Andrew Roth Andrew Roth owns and conducts a
well equipped general merchandise establishment at South
Guttenberg and is consistently to be noted as one of the
progressive business men and popular and valued citizens
of the locality that has been his place of residence from
the time of his birth. His father was one of the sterling
pioneers of Clayton county, where he established his
residence more than sixty years ago, and the family name
has been worthily associated with civic and material
development and progress in this section of the Hawkeye
state. Andrew Roth was born at Guttenberg, this county,
on the 20th of July, 1872, and is a son of John and Mary
Magdaline (Pink) Roth, the former of whom was born and
reared in the vicinity of the historic old city of
Munich, Bavaria, Germany, and the latter of whom was born
in Grant county, Wisconsin, where her parents were
pioneer settlers. John Roth came to the United States in
1853 and in the same year he established his residence in
Jefferson township, Clayton county. There he was engaged
in agricultural pursuits for a number of years and
finally he removed to Guttenberg, where he established a
brewery. He developed a prosperous business in this line
and continued his residence at Guttenberg until his
death, which occurred February 22, 1883, the year of his
nativity having been 1841. His widow survived him by more
than thirty years and was one of the revered pioneer
women of Guttenberg at the time of her death, which
occurred October 26, 1915, both she and her husband
having been earnest communicants of the Catholic church.
Of their children the eldest is Elizabeth, who is the
wife of Louis Frommelt, of Guttenberg; Benjamin resides
in the city of Dubuque; Andrew, of this review, and his
twin sister, Mary, were the next in order of birth, and
Mary died at the age of twelve years; Leonard is a
resident of Guttenberg; Christina is the wife of Henry
Sangling, of this place; Lena likewise remains at the old
home in Guttenberg; and Annie died in infancy. Andrew
Roth is indebted to the public and parochial schools of
Guttenberg for his early educational discipline, and as a
youth he was employed for some time in a saw mill. For
six years thereafter he was engaged in the manufacturing
of buttons, from shells obtained in the Mississippi
river, and in 1907 he established his present thriving
general merchandise business in South Guttenberg. He owns
the store building, which he has remodeled and otherwise
improved, and he erected his attractive and modern
residence building, which is one of the fine homes of
South Guttenberg. In politics Mr. Roth holds himself
aloof from strict partisanship and exercises his
franchise in support of the men and measures meeting the
approval of his judgment. He and his wife are
communicants of the Catholic church, and he is affiliated
with the organization of the Knights of Columbus in the
city of Dubuque, besides which he holds membership in the
Royal Union and the Iowa Mutual Protective Association.
On the 15th of May, 1906, was solemnized the marriage of
Mr. Roth to Miss Mary Link, daughter of John and Mary
(Rolwas) Link, of Guttenberg, and they have three
daughters - Mabel, Anita and Olive. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa; From The Earliest Historical Times Down to
the Present; by Realto E. Price, Vol. II; pg 356-357 |