Pam, etc.-- some time ago, I pointed out that the online Milwaukee directories of 1889 and 1890 both list your possible ancestor Kasimir (Casimere?) ZIPFEL at 1315 Cherry St. <see: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4749.htm>. But I now think I subsequently neglected to mention that, about a month ago, when I was reviewing some early Milwaukee directories at the main Milwaukee Public Library, I noticed that Kasimir Zipfel also began to be listed in these directories beginning about 1868-- and at the same 1315 Cherry St. address. In the late 1860s Kasimir was apparently the only ZIPFEL listed in these directories. Cherry Street addresses may not have changed much since the Civil War. But 1315 Cherry in the old 9th Ward, densely populated (mostly German?) even in the 1850s, might now be 1315 West Cherry St.-- in the very unlikely event that this Zipfel home still exists. I suspect that many old 9th Ward buildings disappeared during the rioting following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. ........John

John, i sometimes wonder if you are part of the 20th century. See below for an instance. Very very few buildings burned in Milwaukee at that time. Major amounts were torn down for the freeway and for development purposes. The power structure was then and remains now unilaterally white and male. This I suspect is not an issue which you have cause to be sensitive to. However, I have always had black, Negro, or African-American friends, and I am perhaps tired and irritable with all this quantity of mail: the riot in Milwaukee was negligible compared to other urban areas, with as I recall, 4 deaths, which may not have been riot related, and perhaps 4? buildings set on fire. As you know, times have changed, and Milwaukee now can have 4 murders and 4 arson fires in a day. I remind you that Chicago sometimes has those statistics in an hour. Gayle JQMagie@aol.com wrote: > Pam, etc.-- some time ago, I pointed out that the online Milwaukee > directories of 1889 and 1890 both list your possible ancestor Kasimir > (Casimere?) ZIPFEL at 1315 Cherry St. <see: > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4749.htm>. > etc. > in the very unlikely event > that this Zipfel home still exists. I suspect that many old 9th Ward > buildings disappeared during the rioting following the 1968 assassination of > Martin Luther King, Jr. ........John > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html