A few additions today to Prairie Home cemetery Waukesha.
I added deaths and obituaries for the following surnames.
ATKINSON, BEGGS, BILLINGS (also moved from cemetery X), BLAIR, CLARK, DELAMETER, FULLER, GAUTHIER, HARGRAVE, HOPKINS, JACOB, JACOBS, JACOBSEN, JACOBUS, JACOBY, JOHNSON, KALB, KROKOWSKI, KUNDERT, LUNDEMAN, PUTNEY, SHIRMACHER, SHORT, STEFFAN, STEFFEN, STRAUS, STRAUSS, WILLIAMS
I thought this article was interesting enough to post in its entirety here. It describes a fire where the papers of the city offices were destroyed. Explains why a lot of records are missing!
Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, (Milwaukee, WI) Tuesday, January 01, 1861; Issue 1; col E
Another Fire! Cross’ Block in Ruins!
At precisely twenty minutes to two o’clock on Sunday morning, while a portion of the firemen were yet a the fire on Walker’s point, the alarm was given for the third district, and Cross’ Block on the corner of Huron and Water Streets was discovered to be in flames. The firemen, already drenched with water and coated with ice, repaired from one scene of destruction to another, and recommenced their efforts to save the property from the devouring elements. When first seen, the flames were confined to the hall in the third story, and there being no one in any of the offices at that tie, there is no theory that will account for the fire but that of incrediarism. From the hall the flames spread rapidly to the adjoining offices occupied by city officers, and in an incredible short space of time the Common Council Chamber, the City Clerk’s office, School Commissioners’ room, and the various offices were wrapped in a common blaze. Armstrong & Spink, Bankers, occupied the corner room on the ground floor. They succeeded in saving their office furniture, even to the carpet. THeir books and papers were secured in a large safe locked up at the rear of the house-which yet stands, apparently perfectly sound. All the papers in the City Clerk’s office-records and valuable documents-were destroyed. There are nearly $200,000 of chattel mortgages, together with a large amount of bills and vouchers, in one of the Herrings safes, which fell from the third story. It will probably be opened to-day. In the Connell Chamber was a large amount of furniture, including oil paintings of the Mayors, upholstery work, records of the Board & c. The furniture of the chamber was worth about $3,000. In the city Comptroller’s room were also valuable papers, but it is impossible to state with accuracy what is lost or saved until the safes shall be opened. The School Superintendent, Mr. Foru, informs us that he had $500 in money in his safe.
Mr. Summer, picture frame maker and gilder, occupied rooms in the building, and barely escaped with his life. Nearly all his stock, including his tools, is lost and could not be replaced for $1,000. He lived in the building with his family, and being a cripple-as we have said-barely escaped himself.
There was another room occupied by Mr. Aldrich, who, together with Russel Wheeler, will probably lose $500.
Mr. Bilty, the proprietor of the saloon in the basement, estimates his loss of $150. A man by the name of Ellesly, who had a stock of liquors in the East end of the basement, is also a loser, but to what extent we could not learn.
Edward Miller, type founder, just opposite, had a quality of stock in the building, most of which was removed in an injured condition.
R. Dunn’s mercantile agency was in the same building. Loss Unknown.
This paragraph is blocked out.
Cross’ Block blocked out…. and cost $12,000. It was insured for $30,000, with an insurance of $8,000 on the ???.
It has been occupied by the city for several years at a rent of $2,900 per annum. The City Treasurer had but recently moved his office to the new City Hall, thus saving everything.
The stones north of the main entrance was occupied by Geo. Dyer & Co., with a very large and valuable stock of saddlery, hardware, &C., amounting to about $60,000. There were insured, we understand for about $30,000. A great portion of their stock was removed, though their lost is heavy.
The north wall of Cross’ Block fell upon the unoccupied four story brick store adjoining, with a tremendous crash, completely demolishing it. The building was owned by Eliphalet Cramer, and was worth $7,000 or $8,000-covered by insurance. It has fortunate ended, that the store was unoccupied at the time, as the smallest amount of fuel, in the shape of goods, added to the flames, would have caused the destruction of the entire block of buildings.
These entries can be found at the Links To The Past Milwaukee Website.
Centenarians
Lu Elizabeth Chapman
John Henry Dahlman
Lillian Haessly
Katrina Jansen
Osceola Jones
Viola Klinger
Adelaide R. Krueger
Max Mallin
Cora Priest
Calvary Cemetery (036)
Dahlman
West Granville
Viola Klinger (more…)
Karen D. Just posted this to another news list. I was unaware of the changes. Thanks to Karen for posting them!
I was just down in Milwaukee for a little post-Christmas genealogical research, and a word of caution to those planning to go to the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds to look up records. The rules will change as of Jan. 2, 2009.
As always, a researcher must make an appointment and they are then free to look through any of the indexes and pull for themselves any record before 1931.
Records after that year, you may know, must be pulled by the staff and only 10 records maximum. The change will be with the pulls by the staff, as it will now cost $7 to see each record. Copies are still the standard $20.
I understand that Milwaukee County is going through tough financial times, but I was quite surprised to see the fee set so high.
