Genealogy: Family Histories
Wildish Family
Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly
Last Revised 03/16/2006
Descendants of Joseph Wildish
Generation No. 1
1. J
OSEPH1 WILDISH was born Abt. 1785 in Biddenden, Kent, England (Source: 1851 England Census.), and died 06 Feb 1861. He married ANN ?. She was born Abt. 1789.Notes for J
OSEPH WILDISH:1870 - Platte, Andrew, Missouri
George H. Wildish, abt 1844, Wisconsin
Louisa, abt 1846
Mary (?), 2, Missouri
Edward Wildish, 37, England
Annie, 29, England
William E., abt 1864, Wisconsin
Pennie S., 3, Missouri
James F. Wildish, abt 1848, Wisconsin
Margaret, 21, Canada
Menora J.,1, Missouri
1870 - other families in Richland, Saginaw, Michigan
and Union, Adams, PA.
1860 - other Wildish:
Edward, 27, abt 1833, England, Pine Valley, Clark, Wisconsin
George Wildish, 26, abt 1834, Prussia, Liberty, Grant, Wisconsin; with wife, Jesse, 22, abt 1838, Scotland, and son, William, age 1, abt 1859, Wisconsin
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OSEPH WILDISH and ANN ? are:Generation No. 2
2. J
OSEPH2 WILDISH (JOSEPH1) was born Abt. 1812 in England, and died 23 Aug 1876. He married HARRIET ? Abt. 1834 in England. She was born Abt. 1811 in England.Notes for J
OSEPH WILDISH:Lisbon (in 1870, 1860, 1850) Immigrated abt 1841
Joseph Wildish, 58, farmer, England, abt 1812
Harriet, 59, England, abt 1811
Ann (in 1850, 15, abt 1835, England, servant for Amos W. Griswold family in Pewaukee)
Mary (in 1850, 13, abt 1837, England)
Charles (in 1860, 20, abt 1840, England)
Francis (in 1860, 18, abt 1842, Wisconsin)
Harriet (in 1860, 16, abt 1844, working as Servant for George Comstock family in Lisbon, possible dau. of Charles)
Joseph, 21, Wisconsin, abt 1849
Julia Ann (Julianna), 19, abt 1851
F. (Franklin) Freemont, 13, abt 1857
Amelia, 11, Prussia (adopted?), abt 1859
(in 1860 Joseph Wildish, 75, abt 1785, England, father, living with his son's family)
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OSEPH WILDISH:Naturalization: 27 Mar 1860, Waukesha County Court House; reported in Waukesha Freeman, April 3, 1860
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OSEPH WILDISH and HARRIET ?:Marriage: Abt. 1834, England
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OSEPH WILDISH and HARRIET ? are:3. J
AMES2 WILDISH (JOSEPH1) was born Abt. 1816 in England. He married ELIZABETH ?. She was born Jun 1822 in England.Notes for J
AMES WILDISH:Pewaukee (in 1870 and 1860)
James Wildish, abt 1816, England
Elizabeth, abt 1822, England (living in 1900 with Pewaukee grandchild and family, she born June 1822, immigrated 1843)
George (in 1860, 16, abt 1844, Wisconsin)
James (in 1860, 14, abt 1846)
Myron, abt 1857, Wisconsin
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AMES WILDISH and ELIZABETH ? are:4. C
HARLES2 WILDISH (JOSEPH1) was born Abt. 1819 in England, and died 28 Jun 1898. He married HARRIET GREENGO, daughter of JESSE GREENGO and MARY POTTER. She was born 07 Sep 1823 in England, and died 20 Jan 1916.Notes for C
HARLES WILDISH:1870 Federal Census Menomonee, Waukesha, Wisconsin (in 1860 living in Westfield, Marquette, Wisconsin) (in 1850 Charles, Harriet, Mary A., Emily and James are living in Lisbon, next to brother Joseph)
Charles Wildish, 51, farmer, England, abt 1819
Harriet, nee Greengo, 43, England, abt 1825 (m. Theodore Roesch)
Mary (in 1860, age 14, abt 1846, Wisconsin)
Emily, 22, abt 1848, Wisconsin (m. Henry Jeffery)
James (in 1850, age 1, abt 1849, Wisconsin)
Jane, 21, seamstress, March 17, 1849 (m. Walter T. Camp)
