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Meinecke Paid For Street Named After Him
The lasting legacy of toy importer and German immigrant Adolph Meinecke.
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Hey! That’s my new house!! Diversity for the neighborhood.
This is great! I used to live off of Meinecke in Riverwest and always wondered where that street name came from. Thank you!
Carl – What is the history of Wahner Place in Bayside? Years ago, as we were driving past the street my father referred to it as the site of “the old Wahner farm.” I never followed up to learn more or to verify his comment. What can you tell me about the naming of this particular street?
As a long-time Milwaukee guy I really enjoy your stories. Thanks.
Jim Wahner
Mercer, WI
History comes alive! You couldn’t rename a street called “Lee” in Virginia.
Jim,
In looking at the Illustrated historical atlas of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, H. Belden & Co. 1876 on page 10 it shows F. Wahner and C.F. Wahner owning 40 acres just south of Brown Deer road where Wahner Place is now located.
See http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/3746 for a view of the page in UWMs map collection.
According to the 1880 census entry for this family, Frank was the head of the household.
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Frank Wanner [Wahner]
Age: 75
Birth Year: abt 1805
Birthplace: Austria
Home in 1880: Town of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse’s Name: Catharina Wanner [Wahner]
Father’s Birthplace: Austria
Mother’s Birthplace: Austria
Occupation: Carpenter
Is the list of employees found in the time capsule preserved? Just wondering if one of my ancestors worked there.
Cheryl,
I doubt if the list was preserved. You might look for your ancestor’s entries in city directories for the time period. Entries often include the employer. Good luck.
SEEKING TO CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE MEINECKE FAMILY: Ferdinand Meinecke was very involved in the Milwaukee panorama scene. He is mentioned several times in the F.W.Heine diaries (1879-1921) which are presently being transcribed in German, translated to English and scanned to computer by Michael Kutzer of Milwaukee. Michael recently released the years 1885-1893 to me to edit,annotate and index. I share this info with interested parties. Ferdinand visited the Reed & Gross panorama studio in Englewood, a suburb of Chicago, which produced units of BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG and JERUSALEM ON THE DAY OF THE CRUCIFIXION for cities from coast to coast and beyond: Australia, NZ, Canada, England, Europe, South America, West Indies.My great aunt, Mathilde Georgine Schley (1864-1941) is connected with the Heine & Lohr panorama studio in Milwaukee. i am writing the first spreadsheet from the American point of view about 19th century rotunda panorama: PANORAMA FOR A SMALL CITY. Info to share