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/CGC.2ACI/406.1.1 Message Board Post: So sorry, I responded to a message thinking the query was about Illinois .... I was alerted about my error. Sorry for the confusion. Leslie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamilton, Covey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CGC.2ACI/406.1 Message Board Post: Just learning about Winnebago County Farm (possibly "Winnebago County Farm for Boys" was affiliated). I did an online search and found some helpful info. My g-aunt, ABBIE HAMILTON COVEY (d.1936), resided at the Winn. Co. Farm just prior to her death. My research indicates this was a "poor farm". She was at least 70 and from the Co. Farm was taken to Elgin State Hospital where she died (apparently a mental institution) and was buried in "Local Cemetery." Don't know if "Local" meant she was buried at this Co. farm site or another local cemetery.There is a Winnebago Co. Farm Cemetery near the Co. Farm site .... no names on grave sites, only numbers. Address of Co. Farm Cemetery is "off 4400 North Main Street, Rockford, IL behind the present River Bluff Nursing Home." A website I found states that there is "a small book of reocrds" for the Co. Farm burials at the Rockford Public Library. Did you find anything more on the the County Farm for Boys? Leslie Hamilton Kapell budles@frontiernet.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wood, Davies, Rhyner, Ross, Nelson, Johnson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/710 Message Board Post: Oshkosh Daily Western, Oshkosh, WI 29 Sep 1976, OBITUARIES. Warren L. Wood. Warren L. Wood, 83, formerly of 834 Bowen St., died today at 4:40 a.m. at Oshkosh Care Center. He was born in Oshkosh on Oct. 12, 1892, son of Delford and Olive Wood, and was married here to Margretta Davies on Oct. 22, 1918. Mr. Wood had been a postal mail carrier until 1954, and then had been employed at First Wisconsin National Bank. He served with the Army during World War I. He was a member of First Congregational Church, Cook-Fuller Post 70 of American Legion and Local 173 of American Association of Letter Carriers. Surviving are his widow; two sons, Dale Wood, Oshkosh, and Lynn Wood, Neenah; four brothers, Calvin and Walter Wood, Oshkosh, Howard Wood, Van Dyne, and Robert Wood, Neenah; four sisters, Mrs. Clarence (Esther) Rhyner, Mrs. Lester (Helen) Ross, Oshkosh, Mrs. Robert (Marion) Nelson, Chicago, and Mrs. Florence Johnson, San Altos, Calif.; and five grandchildren. Services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Seefeld Church Avenue Chapel, with the Rev. Paul R. Martin, of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Lake View Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Church Avenue Chapel from Friday noon until the hour of services. A memorial has been established.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.msn.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5541/CGC.2ACI/452.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, My grandmother was Mary Voissem Fahrenkrug from Neenah-Menasha. I live in Germany and have visited with the relatives of the one Voissem son--the oldest that remained in Germany--Bad Munster Eifel, while the other three younger boys moved to the states......I would love to share info with you Bob. My email address is dianne_yoesting@eu.dodea.edu-----please write to me.

