Hi all, Just came back from EC & Madison. I found my ggg-gf's birthdate and that he was from Yorkshire England and his father-in-law's name was JOHN PHILLIPS, from Yorkshire. I also picked up some interesting local histories. One of which said my gg-gf Solomon Nalley, had his NEW house burn down in Ogle Co., IL. Sad! Any other tales? Laurie McRae Nelson [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7898/genindex.htm

More "Past Events" by Ed. Semisch, as taken from the 12 March 1942 edition of the Altoona Tribune: Pensioned Engineer Wm. Connell was born on Feb. 6, 1865 in the Town of Washington. Engineer Wm. Connell's last run was made on Northwestern limited passenger train No. 405 from Adams to Altoona on Thursday morning, July 1, 1937. Mr. Guy Green of Altoona and Miss Kate Smith of Elroy were married at Elroy on Wednesday evening, Feb. 24, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Beach arrived in Altoona on Sunday morning Feb. 24, 1918. A sixteen pound baby boy, Clayton, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Aaron on Monday morning, Feb. 23, 1914. Mrs. John Olseth was born Feb. 23, 1876, and Mrs. W. H. Russell was born on Feb. 23, 1888. Mrs. D. E. Neill was born on Thursday morning, Feb. 23, 1911. Head Brakeman Johnson was on an extra freight train from Itasca to Altoona with David Dahl as engineer on mike freight engine No. 395, when he fell off a box car in Bloomer, Wis. about 7 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, 1925. He was sent to St. Josephs hospital in Chippewa Falls where he died the same night. Mrs. Wm. Babington Sr. broke her hip on Thursday, March 8, 1928, while on her way to church. She was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire. ++++++++ Nance's musings for today: This world is getting much smaller, if you think about it. I was born in southern Wisconsin and at the age of 4 moved to Altoona, living on Daniels Ave. until I got married at the age of 20. I walked the length of Daniels (the east side of town) to school every morning and back home every afternoon of my 13 years of schooling at Altoona. After moving umpteen times while being married, I ended up in a small town in northern Wisconsin -- about 100 people. Last winter, we remodeled some of our house and had a guy come in to do the mudding/taping and texturing of the dry wall. Upon talking to him for the few days that he was here, I found out that his grandparents lived on Daniels Ave. in Altoona and I used to walk in front of their house on the way to school. That family is listed above in today's old news, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Green. Isn't it a small world?!? -- Nance

Hey, everybody, we're breaking open a new edition of the Altoona Tribune! Boy, for a small paper (8 pages in all) they sure knew how to pack the info in it about the townspeople! I hope you are enjoying some of these items. Taken from the Altoona Tribune, 12 March 1942: Past Events by Ed. Semisch E. W. Pond's grocery store, formerly located where Emanuel's store is now, burned about 9:20 Friday evening, Feb. 23, 1917. Merchandise saved from the burning building was placed in the building that is now Dyke's Garage. Later Mr. Pond purchased the Lancaster Grocerystore, now the Hilgert building where he remained until 1919. The Post Office, juest east of Pond's Grocery store, also burned on Friday night, Feb. 23, 1917. The Post Office was then moved to the Lancaster Barber Shop, now Cheney's Market. Miss Lettie Wilson was postmaster at the time of the fire, retiring on Sunday July 1, 1917. W. H. Howard followed Miss Wilson as postmaster. Herman J. Schilling, Sr. was injured in the Altoona roundhouse on Thursday p.m. March 3, 1938, which was his last day of work for the Omaha Railroad Co. He was born on July 4, 1870 in the town of Washington. Isreal (Skip) Sires died in Altoona on Sunday afternoon March 3, 1929. Funeral services were held in Eau Claire on Wednesday, March 6. Walter A. Scott, General Manager of the Omaha Railroad Co. in St. Paul, passed away on Tuesday morning, March 3, 1903. A. W. Trenholm filled the vacance left by Scott. John Sullivan's home located across from Miller's Tavern in the Town of Washington burned at 9 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 1917. James L. Wright of Altoona was born Feb. 5, 1885. The Omaha Railroad Co. built caboose No. 6067 in Hudson car shops in 1904. ++++++++++++++++++++ It looks like there's going to be lots more coming out of this paper too! Hope someone sees something useful to their family research! Have a great day everyone! -- Nance