Thursday – January 1 – 2009 TaDa
For glass neg. photos:
Added Calumet co. death records for:
Charles Leverenz, Sophia Loewenhagen, Arnold Muellenbach, Raimond Neubauer
Theresa Neubauer, Catherine Reichwald, Gustave Sachs, John Tecks and his wife Anna
Nickolas Vollstedt, Catherine Von Bergen, John Von Bergen, Gertrude Weber
Louis Weber, Matt Williams
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For glass neg. photos:
Added Calumet co. marriage records for:
Frank Goetz
Willie Jochimsen/Bertha Voss
Friedrich Loewenhagen/Lucy Veers
Gustav Sachs/Elsie Rupp
August Tanck/Emma Therisia Schott
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All in #83:
Added photos of Hubert and Sylvia Dorn, Erhard and Catherine Dorn,
Martin and Barbara Krippes, Joseph Meyers and tombstone pic for Adam and Mary Faust
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#13 George Schneider
#16 Katherine Duckart
#21 Joseph Schema
#26 Daryl Shimek
#33 Edward Walthers
#43 Donald Madigan
#44 Leo McCarthy
#82 Wallace Vorpahl
#83 Anna Muehlbauer, Csrl Muehlbauer, Frank Muehlbauer, Hedwig Muehlbauer
Joseph Muehlbauer, Anna Nett, Elmer Nett, Math Nett, Carl Nilles, Elsie O’Connor
Oscar Oelerich, Elvira O’Herrin, Josephine Penning, Elroy Puetz, Minnie Rach
Linda Reininger, Lena Reseburg, Peter Richart, Adele Roderweiss, Fred Roderweiss
Wednesday – December 31 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Added 2 wedding photos in marriages for:
Francis Anhalt/Anna Altenberger
Fred Altenberger/Helen Anhalt – Fred and Anna are brother/sister as are Francis and Helen.
Added photos for Christian and Magdalena Becker in cemetery #83
Added photos for the Fred Broeckert family in cem. #83 they are with the obits at the link.
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Added obits sent in by Jan and Michael for the following:
#33 Ida Strehlow
#43 William Goethke, Joseph Kortas, Alex Kujawa (more…)
Added to the disaster section
Spring City Hotel Fire
Old American House Fire
Hadfield Farm fire
Oakton Hotel Fire to the disaster section.
Fire at A. C. Stone’s Store and W.F. Cass Residence
Added to Marriage and Family Section
Conrad Sehrt accident information
Lieut. James P. Everett information to the Marriage and Family Section
Mills divorce to the marriages
Remains found on Dr. Hewitt property in the marriage and family section
George F. Hooke family information
Joseph Williams and Christine Brown marriage
John Parker Jr. Disappearance to the marriage and family section
Daniel Crowley fire and death of infant in marriage and family section
Annis, Boorman, Cahill, Cairncross, Cassidy, Cobb, Collins, Gale, Gaston, Harding, Hartford, Hunsinger, James, Kimball, Lain, Matheson, McCouhue, Nehs, Olin, Olin, Park, Putnam, Rosenburg, Schantz, Silvernail, Slawson, Stockwell, Stolz, Thorpe, Townley, Upham, Vedder, Weaver, Whitney, Wilkinson, Williams
Prairie Home Cemetery
Sehrt Death information in Prairie Home
George Jones death notice in Prairie Home
Amos Cox and Arthur Hands Drowning to Prairie Home Cemetery
HOWE (added an additional obituary)
Cemetery X
George Street death information in Cemetery X
John Crowcroft to Cemetery X
Edward Harris death notice/murder to Cemetery X
Mrs. Harvey Waterman Obituary cemetery X
Samuel Hemmings obituary to Cemetery X
L.L. Clark Founder of Pewaukee to the obits.
Oak Hill Brookfield
Horace Brownell death notice/murder to Cemetery 5 (Oak Hill Brookfield)
Samuel A. Philbrook death notice to Cemetery 5 (Oak Hill Brookfield)
Buried Elsewhere
John Donovan drowing (buried elsewhere)
A.T. Stebbias (buried elsewhere)
School Accident in Mukwonago 1866 to News and Notes Section
Leander J. Shaw buried elsewhere
Waukesha Business Men’s Association Organization 1887
Sunday – November 30
The following are all glass negative additions and corrections:
Added and made corrections to the Gutheil family.
Added information to the Gustav Duecker entries.
Added an obit. to Augusta Krieger photo
Added an obit for Anna (Krippes) Faust and moved her photo to the page with her husband
Put on an obit for Ed Kreimann’s wife that he is mentioned in..it’s with his photo.
Added info for Elizabeth and Jennie LaCroix
Put on obit for Elizabeth Liffering
Please, please, please check this then contact your congress critter and also
pass the link on. This is unconscionable!!
Saturday – November 29
The following are all glass negative additions and corrections:
Added info. to the Louisa (Backhaus) Dedering (more…)
It has been slow going he past few months adding items to the site. Besides my full time job, as some of you may know I also have a genealogy business, Linking Your Past Research Service.
My other distraction this month has been the Brookfield East High School Musical. They are putting on Thoroughly Modern Millie. I am an assistant costume person so have been busy with fittings and alterations. If you are interested in going to a performance, it is showing at the Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield WI the first weekend in Dec. Tickets can be obtained at the Theatre Box Office.
I made only one updates today. I moved Katherine Doffek from Cemetery X to Cemetery 104 Pinelawn and added her husband Andrew Doffek. This update should be going live on Monday.
Friday – November 7
Changed lot no. for baby Hagle and added to the entry in #44.
Changed lot no. for baby Gardner in #44 both per instructions from cem. office.
Changed location for baby Thisdel
Added partial location for Baby Hemschemeyer in #44
Moved Miss Diecke to the Dicke family in #44 per cem. office, it’s believed she is Dicke
instead. (more…)