_______________________________________ << Subj: [WiMilwau] Greenfield Date: 11/26/01 4:32:34 PM Central Standard Time From: BrennaJne@aol.com Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Was Town of Greenfield in existence in 1870? >> _______________________________________ My guess is that the boundaries and name of the Town (or Township) of Greenfield remain mostly unchanged since the 1830s. I have a copy of an 1858 Milwaukee County map, and this shows that at that time the Town of Greenfield was roughly bounded by modern 27th and 124th streets on east and west (the Waukesha County line) and by modern Greenfield and College avenues on the north and south. The municipalities of Milwaukee, West Milwaukee, West Allis, Greenfield, Greendale, and Hales Corner now cover all of this area, but the Greenfield Township government may well still serve most of what was meant by "Greenfield" in the earliest years of Milwaukee County. ........John

Patricia Wenham wrote: I received a blank message from William Goodwin and when I sent a reply to his message I got it back because it was an invalid address. Since I used the reply to message for the address I have no way of knowing what the address should have been. The subject was Streetcar Conductors and I was very disappointed not to get the message itself as I still have not found Joseph Collins and Clara/Emma Collins, his wife and Vesta Collins, his daughter on the census yet. Patti

Was Town of Greenfield in existance in 1870?

It was in 1881.At 05:30 PM 11/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Was Town of Greenfield in existance in 1870? > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htme > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 Pray for Peace, Maxine Capezza

Can anyone help me with this problem? My father left me with numerous studio photos from the turn of the century that are not identified except he said they were relatives and friends of his Danish mother, Sine Christensen Andersen. The studios in Milwaukee are Wollensak on National Ave, Prescher on Chestnut St., Frank X. Pinz on Vliet St., and R. A. Miller on Grand Ave. Are any of those studios still in existence and would they keep records from 90 to 100 years ago?? Any ideas and help would be appreciated. Thanks. Shirley Andersen Lynn

