The Stamms of Wisconsin arrived in the third group of immigrants. An influx of Stamm families settled in the upper Midwest, along with the largest immigration of German speaking people to America. Most arrived after 1848. The early records indicate a number of places of origin including; Nassau, Palatine, Saxony, and even Russia. These families may not have been closely related to each other. It should be remembered that this was the period of heaviest German immigration, therefore there were many Stamms arriving each month. The 1860 census of Milwaukee lists over 20 records for Stamm in Milwaukee alone. Using the various public records several Milwaukee family lines of Stamms can be constructed.
The following charts are a compilation of some of the Stamm families of Wisconsin. Generally this listing is in chronological order based on the “first Wisconsin date” for the individual family. So members of a family might be born in 1820, but if the first known Wisconsin appearance of the family is 1880 - the listing is marked as 1880. If a second date is listed, that indicates the year the family moved away from Wisconsin. In some cases a title has also been added to the line - indicating something particular about that family group. Also these family groups are probably not discrete all family units. It is very likely that some (many) of them will be linked together as more details unfold. Although my own Stamm family is incorporated into the body of this document, I have an additional biography and source materials at the end of this work.
Many of the early Milwaukee Stamm’s lived on Reed, Clinton, and Greenbush Avenues. This 1885 map shows the near south-side of Milwaukee.
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