Mautle and Elizabeth Marsh
Mautle Marsh (1814-1890) and Elizabeth Marsh (1822-1880s) were both born in England, but it is not possible to determine just when they left England for America. Their immigration might have occurred early in their lives, in which case they would have met and married in the United States. Or, they could have married in England, and then immigrated together. In either case, we do not know Elizabeth's birth name.
Whatever their prior experience, by the late-1840s Mautle and Elizabeth Marsh had found their way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, becoming the first of our ancestors to arrive in the city. They lived in the 1st Ward. Mautle, who was occasionally called 'Mantle' in some records, described himself as a master carpenter, a builder, and as a contractor at different points in time, working at 770 Racine Street in the 1880s.
Mautle and Elizabeth Marsh raised five children during their many years in Milwaukee. These children were Robert (1847), Elizabeth (1850),
Mautle, Jr. (1852), Annie (1854), Henry (1859), and John (1864). Their oldest son, Robert, would grow up to become our great grandfather. Mautle and Elizabeth would live right down the block from Robert and his family in their later years.
Elizabeth Marsh disappears from our records sometime after 1880. However, Mautle Marsh died on June 17, 1890 in Milwaukee.