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by Lorine McGinnis Schulze
Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. She and her husband head to Salt Lake City Utah to research Janie's elusive 4th great-grandmother. But her search into the past leads her to a dark secret. Can she solve the mysteries of the past and the present before disaster strikes? Available now on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca
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Milwaukee County Almshouse & Poor Farm Cemeteries Wisconsin List of Burials
The Milwaukee County Farm Cemetery (a.k.a. Potter's Field) was used during the years 1872-1974. This cemetery was used for the poorhouse inmates and also for burial of other indigent people and transients for whom no funds were available for burial. The cemetery may have been in use prior to 1872. However, there is no documentation of burials occurring before 1872. Due to the fact that there are nearly 6,400 names in the burial register book the names of the deceased have been separated into groups of years.
The original site (Jennifer Fleischmann's Poorhouse Files) that contained these transcriptions was last updated in 2001 and has been offline since February 2006. Rather than see these names lost, Olive Tree Genealogy has given them a permanent home in its Almshouse, Poorhouse & Insane Asylums Section.
Field of blood, field of the forgotten. The Potter's Field of Milwaukee County.
A recent discovery of a forgotten pauper cemetery at the Milwaukee County Medical Center has profound and far-reaching ramifications. More than 5,000 are buried in this graveyard, compelling an investigation into the circumstances surrounding its loss. That the cemetery lies beneath county buildings without official knowledge is a disgrace. The proper dignity of a marked and undisturbed grave was denied to these former county residents because of their poverty. How this discovery is managed will reflect our commitment to both high ideals and the law. This project endeavors to reconstruct the origins of the pauper cemetery, containing a brief history of the poor in Milwaukee County, and an examination of the Almshouse, Milwaukee County's first medical institution. Finally, a postscript offers a parallel between the writings of Charles Dickens and the pauper cemetery. [ National Library of Medicine]
MILWAUKEE
COUNTY ALMSHOUSE AND POOR FARM CEMETERIES Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Burials
Burials 1872-1892
Name
Sex
Age
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Place of Death
Martin, Sran
F
38
1/1/1872
Confluent small pox
MKE Hosp. 4th ward
Salter, Maria
F
21
1/13/1872
Peritonitis
MKE Hosp. 2nd ward
Herold, Peter
M
28
2/6/1872
Variolae
Harp, D. C.
M
23
2/22/1872
Inflammation of brain
St. Mary's Hospital
Belden, Frank
M
41
3/3/1872
Phthisis Pulmonalis
MKE Hosp. 2nd ward
Nortan
F
4 mos
.
3/5/1872
Convulsion
Police Stn. 7th ward
Sipperts, Carolina
F
2.5
10/17/1869
5/27/1872
Flymann, (Infant)
M
5/7/1872
5/7/1872
Stillborn
Wauwatosa
Sadler, ?
M
4/10/1872
Drowning
Menomonee River 8th ward
Thompson, Amard
M
32
12/25/1873
Accidental Drowning
Murphy, Ellen
F
60
1/1/1874
Broken neck/accidental fall
from stairs
Cole, James
M
66
1/22/1874
Broken neck/accidental fall
from stairs
Bakriasan, Anna
F
1
1/28/1874
Harvey, Peter
M
42
8/1/1874
Private disease
Schmidt, John
M
58
9/21/1974
Delirium Tremens
Co. Jail 7th ward
Unknown
M
abt 35
10/27/1874
Accidentally drowned
Milw. River 5th ward
Unknown
M
50-60
10/27/1874
accident by railroad
U. West RR
Williams, Ellen
F
20
11/2/1874
Cramp disease
Buffalo St. 3rd ward
Peterson, G.
M
30
11/27/1874
Congestive chills
5th ward
Hoffmann, Wilhelm
M
17
12/4/1874
accident
House of Correction 11th Ward
Nugent, Edward
M
30
1/8/1875
accident
7th ward
Johnson, Annie
F
27
3/10/1875
Pyaemie
Unknown
M
infant
3/15/1875
premature birth
Unknown
F
infant
3/16/1875
premature birth
Hackbart, Gottfried
M
60
3/18/1875
Abcess of brain
child
M
?
3/30/1875
strangled
Miller Brewery
Christ, Dora
F
16
4/3/1875
child
M
4/19/1875
stillborn
10th ward
Flugge, Gottlieb
M
47
5/6/1875
Suicide
6th ward
Matz, Christian
M
61
6/17/1875
Suicide
2nd ward
Jenkins, George
M
15
7/5/1875
Accidentally drowned
4th ward
Pilska, Francis
F
3 weeks
7/22/1975
Convulsions
3rd ward
Potts, Bridget
F
43
08/07/1875
Overdose of wiskey
3rd ward
Baumann, Aug.
