Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
February 1912

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 1912

2-1-1912
24 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. NE wind. Snowing. Got up at 8:15. Quandt bro't my check. I went to the Bank before noon.

2-2-1912
Zero. Fair. Ground Hog Day. Growing colder.

2-3-1912
-13 deg. Fair. NW wind. Fire at 17th & Hadley, 6:30 AM

2-4-1912
-10 deg. Fair. W wind. Frosty. Slept all day. Got up with sick headache. Staid at home all eve. with Minnie.

2-5-1912
2 deg. Fair. W wind. Frosty. Slept all day.

2-6-1912
8 deg. Fair. W wind. Frosty.

2-7-1912
20 deg. Cloudy. W wind. Snow flurries all night. Ebert goes out on day duty. They start on the new ward lines today.

2-8-1912
-6 deg. Fair. W wind. Frosty. No use for Fire Key. All lockless doors. Turned mine in tonight.

2-9-1912
-10 deg. Fair. W wind. Frosty. Helped Minnie in the morn. Slept till 9:30 PM.

2-10-1912
-8 deg. W wind. Frosty. Fair. Rec'd check for $20.00 from Skerlownik.

2-11-1912
20 deg. NE wind. Snowing. Snow flurries all day. Went to church with Minnie. Slept all PM & Eve.

2-12-1912
10 deg. Partly cloudy. Snow flurries & NE wind all night.

2-13-1912
Zero. No wind. Fair. Frosty. Out early for Linden. Linden off. Went to see the boy tonight.

2-14-1912
20 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Off tonight. Minnie & I went to see the boy & walked home.

2-15-1912
30 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Thawing during the day. Called on Stolzenfeld.

2-16-1912
30 deg. Cloudy. Variable wind. Looks like snow. No overshoes last night.

2-17-1912
30 deg. Cloudy. Variable wind. Damp. Rain in eve.

2-18-1912
32 deg. Fair. W wind. Thawed all night. Freezing toward morning. The Caffery-Pinnel Meetings close tonight.

2-19-1912
28 deg. Fair. W wind. Frosty. Rising temp.

2-20-1912
20 deg. Fair. NW wind. Frosty. PM- Went to N. Mil. Directors Meeting.

2-21-1912
22 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Snowing. & blowing. Colder.

2-22-1912
10 deg. NW wind. Fair. Blustering. Washingtons Birthday. Supper at Kingsley - 35 cents.

2-23-1912
26 deg. Cloudy. W wind. Snow flurries during the night. Warmer.

2-24-1912
38 deg. Cloudy. SW wind. Thawing. Rainy during the day. Ed & Emma went to Port.. I went over to see Milton.

2-25-1912
30 deg. N wind. Cloudy. Colder.

2-26-1912
24 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Blowing a gale since 2:30 AM. Walked home from 3rd & North Av.

2-27-1912
Zero. Fair. W wind. Cold. Ed & Emma came home this eve.

2-28-1912
6 deg. W wind. Fair. Out early for Linden.
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2-29--1912
8 deg. Fair. W wind. Off tonight. Bro. Hood Meet to night.

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