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The Eagle Historical Society is open on Fridays and Saturdays from 9:00 AM – Noon and on Wednesdays from 5-7 PM.
For more information, contact us at;
Eagle Historical Society
217 Main Street
Eagle, WI 53119
Ph: 262-594-8961
Email: curator@eaglehistoricalsociety.org
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Good day, I am a big baseball fan. As I was looking up baseball teams in Wisconsin in the 1940 and 1950′s I came across your July 2005 newsletter article on the Eagle Enforcers. The name in the Article that stood out the most was Roger Thomas. I was wondering if anyone would know more about him, I am trying to find out if that is my grandfather or not. Any information would be helpful. Thanks.
Kevin Zimdars
Roger Thomas was born Jan. 30, 1914 and died Mar. 11, 1992. He lived on a dairy farm in Eagle with his wife Betty Thomas. One of her children was Sue (Gordon) Zimbars. Is that your family?
Yes that is my family. Thanks alot for your help. I am a history buff, I have been at your Ice Cream social the last 3 years now in Civil War Costume. I also have a love for baseball as did my grandfather, and am interested in starting a vintage baseball team. I would like to model it after the eagle team, is there any information on the history of the team I could get?
Thanks, Kevin
P.S. My mother Sue passed away Jan 3, 2008.
I was researching my wife’s family tree and found in the 1850 federal census and the 1855 state census her GGG Grandfather, Joseph Hewes, who moved to Eagle in 1849. Joseph’s daughter, Frances, married Peter Tymeson in 1853.
Do any Tymesons or Hewes still live in the Eagle area?
Thanks for any info you can pass along.
Joseph’s last name is actually Hews
I am trying to find out some information on a H.W. Ware or it could be H.M Mare from Eagle & a Martha Deiter from Richwood, Wisconsin.
They were married on Nov. 17, 1901 in Richwood.
Does anyone know anything about either of these 2 people?
Thanks,
Elizabeth Sellers
Hi Elizabeth,
I’m not sure if this will help your search, but the only information I found is from the obituary index of the Waukesha Freeman 1859-1920. It lists
Ware, Elizabeth Miss, Wauklesha 06/09/1910, Page 8 Column C
Ware, Norman 08/17/1911 Page 1 Column 3
Ware, Silas 02/21/1895 Page `1 Column 3
Elaine Ledrowski
I lived in Wisconsin during the American Bicentennial and happened to drive through Eagle at the time. I remember seeing and photographing a whimsical sign there:
Eagle, Wisconsin
Nothing happened here in 1776
While I always remembered that sign for its cleverness, I actually have a use for it now in my historical research work.
Unfortunately, I can’t find my photo of the sign. Would you folks have an image?
I’m sorry, I looked through our files and can’t find anything about that sign.
Hello! My name is Mary Clohisy. My father is Tom (Matthew Thomas) Clohisy – he is the son of Vincent P. Clohisy and nephew of Vinton and Eulalia Sherman-they owned and operated Sherman’s grocery until 1968. My dad’s family are all from the Eagle/Waukesha area for many generations. His grand-father Matt Clohisy was a journalist and his father John was a pharmacist. Matt was raised in Mukwanago. Dad is suffering from Alzheimer’s at his young age of 76. I’ve been going through memorabilia and old photos with him and we’ve found some fantastic old photos of relatives and friends from Eagle. I’ve also found some old Eagle Quill articles. I’m hoping to put together more details of our family as well as possibly provide some interesting photos and such for your society! I’d appreciate any info. Also, my father says wonderful things of Red and Mary Lou Hinkley who helped care for Vinton Sherman after his wife passed away. I’d love to learn more about them and if by some chance they are still around. Thanks so much! I have a wonderful picture of the men (including my Great-grandfather Matt) who were involved in building St. Therese’s church – including the keystone. The Mealy’s have always been so good to my dad and his family. It appears they assisted in the funerals of nearly every member of my family!
Elizabeth,
I found this information on Ancestry.com
Name: William H Ware
Census Date: 1 Jun 1905
Residence County: Sauk
Residence state: Wisconsin
Locality: Westfield
Birth Location: Wisconsin
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Race: White
Relation: Head
Spouse’s Name: Addie E Ware
Line: 1
Roll: CSUSAWI1905_28
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William H Ware 39
Addie E Ware 35
Emma Feldmann 19
Hazel M Ware 12
Mabel A Ware 10
Lester Ware 8
Fay Ware 4
Information on Martha (Dieter) Ware is as follows;
All Results1910 United States Federal Census
about Martha Ware
Name: Martha Ware
[Martha Ware]
Age in 1910: 27
Estimated Birth Year: 1883
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father’s Birth Place: Germany
Mother’s Birth Place: Indiana
Spouse’s Name: Horace Ware
Home in 1910: Hickory Grove, Grant, Wisconsin
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Horace Ware 31
Martha Ware 27
Frank Ware 7
William Ware 4
Hi Ron,
Thanks for your interest in the Eagle Historical Society. We have such a rich history here and have many projects in the works. We have more work to do on the obituaries and should have the balance of them on our website within the next 30 days.
Sincerely,
Mike Rice
Webmaster
Eagle Historical Society
Hi all,
I am trying to find out about the McCarthy family who came to Eagle and Palmyra from Cork, Ireland, around 1848.
I am particularly interested in Eagle’s Richard A McCarthy (1862-1904) who is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery with his wife Anna and her Partridge ancestors.
Richard was the son of Mountfield McCarthy, born around 1835 to William McCarthy (1801, Ireland – 1874, Palmyra) and his wife Margaret Longfield (died Palmyra 1879).
William and Margaret’s other children were Francis Longfield McCarthy(born 1827), Mountiford Longfield McCarthy (born 1835), William Henry McCarthy (born 1837), Henry Longfield McCarthy (born 1839) and Robert Longfield McCarthy (born 1842).
If anybody has any information of the McCarthys of Eagle or Palmyra, or could put me in contact with their relatives, I would appreciate it alot!!
Many thanks,
Brian O’Leary,
Cork, Ireland.
Brian,
We have received your email and will investigate the McCarthy family to see what we can find. We will be in touch with you within a week.
Mike Rice
Eagle Historical Society
Eagle, WI 53119
USA
We know that John Griffin was buried on his farm near Eagle. When we were there a year ago, when we were there a year ago, know one was around so we were unable to see the tombstone. Do you know if there were dates on his tombstone? Thank you, Ellen Williams
Brian O’Leary
I had a DNA test and the results showed only 1 McCarty and 12 O’Leary’s. There is a fair chance that my line is related to Brian O’Leary’s family
Thanks
Mike McCarty
My great-grandfather, Frank Mich, owned a saloon in Eagle in the early 1900′s. I am wondering if you have a photo; I am not sure of the name of the establishment.
Thank you.
Great to hear from you Loren,
We’ve posted four great postcard pictures of Misch’s tavern on our website. Looking on the right side of our home page, you will find “Misch’s Tavern” listed on “Historic Photos”. We hope you enjoy.