Page 5 These pictures are from my grandmother Lagada Dirk Weigel's senior year in high school. The people in the photos are most likely students that attended Columbus Catholic High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin or St. Mary's Catholic School in Bismarck, North Dakota. The majority of people would likely be from the graduating class of … Continue reading Gramma’s High School Scrapbook
Dill Pickles This recipe is from the collection of my great grandmother, Viola Widmann Weigel. Dill Pickles (Mrs Panter) Wash and pack pickles in jar. Put together: 1C. salt 3 C. cider vinegar 9 C. water and bring to a boil. Put in dill and a pinch of powdered alum the size of a pea.
Pages 3 and 4 These are from my grandmother Lagada Dirk Weigel's collection of photos from her senior year of high school. These students would be from Columbus Catholic High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin, or St. Mary's Catholic School in Bismarck, North Dakota most likely from the class of 1952. Page 3 Page 3 only … Continue reading Gramma’s High School Scrapbook
Popcorn Balls This recipe was in the collection of my great grandmother, Viola Widmann Weigel. Popcorn Balls Boil together 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup water 1 teaspoon vinegar When boiled awhile add 2 tablespoons syrup, butter the size of a walnut, 4 teaspoons salt Boil until a few drops in cold water become hard … Continue reading Gramma’s Cookbook
Doily Collection This collection was made primarily by my husband's grandmother Gertrude Evelyn Ehle Witzel and her mother Gertrude Ethelyn Smith Ehle from the early 1900s to about the 1950s. A few were from my great grandmother Viola Pauline Widmann Weigel in the years after her marriage in 1933. We wanted to find a way … Continue reading Thursday Treasures
A Timeline of an Extinct Village Weigelsdorf was a small village that had it's beginnings with the settlement of land north and east of Marshfield, Wisconsin by Paul and Joseph Weigel and a few other German immigrant families. The little community was along the county line between Marathon and Wood counties in Wisconsin. The area … Continue reading Weigelsdorf
Page 2 This page is only partially identified. These would be students from Columbus Catholic High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin or St. Mary's Catholic School in Bismarck, North Dakota. Most likely these would be people who graduated in 1952. If you recognize anyone, please comment or contact me. Top Row Left to Right: Jean Heckel, … Continue reading Gramma’s High School Scrapbook
JN Weigel home and first warehouse 1200 N Central Ave JN Weigel Company began in Marshfield, Wisconsin in 1943 as the Weigel Beverage Company and was a distributor for the G. Heileman Brewing Company. Weigel Beverage was founded by Jacob N.Weigel and his wife Viola Widmann Weigel and had only 4 employees when the company … Continue reading A History of the JN Weigel Company
Rhubarb Pie Filling This is a recipe from the collection of my great grandmother, Viola Widmann Weigel. Rhubarb Pie Filling 3 cups raw rhubarb (cut) 1 C. sugar about 1/2 tsp salt 3-4 eggs 3/4 C. milk 2 Tbsp. cornstarch Butter Beat egg yolks, add milk, sugar, salt, and cornstarch. Line pie plate, put in … Continue reading Gramma’s Cookbook
Herman Weigel Herman Weigel was born in Germany in 1859 probably in Weigelsdorf, Silesia, Germany which is now known as Wigancice, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. Herman arrived in Marshfield, Wisconsin in the early days of the settlement, a few years before the fire in 1887. Herman was the fourth of five siblings who came to the Marshfield … Continue reading Portraits
WitzEnd Family History 