This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TeHennepe, Maas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/1253.1 Message Board Post: Hello Tom, I have been trying to track down my wife's family. I have found 3 TeHennepes in Sheboygan Wi. Garret J, Henry, and Grada. Garret and Grada seem to have arrived in 1868 while Henry arr 1869. Has anybody got any info on their relationship. As there ages are similar I tend to think they are sidlings. Any thoughts John

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/3878 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants and information about the George William Hudson family of River Falls, WI. His wife was Martha Bennett born in Canada. George came from England into Canada about 1851. They lived in the River Falls area from 1863. Allison

Dear St. Croix County Researchers, I wanted you all to know that there have been a few additions to the Cemetery section (HYPERLINK "http://www.rootsweb.com/~wistcroi/cemeteries.htm) of"http://www.rootsweb.com/~wistcroi/cemeteries.htm) of the St. Croix WIGenWeb page. Thanks to Bruce Rohl, we have a partial listing of the Hawkins Cemetery near Hammond (HYPERLINK "http://www.rootsweb.com/~wistcroi/HawkinsCem.htm"http://www.rootsweb.com/~w istcroi/HawkinsCem.htm). Thanks to Larry and Linda Kopet, we have some pictures of the Baldwin Cemetery (HYPERLINK "http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/stcroix-baldwin.html"http://w ww.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/stcroix-baldwin.html). I hope that you will take the opportunity to look through these new resources, and I hope that they will help! Roxanne St. Croix CC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/85 - Release Date: 8/30/2005

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2907.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Kim: My email address is luvcaro@aol.com, the only information I have on George and Mary is the stone in the cemetery. the information I need is when they are in Wrightstown, Alvira Tuttle married a Charles O Cline, in 1880 census she is a widow and has three kids Edward, Mertie and Clara, she dies in 1880, what happens to the children. and what happened to him. write soon Carolyn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tuttle, Standaert, Evert Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2907.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Carolyn, My Grandfather's brother, Albert Standaert, was married to Pearl Tuttle. Pearl was the daughter of George Tuttle and Mary Evert. I don't have birthdates for George and Mary, but Pearl was born Nov. 22, 1910. Would these be the same George and Mary you are looking for? Obituaries for Polk, St.Croix and Dunn County are on microfiche at the Area Research Center at the UW-River Falls library. They have a web site at www.uwrf.edu/library/arc The newspaper would be the Glenwood City Tribune out of Glenwood City, WI. Let me know if they are the right George and Mary Tuttle. I do have information on Albert & Pearl's family. Kim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2907.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi: It was nice to hear from you. I would appreciate any information you can give me on this family. I am related throught Florence who married Herman Gobler. We were in St. Croix about a month a go to go through some cemeteries but all of a sudden the sirens went off and we got caught up in the weather. maybe you could help me on these stone in the cemetery. Alma J. Tuttle d. Jan 19, 1922, married 1947 Leonard J. Tuttle Mar 1 1998 who are they? Mary b. 1891-d.1924 George 1887-1927 who are they? Alice mae Tuttle Ot 27, 1947 Wesley George Tuttle Mar 3, 1944 married Mar 29, 1969 who are they? John Alex Tuttle world war 11 May 18, 1919 Nov 4 1991 ? William S. b. 1859 Where did he die? Mary L i868-1926 I would like to get these obituaries, let me know the Newspaper that these would be in. I think this cemetery was in Emerald

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: tuttle,wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/2907.1 Message Board Post: ida was great grandma.she died within a year after my grandma minnia and her twin sister minnie was born.i have lot of information on ida,her mother hannah and ida's siblings . new e-mail:fpinna@peoplepc.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/3877 Message Board Post: Looking for suggestions for locations to have a family reunion - could be yet this year (Oct. 8?) - being put together very quickly. Looking for an enclosed building (in the event of inclement weather) with electricity for the crock pot attendees and a picnic area would be nice. Ancestors did live in Emerald Township and Knapp. Hudson and vacinity would be ideal. ANY suggestions are welcome.

