Finding the Family of Libby Sharp Part 1 This is a series of blog posts based on a presentation I did for my local genealogy group in 2018. After 20 years of searching for this family (and many years by others before me), I ran across a podcast on Ancestral Findings discussing the use of … Continue reading Breaking Through a Brick Wall
Family Murdered Wants Damages Adam Luft of Waupaca County Files Suit Against Bert H. Drew Estate - Judge Murat Hears Case at Waupaca Judge John A. Murat is hearing an important case in county court at Waupaca started as the result of a sensational tragedy near that city last year in which Bert H. Drew, … Continue reading Tuesday News Day
Mary Ann Clegg Byrne Sometimes you run across a portrait that is so beautiful it makes you really stop and stare. That is how I felt when I saw this portrait of Mary Byrne. She is not directly related to myself or my husband; she was a great aunt of my husband's aunt, Sara Elliott … Continue reading Portraits
Pioneer Life Anna and Nicholas Hamus worked hard to make a living on their farm. They grew crops, sold produce, and traded with the local Native Americans. Anna also told stories about Gypsy people coming through the area. According to Helen Jo Breu, in the days before there were cheese factories, farmers kept just enough … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
Golden Wedding Anniversary 1938 Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Witzel, 3033 N. 12th st, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary recently. They were married in Milwaukee. They have two children and two grandchildren. Source unknown - presumably Milwaukee Journal
Nicholas Hamus With the death of Jakob Bohman on 12 November 1892, Anna Bohman was left a 34 year old widow with 7 children ranging in age from 14 to 2 years old. She was also responsible for caring for her 70 year old mother Dorothea and the family homestead. With no income to speak … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
SOLVED!! Thanks to Kathy Hodnet these ladies are now identified as Gertrude Nabbefield Doty and Barbara Carl Hallfrisch. These ladies belong to either the Kroening or the Pupp/Geiger family. If anyone knows who they are, please leave a comment. Thank you!
Part 2: Muskego to Winnebago County The Muskego settlement in Racine County, Wisconsin was only the fifth Norwegian settlement in all of the United States. By most accounts, there were fewer than 1000 Norwegians in all of America in 1839 when Muskego was founded. Once the immigrants settled on the lands at the south end … Continue reading Pioneers of Old Muskego
Part 1: Norway to America Knute Johnson Luraas and Gyri Nilsdatter Rue ca 1870 The earliest immigrants on my side of the family tree came from Norway. My 4th great grandparents on my father's side came to Wisconsin in 1839 and formed a new Norwegian settlement called Muskego. Knute Johnson Luraas was born in Atra … Continue reading Pioneers of Old Muskego
Jakob Bohman Anna and Jakob Bohman and their 4 children made their home on some land in section 5 in the northwest corner of the Town of Auburndale in Wood County, Wisconsin. The family's exact arrival date is unknown, but a daughter Theresa was born at the homestead in 1886. Two more children, Peter and … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
WitzEnd Family History 