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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