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Almshouse & Poorhouse Records -Almshouse children (orphans) sent to New Netherland (New York) from Amsterdam Holland on the ship De Waegh (The Weigh-House), August 1655 -Almshouse Records New York 1819-1840 -List of those who died while in Staten Island Quarantine May 1849-Dec. 1850 -Almshouse Records New York City 1855-1858 -Society for Relief of Half-Orphans & Destitute Children 1900, Manhattan New York -Milwaukee County Almshouse & Poor Farm Cemeteries Wisconsin List of Burials 1872-1892 -Milwaukee County Almshouse & Poor Farm Cemeteries Wisconsin List of Burials 1914-1934 -Milwaukee County Almshouse & Poor Farm Cemeteries Wisconsin List of Burials 1935-1955 -Milwaukee County Almshouse & Poor Farm Cemeteries Wisconsin List of Burials 1956-1974 Milwaukee County Almshouse & Poor Farm Cemeteries Wisconsin List of Burials The Milwaukee County Farm Cemetery (a.k.a. Potter's Field) was used during the years 1872-1974. This cemetery was used for the poorhouse inmates and also for burial of other indigent people and transients for whom no funds were available for burial. The cemetery may have been in use prior to 1872. However, there is no documentation of burials occurring before 1872. Due to the fact that there are nearly 6,400 names in the burial register book the names of the deceased have been separated into groups of years. The original site (Jennifer Fleischmann's Poorhouse Files) that contained these transcriptions was last updated in 2001 and has been offline since February 2006. Rather than see these names lost, Olive Tree Genealogy has given them a permanent home in its Almshouse, Poorhouse & Insane Asylums Section. Field of blood, field of the forgotten. The Potter's Field of Milwaukee County. A recent discovery of a forgotten pauper cemetery at the Milwaukee County Medical Center has profound and far-reaching ramifications. More than 5,000 are buried in this graveyard, compelling an investigation into the circumstances surrounding its loss. That the cemetery lies beneath county buildings without official knowledge is a disgrace. The proper dignity of a marked and undisturbed grave was denied to these former county residents because of their poverty. How this discovery is managed will reflect our commitment to both high ideals and the law. This project endeavors to reconstruct the origins of the pauper cemetery, containing a brief history of the poor in Milwaukee County, and an examination of the Almshouse, Milwaukee County's first medical institution. Finally, a postscript offers a parallel between the writings of Charles Dickens and the pauper cemetery. [ National Library of Medicine] MILWAUKEE COUNTY ALMSHOUSE AND POOR FARM CEMETERIES Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Burials Burials 1914-1934 Name Sex Age Date of Birth Date of Death Cause of Death Place of Death Nagg, Alex M 53 08/04/1918 Carcinoma Bowel Wauwatosa Skosduskis, Joseph M 35 c. 1883 08/05/1918 Myocarditis Milwaukee Mentzel, Emil M 38 08/06/1918 Chronic Parenchymatous Wauwatosa Nephritis Leonard, Frank M 39 8/27/1879 08/08/1918 Pulmonary T.B. Wauwatosa Niedhardt, Max M 48 08/11/1918 General P. Asylum M.D. Collins, Frank M 47 c. 1871 8/13/1918 Obstructed Bowel Milwaukee Konieczna, Joseph M 73 3/19/1845 8/15/1918 Arteriosclerosis Infirmary Hemorrhage Karniz, Jas M 29 8/15/1918 Pulmonary T.B. Wauwatosa Wawak, Mike M 43 