Edna, 19, abt 1851 (m. Jacob Johnson)
Fanny M., 17, abt 1853 (m. Peter Schlafer)
Orpha (Orpheia), 16, abt 1854 (m. Albert Stone)
Carrie, 14, abt 1856
George R. (in 1860, age 2, abt 1858)
Charles (in 1860, age 1, abt 1859)
Aden, 10, abt 1860
Myron, 8, abt 1852
Joseph Nelson, 6, abt 1864
Alice, 4, abt 1866
Frederick "Fred", 2, 1868
Hattie (in 1880 Menomonee, abt 1871)
Richard d. 9/3/1862
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HARLES WILDISH and HARRIET GREENGO are:5. G
EORGE2 WILDISH (JOSEPH1) was born Abt. 1821 in Biddenden, Kent, England. He married MARY ANN ?. She was born Abt. 1827 in England.Notes for G
EORGE WILDISH:1851 England Census: Biddenden, Kent, England
George Wildish, abt 30 yrs old, b. abt 1821, in Biddenden, Kent, England
Mary Ann, abt 1827, age 24
John, abt 1847, age 4, b. Smarden, Kent, England
Charlett, abt 1848, age 3
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EORGE WILDISH and MARY ? are:6. M
ARY A.2 WILDISH (JOSEPH1) was born 23 Mar 1823 in England, and died 27 Feb 1890. She married WILLIAM JEFFERY in Kent Co., England, son of WILLIAM JEFFREY and MARY WIMSET. He was born 20 Jun 1820 in Kent Co., England, and died 30 Aug 1893.More About M
ARY A. WILDISH:Burial: Union Cemetery, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, Wisconsin
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ILLIAM JEFFERY:Another Birth source gives it as 31 Jan 1820
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ILLIAM JEFFERY:Burial: Union Cemetery, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Emigration: 1852, Came to Town of Lisbon
Residence 1: 1880, 105 acre farm in Section 2, Town of Lisbon; Sussex P.O.
Residence 2: Bet. 1890 - 1891, Colgate P.O. (Source: Waukesha City Directory for 1890 and 1891.)
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ILLIAM JEFFERY and MARY WILDISH:Marriage: Kent Co., England
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ARY WILDISH and WILLIAM JEFFERY are:Generation No. 3
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AMES W.3 WILDISH (JAMES2, JOSEPH1) was born Mar 1846 in Wisconsin. He married MARY A. ?. She was born Jan 1843 in French Canada.Notes for J
AMES W. WILDISH:1900 Federal Census: Platte, Andrew, Missouri
James Wildish, March 1846, Wisconsin
Mary A., Jan 1843, French Canada
Ezzie E., Oct 1872, Missouri
James Eline (?), July 1881
Susannah, Nov. 1883
Oway M.., June 1886
Donald, July 1891
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AMES WILDISH and MARY ? are:8. M
YRON T.3 WILDISH (JAMES2, JOSEPH1) was born 18 Mar 1857 in Wisconsin.Notes for M
YRON T. WILDISH:Mr. Myron Wildish of Nebraska is spending a few weeks with his parents in this village (Pewaukee). Waukesha Freeman, February 22, 1883
Mr. and Mrs. Myron T. Wildish and Miss Mae Wildish will start Thursday for Aurora, Kansas, their future home. Waukesha Freeman, May 24, 1883
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YRON T. WILDISH is:9. J
ANE3 WILDISH (CHARLES2, JOSEPH1) was born 17 Mar 1849, and died 25 Nov 1926. She married WALTER T. CAMP, son of THOMAS CAMP and MARY ?. He was born 05 May 1850, and died 26 Mar 1931.Notes for J
ANE WILDISH:Sunnyside cemetery
Camp, Thomas (large monument), b. 1813 in England, d. 1870, ae. 57 yr,
(Pioneer of 1843)
Camp, Mary, wife, b. 1813 in England, d. 5/10/1877, ae. 64 yr.
Camp, Walter T., son, 5/5/1850 in the Town of Menomonee, d. 3/26/1931
Camp, Stella, dau., of Walter & Jane Camp, 1872 - 10/3/1891, ae. 19 yr,
5 mo., 12 day.