Hi Folks, The following post was sent to me in regards to the question about Claylom Corners. Personally, I had never heard of this place, so I am finding this very interesting. +++++ I have studied the history of Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley and had never heard of Claylom Corners. However, I have a book that lists placenames, past and present, in the various Wisconsin counties. Lo and behold, there is a placename called Claloam which was located in Eau Claire County, but its exact location could not be identified. The names in this book, "Wisconsin, Its Counties, Townships & Villages," were taken from various sources including gazetteers, history books, atlases and plat maps. This name intrigues me as it obviously had its place in the history of Eau Claire County, and the next time I am at the Area Research Center at UW-EC I am going to investigate it further. I'll let you know if I find any information. Nancy [email protected] +++++ Has anyone else heard of this place in Eau Claire Co.? Sure would like to know where this is located! Thanks, Nancy, for your information! -- Nance

Here's the last of the "Local Items" in the 12 February 1942 edition of the Altoona Tribune: Mr. and Mrs. Art Kuhnert and daughter, Katherine, of Eau Claire were Sunday evening dinner guests at the home of Katherine's grandmother, Mrs. Amanda Connell, Daniels Ave. Mrs. Faith Basset and sons, formerly residing on Spooner Avenue, moved to Eau Claire last week. Henry and Julius Semisch, Garfield Ave., motored to St. Paul Sunday afternoon, returning Sunday evening. D. R. Howard accompanied them to St. Paul but returned by train. Card of Thanks: Miss Lois Isaacson recently turned over $10.00 to the Band Mothers' organization, which was received through the sale of Christmas cards in this city. In behalf of the Band Mothers' organization I wish to thank everyone who purchased their cards from her. Mrs. I. Isaacson, President of Band Mothers. Notice: A musical silver tea will be held at the Methodist Church Feb. 15 at 3 o'clock. The following will take part in the program: Mrs. W. R. Davies, Mrs. C. Hornbach, Mrs. L. T. Boortz, and Sylvester Gullickson, all of Eau Claire. Mrs. Major Martin will be in charge of the tea. Everyone is welcome. Mrs. B. V. Wold of Eau Claire entertained at a 6:30 dinner Monday evening, the guest of honor being Miss Josephine Olseth, Hayden Ave., this city. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Beach, Hayden Ave., this city and Norman Anderson of Eau Claire also were guests for the occasion. Herman Schilling, Division St., was taken to Luther Hospital in Eau Claire Thursday afternoon of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Henning, Division St., motored to Fond du Lac, Friday where Mr. Henning attended a meeting of the Democratic County chairmen of the state. Mrs. Alice Trumble of Minneapolsi is a guest of the John Beach home, Third St. East. Robert McKeeth, Division St., is convalescing at his home following an operation performed at the Luther hospital in Eau Claire recently. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moldenhauer and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Anderson of Eau Claire were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Steinke, Bartlett Ave., Sunday evening. Bernhardt Henning returned last Wednesday evening from San Francisco, Calif. He is visiting his father, R. Henning in this city and plans to visit his mother, who is now residing in Cornell, Wis. Mrs. A. C. Johnson, Garfield Ave., entertained her bridge club last Thursday evening. Lunch was served. A 6:30 dinner party was held at the C. Pearson home, Lynn Ave., Sunday evening in honor of Miss Margaret Burns, the occasion being her birthday anniversary. Guests who attended were Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Duganne, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hoercher, and Ernest Steuding, of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Allan Newton of Eau Claire. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kallis, Garfield Ave., visited Mrs. John Kallis in Fall Creek Sunday. ++++++++++++++ That's it for today's Old News. Hope someone found something of interest! -- Nance

