I have just found the following information on a possible ancestor in the Thompson Valley Cemetery. Does anyone know how I can obtain more information about this person from the cemetery records? Is there a mailing address for this cemetery? EMERSON, A. Lorenzo 27 June 1843 26 Nov. 1904 What I do know is that his first name was Abraham and his spouse was Elizabeth Young. They were married in Augusta in 1868. Many thanks... Linda Emerson Twain Harte, CA

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire/555 Surname: BABCOCK ------------------------- I noticed your last name and wondered if you were researching the Babcocks in Augusta, WI. My gggrandfather was David R. Babcock. He is buried in Augusta. Janice Tilman

The Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb site has had another wonderful donation sent. This one is from Lisa Johnson. If you remember, she is the one who donated the birth records from the Drammen Lutheran Church a while back. Well, this time she sent us the death records for the Drammen Lutheran Church. These cover the time frame of 1886 through 1946 and are a wonderful source of information for those who had ancestors living and worshipping in that area of Eau Claire Co. and the surround areas. Please take a moment to check these new records out. They are located at: Surnames A - H http://www.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/drammend1.htm Surnames J - N http://www.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/drammend2.htm Surnames O - Z http://www.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/drammend3.htm Or if you prefer, you can find them in our Archives in text version at ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/churchrecords/drammend.txt Another new addition to the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb page is the Veterans Buried at East Lawn Cemetery in Augusta. These records were sent to me by Greg Lampman quite a while ago. I'm finally just getting them online, but this too contains some great information. You can find this page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/eastvets.htm Or, again, if you prefer the plain text version, a copy is housed in our Archives and can be seen at ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/cemeteries/eastvets.txt If you get a chance, why not send a big thank you to both Lisa and Greg for their willingness to share with us the information that they have researched. They would appreciate hearing that their hard work means something to others. I know it means alot to me. Thank you Lisa and Greg! -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

The bowling alley that was downstairs from the State Theater was known as Tommy Millers if my memory is correct. I bowl there a couple of times in the late 50's and early 60's. Wagner's was 40 lanes back then, but grew. Last summer, noticed that Wagner's as I knew it, was gone. Bob

--- Candy <tazeq@aol.com> wrote: > I don't believe the WAGNER family ever owned the > State Lanes. I remember > the State Lanes being open during the 1960s as my > parents used to bowl > there as well as at the Wagner Complex up on the > other end of town. WhenI started to bowl in 1961 I bowled at the State Lanes and Tommy Miller owned it. Later the Wagner's took over when Tommy sold out. I bowled there for many years....into the 70's. > There was another bowling alley built about the same > time that was halfway > between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, out by the > old Stardust Drive-In > Theater, just off Hwy 53. > My mother bowled at the old bowling alley out in Hallie for many years. I was a child in the 40's and she bowled there in league every week. Can't remember when that went out of business and I don't think the Wagner's ever had ownership of it. Susan Svoma __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

