This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/263.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Charlotte Robinson was christened on 23 May 1784 in Leintwardine, Herefordshire. She was born in Adforton a small village nearby which did not have its own church. She was buried 20 Nov 1863 in Leintwardine She was the second child of William Robinson and Elizabeth Weaver. They were married 1 Jan 1779. Elizabeth Weaver was the daughter ofJohn and Susan Weaver.Susan Weaver was buried in Leintwardine 26 Jan 1808 at the age of 89.John Weaver was christened 1 Feb 1725 and buried 17 Jul 1757. His parents were Edward and Mary Weaver. Diane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Robinson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/263.1.1 Message Board Post: Does you Thomas Jones information contain any information about his mother Charlotte Robinson? Nedra

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/341.1 Message Board Post: My g-grandmother Phebe Lorinda Robinson was the sister of Ida Robinson Hersey. Do you have any informoration on Ida or her parents? I have several photos of Ida Robinson Hersey and would be willing to share them with you. Also they had another sister who married a John Westbee, do you have any information on them? Nedra Bennett

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BORUD, JENSEN, McCLYMAN, RILEY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/581 Message Board Post: From the Adams County Times and Friendship Reporter, Wed. July 31, 2002, Page 11B Not the complete obit due to copyright restrictions Carl BORUD, 85, of Wisconsin Dells, died July 22, 2002 at his home. Carl was born Sept. 21, 1916 in Foster, Wisconsin, to John and Anna (JENSEN) BORUD. He married Thelma McCLYMAN in May of 1949 at Oxford. Survivors include his wife; three sons, 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Alice RILEY; and a daughter-in-law, Carolyn. Funeral services were held July 27, 2002 at the Oxford Bible Church, Oxford WI, with Rev. Donald Wedel officiating. Burial was in the Lakeview cemetery, Adams county.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COLBURN, SANDOW Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/580 Message Board Post: From the Adams County Times and Friendship Reporter, Wed. July 31, 2002, Page 11B Not the complete obit due to copyright restrictions Royal O. COLBURN, age 80, of Oxford, died July 27, 2002 at his home at Goose Lake. Royal was born April 23, 1922 in Portage, and he married Lola A. SANDOW on May 2, 1943. She preceded him in death in 1979. Royal was a WWII Veteran. Survivors include four children, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral services were held at Westfield Saturday Aug. 3, at the Steinhaus-Holly Funeral Home, Rev. David Totzky officiating. Burial was in Westfield East cemetery.

Joanie Ingraham's posting is correct. If you wish to locate places directly a good site is www.jewishgen.org/shtetlseeker/ . It is especially good for locating small villages not on the available maps. You need an approximate idea where a village might be. A first step is to obtain the coordinates of a nearby larger village or city. Using GPS the site also provides you with a map. German place names have been changed to Polish, but many north Posen locations still retained their Polish name at the time our ancestors left. For example, Kolmar County was still Kr. Chodziesen until the railroad came through. Most Posen ancestors were gone by then. Chrustowo, an ancestry location found on the LDS microfilms, was Chrustowo in the 1830s. You have to pick the right one out of 7 possibilities, obviously the one in the Usch/Chodziesen kirchenkreis.

Sending inquiries on place names in Prussia to the Posen List is a very good way to find answers. James Birkholz, the list administrator and many other active researchers throughout the world often offer much clarity on place names as they existed and as they have been changed as well as insight into the area and / or town or village. Questions can be directed to Posen-L@rootsweb.com or visit the web site at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/1311/PosenLEntryPg.html Joanie Ingraham P.S. The people on this list are familiar with East and West Prussian place names, but the majority of immigrants to the Marquette, Adams, Green Lake and Waushara area came out of the Posen Province of Prussia. Another good resource is Brian Podoll's book, "Prussian Netzelanders and Other German Immigrants in Green Lake, Marquette & Waushara Counties, Wisconsin."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FOOTE, JUNGENBERG, MITCHELL, ROBINSON, SCHERFF, SCHIELKE, SMITH, ZINKE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/579 Message Board Post: From the Tribune [Montello, Marquette Co. WI], May 26, 1988 (posted with permission from the Marquette Co Tribune, places of residence of survivors omitted) Arnold William SMITH, age 87, of Oxford, WI, died Thursday May 19, 1988 at Montello. He was born Nov. 28, 1900 in the township of Oxford, Marquette Co., Wisconsin, the son of Adam and Marie (SCHIELKE) SMITH. He was a retired meat packer having worked for Armour Meat Packing Company and Hoye Meat Packing Company of Milwaukee. He was a member of the Oxford Presbyterian church, and Masonic Lodge #91 of Oxford, and the Eastern Star Chapter #205 of Oxford. He was married to Edith E. FOOTE September 7, 1929. He is survived by his wife, Edith, of Oxford; one son-in-law, Phillip SCHERFF; on grandson; two brothers, Earl (Anna May) and Harold (Mildred); four sisters, Lorella ROBINSON, Marguerite ZINKE, Lona (Steward) MITCHELL, and Mildred JUNGENBERG; one sister-in-law, Myrtle SMITH; and other relatives and friends. He was pre-deceased by his parents; one daughter, Ann Marie SCHERFF, in 1985; one brother, Howard; and one sister, Helen. Funeral services were held Monday, May 23 at the Oxford Presbyterian church, with Rev. Carol Hermann officiating. Burial of cremains will be at the Oxford cemetery at a later date. Steinhaus Funeral Home of Westfield, Wisconsin assisted the family. *Note: I am not a relative and have no further information on these families.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hoeft/Hilmanofski Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/120.2 Message Board Post: I am looking for Augusta Hoeft, who married a Hilmanofski and lived in Wisconsin. This is my Grandmother's, Great Grandmother.

