Seeking information on the family of Owen Riley HORTON b. 25 December 1844 in Pulteney, Steuben Co., New York m. Maria THOMPSON d. 28 April 1904 in Waupaca, WI. Owen and Maria had: Myrtle, Mable, Lyman, Harry, & William. Owen moved to Waupaca WI. before 1864 to join his older brother, John Wesley HORTON who had moved to the Waupaca area in 1850's and was engaged in farming. Thanks; Lorraine Kewley at JKewley@oasisol.com

Hi Anne, I read your message about Chater/Cheyes. I could not find these surnames or varinats in Tanguay, Lussier/Drouin, or Jette's book. I they are French names, I am sorry I could not find anything near where these names would be that resembled CHATER/CHEYES. Any suggestions of different spellings/aliases I could look up for you? Paul Beauregard (Jarret de Beauregard 1676) At 06:35 PM 8/10/98 EDT, Czaplewska@aol.com wrote: >Hi, > >Just had a "Christmas in August" mail day--I received a reply from the Diocese >of Green Bay and my SAWYER line quite possibly is CHAYER/CHEYES instead! >Anyway, one of the family members I am looking for in the Little River >Township of Oconto, was married at St. Peter's Catholic? in Oconto. Does this >parish still exist and has anyone accessed their records? > >And the moral of the story is not to give up--as I had almost on this family >line. And I was so certain it was Sawyer--but they must have "Americanized" >Chayer! On to the Louiselle Index!! > >Thanks, >Anne > >

Hi, Just had a "Christmas in August" mail day--I received a reply from the Diocese of Green Bay and my SAWYER line quite possibly is CHAYER/CHEYES instead! Anyway, one of the family members I am looking for in the Little River Township of Oconto, was married at St. Peter's Catholic? in Oconto. Does this parish still exist and has anyone accessed their records? And the moral of the story is not to give up--as I had almost on this family line. And I was so certain it was Sawyer--but they must have "Americanized" Chayer! On to the Louiselle Index!! Thanks, Anne

Please direct all replies to : jwest@microassist.com ****************************************************** I am searching for information on a possible relative of my grandfather August WEST. I believe that my grandfather was born in 1893 in Germany. My grandfather (WEST) emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1903 at the age of 10. I believe his port of entry to be New York and he entered sometime in the Fall of 1903. My grandfather mentioned that he was accompanyed by an uncle, Edward SHOEN, when he came to the United States. I am looking for the family of Edward SHOEN and any information that they may have on the WEST family.

Hi, I am new to the list. Does anyone have information on John James Farrar and wife Sarah Simkins? I have no other info. on them except that their son was James Argro Artroma Farrar, b 1841 in IL and m. to Mary Amanda Cady on 16 June 1859, Waupaca, WI. Thanks. Ruth Colburn <rcolburn@mail.cvn.net>

Hi, I just ordered the WW1 Draft registration card microfilm from the FHC. It should cover all of Shawano county for 1917-1918. FYI: the film numbers for the counties: (indexed by surnames!) Oconto County (A-R).......................1674878 Oconto County (S-Z).......................1674879 Shawano County (A-F)....................1674982 Shawano County (G-Z)....................1674983 Waupaca County (A-K)...................1675079 Waupaca County (L-Z)....................1675080 If you have someone you would like me to look for who was in Shawano county, e-mail me the name & particulars and I'll see what I find. The film should be here in Connecticut around the middle of August and be here until September.. Take care, Anne Taylor-Czaplewski czaplewska@aol.com

Please direct all replies to : sewsandy@vbe.com ******************************************************** Greetings, I have just subscribed and am sending first message. I am researching the names of BUNN and TEMPLE in the Oconto Falls area and the names of COLEMAN and SAFFRAN from the Mountain area, both in Oconto County. Anyone else doing these names? Sandy

