Résumé

Principal, John Hunzicker, Architect, Eugene, OR, c. 1911.

Relocation

John Hunzicker was born in WI in 1869 to parents from Germany (father) and Switzerland (mother), according to the 1900 US Census.

In 1900, the architect and his family resided with his mother-in-law's boarding house in Lake Mills, WI. His wife's two brothers--Charles Benton (born c. 10/1877 in WI) and William W. Benton (born 10/1878 in WI)--were listed in the 1900 US Census as carpenters and John was recorded as working as an "architect carpenter." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Lake Mills, Jefferson, Wisconsin; Roll: 1793; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0146, accessed 01/14/2025.)

Hunzicker died in Eugene, OR, on 05/26/1945. He was buried at West Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene.

Spouse

Hunzicker married Ruth Benton (born 08/1876 in Windsor, WI-d. 04/22/1922 in Milwaukee, WI) in Jefferson County, WI, on 06/14/1899. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Wisconsin Historical Society; Madison, WI, USA; Wisconsin Marriage Records Pre-1907, accessed 01/14/2025.) Her mother was Miranda Benton, her father Hibbard Benton (born c. 1857 in WI).

Ruth grew up on her grandfather Charles Benton's (born c. 1805 in NY) farm in Windsor, WI. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Windsor, Dane, Wisconsin; Roll: 1422; Page: 420a; Enumeration District: 096, accessed 01/14/2025.)

Children

He and Ruth had a daughter Elizabeth Hunsicker (born c. 03/1900 in Windsor, WI). Elizabeth attended the University of OR in Eugene, c. 1917. (See University of Oregon Oregana Yearbook, 1917, p. 278.) She worked as a teacher early in her adulthood in Detroit, MI, before her marriage to John Welch (born c. 1900) in that city, on 06/07/1928. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 243; Film Title: 82 Wayne 040300-043599; Film Description: Wayne (June-August 1928, accessed 01/14/2025.)

Another child Martin Hunzicker was born 03/10/1903 in Lake Mills, WI. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Madison, WI, USA; Wisconsin Birth Records, Pre-1907, accessed 01/14/2025.)