Camp, Jane, nee Wildish, wife of Walter, dau. of Walter (typo - should be Charles) Wildish & Harriet Greengo, b. 3/17/1849 in the Town of Lisbon, d. 11/25/1926
Mrs. Jane Camp, wife of Walter T. Camp, died Thursday morning at residence, 610 Oakland Ave., Waukesha; survived by husband and one daughter, Mrs. R. S. Moore, Oak Park, Ill.; also four sisters Mrs. P. K. Schlafter of Milwaukee; Mrs. Orpha Frost of Pennsylvania, Mrs. George Huekteshel, Menomonee Falls, Mrs. Hattie Roesch, Cedarburg, Wis., and three brothers, Aden Wildish of Sussex, Myron Wildish of Milwaukee, Joseph Wildish of Waukesha. Funeral Saturday at 1:30 p.m. from the residence, the Rev. C. W. Haywood officiating. Interment at Sunnyside cemetery, town of Menomonee. Menomonee Falls News, Friday Dec. 3, 1926
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ANE WILDISH:Burial: Sunnyside Cemetery, Town of Menomonee, Waukesha, Wisconsin
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ANE WILDISH and WALTER CAMP are:10. S
ARAH ORPHA (ORPHEIA)3 WILDISH (CHARLES2, JOSEPH1) was born Abt. 1854. She married (1) ALBERT STONE Abt. 1878 in Sussex, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin, son of STEPHEN STONE and ELIZABETH ?. He died Bet. 1896 - 1899. She married (2) ALBERT J. FROST Bet. 1897 - 1900 in Sussex, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin, son of ALFRED FROST and HARRIET ?. He was born Jun 1851 in New York (Source: 1900 Federal Census.).More About A
LBERT STONE:Burial: St. Alban's Cemetery (God's Acre), Sussex, Waukesha, Wisconsin
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LBERT STONE and SARAH WILDISH:Marriage: Abt. 1878, Sussex, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin
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LBERT FROST and SARAH WILDISH:Marriage: Bet. 1897 - 1900, Sussex, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin
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ARAH WILDISH and ALBERT STONE are:11. A
DEN (ADIN) C.3 WILDISH (CHARLES2, JOSEPH1) was born Jul 1860. He married LUCINDA ?. She was born Jan 1863.Notes for A
DEN (ADIN) C. WILDISH:Aden Wildish has rented the Gaynor farm (town of Lisbon) and moved his family there the past week. Waukesha Freeman, November 1, 1901
Mr. And Mrs. Aden Wildish, who have been living with their daughter, and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Gauthier, near Waukesha for several months, have moved into the stone house on the corner, part of which is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Kaderabek. Waukesha Freeman, November 21, 1934
Adin C. Wildish is Dead at 82
Adin C. Wildish, 82 years old, a retired farmer of Sussex, died Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alvin Gauthier, route one, Pewaukee, after a long illness. He was a resident of Wisconsin all his life. He and his wife Lucinda, who died two and a half years ago, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at Sussex. Since the death of his wife, he had been living with his daughter. He is survived also by two sons: LaVerne, Pewaukee route one, and Wesley, Sussex. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p. m. from the Lyle funeral home. Rev. Charles Parmenter of Sussex presided and burial was at the Sussex cemetery. Waukesha Freeman, November 8, 1939
Adin C. Wildish, who passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alvin Gauthier, route 1, Pewaukee, on Nov. 3, spent most of his life as a resident of the town of Lisbon. Several years ago he sold his farm and moved to this village (Sussex) to live. He married Miss Lucinda Stone who preceded him in death a couple of years ago. Besides his daughter, he is survived by two sons: Wesley of Lisbon, and LaVern who stays with his sister, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Lyle's Undertaking parlors at Waukesha on Monday afternoon with interment in St. Alban's cemetery in this village. The Rev. Parmiter conducted the services. He was 82 years of age. Waukesha Freeman, November 8, 1939
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DEN WILDISH and LUCINDA ? are:12. J
OSEPH NELSON3 WILDISH (CHARLES2, JOSEPH1) was born Apr 1864, and died 16 Feb 1935 in 440 W. Park Ave., Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married NINA MAE SMITH 16 Aug 1894 in Columbus, Wisconsin. She was born Apr 1865.Notes for J
OSEPH NELSON WILDISH:Joseph Nelson Wildish, aged 70 years, passed away at his home Saturday morning Feb. 16.
Mr. Wildish is survived by his wife Mrs. Nina Smith Wildish, two sons, Harrlson Wildish, of Marshfield, and Heber Wildish of Menomonee Falls; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Ruckleshel of Menomonee Falls, and Mrs. Hattie Roesch of Waukesha; Two brothers, Aden Wildish of Sussex and Myron Wildish of Menomonee Falls.
