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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 1935-1955 Name Date of Death Place Date of Burial Grave No. Murray, Lena 05/09/1948 Milwaukee (Morgue) 06/09/1948 #9-48 Grant, Letitia 5/27/1948 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 06/10/1948 #10-48 Drozewski, Walter 4/28/1948 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 6/16/1948 #12-48 Robinns, Infant Female 05/11/1948 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 6/18/1948 #155-48 McGinn, Donald Vinson 6/26/1948 Milwaukee (Morgue) 7/14/1948 #13-48 Kazenas, Janatz 08/06/1948 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 8/13/1948 #14-48 Jackson, Hamilton 7/18/1948 Milwaukee (Morgue) 8/27/1948 #15-48 Erdman, Herman 6/16/1948 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 09/01/1948 #16-48 Pichowski, Infant Female 09/07/1948 Milwaukee 9/15/1948 #156-48 Unidentified Man #395 10/08/1948 Milwaukee (Morgue) 11/05/1948 #17-48 Eiche, Joseph 11/21/1948 Milwaukee 11/26/1948 #157-48 Kapralik, George 10/19/1948 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 12/11/1948 #18-48 Hubbert, John Leonard 11/01/1948 Milwaukee (Morgue) 12/10/1948 #19-48 Hansen, Terry 11/05/1948 Wauwatosa (Children's Home) 12/20/1948 #158-48 Lawrence, Joseph 12/11/1948 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 12/19/1948 #159-48 Hardmon, Female Infant 12/05/1948 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 01/04/1949 #150-49 Schroeder, Herman 12/26/1948 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 02/01/1949 #1-49 Melling, Martin 1/30/1949 Wauwatosa (Asylum Chr. Ins. )   2/16/1949 #2-49 Smith, Charles 2/21/1949 Wauwatosa (Asylum Chr. Ins. )   3/3/1949 #3-49 Baker, Edward Jr. 2/17/1949 Wauwatosa 03/08/1949 #151-49 Kemp, William 2/15/1949 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 03/07/1949 #4-49 Smith, Basil 02/10/1949 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 4/19/1949 #5-49 Hopper, William Henderson 03/12/1949 Milwaukee (Morgue) 03/12/1949 #6-49 Dollhopf, Infant Female 4/21/1949 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 4/26/1949 #152-49 McKee, Maitland Everett 04/02/1949 Milwaukee (Morgue) 5/19/1949 #7-49 Evans, Carol Elaine 05/10/1949 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 5/23/1949 #153-49 Unidentified Male #398 04/12/1949 Milwaukee (Morgue) 5/19/1949 #8-49 Zastrow, Eric Heinrich 08/08/1951 Milwaukee (Morgue) 09/11/1951 #12-51 Miles, Walter 09/03/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Asylum )   9/12/1951 #13-51 Swift, Male Infant 09/07/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 9/19/1951 #168-51 Smith, Kenneth 09/11/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 9/19/1951 #169-51 Maraich, Thomas 09/11/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Asylum )   9/20/1951 #14-51 Wills, Miles Standish 9/16/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 9/28/1951 #170-51 Avery, Male Infant 9/13/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 9/28/1951 #171-51 Carson, John 10/21/1951 Milwaukee (Morgue) 11/15/1951 #15-51 Lukety, Joseph 11/01/1951 Wauwatosa 11/18/1951 #16-51 Webb, Erral Lee 12/04/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 12/06/1951 #172-51 Goggins, Peter Anthony 12/14/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 12/20/1951 #175-51 Jones, Henry 11/27/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 12/27/1951 #17-51 Wattson, Fred 12/03/1951 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 12/27/1951 #18-51 Hilms, Harold 12/21/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp. 2)  12/28/1951 #19-51 Unknown Adult Male #418 11/09/1951 So. Milwaukee (Morgue) 01/08/1952 #1-52 Reichardt, Elmer 12/09/1951 Milwaukee (Morgue) 01/08/1952 #2-52 Bradiajan, Infant Male 12/27/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 1/14/1952 #150-52 Bales, Mary (Infant) 12/22/1951 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 1/22/1952 #151-52 George, Infant Male 1/13/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 1/25/1952 #152-52 Brunner, Infant Female 02/04/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 02/12/1952 #153-52 Jordonoff, Anton 02/12/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Asylum )   2/27/1952 #3-52 Jones, Beverly Ann 2/26/1952 Wauwatosa (B. H.) 03/03/1952 #154-52 Vann, Infant Male 2/21/1952 Wauwatosa (B. H.) 03/03/1952 #155-52 Donnelly, Infant Male 03/06/1952 Wauwatosa (B. H.) 3/17/1952 #156-52 Edwards, Infant Male 03/11/1952 Wauwatosa (B. H.) 3/17/1952 #157-52 Bruening, Infant Male 3/14/1952 Wauwatosa (B. H.) 3/26/1952 #158-52 Elioff, Vasil 04/07/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Asylum )   4/11/1952 #4-52 Kavachan, August 3/20/1952 Milwaukee (Morgue) 4/18/1952 #5-52 DuPont, Harvey 4/18/1952 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 4/28/1952 #6-52 Zalish, Frank 4/27/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Asylum )   5/14//1952 #7-52 Hughes, Margaret 05/09/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 5/15/1952 #159-52 Fritz, Joseph Lee 4/19/1952 Milwaukee (Morgue) 5/16/1952 #8-52 