Paternoster, Joseph Sr

1852 - 1929  (76 years)

• Name	Paternoster, Joseph
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	16 Dec 1852	Tyrol, Tregiovo, Austria   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	12 Oct 1882	New York   [2, 3]
  		Joseph Paternoster arrival record
  		Joseph Paternoster arrival record 2
  		Joseph Paternoster arrival record 3
  Residence	1889	Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States
  Naturalization	10 Apr 1895
  		Joseph Paternoster naturalization
  Census	1900	Indian Grove Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States   [2]
  		Joseph and Magdelena Paternaster 1900 Census
  Census	1920	Indian Grove Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States   [4]
  Death	13 Jan 1929	Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States   [1, 5]
  	Joseph Paternoster, Sr. was born in Tyrol Tregiovo, Austria, on the 16th day of December, 1852, where he grew to young manhood. He moved to Switzerland, and was united in marriage to Magdalena Schurter, who preceded him in death in Fairfury in 1923. He and his companion came across the water to this continent in 1882 and located in Canada, where they remained eight years. In the year 1890 they moved to Fairbury to make their home for the rest of their lives. Mr. Paternoster's last illness began last Christmas day. On Sunday he passed away at the age of 76 years and 20 dayts. He leaves to mourn his loss five children, Joselh, Jr., and Henry, of Fairbury; John, of Ohio; Manuel, of Chicago; and Rosina Stetzler, of Morton. One son, Emil, preceded him in death on July 25, 1928. There are twenty-three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He also leaves one brother who lives in Austria. Mr. Paternoster's church relationshipo dates back to his earliest years. He was a believer in Christianity, profession faith in Christ as his Saviour, and becoming a church member. Mr. Paternoster has been identified with the growth of this city for almost 40 years. He followed the trade of bricklayer and plasterer and in later years turned his attention to cement work, and made cement building blocks quite extensively. He has contributed to the material progress of this comunity by his energy and skill. His life presents a commendable example of industry and integrity. His going takes away an esteemed and long-established citizen of our town. Funeral services were held at his late home Tuesday morning at twn o'clock, the Rev. W. C. Chapman officiating. Interment was in Graceland cemetery.
  		Joseph Paternoster in memory
  Burial	15 Jan 1929	Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States   [1]
  	Address: Graceland Cemetery
  Person ID	I1563	Genealogy | Stetzler Family
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2024

  
  

  Family	Schurter, Magdalena,   b. 15 Oct 1846, Egledsu, Switzerland d. 22 Jan 1923, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States (Age 76 years)  [6, 7, 8]
  Marriage	Abt Feb 1876	Switzerland
  	Feb 2-4 1874 or 1876
  Children	1. Paternoster, Joseph W,   b. 12 Jan 1877, Folesau, Zurich, Switzerland d. 3 Feb 1944, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States (Age 67 years)   2. Paternoster, John Henry,   b. 30 Apr 1878, Zurich, Switzerland d. 17 Mar 1969, Glendale, California (Age 90 years)   3. Paternoster, Emil J,   b. 10 Apr 1881, Switzerland d. 25 Jul 1928, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States (Age 47 years)   4. Paternoster, Henry,   b. 7 Nov 1882, Howick, Huron, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Dec 1960, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States (Age 78 years)   5. Paternoster, Manuel,   b. 7 Feb 1886, Howick, Huron, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Dec 1955, Kewanee, Illinois (Age 69 years)   6. Paternoster, Rosina,   b. 20 Mar 1887, Howick, Huron, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Aug 1978, Tazewell, Illinois, United States (Age 91 years)
  Photos		Rosina Paternoster and brothers
  		Sons of Joseph Paternoster Sr
  Family ID	F506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Dec 1852 - Tyrol, Tregiovo, Austria Marriage - Abt Feb 1876 - Switzerland Immigration - 12 Oct 1882 - New York Residence - 1889 - Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States Census - 1900 - Indian Grove Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States Census - 1920 - Indian Grove Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States Death - 13 Jan 1929 - Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States Burial - Address: Graceland Cemetery - 15 Jan 1929 - Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Joseph and Magdelena Paternoster Magdelena, Joseph, Cecil, Tina Timms, Bertha Hitly (Sarah Hitly's sister)
  		Joseph Paternoster
  		Joseph and Magdelena Paternaster 1900 Census