That is just wonderful, Nancy. Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I hope that anyone else on the list will share with me any other bits of information they may have on Wildwood, no matter how big or small. I'm the kind of geneologist who doesn't stop with names and dates and locations, I like to find out what I can about the lives of the people and what the places were like where they lived and works. Thanks again, Nancy. You're really nice to share this and I really do appreciate it. Dan Nancy Hawkinson wrote: > The following is from The WILDWOOD Story, The History of a "Ghost Town" > compiled by "The Sun", Spring Valley, Wisconsin, 1949. > > "Six miles from Spring Valley on the Woodville road only a large brick > house marks the spot where stood the thriving "ghost town" of Wildwood a > half century ago. > > In its heyday Wildwood boasted a fluctuating population of 500 and > possibly more. Its residential section was a half mile in length, and > its business section consisted of a general store, a butcher shop, a > barber shop, blacksmith shop, livery barn, two big company horse barns, > a hotel, one sawmill, a shingle mill, a brick yard and a post office. > Otis Olson, Spring Valley old timer who once worked in Wildwood, recalls > counting more than 120 homes there at one time. > > Busiest spot in the thriving village was the 3-story wood factory. The > ground flour was used for storing supplies; the second floor housed the > bending factory where wagons and sleights were manufactured from native > timber processed at the sawmill; and the top floor contained the > thriving broom handle factory. Most spectacular gadget in the village > was the huge iron cable which connected the broom factory with the mill. > > Wildwood died no lingering death. The depletion of the timber in the > neighborhood was a sudden and shocking situation, and Wildwood had no > other means of livelihood. > > At one time Wildwood supported two school buildings, one a two-story > classroom structure. But today even the building has been moved a mile > westward. The Wildwood store was sold as a unit to Lars Solstad, who > moved it to Woodville and re-built it. > > The dozens of Wildwood homes? The company, having exhausted the > community resources, had no farther interest in them. Mrs. Carrie Olson, > 81 year old mother of Minnerd and Myron Olson of Spring Valley, recalls > that many of them were moved by the occupants to the iron mine, just > opening near the present location of the Madson sawmill, where they > found employment when the Wildwood factory closed. The iron mine > community was never an organized village, although it had a considerable > population at one time. > > So it was that Wildwood died, speedily and painlessly. The irony of its > death is this: Wildwood died because the supply of timber was exhausted. > But every year since then - a half century ago - great quantities of > lumber have been harvested from the nearby hills. Today, the two Spring > Valley lumber mills probably harvest more lumber annually than the > Wildwood factory did in its busiest year. If the men who operated > Wildwood's industries had had greater vision, there would still be a > thriving, bustling Wildwood today. > > But if Wildwood has disappeared - except for the big, brick house on the > hill and a few foundation scars in the neighboring pastures - it is > still a living, affectionate memory for those who lived there. Not > because it was a pretty place. Sprawling Wildwood, with its board > sidewalks and its twisting, dusty-muddy street, was never that. But > because fine people with great hearts lived there. . ." > > It goes to mention the names of some of the families but I did not see > Patnode. > > One of the former residents (Mildred Biddle Morley) -- "I left there > when I was 7, but I remember it very well especially the big piles of > broom handles . . . With little entertainment, in the winter "Front > Street" became a place to coast. Old and young were out with toboggans . > . . when the season for wild raspberries came on, everyone went > "berrying" . . . in the fall everyone went butternutting. Great sacks > were dried for winter, and we usually had a flour sack of hazelnuts as > well . . . The friendships made in the mill town lasted through life. So > few things for distraction one's friends meant everything." > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Patnode [mailto:dbp@uwm.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:50 AM > To: WISTCROI-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [St. Croix] Wildwood > > If anyone here knows anything about it I'd be very interested in reading > whatever you are willing to share with me. > > Dan Patnode > > > > > > ==== WISTCROI Mailing List ==== > *** Roxanne Munns, Listowner (WISTCROI-admin@rootsweb.com) *** > Having troubles with the mailing list? Contact me at: WISTCROI-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

The following is from The WILDWOOD Story, The History of a "Ghost Town" compiled by "The Sun", Spring Valley, Wisconsin, 1949. "Six miles from Spring Valley on the Woodville road only a large brick house marks the spot where stood the thriving "ghost town" of Wildwood a half century ago. In its heyday Wildwood boasted a fluctuating population of 500 and possibly more. Its residential section was a half mile in length, and its business section consisted of a general store, a butcher shop, a barber shop, blacksmith shop, livery barn, two big company horse barns, a hotel, one sawmill, a shingle mill, a brick yard and a post office. Otis Olson, Spring Valley old timer who once worked in Wildwood, recalls counting more than 120 homes there at one time. Busiest spot in the thriving village was the 3-story wood factory. The ground flour was used for storing supplies; the second floor housed the bending factory where wagons and sleights were manufactured from native timber processed at the sawmill; and the top floor contained the thriving broom handle factory. Most spectacular gadget in the village was the huge iron cable which connected the broom factory with the mill. Wildwood died no lingering death. The depletion of the timber in the neighborhood was a sudden and shocking situation, and Wildwood had no other means of livelihood. At one time Wildwood supported two school buildings, one a two-story classroom structure. But today even the building has been moved a mile westward. The Wildwood store was sold as a unit to Lars Solstad, who moved it to Woodville and re-built it. The dozens of Wildwood homes? The company, having exhausted the community resources, had no farther interest in them. Mrs. Carrie Olson, 81 year old mother of Minnerd and Myron Olson of Spring Valley, recalls that many of them were moved by the occupants to the iron mine, just opening near the present location of the Madson sawmill, where they found employment when the Wildwood factory closed. The iron mine community was never an organized village, although it had a considerable population at one time. So it was that Wildwood died, speedily and painlessly. The irony of its death is this: Wildwood died because the supply of timber was exhausted. But every year since then - a half century ago - great quantities of lumber have been harvested from the nearby hills. Today, the two Spring Valley lumber mills probably harvest more lumber annually than the Wildwood factory did in its busiest year. If the men who operated Wildwood's industries had had greater vision, there would still be a thriving, bustling Wildwood today. But if Wildwood has disappeared - except for the big, brick house on the hill and a few foundation scars in the neighboring pastures - it is still a living, affectionate memory for those who lived there. Not because it was a pretty place. Sprawling Wildwood, with its board sidewalks and its twisting, dusty-muddy street, was never that. But because fine people with great hearts lived there. . ." It goes to mention the names of some of the families but I did not see Patnode. One of the former residents (Mildred Biddle Morley) -- "I left there when I was 7, but I remember it very well especially the big piles of broom handles . . . With little entertainment, in the winter "Front Street" became a place to coast. Old and young were out with toboggans . . . when the season for wild raspberries came on, everyone went "berrying" . . . in the fall everyone went butternutting. Great sacks were dried for winter, and we usually had a flour sack of hazelnuts as well . . . The friendships made in the mill town lasted through life. So few things for distraction one's friends meant everything." -----Original Message----- From: Dan Patnode [mailto:dbp@uwm.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:50 AM To: WISTCROI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [St. Croix] Wildwood If anyone here knows anything about it I'd be very interested in reading whatever you are willing to share with me. Dan Patnode

Good morning, all. I am new to the list and have joined because I received from my father some military papers that had been his father's in which he indicated that he'd been born in Wildwood in 1896. My understanding was that by 1896 folks were moving away from Wildwood and that there were few, if any, jobs to be had there. All the other records indicate that he was born in Waterville Township (near Arkansaw), Pepin Co. But I've developed an interest in learning more about Wildwood. If anyone here knows anything about it I'd be very interested in reading whatever you are willing to share with me. Thanks. -- Dan Patnode It is never too late to be what you might have been. -- George Eliot (1819-1880) English Novelist

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Van Ord, Ferencik, Regal, Hager, Durell, McGhee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/1281.1 Message Board Post: My mother-in-law, the late Velma Delong was married to one Michael Ferencik who was the son of John Stephen and Anna Scambora Ferencik. Who were Vera Ferencik's parents? Where were they from? I may have some information you can use. E-mail me at ecmi_nca@cox.net Susan Van Ord

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3876 Message Board Post: In last Saturday's New York Times: The government has been keeping tabs on immigrants since 1820, and Castle Garden at the Battery, originally built to defend New York from foreigners, was the city's first official debarkation point. It was the gateway for immigrants until 1890, when federal officials took over responsibility for the newcomers, who were processed first at the nearby Barge Office and, starting in 1892, on Ellis Island. More than one in six native-born Americans are descendants of the eight million immigrants who entered the United States through Castle Garden in Lower Manhattan beginning 150 years ago next Monday. On Monday, Warrie Price, the founder and president of the conservancy, a nonprofit group formed to rebuild the 23-acre park, will also begin a free Web site for scholarly and genealogical research, CastleGarden.org, which includes a database of more than 10 million of the 12 million immigrants who arrived at the Port of New York from 1820 to 1892. The Web site, an electronic archive and a research center constitute the Battery Conservancy's Center for Castle Garden Immigration. _Posted in Dutch-Colonies-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005

I go to Somerset once in awhile. Would you like me to try to find this old hotel? Many of the old Somerset buildings are still standing & it may still be in existance. Rosemarie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3875.2 Message Board Post: From "History of the St. Croix Valley", published in 1909: "They (Samuel and Nathaniel Harriman) built the hotel at Somerset in 1876. Two years previous to this, in 1874, they had started a general store in that township. This store was sold in 1884 to H. A. Lagranduer. " Not much info, but its a start....good luck Pat

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/3875.1 Message Board Post: Heidi, I would like to recommend that you contact the local Area Research Center at UW-River Falls (http://www.uwrf.edu/library/arc/). It is most likely that they would have a city directory for that era (if one exists). They may also have something in their biographical index under your grandmother's name. Good luck! Roxanne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Farrell Radigan Comboy Abear/Hebert Fauvel(le) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/3875 Message Board Post: I just found a notation in an old letter that my great-great grandmother 'tended' a hotel in Somerset, WI in the late 1800s. I'm interested in finding out more about the hotel, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Is anyone familiar with what hotels were in Somerset at the time, or where to look to find out? Thanks for any help. Heidi

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/3874.1 Message Board Post: We used to drive through the grounds when I was a kid. It is still there, although now it holds some county offices. Its actually just west of New Richmond. For many of the poor houses in WI, the residents were buried on the grounds. On some of the little cemeteries near these poor houses/asylums, the people are in unmarked or numbered graves. In the county I worked in, the director of human services had a record of who was buried in each plot. Sometimes families would come and give them a proper stone. Good luck in your search.

--WebTV-Mail-17035-1053 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Generally, when someone died at the Poor Farm, the city covered the expenses of burial & they were buried in either the Poor Farm cemetery or in a regular cemetery in what was called "Potter's Field". --WebTV-Mail-17035-1053 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpinvite-3302.bay.webtv.net (209.240.205.170) by storefull-3218.bay.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:25:54 -0700 Received: from lists8.rootsweb.com (lists8.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.27]) by smtpinvite-3302.bay.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 5C83FE103 for <HeartsDesire001@webtv.net>; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists8.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) id j6NLPbiI003133; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:25:37 -0600 Resent-Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:25:37 -0600 X-Original-Sender: hydraf@aol.com Sat Jul 23 15:25:37 2005 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: hydraf@aol.com Old-To: WISTCROI-L@rootsweb.com Sender: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <MB09TXip1jmurceIqjY00005e23@MB09.myfamilysouth.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jul 2005 21:25:33.0002 (UTC) FILETIME=[0ED7D2A0:01C58FCD] Date: 23 Jul 2005 15:25:33 -0600 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <AyU75.A.ow.RXr4CB@lists8.rootsweb.com> To: WISTCROI-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: WISTCROI-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: WISTCROI-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <WISTCROI-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4374 X-Loop: WISTCROI-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: WISTCROI-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: [St. Croix] Poorhouse X-Brightmail: Message tested, results are inconclusive This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Farrell Radigan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/3874 Message Board Post: My great-uncle John Farrell was in the St. Croix County Poorhouse/Asylum in Star Prairie, WI for a number of years (1900-1920+). I couldn't find the asylum in the census in 1930. Does anyone know whether it closed/moved, and if so, when? If someone died there, was there a particular cemetery where they were buried if family didn't claim them? Thanks for any info! Heidi ==== WISTCROI Mailing List ==== *** Roxanne Munns, Listowner (WISTCROI-admin@rootsweb.com) *** Be sure to check out the St. Croix County, Wisconsin GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wistcroi/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --WebTV-Mail-17035-1053--

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Farrell Radigan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/3874 Message Board Post: My great-uncle John Farrell was in the St. Croix County Poorhouse/Asylum in Star Prairie, WI for a number of years (1900-1920+). I couldn't find the asylum in the census in 1930. Does anyone know whether it closed/moved, and if so, when? If someone died there, was there a particular cemetery where they were buried if family didn't claim them? Thanks for any info! Heidi