Midwestern History, Town Histories, Church Histories, Vital Records and Genealogies
Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Early French Habitants $19.00
Jo Bartels Alderson and Kate Alderson Rennert.
Heritage 1998 (out of print)
This new work is an original and impressive undertaking. It concentrates on an often overlooked portion of North American history-the French exploration and “settlement” of South Central Canada and North Central U.S., namely the state of Wisconsin. The French word habitants in the title is closest in meaning to the English words residents or settlers; and the authors give brilliant insight to the lives led by these early French habitants. The book follows the path of French explorers like Champlain and La Salle, and establishes, in a very comprehensive format, the true weight of French influence in North America.
Not only is this book useful as a history replete with French exploits in Wisconsin but it provides a basis for ancestral research in that region as well. The second part of this text supplies the reader with genealogies that are both extensive and well documented. Additional notes are provided with some family histories. The third major section of this work is a list of French names in early Wisconsin. The list is subsequently divided into headings which include: “The Old French Cemetery at Prairie du Chien,” “First Settlers in Green Bay” and “Before the War of 1812, Principal Families in Green Bay.” There is also a special section of the book which closely follows Wisconsin’s “Huguenot Connections.” A lengthy bibliography is included.
208 pages, biblio., maps, paper, very fine condition
Minnesota
Rainy River Country: A Brief History of the Region Bordering Minnesota and Ontario. $19.95Grace Lee Nute
St. Paul, Minn.: The Minnesota Historical Society, 1950.
Table of contents:
Fleurs De Lys
Water lilies white and gold.
Eternal pines
Grasses
Gold
B.D. And A.D
Today in the borderlands
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations:
Indian mound at laurel, French map of 1740 showing the rainy river country., The rat portage, 1823, Sir George Simpson on a voyage, Wigwam and papooses, lake of the woods, 1901, Lake Shebandowan, Dawson route, Typical canoe route scene, 1823, Fort Frances, 1857, Hudson’s Bay Company post at Rat portage, 1857, Birch bark canoes under construction, The red river expedition on a portage, The Islington mission near Rat Portage, Lady Dufferin, Steamboat “Keenora” on rainy river, Fort Frances canal about 1906, The little fork river drive of 1937, Cook shack in a lumber camp, Cormorants on gull rock, lake of the woods reception of the Marquis Of Lorne at Rat Portage, 1881, Pound Net, lake of the woods, Gill Net, lake of the woods, A Gill Net reel, Raising a pound net, Ranier about 1905, Rainy Lake City, 1894, Koochiching falls in the early 1900’s, Fort Frances in the early 1900’s, The Alexander Baker homestead, Alexander Baker Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company plant, International Falls, about 1912, Noon lunch from the Swingdingle, Steam hauler, International Falls, A modern lumber camp Fort Frances from International Falls river front,, 1912, Third street, International Falls, 1909, Main street, Rat Portage (Kenora), 1881, Building the dam, Modern mechanized lagging twine house at Oak Point, lake of the woods, 1901 .. ., Aerial view of Rainy Lake, Arnesen fishery, lake of the woods, Loading fish at Warroad, A York boat the old fishery on Rocky Point, lake of the woods.
143 pages; softbound; illus. with b/w photos; good condition, stain on spine light fading on covers
Ohio
The “Old Northwest” Genealogical Quarterly 1902 Vol V $29.95
Columbus, Ohio: The “Old Northwest Genealogical Society”, 1902
(table of contents)
Villers, Villiers, Villiers-Stuart by Horace W. Whayman Esq.
Ridgway Family of Burlington County, N.J. and Columbus, Ohio by Charles Arthur Ridgway
The Genealogical Value of Wills. Where to Look for Wills in England by Walter Rye Esq.
Monumental Inscriptions from Rosse Chapel Cemetery, Gambier, Knox County, Ohio by Edward A. Gorman (concluded from Vol IV, pg 136)
A List of Pedigrees in the Visitations of Oxford, 1566, 1574 and 1634 Vol V. Harleian Society Publications Compiled by Lucius C, Herrick M.D.
Marriage Record, Washington County, Ohio July 9, 1789 – April 25, 1822 by William H. Jennings Esq. (Continued from Vol IV, pg 131)
April 1902
Thomas Worthington by Frank Theodore Cole
Villers, Villiers, Villiers-Stuart by Horace W. Whayman Esq. (continued from page 4)
Ridgway Family of Burlington County, N.J. and Columbus, Ohio by Charles Arthur Ridgway (Concluded from page 6)
Ridgway Family of Pennsylvania and Winfield Iowa Contributed by Mrs. Jennie Lindley Ridgway.
Fragmenta Genealogia No. IV Wainman-Wayneman (continued from Vol IV pg 86) Halmote Book of Bishops Hutton and Mathew A.D. 1584-99 Contributed by Horace W. Whayman Esq.
Marriage Record, Washington County, Ohio July 9, 1789 – April 25, 1822 by William H. Jennings Esq. (Continued from page 22)
Burials in Cove Cemetery, East Haddam, Connecticut Communicated by Edmund Janes Cleveland
Burials in the western Methodist Graveyard Chillicothe, Ohio Contributed by William B. Mills
July 1902
Lucius Bliss Wing By Samuel Carroll Derby MacKenzie Family of Galouch (Gairloch) Copied by A. W. MacKenzie from Alexander Nisbitt’s A System of Heraldry Edinburgh 1816Gleason – Isaac Gleason Descendants by Frank T. Cole (to be continued)
Monumental Inscriptions in the Old Cemetery of Rutland, Worcester County, Mass. Contributed by David Everett Phillips
October 1902
Thomas Worthington by Frank Theodore Cole (continued from April number)
Burials in the Old Cemetery at Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio Contributed by Miss Mary Augusta Stone ( Continued from Vol IV, pg 52)
Gleason – Isaac Gleason Descendants by Frank T. Cole (continued from pg 84) (to be continued)
Descendants of Capt. William Fowler by Daniel W. Fowler
171 pages, 6×9 hardbound, ex library with usual stickers and markings, fair condition, covers stained, corners bumped, pages in good condition.
The Brick and Tile Industry in Stark County, Ohio 1809-1976 $35.00
C Harold McCollam
Canton, Ohio: The Stark County Historical Society 1976
The Northwest Territory: A Prologue
The Importance of the Clay Product Industry to Stark County
Early Brick making in Stark County
The Earliest Organized Clay Product Companies in Stark County
Growth of the Industry, 1882-1891
The Whitacre-Greer Fireproofing Company and Its Predecessors
Clay Products in the Period 1892-1901
The Metropolitan Paving Brick Company and Its Successors
The Years 1902-1912
The Belden Brick Company
Stark Ceramics, Inc.
Spartek Inc.
The Years 1913-1931
The Massillon Refractories Company
Structural Stoneware Incorporated
The Industry in Retrospect
What of the Future for the Brick and Tile Industry?
Appendix A. Chronological Index of All Clay Product Manufacturers in Stark County, 1809-1976
Appendix B. Clay Product Definitions
377 pages, hardbound, dj, minor wear, very good condition, price clipped.