Here is the last part few paragraphs on the topic of Indians in the Eau Claire Co. area, along with the first men who helped settle Eau Claire, from the book, "Sawdust City" by Lois Barland. The last time that Indians were reported in Eau Claire was in 1889 when several Winnebagoes entered three homes in the third ward and left only after being given food by the frightened housewives. Chief Four Cloud and two braves, Walk-Upon the Neck and Get-Up-Sit-Down were in the city, heavily armed and with ear-bobs and rings in the nose. They were camping at Porterville. It was the magnificent pine forest of the Chippewa Valley which attracted most of the first permanent settlers to this region. In the early 30's of the last century (1800's), lumbering operations were begun in a small way at Chippewa Falls. At Menomonie some operations had been carried on even earlier. No further attempt was made to settle in this locality until the summer of 1845 when Stephen S. McCann from Spring Creek, a tributary of the Menomonie River, near Menomonie, and Jeremiah C. Thomas entered into partnership and erected a claim shanty near the site of what was afterward the Eau Claire Lumber Company's watermill on the Eau Claire River. Stephen S. McCann also built a cabin near the confluence of the Eau Claire and the Chippewa which he designated as a warehouse, and another on the site of what was subsequently the American House (E. C. & Farwell Streets). These structures were erected for the purpose of establishing the right of the settler to an uncertain amount of government land. McCann transformed the last named cabin into a home for his family and moved into it. In the fall of 1845 the first preliminary step was taken to construct a dam and improve the "Lower Dell" of the Chippewa, a short distance north of its confluence with the Eau Claire. The winter of 1846-47 was long remembered by the few residents of the embryo village. Owing to the intensely cold weather, scarcely any snow fell, and the rivers were frozen down to their beds. The spring was quite as remarkable for a lack of rain, especially during the months of April and May. The evening of June 5 was, however, visited by one of the most terrible thunder storms on record in the Valley. The rain came down in torrents until nearly noon the next day accompanied by wind, vivid lightning, and heavy peals of thunder. The Chippewa rose twelve feet and was covered with logs, driftwood and the debris of piers and booms from the Falls. By noon every log, pier and boom on the Eau Claire was swept away by the fast swelling flood. The new double sawmill that had just been erected and ready to open was swept away almost bodily. The results and labors and savings of years were gone forever and the firm of McCann, Randall & Thomas was bankrupt. J. C. Thomas went back to Blue Mills and S. S. McCann engaged in farming on Eagle Prairie above the Falls and died in 1880. George and Simon Randall entered into partnership with Philo Stone and H. Cady. They rebuilt the mill on the Eau Claire in the winter of 1847-48. Philo Stone and his brother Roswell came on the river in 1838 as hunters. This valley, being the Indian no man's land, contained a great deal of game. Philo was said to be a quarrelsome man, a champion among the light weights whenever a fight was possible. He had a squaw who became a remarkably good housekeeper. At this time there was no way of getting to Eau Claire except by water and the nearest Post Office was Prairie du Chien. In 1848 the State legislature authorized the building of a road from Prairie du Chien to Hudson via Sparta, Black River Falls and Eau Claire. The road was energetically laid out and became passable during the winter of 1849-50 and was extensively used. Tom Randall called the road from Galena "an intricate and forbidding route," about 1850. In 1851 a mail route over the Hudson road was ordered by Congress and the Post Office at Clear Water (Eau Claire) was the first in the entire Chippewa Valley, affording mail facilities for all of the settlements on the river. The land before this time was not surveyed and not on the market. In 1850 most of the land was opened up and placed on the market and an era of land speculation commenced. The Rev. Thomas Barland was the first man to open a farm in Eau Claire county. He came to Eau Claire in 1852 and bought land on the present highway 53 just south of the intersection with 12 and 93, bringing his family of 8 children in 1854. Another boy, George, was born on the farm in 1856. His first neighbors were Dave Wyman and E. W. Robbins. Of the 100 people who lived in Eau Claire in 1855, most were mill hands. At this time raftmen had to walk back after poling the rafts of lumber down the river. It was a tedious and footsore journey. A steam boat was tried but it was a sad failure. It drew too much water. Finally a stage line was started from North Pepin to Eau Claire, the fare being three dollars. New settlers were steadily arriving, among them were J. J. Gage, James Reed and Capt. Dix. They purchased the lower mill site, and built a dam and mill where the Eau Claire Lumber Company's flouring mill afterward stood (North side of Eau Claire River at Dewey). The lumbering business continued to increase gradually. +++++++++++++ We will be reading more about the first men and their families who came and settled in the Eau Claire area. Stay tuned! -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire/553 Surname: WALTER, BLANK, ZIEBELL, SCHROETTER, HARRINGTON, MARQUARDT ------------------------- In response to the query of the Bowling alley attached to the theater in Eau Claire Co: I don't believe the WAGNER family ever owned the State Lanes. I remember the State Lanes being open during the 1960s as my parents used to bowl there as well as at the Wagner Complex up on the other end of town. I believe the theater was renovated about the time that the State Lanes closed down, and I am thinking that was in the mid to latter 1960s, since my girlfriends and I used to take the Greyhound Bus to Eau Claire for a day and just shop. There was another bowling alley built about the same time that was halfway between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, out by the old Stardust Drive-In Theater, just off Hwy 53. Not sure if this info helps, but it might make it a bit easier to narrow down dates, if necessary. Candy

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire/552 Surname: ------------------------- The bowling alley attached to the theatre was last owned by the Wagner family. They two bowling alleys in Eau Claire, and could by found in an Eau Claire directory. They have been in the business for a very long time so I would guess one of the family could help.

