The germ of these notes come from “The Maid and the Socialite,” an article in the Winter/Spring 2024 Voyageur magazine. The article, written by Lynda Drews, is a very condensed version of her book of the same title, released in 2023. I encourage people to pick up a copy. (Because the article is a summary, […]
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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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This is a well-known case, but was new to me. I read about it in Wisconsin Game Warden magazine. Yes, I read Wisconsin Game Warden magazine! The story also appeared on the Beyond Contempt podcast, though I’ve not listened to that podcast and was not aware of it until I started researching this case. (I
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David Frank Spanbauer was born in January 1941. His parents, Frank J Spanbauer and Evelyn Marie Bachtler, had both been born in Oshkosh and lived there all their lives. Frank worked as a machinist for Wisconsin Axle Division. Frank Spanbauer died March 27, 1956 in Oshkosh, at only 44 years old. Exactly what he died
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Peter A VanVeghel (1862-1934) was twice the sheriff of Brown County. With wife Antoinette Herman (1862-1941), had several children, including John Peter “Jack” VanVeghel, born on October 22, 1893 in the town of Scott, Brown County. 1916: Jack VanVeghel lost his wife and child to influenza. He was 22. Jack helped his younger brother Walter
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