Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

 History of Milwaukee Biographies

Nearly 4000 biographical sketches of pioneers and citizens
The Western Historical Company, Chicago
A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881

 

E.M. NATHAN & SON

proprietors of meat market at No. 869 Franklin street. Mr. Nathan is a native of Prussia. He came to Milwaukee in 1869, he and his son at that time dealing in live stock. In 1871, they started a small market, and now do a lively trade, both wholesale and retail.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881

 

RUDOLPH NERN

tanner and currier; office and tannery, on the canal, foot of Sherman street. Mr. Nern was born in Prussia, and at the age of fourteen was apprenticed to the tanner's trade, in which he has since been engaged. In 1862 he came to New York, and two years later to Milwaukee. In 1869, in partnership with his father, he opened a tannery the following year. His father sold his interest to Mr. Braentigan who was a member of the firm till October, 1879, when Mr. Nern became a sole proprietor.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, p. 1442

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CASPAR NEUSTEDTER

CASPAR NEUSTEDTER, coat manufacturer, No. 1501 Walnut street; born in Bavaria. In 1860 he came to Philadelphia, and worked there at the tailoring trade until 1874, when he came to Milwaukee, and at once comenced this business. He was married in 1862 to Miss Mary M. Ox. They have six children, three sons and three daughters. pg 1257

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JOHN NEUSTEDTER

JOHN NEUSTEDTER, coat manufacturer, No. 618 Thirteenth street, is a native of Bavaria. He came to Philadelphia in 1860, and worked there at the tailoring trade until 1865, when he came to Milwaukee and worked on custom work until 1874, when he commenced this business. He now runs eleven machines. He was married in 1861, to Rosina Albreight. They have three sons and three daughters. pg 1257

 

HERMANN NIEDNER

residence, No.. 624 Tenth street, was born in Holstein, Saxony, Germany; came to America in 1853, and located in Philadelphia. He remained there five year, coming to Milwaukee in 1858 He was engaged for a time in the confectionary and fruit business, and afterward in the manufacture of carpets. He is at present selling paper in Chicago. Mr. Niedner was married January 2, 1954, to Miss Theresa Wolf. She was born in Leipsic, Germany. They have six sons and a daughter.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg 1549

 

G.W. NIERADE

Meat market, No. 509 National avenue, is a native of Prussia. In 1863, he came to Milwaukee and in 1870, established hi present business. Mr. Nierade married Anna Priedemann in 1870. She was born in Wisconsin. Her parents were among the first settlers of the county. They have three children, one son and two daughters.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881

 

GEORGE H. NOLL

general grocery and saloon, No. 1431 Vliet street, makes a specialty of keeping fresh butter and eggs, and delivers goods to any part of the city.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1203

 

JOHN NOLL

tailor, is a native of Germany. He came to America in 1848 and located in St. Louis where he remained six months. He then came to Milwaukee, in the Fall of 1848. Since learning his trade in his native land he has always been engaged in active business. He was married in 1852 to Miss Susan Hassmer, a native of Germany. She came with her parents to Milwaukee in 1845, and they were among the first German settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Noll have four sons and two daughters, all living in Milwaukee. The members of the family belong to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1257

 

JACOB NUNNEMACHER

Lessee and Manager of the Grand Opera House, was born in Milwaukee, January 21, 1853. He was a son of the late Jacob Nunnemacher, one of the pioneers and prominent business men of Milwaukee. He was educated in this country and in Europe. After his return from abroad, he was associated with his father in business for five years. IN 1876 he leased the Grand Opera House, which was built by his father, and has since that date been Manager of it, and also conducting theatrical enterprises in New York and traveling combinations. His extended acquaintance enables him to secure the choicest combinations. He is acknowledged as a leading theatrical manager in the country.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 611

 

BARTHOLOMEW O'BRIEN

Bartholemew O'Brien, roller in the merchant mill department, was born in Wales in 1852; commenced work in a rolling mill when seven years of age, and worked in that vicinity seven years. When forteen years of age, he left home and friends in the old country and came to America to "paddle his own canoe." He first worked in Buffalo, N.Y., about one and a half years, where he had a brother living, then went to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1867, and worked there till June, 1876; then came to Milwaukee, and has been connected with the Bay View works ever since, except six months in South Chicago. He was married December 25, 1872, in Pittsburgh, to Miss Rosanna Mankis, who was a native of that city, born in 1853.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1634

