This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Soik Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/649.1 Message Board Post: Hello Larry, I found this obituary in the "Stevens Point Daily Journal" -- Regards, DeAnna -------------------------------------------------------- “Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Journal” Stevens Point, Portage Co., WI Thursday, December 21, 1939 Page 11; Column 1. OBITUARY Alexander Soik Alexander Soik, 77, of Oneida county, a former Portage county resident, died Saturday night in a hospital at Oshkosh where he was a patient for the past two weeks. He had been in ill health for some time. Mr. Soik was born in Poland on February 13, 1862, and came to the United States when he was 12 years old. He lived in Portage county until manhood when he went to Antigo, moving to Rhinelander about 50 years ago. He located on a farm in the town of Enterprise, near Parrish Junction in 1911. Surviving are his wife, five daughters and two stepchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Rhinelander and burial took place in the Enterprise cemetery.

Hi, I believe some descendents of this family are reflected in the Oshkosh 1908 city directory. http://www.archivecdbooks.us/store/usa/us0015.html Hope this helps, Joe At 01:49 PM 06/10/2004, jbcopet@sbcglobal.net wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Uder, Bingen >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/650 > >Message Board Post: > >I am looking for information regarding Nicholas Uder. He was born in >Germany, and died in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin between 1870 and >1880. He married Maria Bingen (b. Dec 23, 1823 in Wellingen, Budingen, >Germany). They had at least one known child, a son, John. > >Nicholas was a shoemaker in Milwaukee from 1846 to about 1850. Maria's >brother Johann Bingen lived with them for a period of time in Milwaukee; >he too was a shoemaker. Nicholas purchased land in Washington County, WI, >he then moved to Oshkosh. > >I would appreciate any information on this family. I am descended from >Maria's brother Johann. Thank you!! > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 Joe Bissett, PIGGOTT List Administrator/Rootsweb I use Archive CD Books in my genealogical research to access otherwise unavailable primary source material. http://www.archivecdbooks.us/

The Wild Rose Historical Society will open for the season at 1:00 PM Wednesday, June 16th and the last day will be September 4th. The museum is located on Highway 22 which is also Main Street in Wild Rose. The museum consists of the Elisha Stewart House, a barn and blacksmith shop, carriage horse, general store, weaving room, a one room school, pioneer hall , drug store, smoke house and gift shop. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. The museum is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1 to 4 PM but you must be there by 3:00 PM for a tour. This website gives a more detailed idea of what you will see: http://www.1wisconsin.com/wildrose/Museum/museum.htm The museum also has some archival material as well as old photographs. This address has old pictures of Wild Rose: http://www.1wisconsin.com/wildrose/History/default.htm. We have many more pictures than are on the website. Pam Anderson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Uder, Bingen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/650 Message Board Post: I am looking for information regarding Nicholas Uder. He was born in Germany, and died in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin between 1870 and 1880. He married Maria Bingen (b. Dec 23, 1823 in Wellingen, Budingen, Germany). They had at least one known child, a son, John. Nicholas was a shoemaker in Milwaukee from 1846 to about 1850. Maria's brother Johann Bingen lived with them for a period of time in Milwaukee; he too was a shoemaker. Nicholas purchased land in Washington County, WI, he then moved to Oshkosh. I would appreciate any information on this family. I am descended from Maria's brother Johann. Thank you!!

Hi Sharon, There is a Charles H. Fuller listed in the 1908 Oshkosh city directory from Archive CD Books - USA http://www.archivecdbooks.us/store/usa/us0015.html Regards, Joe At 08:03 PM 06/09/2004, Sharon wrote: >Looking for the following information on: > >HISTORY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 1908, > VOL. I & II >Fuller, Charles----page 945 > >Please e-mail me directly >Thank you, >Sharon > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 Joe Bissett, PIGGOTT List Administrator/Rootsweb I use Archive CD Books in my genealogical research to access otherwise unavailable primary source material. http://www.archivecdbooks.us/

Looking for the following information on: HISTORY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 1908, VOL. I & II Fuller, Charles----page 945 Please e-mail me directly Thank you, Sharon

Would anyone happen to have access to the following book ? I am looking for inofmation on the following: Fuller, Smith S. (No Birth or Death Year Provided) Record # 213176 Location: Title: Civil War veterans of Winnebago county, Wisconsin, page(s) 277 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Langkau, David A. Published: 1993 Notes: Biographies of county residents who served in the Civil War; covers surnames A-T; as of 2000, no third volume published. Please e-mail me directly. Thank-you, Sharon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Soik Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/649 Message Board Post: Looking for any info on my great grandfather Alex Soik. Died in a state institution located in Winnebago County on Dec. 19, 1939. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Enterprise, WI cemetary. Need info for grave marker. Any info appreciated. Larry Boggs boggslarry@netscape.net

