Links to the Past

In may 2007 I adopted the grave of PFC Hans Bergmayr from Wisconsin (reg.number 36826126)He is burried at the millatary cemetery in Margraten The netherlands. He served in the 49 INF BN 8 ARMD DIV and was killed on 26-02-1945 in the Netherlands. He took part in the ASTP programme. A friend of him, who was in the same company as Hans, told me that his home address was 2224 North 7th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My motivation for the following request is that people around here still consider it to be an honour to take care of the graves of the fallen U.S. soldiers, buried at the Margraten Cemetery. For me it is the least I can do to show my gratitude and respect for what so many young men from far over the ocean did for us more than 60 years ago. The adoption of a grave means: visiting the grave on a frequent basis, placing of flowers on special days or occasions (like e.g. Memorial Day or Christmas) and when relatives wish to do so, corresponding with the homeland. His friend told met that a sister (Josephine) of Hans is still living. She is married to Herman Foster and they live at 11225 82nd Ave at Seminole, Florida.I wrote her a letter, but to this date she did not reply. I don’t know if there are more relatives of Hans in the US. I hope somebody can help me in my search.

If anyone is a family member or can do a lookup for an obituary, please let me know.

I haven’t posted anything for awhile.  Been working on my personal genealogy.

I have done a little on the gallery.  I am trying to figure out the best way to import the old gallery information to the new one.

Karen sent in an death notice index for the Kuryer Polski (more…)

For those of you who visit the gallery regularly I apologize for it being down.

I found out this week the gallery software I have been using has been causing problems on the server. Because of this, I had to remove what was there and install a new gallery. I have installed a new gallery and have been able to import the photos. Unfortunately I have not yet been able to import all the descriptions and titles on the photos so it is difficult to identify the photos.

I will continue to work on the gallery and will let you know when it is complete. The new look and feel is great.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

For those of you who are unaware of the gallery, I have a gallery up with historic photos.  It includes photos of people, buildings, advertisements and tombstones.

You can visit the Linking Your Past Historic Photo Gallery here.

I went out to Union Lutheran Cemetery yesterday and transcribed a few of the tombstone as well as photographed them. I will be putting them online soon.

To the cemetery listing I also added the following obituaries:

Rev. Christian Haack, James Soukop, Augusta Niss, Jan Pleyte

I also added the death notices for John Liscowitz.  I do not know where John was buried but he committed Suicide in Union Lutheran Cemetery.  He shot himself on a bench near the near the grave of F. Mueller.  I don’t know if F. Mueller had any significance in John’s life.

Added articles on the James Soukop murder by Antonio Balistiere in 1897.  James is buried in Union Cemetery Milwaukee.

Thanks to Barb the Agudas Achim Jewish Cemetery photos are now online in the gallery.

Check out the new names and photos in the Milwaukee County Cemetery.

Saturday - June 7 Added lot numbers and d. or burial dates in #44 for these people who died in 1960: Walter Aumann, Susan Ballmann, Lillian Becker, Elizabeth Bruce, William Bruechert John Carey, Joseph Cigler, Julia Clorn, Baby boy Cornils, Rose Dobbert, Edward Dunning Edwin Dusold, Raymond Evanson, Vincent Fischer, Elsie Fitting, Wilbert Gauthier Herbert Glaeser, August Gloe, John Grady, Clara Greicar, Fred Hartwig, Milton Heffernan Wayne Honold, Carl Hovi, Ida Hudders, Ida Jacobs, Wencil Jindra, (more…)

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.”

The following are updates from the Adams County GenWeb Site 

April 30, 2008 Added the local news from the April 8th and 15th, 1893 issues of the Adams County Press newspaper, sent by CONTRIBUTOR Myrna Keppler.

April 28, 2008 Added the obituary index for the obits printed in the Adams County Times in the year 2007.

April 20, 2008 Added the local news from the May 6, 1893 issue of the Adams County Press newspaper, sent by CONTRIBUTOR Myrna Keppler.

I updated burial information for Rost on the 52nd Regiment Page on the Wisconsin Civil War Pages.