Julius H. Fieweger & Sons

Julius H. Fieweger was one of Menasha's pioneers.  Born in Prussia in 1827, he was reared and educated in his native land, learning the trade of wagon maker and also that of millwright. In 1853 he immigrated to America and established a home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was employed until 1855, when he moved to Menasha, then only a small village. He built up a large and prosperous business of building wagons at the corner of Tayco and Water Streets and eventually brought his sons into the business.  He married Caroline Mahn in Menasha and together they had seven children, many of whom became well-known in the business world themselves.  (Charles Fieweger was instrumental in the formation of the Dean Dairy in Appleton and Joseph Fieweger became the president of the Bank of Menasha in 1907.  A daughter, Anna, married one of the Tuchscherer sons.)

As a biographical sketch of him in the 1887 Historical Review of the State of Wisconsin states, "He was a man of strong character and impregnable integrity, was loyal to all civic duties, was an able and steadfast business man and was a citizen to whom was ever accorded the fullest measure of popular confidence and respect. He passed from the stage of life's mortal endeavors in 1905, at a venerable age, his cherished and devoted wife having been summoned to eternal rest in 1895. Both were zealous members of the Catholic church and in politics the father gave his allegiance to the Republican party. Julius Fieweger was not only one of the representative business men of Menasha for many years but was also most loyal in the supporting of those measures and agencies tending to advance the material and social prosperity of his home city. He served as a member of the board of aldermen of Menasha and was here identified with several fraternal organizations, in which he manifested a lively interest."