This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMunns7272 Surnames: Rawlinson, Wallace, Barnett Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.lacrosse/2292/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 785 - 786. City of La Crosse JOSEPH E. RAWLINSON, contractor and builder, has been a resident of La Crosse since the spring of 1860. From that time till 1870, he was in partnership with his brother, William Rawlinson, firm of Rawlinson Brothers; from 1870 to 1876, was in partnership with David Wallace, firm of Wallace & Rawlinson, and since that has been doing business alone; was in company with his brother in building the La Crosse Opera House and several other prominent buildings. In company with Wallace, he built the schoolhouses of the Third and Fifth Wards, and since he was in business alone, built the gas works, the pump house for the City Water Works, and superintended the brick work of the new post office building. He was born in Cheshire Co., England, in 1840; son of James Rawlinson; came to America with his parents in 1849; learned the bricklayer's and plasterer's trade in Jersey City. He was married Dec. 14, 1868, in La Crosse, to Lottie Barnett, a native of Brighton, England, and daughter of! William Dowling Barnett. They have three children - Mamie, James and Mattie. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.