More "Local Items" from the 12 February 1942 edition of the Altoona Tribune: George Rossmiller, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Konst and Mrs. Georgia Dithmar of Elroy visited Mr. and Mrs. K. Hoercher, Lynn Ave. and the former's wife, Mrs. Rossmiller, who is spending several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Hoercher, on Sunday. Mrs. Grace LaPage, Division St., spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Katherine Norton, in Minneapolis. Hinkley McKeeth, First St. West, accompanied Henry Semisch, D. R. Howard and Julius Semisch to St. Paul Sunday. Mrs. Art Nadler, Sr., Lynn Avenue spent several days last week with friends in St. Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Livermore and daughter, Rose Ann, Division St., plan to move into the Raymond house on Garfield Ave. the first of next week. Mrs. A. L. Johnson, who has been spending the winter months north of Augusta, returned to Altoona Saturday evening to spend the weekend with her daughter, Mrs. D. E. Neill, Division St. Miss Bette Bredesen, Bartlett Ave., has been ill at home for several days this week. She has been suffering from inflamation of the throat. Mrs. F. Bowman, Hayden Ave., was a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs. Victoria Wilson, in eau Claire, Wednesday. Miss Geneva Buchholz, Lynn Ave., left Sunday for Paso Robles, Calif. Mrs. E. A. Bates of Mankato, Minn., accompanied her. Miss Buchholz also plans to visit at several other cities int he west before she returns. Corp. Elmer Garber of Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill., was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on Feb. 3 (1942). Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Jones, Hayden Ave., were guests at the home of Prof. and Mrs. N. Olson in Augusta Monday evening. Wm. Ely, Daniels Ave., is now attending the Chippewa Falls Vocational school on Sundays, where he is taking up welding. The St. Mary's Sewing circle met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. P. Lelonek on Lynn Ave. A very tasty lunch was served in the late evening by the hostess. Mrs. E. A. Bredesen, Bartlett Ave., spent Tuesday evening visiting with friends in Greenwood, Wis. Ed. Semisch, author of Past Events in the Tribune, celebrated his fifty-sixth birthday on Friday, Feb. 6. He was born in the Town of Washington in 1886. First Class Private S(h)erwood Volkman returned to Scott Field, Ill., on the "400" last Saturday after enjoying a three week sick furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Volkman, Daniels Ave. Merlin and Clifford Harch of Chippewa Falls were dinner guests at the C. D. Walker home on Third St. East, Sunday eveing. +++++ Busy, busy people! And how is your day going? -- Nance

Nance, There is no mistaking that was a Fall Creek team. I could identify children and grandchildren of every surname there. Randall, Rau, Fenske, Erdman, Mehls would probably be relatives of my wife. I seems the basket ball genes were already well established even back in 1942. Maybe they weren't winning but they certainly were playing ball! The water must have been brought in that season. Good morning Nance. I am in the throws of one of the busiest weeks this school year and there looks to be no releaf in sight. I have an incredible case going with a student and the parents and a baby ready to come into the world. It is going to be all I focus on for a while. I will keep in touch. Sincerely, Jim Tellstrom > >And for those of you who remember the good old rivalry days between Fall >Creek and Altoona: > >Locals beat Crickets again, score 45 to 25 > >The Altoona high school baskbetball team defeated the Fall Creek team >last Friday by a score of 45 to 25 at Fall Creek. The Railroaders' 12th >straight victory was won over the Crickets with no great threat at any >time. Vindal was high point man for the locals with 12 points and >Radawitz with 11. Connell of Fall Creek had 9 points. > >Altoona also won two preliminaries with the 7th and 8th grades defeating >two B squads each taking part. > >Members of the Altoona team were: Radawitz, Pettis, Vindal, Fischer, >Thompson, Woodington, Decker, Fenner, Thurston and Underwood. > >The Fall Creek team included these: Randall, Jungerberg, Rau, Lang, >Fenske, Erdman, Connell, Mehls and Volbrecht. > >(Sorry, no first names given in this article) > >+++++++++++++ > >Have a great day everyone! > >-- >Nance > >-------------------------------- ,` \`-----'.. THE TELLSTROM FAMILY ,\ .~ ` - . ,' o |__ 527 S. OXFORD AVE. _| (#) _\ '`~-. ,' STURGEON BAY, WISC. 54235 ,\ ,.-~-.' -., .'--~` / / } ` -..,/ / ,'___ :/ \ (920) - 743 -6955 /'`-.| `'-..'........ \ ; \ )-....| | ' ---...........-' ,' ', ,...... ,' ' ,/ `, ,' \ ,.- ' _________ ', ',-~'` ; |-------| | ; /__ / Hunny \ / /__ ) \ / '-. )----~' \_______/ ' - .......-`

