I am looking for information on the Klick, Pigorsch, and Marschke families and any inter-relatedness between them. I am a descendent of the Klick family from Waushara County. Randy

>From: "Todd & Natalie Thompson" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:51 AM >Subject: Seeking Amos Thompson Obituary 1972 > > >> Wish to research Amos Thompson from Wautoma. Died in August 1972. Born >in 1889. Any information would be helpful. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Todd Thompson ******* Todd, An obituary search without a death date, usual residence of the deceased and burial location would be really difficult. How about calling the Waushara Co Register of Deeds to verify the certificate exists in the Waushara Co records at(920) 787 0444 (P. O. Box 338, Wautoma WI 54982 or the Wisconsin Bureau of Health Statistics, WI Division of Health, P. O. Box 309, Madison WI 53701. If you are *sure* he died in Waushara Co the county would provide the fastest service, waits of 3-5 months for a state-wide search are not uncommon <groan> Best wishes!! Joan Professional Researcher and Association of Professional Genealogists member http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm

----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd & Natalie Thompson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:51 AM Subject: Seeking Amos Thompson Obituary 1972 > Wish to research Amos Thompson from Wautoma. Died in August 1972. Born in > 1889. Any information would be helpful. > > Thanks, > > Todd Thompson >

Just uploaded the 1890 Election Returns of Waushara County, transcribed and contributed by Joan Benner. Stop by and take a look. Maybe your relatives were in politics http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Thank you Joan!! Jan Waushara County Coordinator

Hello All, The Chicago Park District Administration Building recently moved to new office space, and during the move, *160 old documents were found* that had been used to prove residency in the early 1900's. Many central WI settlers had ancestors with Chicago roots, or descendants who later went there for work, so this website might be of help to someone. The names with identifying information and instructions for claiming a document can be found at http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/press/58.cfm Newberry Library will receive any documents unclaimed by the first of the New Year. with best wishes, Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Friendly Professional Research, Guided by the Golden Rule Specializing in Central Wisconsin Records P.O. Box 1559, Wisconsin Rapids WI 54495-1559 or for more information, http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm God Bless the USA and Stand United, America

Dear List, Linda Cates, a volunteer for the Adams County rootsweb site, sent the following message regarding Milwaukee Archdiocese cemetery records. Many WI families have connections to the Milwaukee area so this is exciting news for many researchers. Happy Hunting, Joan Coordinator Adams Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm and Marquette Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm Professional Genealogist http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm Remembering 9-11-01...freedom will endure and prevail. ====================================== The Milwaukee Archdiocese has recently put cemetery information on its web site. You can search by surname and also find the names of others buried in the same plot. It provides information on date of death, date of burial, age, marital status and address at time of death, funeral home, name of cemetery and location of grave. So far, I have found information on persons buried at Calvary, Holy Trinity, and Holy Cross cemeteries. There may be others. It says that more data is going to be added. This valuable resource can be found at http://www.cemeteries.org/genealogy/genealogy01.asp

Just uploaded a 1902 Plainfield taxpayers list to the site. This one was contributed by Joan Benner. Nice - I found some of my relatives there - how about you? http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Joan has sent a couple more items that I hope to get up this weekend. So watch for it. Jan Waushara County Coordinator

Whoops - finger got hot on the send button. The map is not done loading or the main page up - but they are coming, bout 5 minutes. Sorry bout that. <g> Jan

Back from vacation and trying my best to get up to speed and go to work too. <VBG> The main page has been updated to make it a bit more user friendly - needs more work I know - but it all takes time. We are growing so fast and that's great. I've uploaded a bio of Almon and Grace Gragg. Obits for Alfred Eugene Walker, Andew Walker, and Mrs. Ansel Walker, all contributed by Sandi Walker. Naturalizations of Plainfield as reported in the Waushara Argus, as transcribed and contributed by Pam Anderson. A plat map of Plainfield Township, late 1800's - to early 1900's. It's very large and takes a bit to load - but well worth the time if you are researching that area. Also a handbill from the People's bank. These items contributed by Shannon Guenther. A couple of days ago I did some surnames, queries and quite a few photos for the family photo album - so if you haven't stopped by lately - check it all out. Many thanks to the contributors. And stay tuned - much more to go. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Jan Waushara County Coordinator

For those of you who may have had relatives in the Bloomfild Town/Union Cemetery. Darlene has sent about 20 additional photographs of stones there - so stop in and take a look. You can access the site from the cemetery page or from Darlene's Bloomfield Town site. Way to go Darlene - love some of those old stones!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Jan Waushara County Coordinator

Anyone have access to the 1870 census and able to help Jerry on this one? Jan Waushara County Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry & Lisa Sehlke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:42 PM > Hi Jan > > I just received the note below today - I was surprised to see that there > may be a William Searles listed in the 1870 census. I've never come across > this name in my checks! Would you/someone you know have a copy of p. 31 of > the Bloomfield township census? Would you/they be willing to check this > out for me? > > Thanks in advance for the assistance! > > Cheers > > Jerry > Jerry, in the l870 waushara co Wi. census there was an Elizabeth,George > and Syra Searles listed on P33 and a William listed on P 31 in the > Bloomfield township. I don't have the pages just the listing of names.