I had a request for help from a researcher recently and thought the following might also be of interest to those on this mailing list: The University of Wisconsin has on their website a fully scanned copy of Atlas des Deutschen Reichs [Atlas of the German Empire] by Ludwig Ravenstein (Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1883) <http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/#Overview>. It is a good resource, but be forewarned, the pages seem to load very slowly. Another site that may be of value to you, in your searches for Prussian and German place names, is Kartenmeister (www.kartenmeister.com) a database of Prussian place names (including both German and Polish place names). There is also a resource on the Marquette County pages for those who are somewhat new to Prussian genealogy, written by Daryl Weishaar and myself: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/prusinfo.html We do not claim to know everything there is to know about German genealogy but have tried to produce a brief "Prussia 101" overview to help you in your search. At the end of the article a number of helpful resources are listed to assist you in learning more about Prussian history and geography. Joan Coordinator Adams Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm and Marquette Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm "Remember me in the family tree -- my name, my days, my strife; Then I'll ride upon the wings of time and live an endless life." (Goetsch)

Hello All, The Marquette County pages have some new additions: *Added a list of the Marquette County officials in 1876 to the newspaper articles section found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/marqnews.html *Updated the Marquette County Historical Society's webpage listing their membership information, research policy, etc. at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/mchsbooks.html *Updated the Place Names and Post Office History Files with thanks to NEW CONTRIBUTOR Gary Wick (Princeton Historical Society) and CONTRIBUTOR Daryl Weishaar. These updates can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/marqplaces.html *Added a letter written home to England in 1849 by William Scholes (of the Potter's Emigration Society) at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/scholesltr.html sent by William's descendant and CONTRIBUTOR Harold Henderson. Thank You to our CONTRIBUTORS!! Joan Coordinator Adams Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm and Marquette Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ACHILLES CROWELL BOWDEN SMART SOULE Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/578 Message Board Post: Gone to the Great Beyond A. C. Achilles, one of the most respected and honored residents of the town of Almond, passed away at his home Saturday, Jan. 12, 1902. His illness commenced about two weeks before his death with cold and pleurisy, which later developed into pneumonia. Born in Potton, Canada, May 30, 1824, he became the husband of Drusilla Traver in 1849, and removed to Wisconsin in 1852, settling on the farm in Almond, where he has continually resided since, and where his death occurred. His wife passed away May 5, 1894. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Achilles numbered eight, three dying in infancy. Two daughters, Miss Ella and Mrs. Hannah L. Bowden, and a son, Ezra Achilles, also preceded their father. The children remaining are Mrs. Emma J. Soule, of the town of Almond, and Mrs. Almina E. Smart, of this place [Princeton]. Mrs. Soule, who lives on the old homestead, and Mrs. Smart gave him loving care during his last illness. He was conscious to the last and ready and willing to enter! the Great Beyond. When a young man he united with the Methodist church and in that faith lived and died. He became a member of the Masonic fraternity at Plover, Wisconsin, and afterward transferred his membership to Plainfield Lodge. Mr. Achilles possessed great kindliness of heart and was conscientious to a degree, being one of the few who never made an enemy, and will be greatly missed, especially among the residents on the Portage road. The funeral occurred Sunday, many of the friends and the Masons of Plainfield going to the house at one o'clock and escorting the remains to the Almond M. E. Church, where Rev. Coffeen preached an excellent sermon, and the Masons conducted the beautiful ritualistic ceremony at the grave. ---------------------------- Alvaro C. Achilles died Saturday January 11, 1902 in the 78th year of his age. Mr. Achilles was born in Canada East, in May, 1924, his parents being citizens of the United States, his grandfather having been a soldier under our flag in the Revolutionary war. The years of his childhood and early manhood were spent in Canada where he married. In 1851 he went to California, going around Cape Horn. After a year or two spent in the mines he returned home via the isthmus, and in 1855 moved to Wisconsin and settled upon the farm upon which he continued to live until death called him. He was the father of eight children, three of whom died in childhood. His wife and son, Ezra C. and daughters, Ella L. and Mrs. Geo. G. Crowell, died in recent years so that he is survived by only two daughters, Mrs. H.A. Soule of Almond and Mrs. J.M. Smart of Plainfield. Mr. Achilles was a man of sterling integrity, honest, loyal and true in all the walks of life and his wise counsel and sound advic! e will be sadly missed by relatives and friends alike. He was buried Sunday afternoon from the M. E. Church by the Plainfield Masonic lodge of which he had long been a member, Rev. D. B. Coffen preaching the funeral sermon. The pallbearers were his neighbors and friends: H. G. Smith, A. D. Rogers, Joseph Springer, and C. D. Wood. ---------------------------- I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY THE DATES OF THESE OBITS, BUT I HAVE THE ORIGINAL CLIPPINGS. THE DATES IN THE ARTICLES ARE PROBABLY GOOD ENOUGH. I AM RELATED TO THIS FAMILY THROUGH THE SMARTs. CONTACT ME IF YOU ARE RELATED TOO. THANKS! John Ribar john@ribar.org