Lots of people got out and voted yesterday. There were some places in Wisconsin that had an 80% eligible voter turnout! Did you vote? Today's Old Railroad News is from the column, "RailWays, The Railway Workers Section of the Altoona Tribune," dated 12 February 1942: Railroads are entitled to an increase in rates because they are pioneers in the field of transportation and spent huge sums of money putting their roads through new countries. They are legally bound as common carriers to maintain transportation facilities to serve the Public whether or not the result is profitable. Inroads by truck, waterway and pipeline supported directly or indirectly by expenditure of public funds have caused losses of much of the traffic they once handled. In case of storm they repair the damage done and are always the first ones through regardless of the cost. In a national emergency an efficient system of railroads is essential to national security. All of these things should make you proud to be part of an industry of this kind and you should give your employers a boost whenever you can. Attention, you B. of R. T. members. If you wish to donate to the Iron Eagle please do so before Feb. 25th. Your Local Treasurer tells me that this is the date set to send in all donations to Cleveland. Those who donated this week are Conductor Lee Haas, Yard Foreman R. H. Buchholtz, Geo. J. Fehranbach, Conductor H. H. Harms and Brakeman Chas. L. Coss. The total now is $17.00 And for those of you who remember the good old rivalry days between Fall Creek and Altoona: Locals beat Crickets again, score 45 to 25 The Altoona high school baskbetball team defeated the Fall Creek team last Friday by a score of 45 to 25 at Fall Creek. The Railroaders' 12th straight victory was won over the Crickets with no great threat at any time. Vindal was high point man for the locals with 12 points and Radawitz with 11. Connell of Fall Creek had 9 points. Altoona also won two preliminaries with the 7th and 8th grades defeating two B squads each taking part. Members of the Altoona team were: Radawitz, Pettis, Vindal, Fischer, Thompson, Woodington, Decker, Fenner, Thurston and Underwood. The Fall Creek team included these: Randall, Jungerberg, Rau, Lang, Fenske, Erdman, Connell, Mehls and Volbrecht. (Sorry, no first names given in this article) +++++++++++++ Have a great day everyone! -- Nance

At 09:00 AM 11-3-98 -0600, you wrote: >Brad Babcock wrote: > >> I too was in the Augusta/Fairchild area this summer, but didn't have as >> much time as I would have liked to really do some hunting. We did visit >> some cemeteries in the area, but not Thompson Valley. Could you let me >> know if there are any KNUTH or LAMBRECHT/LAMPRECHT surnames in there? > >I checked the index of the Thompson Valley Cemetery...sorry, no Knuth's or >Lamb(p)recht's. Wish I could have been more helpful to you. No problem. It was kind of a stretch anyways. When I was there, we didn't find much in the outlying cemeteries either. My family was mostly buried in the Augusta cemeteries (East Lawn & West Lawn). >Did you enjoy >your visit in Augusta? It's a nice little town -- I spent many of my >childhood summer days there! As they say, it's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. I live in the suburbs of a major city (Vancouver, BC) and find the small town atmosphere very alien to what I'm used to. It's a nice little town though. >BTW, what time period are they from? The KNUTHs settled there around 1868 after the civil war and some still live in the area. It was the KNUTH family reunion that I was visiting for. The LAMBRECHTs arrived directly from Prussia in 1871, settling in the same area. I'm not sure if there are still any LAMBRECHTs which are related to me living in the area. I am aware of some with the same surname, but haven't looked for any relationship yet. Oh, btw, I have a few obituaries of KNUTHs that lived in the area. However, I don't know the source or exact date of publication yet. When I find that out, I'll submit them for the website. There's one from 1913, and the rest range from about 1942 to the 1970s or so. I need to contact my cousin in Fairchild for the info as she only supplied me with the text of the obituaries. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Brad Babcock [email protected] Researching: KNUTH, LAMBRECHT, WEGNER, LU"TKE in Wirsitz, Posen TOMKE, NEMITZ, JACOBS in Pommerania ----------------------------------------------------------------

