Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
May 1913

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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MAY 1913

5-1-1913
56 deg. Fair. Pleasant. Took auto. Went to hospital. Got Ada. Took Alice & Grandma Parker for a ride. Watered Ada's garden. Reichert working at Ada's sidewalk.

5-2-1913
62 deg. S wind. Fair. Pleasant. Put screen on front door & hung it. Took Ida & Boy to see Art. Then home. Went back for Ada. Then got gal. oil from Wendt. Went to Walters, painted east & north sides of garage. Went to bed at 3:30 PM.

5-3-1913
62 deg. SW wind. Fair. Went to Ada's. Sprinkled her garden. Fixed lawn sprinkler. Went to Walters. Used up the rest of the paint. Went to Grunewalds. Got 12 1/2 # white lead. Rained. Went to hospital. Got Ada. PM- Sylvester, Sr & I went to Hawks. Got shade trees.

5-4-1913
64 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Showery. Took Ada & Mrs. Ebbott to hosp. at 2 PM. Got Helen from Hamiltons. Called at Walter's. John Maechtle came to see his girl.

5-5-1913
66 deg. Southerly wind. Partly cloudy. Warm. Rain all day. Day off.

5-6-1913
48 deg. W wind. Fair. 5 days vacation. Went to Ada's houise. Spaded & planted. Walter Sylvester & his father came PM and helped. Took them to see Art at the hosp. Then home. Fixed 9 screens for Helen. Went to Bank for Ada & Helen.

5-7-1913
32 deg. E wind. Fair. Light frost. Cherry trees white with blossoms. Minnie & I went to Ada's. Planted in the garden. PM- Minnie went to dentist. I went to Walters & painted garage. Went to hospital at 7 PM. Art is feeling good. Mrs. Ebbott came with Ada to dinner.

5-8-1913
46 deg. E wind. Fair. Painted Walters garage. W. Syl came & we worked at Ada's garden. Ada got frightened abou Art. and tel. Minnie & Minnie called Dr. Bauch. Went to hospital and found him all right. Mrs. Ebbott came to dinner. Eve.- Looks like rain. Wind NE.

5-9-1913
36 deg. NE wind. Fair. Got up at 3 AM. Minnie & I went to Port. Took Henry to cemetary, fixed graves. Went to the woods, got flowers & ferns. Went to Dora's to dinner. Took Henry & Lina to Cedarburg. Left them there. At N. Mil. I ran into an auto truck. Bent radius rods & fender. Took Auto to HDL Co.

5-10-1913
32 deg. Fair. Heavy frost. Beat carpets for Minnie all morn. PM- Went to Walters, finished trimming his garage. Went down & got Auto. Visited Art a while & came home. Cherry trees don't seem to be damaged much.

5-11-1913
32 deg. E wind. Fair. Light frost. Went to hosp. with Ada. Brought Mrs. Ebbott to church. Got Ada for dinner. Took her back. Adela Wehe went. Got Mrs. Schuman. Go on duty at midnight.

5-12-1913
44 deg. S wind. Fair. Warmer. 6 AM- showery. Vulcanized 3 innertubes. Minnie & I went to Ada's & worked at her garden. Went to bed at 3 PM. Slept till 10:30.

5-13-1913
54 deg. W wind. Fair. Commenced raining at 10 AM. Rained all day & eve. Linden off. I go out early. Home at 3:30.

5-14-1913
40 deg. N wind. Cloudy. Cool. Got up at noon. Art not so well. Minnie & I went to see him. Minnie got her teeth. I got hose & coupling at Goodyear, also things from Frankfurth. Mr. Ebbott came to stay all night with us. They go home tomorrow. Rain in eve.

5-15-1913
46 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Some warmer. Quite warm during the day. Art not well. Has fever & pleurisy or pneumonia. Ebbotts go home today. Minnie, I & Ed's Emma went to hospital. I went to bed at 1 PM.

