Lester A. BUTH
- BIRTH: 10 Feb 1901; Wisconsin, USA
Father: Fred Arnold BUTH
Mother: Katherine //
Family 1: Adela A. ZASTROW
- MARRIAGE: Oct 1930
- CHILDREN:
- Lloyd BUTH
- Jo Ann BUTH
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Notes
Updated February 7, 2014. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):(1) 1910 United States Census for Wisconsin, Waukesha Co., Summit Township: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 175; Sheet 2A; April 1, 1910.
Lester BUTH is the son of Fred (age 34, born in Wisconsin with parents born in Germany, a farmer) and Catherine L. (age 34, born in Wisconsin with parents born in German) BUTH. Lester is 9 years old and born in Wisconsin. His siblings are Leona, Viola, Elmer, Arnold, and Fredia BUTH.
(2) 1920 United States Census for Wisconsin, Waukesha Co., Summit Twp.: Supervisor's District 11; Enumeration District 191; Sheet 10B; January 16, 1920.
Lester BUTH is the son of Fred (age 44, born in Wisconsin with parents born in Germany, a farmer) and Catherine (age 44, born in Wisconsin with parents born in German) BUTH. Lester is 19 years old and born in Wisconsin. His siblings are Leona, Viola, Elmer, Arnold, Freda and Minnie BUTH.
(3) 1930 United States Census for Wisconsin, Waukesha Co., Summit Town: Supervisor's District 14; Enumeration District 67-36; Sheet 1A; April 2, 1930.
Lester BUTH is the son of Fred A. (age 54, born in Wisconsin with parents born in Germany, a farmer) and Catherine (age 54, born in Wisconsin with parents born in German) BUTH. Lester is 29 years old, born in Wisconsin, and is a laborer on a farm. His siblings are Arnold and Minnie BUTH.
(4) 1940 United States Census for Wisconsin, Waukesha Co., Summit Township: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 67-40; Sheet 16B; May 25, 1940.
Lester BUTH is head of household, married to Adela [ZASTROW] BUTH. Children in the household are Lloyd and Jo Ann BUTH. Lester furnished the information to the census taker for this household.
- Address: Highway 18
- Home: Renter, $40 per month, it is a farm
- Age: 39, married
- Highest Grade of School Completed: Elementary School - 8th Grade
- Birthplace: Wisconsin
- Residence on April 1, 1935: Same House
- At Work: Yes
- Number of hours worked per week: 72
- Occupation: farmer on a dairy farm, working on his own account
- Occupation Code: 000-VV-4
- Number of Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
- Salary: $0
- Income Other Than Salary: Yes
- Number of Farm Schedule: 122
(5) Illumination: the Undergraduate Journal of Humanities (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Spring 2013, David Britton, "Utica Lake: The Ice Harvest and a Private Park," pages 24-25.
- "Fred [BUTH] and his wife Katherine raised eight children. One of their sons, Lester, would go on to take over the farm. After his marriage to Adela ZASTROW in October 1930, Lester made a deal to rent the farm from his father, assuming control of the farm just as the Great Depression set in."
- "The BUTHs were very poor during the depression. When one of Elmer GAUL’s friends said he was willing to rent Lester’s rowboat one Sunday for 25 cents, the BUTHs readily accepted. Drawn back to Utica Lake each weekend, GAUL’s friend began to bring his family and friends to the lake. Word slowly got out about the crystal-clear water and good fishing at Utica Lake. As more and more people came to the lake, Lester decided to buy more rowboats, and a small business slowly started."
- "Lester and Adela provided picnic tables for their visitors, and started charging 25 cents per car for parking. Without truly planning for it, they had started a business running a private park on Utica Lake… As the years passed, the BUTH family continued to make their park on Utica Lake more inviting to visitors."
- "With the exception of the war years, the crowds at Utica Lake grew each summer… but by 1964 they were tired of running the business, and posted signs saying that it was the park’s last summer."
- NOTE: the USGS Geographic Names Information System places Utica Lake at lat/long 43.0178220, -88.4860872
(6) Herrick family records.
(7) Kittell, Hazel (Saniter), compiler, "The Elsie Saniter Family Journal," (Kewaunee, WI: self-published manuscript, June 19, 1997), p. 125, 199, 206.