Links to Families Below
- Donald (1911-1980) and Itola (1920-1990) Duwe Family
- John (1877-1937) and Mayme (1884-1981) Duwe Family
- Ronald (1942-2021) and Lynn (1944-1997) Duwe Family
Donald and Itola Duwe Family
1940s
Donald M Duwe and Itola F Wolf were married in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 14 June 1941.
Ronald Raymond Duwe was born 27 March, 1942, in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
Don Duwe went into service the U.S. Army in December 1942, during World War Two. He served in the 37th Infantry Division, in African and European theaters, through the end of the war in 1945.
Tolly and Ronnie showed their patriotic support from the Home Front in Sturgeon Bay.
Photos below about 1943-1944
Photos below, about 1946-1947
1950s
Mid-to-late 1950s
John and Mayme Duwe Family
John Henry Duwe was born 11 September 1877 in Forestville, Door County, Wisconsin. His parents were William and Catherine Duwe, immigrants from the Holstein region of Germany. The United States Censuses for 1910 and 1920 list John’s occupation as blacksmith. He died of a heart attack in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 8 October 1937.
Mary Ann Dier, known as Mayme, was born 13 May 1884 in Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin. Her parents were farmer Matthew Dier and his wife Cena. In the United States Census for 1930, Mayme is listed as working as a hospital laundress. She died on 28 January 1981 in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin.
John Duwe and Mayme Dier were married on 23 July 1902 in Sevastopol, Door County, Wisconsin. Five children were born to the couple: Leona (1903-1988), Helen (1904-1995), Chester (1907-1913), Donald (1911-1980), and Mildred (1919-2008).
1910s
Chester Duwe drowned on Sunday, 25 May 1913, at the age of six years.
1920s
The photo below shows the family in about 1920.
1930s
John Duwe’s October 1937 obituary; note that the year of his birth is in error, as he was born in 1877 not 1867.
1940s
The photo below shows a 1947 Christmas gathering in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, of the extended family of John and Mayme Duwe. Shown from left to right, front row: Itola Duwe, baby Barbara Duwe, Barney (surname unknown to me; husband of Itola’s sister Delores), Floyd B Knuth (seated), Wallace R Tess (just behind Floyd’s shoulder), Ronald R Duwe, Mary Ann “Mayme” Duwe (nee Dier), Nancy Tess, Signe “Cena” Dier (nee Jensen) – the family matriarch in dark dress at focal point of the grouping, William Knuth, Richard Knuth, and Leona Peterson (nee Duwe). back row: Donald M Duwe, “Auntie” (possibly a sister of Mayme Duwe), Mildred Tess (nee Duwe), Helen Knuth (nee Duwe), and Delores (nee Wolf), sister of Itola Duwe.
Ronald and Lynn Duwe Family
Ron and Lynn Duwe were married 6 October 1962. They had two sons and one daughter. Most of their married life was spent living in Cudahy and South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They divorced in July 1982.
Ron went into the U.S. Air Force in 1960. He was stationed at K.I. Sawyer Air Base, near Marquette, Michigan.
Ron and Lynn met in mid-1962.
Wedding Day, 6 October 1962, Escanaba, Michigan