5-16-1913
48 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cool. Took Ada to hosp[ital. Went to her house & worked on her garden. Helped Mrs. Fitz plant her seeds. Went to bed at 1:30 PM. Up at 5. Spaded our garden. Took Mr. & Mrs. Shobert out for a spin. Got Ada from hosp. Saw Dr. Bauch. Walter came home today.

5-17-1913
55 deg. S wind. Fair. Cool for walking. Went to the Bankk for Ada & Helen. Home, finshed spading planting in our garden. Slept from 1:30 to 5 PM. Got up & went to Ada's. Syl. Sr. finished spading. Then took him to hospital & then to West Park. Bro't Ada home.

5-18-1913
52 deg. W wind. Fair. Cool. Took Ada to hopital. Walter came & took Minnie to Ada's & went after her & sprinkled Ada's garden. Went to Hospital at 12:45. Got Ada. Went after Helen, then home & to bed after taking Ada back to Hospital. Art some better.

5-19-1913
46 deg. Nw wind. Fair. Cool. Helped Minnie fix curtain hangers. Painted screen & went to bed at 1 PM. Up at 5. Went to hospital for Ada. Art better.

5-20-1913
46 deg. E wind. Cloudy. Rainy. Read all forenoon. Slept all PM. Read all eve. Thunder showers in eve.

5-21-1913
46 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Warmer. Went to liumber yard , got lbr. for screens. Showers during the day. Went to bed at noon. Got up at 3:30. Put up our screens. Warm.

5-22-1913
52 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Took Ada & Minnie to Espenhaines. Got 17 gals of motor spirits at Filling Sta. on Wells bet. 3rd & 4th. Went to Ada's house & put up 4 screens for Fitzpatricks. Went to bed at 2 PM.

5-23-1913
48 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Cool. Worked in basement, making screens. Went to bed at 3:30.

5-24-1913
50 deg. Variable wind. Partly cloudy. Warmer. Took Grandma Parker out for a ride. Took Ida & Boy to see Art. Tried to sleep. to warm. Got up & painted screens. Eve- cooler. Check for $25.00 Int. from S. Fur. Co.

5-25-1913
36 deg. NE wind. cloudy. Cold. Slept 2 hrs. Woke up & couldn't sleep. Got up & after dinner Minnie & I went to Ed's. They were not home. Then to Geo. Killian's. Took him and wife out for a spin. Linden off. I out early.

5-26-1913
44 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Rain after midnight. Off tonight. Slept till 1 PM. Rain all morning. PM- I finished off screens for Ada's house. Got screen moulding.

5-27-1913
40 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warm. Got up at 6 AM. Washed auto. Went to Hospital. Got Art. Took him home. Worked there fitting screens etc. all day. Kohlstedt called in PM. Art was in the Hospital just 4 weeks & their bill was $55.65.

5-28-1913
62 deg. SW wind. Fair. Thunderstorm after midnight. Clearing at 3 AM. Finished off screens & made screen door for Ada's house. Minnie & I went to Ada's & hung front door screen. Went to Grunewalds, got netting for back door screen. Went to bed at 2:30. Minnie staid to help Ada.

5-29-1913
56 deg. Variable winf. Sloudy. Thunder storm & heavy rain from midnight till 4 AM. Went to bed at 10 AM. Got up at 3 PM. Went to Walters & hung screen door. & 4 more screens to Ada's.

5-30-1913
54 deg. N wind. Cloudy. Decoration day. Went to tailor. Tried on my blouse. Had it inspected. Took it back to have it changed. Paid $16.00 for it. Left it at the tailors till Teus. Went Home. Worked a while in basement. Went to Ada's to dinner. Got Helen. Took Art & Ada out for a spin. Went to bed at 5 PM.

5-31-1913
56 deg. S wind. Fair. Pleasant. 23 yrs. ago today I took Police exam for Ptm.
On the way home I met Wm. Peters looking for a location for shoe shop. Took him out to 48th & North. Then to Ada's. I fit 4 screens. Then home. Put screen on Ada's back door. Took bath & went to bed at 2 PM.

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