The Peshtigo Fire was October 8, 1871. >From: marilyn Stulken <mstulken@wi.net> >Reply-To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com >To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GenWisc] Find 1885 Wisconsin death? >Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:15:46 -0500 > >Thanks, Rosemarie! This is all I have. This man was a great uncle of my >dear friend Marlene. She's been working with computers at various >libraries to trace her genealogy, but doesn't have a computer at home. >Since I've had so much good luck with these email lists myself, I told her >to give me some names and I'd see what I could find through an email list. > >I appreciate the list of counties. I think I'll locate historical >societies for as many as I can and she can write to them to see if Abraham >shows up in any of their records. > >Was the Peshtigo Fire in 1885? > >I appreciate your help, >Marilyn > > >Heart's Desire wrote: > > > Predominant logging industries were in Brown, Marinette, Forest, Vilas, > > Sawyer, Washburn, Douglas, St. Croix, Dunn, Barron, Rusk & other > > counties north of Tomah, WI. Are you sure of the 1885 death date? > > Are you positive he wasn't killed in the Great Peshtigo Fire? If he was > > killed there you may not find info on him as many victims were > > unidentified. > > Can you tell us MORE about him? > > Rosemarie in Barron County. > > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > > email: kingsley@aol.com > > >==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== >Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore >email: kingsley@aol.com >

Peshtigo Fire sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/Fire.htm This link tells the story of the fire. http://www.idbsu.edu/history/ncasner/hy210/peshtigo.htm This link has the Fire Museum and to the left obits for 2004 http://www.peshtigotimes.com/FireMuseum.html This is a nice site for Oconto County, Wisconsin http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim and Brian Wright" <kbwright1987@msn.com> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [GenWisc] Find 1885 Wisconsin death? > The Peshtigo Fire was October 8, 1871. > > >From: marilyn Stulken <mstulken@wi.net> > >Reply-To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com > >To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [GenWisc] Find 1885 Wisconsin death? > >Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:15:46 -0500 > > > >Thanks, Rosemarie! This is all I have. This man was a great uncle of my > >dear friend Marlene. She's been working with computers at various > >libraries to trace her genealogy, but doesn't have a computer at home. > >Since I've had so much good luck with these email lists myself, I told her > >to give me some names and I'd see what I could find through an email list. > > > >I appreciate the list of counties. I think I'll locate historical > >societies for as many as I can and she can write to them to see if Abraham > >shows up in any of their records. > > > >Was the Peshtigo Fire in 1885? > > > >I appreciate your help, > >Marilyn > > > > > >Heart's Desire wrote: > > > > > Predominant logging industries were in Brown, Marinette, Forest, Vilas, > > > Sawyer, Washburn, Douglas, St. Croix, Dunn, Barron, Rusk & other > > > counties north of Tomah, WI. Are you sure of the 1885 death date? > > > Are you positive he wasn't killed in the Great Peshtigo Fire? If he was > > > killed there you may not find info on him as many victims were > > > unidentified. > > > Can you tell us MORE about him? > > > Rosemarie in Barron County. > > > > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > > > email: kingsley@aol.com > > > > > >==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > >Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > >email: kingsley@aol.com > > > > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > email: kingsley@aol.com >