Adolph Rehm operated a small pottery in Hilbert Junction which is 20 miles east of Menasha from 1869 to 1876. was born near the village of Briete outside the City of Lemgo in Lippe-Detmold on June 15, 1851, son of Conrad and Elizabeth (Langenberg) Rehm, and nephew of Franklin potter Conrad Langenberg.
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In the late 1840's the potter's unions in Staffordshire devised a plan to help Staffordshire potters emigrate to Wisconsin to farm. At the time there was a severe recession and new pottery-making systems equipment being introduced that resulted in a large percentage of potters being unemployed. Those who still had jobs faced low wages and terrible working conditions, so many were eager to go, especially after reading glowing reports from some who completed the migration that were published in a potters newspaper.
Many potters successfully emigrated to Wisconsin, but Philip Pointon and his son were the only Society members we know of who ended up potting in Wisconsin. Most took up farming successfully. Very few returned to England.
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This is a directory listing of over 300 people involved in the pottery industry in Wisconsin between 1840 and 1890 – potters, owners, and investors.
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