I found a couple of family articles immediately. What a great site! >From: "Mary Popovich" <busia@mindspring.com> >Reply-To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com >To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WiMilwau] Wisconsin Historical Society Online Archives >Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 01:48:33 -0700 > >Just sharing: >http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/wlhba/ > >Mary Popovich >Busia's Roots, Genealogy > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htme > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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________________________________________________________ << Subj: [WiMilwau] Marriage Date: 11/18/01 8:33:20 PM Central Standard Time From: zastrowpm@netwurx.net To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Does anyone hae access to records to confirm a marriage of August Timm and Wilhelmine Koch on Sept. 12, 1869? Parents names? Possibly a church whrer the marriage was performed? This may have been a second marriage, would there be a death record for a first wife? Any lead is appreciated. Irene >> ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 ________________________________________________________ To Irene and other listers from John (in Chicago)---> In trying to answer some of the questions raised by Irene above, I just discovered Ancestry.com's important online version of the pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Record Index. Maybe many other listers already know about this. My impression is that the Marriage section of this online Index is more complete than the Birth and the Death sections. Actually much of this is essentially more than a mere index, because it often provides most info a researcher is typically seeking. This online info is accessible to all Ancestry.com subscribers and those who sign up for a free two-week Ancestry.com trial (see above). This online Index indicates, for example, that on 12 Sep 1869, in Milwaukee, August TIMM married Frederika RAASCH (not Wilhelmine KOCH). To find this out, first access: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4997.htm -- then enter "Timm Sep 12 1869" in the search box. You should get the following result: "Aug F W Timm 12 Sep 1869 Milwaukee 09 0074." Then copy and paste all this, excluding Timm's full name, in the Refine Search box -- then click and, presto, the names of both August Timm and Frederika Raasch appear along with their 1869 marriage date. But note (in the supplementary info below) that there were at least FIVE August TIMMs in the Milwaukee-Waukesha area in 1889!! Below are examples of some other marriages I've just very happily either discovered or precisely dated through the above system. These are relatives of mine, except for the first two-- two famous Milwaukeans. The first listing refers to info that Bob of Brookfield and I have been looking for especially: the third marriage of Judge Arthur McArthur, grandfather of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Bob has been kindly helping me track most of these names. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=wimarr1820&gs=mcarthur Arthur McArthur 11 Jan 1871 Dane 02 0255 Mary E Hopkins 11 Jan 1871 Dane 02 0255 John Plankinton 17 Mar 1874 Milwaukee 13 0437 Annie B Bradford 17 Mar 1874 Milwaukee 13 0437 Chas W Armour 03 Jun 1885 Milwaukee 17 0474 Sarah A Magie 03 Jun 1885 Milwaukee 17 0474 Herman O Armour 20 Nov 1862 Milwaukee 03 0034 Mary A Jacks 20 Nov 1862 Milwaukee 03 0034 Alice L Eldred 18 Oct 1893 Milwaukee 25 0385 Ralph Chandler 18 Oct 1893 Milwaukee 25 0385 Fanny L Eldred 25 Oct 1882 Milwaukee 16 0256 Horace M Brown 25 Oct 1882 Milwaukee 16 0256 Len Higby 11 Dec 1872 Fond Du Lac 03 0060 Louise E Meade 11 Dec 1872 Fond Du Lac 03 0060 Theron Higby 13 Feb 1866 Milwaukee 03 0225 Mary Eliza Gwynne 13 Feb 1866 Milwaukee 03 0225 Belle A Ogden 03 Apr 1899 Milwaukee 31 0145 Alfred L Ries 03 Apr 1899 Milwaukee 31 0145 David Bayard Ogden 12 Nov 1863 Milwaukee 14 0023 Lucia Alice Wall 12 Nov 1863 Milwaukee 14 0023 ===================================================== PS: see more Timm listings at: search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=wimarr1820&gs=timm&gss=angs&fh=0 ---> especially: August Timm 27 Jan 1887 Milwaukee 19 0021 A L Henning 27 Jan 1887 Milwaukee 19 0021 August F F Timm 03 May 1887 Milwaukee 19 0084 S J D Papenthin 03 May 1887 Milwaukee 19 0084 Aug Timm 04 Mar 1888 Milwaukee 20 0082 Dora Roesel 04 Mar 1888 Milwaukee 20 0082 Augustu Timm 03 May 1899 Milwaukee 31 0200 Anna Besch 03 May 1899 Milwaukee 31 0200 ________________________________________________________ search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=wideath1820&gs=timm&gss=angs&fh=60 Fredricka Timm Death Date: 03 Jul 1889 County: Waukesha Volume: 01 Page: 0232 ________________________________________________________ search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=wimarr1820&gs=koch&gss=angs&fh=550 -- Wilhelmina Koch + Wilhelmine Koch listings start here ________________________________________________________ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1890milwauwi&gs=timm http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1890milwauwi&gss=angs&ct=40011 Milwaukee (WI) directories: 1889: August Timm grading-contractor 808 4th r. same. August Timm laborer r. 527 Hadley. August Timm laborer r. rear 542 20th. August Timm teamster r. 1526 Chestnut. August C. Timm laborer r. 2302 Prairie. 1890: August Timm r. 542 20th. August Timm grocer and saloon 808 4th r. same. August Timm teamster r. 1526 Chestnut. ________________________________________________________ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1890milwauwi&gs=timm Waukesha (WI) directories 1890: August F Timm Bethesda Spring bottler r 97 Maple av Miss Mary Timm r 97 Maple av 1892: Aug Timm Bethesda bottler r 111 Maple avenue =====================================================

Does anyone hae access to records to confirm a marriage of August Timm and Wilhelmine Koch on Sept. 12, 1869? Parents names? Possibly a church whrer the marriage was performed? This may have been a second marriage, would there be a death record for a first wife? Any lead is appreciated. Irene

Would any good person out there know of a Catholic priest named G. Kuba or G. Kubar who lived in Milwaukee about 1872? And would you also know with which church he was affiliated? Your help is greatly appreciated. Liz

I'm looking for an Alfred French, middle initial perhaps E. or F., who adopted a daughter who was born in Milwaukee on November 6, 1907. I've done the first round of searching on www.ancestry.com. In "Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907" of the vital record index, I find three possibles: Alfred French 05 Apr 1902 Milwaukee County, Vol. 33 Page 0444 Alfred A French 13 Feb 1883 Barron County, Vol. 01 Page 0087 Eugene Alfred French 20 Sep 1894 Douglas County, Vol. 01 Page 0461 The first one fits well. The last one fits if you permute the names. I do not know if he stayed in Milwaukee, or even if he was living there at the time of the adoption. I haven't checked the paper record of this marriage at the Historical Society. What other info might be in this listing? The SSDI index has a few Alfred French with birth dates no later than 1884 (with their address as of their last benefits): 7 Jul 1882 Troy, Rensselaer, NY 17 Mar 1881 Lakeland, Polk, FL 11 Feb 1880 Mcminnville, Yamhill, OR but of course he could have died before Social Security. - John

There was no S. 15th Street in 1920. All the south side numbered streets were Avenues, and they were renumbered in the 1930s. I believe 15th Street would have been 11th Avenue, but I'm not positive. However, my Aunt lived on S. 15th Street just south of Euclid, but on the opposite side of the street of your address. Mary Popovich

Hi, Does someone know their districts? In the 1920 census for Milwaukee, what district would 3223 S. 15th Street be found? Thanks, ~Michelle

Hi Barbara Send me a list of names and death dates and I can do them when I go to the library next. I'm not sure when that will be with the holidays and such. I normally just ask for reimbursement of copies (quarter) and postage. Karen Grannybarb46@aol.com wrote: > Hi List, > Is there someone on this list that would do a bunch of obit look-ups for me. > Please let me know if you would and the cost of copies and mailing them to me. > Thank you so much, > Barbara in North Carolina > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htme > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

Hi List, Is there someone on this list that would do a bunch of obit look-ups for me. Please let me know if you would and the cost of copies and mailing them to me. Thank you so much, Barbara in North Carolina

Hi folks, I posted a page with the list subscribe/unsubscribe instructions and general info at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm The URL will be in the taglines at the bottom of list mail starting now, in case you ever need it. If you see any errors on the page (a distinct possibility) just drop me a note off list. Thanks, Bob Fay

I have been searching for my great aunt, Emma, known as Clara, Rock who married a street car conductor named Collins circa 1900. I have found one street car conductor named Collins in the 1900 index but he was still single and lived in a boarding facility. His given name was Joseph and I am fairly certain this was her husband. They had a daughter named Vesta. She was pictured on a postcard sent in 1909 and appears to be about five to seven years old. I am sure you are all aware of how many districts were in Milwaukee in 1910 and if you have looked at the census (on Ancestry.com) how many pages are almost to totally impossible to read. Is there some record of street car conductors for the first several decades of 1900 where I might find an address or other information about Joseph Collins and his family? I would really appreciate any suggestions. I have searched areas around anyone with the surname Rock in case they settled near there but have not found them in those locations. Patti

Ashely, Thanks, that is a good site. Pray for Peace, Maxine Capezza

Slow down, you have my head spinning ! NICE CIRCLE ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Popovich" <busia@mindspring.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 9:00 PM Subject: [WiMilwau] Why I love genealogy > My great-grandmother was ROSALIA BRAUN > who had a sister Eva > who married Valentine Ratajczyk > who had a sister Marianna > who married Frank Dyczkowski > who had a daugther Anna > who married Walter Bodus > who had a daughter Teresa > who married Louis Szmit > whose mother was Catharina Lipinski > who had a sister Anna > who married Peter Ziembinski > who had a brother Frank > who had a son John > who married Helen Musolf > whose mother was my great-grandmother ROSALIA BRAUN > > Mary Popovich > Busia's Roots, Genealogy > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >