Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
February 1911

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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FEBRUARY 1911

2-1-1911
34 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. cloudy& windy all day.

2-2-1911
32 deg. Cloudy. W wind blowing hard all night. Sunshine all day. Ground Hog Day.

2-3-1911
26 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Edw. Maechtle came today to stay over Sunday.

2-4-1911
20 deg. Fair. W wind. Growing colder. Edw. M. & I went to Hahn's 5 Cts. Show.

2-5-1911
10 deg. Fair. W wind. Cold. NE wind. Commenced snowing at 5 PM. Snowed all eve.

2-6-1911
20 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Snowing & blowing all night. Hard walking. 6 in. snow. Edw. M. went home tonight.

2-7-1911
20 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Looks like snow. Went to N. Mil. on 123, 5:30 Bd. Meeting.

2-8-1911
16 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Clearing during the night.

2-9-1911
20 deg. Fair. S wind. Libbie came today. Mr. & Mrs. C.D. Towsley came & spent the eve. with us.

2-10-1911
6 deg. Fair. W wind. Cold. Went to bed at 8 AM. Got up at 2 PM. Went to Citizens Trust Co., signed papers for Mrs. McH. then took her home with me. Mrs. Kloety came to see Libby. Jason came in the eve.

2-11-1911
16 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Libbie & Jason went home this AM.

2-12-1911
36 deg. Cloudy. Variable wind. Soft & rainy got up at 4:15 PM.

2-13-1911
34 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Linden off. I come out early. Rain. Thawing very fast.

2-14-1911
36 deg. cloudy. E wind. Rain. Off today. Home at 3:30, raining hard. Found water over cellar floor. Worked till 9 AM. scrubbed up the bathroom, laundry & fruit cellar floors. Home all day.

2-15-1911
34 deg. Cloudy. Variable wind. Around house all day except when I went to Weishaupts. Louis Goehring came at 3:15 on his way to Random Lake. Left on 5:25 train.

2-16-1911
36 deg. Cloudy. SE wind. Foggy all day. Ada's Valentine Party.

2-17-1911
38 deg. Cloudy. w wind. Rain all night. Wore rubber boots.

2-18-1911
32 deg. Fair. SW wind. Very pleasant. Went to Drill. Couldn't sleep. Eunice came today to get her shoes. Minnie went with her.

2-19-1911
22 deg. NE wind. snow flurries, chilly. 1/2 in. snow during the day.

2-20-1911
16 deg. Fair. N wind. colder.

2-21-1911
10 deg. Fair. NW wind. Cold.

2-22-1911
22 deg. Fair. NW wind. Washington's birthday.

2-23-1911
20 deg. Fair. W wind. Chilly. Went to Browning-Kings. Bo't over coat for $25.00. Eunice & I went to N. Mil. on No. 7. Came home on 106 with Ada. Eve.- Ada & Eunice went to nickle show.

2-24-1911
30 deg. Fair. W wind. Went to Gavens, fitted on my new suit.

2-25-1911
30 deg. Fair. SW wind.

2-26-1911
36 deg. cloudy. Rain & snow during the night. Off tonight. Got up at 10 o'c & went to church. Mr. & Mrs. Lindow spent the PM with us & went to church in the eve.

2-27-1911
18 deg. fair. W wind. Sunshine. Off all day. Minnie & I tool 9:45 car for Waukesha. Went to Sydows. Staid till 7 o'c. Took 7:30 car for home. Home at 8:30.

2-28-1911
14 eg. Fair. NW wind. Drill day: Slept all day. Mr. & Mrs. Reedy came. I got up at 3 o'c with headache. Couldn't visit, too sick. Out early for Linden.

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