Part 1 - Fire at Beckwith House The Beckwith House From the Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, page 2 Saturday, 4 December 1880 On December 3, 1880, a kerosene lamp exploded at a grand hotel called the Beckwith House in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The resulting fire spread very quickly through the large building, trapping two female guests … Continue reading The Curious Case of Charles Reif vs SB Paige
Charles J. Reif Charles J. Reif was actually born Johann Friedrich Karl Reif on 25 October 1839 in Markröhlitz, Saxony, Germany. He was the fifth of at least ten children born to Johann Friedrich Reif and Johanna Friederike Leitiger there. The family immigrated to the US in October 1846 and seem to have come directly … Continue reading Portraits
A Wedding to Remember Our favorite Green Bay Packer memory is the game played Sunday, November 16, 1941, at the old city stadium. Mr and Mrs Robert Reif We were married the 15th in Oshkosh and, knowing we were (and are) great Packer fans and had only the weekend off from work, my folks wrote … Continue reading Tuesday Newsday
Lillian Weidemann Gaul Lillian Weidemann was born 17 October 1899 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to Charles Otto Weidemann and Emma Mathilda Zellmer. Lillian was the oldest of the couples six children. Lillian married William Frank Gaul on 14 September 1922 in Oshkosh. She was listed as a stenographer and he was a laborer on their marriage … Continue reading Portraits
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
WitzEnd Family History 