Unsourced stories say there were 3 daughters who stayed and married in Wisconsin....

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24 Dec 2024
Ok. After doing DNA matches, I feel there is merit to the 3 Lost Sisters story. DNA is inconclusive at this distance, but I feel strongly enough to add at least 2 of the sisters... and in doing so, may have found the 3rd. NONE of this is definitive proof. Take this as you will.

2nd wife theory. I think Marianne L. is the 2nd wife. LENZ or LUTZ - still unsure. Children are likely Marie, Otella, and possibly Mathilda. In researching, I found something interesting - TWO immigration records for Martin and Marianne. In 1855 Martin, Marianne and Marie came over with Michael and wife and kids. Then in 1866 Martin and Marianne came over with Otella and Andrew and Anna Kaskie and family. If true, Martin and Marianne DID NOT STAY the 1st time around and (based on timeline) left Otella behind the first time. Interesting to be sure.

In any event, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I'll unlink the Marianne, and the girls... but for now, this is the theory I'm working.

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Possible daughter (Anna)...
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6M-N2K

Possible daughter (Otella)...
Otella is interesting. I found 2 family trees listing Otella as a daughter of Martin.
One on ancestry.com that lists her mother as Mary Lutz. This is (I'm guessing) from Otella's 1925 IA census where she lists her father as MARTIN TREBON and mother as MARY LUTZ. This tree lists Martin having 2 wives, one unnamed (mother of William) and Mary Lutz (mother of Otella). No other children listed.
The other tree is on Heritage. It shows little (I don't have an acct) but does show Otella as daughter of MARTIN TREBON and MARY JESSE (LUTZ) TREBON. Also shows Henry G and "3 other siblings".

So, let's make a list...
CONS...
DOB is 1853. This is bad. There's plenty of documentation to say this is most likely correct or at least close. If Otella is a FULL SISTER of the brothers, well...even if Mary Jesse was 15 when she gave birth to Micheal - the oldest - she would have been 50 when she had Otella. This may indicated a 2nd wife for Martin.
Wms obit. This is not great. Wm's obit says he's the last of eight children. This fits with the family folklore of 5 brothers and 3 sisters, but Otella lived to 1928. and William "the last" died in 1915. Plus, it's not like she was a far-off sister that no one knew about...she lived right there in the area.
Martin DOB. This could be bad info. The ancestry tree lists Martin's DOB as 1828...Michael's is 1818.
PROS...
The 1925 census record. This is huge. This is the only thing making me hang on to this possibility.
The cousins. Perhaps Otella is actually the daughter of one of the brothers. However, these are fairly well documented and I cannot fathom her as a granddaugter to Martin.
CONCLUSION...
I do not know.