Links To The Past

...Southeastern Wisconsin Genealogy and History

December, 2007

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Great Lakes Maritime Ships and Captains

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

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.

Shipmasters Association Membership 1908

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Thanks to M&E Treptow we have a new addition to the site.

Updated the Schmidt Family

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Thanks 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, 2007

Jabez 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, 2007

There 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, 2007

There 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, 2007

Added information on the Straka family sent in by a researcher.

Manitowoc Genealogy Additions

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Wednesday – 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, 2007

I 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, 2007

Added death information for Annie Bashaw nee Hunziker to LaBelle Cemetery.