Hattie was baptized June 23, 1895 at Sacred Heart Church. The priest was Desiderius von Frentz, OFM. The sponsors were Anthony Wichmann and Anna Wichmann. Hattie played piano at the old Savoy Theatre that was on Oliver Ave. and her brother Frank Carl sang. He was a great singer and yodeler. Hattie could play piano very well. She could hear a tune and immediately play it. She did classical as well as ragtime.
Hedwig (Hattie) Ida and Leo Alfred were married in a religious ceremony on August 2nd, 1916. They had a son and a daughter, named Frank Anthony and Rosemary Margarite.