>Good Morning Milwaukee! Look what I found in my mail box this morning. I thought it was very strange and am passing it along for your amusement/interest before I put it in the trash as a sort of spam.....Have a good day. Maxine >From: "Bob Orr" <boborr@abelink.com> >Subject: Milwaukee Co., WI >Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 > >$500 Reward >Where is Nettie Mulholland buried? > >Nettie Mulholland was born ca 1873, Clay Twp., >Hardin Co., IA, a daughter of Andrew (1842-1925) >& Betsy (1854-???) (Voiles) Mulholland. Betsy >also went by Betty and possibly by Elizabeth. > >Ref: (PRO) - By the time Nettie was 12 years of >age, her mother, Betsy/Betty had married three >(3) times, Andrew Mulholland on 26 Jul. 1871, >Clay Twp., Hardin Co., IA, Nettie's biological >father, Richard Jackson on 17 Apr. 1880, Clay >Twp., Hardin Co., IA, and Lewis A. Descombes in >Mar. 1885, Milwaukee, WI. On 3 Sep. 1887, >Nettie, 14 yrs. old, ran away from home from >Milwaukee, WI to St. Paul, MN. On 1 Oct. 1895, >Nettie delivered a stillborn, out-of-wedlock >son, baby boy Wetzel, while living at 538 East >Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, fathered by Albert >Wetzel, Printer, and on 10 Oct. 1896, Nettie >married Leo/Leonard Comollie in Milwaukee, but >apparently didn't stay with him long per Milwaukee directory records. > >Ref: On 26 July 1871, Andrew Mulholland was >married by A. W. Wales, J.P. to Betsy A. Voiles, >daughter of John M. & Pegga "Margaret" >(Arrasmith) Voiles in Clay Township, Hardin Co., >IA. Betsy's parents gave consent but not named on marriage license. > >Ref: (PRO) - When Nettie was about 1 ½ years of >age, Andrew Mulholland deserted his wife and >child. He later married and after his second >wife died, he was later found using the name of >George Wilson. When he died in 1925, an >extensive search was made for Nettie Mulholland. >Relatives of Nettie in 1925 thought that she and >her mother had lived in Minneapolis/St. Paul, >MN. Later ca 2004, I {PRO} found that she and >her mother had lived in Milwaukee, WI. > >Ref: On 17 April 1880, Richard Jackson md. to >Betty Voiles (Mulholland) -- Clay Co., IA >marriage records, pg. 68 - On 10 Apr. 1880, >marriage license #266 was issued to Richard >Jackson, over 21 years of age and Betty Voils >(???) according to H. C. Boardman. H. >Chamberlain was clerk of Clay Co., IA. The >return was dated 30 April 1880 stating they were >md. on 17 April 1880 at Spencer, IA but not signed by a minister or J. P. > >Ref: 1880, 9 Jun. - Spencer, Clay Co., IA census, pg. 12. >Jackson, Richard, 39, b. Ireland, Saloon Kpr, Pts b. Ire. > " , Betty, 25, b. IL, Kp. Hse., F b. OH, M b. KY >Mulholland, Nettie, 7, b. IL, F b. IL, M b. Ireland, stepdau > >Ref: 3 Sep. 1887, Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, >WI - Saved from herself - A Little Milwaukee >Girl Rescued From a Woman of Questionable Repute >- Special Dispatch to the Sentinel - St. Paul, >Sep. 2, - Nettie Mulholland, is a bright-eyed >girl with pretty blonde hair, alighted from a >Chicago train at the Milwaukee & St. Paul depot >yesterday morning. She was 14 years old, >handsomely dressed and seemed very >self-possessed. She evidently expected some one >to meet her and seemed disappointed when no one appeared. > >"Do you know where Mrs. Gifford lives?" she >asked one of the depot policemen. "She is my >aunt and she sent me a ticket to come from >Milwaukee to Minneapolis. I thought she would meet me." > >The authorities thought they knew of Mrs. >Gifford, and that she was not a proper person to >send the lady to. During the day a woman, who >gave her name as Mrs. Gifford, put in an >appearance and demanded the child, saying that >she was the girl's Mother. Mrs. Gifford >threatened cold-blooded vengeance upon those who >kept her daughter from her. Nettie denied that >Mrs. Gifford was her mother. Nettie is now in >charge of a gentleman and his wife, who will >care of her until she is sent back to her home. >{Investigation by a reporter last night failed >to disclose the fact that a girl answering to >the description and name given in the dispatch >was missing from Milwaukee, and the supposition >is that she made up a story to put the St. Paul authorities on the wrong track. > >Ref: Death Registration - Male, still born 1 >Oct. 1895, d. 1 Oct. 1895, 538 East Water St., >7th ward, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI, >Milwaukee County Poor Farm, at Wauwatosa? WI, >Father was Albert Wetzel, Mother of