Waukesha County Wisconsin Genealogy

Clist Family Bible

Contributed by Clerice Fisher

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I am in the possession of a family Bible record of the Clist family.  It
says:

Robert Clist came from England to the U.S. in 1837.
M.A.C. (I assume his wife, Mary Ann Craig) came from Scotland to the
U.S. in 1855.

Births:
George Craig, born Feb. 18, 1856
Robert Clist, born Aug. 26, 1859
Viola Clist. Oct. 21. 1861
Joseph Clist, March 28, 1863
James Clist, May 2, 1867
Ella Clist, Jan. 10, 1870
Robt. Clist Sr.., Jan 21, 1827
Mary A. Clist, Jan 31, 1827
Robert A. Clist, son of Joseph Clist Aug. 11, 1889

Deaths:

James Clist, Jan 2, 1895
Mary A. Clist, Sept. 26, 1896
Ellen Clist Arnold, March 27, 1897
Pearl Arnold, Jan. 19, 1897
Robert Clist Sr., Sept. 19, 1902
Robert Clist, Jr., Oct. 16, 1911
Nellie his wife, Oct. 7, 1912
Joseph Clist, Oct. 19, 1923
Viola Clist, Nov. 11, 1934
Grandpa Craig died 1873, age 82 years

End of Bible records.  My findings:

1860 Census, Waukesha Co., Mukwonago Twp., WI
Page 865
Alex Craig 78 yes, farmer born in Scotland
Alex Craig Jr., 28, farm laborer, bn in Scotland
Wm Craig, 11, bn in Scotland
living next door:
Robert Clist, 31, farm laborer, bn in England
Mary A. Clist, 31, born in Scotland
George Clist, 4, born in Scotland
Robert Clist, 9/12 born in Wisconsin

The 1900 Soundex for WI lists:
George Clist, bn July 1876, in WI
in Dane Co., Staughton, 4th Street, ED 68, Sheet 8
a boarder with John N. Anderson.

Joseph Clist, born March 1863, a carpenter, bn in Wisconsin,
living in Dane Co., Madison,   E.D. 47, Sheet 24.
Mayme Clist, wife, bn March 1868, bn in Ohio.
Ella Clist, dau, born June 1892, bn in Wisconsin
Robert Clist, son, born Aug. 1889, bn in Wisconsin

Lewis Clist ,  bn Sept, 1884, age 15, bn in WI
in Waushara Co., Bloomfield Twp., ED 102, Sheet 10
enumerated with Wm Diedrich, Bro-in-law

Mary H. Clist in Dane Co., Black Earth Twp.
enumerated with Enoch Wood, step[dau, ED 32, Sheet 2.

Robert Clist, bn Jan. 27, in England,
in Waukesha Co., Mukwonago Twp.  ED 129, Sheet 8
Viola M. Clist, dau, born Oct. 1861, in Wisconsin
Charles Arnold, servant., born March 1869, in Wisconsin
Katie Rankin, servant, born Oct. 1880, in N.Y.


Robert A. Clist, born Aug. 1859, in WI
Wolworth Co., Whitewater, Clay St., ED 101, Sheet 1.
Nellie J. Clist, wife, bn July 1864, WI
John Marshall, brother-in-law, bn Dec. 1861,in WI.


William Clist, bn July 1870, WI
in Dane Co., Black Earth Town.  EFD32, Sheet 2.
enumerated with Enoch Wood, step-son.


Robert Clist Sr. died Sept. 19, 1902, per Waukesha Co. Death Records,
Vol.3. Page 26.


An Elizabeth Clist married --  on 21 Feb 1888, per Dane Co. Marriage
Records, Vol. 5, Pg 90.

Ella May Clist married Charles Wm Arnold on April 3, 1895, in N.
Prairie, Waukesha, WI