This message was sent to me and I am passing it on to the list. Has anyone ever heard of this place? I grew up hearing stories about Eau Claire, Chippawa Falls and Claylom Corners (SP?) where my grandfather grew up. Anyone have info on Claylom Corners general store cr. 1900? My ancestors were the Batchelder, Gill, Libby, Miller, Hartung group and my grandfather Cecil B. Gill, Capt., USN, class of 1925 at the Naval Academy. I feel an attachment to Eau Claire even though I have never been there! Would love to visit sometime and enjoy your e-mail. Thanks J. Tucker mailto:[email protected] Can anyone answer this? I have to admit, I've never heard of it before. Help! -- Nance

Just a little more from the "Local Items" of the 5 March 1942 edition of the Altoona Tribune: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Seigel are now residing at 652 Galloway Street in Eau Claire. Mr. Seigel moved from Altoona on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ensign and daughters and Mrs. Elmer Gilbert and daughter, alice Mae of Glidden, Wisconsin spent the weekend at the homes of Mrs. Marie Thurston, Hayden Ave., and Mr. and Mrs. D. Jarosch, Lynn Ave. Mrs. Hans Beggerow and daughters, Arlene and Charlotte, of Menomonie were Saturday guests at the Art Nadler home on Lynn Ave. Miss Eleanor Thurston, Garfield Ave., attended the Eau Claire State Teachers college and La Crosse basketball game in La Crosse last week. Miss Mary Stahl, who is teaching in Elmwood, spent the weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stahl, Garfield Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Myrte Board and son, Beryl, of St. Paul were weekend guests at the W. Hartwell home, Garfield Ave. They also attended the Elk Mound-Altoona basketball game at the Eau Claire high school gymnasium while here. Beryl was a former member of the Altoona squad last fall. Bud Lelonek, in active duty in the U. S. Navy on the Paducah, arrived in this city on the "400" Sunday to visit his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Connell, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Olseth, and Mrs. Marie Decker and family, before going to Duluth to visit his parents. And from the "Dynamite" column: The state or some other highway department has very graciously placed an "Altoona" sign on (Hwy.) 53 at the turn off in Eau Claire. It is not a big sign but it at least answers the suggestion made some time ago that such a sign should be placed there. Now it will not matter how dark the night is for those who want to turn off on Altoona street in Eau Claire to make the turn for Altoona -- the sign will let you know that you are ready for the turn regardless of how many blinding lights you have to face looking for the place to turn left. ++++++++++++++ Hey! It's Election Day! Everybody get out there and do you civic duty and Vote! It's important! -- Nance

In answer to a previous post about the HEHL family being connected to the SCHLEWITZ family, I found a gedcom file posted May 1997 on www.ancestry.com. In summary: Ludwig GROHN m. Emma KAATZ ...Otto GROHN m1. Ida Gonitzke, m2. Adelia Weiss ......m1. Lawrence GROHN m. Hilda HEHL ......m2. Lucille GROHN m. Karl HEHL ...Martha GROHN m. William ROESLER Jim sent me church records from St. James Lutheran, Fall Creek, that indicated that William ROESLER was the son of Julius ROESLER and Emilie SCHLEWITZ. This indicates that the SCHLEWITZ family and HEHL family are connected through marriages with the GROHN family. I don't know if this is the only connection. -michelle ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Just a note to let you all know, I went out this summer and indexed the Thompson Valley cemetery, which is located south east of Augusta on what used to be Hwy 27 (now it's Co. Rd. R). If anyone needs a lookup in that cemetery, please feel free to ask! -- Nance