Forwarding.... kathleen barlament wrote: > > Dear Marsha: You can post this if you want! > > Now that you back and trying to organize all that great info we have at > least 1 success story. George Picavet of Belgium emailed me when he found > out I got the copies of his ancestors naturalization papers and the index > of his ancestors births and deaths. He has checked three counties for > these records and had not found them until now. He was elated to say the > least and I put in the indexes as a surprise! He thanks us over and over > again for out help. He has looked for several years and has made three > trips to Wisconsin over the years to find info with no results. He could > not afford to come again and come up empty, now he knows where the > records are, so he will get difinite results if he does decide to come > back. The copies are on their way to Belgium now, put together just like > they were in the record book so when he opens them he will see what they > looked like. He can't wait to see his ancestors own handwritting as it > appeared on the record. He also said that this is the great thing about > using more than the net for research, let everyone know that at this time > you can't get everything you need on the net, go and find the records you > need and look at them, you will be surprised at what you find. > > I would have loved to have taken Marsha's picture when she found a > Touchette (Marsha: uh... it was Ashley, spelled ANSLIN. 1st time they used *that* spelling!) naturalization record. She actually had heads turning through > the whole room. The record was found almost by accident, I had found a > record for an ancestor of mine that was not where it was supposed to be. > Well, the Archivist looked at the index and stated that it was from a > collection of records that was found in a box by a student worker in the > archives. It had sat around for several years with no one knowing what it > was. They indexed the box. When she looked up my gggg uncle, she left the > index opened on the table while she was gone, Marsha happened to look > down and see Touchette (Anslin) on the page it was opened to. She asked me and the > Archivist what this was a listing of and I told her. She asked to get the > record for Touchette (Anslin), probably thinking it was something not real > important! Surprise! Somehow, Wilhelm, and student and Jeanberr Touchette (Celestin Anslin/Ashley) > found us! Who says our ancestors can't talk to us, if they want to be > found somehow they let us know where they are and what they did! > > I found the Archivist at UWGB (apologize for not remembering her name-to > many names floating in my brain right now!) (Marsha: Jean Wentz) to be very helpful and ready > to get anything you needed. They were well organized and you can get > copies of just about anything you need on the spot, no sending away or > waiting for records or microfiche to arrive. It was great to see others > there looking and the joy that went around the room when someone found > something! Even the Archivists were happy! > > We also made trips to area cemeteries in Oconto and Brown counties, There > is nothing like seeing someones headstone, it proves that they really did > exist and were important to their friends and family. Some stones we saw > in the cemeteries were sadly in ill repair and in need of repair and > cleaning. The caretakers do not do this, there are no funds to provide > for it, they only mow and trim the weeds. Several plants were left > unwatered and were wilting, no rain for a couple of weeks. Marsha > suggested I look into some way to offer a service to genealogists and get > paid for it to enable me to keep working on my ancestors and the history > of Oconto. I did finally think of a way of reproducing the faces of > stones in relief without damaging the stone, if it works in detail I > don't know but if it does, I will be offering it. I also thought of > offering a service to repair and maintain gravesites, but this didn't > seem feasable since I don't know enough about repairing stones and > resetting sunken ones on a cement pad to keep them at ground level. I did > find out one great thing when talking with my mother, most caretakers > will fix, clean and raise sunken stone at a nominal cost. All you have to > do is contact them and they will do what is asked. My mother had my g > grandparents footstones placed on a cement pad so they would not sink and > it didn't cost her hardly anything. I think the ancestors appreciate it > too, it shows that some one cares enough to take the time. Some stones > have probably been left to disrepair due to the fact that there are no > ancestors to care for them. Anyone interested in starting a non-profit to > provide restoration of these would certainly be rewarded in their hearts > and souls. Just a suggestion that I don't have time for now. > > My mother and I are going to do a tour of the cemeteries next week with > my kids to show them where their ancestors are, we are also taking with > us a weak bleach solution to remove moss from one of the older stones. I > had cleaned it two years ago but found it to be covered with even more > moss this time, seems that you need to spray on something to kill the > moss so it won't come back. We are going to try the 1% bleach solution, > enough to get rid of the moss and clean the stone but not damage it. I > will warn anyone who is trying to clean an old white stone, these are > marble and stain easily when chemicals are introduced, look up how to > clean marble before you do it! While you are there check on how to > protect it with a clear finish, there are products available to seal the > marble to prevent further staining. Check with your local stone mason > products or landscape outfit. I will clean stones in Door, Oconto and > Brown counties for a fee, and with a before and after photo if a > caretaker is not available to do it, price determined by distance and > time. Let me know if you need this done. Also, I am offering wax rubbings > and fine art pencil drawings (very detailed) for $40 and $150.00 > respectivly, in Door, Oconto and Brown County cemeteries. The drawings > are somewhat restorative, filling in hardly detectable script that won't > show up on a rubbing. A photo of the site and cleaning are included. You > must supply me with the inscription, general description and the section > and location of the stone you want done. If you don't have all of this, > we can work something out to decide if it is the correct stone before > commencing work. Email me to discuss the details. > > Time to go, Marsha, you are welcome to put all or some of this in the > newsletter or whatever. Hopefully you will wait a couple of years before > coming again, I think I have that much entering and organizing of > information to do just on two days of research. Thanks for the pics, as a > gift, I will see if I can find out how to fix the cross on your > gggrandfathers (Gilbert) stella at St. Izzies. > > Kathy That'd be great, Kathy! So, think we can support Kathy so she can make our ancestors' headstones pretty again? Is Gerrie Foster on this list? I found an old e-mail about Gerrie & another person recording a cemetery at County J and Memorial Drive. (Did we go to that one, Kathy?) Which one is that and how's that coming? Marsha