M
60
8/26/1975
Suicide
Town of Franklin
Graham, Randolph
M
26
8/31/1875
Accidentally drowned
5th ward
Bartsch, Friedrich
M
46
9/3/1875
Suicide
11th ward
Infant
M
11/4/1875
Strangled
2nd ward
Schwarting, Henry
M
62
12/03/1875
Exposure
Wauwatosa
Arni, Adam
M
66
12/31/1875
Suicide
Co. Poor House
Jordan, Alice
F
25
01/03/1876
excessive drinking
7th ward
Trebert, Christina
F
75
2/3/1876
Chronic Bronchitis
Parker, Marie
F
62
2/20/1876
Murdered
3rd ward
Liverlay, John
M
35
3/15/1876
Suicide
Milwaukee
Buck, Andreas
M
27
4/20/1876
Accidentally drowned
5th ward
Satorius, Peter
M
21
5/26/1876
Murdered
England, Johan
M
56
6/14/1876
Debility
6th ward
Hoerner, John
M
40
7/10/1876
Struck by lightening
11th ward
Cummerford, John
M
18
8/4/1876
Altmmiruree
Mitchell, James
M
26
8/8/1876
Accidentally drowned
3rd ward
Riebe, Anna
F
22
2/10/1877
Confluent small pox
Stahl, Mina
F
19
7/21/1877
Variola
Montag, Carl
M
57
1820
9/13/1877
Variola
Scobez, Marie
F
42
5/1835
11/11/1877
Phthsis
Wiener, Anna
F
45
11/20/1877
Cancer of Uterus
Horner, Hettie
F
20
12/7/1877
Variola
Johnson, Nettie
F
24
12/7/1877
Variola
McCabe, J.W.A.
M
39
12/13/1877
Variola
Flowers, James
M
29
12/25/1877
Variola
Smith, Wm.
M
23
4/5/1878
Amyoid degeneration of
kidney
Oleson, Martin
M
3
7/1874
9/30/1878?
Scarlatina
Vaughn, Edward
M
50
10/5/1878
Pyaemia
Kastner, Philomena
F
48
7/8/1830
12/6/1878
Chronic Rheumatism
Meyer, Emilie
F
3yr 5 mos
1/3/1876
7/1/1879
Dypheric Croup
Diel, Jacob
M
74
10/4/1805
10/29/1879
Old Age
Stephan, Alexander
M
32
5/10/1880
Phthisis
Milw. Insane Asylum
Hasley, Mary
F
32
5/31/1880
Phthysis Pulu.
Fisher, (Infant)
M
5 hrs
6/8/1880
6/8/1880
Pre. Birth/Convulsions
Sommous, William
M
28
1852
6/10/1880
Ceretritis
Co. Hosp.
Florence, Ivy
F
5 days
6/10/1880
Convulsions
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Metz, Joseph
M
40
6/21/1880
Endocarditis
Co. Hosp.
Lukas, Eva
F
2wks
7/7/1880
7/21/1880
Tuterus
Pares, Mary
F
91
7/31/1880
Cirrhosis of liver
Milw. Co. Hosp.
West, Jennie
F
3wks
7/6/1880
7/28/1880
Infantile Convulsions
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Danson, Mary Amanda
F
21
8/20/1880
Pulmonary Phthisis
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Hatje, George
M
59
8/22/1880
Cirrhosis of liver
Co. Farm
Rothber, (Infant)
M
17 days
8/7/1880
8/24/1880
Inanition
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Dawson, Emma
F
20
10/14/1860
9/4/1880
Phthsis Pulmonalis
McCaffery, James
M
76
1804
9/5/1880
Bright's Disease
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Holtz, Henry
M
30
9/17/1880
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Jones, George
M
16
9/29/1880
Chronic Diarrhoea
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Herning, Adolf
M
30
10/28/188
0Chronic Inflammation of liver
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Beyer, Ferdinand
M
41
11/2/1880
Chronic Pneumonia
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Grundler, Albert
M
28
11/7/1880
Epilepsy
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Preiser, Henry
M
60
11/12/188
0Cirrhosis
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Johnson, Gustav
M
23
11/20/188
0Typhoid Fever
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Holsted, Avton
M
34
11/23/188
0Colloid Cancer of Abdomen
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Keating, Margaretha
F
3 days
12/18/1880
12/21/1880
Cyanosis
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Sernnaudal, Franz
M
46
12/27/1880
Cancer of liver
Clarke, Patric
M
69
12/30/1880
Cerebritis
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Hayet, A. P.
M
21
12/31/1880
Typhoid Fever
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Keating, Emma D.
F
27
12/31/1880
Peritonitis
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Hermes, Adolf
M
34
1/16/1881
Pneumonia
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Fitzgerald, (Infant)
F
17 days
1/14/1881
1/31/1881
Inanition
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Plumber, Frederick
M
19
2/5/1881
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Eckerkunst, Wilhemina
F
37
2/6/1881
Pulmonary Phthisis
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Justmann, Chas.
M
70
2/16/1881
Congestion of lungs
Milw. Co. Hosp.
Schmidt, Jacob
M
11/4/1884
Schmidt, (Son)
M
12/11/1884
Johnson, Ruby
F
1/28/1885
Unknown Child
?
5/27/1885
Jacobson, Andrew
M
6/28/1885
Reichert, (Child)
?
7/6/1885
Hartmann, Joseph
M
7/15/1885
Unknown Foetus
?
7/23/1885
Unknown Male Babe
M
8/3/1885
Perry, Frank Clinton
M
8/20/1885
Unknown Female Babe
F
9/14/1885
Unknown Female Babe
F
10/17/1885
See, Michael
M
12/2/1885
Anton, J.
?
1/2/1886
Rosanski, Christoph
M
2/8/1886
Schwartz, Lilly
F
2/26/1886
Schumann, Arthur
M
4/30/1886
Unknown Man
M
5/11/1886
Drowned
Daly, (Child)
?
6/3/1886
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