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/CGC.2ACI/709 Message Board Post: I'm trying to research back to my ancestor Peter Opp from Germany. They are noted on the 1860 & 1870 WISC - Winnebago County Census. Nicholas & Johanna Opp were married in Brown County, Black-Wolf area, WI in Aug 9, 1872 and I also have found some information that they were later divorced on 6-14-1882 in Oshkosh, WI. They would be my 2nd great-grandparents. Johanna's parents are noted as being Michel and Fredericke Wirth or Witt. Their last name used to be Count Von Oppen. They owned a Castle. Peter Opp brought his entire family to America, just before the eldest son, John George was old enough to be drafted into the German army. The family came to America in a sailing ship, the Owego, requiring 27 days to cross the Atlantic from Havre to the port of Castle Garden, NY, 27 April 1857. In the book "German's to America, Emigrate Passenger Lists" page 455, Peter Opp and his family were found. Ship: Owego From: Havre To: New York Arrived: 23 April 1857 Opp, Peter--49 y/o Agnes--47 y/o ( maiden name was Agnes Meyer) George--19 y/o Catherine--17 y/o Johan--13 y/o (John Opp, born Sep 9, 1843-died Feb 3, 1931) Nicolas--7 y/o A letter received from Shellie Boots, written by Ethel Roper noted that Peter Opp's children were all born in Heddeshiem, Germany. The book lists them from the County "Hesse" in Germany and village unknown. All the passengers were listed as village unknown. Germans to America, Vol. 11 . . Apr 1857 - Nov 1857 Peter's son, John Opp, married Lydia Ann or Lidiana Opp born on Nov 24, 1845 in Pennsylvania. She was the daugher of Henry and Lovina Opp, Pennsylvania. It's noted that John and Lydia were 2nd cousins. Do you have any listings that could help me locate more information about Peter Opp and his family? Thanks. Linda Johnson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/708 Message Board Post: The Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota (abridged on CD) is now available: http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/ This abridged digital version of the Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota consists of 19th century cartographic data including all of the 1874 Minnesota counties and 49 city and village plats from this period. Individual county maps are useful for identifying 1874 transportation routes, railroads, canals, streams and rivers, cities, towns and villages, and early Minnesota place names. One-room schools, churches, cemeteries and other cultural features are also included in the county maps. The city and village plat maps in the Minnesota Atlas are often more detailed with many early property owners identified; industrial sites including a variety of stores, factories and mills; State and local government sites: cemeteries, churches, schools, fair grounds, race tracks, asylum & hospitals; and much more. The high resolution digital map data is presented in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). and the Adobe Acrobat Reader is included on each CD. Other recent additions to the Historic Atlas Series include the states of Iowa and Wisconsin. Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Missouri CD's are planned for the near future. The Historic Atlas Series also appears at our eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Historic-Atlas-Series-by-HAR?refid=store Thanks for reading...please check back often for more updates. Rich Green http://www.historic-atlas-series.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/CGC.2ACI/707 Message Board Post: The Winneconne vital records from newspapers index has been updated through 1999. Check it out at www.winneconnelibrary.org/vitals

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CGC.2ACI/706 Message Board Post: The USGenWeb Census Project is pleased to announce the completion of the following census transcription. 1930 Winnebago County, ED 70-2 http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/wi/winnebago/1930/70-2/ Abstracted by Kathleen Grace; Second Transcriber Needed This transcription was made available due to the dedication and effort of the transcriber(s) and will now benefit researchers everywhere. Other New Additions to the project are online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/nu/index.htm Please visit the USGenWeb Census Project at http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/ if you are interested in transcribing any county of any federal census records. Copies of all transcriptions done for this project are submitted to the appropriate state File Manager for inclusion in the USGenWeb Archives. Sincerely, Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Coordinator, USGenWeb Census Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CGC.2ACI/705 Message Board Post: 1840 Winnebago County census online The USGenWeb Census Project is pleased to announce the completion of the following census transcription. 1840 Winnebago County http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/wi/winnebago/1840/ Abstracted by Kathy Grace; Second Transcriber Needed This transcription was made available due to the dedication and effort of the transcriber(s) and will now benefit researchers everywhere. Other New Additions to the project are online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/nu/index.htm Please visit the USGenWeb Census Project at http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/ if you are interested in transcribing any county of any federal census records. Copies of all transcriptions done for this project are submitted to the appropriate state File Manager for inclusion in the USGenWeb Archives. Sincerely, Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Coordinator, USGenWeb Census Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schneider Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/704 Message Board Post: I am searching for information or descendants of Andrew and Louis Schneider who were listed in the 1909 Oshkosh City Directory. I am particularly interested in knowing if they were immigrants from Baden, Germany. I am searching for my grandfather's brothers named Andrew and Louis Schneider. His name was Frank Schneider.If anyone has any information I would greatly appreciate your help. Thanks, Kathy

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/CGC.2ACI/688.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Mara, That letter sure does indicate there has to be a connection. I was thrilled to get to read that letter! The first thing that immediately struck me is when I read about the town on LeRoy. When I first started my research I found Polly Warner, in LeRoy. There were a couple other Warners also. Polly Warner is Hial Cady's wife. This Polly had many people living with her of all ages. Maybe the Daniel Cady Darrow is a descendant of David Darrow and Tryphena Cady. Perhaps if we exchange a bit more information we might find something to help connect. Feel free to email me off list. Thanks so much for your post! Janet

