Dr William Edward Minahan was born in Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin on 20 April 1867. He was the son of Irish immigrant parents William Burke Minahan (1833-1906), a county school superintendent, and Mary Shaughnessy (1839-1902), both Limerick natives. He had ten known siblings: Robert (1858-1935) Ellen (1860-1915, later Jaeger), John Robert (1862-1941), Grace (b. 1865), Hugh […]
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Notes on the unsolved 1973 murder of William Paul. The building at 311 North Commercial Street in Neenah was built in 1888 and was traditionally known as Charles Herziger’s Saloon, and later Pinky’s Midway Bar. In 1940, the tavern was purchased by William Paul, age 39, who would operate it for over thirty years. On
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I was asked to provide on-camera history for the Gainor property in Mackville, an unincorporated area north of Appleton, Wisconsin. These are my very rough, incomplete notes. The details of the final fire are not included here (and were not mentioned by me on camera) out of respect for the family’s privacy. This was part
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Milton Lutzke was born in Liberty (Manitowoc County) to Louis and Ida Lindeman Lutzke on November 25, 1905. He had one brother, Norman. On January 2,1932, 26-year old Milton married 16-year old Lillian M. Ahl, daughter of Peter and Rose Marx Ahl, at Waukegan. Milton was Lutheran and Lillian was Catholic. They had one son,
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Winnebago County was broken off from Brown County in 1840, with a population of 135 settlers. A county government was formed two years later, though the place was mostly scattered log cabins. Autumn 1846, the Partridge family arrived – Alvin, Lucia, a young daughter and a newborn son. They were Protestants with roots in Ohio.
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Alvina “Elva” Heup was born in and grew up on a farm near Sherwood, Wisconsin, the daughter of Gerhard “Garrett” Heup and ??. Her mother was a sister of John Deno, who operated a store on Third Street in Kaukauna. In June 1916, Elva worked as a seamstress for various shops around Milwaukee. She was
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March ?? 1956: Friday evening around 8:05pm, high school junior Michael McCormick, 17, (703 Quinney Avenue) met Terese VanderHorst, 18, (1121 Lawe Street) at 323 West Ninth Street. The house belonged to Angela McCormick, Michael’s grandmother, who was not home at the time. Soon, an argument broke out, and McCormick struck her over the head
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Glen Allen Barker was born June 28, 1913 in Ellington, Wisconsin to George “Al” Barker and Hallie Peeples. In 1937, Glen Barker was a 24-year old farmhand for his father. He had graduated from Shiocton High School and had taken an agriculture course at the University of Wisconsin before returning to the family farm. On
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Paul Husting was born April 25, 1866 in Fond du Lac. His father, John P. Husting, had emigrated from Luxemburg to the United States in 1855. He was a skilled watchmaker and fluent in several languages. Paul’s mother, Mary M. Juneau, was one of sixteen children born to Solomon Juneau, co-founder and first mayor of
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Simon Bailey Paige was born in Wentworth, New Hampshire on August 26, 1824. He married Leafy Cushing Bean. In the 1850s, they came to Oshkosh. Simon and his brother were in the whole sale grocery business, and Simon also had investments in lumber, railroads and race horses. Simon and Leafy were well-known, respected and quite
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