulrich Ott and Amalia Elisabeth Hacker, was * born on Monday, 25 January 1858 in Godas bie Kemnath, Oberfranklen, Bavaria, Germanic Lands.¹ On Tuesday, 30 October 1883, Mary, age 25, oo married Michael Schinner in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.^2,3

     Mary Barbara Ott, daughter of Vincent John Ott and Theresa Bertha Philipp, was * born on Thursday, 08 December 1887 at 451 19th Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.¹ On Tuesday, 15 October 1912, Mary Barbara, age 24, oo married Steven Joseph Trunde, age 24, at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Milwaukee.² Mary + died, at the age of 82 years, on Monday, 19 October 1970 in Milwaukee. She is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.^3,4 The burial location is Block 51, Lot 5, Grave 1.

     Mathias Ott, son of Georg Michael Ott and Maria Philipp, was * born on Sunday, 12 May 1889 in Godas bie Kemnath, Oberfranklen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ On Saturday, 31 October 1914, Mathias, age 25, oo married Emeily Neuman, age 18, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.² Mathias + died, at the age of 47 years, on Thursday, 28 May 1936 at St. Joseph Hospital.¹ He is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.^1,3 The burial location is Block 18, Section C, Lot 640, Grave 1, Level 1; IN 28690.
     Mathias emigrated at the age of 14 departing Rotterdam, Holland, on Saturday, 29 August 1903 with family on the ship "Statendam" arriving in New York on 7 September.

     Michael Ott, son of Georg Michael Ott and Maria Philipp, was * born on Wednesday, 29 September 1897 in Godas bie Kemnath, Oberfranklen, Bavaria, Germany.^1,2,3 On Wednesday, 20 October 1920, Michael, age 23, oo married Marie Anna Dreckmann, age 20, at St. Anne Catholic Church, Milwaukee.^4,5 Michael + died, at the age of 91 years, on Friday, 20 January 1989 at St. Anne Home for the Elderly.^2,3 He is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.^2,6 The burial location is Block 39, Lot 465, Grave 2, Level 1; IN 114043.
     Michael emigrated at the age of 5 departing Rotterdam, Holland, on Saturday, 29 August 1903 with family on the ship "Statendam" arriving in New York on 7 September.

     Michael Vincent Ott, son of Vincent John Ott and Theresa Bertha Philipp, was * born on Thursday, 08 December 1887 at 415 19th Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2 Michael + died, at the age of 1 years, on Wednesday, 08 May 1889 at home in Milwaukee.² He is ± buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.² The burial location is Block 2, Row 40, Lot 12.

     Richard Joseph Ott, son of Joseph B. Ott and Marion Michaelson, was * born on Sunday, 03 October 1926 at 10:15 in the morning at 488 Park Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.¹ Richard + died say April 1927.²

     Rose Marie Ott, daughter of Vincent John Ott and Theresa Bertha Philipp, was * born on Friday, 20 May 1904 at 880 Bartlett, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2,3 On Tuesday, 10 May 1927, Rose Marie, age 22, oo married Bruno Rudolph Walden, age 21, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.^4,5 On Thursday, 26 May 1938, Rose Marie, age 34, oo married Franz Albert Emil Koeppe, age 45, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.^6,4 Rose + died, at the age of 84 years, on Wednesday, 11 January 1989 in Appleton, Wisconsin.^6,1 She is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.^6,7 The burial location is Block 52, Lot 61, Grave 2 next to her husband Frank.

     Sophie Josephine Ott, daughter of Joseph B. Ott and Marion Michaelson, was * born on Saturday, 04 October 1924 at 08:30 in the morning at 555 Walker Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.¹ Say 1949, Sophie Josephine oo married Darwin R. James. Sophie + died, at the age of 89 years, at 12:34 in the afternoon on Thursday, 26 December 2013 at at her home.^2,3

     Theresa Ott, daughter of Ulrich Ott and Amalia Elisabeth Hacker, was * born on Wednesday, 12 June 1867 in Godas bie Kemnath, Oberfranklen, Bavaria, Germanic Lands.^1,2 In May 1887, Theresa, age 19, oo married Anton Henseler, age 23. Theresa + died, at the age of 80 years, on Friday, 10 October 1947 in Town of Lincoln, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA.² She is ± buried in an unlisted location.³
     Theresa emigrated from Bavaria departing in 1882. [per 1920 US Census]

     Theresa Anna Ott, daughter of Vincent John Ott and Theresa Bertha Philipp, was * born on Monday, 23 July 1894 at 880 Bartlett Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2 On Thursday, 11 July 1918 Theresa Anna, age 23, oo married John J. Kinlein, age 27.³ Theresa + died, at the age of 65 years, on Sunday, 14 February 1960.^3,4 She is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.⁴ The burial location is Block 50, Lot 92, Grave 1.