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire/551 Surname: Foster ------------------------- My grandmother was Mary Juliette Foster, daughter of John Milton Foster who was the last child of Robert and Caroline Foster of Eau Claire, WI. My grandmother was named for John's sisters, Juliette and Mary Jane. I have no information about any descendents other than those of Mary Juliette's, however, I have found in the 1880 US Census a Carrie (?) Dunham living with John and his mother, Caroline. She is 13 years old and identified as his niece. She is probably the daughter of Mary Jane Dunham (nee Foster). If you have any more information on Robert or Caroline Foster, please let me know.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! As you can see, we are getting back into the swing of things here on the list. We had been reading about the Indian trails around the Eau Claire Co. area when we broke for vacation. Today, we will begin another story about the Indians in the area in the very early days of the county. A reminder that these articles are from the book "Sawdust City" by Lois Barland. This book is under copyright, but I have received permission from the family to use them in this way, so please do not take this material for other uses without getting permission to do so. Thank you! Indians There have been very few incidents of Indians visiting Eau Claire since there has been anyone to record the visits. This was due in a large part to the fact that the town lay in the Indian no-man's-land. A party of Sioux were encountered on the Red Cedar River in 1840 and the entire party cut to pieces, not one brave left to tell the tale. The next year a party of six Chippewas faced the same fate. In 1841 a large number of the Sioux Nation came up to the mouth of the Eau Claire River upon the invitation of the Chippewas, where a friendly meeting was held and the pipe of peace smoked. The "History of Northern Wisconsin -- 1881", says "The las war party in the vicinity was called 'Anamoose's band' and camped up the river at the north fork. This was in 1851-2. The last battle between the Sioux and the Chippewa in this vicinity was fought in 1854." Anamoose's band were at the north fork in 1854 as shown by the story John Barland told of his winter in the woods as a boy. The battle referred to as taking place in 1854 was probably the one Marshal Cousins says was in 1855 and describes as follows: It was one of the fiercest battles ever fought between the Chippewa and Sioux. Chippewa Falls was then a tiny hamlet, supported only by a sawmill, employing thirty or forty men, a few of whom had their families here. Settlers were almost an unknown thing, the only trail leading to the north into the Lake Superior region was made and traversed by Indians. No white man had business over the trail further than the logging camp, which was then in close proximity to the town, and while the Indians had shown no acts of hostility toward the whites, arrivals from the peaceful eastern settlements felt that a jaunt over the trail was an infringement. One day the citizens were started by the frantic shouts of a man who arrived over the eastern hill as fast as he could run, spreading the alarm that the Indians were coming. No other warning had been given and the situation was grasped in a second. The sawmill was closed and every man in the place seized his musket or shotgun and sought refuge for a siege. Several barricaded themselves in the only store, where the few women and children had assembled, and a badly frightened bunch it was, huddled together, expecting any minute to be swooped down upon by the Indians and scalped or burned at the stake without mercy. They had not very long to wait before the object of their fear arrived in hundred lots, dressed in war paint and presenting a frightful sight. But to the surprise of those under cover, the Indians did not begin the attack. They single filed to the square in front of the store and immediately began a war dance lasting several hours. Then as neatly as they had filed in, they filed out of town over the west hill. Toward evening incessant shooting told that they had engaged in battle and the inhabitants were relieved of their fear. Shooting continued until the third day had passed and then the Indians returned to town where they filled up on scoo-ta-wa-boo (a fermented drink) they found in the rear of the store, and after a thorough inspection of the town the last staggering Indian disappeared into the north trail at dusk, to the great relief of the handful of frightened citizens. A visit to the battle field showed what the commotion had been about and furnished gossip for the whites for many moons. A ridge of timber showed where many Indians had met their death and many were still unburied. The timber had been the dividing line of the two tribes and when the Chippewas learned that the Sioux had crossed the line they hurried to the scene and gave battle. That the Chippewas had been the victors was proven by the fact that they remained long enough to bury their dead warriors while the Sioux beat a hasty retreat without paying the last respects to their dead, who were left on the ground to decay or be devoured by wild animals. In discussing the incident the relaters state there was a feeling of thanks for the timely arrival of the Chippewas for had the Sioux been permitted to swoop down upon the hamlet it is certain nothing would have been left of it. The Sioux at that time were hostile to the whites and had raised havoc in several settlements on their way eastward. Later the battle ground became the property of a lumber company which erected a mill on it. It was purchased by Mrs. James Hart, wife of the former league baseball player, and later sold to Iowa farmers who paid $35,000 for it. The Free Press said in August 1857, "We learn that a band of Sioux Indians, numbering nearly 100 has been encamped in Pleasant Valley some 12 miles south of this place within the past two weeks. Beyond taking a few provisions, we do not learn that they have committed any depredations of the settlers." By the close of the Civil War four Indians come into town for the purpose of trading proved to be quite a curiosity. Men and boys crowded around them. "These were the first Indians who ever came to our village for the purpose of trading." By 1872, the editor could state, "It has been a long time since an Indian has been in town but a Chippewa came into the north side dressed in buckskins, about 85 years of age, long silvery hair, tomahawk, scalping knife, and bow and arrows." By 1878 there were reports of an alliance between the Sioux and the Chippewa. There were fewer Indians between Eau Claire and Lake Superior than there were whites in West Eau Claire. Several red-blanketed Chippewas were in town in 1883 buying trinkets and three years later a feature of the Chippewa County fair was a daily game of La Crosse between Chippewa and Winnebago Indians. ++++++++++++++ There's more to the story and we will read it tomorrow. Have a great day everyone! -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

