WILLIAM BRAMWELL SIZER DIARIES
January 1886
Below is a key to names and abbreviations in these diaries.
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IDENTIFICATION OF NAMES AND PLACES IN SIZER DIARIES
| Abe | Milwaukee patrolman |
| Barton | Village near West Bend (west of farm) |
| Beetles | Wedges to split wood |
| Bonn | Name of Horse |
| Brachus | Milwaukee policeman |
| Bro. Deetert | Pastor |
| Bro. F | Pastor Fritsche |
| Bro. H. | The Pastor Huston |
| Bruhn | Policeman |
| Capt JL | Captain District 2 Milwaukee Police Dept. |
| Clara | Sister of W. B. Sizer |
| Corwin | Loan Shark |
| Davidson | Milwaukee Theater |
| Differt | Milwaukee policeman |
| Doll | Name of horse on farm |
| Eddie | Edward Maechtle--Son of Henry Maechtle |
| Emma | Emma Maechtle--husband of Frank Maechtle |
| Frank | Frank Maechtle |
| Frank | Uncle of Wm. B. Sizer |
| GBM | Gottlieb Maechtle, Minnie's brother in South Dakota |
| George | George Maechtle,brother of Minnie Sizer |
| Gotttleb | Brother of Minnie Sizer |
| Haske | Milwaukee policeman |
| Hasse | Milwaukee policeman |
| Helen | Sister of Minnie Sizer (Helen Maechtle) |
| Henry | Henry Maechtle-Brother of Minnie Sizer |
| Herman | Farm Laborer |
| Hubbard | Neighbor near farm |
| Huston | Circuit rider minister |
| J | Jake |
| Jacque | Jake |
| Jake | Brother of Minnie Sizer |
| Jason | Brother of Wm. B. Sizer--became a Methodist minister |
| Jimmie | Hired hand |
| K | Karcher-Neighbor |
| Karker | Neighber near farm |
| Kit | Name of horse on farm |
| L | Lois, wife of Jacob Maechtle |
| Lakes | Saloon |
| Laubenstein | Neighbors |
| Laura | Laura Sizer-sister of Wm B. Sizer |
| Lois | Sister of Wm. B. Sizer |
| Lowell | Lowell, Wisconsin near Beaver Dam |
| Lutfring | Neighbor near farm |
| Ma | Mother of Wm. B. Sizer |
| McCarty | Geo. MCarty-neighbor |
| Minnie | Minnie Boehm - Friend |
| Minnie | Wife of Wm, B. Sizer |
| N.W.C | Nortestern Christian Advocate-Church Paper |
| Nell | Name of horse on farm |
| Newberg | Small village west of Saukville |
| P.O. | Post Office |
| Pa | Father of Wm B. Sizer |
| Pauline | Wife of George Maechtle |
| Pling | Name of Neighbor |
| Pt. | Port Washington (25 miles north of Milwaukee) |
| R | Richard-hired man |
| Random Lake | Village north of Saukville |
| Rhodes | Saloon |
| Richard | Hired man on farm |
| river | Milwaukee River |
| RR | Railroad |
| S | Saukville |
| Schiltz Park | Entertainment Park run by Schlitz Bewry |
| Shedler | Milwaukee policeman |
| Solomon | an old Indian |
| SS | Sunday School |
| Sullivan | John L. Famous Boxer |
| Voelwarts | German Social Club |
| Walter | Walter R. Sizer son of Wm. B. Sizer |
| Waubeka | Small village north east of the farm |
| Whiffle Tree | Part of hitch to wagon |
| Wilde | Milwaukee policeman |
| Will Mc | Will McCarty |
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