While searching in the <familysearch.org> indexed 1880 census I hit a guy named William h. De Matte who is the Superintendant of something, a school or something in Delavan. Lots of young people there. Lots of names too. What is the place? Slainte, Tim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mortensen, Jacobson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/706.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Georgia, I would be so very very grateful for anything that can be found for them!! I will happily pay for the copies and postage!! Have a great day/night, Kristin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jacobson Khristen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/706.1 Message Board Post: I will be at Walworth Co courthouse next week to do lookups. I'd be happy to verify that it is there.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clasen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/700.1 Message Board Post: I will be there next week, I'd be happy to look it up for you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thorson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/698.1 Message Board Post: I will be in there next week, will be happy to check for you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ALL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/711 Message Board Post: Finally after several months I'm back to doing research. I live in Walworth CO & will be going to the courthouse within the next week. I can do lookups for Birth, marriage, death records for anyone who needs them. I can also do copies of obits for the Lake Geneva Regional News going back to 1870 I believe. If you need anything please respond to THIS message with at least the Surname, year range and which record you want info from. I can look directly at these vitals and write down the contents for free. If your ancestor is there and you want the official copy, you'll have to send for the record.

Hi Georgia! I would very much appreciate a lookup for the marriage license for: VILES, Benjamin Warren & ROCK, Emily S. They were married in Sugar Creek, Walworth County on May 9, 1853. If there is a license or certificate available I would love to have the address to order a copy of it. Thanks so very much for your time and trouble! Pam Maple Valley, Wa.

Well again thanks. Discovering this info about the Poor House will probably culminate over 6 years of work on this branch of the family. There has been this dead end (no pun intended) that will open up I hope. I have discovered one of the daughters worked/lived with/for the Sup of the Poor, 1880, the other worked for the Clerk of Court. These seem to indicate some financial problems to me. I think I will call DSS in Walworth County and see what records are still around. (I know the store well, although sleeping on a futon is something I will never do again. We live in Ballantree 28803 and my wife is the Vice Pres of Asheville Buncombe Technical College...he'll know what that is.) Thanks again for the help. Slainte, Tim Shirley Sisk wrote: > You're welcome. I did get the articles copied today, but because I'm > leaving so early in the morning tomorrow to go to my uncle's funeral > 120 miles away, it probably won't get mailed out tomorrow. > > I just talked to my only brother last night who lives near Asheville > NC. He has a Futon Designs Store (handcrafted furniture) in > Asheville. Futon Designs is at 39 Broadway 28801 in Asheville. Ever > heard of it? He lives at Powder Ridge 28803, whereever that is. > I've never been there. > Shirley > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Morrissey <mailto:[email protected]> > To: Shirley Sisk <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:09 AM > Subject: Re: [WIWALWOR] Poor Hose still > > Thanks for the help. > Tim Morrissey > 6 Elmwood Lane > Asheville, NC 28803-2010 > > Shirley Sisk wrote: > >>I don't know if the Walworth County Dept. of Human Services has any other >>information besides what was published in a newspaper article that I have a >>copy of. I will send that to you, just send mailing address. You might >>have to overlap the article, but it will be readable. I don't think I have >>an extra copy, but I will check. >>Shirley in Darien, Walworth county, Wis. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Tim Morrissey" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 8:17 AM >>Subject: [WIWALWOR] Poor Hose still >> >> >> >> >>>Would anyone think that the Walworth County Dept of Human Services would >>>have info on the old Poor House?? >>>Could someone give them a call and see? >>>Any help appreciated. >>>Slainte, >>>Tim in North Carolina >>> >>> >>> >>>==== WIWALWOR Mailing List ==== >>>Subscribe to our mailing list at: >>>[email protected] or [email protected] >>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >>go to: >> >> >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Atkinson, Miller, Holmes, O'Brien, Gruenewald, Deist Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/710 Message Board Post: I have added the 1870 census transcript for the town of East Troy to the web site. Enjoy! http://www.mid-wi.com/genealogy

Would anyone think that the Walworth County Dept of Human Services would have info on the old Poor House?? Could someone give them a call and see? Any help appreciated. Slainte, Tim in North Carolina

It appears that the Lakeland Health Care Center or the Walworth County Home for the Aged became the 'child' of the Poor House. Anybody know about this??? Any help appreciated. Slainte, Tim

Does anyone have information on this institution - when it opened, where it was? My ggg grandmother is said to have went a bit crazy when her twin brother was killed in a shipping accident. She was alive in 1850 and disappeared after that. She supposedly lived until age 80 or 90 which would be 1870 or 1880. Lucy Baldwin Bessey lived in Wheatland Twp, Kenosha Co., WI which borders Walworth, so am interested. Carolyn

I find in the 1910 census listings for inmates in the Walworth County Insane Asylum and Poor House. Whats up with that?? Can we find out the disposition of people who were there? Like when they went in and when they got out etc?? Any help appreciated. Slainte, Tim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wheeler, Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/709 Message Board Post: Looking for info. on F.A. Wheeler - listed in 1870 Walworth Co. census with 12 yr. old daughter Ida. Same household as Alhanon Johnson and family. Both Wheeler and Johnson families had New Jersey roots.

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/QFC.2ACE/708 Message Board Post: I found Joseph Cocagne in a 1855 WI State Census - living in Walworth, Geneva. Would like any information that might be available about him and family. He is my gg-Grandfather.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Millar Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/522.2 Message Board Post: Hi Jack, My Grandfather Edward settled in Lake Geneva from Illinois in 1905. He and his brother Percy ran the awning business. My Dad, Ed, worked there also. We lived in Lake Geneva until 1965. My sister graduated from Badger H.S. Connections? I do not have a naturalization date, but have just begun the genealogy research. Looking forward to hearing from you. (I still have relation in L.G.) Warmest regards, Peggy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ritchey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/707 Message Board Post: I am looking to coorespond with someone who either knows someone who worked at andies candies in walworh county or they themselves worked at andies candies in the 1970's. i am looking for a family member who dated someone who worked there. please email me dirct at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stilwell, Rees, Babcock and Holloway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/705.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Joe, I don't know how to thank you, this looks like it might be the right family. Vernette's death certificate says she was born in Homer, NY. Thank you so much for answering my query. Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Babcock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/705.1 Message Board Post: This is a stretch, but there is a biographical sketch for Alexander O. Babcock in the "History of Walworth Co, WI -1882" (p. 543) under the Town of East Troy. It never mentions his wife's first name, so can this be Vernette's first husband? Alexander O. Babcock was a native of Homer, NY and came to East Troy, WI in 1843. He established a law office in East Troy and died there in 1875. ...."Mr. Babcock had not long been a resident of our village before he selected a site and built a mansion for his future home. With fine taste and great perseverance, he adorned his grounds, making his home one of the most delightful retreats to be found in the county. Here his widow still resides (in 1882), and, in the sorrow of her widowhood, seems to find her sweetest comfort in continuing the work of beautifying her lonely home."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mortensen, Jacobson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/706 Message Board Post: Hello, I am wondering if there is someone in Whitewater who can look up a marriage for me please. Knud Khristen and Margaret Olga Mortensen Jacobson m. 24 May 1924 Whitewater, WI I would be very grateful to anyone who can help me with a copy of this, they are my Great Grandparents whom I remember very well but was too young to ask my grandpa more of his family and I cannot get past him.. Thank you and have a great day/night, Kristin