     Theresa Marie Ott, daughter of Georg Michael Ott and Maria Philipp, was * born on Sunday, 24 September 1905 at 653 25th Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2,3 On Saturday, 12 January 1924, Theresa Marie, age 18, oo married Harold Richard Ortmann, age 23, at St. Anne Catholic Church, Milwaukee.^4,3 On Saturday, 19 May 1928, Theresa Marie, age 22, oo married Elmer Fred Bindrich, age 21, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County.⁵ Theresa + died, at the age of 91 years, on Monday, 23 December 1996 in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA.¹

     Therese Ott, daughter of George Ott and Agnes Clara Stuesse, was * born on Saturday, 09 July 1938 at 11:15 in the morning at 5627 West Center Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2 Therese + died, at the age of 33 years, on Friday, 09 July 1971.^3,2 She is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.⁴ The burial location is Block 4, Section B, Lot 154, Grave 10.

     Ulrich Ott, son of George Ott and Margaret Hutzler, was * born in 1812 in Burch-Grub bie Pressath, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germanic Lands.¹ On Monday, 12 June 1848, Ulrich oo married Amalia Elisabeth Hacker, age 16, in Kemnath, district of Tirschenreuth, Bavaria.² Ulrich + died on Wednesday, 11 October 1893 in Godas bie Kemnath.¹

     Vincent Ott, son of Georg Michael Ott and Maria Philipp, was * born on Monday, 09 November 1903 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2,3,4 He was ~ baptized on Sunday, 22 November 1903 at St. Michael Catholic Church.⁴ On Thursday, 30 November 1944, Vincent, age 41, oo married Madelyn Anderson-Osborne, age 41, at their residence, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County.³ Vincent + died, at the age of 81 years, in April 1985.¹

     Vincent John Ott, son of Ulrich Ott and Amalia Elisabeth Hacker, was * born on Saturday, 21 January 1860 in Godas bie Stadt Kemnath, Oberfranklen, Bavaria, Germanic Lands.² On Monday, 31 January 1887, Vincent John, age 27, oo married Theresa Bertha Philipp, age 21, at Stadt Kirche, Kemnath, district of Tirschenreuth, Oberpfaltz, Bavaria, Germany.³ Vincent + died, at the age of 79 years, on Tuesday, 28 March 1939 at St. Mary Hospital, Milwaukee.² He is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.^2,4 The burial location is Block 20, Lot 759, Grave 1, Level 1; IN 31930.
     Vincent emigrated from Godas, Bavaria to the Port of New York, New York City, New York, departing in May 1883. The Ott and Philipp families grew up together, one in Godas, the other a few miles away in Kemnath. Vincent's brother George, the older of the two, married first to the daughter of the Burgermeister (mayor) of Kemnath. If these families socially interacted before this is unknown, but one would certainly assume so. We know for sure that Vincent and Theresa Philipp became aware of one another at George's wedding to Theresa's sister Mary where quite possibly they may have been witnesses. Vincent had mentioned to Theresa that he would be going to Milwaukee and this cause Theresa to raise up her eyes and to begin thinking of Vincent as an adventurer. Theresa had independently made up her mind that she too wanted to see the world. Vincent agreed to send Theresa letters telling her what it was like outside Kemnath.

A man of his word, Vincent went off to see the world specifically, Milwaukee a city in the state of Wisconsin in the United States of America. He went initially to live with his sister Mrs. Barbara (Ott) Nuber in Marshfield, Wisconsin one of two sister living in the area. The other being Theresa Henseler living in Bakerville. Later he moved to Milwaukee where he obtained a good job and was able to save some money. (He may have stayed with one of his three sisters, Anna, Elizabeth, or Mary who were living in Milwaukee at the time). Milwaukee pleased Vincent very much. Vincent having many things on his mind, the promised letters were very infrequent.

