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| Emma Ann Thomas Henry was born Jan, 28, 1858 in the Town of Rose, Waushara County, WI. Her parents were William John Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Williams. She married Rober Tyler Henry on Sept. 9, 1885 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.She had four sons Guy, Carson, Ira and Otis. Guy was bornin Wild Rose and the others in Merrill, WI. Her husband livedfrom 1856 to 1928. She died in Glen Ellyn, Illinois Dec. 24, 1954. She often came to visit her sister Maggie Thomas Murty in the Town of Rose in the summer and after James Murty died, Maggie would often spend the winter in Merrill. |
Monday, May 27, 2019
Emma Thomas Henry
Jake's Colligan house burned - before 1901
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| William X Evans died in 1901 but he moved into Wild Rose before he died. |
Ada Anderson's death
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| Even though I have seriously done genealogy research no one ever mentioned that I had an aunt on my Anderson side of the family. I knew my many uncles but no one ever mentioned Ada. I suspect it was too sad for them talk about her. |
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Friday, May 24, 2019
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Edward Steinke 1895-1964
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| Edward Henry Martin Steinke was wagoner for Co C 53rd Infantry. He went over on the Kasmir. He was a fireman in a paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids after the war. His WWII draft registration showed he was 6' and 170#. |
Ellery Patterson 1890-1955
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Ellery James Patterson did painting and wall papering
in the Wild Rose area. He lived on River st. He served
with Co F 107th Supply Train. He was one of the main
people from the area that were on the S S Tuscania
which was struck by a German torpodo off the coast of
Ireland. There were about 2,400 with troops & crew
and 210 were lost. They continued to France. He
returned on the Leviatan. His WWII draft regustration
card list him as 5'111/2" and 150 pounds.
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Hubert Swett 1889-1954
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| Hubert was the son of Sidney Swett and his wife Sarah "Annie" Dale. He served in Co B 128 Th Infantry of the Natl. Guards from May 1 1917 to May 19, 1919. He was wounded and received a Purple Heart for action on May 15, 1918 in France. He was 5' 10" and 130 on his WII draft registration. He was a farmer labor. |
Saturday, May 18, 2019
John D Davies 1898-1985
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| John Daniel Davies was the son of Thomas H Davies and Gertrude Davies whose father was Thomas J Davies. He grew up in the Wild Rose area. He came bqck to the US on Aug. 28, 1919. The passage list indicated besides being he service, he worked with the American Relief group. The ship he came back on had lots of people who had married soldiers as well as the troops. When he was young he was a stutterer, He went to Ripon College and became a speech teacher. I knew him because he was the debate coach at Bradford High School in Kenosha. He had a very good reputation as a coach whose students won awards. I was on the debate team at Stevens Point, we did well too. His ashes were scattered in Caersalem Cemetery in the Town of Springwater in Waushara County even though he died in Florida. |
Ingwald M Sorenson 1895-1974
in WWI. He went over on the "S S Tusania" which
was torpedoed by the Germans off the coast
of Ireland on Feb. 5, 1918 They had enough
life boats so out of the 2400 soldiers and crew
only 210 died.The boat sunk and they were
taken to Ireland and did get to France He
served in Co. 107th Supply Train. When he
returned safely on the Leviathan in 1919.
He had a picture of the Tuscania over his front
door and when I was little we talked about
the sinking of the ship. He moved into
Wild Rose and lived on Maple Ave next to
my Murty grandarents.
Arnol Roberts 1897-1994
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| Arnol Roberts was a private when he left for WWI on June 4, 1918. His parents were Johnny Roberts who had milk cart driven by a horse. The Wild Rose Historical Museum has the cart. Arnol ran the Mercantile in Wild Rose. He was a charter member of American Legion Post 370 in Wild Rose. He was a hard worker in his store but he never put out bananas when they were even a slight bit green. He used sting to tie but your purchase. |
Friday, May 17, 2019
Thursday, May 16, 2019
David Howell Lowe Died in WW I
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| David Howell Lowe was the son of William & Phebe Lowe from the Town of Rose. His brother was named William Isaac Lowe but was always called Ike or Isaac. He had sister Ada and Jane. He went by Howell. He die in the Battle of Soissons in France on July 18, 1918 in first day of the battle. He was killed in action. The allies lost 32,458 who died in the battle and the Germans had 56,700 killed. The allies won the battle. As a footnote Adolf Hitler received the Iron Cross 1st class in this battle. |
Baby Dalziel
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| Let me know if you know the first name of the baby. Most of the family is buried in the Howe Cemetery in the Town of Mt Morris, Waushara County. |
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Monday, May 13, 2019
Home of Gladys Etheridge Leininger in St Paul
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| Gladys was the youngest child of Alanson Pease Etheridge and his wife Emma Spicer. She was born in Wild Rose. She was artistic. She did pottery, weaving, braided rugs and even suits out of her weaving. |
Marsden, Anderson & Heuer
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| Bill Marsden, Pam Anderson, Mike Anderson & Wendy Heuer. The picture is taken on the Rodney Murty house on Maple Ave in Wild Rose. Rodney & Blanche were maternal grandparents of the Andersons. Wendy lived across the street. Bill lived on the end of the block on High St & Maple. |
Photographer, J W Winkle
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| Winkle moved around. He was in Plainfield, moved to Wild Rose and then Wautoma. |
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