Margaretha "Immigrant" Bor

Lucille Boneske tells the story of Margaret Bor's mother, who was a Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress of Austria.  This was perhaps the empress of Francis II.

<p>This is from a local newspaper dated Friday, Jan. 29, 1909:</p><p>AGED COUPLE DIE</p><p>ANTON AND MARGARET SCHLAIS DIE AT THEIR HOME AT GAD LAST WEEK</p><p>&nbsp;It is quite possible that&nbsp;many readers will live to be sixty years of age, a smaller number will live to be three score and ten, some may even reach the eightieth year, but it is not likely that both husband and wife in many cases pass the 80 mark by several years, and then give up life&#39;s battle at just about the same time as did Anton and Margaret Schlais of Gad, six miles south of the city last week.</p><p>Both were born in Taus, Bohemia; Anton, August 1822, and his wife, just three years later.&nbsp; Several years after their marraige they came to Milwaukee where they resided about a year and in 1858 moved to Manitowoc where they lived until 1876 when they took up their residence in Appleton.&nbsp; After living in that city three years they decided to go to the northern pinery and in 1879 took up a piece of land in the north west corner of Marathon Country which has been their home ever since.</p><p>Here with the help of a large family, Mr. Schlais has done his share of turning the timber land into farms.&nbsp; Of late years, however, his health has not been the best and two months ago it began to fail until death came Jan. 20 and three days later his wife, who was stricken with apoplexy followed him.</p><p>The funeral was held from their home Wednesday afternoon near Gad.&nbsp; E.H. Schweppe giving a sketch of the lives of the departed ones in English and E. Belobraydich in Bohemian.&nbsp; Internment took place in the Medford Cemetary.</p><p>Six sons and three daughters were born to them, all of whom are living, i.e.: Thomas, Anton, Joseph, John, and Frank, and Charles, and Mrs. Peter Terch of Dillon, Montana, Mrs. Henry Bock of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Otto Bock, of Crandon, all of whom were at the funeral.</p><p>They are also survived by 52 grandchildren and 25 great-grand-children, all of whom are living.</p><p>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Schlais are said by those intimately acquainted with them to have been&nbsp;of a kindly, sympathetic disposition and ever ready to do a kindness, and their memory will ever be cherished by the large number of relatives who survive them.</p>