Links to the Past

Today I have been working on the lost cemeteries page.

Thanks to John Utzat, I added more information to Cemetery 030 Stewart Allis Cemetery.

I am working on an article on the Spring Street Catholic Cemetery, later named Grand Avenue cemetery.

I found an interesting article on a burial ground in Milwaukee as it appears below:

Source: The Milwaukee Sentinel, (Milwaukee, WI) Sunday, June 20, 1886; pg. 2; Issue 34; col C

Bones in Bricks A Large Brick Yard Located Where an Old Cemetery Used to Be

Bones in Bricks

A Large Brick Yard Located Where an Old Cemetery Used to be

“Many of the bricks in some fo the finest buildings in the city are partly composed of human bones,” said a well-known builder yesteray. “This may seem a little odd to you at first, but it is true, for I’ve known it for several years. One of the yards producing the largest number of bricks of any in the state-is located on an old burying-ground from which only a few of the bodies interred ther were removed before the manufacture of brick from the clay began. I have actually seen small pieces of bone pressed into these bricks.”

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