Arnol Roberts

Arnol Victor Roberts was born Dec. 28, 1897 in Wild

Rose to John David Roberts and wife Ella Protheroe.

He graduated from Wild Rose in 1915. He graduated

from the University of Wisconsin Madison. He was in

Thera Chi, Men's Glee Club, Athenae, Square Club,

Harefoot Follies. His thesis was "The Homestead Law

in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin." He served in

WWI as a Sgt !/c md. in France. When he came

back her was an organizer of the American Legion in

Wild Rose. They named the Chapter after Daniel 

Dopp who was killed in the war. He went to Beaver

Dam to work in a departmen store in the 1930's. He

came back to Wild Rose to run the Wild Rose Mercan-

tile. His store aways wrapped your purcchases in

brown paper and tied it with string. Even my base-

ball cards were wrapped. Arnol donated land to the

village west of the millpond which was named after

him as Roberts Park.  The WWII draft reorted he was

Five feet seven and a half inches. He was 155

pounds. He had blue eyes, brown hair with light

complexion. His hair turned white sa he got older.

He had an interest in history and donated obects to

the Wisconsin Historica Society and the Wild Rose

Historical Museum.  He married Dorothy Patrick

une 16, 1928 in Chicago. He died Oct. 27, 1994 in

Wild Rose. He is buried in Oakhill.

 

Everett Jones Famiy moved to house at NE corner of Euclid & Oakwood

 

Foundation for furniture store 1901

 

Victor Fritz Barber shop 1929

 

Victor Fritz moved to Robert R Jones house acroos from R K Jones 1929

 

Victor Fritz will live in upper rooms of Miss Elizabeth Hughes house 1928

 

Rev & Mrs Feiheit preaching at Christian Church & the Baptist Church 1898

 

Dr Fisher started his house 1902

 

Charles Fero family living in 2nd story of the Dake building 1903

 

T W Dumond is taking interior viiews of business places 1902 Wid Rose Times

 

Wilfred Dopp has barn raising 1927

 

D R Davis has barn raising 1898

 

Ivor Davies moved to house of Evan Harris Owens 1922

 

Surveyors are laying out streets in Wild Rose 1899

 

Mr & Mrs Dean Davies moved from R H Jones house to Mrs Edih Clark's 1946

 

Gordon Darling's Moved to Lucy Woodwad house on River St 1929

 

Damon has moved her millinery from Lowe house to John Davis 1900

 

Sylvia Damon of Iola has a millinery shop 1899

 

Florence Esther Radley

 

Florence Esther Radley was born July 2, 

1894 in the Town of Dayton in Waupaca

County, WI. Her parents were George and

Charlottee Elzabeth White Radley. She 

went to school in Wild Rose. She married

William Caspar Reck Sept.4, 1924 in

Kalamazoo, Monroe County, MI. He died

in 1928. William was a barber and she was

a waitress Later Foence was a telephone

Operator. She married William R Bogacz 

from Shawano County  She died Feb. 9,

1954 in Appleton. Bogacz lived 1900-

1990.

Zilpha Davies

Zilpha Davies was born May 21, 1901 in Wild

Rose, WI to Harvey and Martha Davies. She 

had a sister Mary. She graduated from Wild

Rose Hgh School in 1919. She was active in 

the Methodist church and taught Sunday 

School. I had her in 4th and 5th grade in the

mid-1950's. She worked for Clark's drug store

in the later 1920 and early 1930s.Later she 

worked for the Waushara Argus as

a correspondent covering Wild Rose. She 

never earned very much always worn a Black

dress with small hortizontal medium yellow

stripe with short sleeves. She lived on Oakwood

St. in the 1920's. She lived in family home on

Highway 22 north of Wild Rose with her father.

Meredith Owens in a Wild Rose High School class play

 

Meredith Owens was the son of Evan Harris Owens

and wife Hannah Lowe. Eavn was a blacksmith

in Wild Rose, WI. He was born May 25, 1902 and

baptized in Horeb Presbyterian Church on Oct 9,

1902. He married Ruth L Ihde Dec 30, 1922. 

His WWII draft card shows he was 5'61/2" and

was 155 pounds. He had brown hair, gray hair and

a light complexion. They had 5 sons. He was a

local salesman for meat packers in Milwaukee. He

died in 1963 and was buried Caersalem Cemetery

in the Township of Springwater outside of Wild 

Rose,  Ruth was born in Feb 5, 1901 and died 

April 24, 1993 and is also in Caersalem. He

graduated from Wild Rose High School in 1919.

Gilbert George Stevenson

Gilbert George was born July 27, 1885 in the Town of

Springwater. Draft cards show he had blue eyes and '

brown hair.  In 1942 he was 5'8" and weighted 185

Hs hair was now gray and a ruddy complexion He 

married Janet Lane on Aug 20, 1913. Her parents were

George G Lane and Susan Dopp. Their children were

Orin, Bernard and Alice Stevenson Smith. Gilbert moved

to Manawa and died there Nov 18, 1954 in Manawa 

Janet was born March 12 1891 and ded March 23, 1990

Les & Beverly Ansorge

 

Nathan Andersons Gradation with Les & Beverly Ansorge

 

Maria Gegg Clarke 1st Cousin 3 times removed

 

Maria Gegg was a daughter of Ann Etheridge,

a sister of Josiah Etheridge as well as John, 

Benjamin and Cornelius who came to Amrica.

