Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
December 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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DECEMBER 1911

12-1-1911
32 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Looks like snow. Home at 3:30. PM- went to bank.

12-2-1911
24 deg. Fair. NW wind. Colder. PM- snowing. McNamara Bros. plead guilty.

12-3-1911
24 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Snow. Snowed all night. Went to church twice today.

12-4-1911
23 deg. Fair. SW wind. Frosty.

12-5-1911
28 deg. Fair. W wind. Raw & chilly. Reported sick this eve. Bad cold & Bronchitis.

12-6-1911
32 deg. W wind. Fair. Warmer. Sick today.

12-7-1911
38 deg. Fair. SW wind. Warmer. Light snow early this morn. Sick with Bronchitis. Reported at 12 o'c midnight for duty.

12-8-1911
40 deg. S wind. Cloudy. Damp. Sick headache all PM & Eve.

12-9-1911
40 deg. SW wind. Cloudy. Damp. Foggy. PM & Eve. rain.

12-10-1911
42 deg. Rain. E wind. Cloudy. Rained all night. Eve. Gave Mrs. Cappon $5.00 on Banquet Acct.

12-13-1911
36 deg. W wind. Fair. Paul C. Schmidt, Peter Dineen, Ed. Jochim appointed Sergts.

12-12-1911
W wind. Chilly. Cloudy.

12-13-1911
24 deg. W wind. Frosty. Fair. Linden off. I come out early.

12-14-1911
26 deg. W wind. Frosty. Fair. Home at 3 AM.

12-15-1911
28 deg. NE wind. Frosty. Cloudy. Off last night.

12-16-1911
32 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Snowing at 3 AM & all morn. B. Minn arrested by Officer Pape - Disorderly.

12-17-1911
30 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Looks like snow.

12-18-1911
26 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Looks like snow.

12-19-1911
23 deg. W wind. Fair. Frosty.

12-20-191 28 deg. E wind. Fair. Frosty. PM- Went to N. Mil. with Schnell. Rain at 10 PM.

12-21-1911
40 deg. E wind. Cloudy. Rain.

12-22-1911
32 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Frosty. Looks like rain or snow.

12-23-1911
30 deg. SW wind. Cloudy. Slept all day.

12-24-1911
28 deg. S wind. Fair. Frosty.

12-25-1911
26 deg. W wind. Fair. Cold. Slept all PM.

12-26-1911
30 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Snowing at 6 AM. Snow & rain PM & Eve. Irene Lockwood came this PM.

12-27-1911
17 deg. NW wind. Fair. Colder. Out early. Linden Off.

12-28-1911
Zero. NW wind. Fair. Cold. First zero weather. Home on car at 3:30. Went to visit Stolzenberg at 4 PM. Brotherhood meeting. Prof. K.C. Smith talked on Vocational choice.

12-29-1911
20 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Frosty. Off last night.

12-30-1911
32 deg. SE wind. Cloudy. Warmer. Damp.

12-31-1911
32 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Rain all night. Growing colder at 6 AM. Ate breakfast when I got home. Rested & practiced my violin till noon. Went to bed at 12. Got up at 9:30 PM. Cold & blustering.

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