Thursday, February 28, 2019
Murty Family about 1940-1941
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| This is taken on the Murty farm on 17th. Back row Stanley Colligan and Shirley Murty Colligan, Maggie Thomas Murty holding Gerald Colligan, Jeanette Olson Murty, Alanson Etheridge, & GlennMurty. Middle Melba Jean Simonson Williams, Front Patricia Colligan Engebretson , Clifford Simonson and Beverly Murty Anderson. Melbajean, Shirley and Beverly had not married until later. |
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Ladies in Wild Rose
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| Back row: Mary Etheridge Jenks, Fanny Etheridge Pierce Front row: Maggie Williams Murty, Effie Jeffers Smith and Mrs Burnapp. |
Norrine Soule, Jane Wiora, Kathleen Colligan
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| The picture was taken about 1937. L-R. Norrine Soule, Jane Wiora and Kathleen Colligan. Norrine, daughter of Harold Soule and his wife Mildred Abair Soule was born October 6, 1928 in DeTour Michigan. In 1945 she married Carl Christie, son of George and Hilda Johnson Christie. She died March 18, 1957 in Marinette, Wisconsin. Jane Wiora, daughter of Thomas Wiora and Stephanie Swendrzynski Wiora on January 5, 1919. She worked 38 years for Central Steel and in the Chicago area. She died January 5, 2009. Kathleen Colligan is the daughter of James and Beatrice Colligan. She graduated from Wild Rose High School. On September 13, 1952 she married Martin Inda, son of Frank and Rose Inda. The picture was taken at the Rodney Murty porch on Maple Ave. |
Monday, February 25, 2019
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Friday, February 22, 2019
Rose Milling Co.
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| Notice the horses wagons that brought feed to the mill to be ground. Yhe house on the left was used by people who ran the creamery which was across the] street fromthe mill. |
Last Cattle Drive in Wild Rose
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| The Last Cattle drive in Wild Rose. They are going past the Wild Rose mill. You can see the mill pond in the background. They are taking them to the train station near the intersection of Main St and County AA going west. |
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Mr & Mrs Oren Johnson Wiley.
Margaret Jeffers Wiley was from Rose, NY. The pictures at the
top of the pictures are John Jeffers and his wife Lydia Way and
the mother of Margaret. They lived in both Wild Rose and
Hancock. They are buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Wild
Rose.
Anna Johanna Halversdatter Anderson
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| Anna Johanna Halvorsdatter was born July 15, 1832 in Lier, Buskerud, Norway. Her parents were Halvor Johnson and Helene Alvsdatter. She married Anon Anderson Sept. 13, 1857. Her daughters L-R are Anna and Johanna. |
Letter from Abbie Thomas Evans from Oakland July 30 1940
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| Abbie Thomas Evans was the daughter of William John Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Williams. She was a sister of Maggie Thomas who married James Murty. Rodney was the son of Maggie and nephew of Abbie. |
Wild Rose 1905 Robbery Done in 2005
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| This shot is before we started with the robbers talking to the village marshal |
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| Two of the four robbers who attempted to rob the Wild Rose Union Bank and were successful in robbing the Post Office which was in Clark's Store. |
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| Three of the robbers. |
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| We had horses for the posse (one in the center) The lady without a hat was the wife of the village marshal. She answered the door and the marshal got there to let 2 of the robbers stay in his barn over night. The man and woman on the right were people at the Wild Rose Depot when the robbers arrived on the train. |
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| Another shot before we begin. |
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| John Jones is the guy in the white shirt and Joy Etheridge Kluever is in blue. |
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