Megan, I am getting your emails but everything I send you gets bounced back to me. I have your photos etc and need your address exactly as it needs to appear on the envelop again. Send that to me privtely...I am getting your emails. I wish there was a way to send you my address without posting it on the internet for the whole world to see. I wll try sending you another email privately and see what happens this time. I will try using my son's email also. I haven't gotten those last obits for you yet but plan to do so within the next week and get everything out in the mail. I am starting a new job and my free time is very limited now. Thanks for being patient with me and sorry about the email problems. I don't know why I can't send emails to you? The spam thing you mentioned would only affect emails coming into my account, not out. Regards, Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Megan McKenzie" <meganme@icisp.net.au> To: <WIWINNEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 5:42 AM Subject: [WIWinneb] Janet Eiler > Janet, > I am trying to contact you and nothing is happening. It appears my mail is getting through - it certainly hasn't bounced back. Hope you are okay. > Megan. > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Janet, I am trying to contact you and nothing is happening. It appears my mail is getting through - it certainly hasn't bounced back. Hope you are okay. Megan.

April 23, 2004 Metko, Richard F. (Dick) Richard F. (Dick) Metko, 72, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2004. He was born Sept. 20, 1931, in Mattoon, Wis., son of the late William "Bill" and Esther (Waldvogel) Metko. On March 12, 1970, Dick married Mary Ann Knatzke. In 1935, Dick moved from Mattoon to Appleton with his parents, where he began accordion lessons at age seven. By 1941, he was entertaining his neighbors, playing for house parties, and soon graduated to a weekly feature on the WHBY Radio Sunday music program. At age 13, Dick was the youngest Wisconsin musician to be granted union membership by the American Federation of Musicians. While attending a radio broadcast featuring Lawrence Duchow and the Red Raven Orchestra on Easter Sunday 1946, Dick met the legendary bandleader and soon joined the band. Still in high school, Dick played an average of six dance dates each week, and participated in recording sessions for RCA Victor. In addition to live performances and studio recordings, Dick constantly wrote new! material for the band to record, including "Dick's Polka" and "Ha Ha! Ho Ho!". Both were distributed by RCA Victor and released as sheet music by Hill & Range Songs. "Dick's Polka," in particular, quickly became a favorite of accordion teachers and students alike. In 1953, Dick formed his own band, Dick Metko and His Boys. During this time, he also became a national spokesman for PANcordion, based in New York, and landed a weekly feature on WFRV-TV. He organized several "Battle of the Bands" doubles with his lifelong friend, Dick Rodgers, which would later develop into a thriving partnership in 1958. That same year, Dick joined Appleton-based welding giant Miller Electric, where he managed the company publication "Memco News" until his retirement in 1995. The Metko-Rodgers partnership resulted in the release of two highly successful albums on two regional labels that caught the attention of executives at Decca Records. Several nationally distributed albums followed, along with a Sunday morning program on WBAY-TV that grew into franchised stations dotting the entire northern tier of states and dipped down into the country's central section, and special appearances with such legends as Louie Armstrong, Johnny Cash, Frankie Yankovic and Don Ho. Rodgers and Metko toured together nonstop for 20 years with many talented musicians, canvassing North America and Europe. In 1979, Dick joined his lifelong friend, Westy in Duane Westphal and the Regals. For the next 12 years, they performed constantly and released several albums independently. The 1990s brought numerous musical opportunities for Dick, including appearances with good friends Fritz Willfahrt, Alvin Styczinski and Gary Kuchenbecker, induction into the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame, and studio work recording commercial jingles and independent soundtracks. He was also a key element in the formation of the Lawrence Duchow Tribute Band in 1996 and regularly participated in the Thursday night polka jams at Christopher Allen's in Dale. A longtime member of the National Rifle Association, Dick was an excellent marksman and an aficionado of antique guns. His great appreciation for nature and the environment inspired him to join the National Arbor Day Foundation, and he spent much of his free time tending to the trees he planted. Dick's other hobbies included reading, spending time "up north" with his family, watching western movies and listening to country music. Dick enjoyed a successful music career that spanned six decades, and shared his natural talents as a performer and writer to bring happiness to many people. His unique playing technique is matched by no one and will never be duplicated by another accordionist. Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Mary Ann; three daughters, Pam and her husband Peter, Sarah and her special friend, Christopher, Robyn and her husband/Dick's road manager Chad; a son, Scott and his wife Kay; two grandchildren, Alexis and Miles; two sisters, Dorothy and Carol; aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family, many friends, band mates and very special friend, Max the Dog. The Mass of the Resurrection will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 26, at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, 808 S. Pearl St., New London, Dick's church of 35 years. Friends may call Sunday, April 25, from 2 to 8 p.m. at Lewin Funeral Home, 210 W. Main St., Fremont, and again Monday directly at the church from 9:30 a.m. until the hour of service. There will be a prayer and scripture service on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Dick's family would like to thank the staff of Carolina Manor for the care he received. A memorial fund has been established with the Alzheimer's Association. Dick: You always told me I was an angel sent to guide you. I was there through the end. At the time of your death, I was there; the angel that held you when you took your last breath and passed you into Jesus' hands. Love Always, Mary Ann

