Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
April 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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APRIL 1911

4-1-1911
16 deg. Fair. E wind. Cold. slept all day.

4-2-1911
26 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Cold. Snow during the day.

4-3-1911
28 deg. Partly cloudy. E wind. Cold. PM- Went to bank. Dep. $100.00. Mrs. Adams died at 2:30 AM.

4-4-1911
34 deg. cloudy. E wind. Raining during the night. Spring election for Judges & School Bd.

4-5-1911
34 deg. Cloudy. W wind. Rained all night. Social Dems. beaten.

4-6-1911
36 deg. Cloudy. Variable wind. Snow flurries during the night. Snow during the day. About 4 in. fell.

4-7-1911
22 deg. Fair. W wind. Cold. Frosty. Went to Peters Funeral as Pall Bearer at 2 PM. Home at 4 o'c.

4-8-1911
30 deg. Clludy. W wind. Minnies birthday - 50 yrs. old. Jake & Lois came down. Went home on last car.

4-9-1911
30 deg.. Fair. W wind. Palm Sunday. Cool & Pleasant.

4-10-1911
34 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Warmer.

4-11-1911
36 deg. Fair. E wind. Our wedding anniversary. 28 yrs. of married life. & not discouraged yet. Went to Drill. Mrs. Schmidt came in eve. Minnie & I were alone. After 10 PM, rainy.

4-12-1911
46 deg. cloudy. E wind. Rainy all night. Out early for Linden.

4-13-1911
50 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Thunder storm during the night. Off tonight. Rain all forenoon. Painting in the kitchen.

4-14-1911
34 deg. Fair. NW wind. Painting kitchen & cleaning house. Put up screens. HIgh wind, cool. Good Friday.

4-15-1911
34 deg. Fair. W wind. AM- Painted kitchen. Slept from 2 to 8 PM.

4-16-1911
36 deg. Fair. W wind. Easter. Service by SS at Kingsley.

4-17-1911
32 deg. Fair. NW wind. Frosty but pleasant.

4-18-1911
48 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Warmer. Drill day.

4-19-1911
50 deg. Foggy. Southerly wind. Rain during the night. Warmer. Wrote this sitting on bench in front of Hahn's Grocery 2646 Fond du Lac Av. at 5'0c. AM. Rain all forenoon. Painted the pantry. Went to bed at noon.

4-20-1911
40 deg. Fair. N wind. Spaded the garden this PM.

4-21-1911
40 deg. Fair. W wind. Pleasant. Spaded in garden from 4:30 to 6:20 PM. Cool E wind.

4-22-1911
30 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Cold. Worked in garden till 11 o'c. Rev. Miller & wife took supper with us. Walter & Ida came also.

4-23-1911
34 deg. No wind. Cool all day. Pleasant. Got up at 4:15 PM. Went to church with Minnie in the eve.

4-24-1911
30 deg. Fair. N wind. Worked in garden till 11 AM.

4-25-1911
32 deg. Fair. NW wind. Out early. Linden off.

4-26-1911
40 deg. Variable wind. Warmer. Fair. SE wind. Off. Minnie & I took 10:30 car for Pt. Went to Jakes for dinner. Walked to Liebensteins for Supper. Went to Ed's to sleep.

4-27-1911
` 50 deg. Fair. SE wind. Went to the woods with Minnie. Picked wild flowers. Called at Geo's. Went to Henry's to dinner. Henry took me with 20 doz. eggs to Fredonia for No. 6 at 5:19. Home at 6:20. Warm all day.

4-28-1911
50 deg. Fair. Slept all day. Towards eve. got the hose out & sprinkled lawn. Took flowers to Linden.

4-29-1911
50 deg. Fog. E wind. Cloudy. PM- Rain with thunder & lightning. Ada & the "Kid": went to Fredonia on "23". Rain all eve. PM- Got lawnmower & cut the grass.

4-30-1911
52 deg. Cloudy. W wind. Foggy. Warm. PM wind chgd to NE, colder. Ada came home. Minnie staid out to Pt.

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