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(only Eau Claire Co. items, please) Go to: http://resources.rootsweb.com/~calendar/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi?calname=EauClaire_Co._WI If you are interested in another Wisconsin county, they are all represented here -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ ********************************************************* Mailing Lists hosted by Rootsweb, for other Wisconsin counties, USA, and around the world, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ ********************************************************* Do you want to find another county of interest to you? Visit the USGenWeb project. Our goal is to represent all counties in the US with *free* genealogical and historical information. Go to -- http://www.usgenweb.org/thestates.html As mentioned earlier, Rootsweb / USGenWeb have many special projects that are of great genealogical and historical value -- http://www.usgenweb.org/projects/projects.html And a great website -- highly recommended by Rootsweb, is Cyndi's List. There are links for all World-wide Genealogy topics here -- http://www.CyndisList.com ********************************************************* If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me personally. Please take into account that there are those who are new to genealogy and computers. Patience and friendly participation can bring results. Good luck & have fun! Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/eauclair.htm Listowner of WIEAUCLA

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E73B64D3ED4603093E2A988A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Joanne is researching these names in Eau Claire Co. If you have any information you would like to share with her, you can either send it to this list or email directly to Joanne at mailto:joanrohr@nelson-tel.net Anyone else want to talk about the surnames they are researching in Eau Claire Co. too? :~) -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net --------------E73B64D3ED4603093E2A988A Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <listadmin-bounces@rootsweb.com> Delivered-To: nsampson@spacestar.net Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by mail1.spacestar.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE9A3A8A3 for <nsampson@spacestar.net>; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 09:37:25 -0600 (CST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f02FbNP07476 for WIEAUCLA-admin@lists6.rootsweb.com; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 07:37:23 -0800 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 07:37:23 -0800 X-From_: joanrohr@nelson-tel.net Tue Jan 2 07:37:22 2001 Received: from newmail.rootsweb.com (newmail.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.103]) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f02FbM307456 for <WIEAUCLA-L@lists6.rootsweb.com>; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 07:37:22 -0800 Received: from forward.airstreamcomm.net (forward.airstreamcomm.net [64.33.128.12]) by newmail.rootsweb.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f02FbNY16992 for <WIEAUCLA-L@rootsweb.com>; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 07:37:23 -0800 Received: from joanrohr (dur-usr-harc1-cs-47.dial.airstreamcomm.net [64.33.145.135]) by forward.airstreamcomm.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA05828 for <WIEAUCLA-L@rootsweb.com>; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 09:37:21 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <005401c074e1$b6d12f80$87912140@joanrohr> From: "Joanne Rohrscheib" <joanrohr@nelson-tel.net> To: <WIEAUCLA-L@rootsweb.com> Old-Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 09:30:33 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list Subject: {not a subscriber} ROLL CALL X-Envelope-To: WIEAUCLA-L X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 The names that I am searching for in Eau Claire County are: BELDEN, SNOW, BARTLETT, NORRISH, WINTER and HOOVER Thank you Joanne Rohrscheib --------------E73B64D3ED4603093E2A988A--

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Wi/EauClaire/550 Surname: Musolf, Belden, Kluth ------------------------- Looking for relatives living in Eau Claire County. My g-grandfather, Herman Musolf famed in Augusta. His land was near East Lawn Cem. He was married to Martha Kluth who may have had an unmarried sister living in a small house on the same property. This woman may have also been the sister of Musolf. I am also looking for any "cousins" with the surname of Belden. Herman's daughter Elsie married Hugh Belden in Eau Claire. If you're out there please contact me. brenda@plazaearth.com