Deceased, Nettie Mulland, > >Ref: 1896, 10 Oct. - Nettie Boiles (Voiles), d/o >Andy Mulholland & Betsy Boiles md. 10 Oct. 1896, >Milwaukee, WI (v28p551) to Leonard Coumollie/Commollie. (sp). > >Ref: (PRO) - Nothing on Nettie (Mulholland) >Comollie after the above entry. After her >Mother, Betty had died, Nettie wrote to a >relative asking permission to visit. A daughter >of the recipient of the letter thought the >letter was never answered and apparently tossed >away prior to her father's death. We think from >1925 correspondence from Nettie's relatives that >Betty/Betsy may have died ca 1891/2. > >Nettie's Mother >Ref: Mar.1885 - Betsy Boyles (Voiles) Jackson, >d/o John Boyles and Margaret Ansmith (Arrasmith) >md. Mar. 1885, Milwaukee, WI (v17p560) to Lewis >A. Descombes, s/o Titus & Charlotte (Gangustete) Descombes. > >Ref: #1319, Vol. 36, pg. 145, Register of Deeds, >Milwaukee Co., WI -- Lewis A. Descombes, b. >America, Merchant, of Milwaukee, WI, s/o Titus >Descombes and Charlotte Gangustete md. Mar. >1885, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI to Betty >Jackson b. America, d/o John Boyles and Margaret >Ansmith. Witnesses were Maria and John Hinckley. >Marriage returned 21 Sep. 1885, recorded 1 Oct. 1885. > >Ref: 29 Mar. 1886, Sheboygan, WI - L. A. >Descombes - The remains of Mr. L. A. Descombes >were brought to Sheboygan on Saturday evening >last, by the members of Shiller Lodge, I.O.O.F., >who were sent to Milwaukee for that purpose on >learning of his death. They were taken to the >residence of Mrs. Descombes (who was divorced >from him last summer) and the children, and the >funeral attended from there on Sunday afternoon, >the members of Schiller Lodge having the matter >in charge, and Rev. R. W. Blow officiating as clergyman and chaplain. > >The woman (Betsy {Voiles} Mulholland Jackson >Descombes) whom he married at Milwaukee, >evidently aimed only at getting possession of >what property he took there with him, and >succeeded completely in her design, and then >made life so wretched for him that he sought >relief by living in a room alone elsewhere, in >which he was sound sick and destitute, on Sunday >the 7th inst., and by the ward authorities taken >to the county poor hospital. After his death, >Friday, the finding of some of his papers first >made known his identify, and his desire to be >buried in his family lot in the Sheboygan >cemetery, and notification was sent here >accordingly. Although the victim, to a degree, >of an unfortunate drinking habit, in the last >two years, yet he was a man of kindly nature, >and not wholly alone to blame for this sad ending of life to him. > >Ref: 16 Mar. 1882, Milwaukee Sentinel, >Milwaukee, WI - L. A. Descombes, who was doing a >large crockery and glassware business in >Sheboygan a year ago, died in the Milwaukee >county poorhouse on Friday last. Reverses, both >sudden and frequent, left him a pensioner on the >public. He had a life insurance for $3000 in the >Royal Arcanum but was unable to pay the last premium??. > >Ref: 1886 Milwaukee City Directory - Betty >Descombes (widow Louis) residence - 283 Lake Street. (Nettie is not mentioned). > >The reward is for real >Paul R. Orr >812 Cindy Dr. >Burlington, IA 52601 >217-385-3815 cell; boborr@abelink.com >If you wish to challenge your genealogical and >detective skills, please send me your name, >address, telephone number and email address and >I will send you an entry number. In case of a >tie, the earliest entry number will be awarded >the reward. I reserve the right to the final decision. > >I have much information on the extended family >and will send you more clues by email for $5. I >do not think the clues will be all that helpful >but there are more clues which are about 100 >pages in length. They cover some of the history >of the Mulholland, Voiles, Jackson, Weber, Descombes and other families. > >Good luck! My Grandad started searching through >his attorney for Nettie shortly after the death >of Andrew Mulholland in 1925. I picked up the >search and after 82 years am still looking. >Granddad concentrated his search in the >Minneapolis, St. Paul, MN area. I was able to >find them in the Milwaukee, WI area but they may >have moved from Milwaukee, WI to the >Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Granddad died at the >age of 105 without knowing where Nettie is >buried. I have only a few years of research left >so am hoping that someone will be able to help >me find Nettie's final resting place. Thanks & Good Luck!