Henry L. Conrad b. 6 Jul 1878 East Bristol, Dane Co, WI d. 14 Apr 1971 Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI: SUN PRAIRIE WI CONNECTIONS

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1878 - 1971 (92 years)

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Name	Henry L. Conrad
Born	6 Jul 1878	East Bristol, Dane Co, WI
Gender	Male
Died	14 Apr 1971	Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI
Buried	Sacred Hearts Cemetery, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI
Person ID	I12748	CB_9_7_2017
Last Modified	7 Sep 2009

Father	Frederick Carl Conrad, b. 14 Dec 1834, Neunkirchen, Bavaria, Germany , d. 10 Aug 1910, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI (Age 75 years)
Mother	Frances Trapp, b. 12 Oct 1840, Schwartzelbach, Bavaria , d. 7 Mar 1920, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI (Age 79 years)
Married	17 May 1859	Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Madison, Dane Co., WI
	This is a new parish established for the German emigrants, Father Kundig, a pioneer priest, performs the ceremony.
Family ID	F381	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Dorothy M. Lueders, b. 1 Jan 1879, Columbus, Columbia Co, WI , d. 18 Apr 1965, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI (Age 86 years)

Married 17 Nov 1903 St. Jerome Catholic Church, Columbus, Columbia Co, WI

Children

	1. Catherine Alice Conrad, b. 13 Jan 1905, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI , d. 30 May 1984, Brooklyn Twp, Washburn Co, WI (Age 79 years)
	2. Bernard L Conrad, b. 12 Sep 1907, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI , d. 3 Oct 1910, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI (Age 3 years)
	3. Aloysius Henry Conrad, b. 9 Dec 1909, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI , d. 24 Sep 1995 (Age 85 years)
	4. Lawrence Ernest Conrad, b. 8 Mar 1912, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI , d. 4 Jul 2004, Sienna Crest Assisted Living, Marshall, WI (Age 92 years)
	5. Eugene William Conrad, b. 4 Oct 1915, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI , d. 26 Jan 1996 (Age 80 years)
	6. Mary Frances Conrad, b. 7 Aug 1917, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI , d. 18 Mar 2009, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co, WI (Age 91 years)
	7. Dorothy Gertrude Conrad, b. 1 Jul 1919, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI , d. 24 Oct 2002, Willows Nursing Home, Sun Prairie, Dane Co, WI (Age 83 years)

Last Modified 10 Jun 2003

Family ID F1368 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

"Die Musicanten sind alle lumpen!" That's what Henry Conrad's father told him, when he decided to learn the violin. Translated loosely, Conrad explained with a grin, it means "musicians are lazy---they just sit around in a corner and do nothing!"

Hank Conrad thought otherwise and went ahead with his love of music, learning to play the violin and coronet as his first instruments and most of the others enough to offer instruction in them to students.

His 88 years, in Hampden and Sun Prairie, have been so busy that his father might well have swallowed his words. Henry ran a photography studio in Sun Prairie for many years, served as village treasurer in the "40's, directed four bands simultaneously here, acted as choir master at Sacred Hearts for 60 years and taught music on the side.

He was hardly "lazy" about setting out to learn music. The first step, at age 11, was "whistling all the tunes" his uncle, Caspar Trapp's band played in Hampden.

Joe Trapp, his cousin, was also interested in the band. "I got a violin for about $3, " remembers Conrad, "and Joe and I played for dances at homes for $2 a night."

When he was 16 he went to Columbus to find a teacher. A friend told him not to go to them they are amateurs. So instead, he studied for four years under Professor Hardge, a musician his family had helped send to Leipzig, Germany, many years before, for education.

Conrad moved to Sun Prairie in 1898 and opened a photography studio. He married Dora Lueders, a music teacher, in 1903. Dora had been an invalid after 1947 until her death in 1965.