Searching HOGAN,(LEAVY) BURNS, MCGRATH, MUNHALL,ALLEN,LOUGHRIN, MENEHAN,DOZIER,HANLON,WIRTMAN,HOWELL,FRY,DENCKLA,KETZMAN, Waupaca Co, Lebanon T. Dave dh8768@aol.com

Looking for information about DUCHARMs in Town of Little Wolf, Waupaca Co. Marriage records for Joseph, Louis & Eliza give parents as Joseph DUCHARM & Millie/Melie MARSHALL/MARCEL/MARCEIL, and birthplaces as Essex Co., NY, which is where the BOZILEs & DESCHENEs were from. My Harriet BOZILE's maiden name was DESCHENE, but is listed on several of her childrens' marriage records as Harriett MARSHALL. Are Joseph & Millie (MARSHALL/MARCEL/MARCEIL) DUCHARM related to Harriett (DESCHENE) (MARSHALL) BOZILE? By the dates, it looks like he may be her brother? But then how does the MARSHALL name fit in for both his wife & his sister? Any help untangling this gratefully appreciated! Happy Hunting! Marsha Wilcox mwilcox@lnd.com Wilcox Web Design -- http://www.usroots.com/~wwd/wwd.html USGenWeb County Coordinator for: Lake Co., IL -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~illake/ Listowner for ILLAKE-L, tracing your roots in Lake Co., IL Oconto Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/ Shawano Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wishawan/ Home Page -- http://mall.lnd.com/wilcox/ My Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mawilcox/index.htm