  
  

• Notes

  History of Livingston County Joseph Paternoster, head of the firm of Paternoster & Son, plasterers and stone masons, workers in cement and manufacturers of cement blocks, Fairbury, Livingston County, Ill. The subject of this sketch after learning the uses and possibilities of cement in Europe, came to America at the time when the demand for that material in the construction of buildings was just beginning to be recognized. How well he apprehended and took advantage of his opportunities his later business success demonstrated. Nor has he been slow to keep abreast of all improvements in the manufacture and uses of cement or to avail himself of obvious opportunities of its extension into newer fields of usefulness. Joseph Paternoster was born in Trejoal, Austria, December 16, 1862, a son of Joseph Paternoster, Sr., a shoemaker and farmer who worked his earthly destiny out to its end in his native land. His boyhood was spent on his father’s farm and in gaining a primary education. When he was fifteen years of age he went to his brother, Manuel Paternoster, to learn the trade of plasterer, brick-mason and cement worker and under the able instructions of the latter, during the succeeding six years, acquitted the practical knowledge of these trades in all their details. He was the youngest of six children, two of whom-a son and a daughter-are now deceased. Manuel and Henry Paternoster are living in their native land. The former has given up masonry and cement work and like his brother Henry, is a farmer. In 1875, when he was between twenty-three and twenty-four years old, Joseph Paternoster went to Switzerland, where, until October, 1882, he was a contractor of masonry and cement work. On October 6, bringing with him a strong recommendation from T. Hauser, mayor of the city in which he had been operation, he started for America. He stopped at Ontario, Canada, where he secured work for the city in construction of cement walks. In 1889 he came to Illinois and located in Fairbury, where he has since lived and labored. He has finished many of the finest buildings in the city and surrounding country so far as the foundation and plaster work is concerned. His last noteworthy achievement, completed in April, 1908, was the new forty-room hotel at Chatsworth. He gives a positive guarantee as to quality and durability for all work that he undertakes, and is able to point to evidences of his mechanical skill in every direction. For more than thirty years he has devoted himself to this line of construction, in which he has had exceptional experience for variety and thoroughness, having erected the first two-story building of cement blocks in Fairbury. He has recently added to his establishment, a cement-block machine with a capacity of 200 blocks a day, with which he is able to make cement blocks of any shape or size. Mr. Paternoster married in 1877, Miss Magelina Schulter, a native of Switzerland, and the following facts concerning the six children she bore her husband will not be out of place in this connection. Joseph is a farmer in Livingston County. John is a conductor in the railway system of Peoria. Emil, of Forrest, Ill., is in the employ of the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad Company, in the capacity of railway conductor. Henry is a member of the firm of paternoster & Son, Fairbury. Manuel is a plasterer and brick mason at Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas. Rosa is a member of her parents’ household. Mr. Paternoster has given to each of his children an education fitting them for any position to which they may be called. He has always taken an active part in public enterprise and there is no measure which, in his opinion, tends to benefit the community which he does not advocate and support to the extent of his ability. He is a member of the Amish church of Fairbury, and politically supports the principles of the Republican party in which his sons, as they have attained their majority, have enrolled themselves as member.

  
  

• Sources

  [S599] Joseph Paternester, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947". [S658] Joe Paternoster, "United States Census, 1900". [S1136] Joseph Paternoster, "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891". [S600] Joseph Paternoster, "United States Census, 1920". [S660] Joseph Paternester, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947". [S659] Joseph Patenister in entry for Magdalina Paternister, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947". [S729] Rosana Paternoster, "Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959". [S1085] Magdalina Paternister, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947".