Hi Susan, I tried sending this out right after you wrote, but for some reason it hasn't shown up yet -- but since the "Old News" for today has made it through, I am sending another copy of your question and my answer out again to see if it makes it. Sorry if you get doubles on this one! Yes, Susan, Lakeview has been transcribed and indexed as of 1993. Let me know if you need a lookup -- names and approximate dates, etc. -- Nance Susan Budensiek wrote: > Hi Nance, > Pertaining to the list you have of EC cemeteries that have been > transcribed---has Lakeview up on the west side been done? My Solbergs are > buried there, as are my parents. Mom and Dad were just buried there last > spring but the Solbergs are in the old section. > Thanks > Susan

Hey! I'm back! This weekend went as smoothly as we had hoped for. Got most of the siding on and the bridal shower was really nice. But, I'm tired! So I took a few days off (besides, I couldn't get to my computer early in the morning -- my son sleeps in this room when he's home!) Anyway, on with the Old News... More Local Items from 5 March 1942 of the Altoona Tribune: Mrs. Stanley Ives, Garfield Ave., left Sunday to visit her niece, Mrs. Eick in Menomonie. Henry Semisch, Miss Anna Semisch, and Mr. and Mrs. John Seigel, Garfield Ave., motored to Eau Claire Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Seigel's daughter Mrs. Helen Just, who returned to her home in St. Paul on the 401 after visiting here for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Harris and family and Clarence Burchell of Humbird were Sunday guests at the R. H. Buchholz home, Lynn Ave. Mrs. Ted Hamann of St. Paul arrived last Wednesday morning to visit at the homes of her sisters, Mrs. Paul Walters, Garfield Ave., and Miss Bertha Brown, Bartlett Ave. Mrs. Helen Proulx of Chippewa Falls spent the weekend at the D. E. Neill home, Division St. Dr. E. Nelson of Ladysmith was also a Saturday evening dinner guest at the Neill home. Gary Neill, Division St., spent the past week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Johnson in Augusta, returning home Tuesday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Neill. Mrs. Johnson also returned with them to spend the week in this city. Mrs. B. L. Jones, Hayden Ave., left Monday evening to spend the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Olson in Arkdale, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Art Henning and family, Division St., motored to Merrillan Saturday evening. They attended a family reunion in that city on Sunday, before Mrs. Henning's brother, Bob Gile, leaves for actvie duty in the Marines. Gile plans to leave today, Thursday. ++++++++++++++++ More to come tomorrow! -- Nance

Laurie Nelson wrote: > Hi Gary, > > Right next to Rest Haven, to the south, is the Calvary Cemetery. I'm not > sure how old it is but if you strike out at one maybe you will find him in > the other. > > Happy Hunting! > Laurie > [email protected] > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7898.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Donaldson <[email protected]> > > > > >I have a page from a 1910 plat map of Eau Claire that has a cemetery > >marked in the Town of Washington, at the northwest corner of section 35. > > Hi Folks, Gee, it's good to see you all on the list! I have some information that I hope will help you all. Both cemeteries that were mentioned by Susan (Rest Haven Gardens) and Laurie (Calvary) are in the area that you are interested in, Gary. Rest Haven is a fairly new cemetery. It is located on Hwy 53 at the junction of I-94 (just beyond the "Chicago" exit.) My father is buried there and all the stones in that cemetery are the flat stones, which indicates to me that it is a new cemetery. There are alot of Altoona people buried there. Unfortunately, it has not been indexed or transcribed. Calvary is also reasonably new, and is located next to Hwy. 53, closer to the Hamilton Ave. area. There is a mausoleum there and many of the stones are flat, as with Rest Haven Gardens. This cemetery, too, has not been indexed or transcribed. But there is another cemetery right next to Calvary that IS old! It's called Oak Grove and is often thought to be a part of Calvary cemetery. It is also very close to the Hamilton Ave. area and just up the road from Robbins School. This one has not been indexed, but is in the process of being transcribed. I have been in contact with someone from the GRS of Eau Claire who will do some lookups. Please give me a little more info on Nathan and I will pass it on to her and see if she can find something. Also, I have a list here of the cemeteries in Eau Claire Co. that have been indexed/transcribed, so if anyone has questions, please feel free to ask and I will tell you if the cemetery you are looking for has been worked on. I hope this helps. -- Nance