8/17/1918 Pulmonary T.B. Wauwatosa Lisak, Walter M 27 4/11/1891 8/20/1918 Pulmonary T.B. Muirdale Dooley, James M 47 c. 1871 8/21/1918 Accidental fall down Milwaukee stairs Zinich, John M 30 8/22/1888 8/23/1918 Pulmonary T.B Wauwatosa Droyer, Max M 8/27/1918 T.B./Pneumonia Co. Hosp. Gondelia, Johann M 72 5/20/1848 8/27/1918 Arterial Sclerosis Infirmary Koeltzky, Bert M 34 8/13/1884 8/28/1918 Pulmonary T.B. Co. Hosp. Komorowski, John M 22 8/29/1918 Exhaustion Congenital Asylum M.D. Imbicile Reimelt, William M 81 7/5/1837 09/02/1918 Insufficiency Arterial Infirmary Sclerosis Richardt, Emil M 57 09/02/1918 Insufficiency Co. Hosp. McGlnley, Joseph M 68 6/24/1850 09/07/1918 Syphillis, Myocardial Infirmary Insufficiency/ arteriosclerosis Louis, Nick M 26 09/11/1918 Lobal Pneumonia Morgue Trode, Carl M 60 9/13/1918 Insufficiency Co. Hosp. Brown, John M 33 9/20/1918 Pulmonary T.B. Co. Hosp. Summer, Daniel M 72 2/22/1846 9/23/1918 Senile Enderositis/ Infirmary Arterio Sclerosis Welsh, Edward J. M 44 2/3/1874 9/23/1918 Acute left pleuresy Milwaukee with effusion Aschenbrenner, M 32 7/11/1886 9/24/1918 Justifiable Homicide Corner Brady & Wolfgang Gunshot Wound Warren Ave., Milw. Delgado, Geirofel M 02/05/1925 Pulmonary T.B. Co. Hospital Johnson, John M 38 02/11/1925 Pneumonia Co. Hospital Neumann, Gustav M 66 2/13/1925 Broncho Pneumonia Infirmary Bucher, John M 48 2/15/1925 Cirrhosis of liver Co. Hospital Heil, Andreas M 51 c. 1874 2/19/1925 Chronic Internal Co. Hospatal Hemorrhage Zeutner, Jacob M 77 2/23/1925 Arteriosclerosis Alms House Kelly, George M 20 2/26/1925 Probable Accidental Milwaukee River, Drowning C&NW Bridge unknown #209 M 40 c. 1885 03/01/1925 accidental drowning Milw. River Davis, Steve M 60 03/02/1925 sepsis following Co. Hospital bronchitis Duncan, Henry M 59 c. 1870 03/04/1925 accidental drowning KK River Kelly, James M 48 c. 1877 03/04/1925 accidental drowning Milw. River Hollman, John M 64 4/17/1860 03/07/1925 Chronic Obliterative Emergency Hospital Pericarditis unknown #207 M c. 45 3/28/1925 Accidental drowning Lake Michigan Kishbaugh, William M 68 c. 1856 3/29/1925 Myocardial insufficiency/ Asylum arteriosclerosis unknown #212 M 40 3/30/1925 accidental drowning Rear Illinois Steel Co. Hannon, James M 64 6/20/1860 04/04/1925 pneumonia Co. Hospital Borowicz, Anton M 04/09/1925 pneumonia Morgue Hasbin, Gust M 44 7/1/1880 4/14/1925 acute alcoholism Rear of 211 Reed Clifford, John M 50 4/16/1925 accidental drowning Rear of Garbage Plant Baumann, Albert M 33 4/16/1925 small pox S. View Hosp. unknown #213 M 40 05/02/1925 accidental drowning Rear Wagner Architectural Iron Works Dobbs, Aaron M 26 1/26/1899 5/14/1925 small pox 9th ward Dowd, Albert M 5/16/1925 small pox S. View Hosp. Johnson, William M 33 5/18/1925 small pox Marles, Vincent M 37 5/25/1925 broncho pneumonia Co. Hospital unknown #215 M 45 5/26/1925 accidental drowning Steffons, Fred M 45 c. 1880 5/26/1925 accodental drowning Patterson, Emory M 40 5/28/1925 small pox S. View Hosp. Robinson, John M 40 06/01/1925 Homicide gunsshot wound Morgue Bray, Billie F 27 3/1898 06/04/1925 small pox S. View Hosp. Schmidt, John M 50 06/07/1925 accidental asphyxiation Emergency Hosp. Storie, Margaret F 28 06/11/1925 small pox S. View Hosp. Weakly, Walter M 55 06/11/1925 pulmonary T.B. Co. Hospital Swekaiski, Andrew M c. 55 6/16/1925 myocarditis Emergency Hosp.

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