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Wi/EauClaire/549 Surname: Hubbard, Brown ------------------------- Am looking to locate descendants of Charles F. Hubbard (b. circa 1846), Watts W. Hubbard (b. circa 1848), or Sarah Hubbard (b. circa 1849). All were children of Harriet Brown and Warren Ozro Hubbard who lived Eau Claire Co. in mid-to-late 1800's. Have a wonderful collection of unidentified family photos, some of which I am quite certain are of Hubbards, since some were taken in Eau Claire Co. Would like to identify them and be able to share them with rightful descendants. Please contact me at bburt001@NYCAP.rr.com. Barbara Benware Burt

David or Daniel PHELPS (I have seen both spellings on different documents) was the county treasurer for PEPIN COUNTY. He was born about 1829 and Sarah L SMITH, his wife, was born about 1830. Dolly Jane Phelps, daughter, was born about 1859 and married Elisha Heman BELDEN 7 October 1877. The other children of David/Daniel and Sarah Smith Phelps were: Frederick, Mary and Cora Ettie. Frederick married Mary Belle READ and their children were Daisey, Frederick, David and Etta Bell PHELPS Mary Phelps married Swanti ERICKSON and Cora Ettie married Thomas FISHER. I would like to contact and correspond with any descendants of the PHELPS, FISHER, ERICKSON, SMITH OR READ lines. Helen

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Wi/EauClaire/548 Surname: stiff ------------------------- Looking for anyone familiar with the Stiff Surname.

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire/547 Surname: BANDOLI, ONSTAD, ONSTEAD ------------------------- I am looking for information on my grandparents. They were Marvin Sidney Bandoli and Hazel (Onstad?) Bandoli. I believe my father was born in Eau Claire County in 1921. Any information would be greatly appreciated as all my relatives are deceased..

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire/545 Surname: Bruden, Torgerson, Lund ------------------------- Hi Bruden seekers- Ole Olesen Bruden had several siblings including his sister Ronaug Olsdatter Bruden who was married to my great great grandfather Ever Torgerson. Here's a sample of my information - Iver Bruden's son Ole Iverson Bruden married Kari O. and they had 6 children - Tora O., Anne O., Ole O., Iver O., Marit O. and Ronaug O. I only have 4 children for Ole Olesen Bruden and Anne Skansen (Karine, Matia, Peder, Tobias)but my information says they had a big family. Are they the ones to survive to adulthood? I also have Tora Olsdatter Bruden marrying Ole Sevaldsen Lund and having 8 children - Sevald, Marit, KARI, Ann, Oleana, Toro, Ida and Severine. Then I have KARI Lund marrying Lars Stever and they had 6 children - Ingebret, Ellen, Martin, Tena, Odin, and LAURA Caroline Stever. LAURA Caroline Stever then married Louis Larson having Kenneth, Agnes, Margaret, Gertrude, Willard, Eleanor, Theressa and Russell. I have a charming autobiography of the Bruden family by Ever Torgerson from 1926 and a copy of the Lund family tree which is quite extensive. If you would like a copy of either let me know. Sorry this post is so long, I got a little excited seeing others researching this family! Would love to exchange any information you have!

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire/543 Surname: Barney, Quigley ------------------------- My family history indicates that a Patrick Barney left Monstream, Ireland about 1820 with his wife, who died at sea. Aboard that ship he met an Irish girl named Quigley who was enroute to take care of her widowed brothers children. Patrick Barney married Miss Quigley and had nine children of their own. I understand that they settled in Seymour (township?), as known Barney relatives live there. I am sorry that I have no additional information at this time. You can contact me at "kurt.vantassel@juno.com" if you have anything that I could use, or maybe I can give you what I have on the Barney side. Yours, Kurt.

Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire/541 Surname: Barney, Brusso ------------------------- Great great grandfather, Patrick Barney lived in Seymour township, Eau Claire County. Children that I know of are William P. (my great grandfather), born June 19, 1874, married Clara Brusso from Ludington; George, Martin and Michael. I understand that Michael is buried in Chippewa Falls. I know that the family is catholic. Michaels children who live/lived in Eau Claire area are Edmond J. Barney and Louis Barney. I haven't heard from Edmond since 1987. Any help is appreciated. Please contact me at "kurt.vantassel@juno.com" if you have any information.