> At 10:29 PM 2/24/05 -0800, you wrote: > >Hi Tim, > >Yes. Our Adolphus' grandson, George W. Walrath b. March 19, 1831, moved > to LaCrosse, WI with his spouse, Marian Swift Walrath, in 1860. Lived > there about ten years. Two sons born (one was my grandfather). Their > names were Lue Leroy and Charles Percy. Then the family moved to > Sacramento, CA, where I was born in 1929. Most of them are buried there. > While in LaCrosse, George W. Walrath was a riverboat captain for one year > up and down the Mississippi. He was also a newspaper editor some of those > years. I have newspaper copies of some of those editions. > >He lived some place else in Wisconsin before moving to LaCrosse, but I > haven't discovered where. > >I wish I could go back in time and ask them a few questions. Don't we > all???? > >Dorothy Walrath Raymer > > Well I know it sounds familiar but I can't place it just yet. I looked in > my counties in Wisconsin and the name didn't come up so I'll have to ponder > this one some more. > > Tim == From History of Northern Wisconsin 1881 - Vol II - Adolphus WALRETH was born on 28 Dec 1811 in Montgomery Co., NY. He was living in Oct 1855 in Neenah, Winnebago Co., WI. He was living about 1880 in Evanswood, Waupaca Co., WI. He was listed in biography, Page 1099 (History of Waupaca County Section) - also Walrath, or Walereth. Had 5 sons, 5 daughters. He was married to Miss about 1833. Children were: William WALRATH, John WALRATH. His son John was a member of the First Wisconsin Calvary, and died in Andersonville Prison. By going to the following page, scroll down to Adolphus WALRETH and click the camera icon. This is a scan of the article with a little more information, although the type is a little small. http://darcisplace.com/darci/migrations/d4.htm#P330 Darci

Thank you so much, Darci. This cannot be our Adolphus Walrath because he was born 30 years too late, but it may be a clue, nevertheless, so I'll follow up on it. I appreciate the help. Dorothy Walrath R..... Darci <darci@darcisplace.com> wrote: > At 10:29 PM 2/24/05 -0800, you wrote: > >Hi Tim, > >Yes. Our Adolphus' grandson, George W. Walrath b. March 19, 1831, moved > to LaCrosse, WI with his spouse, Marian Swift Walrath, in 1860. Lived > there about ten years. Two sons born (one was my grandfather). Their > names were Lue Leroy and Charles Percy. Then the family moved to > Sacramento, CA, where I was born in 1929. Most of them are buried there. > While in LaCrosse, George W. Walrath was a riverboat captain for one year > up and down the Mississippi. He was also a newspaper editor some of those > years. I have newspaper copies of some of those editions. > >He lived some place else in Wisconsin before moving to LaCrosse, but I > haven't discovered where. > >I wish I could go back in time and ask them a few questions. Don't we > all???? > >Dorothy Walrath Raymer > > Well I know it sounds familiar but I can't place it just yet. I looked in > my counties in Wisconsin and the name didn't come up so I'll have to ponder > this one some more. > > Tim == From History of Northern Wisconsin 1881 - Vol II - Adolphus WALRETH was born on 28 Dec 1811 in Montgomery Co., NY. He was living in Oct 1855 in Neenah, Winnebago Co., WI. He was living about 1880 in Evanswood, Waupaca Co., WI. He was listed in biography, Page 1099 (History of Waupaca County Section) - also Walrath, or Walereth. Had 5 sons, 5 daughters. He was married to Miss about 1833. Children were: William WALRATH, John WALRATH. His son John was a member of the First Wisconsin Calvary, and died in Andersonville Prison. By going to the following page, scroll down to Adolphus WALRETH and click the camera icon. This is a scan of the article with a little more information, although the type is a little small. http://darcisplace.com/darci/migrations/d4.htm#P330 Darci ==== NYMADISO Mailing List ==== To post to this list - send email from the address you subsribed to the list with to this address - NYMadiso-L@rootsweb.com --------------------------------- Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web