Hi everybody! I'm back! It was a good trip! We didn't stay at Holtwood after all (too urban), but went up to Kelly Lake (Holt Park). Let me recommend it highly! But that added another 1/2 hour to my driving time. The manager's mother is a researcher too, TREVORs, and gave me an outdated phone directory. No TOUCHETTEs, 1 ASHLEY, all the way up into Menominee Co., MI. Thanks to Kathy Barlament & Barb Buboltz for their great help & assistance! Christy Kallies broke her toe & wasn't able to join us. How're you feeling, Christy? We need a map of Oconto Co. which shows where the cemeteries are. Otherwise, you'll go past them on the highway at 55-65mph, with no idea how to get to them! Thank goodness for Kathy! Else I'd never have found some of them! I still don't know where Ann PORTER & Joe TOUCHETTE got married or where Gilbert ASSELIN/ASLIEN/ASHLEY died, but I found a lot of 'collateral' info. Tons of PATENAUDEs (& var.) all over Oconto & Brown Co. And I saw the latest query on the Oconto board for LaFORTUNE -- they're all over the place too! There's even a LaFortune Realty currently in operation. I need at least another week in Green Bay. (And a trip to Marinette) I only got 1hr 10min in the Brown Co. Courthouse records room. That's all they'll allow you if there are other researchers waiting. That *just about* got me thru the indexes for all my surnames. You can go back out & sit and wait for another turn, but by then it was about time to meet Barb for lunch. After that, I spent some time at the Brown Co. library. (Beautiful library!) FYI, the microfilm *is not* in the Local History & Genealogy room, but down in the magazine section. If I'd known that to start with, I would have been down there waiting for the LH&G room to open. As it was, I had to leave earlier than I would have liked to get to Allouez Cemetery for pix of my ancestors' headstones. The ARC in GB wouldn't let me stay over. I promised I wouldn't hurt anything, but.... ;-} Here's another hard part -- the ARC and LH&G room are open the same hours during most of the week! Waupaca Co. is *gorgeous*! And the County Courthouse has plenty of space for those large indexes and books. Everybody at all the courthouses were courteous and helpful. Anybody planning a trip, don't feel at all reluctant to go and ask to see the old records. In Oconto, they hand them to you, point you at a table with microfilm readers, and leave you alone. In Waupaca, they let you into the room, show you where everything is, and leave you alone. In Brown Co., the room is very small, and the clerks are trying to work around you. They're very friendly, but you get the impression you're in their way. Then there's that hour time limit... I'll post my "new" requests for information in another message, since this one is getting kind of long. Marsha Wilcox mwilcox@lnd.com Wilcox Web Design -- http://www.usroots.com/~wwd/wwd.html USGenWeb County Coordinator for: Lake Co., IL -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~illake/ Listowner for ILLAKE-L, tracing your roots in Lake Co., IL Oconto Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/ Shawano Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wishawan/ Home Page -- http://mall.lnd.com/wilcox/ My Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mawilcox/index.htm

Hi everyone, I'm still out here researching the surname PULCIFER. If you are researching that surname also, I'd like to hear from you so we can exchange data. My email address is devorah@mail2.cncnet.com Thanks. Devorah

Looking for info on Frederick Phillip Wagner who died in Oconto Falls in 1899. He was the town blacksmith and after his death his wife Christina turned the family homestead into a boarding house. She was known for her kindness to Indians and hobos, and her wonderful cooking...but NOT for her housekeeping. Frederick's children were: Rudolf, Fred, Louis, Alma, Phillip, Meta, Paul, William, Della Meta was County Clerk and Justice of the Peace in Oconto Falls until her murder July 4, 1957. Her sister Della married Ed Wolfram, Together Ed, Della and Meta were instrumental in the formation of Chute Lake and large property owners around the lake. Any info on this family would be appreciated. Especially interested in what happened to Willian, Paul, or Louis.

D. Patnode: Are a bunch of Patenoude/Patanoude records for births deaths marriages at Oconto County Courthouse in Oconto, Wisconsin. Same records are available at UWGB special archives. Since you have UWM in your address, I would assume your at Milwaukee, maybe you can get the archives there to get you copies. Also, there are several headstones for Patenoude etc. at the Oconto St. Peters and St. Josephs Cemetery. Check with Marsha (email her off the Oconto Gen web page) for anything she saw when she was up here with me. She wrote down some things she spotted and I did also, will email them when I find them, lots of paper! Katbarla@itol.com

>Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 21:06:25 -0600 >From: Debi Lightfoot <mucker9@earthlink.net> >Subject: [WauShaOcon-L] Scherer Information >To: WauShaOcon-L@rootsweb.com > >I am trying to locate the cemetary of where Dorothy and Jack Scherer are >located. My Aunt Dorothy would have passed away sometime from 1980 to >1985 (?). She was survived by her husband Jack and son Charles >Huebner. I would also like to locate an obituary for her, as well as my >Uncle Jack, if possible. I am assuming that she was married previously >since her son, my cousin, has a different last name. I don't know when >my cousin was born so I'm not sure where to start exploring this >avenue. I am pretty sure that my Aunt and Uncle both died in Shawano. >I do know that they owned a house on main street when you drove into >Shawano. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks, Debi :-) You and others might find some useful information at the Social Security Death Index at: http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm I found one Dorothy Scherer and several John Scherers there. You probably already know that Jack is often a nickname for John. Dan Patnode Researching the following variations on a theme: PATENAUDE, PATNAUDE, PATNOUDE, PATENOUDE, PATENODE, PATNODE, PATNOD, PATNOED, PATNOE, PATENOE, PATNO, PATNUDE, PATNOTE, PATNOTTE, PEDNU throughout Wisconsin. As well as: JONES (In Marathon County), MITICOMINKWE, MITICOMINQUI, FREIBURGER, HAUG, and GRUENWALDT. Also keeping an eye out for DENOMIEs.

I am trying to locate the cemetary of where Dorothy and Jack Scherer are located. My Aunt Dorothy would have passed away sometime from 1980 to 1985 (?). She was survived by her husband Jack and son Charles Huebner. I would also like to locate an obituary for her, as well as my Uncle Jack, if possible. I am assuming that she was married previously since her son, my cousin, has a different last name. I don't know when my cousin was born so I'm not sure where to start exploring this avenue. I am pretty sure that my Aunt and Uncle both died in Shawano. I do know that they owned a house on main street when you drove into Shawano. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Debi :-)

Good Monday morning to you all. I am researching the PATNODE (and variant spellings) family in WI and am seeking any information on the following family: Archie PATNOUDE, b. Mar 1864 in Canada working as a day laborer and living in Oconto, Oconto, WI in 1900 and 1920 per the censuses for those years. Married c. 1894 Louise ?, b. Feb 1875 in Canada and also living in Oconto, Oconto, WI, in 1900 and 1920 per those censuses. According to the 1900 census the parents of both Archie and Louise were born in Canada. Children of Archie and Louise were: Lucinda b. Nov 1895 in WI. Sinea (sp?) b. Sep 1897 in WI. Nelson b. Jul 1899 in WI. Samuel b. c. 1902, probably in Oconto, Oconto, WI. Irvin (possibly also Ervin) b. c. 1903, probably in Oconto, Oconto, WI. Edmond b. c. 1905, probably in Oconto, Oconto, WI. Elizabeth b. c. 1907, probably in Oconto, Oconto, WI. Lucian b. c. 1909, probably in Oconto, Oconto, WI. Vernica b. c. 1912, probably in Oconto, Oconto, WI. Melvin b. c. 1916, probably in Oconto, Oconto, WI. The above information on Lucinda, Sinea (sp?), and Nelson comes from the 1900 census. The information on the remaining children comes from the 1920 census. I am assuming these latter children were probably born in Oconto, Oconto, WI, because both the 1900 and 1920 censuses shows their parents living in that locale at those times. Any additional information would be greatly appreciate if anybody has any they would be willing to share. This surname has over a dozen variant spellings including: PATENAUDE, PATNAUDE, PATNOUDE, PATENOUDE, PATENODE, PATNODE, PATNOD, PATNOED, PATNOE, PATENOE, PATNO, PATNUDE, PATNOTE, PATNOTTE, and PEDNU. I am aware of individuals living in Oconto County at present with one or more of these spellings. I have not yet contacted any of them hoping that I may be able to obtain information more quickly and easily via the listserv. Again, any additional information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Dan Patnode