I am forwarding this request from Pam with her permission. Thought some of you readers may be able to do better than I was able to do. If you have photos from an older relative who is still living, please have them or help them write names on the photos so they are useful to the next generations. Joanie Ingraham From: "Visions Of Beauty by Pam" <visionsofbeauty@attbi.com> To: <country@maqs.net> Subject: hello Date: Mon, Jul 22, 2002, 2:32 PM I am wondering if you might be able to put a link on you site , I have received over 65 old photos of people and places who were from Marquette,Fond du Lac, and areas. They belonged to my Grandmother,Dorothy Powers-Walsh who was born in Fond du Lac, and my Grandfather,Victor J. Walsh born in Marquette. The photos need to be Identified. Please visit the URL below to view them, I have also added the ones which have been already identified. Thanks, Pam http://imageevent.com/the_ties_that_bind/walshpowersalbum

Deborah I have to say that the early plat maps - circa 1900 show the roads as they existed at that time, but I have never thought about the road builders. I know there was a distinction from early on between state roads and local roads. And funding, even way back then was provided by the state (or split between state and county) for the state roads and county and local municipalities and townships were responsible for their roads. If you find an answer, please publish it on the list. I would be interested and I'm sure others would be too. Joanie Ingraham ---------- >From: Slager Family <slager@essex1.com> >To: WIMARQUE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: historical documents of early roads & building crews? >Date: Mon, Jul 22, 2002, 3:10 PM > > Is there any documentation on early roads and the crews who built them > in Marquette County? In 1888 my German immigrant great-grandfather, > Emil Klawitter is thought to have been employed as one of the original > builders. It is also possible that his older brother Albert was also > employed as a road builder shortly after that year. Were the roads > authorized or paid for by the Federal or State government or were they > established on a county or township basis? Emil came to live first in > Mecan and after marrying, moved to Montello. > > Deborah (Klawitter) Slager > Polo, IL > slager@essex1.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Is there any documentation on early roads and the crews who built them in Marquette County? In 1888 my German immigrant great-grandfather, Emil Klawitter is thought to have been employed as one of the original builders. It is also possible that his older brother Albert was also employed as a road builder shortly after that year. Were the roads authorized or paid for by the Federal or State government or were they established on a county or township basis? Emil came to live first in Mecan and after marrying, moved to Montello. Deborah (Klawitter) Slager Polo, IL slager@essex1.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHOLES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/573.1 Message Board Post: According to Fran Sprain, curator of the Marquette County Historical Society, several articles on the Potter's Emigration Society were written and published in the Marquette Co. Tribune circa 1984 and 1994. Fran stopped writing for the Marquette Tribune circa 1996, but has published many of her articles about Marquette County people, places and events in a series of three books. The referenced articles about the Potter's Society can be found in Fran Sprain's Places and Faces in Marquette County, Wis., Vol. I and Vol. III. Volume III is still available for sale through the Marquette Co. Historical Society. More information about the MCHS and resources available for sale can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/mchsbooks.html There is also a ship's list available http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/marmion.html that lists some of the members of this mutual-aid society of emigrants (aka the Twig Colony) who arrived in Wisconsin in 1849, contributed by a Sholes descendant. I hope this helps the requestor and others interested in this group of emigrants. Joan Marquette Co. WiGenWeb Site Coordinator