Funeral services were Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence, 440 W. Park Ave. Rev. Schlagenhauf officiating and interment at Union Cemetery, town of Lisbon. Waukesha Freeman, February 20, 1935
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OSEPH NELSON WILDISH:Burial: 19 Feb 1935, Union Cemetery, town of Lisbon
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INA MAE SMITH:The Menomonee Falls graded school opened Monday with Prof. Nichols of Ottawa as principal and Misses Edwards of Lisbon, and Nina Smith, of Waukesha, as assistants. Waukesha Freeman, September 12, 1889
On Thursday, August 16, at Columbus, occurred the marriage of Miss Nina M. Smith of this village (Waukesha), to J. W. Wildish of Menomonee Falls. Rev. Mr. McGaha performed the ceremony. After a couple of days at Beaver Dam the young couple went to the Falls where they will reside. The bride has long resided here, has been a teacher in the Blair School, and has a large circle of friends in town. Waukesha Freeman, August 23, 1894
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OSEPH WILDISH and NINA SMITH:Marriage: 16 Aug 1894, Columbus, Wisconsin
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OSEPH WILDISH and NINA SMITH are:13. J
OHN3 WILDISH (GEORGE2, JOSEPH1) was born Jan 1847 in Smarden, Kent, England. He married FRANCES HENRIETTA BANCROFT 24 Feb 1873 in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, Wisconsin, daughter of FRANCIS BANCROFT and LAURA ?. She was born 15 Aug 1852 in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and died 01 Apr 1919 in Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin.Notes for J
OHN WILDISH:1900 Federal Census, Pine Valley, Clark, Wisconsin
John Wildish, Jan 1847, England, immigrated 1866
Henrietta, Aug 1852, Wisconsin
Rolle, Oct 1877
Grace, June 1880
Venie (?), dau., Dec 1884
Harry, July 1890
George, June 1893
Everet, April 1897
Allen Wildish, March 1874, Wisconsin
Bertha, Sept 1884, Germany, was 15 yrs old when married.
Laura Wildish, Jan 1876, relationship ?, living in 1900 Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin
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RANCES HENRIETTA BANCROFT:Wildish, Frances H. (15 AUG 1852 - 1 APR 1919)
Mrs. John Wildish, whose death occurred at her home in this city (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.), April 1, 1919, was born Aug. 15, 1852 at Menominee Falls, Wis. Her maiden name was Frances Henrietta Bancroft. She was a daughter of Francis and Laura Bancroft, who were New England people and relatives of George Bancroft, the noted historian.
She was married to John Wildish Feb. 24, 1873 in Waukesha Co. and came to Clark County two years later. They moved to their farm in Pine Valley, southeast of Neillsville, and there developed a beautiful and prosperous home. Mrs. Wildish was a real homemaker. In all that made for the comfort and happiness of the family, she was always ready and willing with busy hands and sympathetic heart. As a neighbor she was equally kind and helpful, and not alone by husband and children will her memory be cherished, but also by all who knew her. For many years she was an active member of the Rebekah Lodge.
She leaves to mourn her death her husband and six children: Capt. Allen
Wildish with the First Division in Germany; Everett in the Thirty-Second Division in Germany; George and Harry, who are farming in Montana, Mrs. Grace Seif, also in Montana, and Mrs. Laura Sweetland, of Belvidere, Ill. All except the sons overseas were home at her death and burial.
The funeral was held at the home last Thursday, Rev. L.B. Colman
officiating. Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN & PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.)
