This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------36ED2E2A068B851B26B0019B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Looking for any information on Robert George Wilhelm, b. May 10, 1922, Father: Frederick G. Wilhelm, Mother Elizabeth (Skiebe) Wilhelm. Parents divorced in 1926 and no trace of Robert since then. Ken in NC --------------36ED2E2A068B851B26B0019B Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by mail.pinehurst.net (mbox kmwilly) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Tue Aug 28 06:03:17 2001) X-From_: WIMILWAU-L-request@rootsweb.com Mon Aug 27 21:09:28 2001 Return-Path: <WIMILWAU-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from psmtp.com (exprod5mx6.psmtp.com [64.75.1.146]) by mail.pinehurst.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA01842 for <kmwilly@pinehurst.net>; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:09:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from WIMILWAU-L-request@rootsweb.com) Received: from source ([63.92.80.56]) by exprod5mx6.postini.com ([64.75.1.251]) with SMTP; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 18:09:11 PDT Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists7.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f7S12ge13167; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:02:42 -0600 Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:02:42 -0600 X-Original-Sender: JQMagie@aol.com Mon Aug 27 19:02:40 2001 From: JQMagie@aol.com Message-ID: <97.1a67b8c3.28bc47a4@aol.com> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:02:28 EDT Old-To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 138 Subject: [WiMilwau] old Milwaukee orphanages Resent-Message-ID: <Y6NWxB.A.WND.x2ui7@lists7.rootsweb.com> To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3380 X-Loop: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: WIMILWAU-L-request@rootsweb.com X-postini-filters: (S:0.4379423 ) X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 ________________________________________________________________ MILWAUKEE ORPHANAGES-- or all that JQM could find in the online Milwaukee city directories of 1889 & 1890: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4749.htm http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1890milwauwi&gs=asylum 1889: Home of the Friendless 380 Van Buren -- [orphanage?] -- [est. 1867] Milwaukee Orphan Asylum n. e. corner Prospect avenue and North -- [est. 1850] St. Aemilianus Orphan Asylum [unlisted, probably because it was still in St. Francis, WI] -- [est. 1854] St. Rose Orphan Asylum n. w. corner Lake and North avs** -- [est. 1852?] St. Vincent Infant Asylum s. w. corner 3d and Greenfield avs -- [est. 1877] Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls Lake avenue, North Point -- [orphanage?] 1890: Home of the Friendless 378 Van Buren [orphanage?] Milwaukee Orphan Asylum corner Prospect and North avs St. Rose's Orphan Asylum n. w. corner Lake and North avs** St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum s. w. corner 3d and Greenfield avs Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls Lake avenue North Point -- [orphanage?] [** across the street from St. Mary's Hospital, which formerly was mostly at the northeast corner of North and Lake avenues] ________________________________________________________________ Many thanks from John to Bob of Brookfield and Catherine Schmidt for your new info today on old Milwaukee orphanages. Thanks also to the related on-list contributions of Mary Popovich and others last week-- plus some important off-list info I've recently received from another Mary---> at tepalmer@execpc.com And, in an off-list 8/23/01 note to me, Maxine Capezza kindly pointed out the very helpful article on the Milwaukee Orphan Asylum that appears on page 990 of A. T. Andreas' 1881 HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE (Western Historical Publishing Co.). I just noticed this note of Maxine, and I'll soon thank her for this privately. But FIRST I want to point out to Bob that Maxine's note included an attached JPG image of the first page of this 1881 Western Historical article on the Milwaukee Orphan Asylum-- and this text is identical to the article that you quoted earlier today-- apparently in its entirety. So it looks like we now know the source of your quote-- to which historians Bruce and Gregory may also have referred. I also especially want to point out this now: the likely reason that the St. Aemilian (or "St. Aemilianus") Orphan Asylum, a Catholic organization founded ca. 1854, does not appear in the 1889 and 1890 Milwaukee directories (below) is that it was NOT then in Milwaukee. Apparently it was still located (to the south) in the Milwaukee suburb of St. Francis-- and apparently close to the old Franciscan Seminary there. Mary <at tepalmer@execpc.com> kindly told me about this. It appears to me that St. Aemilian's is a spin-off what became its female counterpart: St. Rose (founded ca. 1852?). Apparently St. Aemilian's absorbed the Milwaukee Orphan Asylum several decades ago. And I'm intrigued that apparently two of the three oldest Milwaukee-area orphanages still seem to survive in some form: St. Aemilian's and St. Rose's. I haven't yet contacted either of these organizations-- but Switchboard.com says that St. Aemilian-Lakeside Inc. is at 8901 W. Capitol Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53222 (phone: 414-463-1880) -- and St. Rose appears to be nearby on the same campus. Page 990 in the 1881 Milwaukee history is significant to me and my family because it confirms that my g-g-grandmother Mrs. Elisha Eldred (1802-1879) and one of her in-laws, Mrs. Eliza LaDue, were among the founders of the Milwaukee Orphan Asylum in 1849-1850. But what's much more important is that all the above may lead us to archived records of many early Milwaukee orphans. Perhaps some nice lister-residents of metro Milwaukee could check out some of the above. Probably most of this could be done via local phone calls. ........John (in Chicago) ============================================================ << Subj: Re: [WIMilwau] St. Aemilians + Milwaukee Orphan Asylum Date: 8/23/01 2:28:10 AM Central Daylight Time From: busia@mindspring.com (Mary Popovich) Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com .......Both St. Rose's and St. Aemillians's were likely staffed by Catholic nuns. Most Catholic religious orders have a member who serves as an archivist/historian for the order, and might be able to answer general questions about the founding and history of an orphanage. St. Joseph's orphanage in Milwaukee was staffed by Felician Sisters and St. Vincent's by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (the ones who used to have the huge white headdresses). However, I don't know which order(s) staffed St. Rose and/or St. Aemillian. Anyone out there have further information? Perhaps someone located in Milwaukee could contact the Chancery Office, which could provide information on who ran the orphanages and the address(es) of the appropriate Motherhouse. If the Protestant Orphan Asylum was affiliated with the Episcopal Church in Milwaukee (or St. Paul's Parish [founded 1838] as someone noted), perhaps the Episcopal Chancery Office would have information in its records. Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, 804 E. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202. Phone (414) 272-3028 Mary Popovich >> ============================================================ ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 --------------36ED2E2A068B851B26B0019B--