Hi Wendy, Have you tried writing to the Dodge/Jefferson Genealogical Society? There is a website but you can also contact them by email. You can check out their website at: www.dodgejeffgen.com To send an email with a question djcgs@dodgejeffgen.com If they have info for you, there is a small fee if you're not a member. They've been very helpful to me in the past. Hope this helps. Jean -------------- Original message -------------- From: <wdanderson2@peoplepc.com> > I decided to repost this request as I felt that the original may have been > lost in the "Bicker Fest" that has recently been occurring on the Milwaukee > list.... Sorry to be redundant, for those who saw but could offer no help, > and those that had no part of what was going on.....Wendy > > **I need a little help. Does anyone know how to access records for a person > who was in this home? (Northwest Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers) > My husbands gg grandfather Daniel Boyle is listed in the 1900 census at the > home. > The census then goes on to state that he is "absent". I can not find a death > record/burial for him but believe he died Nov 5, 1905. I was hoping that > maybe records still existed for men at the home. > > I am having quite the time with this family. Daniel Boyle married Margaret > White Oct 1865 in Watertown Jefferson, Wisconsin. I can not find a marriage > record. They appear on the 1860 - 1880 census as living in Douglas, > Marquette, Wisconsin. During that time they had at least 7 children, > Mary -15 Oct 1866, John William 16 Nov 1868, Tressie 1870, Julia 1874, > Maggie 1877 & Eugene 15 Jan 1880. But.... I can find NO birth, death or > marriage records for anyone in the family. I have no idea who Daniels > parents are. He was born in Ireland. Hence the hope of a marriage record for > Daniel & Margaret. > > >From what I can piece together from pension records Daniel had an accident > with a streetcar May 30 1893 in Milwaukee. I have no idea if he was living > in the home at that time or perhaps in Milwaukee. I do know that by Oct 1893 > he was living in Briggsville, Marquette, Wisconsin. So I think that he was > probably just in Milwaukee for another reason. Just a guess. > > Thanks for any help you can give me. > > Wendy in Washington state > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message