Michael J. Goes

  General Notes:

The Milwaukee Journal, Tuesday, August 26, 1941, p 7:
Goes: Aug.25, 1941, Michael Goes, aged 81, years, residence, 2831 N. 51st St., father of E. J. Goes. Funeral services at the Feerick Funeral Home, 4620 W. North Ave., Wed. 2 p. m. Interment Wisconsin Memorial Park. Brookfield, Wis.

1900 Census, Milwaukee, Ward 15, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Page 143:
387 26th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Michael Goes, Head, W, M, Aug 1861, 38, M10, WI, Ger, Ger., Picture Framer.
Helen Goes, Wife, W, F, Jun 1865, 34, M10, 1-1, WI, Ger, Ger.
Erwin Goes, Son, W, M, Mar 1891, 9, S, At School, WI, WI, WI.

1910 Census, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin:
Michael Goes, 49, married 20 years.
Helen Goes, 45, one child..
Erwin Goes, 19, Clerk in Wholesale Art.

1920 Census, 22 Ward Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin:
Michael Goes, Head, M, W, 59, M.
Helen Goes, Wife, F, W, 53, M.

German-American Artists In Early Milwaukee:
A Biographical Dictionary
Compiled By Peter C. Merrill
Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Herry Geitz, General Editor
Madison, Wisconsin
1997

Page 31:
"Goes, Michael J., b. c. 1852 in Wisconsin, Crayon portrait artist listed in Milwaukee city directories between 1894 and 1901. In 1894 he was manager of the New York Art and Moulding Company and in 1898 was manager of the Brooklyn Art Company. He later had a shop selling pictures and frames. The 1905 Wisconsin state census indicates that both parents were immigrants from Germany."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Record Change, 11 Sep 2008.

Michael married Helen Hoffman, daughter of John Hoffman and Eva Barbara Horn, on 15 Nov 1890 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin USA. (Helen Hoffman was born in Jun 1865 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin USA, died before 28 Oct 1937 and was buried on 28 Oct 1937 in Wisconsin Memorial Park Cemetery, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin USA.)