 

JAMES O'BYRNE

boots and shoes, No. 240 Broadway. He was born in Salterstown, County Louth, Ireland, in 1820, coming to America, April 14, 1846. Landing in New York, May 14, he came to Milwaukee on the twenty-second of the month. During the same year, he married Miss Catherine Wadaman, also a native of Ireland. They have had nine children-five living, three daughters and two sons. Mr. O'Byrne is one of the first settlers of his ward, and at once joined with his brother, who had preceded him in the boot and shoe trade. Soon after, he opened a shop on East Water street, employing twenty men. There he continued about twenty years, removing, in 1860, to his present location.

Source: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1454

 

JOHN OGDEN

John Ogden was born February 18, 1801, in Essex County, New Jersey. He is a son of Ezekiel and Abagail Ogden, descendent of John Ogden of England, who was born about the first of the seventeenth century, and died in 1681. He was in the Plymouth Colony soon after it was founded. He was one of the first patentees of the newly purchased land for the colony, and was Spiritual Governor under the Provisional Government. John Ogden is of Scotch descent on his mother's side, she being a descendant of John Magie, who was banished from Scotland on account of his Protestant principles and belief. This was during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Mr. Ogden at an early age commenced to learn a trade and selected that of wagonmaker. He served five years' apprenticeship, and worked ten years at the bench, afterwards spending two years in the business. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits which he followed four years in Elizabeth, New Jersey, selling out and removing to Ohio, in the Fall of 1834. After spending several months in visiting his brothers in Cincinnati, he returned to Elizabeth in the Winter. In April, 1835, he went to Chicago in company with H.H. Magie and attended the great bond sale, where he made investments. In September, he came to Milwaukee and purchased a forty-acre claim in addition to which he bought 280 acres of land in the city, to which he obtained his titles in 1839. In 1835 and 1836, he was one of the few who took an active interest and assisted in organizing religious services. By the aid of Moses Ordway and Rev. Cutting Marsh, who were missionaries here, they formed the first Presbyterian Church in the Territory in Wisconsin, April 11, 1837. Mr. Ogden, Samuel Hinman and Samuel Brown were chosen elders. The church adopted the confession of faith of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. He was afterwards chosen and ordained Deacon, and, was for years one of the corner-stones of the pioneer church. In the Spring of 1838, a Presbytery was formed in Milwaukee by Revs. Gilbert Crawford, Cyrus Nichols and Moses Ordway, the elders named above representing the first Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ogden was married in September, 1836 to Miss Jane Eliza Grey of Illinois, a daughter of Alfred Grey of New York. They have three sons and a daughter living, and have buried three children. Their sons are John Grey Ogden, of the firm Atkins, Ogden & Co., George W., engaged in the carriage business on Grand avenue in this city, and Martin Ogden, now in the Chicago branch of the firm Atkins, Ogden & Co.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1584

 

THOMAS O'NEILL

THOMAS O'NEILL, residence Pleasant Valley Distillery, was born in Dublin in 1821, a son of William and Ellinor O'Neill came to America in 1832, and to Milwaukee in 1844. Mr. O'Neill was married to Miss Margaretta Reynolds, a native of Michigan, in 1858, by whom he has three sons. John, the oldest, has charge of the distillery. Mr. O'Neill is one of the oldest farmers in the Town of Greenfield, and established the Pleasant Valley Distillery ' in Greenfield in 1860; moved it to its present site in the Town of Lake in 1864. He was the first man who introduced wosted machinery in Milwaukee in 1856. It proved a failure, as it was not appreciated at the time. He was in the Assembly in 1875 , and has acted as Town Clerk. The family are still unbroken, consisting of seven sons and two daughters, who all came together from Ireland in 1832.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1474

 

WISCONSIN MALLEABLE IRON COMPANY

established in 1878-W.H. Osborne, President and Treasurer, F.W. Sivyer, Secretary. The works are located on Bay View street, covering five acres of ground. Two hundred men are employed. The capital stock is $50,000. The money value of the production per year is about $250,000.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1295

 

