July 12th 1879 - Born - Minnie M (MUHM) VAN PRICE - Minnie is my great-great-grandmother on my mother's side. She was born in Wisconsin. She married Peter VAN PRICE in about 1895 and had 6 children, including my great-grandmother, Mildred (VAN PRICE) DEBROUX. She died on 6 Jul 1959 at Port … [Read more...]
Weekly History: June 28th-July 4th
28 June 2009 By
June 29th 1725 - Died - Louis QUINET - Louis is my 9th-great-grandfather on my father's side. He was born about 1635, probably somewhere in France. He married Marguerite BROSSIER and had four children. He passed away in Contréglise, Haute-Saône, France. June 30th 1675 - Died - Louis … [Read more...]
Weekly History: May 31st – June 6th
31 May 2009 By
June 1 1996 - Died - Irene (ZALEWSKI) LUTZENBERGER - Irene is my great-aunt, sister of my Grandpa Zalewski. She was born 17 Jul 1920 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I know I met her sometime in my life, but I really don't remember ever meeting her. She is buried with her husband Ervin at Holy Cross … [Read more...]
Happy Memorial Day
25 May 2009 By
Happy Memorial Day, everyone! I'd like to thank all of my military ancestors and all of your military ancestors, too. Johann W G LAST - Civil War- My 3rd-great-grandfather, server with Company K, 50th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin - 29 Mar 1865 to 14 Jun 1866 LeRoy THIELKE - World War II - My … [Read more...]
Weekly History: May 10th – 16th
11 May 2009 By
May 10 1716 - Died - Jean LaFond MONGRAIN - Jean LaFond is my 9th-great-grandfather on my mother's side. He was born about 1646 in Trois-Rivieres, St. Maurice, Quebec, Canada. His parents had immigrated from France to this area. He married Catherine SENECAL and passed away in Batiscan, Champlain, … [Read more...]
Found and Not Found
16 March 2009 By
Since the weather started to get nicer here and the snow is mostly gone, I thought I'd tackle some research involving the cemeteries again. Two of my ancestors are known to have lived and died in the Port Washington, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin area, but I had yet to pinpoint their final resting … [Read more...]
Tell Me Thursday: 3 generations
5 March 2009 By
This is one of the newest photos I was able to scan. I finally got some photos from my mother's side and this one was a good one since it has 3 generations back starting from my grandparents. This was taken in 1948 on my grandparent's wedding day. The names from left to right: my gg-grandather … [Read more...]
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