If any lister is interested, Archive CD Books - USA is experimenting with including an on line search capability for its catalogue of books and documents. One experimental test CD Book is the 1908 Oshkosh City Directory. It is a simple search that allows a visitor to determine if words of interest (surname, placename, etc.) are present in that CD Book. To participate in the experiment, please visit: http://www.archivecdbooks.us/store/usa/us0015.html Comments and suggestions are welcome through the CONTACT US link. Regards, Joe Bissett Joe Bissett, PIGGOTT List Administrator/Rootsweb I use Archive CD Books in my genealogical research to access otherwise unavailable primary source material. http://www.archivecdbooks.us/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bichel,Clerf Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CGC.2ACI/648 Message Board Post: Hello, I am searching for my Bichel family. Delore Bichel,was born in Michigan in 1897,and died in Menasha,Winnebago county, Wisconsin,in 1970. His son ,Spencer Bichel,was born in Michigan in 1915. Any information will be much appriciated. Thank You Pat Harris

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/311.1.1 Message Board Post: MY grandmother is LEona Fahley. SHe is 93. SHe is the oldest chlid of Antone Nicodemus FAhley. Her father was born in Wisconsin and his 4 older brothers died leaving him the oldest. He moved is MIssouri in JEfferson BArraks(military base). THey moved to fort snelling in minnesota when my gran. was 10 to be closer to his family in Wisconsin. THe name was Fehlig at one time and before that even another name. My father has much info about this family. Ann

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/647 Message Board Post: Need help with marriage and death dates for Edgar Reader who died in 1926. Lived in Menasha but I think is buried with his parents John and Sophie Juckem Raeder in Cedarburg. We was married to Ada ?. Thank you for the help, Mae

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/646 Message Board Post: I am looking for the family of Martha Loeper. She worked at the Appleton Hotel in the 1930s. In the 40s she had a grand daughter living with her. This grand daughter gave birth to a son around 1940 or so. He would be my half brother!! I am trying to find him. Please check with your familys and help me locate him. There was a "Meta" Loeper with ties in there somewhere. If you know her she MIGHT know someone too.

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/645 Message Board Post: I am looking for the relatives of Martha Loeper. In the 1930s she worked at the Appleton Hotel. She had a grand daughter living with her. This grand daughter gave birth to a son around 1940 or so. I am looking for him. He would be my half brother!! Please check with your familys and help me find him.

I just happen to be looking through Oshkosh HS yearbook from 1927 and there is a Dorothy Piller Freshman Roll B. But... I am researching 'PILLAR'. Specifically James PILLAR who was second husband to Charlotte Elizabeth JENNINGS. THey emigrated from Devon England in 1850(ish) to Vinland. JENNINGS first marriage was a PIPE and she brought many PIPE children in addition to PILLAR chlidren from ENgland. One of the PIPE;s homes is a historical B&B in Waupaca. Anyoneresearching that version of the name?

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/643.2 Message Board Post: I don't know if you discovered this yet but if I had the right family in my last response to you then Maria Frances Stevens McCormick would be buried in Brooks Cemetery next to her son James. Maria F. McCormick 1852 - 1914 (mother) James 1880 - 1932 (son) They are in Section A, Row 6 1900 US Federal Census (Pg 197B) Oshkosh Town, Winnebago Co, WI E.D. 152 Recorded - June 7, 1900 McCormick, Maria aged 59 yrs born July 1851 in WI Parents born ENG (son) Frank aged 16 yrs born Nov 1884 in WI Father born IRE Mother born WI I don't know if you have a subscribtion to ancestry but John McCormick's Pension is there from Civil War. Filed a pension in 1879 as an invalid and in 1894 Maria filed as a widow. 1910 US Federal Census (Pg 158B) Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, WI E.D. 149, Ward 10 Recorded - April 15, 1910 McCormick, Maria aged 58 yrs born WI parents born ENG 6 Children - 6 Living Widowed (son) William aged 30 yrs born WI Father born Eng - IRE Mother born WI Single Machinist (son) Frank aged 25 yrs born WI Father born Eng - IRE Mother born WI Single Sawmill Moulder

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cady/Fallon/Warner/Coats/Robinault/First/Morey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/644.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Janet! The Hial Cady from the census in Vinland, Winnebago County is my great Grandfather, he lived there from about 1846 to 1869. I am searching for his parents. The John Cady in Brooks Cemetery is his son and the other John Cady buried there next to him is his grandson, the son of Julius Cady and Clarissa Coats. Also with them are three Warner children who I believe might be Hial's wife's brothers children. I was glad to see you came to the same conclusion as I did regarding Sally and Hial. I think if I find her parents it is probably Hial's parents also! Since Hial and Polly and Julius and Sally all came to WI from Troupsburg NY and living next to them there is Jonathan Cady who had a daughter Sally I might be getting to the end of my searching. Thanks for your help! Janet