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/CGC.2ACI/688.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Daniel Cady Darrow died Jan 1, 1862, age 46. His wife was Isabella Murray 1816-Dec 21, 1894. Their children include Annabella 1842-1906 (m. J.A. Chamberlain); Seymour Finley 1844- March 1894, who served in Co. I of the 21st Wisconsin; Mary Hope 1845-1872 (named for Isabella's sister); and David Murray May 1848-July 1912 (named for Isabella's father). Their farm was about 1.5 miles northeast from Hial Cady's. If you use mapqust or mapblast, you can still find Darrow Road west of Neenah. It is part of a small subdivision along with Murray Road and Balfour Road (Isabella's sister Grace married the Balfour). If you printed the entire page of 1870 census for Julius and Sarah Morey, you will find Isabella Darrow and her family two dwellings above them. When most of the Murray family came out from Genesee County NY in the fall of 1847, son Duncan wrote a letter back to Uncle George and Aunt Jane. I have a photocopy. They stayed with the Cadys while thier cabin was being built. Duncan writes as if Uncle George and all knew who he meant by Cady. "Oshcosh is ten miles from Cady’s. So the next morning Sept 25th I started off on foot Mary & Eliza walked 6 milds with me & stoped at a Mr. Brooks & took diner. I got to Cadys a little after dinner & started James off with Cadys waggon for the rest of them." "I will commence at Oshcosh it is a little village situated on the lake at the couth of the Wolf River which is a beautiful stream nearly equal to the Hudson at Albany . You go nearly north to go to Cadys. The road is very good; it is openings along the road with very little timber so the country does not look as new as it realy is. There is more timber as you go toward Cadys; the soil clay mixed with gravel or sand ! ..." "All things considered Cady had the best situation as the lower end of his place being timber and the upper part being openings." "we will build one something like Cadys 25 by 15 feet it makes a very comfortable house. We live with Cadies have our own vitcals and things." The Murray group was father, mother, William, Duncan, David jr, Eliza and Mary--7 of them! Daniel and Isabella Darrow were already there, as were Grace and James Balfour. SO WHY STAY WITH THE CADYS, even if their cabin was largest?? There must be a connection! These folks were from Town of Pavilion, south of LeRoy in eastern Genesee County; not exactly next door to Steuben County. I have no further clues.

If any one knows Merrit Campbell in Neenah, WI at 920-725-5532 would you please call him and tell him if the originaly owner of the pictures of Ellen Francis Leighton are not claimed I would like them? She is the sister of my great great grandmother Ann Wass Leighton (Waite) Holden who is buried in the Omro Cemetery, along with many others in the family. I will be mailing a letter to him tomorrow. Thank you Anne Diehm Ocean Shores, WA

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/CGC.2ACI/689.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks again! You've been most kind. I'll be in Fond du Lac and will try to come up to Winneconne this weekend, now that I know some times.

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/CGC.2ACI/703.1 Message Board Post: The fire in August 1894 destroyed a block of West Main St. and several houses, but there was no loss of life. The Omro fire department came to help. The Oshkosh Fire Dept. put an engine on a rail car and sent it out, but by that time it was not needed. There is only a small mention in the book Winneconne, History's Crossing Place. There are no surviving Winneconne newspapers from that time period, but the Omro and Oshkosh newspapers covered the story.

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/CGC.2ACI/703 Message Board Post: Hi, I am helping a friend with his genealogy and he recently learned that there was what was called a "great fire of Winneconne" in 1894. Having grown up in Winnebago county, I would like to learn more about this fire, but I don't find anything on the web about it. Does anybody have any information about this fire? I am interested to hear what people have to say about this. Did anybody die in this fire? Bobbi

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/CGC.2ACI/689.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Jack, yes to both questions and we would welcome your visit. Friday night is a hymn sing, Saturday the 30th at 6:30pm we are having a pie and ice cream social, and following the 9:00am church service on Sunday the 31st there is a brunch. I will try to post a picture. Hope to see you, Arlene Reinert

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/CGC.2ACI/689.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Arlene, Your mother did some fantastic research! Thank you for sharing that information. It is wonderful to hear the church is still there. Are there any special events for the 110th celebration? I might have to get up that way to see this church for myself. I have another question. Are there any photographs of the original church before it burned down? Thanks again for all of this information!!!!

