Merton News Living Lake Country Reporter, Posted: Sept. 18, 2008 LOL memorial Through the efforts of theLand O Lakes Old Timers Association and the Weber family, a new memorial in memory of Martin C. Weber Sr. and Martin C. Weber Jr. has been erected at the entrance to the hardball field at Mertons Firemens Park. The public is invited to… Read more »
The Community of Monches Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 Monches in 1920 The Founding of Monches, Waukesha County, Wisconsin extracted from historical publications by DonaldJ. Schulteis Back in 1843 two four acre plots of land were donated to theMilwaukee Diocese. These were contiguous acres four (Section 34) were located inWashington County and four (Section… Read more »
North of the Bark the story of Our Farm – the North End of the Village of Merton by Ruth Schmidt, copyright 1987 Scanning of book pages and layout – grandson Michael R. Reilly, April 30, 2013 Title page Includes detailed history of “downtown” village of Merton. Click on each thumbnail to read book contents 1-2 contents3 -p1… Read more »
Merton Township Historical Documents Compiled by Brandon C. Brooks Last Revised 04/28/2013
The Community of Merton- Town and Village see also Lake Keesus of Merton Township and Merton Township Historical Documents Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 04/28/2013 Main St. in Merton circa 1900 Main St. further north by the present day Bug Line The Township of Merton,established in 1839 originally as the Town of Warren. The Village of… Read more »
Lake Keesus of MertonTownship Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 04/28/2013 Hotel Keesus, Lake Keesus, Wis. Card 946 by Jos. F. Seidl of Hartford, Wis. Card is postmarked Merton, Wisconsin Aug 12, 1919 and sent to Mr. Howard Palmer c/o/ Milwaukee Sanitarium, Wauwatosa, Wis. from Hap. Hotel Keesus Dining Room c. 1922 C. 1910 Neumueller’s Cottages, Lake… Read more »
MertonTownship Historical Documents Compiled by Brandon C. Brooks Last Revised 04/28/2013
MertonTownship Historical Documents Compiled by Brandon C. Brooks Last Revised 04/28/2013
A game of base ball between the Experts, of Hartland, and Greenhorns, of Merton, in which the former had nine innings and the latter eight, the score was, respectively, 26 and 43. Ignorance was bliss in this instance, sure. source: Waukesha Freeman June 1, 1882, page 1 of 8. The Merton and Sussex baseball teams played here [Merton] on… Read more »
Funeral Parlors / Homes Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/02/2015 A Shared Hearse August Schraudenbach kept caskets in the south wing of the Merton General Store. This was not a funeral parlor as we think of funeral parlors today. Funerals used to be conducted from the home. It was not until about 1930 that funeral… Read more »