Two of Vincent's companions in Milwaukee, who had been residents of Bavaria, came back to bring Herr Ott word of his son. The Ott and Philipp families gathered and the travelers told of Vincent's good job. As these gentlemen continued to expound upon the "German" Milwaukee, Theresa could not hold back her enthusiasm and blurted out, "I want to go to Milwaukee too". Herr Ott was worried about his adventurous son in Milwaukee. While he was a good son, he wasn't to certain about American girls. He took pen in hand and sent a letter to his son. In it he mentioned that Theresa Plilipp was of mind to see Milwaukee and it would please him greatly if he would take advantage of this and ask her to be his wife.

Vincent began to write Theresa more often describing Milwaukee in glowing terms. This went on for some time when Vincent finally sent a letter asking Theresa to marry him. Theresa somewhat thinking the letter to be a joke wrote back, "if you come and get me, I will do it". She liked Vincent and most dearly wish to see the city of Milwaukee. Some time later, Vincent purchased a ticket for a trip to Kemnath and tickets for two people to return to Milwaukee. On 26 November 1886, Vincent was walking on the streets of Kemnath. He was not really sure Theresa meant what she said in her letter but he certainly did not come all the way back to Kemnath just to say hello. He and Theresa saw each other many times with Vincent answering Theresa's many, many questions. Two months later he proposed and Theresa accepted.

The basis of this story came from Theresa herself in an article published in the Milwaukee Journal Newspaper dated 16 February 1937. Vincent and Theresa left Bavaria arriving at the Port of New York, New York City, on Thursday, 19 May 1887. They left from Antwerp and were 11 days on board the ship SS Noordland as steerage passengers. When Vincent purchased tickets for himself and his future wife before leaving for Bavaria, the ticketing agent placed the return tickets in a sealed envelope and told Vincent not to open the envelope until he was ready to board the ship.

In Antwerp, when the ticketing agent opened the envelope, the envelope contained two tickets one for Theresa and the other for Mathias Schmidt. This cause a lot of confusion for the young married couple; Theresa cried. The matter was straightened out only because one of their friends could vouch for them. Theresa said that if her father, the burgermeister, knew this would happen, he would not have let her leave Germany. The ship's manifest did not list Mathias or Vincent. Although several males of age 27 were listed, all seem legitimate. There were three passengers listed under the name unknown but none 27 years of age.

     Vincent John Ott Jr., son of Vincent John Ott and Theresa Bertha Philipp, was * born on Tuesday, 21 August 1906 at 880 Bartlett, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2,3,4 Vincent + died, at the age of 63 years, on Tuesday, 21 July 1970 at St. Anne Nursing Home.^2,3 He is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.² The burial location is Block 20, Lot 759, Grave 3, Level 1; IN 83505.

     Viola Margaret Ott, daughter of Mathias Ott and Emeily Neuman, was * born on Sunday, 02 March 1919 at 535 14th Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.^1,2 Viola died on Friday, 11 April 1919 at home at 535 14th Street.³ The location is Block 5, Section C, Lot 2, Grave 10, Level 1; IN 9617. She is ± buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee.³

     B. Philipp was * born say 1785. Say 1830, B. oo married Eva Hiltner.

     Barbara Philipp, daughter of Johann Philipp and Kunigunde Kellner, was * born say 1790 at Holl und Haid, Neusorg, Bavaria. On Monday, 20 April 1818, Barbara oo married Lorenz Hacker.¹

     Johann Philipp was * born say 1760. Say 1784, Johann oo married Kunigunde Kellner.

     Katherina Philipp, daughter of B. Philipp and Eva Hiltner, was * born say 1810. Say 1835, Katherina oo married George Heindel.

     Konrad Johann Philipp, son of B. Philipp and Eva Hiltner, was * born on Sunday, 18 November 1832 in Holl, Bavaria.¹ Say 1861, Konrad Johann oo married Margaret Heindel.

     Maria Philipp, daughter of Konrad Johann Philipp and Margaret Heindel, was * born on Wednesday, 26 November 1862 in Kemnath, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germanic Lands.^1,2 Say 1881, Maria oo married Georg Michael Ott at City Church, Kemnath, district of Tirschenreuth, Bavaria, Germany.³ Maria + died, at the age of 80 years, on Wednesday, 09 December 1942 at 12:35 in the morning at home in Milwaukee.² She was buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.¹ The burial location is Block 18, Section C, Lot 444, Grave 2, Level 1, IN 36083.
     Maria emigrated at the age of 40 years from Abensberg, Bavaria, Germany, departing on Saturday, 29 August 1903 through Rotterdam, Holland, on vessel Statendam of the Holland-American Line as steerage passengers arriving New York City, New York ten days later on 7 September.