Hi! With this message I am trying to get help in my quest for Belgian descendants in your area. I am living in Belgium, and am doing research on the emigrants from a specific area in Belgium, the Waasland, to the United States and Canada between 1830 and 1950. If you would like to know more about this project, I invite you to my web site at http://www.ping.be/picavet/ In the frame of this research, I have already visited Wisconsin on two occasions, in 1995 and 1996. Places I am "familiar" with are Milwaukee, Green Bay, Aurora, Ashland, and Superior. This is not a coincidence: most of my people initially settled there. Most of them emigrated between 1850 and 1910. According to the 1990 Census, Wisconsin had one of the largest concentrations of Belgian descendants in the United States. ---------------------------- Belgian ancestry reported as: State Population First Second Single -------- -------- ----- ------ ------ Michigan 9,295,297 37,442 22,824 18,966 Wisconsin 4,891,769 36,822 25,681 19,133 Most of them can be found in Brown 194,594 16,696 11,407 8,310 Kewaunee 18,878 4,825 1,431 3,251 Door 25,690 2,864 1,248 1,844 Milwaukee 959,275 1,389 1,381 597 Outagamie 140,510 1,303 1,500 543 Oconto 30,226 1,081 736 719 Dane 367,085 761 662 293 Manitowoc 80,421 721 702 342 Marinette 40,548 666 654 340 Waukesha 304,715 639 690 225 (pls let me know if you are interested in this information for other counties) Since it will be difficult to know for anyone not familiar with the families from my area, if a specific family is fitting in my project or not, I am actually looking for any Belgian family in your area. In return, I will also assist any Belgian descendant to trace his roots in Belgium. With this in mind, I have set up my web site, which is containing complete guidelines for anyone starting to trace his Belgian roots. Moreover, I recently started a mailing list especially for these same researchers: BELGIUM-ROOTS-L, also hosted by RootsWeb. It would be nice to hearing from you. Georges PICAVET | Listowner BELGIUM-ROOTS-L Doorn 9 | Phone & Fax 32-3-774.10.11 BEL-9150 Kruibeke | mailto:picavet@ping.be Belgium (Europe) | http://www.ping.be/picavet/

Hi, Lost address of person who was working on Blaser history. Have a photocopy of a picture of Milton I could send if interested. Thanks barb Bubolz At 10:22 AM 7/16/98 -0700, you wrote: >WauShaOcon-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 62 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [WauShaOcon-L] Niemczyk ["Doug & Christy Kallies" <kallies@] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from WauShaOcon-D, send a message to > > WauShaOcon-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:11:11 -0500 >From: "Doug & Christy Kallies" <kallies@ez-net.com> >To: WauShaOcon-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <00bd01bdb01b$f4158ae0$23a3facf@kallies> >Subject: [WauShaOcon-L] Niemczyk >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I'm looking for info about the Niemczyk family of Krakow. Joseph b. 1884 d. >1946 and his wife Agnes b.1884. d. 1959. > >Christy Kallies >www.ez-net.com/~kallies >I stood without clothes, danced in the sand. I was aching >with freedom and kissing the damned, and I said, "Remember >this is how it should be." >Fugitive, Indigo Girls >

I am new to this group. I am looking for some info on Christina POSTLER b. 22 Mar 1883 in Shawno, Wi. d. 1942 in Milwaukee. Father Adam POSTLER and that is all I know. FUHRMAN, I have lots of them from Wittenberg but the one I need info on is Gottlieb Samuel FURHMAN. b. 24 Jan 1819 Prussia, but some of his children were born in Birnamwood, Shawno. He was a farmer and don't know the time he lived in that area. I am looking for any of his siblings. Wondering if they also came to that area. I was given info on a GUSTAV FUHRMANN from Tigerton, Wi but cannot connect him to the family but am quite sure he belongs here. Appreciate any help. Thanks. Bonnie Haugen Alabama