Stop in and take a look - the Bloomfield Town/Union Cemetery has been reworked with photographs, all sent in by Darlene Ryan. Next up will be the rework of the Old German with many more photographs. Darlene has been busy and Jan has been a little slow - but we are getting there. Got a little behind with my computer problems - but there is hope. <g> We also have a new Photo Album online - so if you have family photographs, pics of schools, landmarks, etc. send them on and we'll get them online. Also look for many more obituaries - very soon. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Jan Waushara County Coordinator

Thanks to the generous contribution of Marlys Steckler - we now have over 1,000 Tri-County Area High School Graduates from 1960 - 1990 and the generous contribution of Jo Orvik, we now have seven pages of obits rather than four. Stop in and take a look. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Jan Waushara County Coordinator Mecosta Co., MI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Ionia Co., MI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~miionia/ Ashland Co., WI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiashlan/index.html Bayfield Co., WI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibayfie/contents.html Waukesha Co., WI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaukes/indice.html Waushara Co., WI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Jansdigs http://www.jansdigs.com

This is all I have on Reuben DECKER. I don't know if he's related to Jehiel or not. Jo Orvik Reuben DECKER was born about 2 DEC 1811 in Probably Sullivan Co, NY. YOB calculated from age at and date of death. He was 48 yrs on the 1860 census. He died on 2 DEC 1884 in Waushara Co, WI. He died at 73 years. He was buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Waushara Co, WI. Reuben DECKER was married to Catherine "Katie" WAGNER. They were living in Plainfield in 1860 with 3 children. He was listed as a farmer with 1000.00 worth of real estate and 200.00 worth of personal assets. Catherine "Katie" WAGNER was born about 18 SEP 1810 in Probably Sullivan Co, NY. DOB calculated from age at and date of death. She was 49 yrs on the 1860 census. She died on 18 SEP 1897 in Waushara Co, WI. She died at 87 years. She was buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Waushara Co, WI. Reuben DECKER and Catherine "Katie" WAGNER had the following children: I. Charles DECKER was born in 1839 in Probably Sullivan Co, NY. He was 21 yrs on the 1860 census. Charles DECKER was married to LaVina HEPBURN (daughter of Orville HEPBURN and Sylvia EDSON). LaVina HEPBURN was born about 1856. Charles DECKER and LaVina HEPBURN had the following children: A. Alfred DECKER was born on 24 JUN 1880 in Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI. II. Harriet DECKER was born in 1842 in Probably Sullivan Co, NY. She was 18 yrs on the 1860 census. III. William H. DECKER was born in 1847 in Fulton, Schoharie Co, NY. He was 17 yrs on the 1860 census. He died on 15 MAY 1923 in Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI. Cemetery stone has YOD as 1926. He was buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Waushara Co, WI. William H. DECKER was married to Violetta Mary KELLEY (daughter of *William Norman KELLEY and *Ruth Miller BENTLEY) on 5 APR 1875 in Hancock, Waushara Co, WI. Violetta Mary KELLEY was born about 24 JUL 1853 in Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI. DOB calculated from age and date of death so may not be exact. She was listed as 7 years on the 1860 Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI census. She died on 22 JUL 1913 in Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI. Died at 59y11m29d She was buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Waushara Co, WI. William H. DECKER and Violetta Mary KELLEY had the following children: A. Dora Cecil DECKER was born about 31 OCT 1880 in Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI. DOB calculated from age at and date of death. She died on 7 FEB 1884 in Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI. Died at 3y3m7d She was buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Waushara Co, WI. B. Marie Alta DECKER1 was born on 21 APR 1888 in Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI. She died in 1927 in Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI. She was buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Waushara Co, WI. Marie Alta DECKER was married to Ira P. GOULT. Ira P. GOULT was born in 1887. He died in 1944 in Plainfield, Waushara Co, WI. He was buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Waushara Co, WI. C. Iva DECKER was born in 1891. She died about 1985 in Eau Claire, WI. Iva Tanler gave Walter Maynard Kelley a book written in 1890 that had some Kelley history in it. Iva DECKER was married to Al TANLER. They had a son who died in a car crash at about 27 years old. Al TANLER was born in Eau Claire, WI(?).