Billarik, Andrew 5/21/1952 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 5/26/1952 #9-52 Maller, Andrew 05/05/1952 Milwaukee (Morgue) 6/19/1952 #10-52 Gramling, Infant Female 6/29/1952 Wauwatosa (H. M. D.) 07/05/1952 #160-52 Groth, Rudolph 07/08/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Asylum )   7/15/1952 #11-52 Young, John 6/27/1952 Milwaukee (Morgue) 08/05/1952 #12-52 Owens, Carol Jean 7/24/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 8/20/1952 #161-52 Harris, Walter 08/12/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 8/28/1952 #13-52 Bednarek, Gust 09/06/1952 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 09/11/1952 #14-52 Simmons, Charles 09/12/1952 Wauwatosa (H. M. D.) 9/22/1952 #15-52 Thomas, Robert 8/21/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 10/18/1952 #162-52 Rogers, Infant Male 9/26/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 10/18/1952 #163-52 Lemon, Infant Female 12/04/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) #164-52 Kirby, Alan 12/07/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 12/31/1952 #165-52 Khandl, Mike 12/29/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 01/05/1953 #1-53 McClain, Infant Male 12/29/1952 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 1/14/1953 #150-53 Popowski, William 1/20/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 1/27/1953 #2-53 Belling, Fred 1/15/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 1/29/1953 #3-53 Davis, Infant Female 2/18/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 03/04/1953 #151-53 Peroraro, Frank 4/16/1953 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 4/23/1953 #4-53 Shepherd, Male 4/28/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 05/07/1953 #152-53 Nowvak, Joseph 3/23/1953 Milwaukee (Morgue) 05/11/1953 #5-53 Unidentified White Male 4/30/1953 Milwaukee (Morgue) 05/11/1953 #6-53 Schwartz, Benjamin 05/10/1953 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 5/22/1953 #7-53 Irwine, Female Infant 5/26/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 06/04/1953 #153-53 Unidentified #430 04/06/1953 Milwaukee (Morgue) 07/02/1953 #8-53 Unidentified #431 04/06/1953 Milwaukee (Morgue) 07/02/1953 #9-53 Swift, (Female) 6/25/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 07/01/1953 #154-53 Kawalski, Female Infant 7/28/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 8/21/1953 #155-53 Smith, Female Infant 8/24/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 8/28/1953 #156-53 Vetter, Herman Gustave 8/24/1953 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 09/08/1953 #10-53 Schmalzbauer, Peter 09/09/1953 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 9/18/1953 #11-53 Podrug, John (Infant) 09/12/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 9/24/1953 #157-53 Dreier, Anna 9/15/1953 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 9/24/1953 #12-53 Wartman, Deane (Infant) 10/15/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 10/22/1953 #158-53 Parker, Thomas (Infant) 11/11/1953 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 11/25/1953 #159-53 Glaeser, Minnie 12/30/1954 Wauwatosa (H. M. D.) 01/07/1954 #1-54 Engler, Charles (Infant) 01/09/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 1/19/1954 #150-54 Bredon, Ottis 02/04/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 03/04/1954 #2-54 Carr, (Female) 03/06/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 03/06/1954 #151-54 Schroeder, (Fetal) 01/03/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 03/07/1954 #152-54 Margenberg, Carl 03/02/1954 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 3/22/1954 #3-53 Payne, (Female) 04/02/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 04/08/1954 #153-54 Jenkins, (Female) 3/30/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 4/27/1954 #154-54 Farres, Alvin Charles 4/17/1954 Milwaukee (Morgue) 4/28/1954 #4-54 James, (Male Infant) 5/24/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 06/07/1954 #155-54 Roller, Gustave 06/02/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 6/16/1954 #5-54 Haernke, Daniel William 06/04/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 6/23/1954 #156-54 Rediski, John H. 08/01/1954 Wauwatosa (Infirmary) 8/13/1954 #6-54 Byrd, (Female) 09/12/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 9/24/1954 #157-54 Engelbrecht, Hugo A. 9/19/1954 Wauwatosa 9/25/1954 #7-54 Hubbard, (Female) 10/05/1954 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 10/14/1954 #158-54 Taylor, Mawery 10/29/1954 Wauwatosa (H. M. D.) 11/03/1954 #8-54 Bozie, Alais 03/10/1955 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 3/15/1955 #1-55 Young, William 2/21/1955 Milwaukee (Morgue) 3/28/1953 #2-55 Bahl, Otto 3/21/1955 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 3/29/1955 #3-55 Dawson, Robert 4/14/1955 Milwaukee (Morgue) 05/12/1955 #4-55 Betthaeuser, Julius 11/10/1955 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Asylum )   11/25/1955 #5-55 Gorb, Fred 11/26/1955 Wauwatosa (Milw. Co. Hosp.) 12/06/1955 #6-55

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