I added links to the Manitowoc Wisconsin built ship list, Milwaukee, Wisconsin built ships, Milwaukee related captains, shiplines.
I added a new resources to the resource section.
December, 2007
...now browsing by month
Great Lakes Maritime Ships and Captains
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Shipmasters Association Membership 1908
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Thanks to M&E Treptow we have a new addition to the site.
Updated the Schmidt Family
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Thanks to Marilyn we have updated the Schmidt family history.
I added more information of the family including a page on the Schmidt Bros. Construction Co.
I added photos of the Schmidt Tombstones. I will be adding more about the Schmidt children in the coming weeks.
imported from the Jindra Blog
1881 Milwauke Biographies added
Saturday, December 8th, 2007Jabez Wolfenden, George Hambach, Adam Engelhardt, Henry Englehardt, Charles C. Henning
Miller Brewery, formerly Menomonee Valley Brewery, also formerly known as Plank Road Brewery owned by , Charles Best.
Andrew Mullen, James Mullen, Charles Catlin, Michael Hilty, John Baas, Frederic Schroeder, Henry J. Steinman, Steinman & Co., Charles Wagner, Julius Wagner, Architechtual Iron Works, Wagner & Griesbaum, J.J. Hagerman, John C. Parkes, Wm. Parkes, Josiah Parkes, Milwaukee Iron Works, Menominee Mining Company, Josiah Parkes.
Early Milwaukee Cemeteries
Friday, December 7th, 2007There have been people who have asked about the first cemeteries in Milwaukee.
I recently found this, written in 1890.
>From the Pioneer History of Milwaukee From the First American Settlement in 1833 to 1841 with a Topographical Description; by James S. Buck; 1890 Click to continue »
Great Lakes Maritime History site
Friday, December 7th, 2007There are two new pages on the Great Lakes maritime history site.
Brief History of the Great Lakes
linkstothepast.com/marine
Criteria for getting a Masters, Mate, Pilot or Engineers License:
http://linkstothepast.com/marine/officers.php
Straka Family Additions
Friday, December 7th, 2007Added information on the Straka family sent in by a researcher.
Manitowoc Genealogy Additions
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Wednesday – December 5
Added obits for 1878 for these people:
#44
Chr. F. Beck, M.C. Carolina Blank, Willie Gillett, Theodore Jahn, Eddie Schmidt Ernst Seedorff
#45- Gottfried Kunz
#67- Johann Stelzer
#89A- Dr. John Oswald
#89B- Thomas Hayes
Cemetery X
Fritz Berlin, Ole Halverson, John Priegnitz, Mrs. Reinert, Mr. Schalowitz, Joseph Teicher
Tuesday – December 4
Added 1888 obits for these people in these cems. from Der Nord Westen:
#10- Louis Sachse
#22- Johannes Liedel
#34- Joseph Youra
#43- Katharina Veith
#44- Elsie Bahr, Johann Brick, Robert Click to continue »
Schmidt, Meineke, Gartz, Radej
Monday, December 3rd, 2007I added several new sections today. These sections are only a start at what is out there. The sections added are Schmidt, Meineke, Gartz, and Radej.
imported from the Jindra Blog
LaBelle Cemetery-Bashaw/Hunziker
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Added death information for Annie Bashaw nee Hunziker to LaBelle Cemetery.