FRED OSTERMANN

Fred Ostermann, a retail dealer in dry goods, established in May 1874, No. 304 Chestnut street, Senn's Block. He commenced with a stock of $3,000 and had a trade of $18,000 the first year; has since increased to a trade of $80,000 with a stock of about $15,000; employs nine assistants. Mr. Ostermann was born in Germany, in 1845; came to Milwaukee with his parents in 1848. After he left school he was employed by Messrs. Hoffman Bros. dry goods merchants, and worked for them nearly sixteen years. In 1870 he married Miss Louise Tirrill. They have had four children, of which two died; have a son and a daughter left. His father, Frederick Ostermann, died in Milwaukee in 1864. His mother is still living.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1264

 

CHAS. OSTHELDER

proprietor of hotel and boarding-house restaurant; a native of Bavaria. He came to Milwaukee in September, 1851; remained here a short time, then went to Sheboygan, and in 1866 returned to Milwaukee. He was engaged in the brewing business as agent for the Best and Schlitz Brewing Companies several years. For four years he was proprietor of the Shooting Park. Mr. Osthelder was Coroner from 1869 to 1871, School Commissioner from 1876 to 1878, and Justice of the Peace in the Thirteenth Ward four years. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, Turners and Sons of Hermann. In 1875 he was nominated by the Democratic caucus at Madison for Sergeant-at-Arms, but was defeated. He holds a commission from the Government as Lieutenant-Colonel of the National Guards of Wisconsin.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1432

 

OTTO OSTHOFF

Otto Osthoff, manager and lessee of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company's Park, is a native of Germany; born at Bielefield, near Berlin, in 1840. He received his education there, and served seven years in the Prussian army. In 1864 he came to America, landing in New York, where he remained a year and a half, and then went to Rochester, New York, when he was engaged in the hotel business. In 1867 he came to Milwaukee, and rented Miller's brewery, which he operated three years. He became manager and lessee of the Schlitz Park in May, 1880.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1437

 

GEORGE OVERMIRE

Assistant Grain Inspector, is a native of Ohio, and was born in the City of Cincinnati. From early boyhood he lived in the State of Illinois. When the war broke out he entered the army, enlisted in Company F, Thirtienth Regiment Illinois Infantry, under Colonel Foulk; was taken prisioner at Atlanta, and was held a prisioner for nine months. He remained in the service four years, and participated in the early battles of war, Belmont, Fourt Donnelson, Fort Henry, and many others. After the war went to Minnesota, and has been in the grain business there eight years; then came to this city, and in 1878, was appointed Assistant Grain Inspector, which position he retains.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881

 

HENRY J. PALMER

President of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, was born in Mount Pleasant, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1819. He received a common school and legal education, removing from Pennsylvania to West Troy, N.Y., in 1836, and from thence to Wisconsin in 1849, settling in Milwaukee. He was a member of the Assembly in 1853, 1860, 1873, and 1862 being Speaker of that body during the first and last-named session. Mr. Palmer was elected to the State Senate in 1867 and 1868, and was the Democratic candidate for Governor of the State in 1863. He is a man of great force of character as an executor and manager of wide-reaching organizations, as is proven by the prosperous career of the company which owes so much to him.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1107

 

THOMAS PALMER

firm of Helming & Palmer, collars, riding, saddlers, etc., No. 189 Second street. He is a native of Glostershire, England. In 1854 he came to New York City. He then went to Newark, New Jersey, where he was apprenticed to the collar trade, and has followed the business since that time. In 1861 he removed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and then to Detroit. In 1865, he came to Milwaukee. He formed a partnership with Mr. Helming, October 15, 1867. From forth to fifty hands are employed in this manufactory, which is the largest of the kind in the city. Mr. Palmer was married to Miss Letitia McNamara in 1859. They have four sons and a daughter.

History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1446

 

JOHN F. PARKES

heater in the nine-inch mill, was born in Wyandotte, Mich., in 1861. His father, Josiah Parkes, was a native of England, and always followed the iron business, as did his father and grandfather before him. John F., commenced work in Bay View in the Spring of 1879, having come to Milwaukee in February of that year from Chicago, where his parents resided several years previous to coming to Milwaukee. He had attended a school in Chicago up to the time of their leaving the city.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1624

 

JOSIAH PARKES

JOSIAH PARKES, dealer in coal and wood, at Bay View. The business was established in 1879. Mr. Parkes was born in England, and, with his parents, came to American when quite young. He settled in Wisconsin in 1844, and was elected Justice of the Peace in 1880.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1632

 

PAULY AND PORTH

dealers in wood and coal; office and yard No. 52 Oneida street, corner of River street. This business was established in 1876. The firm had three schooners with which they transport their own wood.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1317)

 

JOHN F. PETERSON

John F. Peterson was born in Milwaukee. His parents came from Germany in 1851. Mr. Peterson was a sailor for two seasons, but in 1873, opened a meat market corner of Clinton and Railroad streets; his present location is No. 490 Reed street. In 1879, Mr. Peterson opened a branch market at No. 374 First avenue, which he continued in 1880.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881

 

REV. O. PETERSEN

Presiding Elder of Chicago Norwegian district, Northwest Norwegian Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in the Kingdom of Norway the 28th of April, 1822. He was brought up and educated in the Lutheran Church, of which he was an acceptable member, without an experimental religion. He came to America in 1843, and spent several years on the sea. In 1846 he was soundly converted to God, and experienced the change of heart through faith in Christ. In the Spring of 1849, he went to Norway to tell his friends what the Lord had done for him in this country. A great revival of religion broke out, which detained him in Norway about ten months, and this visit and revival was the cause of the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church in that country. He returned to America in 1850, and spent some time in preparing for the ministry. In answer to a call from Norway he was sent by Bishop Waugh in 1853 at the first Methodist missionary to that country, where he labored with good success; organized the first Methodist Society, and built the first Methodist church in Norway. He was permitted to return to American in 1859, and was then stationed as Pastor of the Bethel Ship in the City of New York, where he labored successfully about four years among the Scandinavian sailors and emigrants coming to this country. From New York he was sent to Wisconsin to take charge of the First Norwegian District, just then organized, as a Presiding Elder, which position he held for nearly six years. In 1869 he was again appointed to Norway by Bishop Kingsley as a Superintendent of the mission in that country, but he then left his family in this country, and he returned in 1871. He then served the First Norwegian Mission in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he labored for about four and a half years. He came West again in 1878, as Presiding Elder of the Milwaukee Norwegian District of Wisconsin Conference, and at present remains in charge of that district.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 826

 

JAMES PETLEY, Jr.

Manufacturer of fine shirts and dealer in gent's furnishing gods, No. 412 East Water street. This business was established by Mr. Petley in 1872, commencing with a small capital and stock. The business increased to a trade of $30,000 per year. In 1875 he sold his stock and retired from business until 1877, when he opened his present store. He now carries a $12,000 stock and does an annual business of $20,000, which is rapidly increasing. He employes a force of twelve ladies, and manufactures 700 dozen shirts per year. Mr. Petley is a native of England, born September 8, 1845. His parents came to the United States in 1860, and settled in Detroit, Michigan, where they still reside. He commenced as a salesman in Detroit, where he worked six years, coming to Milwaukee in 1872. He was married in Detroit, Mich., November 20, 1872, to Miss Hannah M. Rebbeck, a native of London. They have two sons and a daughter. James R., aged eight years, Benjamin H., six, and Emma Alice, three.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1261

 

CHARLES L. PIERCE

Charles L. Pierce, Secretary of the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association, is a native of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and came from the City of Boston to Milwaukee in 1861, engaging in the iron business seven years later. Upon the organization of the Industrial Exposition Association, he was elected Secretary and since then has been actively connected with the association in that capacity. Mr. Pierce has been actively identified with the interests of the city, and has served as President of the Young Men's Republican Club and also as Secretary and afterwards the President of the Young Men's Association.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1168

 

J.D. PIERCE

manufacturer of hot-air furnaces, No. 128 Mason street, was born in Greenfield, Mass. in 1826. He came to Milwaukee in 1862, and engaged as foreman for C. Shepard & Co., where he remained till 1866. He then went into business for himself, dealing in stoves and doing a general jobbing business in tin and sheet iron work, which he has continued up to the present time, though now engaged mostly on furnaces. Mr. Pierce has taken out over twenty patents, mostly on stoves and their appurtenances, one of the most important being a stove for burning bituminous coal, in which all gases and soot are consumed before leaving the combustion chamber. He is now perfecting a self-feeding stove for wood, which, he claims, will keep fire equal to a coal fire.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1299

 

JONATHAN PIERCE

was born at Southhampton, New Hampshire, December 26, 1799, where he lived until 1833. In this year he removed to Utica, N.Y., where he engaged in manufacturing and continued to reside there until 1849, when he removed to Milwaukee. He became interested in mercantile busienss and pursued it with success until the last eight or ten years of his life. After accumulating a competency he invested it mostly in real estate, which "under" the care of his later years, proved remunerative to himself and beneficial to the city. He died May 11, 1875.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1579

 

R.W. Pierce & Co.

(R.W. Pierce and S.D. Luscombe,) wholesale and retail dealers in lumber, lath, shingles, pickets, timber, cedar posts, etc.; office and yard, NOrth Canal street, foot of Fifteenth. In the Fall of 1855 Mr. Pierce formed a partnership with Samuel D. Luscombe, for the purpose of manufacturing lumber. They purchased a saw mill and 3,400 acres of land at White Lake, Michigan. The mill had a capacity 25,000 feet per day. They improved it till its capacity was increaded to 40,000 feet per day; 4,000,000 feet of lumber were manufactured yearly. In 1857 they established a lumber yard at the corner of Division and River streets, under the name of Luscombe & Pierce. In 1859 another yard was started on West Water street, under the firm name of R.W. Pierce & Co. In 1870 another yard was established on First avenue, south of Sixth street bridge. In 1873 the River street yard was consolidated with the others. Another yard was established ont he Kneeland Slip, main office on West Water street. In 1875 the whole business was consolidated in their present yards, at the foot of Fifteenth street, and O.H. and E.F. Pierce were admited as partners. The firm do a business of $200,000 annually.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1501

 

AUGUST PILLING

August Pilling proprietor of meat market at No. 270 Grove street, was born in Germany February 26, 1848 and came to America in 1875, locating in New York City. He came to Milwaukee in 1876, and opened a meat market at that time. He has a good trade.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881

 

FREDERICK POEHLMANN

FRED'K POEHLMANN, baker, No. 166 Ogden street, is a native of Bavaria. At the age of 13 he commenced to learn this trade, which he has since followed. In 1846, he came to Milwaukee, and two years later he commenced this business, and is the oldest baker in thie city. He has owned this property for the past thirty-one years. He voted for the first Governor of Wisconsin. Mr. Poehlman married, in 1854. Josephine Kohland. She was born in Bavaria. They have six children, three sons and three daughters.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1215

 

ANTON PORTH

ANTON PORTH, cooper, No. 1023 Galena street, was born in Germany in 1827........In 1856 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Lochner of Milwaukee. They are members of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1533

 

GEO. I PRASSER

Manufacturer and dealer in furniture, No. 456 National avenue. Mr. Prasser commenced his present business in the Spring of 1868. Geo. I. Prasser, a native of Bavaria, born April 12, 1838. He came to America in December, 1853 and lived in New York City seven years, coming to Milwaukee in August, 1860. He was married in New York to Miss Amelia Wolf, in February, 1860. She is a native of France. They have four sons and three daughters. Mr. Prasser is a member of the Odd Fellows and the sons of Hermann.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881

 

JOHN PRITZLAFF

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HARDWARE ESTABLISHMENTS
JOHN PRITZLAFF, the founder of the heaviest hardware house now doing business in Milwaukee was born in Pomerania, Prussia, Marsh 6, 1820. With an ordinary education, and no capital, he came to America alone in 1839, and to Milwaukee in 1841. He first worked as a teamster for Daniel Richards, and during the Summer of 1842, served aboard a lake schooner as cook. In 1843 he commenced in the hardware store of Shepardson & Farwell, at the foot of the ladder, being employed by them as porter. More on page 1304.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1303

 

MICHAEL QUIRK

proprietor of meat market, Michigan street, Bay View. He came to Wisconsin in 1844. Established his present business in 1871. He was married in February, 1862, in Waukesha to Miss Nora Monahan. They have three sons and three daughters living, and have buried two girls and a boy.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881, pg. 1632

 

QUINN & WENTZ

proprietors of meat market at No. 167 Division street; established their business in 1876. Mr. Quinn has been a resident of this city since 1846.

Source: History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Western Historical Company, Chicago; A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881