1. Marriage page has been updated. 2. An Obituary page has been added to the Brushville site - follow the Towns and Townships link to Darlene's Brushville page. 3. A marriage page has been added to the Bloomfield Town site. Darlene has been busy. Stop in and take a look. 4. Also stop and take a look at the Bloomfield Town or Union Cemetery on the Bloomfield page. Darlene has rewalked it. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Mecosta Co., MI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Ionia Co., MI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~miionia/ Ashland Co., WI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiashlan/index.html Bayfield Co., WI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibayfie/contents.html Waukesha Co., WI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaukes/indice.html Waushara Co., WI. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Jansdigs http://www.jansdigs.com

Searching for information about some related DECKER, FOLAND, and SCHERMERHORN families who lived in Rock Co, WI, with a connection to Waushara Co. from the mid-1850s onwards. On 1 Oct 1858, Cornelius K. SCHERMERHORN and Jehiel E. DECKER, residents of Rock Co, WI, received a patent to land in Plainfield Twp, Waushara Co, WI. A Reubin DECKER, b NY abt 1814, is living in Plainfield Twp in the 1860 census and was still there in 1880, and may thus be related. Jehiel Evert Decker had a sister Nancy DECKER, who married Egbert J. FOLAND/ E.J. FOLANT, who lived in Beloit, WI (1860, 1870 census). This family moved from NY State to Rock Co, WI between 1856 and 58. Children were Frank C., George W., and Carrie L. Jehiel Evert (J.E.) Decker was b in NY in 1830, and is recorded in the 1850 census in the Town of Rochester, Ulster Co, NY. In the 1860 census he is a resident of the Town of Kingston, DeKalb Co, IL. He married Caroline Augusta BAKER, moved to Buchanan Co, IA about 1867, and died there in 1890. A Cornelius K. Schermerhorn is recorded in land records in Seneca Co NY 1843-46, and a Cornelius K. Schermerhorn was bapt 1818 in Cobleskill, Schoharie Co, NY. However, a "Cornelius S. DECKER", b NY abt. 1820 is in the 1870 and 1880 census in Janesville, Rock Co, WI. Wife Jane Elizabeth, children Jonathan, John, Anna, William, Theodore, Anna G., and Cornelius S. Would be very interested to hear from anyone with any knowledge of these people. Gary Merrill [email protected]

Been a while since I sent a query to the list, so thought I'd give it a try. My HARRISON's begin in Waushara County in the early 1860's on a homestead between Poy Sippi and Tustin about a mile or less from Lake Poygan, when Samuel Aaron Harrison and his wife, the former Elizabeth Ruth Tackaberry, emigrated from Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada to Wisconsin. They had earlier emigrated from County Wexford, Ireland in 1854, and were married on Christmas Day, 1854 in the farmhome of one of Elizabeth's sisters near Coaticook, Quebec, Canada, just across the border from Vermont. They had several children: Hannah Elizabeth, b. 1856, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada; Martha Jane, b. 1858 in Coaticook; Susan Marie, b. 1860, Smith Falls, Ontario; Samuel Aaron Jr., b. Jan 30, 1861,Smith Falls, Ontario; George William, b. 1863, Smith Falls, Ontario; Benjamin Edward Tackaberry Harrison, b. 1866 on the family farm in Waushara County, WI; and my Grandfather, Cadwallader Joseph Edmund Harrison, b. Dec. 22, 1867, also on the farm in Waushara County, WI, as described above between Poy Sippi & Tustin near Lake Poygan. Most of the family are buried in Poy Sippi Cemetery in Waushara County, WI. Further details available if anyone has any questions. Sincerely, with all good wishes, /S/ Jim Carey Washington, DC Great Grandson of Samuel Aaron Harrison & Elizabeth Ruth Tackaberry of County Wexford, Ireland

Just a quick note to tell you of the latest additions. Follow the Old German Cemetery page to pictures of old tombstones there contributed by Darlene Ryan. Coloma Stations is just coming online and Barb, your new Town coordinator has added a couple of obits of Elias and Henry Follett. Watch this one grow. I've started a Waushara County Tour in Pictures with a few old post cards that I have gotten my hands on - so check that out. Also am looking for more cemetery photos, old photos or post cards of early buildings, etc., and would like to do a page of early settlers in photographs - so if you have any scans to offer for the site let me know. And like you I am leery of virus's so please send me a note and let me know you are sending an attachment - before you send it. Thanks. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html And God bless our veterans. I hope you have honored them today for what sacrifices they have made for us. Jan Cortez Waushara County Coordinator

If Lisa Stansbury is on the Waukesha County List - would you please contact me. I have a person who needs to talk to you about your Jones Family Bible. It might be a relative and I've lost your email addy. Jan Cortez Waukesha County

Have uploaded the 1861 Waushara County Grand and Petit Jury List to the site. This was very generously typed and sent in by Joan Benner. Thanks Joan!!! Stop in and take a look. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html Jan Cortez Waushara County Coordinator