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Dedicated to the pioneering Severts that worked and died in the woods, forever changing the state of Wisconsin from a forestland to a dairyland.

AWAY TO WISCONSIN

Since times are so hard I must tell you, sweetheart,

I've a good mind to sell both my plow and my cart,

And away to Wisconsin on a journey to go

For to double our fortune as other folks do.

Oh, husband, remember the land you must clear

Will cost you the labor of many a year.

With horses and cattle and provisions to buy,

Why you'll hardly get started before you must die

Oh, wife, let us go now and let us not wait,

For I long to be in that wonderful state.

You'll be a fine lady and who knows, but I

May even be gov'nor some day'fore I die.

Oh, husband, remember that land of delight

Is surrounded by Indians who murder by night.

Your house and your cowbarn will be burned to the ground.

While your wife and your children lie mangled all'round.

Oh, wife, you've convinced me. We'll argue no more

For I've never once thought of your dying before,

And my children, I love them although they are small,

But my cattle I value most precious of all.

from Folk Songs out of Wisconsin

Welcome to the Severt Family Home On the Web. The purpose of this site is to provide Genealogy information and to provide Doug and Joyce an area to list some of our personal family information and more importantly, a way to reach out to others that may be interested in family histories that we've compiled to date or to contribute additional information. Please E-Mail us should you wish any additional information or if you can provide us with additional information.

FAMILIES

Sievert/Severt, Blum, Rauch, Sommerfeldt, Barrett, Rottscheit, Sims, Ashbeck, Schultz, Wilkinson, Gauger, Krueger, Schroeder, Diem, Grube and Poppe/Popp.

WHAT'S INSIDE?

A genealogical history of our ancestors and their stories that contributed to the transformation of Wisconsin from a forestland to a dairyland.

  All pages can be accessed from the Table of Contents.

"When I searched for ancestors, I found friends!"

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This is the Severt icon. The "S" is for Severt and the tree and the railroad track are displayed because so many of the early Wisconsin Severt Pioneers worked in the lumber camps and on the railroads.

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Note: The image is Albert and Matilda Popp Severt.   The musicial selection is Blau,blau,blau blüht der Enzian (25k) - German style, from Andy Bakke.