Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
January 1910

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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JANUARY 1910

1-1-1910
30 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. Met Walter & Ada at Depot. !/2 hr. extra for dinner. Warmer, looks like rain or snow. PM. thawing quite fast. spent evening at home. Change day. Linden out at noon.

1-2-1910
22 deg. cloudy. W wind. Chilly all day. Hinnrichs came to see me at 5:30 PM.

1-3-1910
12 deg. Fair. W wind. Growing colder. Official Board Meeting of Fellowship Mission at Kapitz 1245-21st to consider resignation of J. W. Gillespie. Adj. to meet Sat. Eve.

1-4-1910
-4 deg. cloudy. Northerly wind. Snowing at 8 Am. Fire at American Bridge Works. 4 firemen killed. All members of Eng. Co. No. 4. 10 AM- wind chgd to SE. Snowing & blowing fiercely all PM & Eve. No meeting at Kingsley tonight.

1-5-1910
22 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. Growing colder. About 6 in. snow fell. Drifting badly. Went to N. Mil. to attend annual meeting of Schneider Furniture Co. Zippel, Pres. Walter, Secy-Treas. A.L. Grootemaat, Geo. Moss & myself, Directors. Home 11:15.

1-6-1910
-10 deg. Fair. NW wind. Cold.

1-7-1910
-10 deg. Fair. W wind. Frosty, very cold. Walter's birthday., 26 yrs. old at 12:20 pm. I fell down stairs at 6 AM. Hurt my elbow. Had just cleaned off balcony. Had snow on my slippers. Went to Kingsley church this eve.

1-8-1910
16 deg. Cloudy. W wind. Snowing all forenoon. Mailed checks to Prud. Ins. Co. & Wis. Tel. Co. Went to Kapitzki's. Met the men of the church. Had a conf. over Gillespie. Agreed to disagree. No hope for agreement.

1-9-1910
-4 deg. Fair. NW wind. Cold. Warmer at noon. Cold towards eve.

1-10-1910
6 deg. Partly cloudy. Southerly wind. Frosty. Cold all day. Moderating toward eve.

1-11-1910
24 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. Wsrmer. Thawing at noon. SW wind.

1-12-1910
28 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. Looks like snow ot rain. Forenoon: Wind chgd. to E. Thawing. Special meeting at Kingsley. Dr. Coleman preached.

1-13-1910
30 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Snowing. $ in. snow fell. at 8 AM. Snowing & blowing all day. Mail at 3:30. ViaCenter St. car, via 3rd St. Car to N Ave. Walked to 18th.

1-14-1910
28 deg Cloudy. Northerly wind. About 1 ft. of snow fell. Badly drifted. Ada got out on 131- about 1 hr. late. Rubber boots. PM- Partly clearing. Colder. Meeting at Kingslet tonight. C.J.R. Bulley gave illustrated talk. Mission people. Mrs. Knox, Kapitzke, Wood, Frindrod & Celia K. came over.

1-15-1910
10 deg. Fair. Frosty. SW wind. Change day:- Genthe at noon. St. cars & trains on time this AM.

1-16-1910
24 deg. cloudy. S wind. Damp. Looks liker rain or thaw.

1-17-1910
30 deg. cloudy. SE wind. Thawing & rainy. Went to Meuniers & got my revolver repaired. Got it again at 2PM. PM- Rain turnoing to snow in eve. Paid 30 cts. for revolver repair.

1-18-1910
30 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. Snowing. 4 in. wet snow. PM- Sunshine. Annual meeting of Fellowship Miss. Church this eve. Jake's birthday - 51 yrs. old. Mail 2:30. All old church officers elected. Good meeting.

1-19-1910
12 deg. Fair. S wind. Noon- SW wind, thawing, sunshine.

1-20-1910
36 deg. cloudy. SW wind. Thawing. Met Walter at N. Av. Depot, 7:55. Warm at noon. Cooler & cloudy, PM. Ada's club met at our house. To soft to skate, so they came here.

1-21-1910
22 deg. Fair. N. wind. Colder. Snow flurry during the night.

1-22-1910
10 deg. Fair. NW wind. Colder. Barnes moving back into our house, 1403-34th. Man run over by State St. car at 27th & N. Ave., 4:30 PM. Both legs crushed.

1-23-1910
20 deg. Fair. SW wind. Cloudy & warm. Called to 838-27th to shoot dog. Man took him to back yard & because dog was sick I didn't tie him. Dog moved head as I shot. Bullet struck him in side of head & dog ran away.

1-24-1910
26 deg. cloudy. W wind. Thawing at noon. Bright sunshine. Mail at 2:30. Went to West Park with Ada skating. Home at 9:30.

1-25-1910
20 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Someone stole our milk out of the storm house this AM. Minnie, Helen & I went to trip around the world with Eng. Lutheran Church folks. Home at 10 PM.

1-26-1910
36 deg. cloudy. SE wind. Looks like rain. Rainy all eve., turning to snow. 1/2 in fell.

1-27-1910
30 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. Snow flakes falling. Rehearsal at Fellowship. Betts arrested Henry Koelprin, A&B, wife, Comp.

1-28-1910
28 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. Snow flurries all forenoon & all PM. Koelprin for 90 days.

1-29-1910
23n deg. cloudy. NW wind. Colder. Jake came at noon to see Lawyer in regard to suit for $100.00 against Dewey for accident to Briese boy last March. J. & I went to Caswell Bldg at 7:30 to consult J.C. Kleist. Retained him to fight damage suit.

1-30-1910
22 deg. Cloudy. Snow during the night. Jake went home this morn.

1-31-1910
10 deg. Fair. W wind. Cold.

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