Maria married Alexander Clarke. The Clarke's

stayed in England

Frank Currier & family move to Woodward house on River St. 1927

 

Mr & Mrs Kenneth Counsell moved to Kilbourn (Now Wis. Dells) 1928

 

Mrs Counsell was Priscilla Owens  was the 

daughter of John T Owens and Mary Jane

Lowe.  They lived at 813 Maple Ave. 

Foundation for Clark & Patterson store completed 1901

 

Dolph Stewart & W M Davies stuccoed Edith Clark's house 1922

 

Clarence Corning is building a new house in Wild Rose 1902

 

Albert Fritz bought late judge George Sorenson 1934

 

Family of Halbert Anderson & Wife Louisa Charleson

L-R Donald, Melvin, Marjorie, Gerald,  Marion, 

Oliver & Harry.  Taken in the early 1940's.

 

Inez Inda & Gertrude Hanson

 

Faith Apps Jenks

 

Faith Apps was born Nov. 5, 1914 in

Wild Rose, WI. She graduated from Wild

Rose High School in 1933. She taught iin

the Progressive school and Chain'O Lakes

rural schools for ten years and 25 years

in the Wild Rose grade school. Alfred

Jenks married her Feb. 17, 1937. They

had a son John. She was a member of

the WR Methodist church, Wild Rose

Historical Society including guiding 

especially in our one room school. She

was a member of the WR Hospital

Auxiliary, Eastern Star. She died Sept.17,

2003.

Hoaglin Feed Mill 1905

 

Dr Hammond in 1899

 

Frank Sidney Currier

 

Frank Sidney Currier was born in 1880 in the

Town of Dakota, Washara County. His preants

were Sidney Currier and Mellisa Hayes. He

married Josie Remington in 1910. They had

3 daughters: Ruby Currier Anderson, Ellen

Currier Colligan, and Ruth Currier Oleson. 

Josie Remington Currier died in May of 1928.

Frank was a farmer but he lived on River St.

in Wild Rose for a time. His draft cardfor WWII

says he was 5'5" tall, weight 135, brown eyes,

gray hair and light complexion.

Walter Attoe built potato celler 1898

 

Lyle Sawyer Married Murrel Jeffers 1919 Wild Rose Times

 

Organ & light fixture in Parlor in Wild Rose Historical Museum

 

Marvin Jackson Valentine

 

Marvin Jackson Valentine was born Feb. 7,

1869 in Rose, Wayne County, NY. His

parents were Jackson Valentine and 

Christiana Dodds. He married Adah 

Rutherford Ellis but she went by Ruth

Ellis.  They married 2 July 1895 in

Ellicottsville, NY. They had 2 

children. He moved to Denver, Co.

and he died March 25 1923. Ruth

lived to 102 and is bried in the state

of Georgia.

Cora Eliza Barden

 

Cora Eliza Barden was born July 26, 1905 in

the Town of Buena Vista, Portage County, WI.

Her parents were Doward and Jessie(Adams)

Barden. They lived in the Town of Springwater

in Waushara County when the picture was 

taken. She went to school and graduated from

Waupaca. She went to the Normal School in

Stevens Point and taught in rural schools. She

married Albert Frederic Gehrke May 1, 1927.

They had a daughter, Doria Gehrke Plog. She

died Jan. 11, 1990 in Green Bay.

Delmar Thompson Stationed at Pearl Habor Dec. 7, 1941

Delmar Thompson Dec. 14, 1916 in Wild Rose, WI. His 

parents were Anton Thompson and Hazel Etheridge. They 

lived on Grant St. He won first prize in the Waushara 

County Fair in 1932 for his yearling heifer. He graduated 

from Wild Rose High School in 1934. He enlisted Oct.24, 

1940 in Milwaukee. He was 5'9" and 164 pounds He had

blue eyes, brown hair and a light complexion. His military 

training was a Jefferson Barracks in Missouri. He was sent 

to Hawaii and received the Distinguished Flying Cross as a 

gunner on a B-24 Liberator transport and bombed a large 

Japanese transport. He was in 45 bombing missions in the 

New Guinea theatre. He also received three oak leaf 

clusters for gallantry He was killed on a training mission 

over Cuba on May 14,1944 when the plane crashed on 

Batista Field. He was a staff Sgt. He is buried on

Oakhill in Wild Rose, WI.

Rev. David James Roberts died in South Africa

 

David was the son of Rev. Ellis R
Roberts of Wild Rose. David was
born in Wild Rose and was a
Presbyterian.

 

Ellis Roberts Family

The girls in the back are Jenny who died in

1910 and Barbara who married Charles

Jones.  Ellis has Ellis Wynn in front of him.

Mrs Roberts is holding Elizabeth who 

became Mrs Earl Towne. Moses is front

of Ellis W. There were additional children:

ohn Griffith, Mary, William and David James.

Boyd Alfred Clark

Boyd Alfred Clark was born January 18, 1918 in Wild Rose. His parents were

Fred Patterson Clark and Margaret Lowe.  His father died in April of 1931 so

the family left Wild Rose and he didn't graduate from Wild Rose High School.

His draft card said he was 5'10" and a half, weighted 180 pounds, had brown 

eyes and hair with a freckled complexion. He married Brydine Nelson on May

30, 1942. He enlisted June 23, 1942 in Milwaukee.He was released Sept. 12, 

1945.  He got his Law degree from UW- Madison.He representated Green 

Lake and Waushara County in the Assembly until he ran for  Distrct Attorney 

in Waushara County in 1956. He was Waushara Judge for over 20 years. He died 

March 6 1978 and is buried atOakhill Cemetery in Wild Rose. He had 4 children, 

Crysti, Nelson, Thomas, and Betsy.