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/clark/webbbs/records/index.cgi?read=3278
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OHN WILDISH and FRANCES BANCROFT:Marriage: 24 Feb 1873, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, Wisconsin
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OHN WILDISH and FRANCES BANCROFT are:Generation No. 4
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ONALD4 WILDISH (JAMES W.3, JAMES2, JOSEPH1) was born Jul 1891 in Missouri. He married MAE TRIMBLE. She was born Abt. 1899 in Missouri.Notes for D
ONALD WILDISH:1930 Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Donald Wildish, Missouri, July 1891
Mae Trimble wildish, abt 1899, Missouri
Le Roy Wildish, abt 1916, Michigan
Le Verne, abt 1918, Missouri
Lena Wildish, abt 1920, Missouri
Cecil Trimble, 27, Missouri, brother-in-law
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ONALD WILDISH and MAE TRIMBLE are:15. H
ARRY S.4 STONE (SARAH ORPHA (ORPHEIA)3 WILDISH, CHARLES2, JOSEPH1) was born Jan 1896 in Sussex, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin (Source: 1900 Federal Census.).Child of H
ARRY S. STONE is:16. W
ESLEY F.4 WILDISH (ADEN (ADIN) C.3, CHARLES2, JOSEPH1) was born 27 Jan 1885, and died Jan 1978. He married MAUDE E. ?. She was born Abt. 1885.Children of W
ESLEY WILDISH and MAUDE ? are:17. H
EBER H.4 WILDISH (JOSEPH NELSON3, CHARLES2, JOSEPH1) was born May 1897, and died Mar 1986. He married FLORENCE B. ?. She was born Abt. 1896.Child of H
EBER WILDISH and FLORENCE ? is:Generation No. 5
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OM5 STONE (HARRY S.4, SARAH ORPHA (ORPHEIA)3 WILDISH, CHARLES2, JOSEPH1)Child of T
OM STONE is:19. R
OBERT J.5 WILDISH (HEBER H.4, JOSEPH NELSON3, CHARLES2, JOSEPH1) was born 22 Jan 1920, and died 24 Mar 1991. He married CATHERINE SEMROW 28 Apr 1945 in San Diego, California. She died 09 Mar 1946 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Notes for R
OBERT J. WILDISH:Robert Wildish of the U. S. Army, who has been spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Heber Wildish, at Waukesha, visited in this village (Sussex) on Sunday. Waukesha Freeman, February 14, 1945
Marine Base Chapel Scene of Wedding
In the Marine base chapel at San Diego, Cal., Catherine Semrow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Semrow, Sussex, and Cpl. Robert J. wildish, 440 W. Park Ave, Waukesha, were united in marriage by Chaplin R. J. Cronin. The ceremony took place Saturday, April 28, at 10:30 a.m.
The bride chose as her costume a rose colored wool suit, white accessories, and a corsage of white gardenias. She wore a gold cross and chain, a gift from the bridegroom. Her maid of honor, PFC Ruth Spivak of Miramar, Cal., wore the regulation woman's army corp uniform.
The bride was given in marriage by Lieut. L. A. Fetch, commanding officer of the Marine base. Best man was Tech. Sgt. William A. Davidson, and ushers were Sgt. Ned Bond and M/Tech Sgt. George Webb.
Following the ceremony, a wedding breakfast was served at the New Palace hotel for members of the wedding party. Seventy guests attended the reception held in the evening at the Gold room of the Grant Hotel.
Mrs. H. H. Wildish, Waukesha, mother of the groom who attended the wedding wore a gray tailored suit and a corsage of red roses.
Other out of town guests were Mrs. Frances Zubella Miles, Waukesha; Lieut. commander L. G. Evans, Milwaukee, and Ervin Gross, Menomonee Falls.
Special guest at the wedding was Tech Sgt. F. E. James, close friend of the groom who arrived in the states from Guadalcanal a few days before the ceremony.
Before her marriage Mrs. Wildish was employed at Allis Chambers, Milwaukee, and Cpl. Wildish returned in January from service in the South Pacific.
The young couple will make their home temporarily at San Diego where the bridegroom is an instructor in the cooks' and bakers' school of the Marine Corp. Waukesha Freeman, May 26, 1945.
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ATHERINE SEMROW:Miss Catherine Semrow has gone to San Diego, Calif., where her marriage to Robert Wildish of the Marines will take place April 28, Waukesha Freeman, April 25, 1945
Plan Funeral Tuesday for Catherine Wildish
Mrs. Catherine Wildish, nee Somrow (Semrow), 22, wife of Robert Wildish, who gave birth to a son, Thomas Michael, on March 6, died at St. Joseph's hospital in Milwaukee Saturday.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Somrow (Semrow) of Sussex, she married Robert Wildish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Heber H. wildish, 440 Park ave., on April 28, 1945 at the marine base chapel, San Diego, Calif. They made their home in Mundelein, Ill. since Wildish's discharge from service.
Surviving besides her parents and the infant son, are sisters, Marie Withey, Betty, Audrey and Lorraine Somrow and brothers Raymond, Edward, Earl, George, Virgil, James, Joseph and Robert. One brother-in-law, Kenneth Withey, and five sisters-in-law, and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. E. H. Splitter, also survive. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. , from the Haack funeral home at Menomonee Falls to the St. James church in Lannon at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Waukesha Freeman, March 11, 1946
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OBERT WILDISH and CATHERINE SEMROW:Marriage: 28 Apr 1945, San Diego, California
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OBERT WILDISH and CATHERINE SEMROW is: