Bob, thank you for the info on Wanderer's Rest. Does anyone know the date of the first interment there? Or what churches used this cemetery? Thank you in advance, Susan snokes2tscnet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gartzr@aol.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery > Wanderers Rest Cemetery is on the north side of Milwaukee on Burleigh St.. > It is now known as Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, the name changing after two > "crooks" bought the cemetery, ran it down, sold above-ground crypts which > were never built and then ran off with all of the monies and believe some of > the trust fund money also. A new owner is trying and doing a pretty good job > on bringing it back to a nice looking cemetery but it is going to take some > time to do it all. > > Pilgrims Rest Cemetery is on the south side of the City and is not and has > never been connected in anyway that I know of to Wanderers Rest/Lincoln > Memorial. > > Bob of Brookfield > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > 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 > >