How long were the Faustmann's in Milwaukee?

George Faustmann lived with the Walter Stefanski family (his brother-in-law) on Third Avenue upon arriving in the US in 1923 (pg.2). Walter's name and address are listed on page two of the ship manifest as his destination. He lived here with their family for over five years. Then, in 1928, the Stefanski's apparently sold the home to George and moved out. This is the first year it lists George as a householder (h) rather than a roomer (r). George continued to live at the Third Avenue home for several more years after his wife, Antonia, and children arrived in the US in 1929. After this, they appear to have moved around quite a bit with George working most of these years at St Luke's Hospital. Antonia ended up in California with their daughter, Augusta, but I don't know exactly when they made the cross-country trip from Milwaukee to Southern California. From the listings below, it appears she may have left sometime around 1938, three years before George died in Dec 1941, since the last listing of her is in 1937. She was for sure in California by Jan 1941 - almost a year before George died - since her Social Security application is dated 08 Jan 1941 with an address in Los Angeles.

While visiting this week, it turns out I was looking for this Third Avenue home in the wrong location. According to the 1929 street entry (listed below), 534 is between Greenfield and Orchard. I didn't find a 534 because today the numbering would have put it farther north, between Virginia and Bruce, which is where I was looking. I didn't realize my mistake until I was on the plane flying home...

534 3d av
Greenfield av intersects
534 Heilemann Alma Mrs
rear Faustmann Geo
Orchard intersects

But I believe I found the old Second Avenue home they lived at for several years (1934-35). Today it would be found on 7th Street. From the street entry in 1933 (listed below) we find that the home is between Orchard and Lapham which is where the home pictured below is still standing (with my rental car in front):

1549 S 2nd (formerly Reed) – from Canal south to limits
W Orchard intersects
1549 Fustmann Geo
W Lapham intersects


1549 S 2nd Avenue (Now 7th Street)

Finally, listed below are all the entries I found on the Faustmann family in Milwaukee. It appears to list other adults in the home if they were working, even if they were not the head of the household, so there are a few entries that list the adult children, George and Augusta, separately.

Milwaukee City Directories
1923 Faustmann Geo eng r rear 534 3d
1924 Faustmann Geo eng r rear 534 3d av
1925 Faustmann Geo eng r rear 543 3d av
1926 Faustmann Geo r rear 534 3d av
1927 Faustmann Geo eng r rear 534 3d av
1928 Faustmann Geo eng h rear 534 3d av
1929 Faustmann Geo (Antonia) mach hd h rear 534 3d av
1930 Faustmann Geo (Antoinette) eng h rear 534 3d av
1930 Kland Geo appr r521 3d av
1931 Faustmann Geo eng St Luke’s Hosp h1203 S 5th
1931 Kland Augusta student r1203 S 5th
1931 Kland Geo appr r1203 S 5th
1932 Faustmann Geo (Antonie) firemn h324 W Scott
1932 Kland Augusta r324 W Scott
1932 Kland Geo appr r324 W Scott
1933 Faustmann Geo (Antonia) eng St Luke’s Hosp h633 W Mineral
1934 Faustmann Geo (Antonia) eng St Luke’s Hosp h1549 S 2d
1935 Faustmann Geo (Antonia) sta eng h1549 S 2d
1935 Kland Augusta H student r1549 S 2d
1936 Faustmann Geo (Antonia) night mn St Luke’s Hosp h522 S 6th apt 21
1936 Kland Augusta r522 S 6th apt 21
1937 Faustman Geo F (Antoinette) eng St Luke’s Hosp h1654 S 6th
1937 Faustman Augustina maid r522 S 6th apt 21
1938 Faustmann Fred eng St Luke’s Hosp r1654 S 6th
1939 Faustman Geo r906 S 4th
1940 (No Faustmann listed)
1941 (No Geo or Antonia Faustmann listed)

eng=engineer
h=householder
r=resides or rooms
mach=machinist
hd=hand
appr=apprentice