Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
November 1897

Milwaukee County Police Department

These diaries are a mixture of work and family affairs of William Bramwell Sizer. William was on the Milwaukee Police Department and a member of the Sherman Street Methodist Episcopal Church, later transferring their membership to Kingsley Methodist Episcopal Church and died in 1916. The diaries give a pretty good view of life in the years involved. The diaries were given to me for presentation on this site by family members see contributors page.

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NOVEMBER 1897

11-1-1897
Cloudy, cold, wind NE. Went to Central this morn. to pay int. Sec'y was busy. Capt. told me to call again.

11-2-1897
Cloudy and cold this morn. Northerly wind. Clearing towards noon. Stolzenfeld and I went to Central and paid interest this morn from 8:35 to 9:35. Harry Rubel, Herman Wendorf, 825-11th; Otto Heller, 878-16th; Emil Schroeder, 1123-23rd. Emil and Otto Cushman, 1148-23rd. Dead dog, 1075-19th St. 2 new bldgs on 22nd near Center.

11-3-1897
Heavy frost this morn. Fair, warmer, Westerly wind.

11-4-1897
Warmer, fair, southerly wind. No drill until further orders.

11-5-1897
Rain this morn. Southerly wind. Stopped raining at 9:30. Cooler. Got up late and went without breakfast.

11-6-1897
Fair, cool, heavy frost. Arrested Peter Koesky and Jos. Mason, ages 15 and 14 yrs. at 27th and Fond du Lac at am. Riding bicycle on sidewalk. Went to court. Sentence Susp. Left court at 9:15. Orders to go to Base Ball park at 2 PM to attend football game. Got back at 5:30 PM.

11-7-1897
Sunday. Warmer, partly cloudy. Looks like rain. Wind SE in PM. Commenced raining at 6:30 PM.

11-8-1897
Rain this morn. Cloudy, cool, Northerly wind. New buildgs on Center bet. 21st & 22nd; Hadley & 25th;24th near Burleigh. Elsie Raasch's mother lives at 873-14th.

11-9-1897
Partly cloudy and cool. NW Wind.

11-10-1897
Cloudy, Raw SW wind. Rain towards 6 PM with high wind. Add. to bldg. 1123-23rd.

11-11-1897
First snow this morn. NW wind, cloudy-clearing toward noon. Put on winter underwear this morn.

11-12-1897
Cloudy and cold. Froze quite hard last night.

11-13-1897
Cold and clear this morn. Partly cloudy PM. N. wind.

11-14-1897
Sunday. Rain nearly all day. Kingsley church re-opened Nov. 14th '97. Herman Gaffrei applied for saloon license 3002 Fond du Lac Ave.

11-15-1897
Rain and thunder last night. Cloudy and damp this morn. Regular drill commenced today at the Armory Hall. Westerly winds. Rain PM, colder.

11-16-1897
Snow f;urries last night. Colder this morn. Fair, NW wind. Ground froze quite hard. Boiler sprung a leak last night leaving us in the cold. Went to Beck's. Sent him right up to fix it Had it going by 9:30 AM

11-17-1897
Cloudy and cold. Commenced snowing at 9 AM. Wind West. Clearing at 2 PM. Wind changing to SE.

11-18-1897
Cloudy and damp, southerly wind. Drill this PM at 3 o'c.

11-19-1897
Cloudy, S westerly wind. Dead dog, 1203-19th. Dead chicken 1159-21st.

11-20-1897
Fair, warm, westerly wind.

11-21-1897
Sunday. Cloudy, cool, NE wind growing colder towards eve,

11-22-1897
Cloudy, cold, NE wind, flurries of snow in forenoon. Wind changed to NW.

11-23-1897
Fair, cold, wind NW. 8 degrees above zero early this morn. Herman Gaffrei moved into 3002 Fond du Lac yesterday. Overcoats this morn.

11-24-1897
Cloudy, raw south wind. 2 new bldgs, 24th near Chambers.

11-25-1897
Thanksgiving Day. Signed payroll this morn. Notbohm's came over to dinner. Went to Foot Ball game at 8:45 AM. Left there for dinner at 12:45 PM. Got back to beat at 2:20 PM. Cloudy, rain PM. Foggy in eve.

11-26-1897
Colder. Commenced snowing at 7 AM. Stopped snowing at 10 AM. NE wind. 1/2 in. snow fell. Colder, NW wind.

11-27-1897
Cold NW wind, flurry of snow this morn. Drill for Thurs. squad this PM.

11-28-1897
Sunday. Cloudy, NE wind, flurry of snow this morn. Chilly all day. Snow again in the evening. About 1 in. fell.

11-29-1897
Clear and cold. Zero weather this morn. NW wind. Notified Herman Gaffrie, 3002 Fond du Lac to pay saloon license at once.

11-30-1897
Cloudy & Cold Southerly wind. Snow in Eve.

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