Hi Gary, Right next to Rest Haven, to the south, is the Calvary Cemetery. I'm not sure how old it is but if you strike out at one maybe you will find him in the other. Happy Hunting! Laurie [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7898.htm -----Original Message----- From: Gary Donaldson <[email protected]> > >I have a page from a 1910 plat map of Eau Claire that has a cemetery >marked in the Town of Washington, at the northwest corner of section 35.

Hi Gary, That sounds like Rest Haven Gardens where some of my dad's family are buried. I'm not aware of an index and yes it is still there. You might try the genealy helplist and see if someone lives close enough and will go look at the sexton's records for you or you could try writing to the sexton/caretaker yourself. Susan -----Original Message----- From: Gary Donaldson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 2:13 AM Subject: [WIEAUCLA-L] Old Cemetery ? > >I have a page from a 1910 plat map of Eau Claire that has a cemetery >marked in the Town of Washington, at the northwest corner of section 35. >This appears to be where the junction of Oakwood Hills Parkway and East >Hamilton Avenue is. It's also very near where I94 passes. Can anyone >identify this cemetery for me? Is it still there? Has it been indexed? >I'm looking for Nathan Donaldson buried in about 1880-1900. He worked on >the Hobbs farm nearby and his son Archibald owned land in the next >section. > >Thanks, > >Gary Donaldson > > >==== WIEAUCLA Mailing List ==== >Eau Claire Co. WI Genealogy and History! >http://users.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/eauclair.htm > >

I have a page from a 1910 plat map of Eau Claire that has a cemetery marked in the Town of Washington, at the northwest corner of section 35. This appears to be where the junction of Oakwood Hills Parkway and East Hamilton Avenue is. It's also very near where I94 passes. Can anyone identify this cemetery for me? Is it still there? Has it been indexed? I'm looking for Nathan Donaldson buried in about 1880-1900. He worked on the Hobbs farm nearby and his son Archibald owned land in the next section. Thanks, Gary Donaldson

Hi Folks, It's been a busy few days at the Sampson house and I'm still trying to catch up on things. But in scanning through today's newspaper, I found this article (yes, truly, NEW NEWS!) and thought you, as genealogists, might be interested in it also. Please understand, I am not endorsing either of these candidates (I don't live in Eau Claire Co.), but found their ideas interesting. What do you think? +++++++++ Computerization Key to Register Of Deeds Contest Candidates for register of deeds are focused on leading the office into the technological age of the 21st century. Democratic incumbent Beverly Halvorson said one of her major accomplishments as the current register of deeds is computerizing the land records office. Other offices within the courthouse and outside businesses easily can access the land records by computer modem for a fee, Halvorson said. "I have 15 years of experience and a reputation for fast, efficient service in a friendly atmosphere," Halvorson said. However, Republican challenger Monte Lokken said the register of deeds office is not computerized, and his main concern if he is elected would be to install a computer system. "The register of deeds office needs to enter the 21st century with a high-technology system such as I propose to facilitate the most effective and efficient management system and service to the people of Eau Claire County," Lokken said. Halvorson said voters should choose her again because the office has been running well under her direction for 15 years. "The staff works as a team, and I am part of that team," Halvorson said. "You can't fix what isn't broken." Lokken said he is committed to build the register of deeds office as a "people's office." "All citizens can walk in at any time and receive the information or assistance they need, or we will help them find the right person to assist them if we cannot," Lokken said. "People will find the register of deeds office friendly and accommodating." ++++++++++++ Wouldn't it be great if the vital records became computerized and we could walk in and just enter a name and get all of their info? Wow! Am I dreaming or will this someday really be a possibility? -- Nance