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/CGC.2ACI/689.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: "History of the First Baptist Church of Winneconne" by Leona Kellogg ( my Mom). "Under the pastorate of Elder Keever and the Waupun Quarterly Meeting of the Free Will Baptist Society of Winneconne, Baptist services were held in Winneconne as early as 1856. Services were held in a store building near the river on the west side, and later in a log school house on the west side. On December 8, 1870, a committee of the Waupun Quarterly Meeting composed of Elders W. Whiting, F.C. Partridge, and F.B. Moulton met with a committee from the Winneconne Society to discuss organizing a church here. It was an all-day meeting and by evening the church was organized. The officers were; Mr. Hugh Newton, Church Clerk; and Mr. E.H. Cross and Mr. S.F. Smith, Deacons. It was voted to call the new organization the Free Will Baptist Church. The male members of full age belonging to the congreagation met one week later in the school house for the purpose of incorporating themselves into a church society. They elected Julius Ashby, W.H. Williams, S.F. Smith and George C. King as Trustees and called Elder Moulton as Pastor. February 24, 1872, the Articles of Incorporation were recorded with the Register of Deeds of Winnebago County Wisconsin. In 1872 the congregation erected their first church which was of brick with a high steeple, one story and a basement with a kitchen and dining area. The early members were strick with their church discipline, yet their social life was not neglected for we read of many socials and suppers. The Deacons were elected for life and it was considered the greatest honor conferred on a layman. At this time the membership included about 22 families. These early Baptists were very attentive to all church meetings. Besides their regular morning and evening services on Sunday, there were cottage prayer meetings every week, and the last Saturday of every month was a monthly covenant meeting. This was the time they renewed the Covenant with their God. This was followed by a business meeting, each giving a "dime" to defray expenses of the church. There were also Quarterly Meetings of the Waupun Association which met at various churches. They drove for miles with horse and buggy and stayed two or three days. Between the years of 1872 and 1895, there were eleven pastors with the church. They are: Elder F.B. Moulton 1870-1872, Elder Rufus Clark 1872-1872, Elder Reynolds 1874 (6 months), Elder Kayser 1874-1881, Elder Coffeen 1881-1882, Elder B.L. Prescott 1882-1885, Elder boyd, 1885 (10 months), Elder O.H. True 1885-1888, Elder B.F. McKinney 1888-1892, Elder Steel 1892-1893, Elder Kayser 1893-1895 . Also serving in 1895 were: Elder Hopkins, elder Jones, and Elder Hemmerly. In the "Great Fire of Winneconne" August 8, 1894, the church was destroyed. The church members met at the school house for a special meeting to discuss rebuilding the church. About a month later the building plans were accepted and the Trustees were instructed to proceed with rebuilding. The first services wer held in the new church in February, 1895. In 1913, by vote of the Church members they transferred all property rights, titles and interest of the Free Will Baptist Church to the Wisconsin Baptist State Convention (American Baptist) and the Winnebago Baptist Association. The church then became known as The First Baptist Church of Winneconne. In September of 1970, a centennial of the church was celebrated with three former pastors taking part. Dr. O.P. Lovik of Winneconne, Rev. Robert Weigner of Eau Claire, and Rev. Kenneth Craig of Ontario." The church is still at it's original site at the corner of 3rd St. and Adams in Winneconne,Wisconsin. The church building has not been altered on the exterior, but has undergone several changes on the interior through the years. In 2002 the congregation voted to change the name of the church to Winneconne Christian Fellowship after having withdrawn from the Wisconsin Baptist Church. This weekend will be a celebration of 110 years of our church building. Arlene

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jacobson, Jacobsen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/689.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Yes, tihs is my great grandfather! Susan was his 4th wife. She actually was his sister-n-law (Susan was his brother-n-law's wife). Do you have any other information on him or his famiy? Also, would love information on the church! Where it was, etc. Are there any other Jacobson's mentioned? His father was Frederik Ferdinand Jacobson and he had sons, Richard, Roy, William, & daughters Merle & Bell. I think that most of the others were Lutheran for some reason or went to a church in Winchester...but wanted to check. Thanks so much!