There is a great picture of an Endeavor School on the following web site. Thought some of you may want to take a peek. Joanie Ingraham Dear List Administrator, Please post the following to your Wisconsin County Rootsweb mailing list. ________________________________________________________ Thanks to a generous contributor, 2 new vintage school photos have been added to my website, "A Wisconsin Heritage", at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sbosmans/index.html The schools added are: County: Clark County School Identifier: Abbotsford Vintage: Circa 1921 Photo description: classroom photo Notes: Student identified is Ethel PHANEUF. County: Marquette County School Identifier: Endeavor Vintage: Circa 1914 Photo description: students standing outside the school Notes: Students identified are Leslie, Russ, Charles and Ted PARROTT. The above photos join other vintage school photos already on the site, such as: County: Grant County School Identifier: Marion, District #5 Vintage: Circa 1902 Photo description: Students outside the school Notes: Identified student is Edna Emelia BAEHR. County: Langlade County School Identifier: Ormsby Vintage: Circa 1908 Photo description: teacher and students standing outside the school Notes: Photo is from a postcard sent to J. DURLIEN in Ashland, Oregon from Mamie J. County: Monroe County School Identifier: White Pine School Vintage: Circa 1900 Photo description: Students standing outside the school County: Rock County School Identifier: Orfordville Township Vintage: Circa 1908/1909 Photo description: Teacher and students standing outside the school Notes: Students identified are Mabel and Sophia SYNSTEGARD. County: Walworth County School Identifier: Delavan Vintage: Circa 1914/1915 Photo description: Teacher and students outside the school Notes: A student identified is Aimee WILLIAMS, teacher is identified as Ethel HAEGEMAN. County: Walworth County School Identifier: Delavan Vintage: Circa 1918 Notes: Students identified - Robert CAVANAUGH, Alta WILLIAMS FREDERICKSON,Dorothy GRANT VIVA, Clarence CARLSON, Carl RAMSAY, Henry FRAUTCHI, Gertrude GANT KOCH, Lawrence WILLIAMS, June LANTZ CHURCHILL, Viola BASHAW DISHMAKER, Walter KROPP, Grace LONGMORE PROCTOR and Leo WILLIAMS. If you have any Wisconsin Schools photos you would like to see posted on the website, please contact me at: sbosmans@wi.rr.com If you can identify any other students or teachers in these photos, or if you can share any history of these schools, please contact me at the above email address. Enjoy! Shari

Hello Marquette Researchers, There have been some updates in the past few weeks to your Marquette Co. WI site: NEW CONTRIBUTOR Jann Swanson sent a transcription of the 1870 Douglas Twp (Post Office Midland) census. Updated the breakroom page with a poem in honor of old soldiers and a summer recipe. Added three recently taken photos of scenic points of interest in Westfield to the photo album page. Two new 1876 newspaper articles, the school reports for Montello in May and June 1876 have been added to the newspaper articles section. Added a Business Directory of the advertisers from an issue of the Montello Sun, in May 1876. Thanks to CONTRIBUTOR Dan Nickolie for providing the photocopied article. The new additions are always listed at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/whatsnewm.html . A big Thank You from all of us to the contributors who are helping to build our site! Happy Summer, Everyone... Joan Coordinator Adams Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm and Marquette Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm

Dear List Members, Someone recently asked "I sent you my new email address. What do I need to do to change my mailing address with the newsletter?" You will need to unsubscribe and re-subscribe if you change e-mail addy's, by sending an e-mail to WIMARQUE-L-request@rootsweb.com *from your old e-mail address*. Put "unsubscribe" in the subject line and in the body of the message. In a few minutes you should receive a confirmation response from the mailing list auto-responder. Then re-subscribe from your *new e-mail account* by sending another message to WIMARQUE-L-request@rootsweb.com with only the word subscribe in the subject line and body of the message. Another confirmation message will arrive in a few minutes confirming you are now a subscriber to the mailing list. If you have further questions, feel free to contact me and I will try to help. Joan Coordinator Adams Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm and Marquette Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/381.1.2 Message Board Post: According to "Historical Stroll Through Churches in Marquette County", the records for St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Crystal Lake from 1872 - 1915 were believed burned when a fire destroyed the home of the church secretary. Later, many copies of these early church records were found with other records at St. John's in Harrisville, which helped to reconstruct the records of early baptisms, confirmations, marriages and deaths. Perhaps the Westfield Public Library http://www.westfieldlibrary.org/ or the Marquette County Historical Society can provide a mailing address for the two churches. Joan Coordinator Adams Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm and Marquette Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm