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/TFC.2ACE/483.1 Message Board Post: Hello Doug. I am a Schneidau by birth. I am not descended through Polycarpus, but through his third cousin, Gustavus Andrew, born 1840 in New Orleans. His father was Gustavus Adolphus, born 1810 in Sweden. Polycarpus and G. Andrew's great grandfathers were brothers, Fredrik and Paul, sons of Hans Georg, a Capt. in the Swedish army. I have many names of ancestors and cousins. There were four brothers. Most of my information is of course on Paul's descendants, but I do have at least the names of four of Pauline's children, including her daughter Pauline and her husband Douglas Olcott. I would like to share information if you are interested. There are at least two books that talk about Polycarpus, "American's From Sweden" and "The Pioneer Swedish Settlements and Swedish Lutheran Churches in America". If I remember correctly there was another Polycarpus who came over later and had several sons. Most of that family is in Oregon and California. We haven't quite figured out the con! nection yet, but I am sure we are related too. I don't have that info handy, so I can't elaborate. I would like to hear from you and get more information on your side of the family. you can e-mail me at vpruet@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you. Virginia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WAUKESHA COUNTY POORFARM & ASYLUM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/556 Message Board Post: Does anyone know if the Poorfarm/Asylum was enumerated for these years? My great great grandfather was an inmate there for 40 years. I'm trying to find out if the asylum inmates were enumerated and listed.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kumm; Ziemer; Wendt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TFC.2ACE/518.2 Message Board Post: My father's first cousin Helen Ziemer married a George Kumm, who was born on December 2, 1905. As far as I know, they had just one child, a daughter Ruth, who married a member of the Wendt family. I don't know anything about George Kumm but wonder if there is a connection. Penny Ziemer Ford Denver

Bill, I am not aware of any book specifically about Elm Grove but there is a book published by the Elmbrook Historical Society which covers the history of both Brookfield and Elm Grove. It includes a lot of photographs, including several related to the Reinders family. The book is entitled "Following the Trail" and it was co-written by Stephen K. Hauser and Jean R. Stackpole and was published in 1998. I suspect that if you contact the Elmbrook Historical Society they can help you locate a copy of the book. Their phone number is 262-783-6494. Good luck! Joyce Brookfield, WI

Hi Bill, My son works for Reinders in Elm Grove and he will ask a family member tomorrow when he goes into work and he is quite sure they will have that info. I will ask them to see if they can get a copy and send it to you. Possibly they can check with the chamber of commerce also. I have printed the message and he will take it with him to work tomorrow. Irene Ellen (Genealogy) wrote: > The answer to your question is, I don't know. > > I will post your message to the list however and see if anyone has ans answer. > >

The answer to your question is, I don't know. I will post your message to the list however and see if anyone has ans answer. List, does anyone have an answer for this gentleman? Ellen- www.linkstothepast.com *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 8/19/02 at 11:52 AM Wjoynt@aol.com wrote: >Ellen >I obtained your address while searching info on Elm Grove. >Background: >I live in Elgin, Il, 45 miles west of Chgo. >I have been researching my mothers side of the family (Reinders). I have >a >good deal of info including my GGfather Gerhard Reinders who came to Elm >Grove 1854. >I am traveling to Kleve germany (which is where Gerhard came from) in a >couple of weeks. I have established contact with a couple of distant >cousins >and they are interested in Elm Grove history. >After my rambling I was wondering if there is any book or booklet on Elm >Grove history from a historical society etc that you might know of that I >could purchase and give to them. >Problem is this didn't come up until now and I leave on 31 August. > >Thank you for any leads you might supply >Bill Joynt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sake Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TFC.2ACE/518.1 Message Board Post: I have a picture of a Howard Sake, playing what I think is a concertina, at a going away party for my Moms cousin in 1942. This was taken in Waukesha WI and I was wondering if he were a relative or you know who he might be related to. Would like to see a relative have the picture since it hold no real value to me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCHROEDER, HARGRAVES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/555 Message Board Post: Hi: I'm looking for any information anyone might have on a woman named Edna (nee Schroeder) Hargraves or her descendants. She was born May 22, 1896 in Postville, Iowa to Edwin H. Schroeder and Mary E. Clair. What sketchy information I have indicates she resided in the Oconomowoc area and died circa 1953. Any information greatly appreciated. H.A. Kippenhan, Jr.

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/TFC.2ACE/77.1.1 Message Board Post: Now I see the connection...when I found this post about Bussewitz. So which Grabinski are You related to? My previous post to you stated that I'm Emil and Sadie Serr's grandaughter. I wonder if this will send you an e-mail notification of my posting...after over a yr??

We would like to invite you to re-visit our website, The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com We just posted a link to information about the WAUKESHA County Poorhouse & Asylum and it's cemetery. Your community has done something really admirable by creating beautiful memorials with the names of those known to be buried there inscribed on the memorial stones! So we have also featured that on our NEWS ALERTS page. DIRECTIONS: At the homepage (link above) click on POORHOUSES BY STATE, then on WISCONSIN on the table of states. If you have been to the website recently you may have to click REFRESH or RELOAD on the browser to see the new information. You will see an entry under LOCAL NOTES and under CEMETERIES. There is also a link to News Alerts on that homepage. There are other pages on the site which may give you some interesting perspective on poorhouses. They are off the homepage and include: the HISTORY page and the LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS as well as FEATURED ARTICLES. There are great tips for researching poorhouse records for yourself on the RECORDS page; and you might want to subscribe to our (almost) monthly newletter (which you can do in the lower right corner of the homepage). The information on our site will only grow through the submissions of generous readers. If you would like to e-mail me ... please do so off-list because I cannot maintain subscriptions to as many lists as we post messages on. (You can use an e-mail link off one of our web pages.) We hope you enjoy the site! Thanks, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)

We would like to invite you to re-visit our website, The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com We just posted a link to information about the WAUKESHA County Poorhouse & Asylum and it's cemetery. Your community has done something really admirable by creating beautiful memorials with the names of those known to be buried there inscribed on the memorial stones! So we have also featured that on our NEWS ALERTS page. DIRECTIONS: At the homepage (link above) click on POORHOUSES BY STATE, then on WISCONSIN on the table of states. If you have been to the website recently you may have to click REFRESH or RELOAD on the browser to see the new information. You will see an entry under LOCAL NOTES and under CEMETERIES. There is also a link to News Alerts on that homepage. There are other pages on the site which may give you some interesting perspective on poorhouses. They are off the homepage and include: the HISTORY page and the LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS as well as FEATURED ARTICLES. There are great tips for researching poorhouse records for yourself on the RECORDS page; and you might want to subscribe to our (almost) monthly newletter (which you can do in the lower right corner of the homepage). The information on our site will only grow through the submissions of generous readers. If you would like to e-mail me ... please do so off-list because I cannot maintain subscriptions to as many lists as we post messages on. (You can use an e-mail link off one of our web pages.) We hope you enjoy the site! Thanks, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)

I don't know about Mirgelers in Mapleton, but I have the MIRGELER surname in my KAU family history. I have JACOB MIRGELER, born 4 Sept 1839 in Heimergheim, Germany, son of WILHELM MIRGELER & ELIZABTH KUPPER. Jacob m. (2) to EVA KAU in 1877 in Town of Greenfield, WI. Jacob and Eva (Kau) Mirgeler had a daughter, KATHRYN ANNA MIRGELER, who m. Paul Mueller in 1908. I think there was another child, a son named Joseph Mirgeler who, according to family members, went "out west," gave up his Catholic religion, but came back to Wisconsin and to Catholicism before he died. I also have an 1880 census record for PETER MIRGELER . If you think this is your family, please contact me. Mary Jacob Mirgeler was m. (1) to ????????. There was a daughter from this first marriage, named ELIZABETH MIRGELER who m. John SPAETH. From: <Kmann@ra.rockwell.com> To: <WIWAUKES-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: Mirgelers in Mapleton? > Hi. I've recently subscribed to this list. Our ancestors primarily lived > in Milwaukee. However, I recently uncovered a lead - an audio taped > interview of one of the older now-deceased relatives who stated that her > mother was from Mapleton. She also thought she remembered her mother's > family owning a hotel in the area. The timeframe was in the early to > mid-1860's. This family was Catholic. Were there any Catholic churches in > the area? Does anyone know what hotels were in the area at the time? > > Are there other sources for the area that could assist me in determining of > the family was there and what hotel that might be? > > Thank you! > Krista > Mirgelers, Montags, Multhaufs in Milwaukee area > > ______________________________

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/TFC.2ACE/30.2 Message Board Post: Gena, I too am searching the Brunner line. Here is what I have. In the 1860 census, Mary Brunner is listed with her children Anizetus, 19; Anna, 18; John,16; Lawrence, 14 and Joseph, 4. All were born in Bavaria except Joseph who was born in WI. Anizetus is my gg-grandfather. The pre 1907 WI marriage index show that John Bruner married Catherine Wentworth on April 4, 1870 and his parents were Mary and Lorenz. John Brunner died Jan. 9, 1908 and is buried in Prairie Home Cemetery. The Declaration of Intent for Lorenz Brunner states that he arrived in New York on Sept. 1851 from Bavaria. Hope this helps John

Hi. I've recently subscribed to this list. Our ancestors primarily lived in Milwaukee. However, I recently uncovered a lead - an audio taped interview of one of the older now-deceased relatives who stated that her mother was from Mapleton. She also thought she remembered her mother's family owning a hotel in the area. The timeframe was in the early to mid-1860's. This family was Catholic. Were there any Catholic churches in the area? Does anyone know what hotels were in the area at the time? Are there other sources for the area that could assist me in determining of the family was there and what hotel that might be? Thank you! Krista Mirgelers, Montags, Multhaufs in Milwaukee area

Dear List, I am interested in doing additional research on the Pauper's Cemetery in Waukesha County. I already have burials online and some history, but I am interested particularly in the circumstances which prompted the erection of the markers/memorial to be established for the cemetery. Does anyone by chance recall hearing about that and approximately what time frame I should start looking for news articles. I know the Historical Society will problably have something, but as I can't get there during their open hours, I thought I would start at the library this weekend. Ellen- www.linkstothepast.com

This is what it says--- Member of confraternity of Scapularies & (Social Sodality) in the Parish of St. Catherine in Granville in the year 1870. Back then members would make cloth scapularies (two small pieces of woolen cloth, joined by strings and worn around the neck as a badge of affiliation with a religious order, a token of devotion such as the picture of the Virgin or the Sacred Heart or other holy person for young boys and girls, men or women to wear around their necks). Just before leaving Tampa our Prayer Group gave about 150 of these hand-made items to anyone interested. The Social Sodality would be an organization of women who would meet for prayers, social activities such as a luncheon more likely a dinner, and at the end of the year would give awards to officers and leaders. The language used is Italian.

Thank you to everyone that helped. Ellen- *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 8/15/02 at 10:06 PM Mamalee1@aol.com wrote: >This is what it says--- > >Member of confraternity of Scapularies & (Social Sodality) in the Parish >of >St. Catherine in Granville in the year 1870. > >Back then members would make cloth scapularies (two small pieces of woolen >cloth, joined by strings and worn around the neck as a badge of >affiliation >with a religious order, a token of devotion such as the picture of the >Virgin >or the Sacred Heart or other holy person for young boys and girls, men or >women to wear around their necks). Just before leaving Tampa our Prayer >Group gave about 150 of these hand-made items to anyone interested. The >Social Sodality would be an organization of women who would meet for >prayers, >social activities such as a luncheon more likely a dinner, and at the end >of >the year would give awards to officers and leaders. > >The language used is Italian. > > > >==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== >The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, >Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or >concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > >============================== >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. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/551.1 Message Board Post: According to "Photographs and Memories" published by the Menomonee Falls Historical Society in 1977, the ME Church was organized in the 1840's by villagers chiefly of English and Yankee origin. Names of members included Fraser, Wood, Wildish, Pilgrim, Camp, Seabold, Morehouse, Pratt, Spinner, Church, Rowell and others. After many of the older members died, only a few parishioners were left and the church disbanded in 1929. The church building, built in 1868, still exists (without the 120 foot high tower) behind some business buildings on Appleton Ave. I don't know where the records might be. Perhaps the Menomonee Falls Historical Society or the Waukesha County Historical Society might know.

There is more to interpreting this than mere translation. This person was a member of a Catholic group called the Confraternity of the Scapular. Perhaps this was part of a death record indicating that the deceased kept faithful to his or her promises related to this Confraternity. The word "sodales" also refers to this group, as in "sodality" -- this makes me think the person spoken of was a woman. Those with Catholic family members might want to get further information on the Brown Scapular. See: http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/SCAPULAR.HTM Penny Ziemer Ford Denver "Ellen (Genealogy)" wrote: > Anyone know Latin? > > >>Membra s.sodales confraternitas s. scapularis > >>in parochia at St. Catherinam - Granville > >>Anno 1870 > > I would be interested in knowing exactly what this means. > > Ellen- > www.linkstothepast.com > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > ============================== > 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

Anyone know Latin? >>Membra s.sodales confraternitas s. scapularis >>in parochia at St. Catherinam - Granville >>Anno 1870 I would be interested in knowing exactly what this means. Ellen- www.linkstothepast.com