Sylvester Lebourveau was a bookkeeper.
Ellen Lebourveau was a stitcher at a bleachery.
Voranus Plummer was a presser at a garment cleaning company, and worked in a dye house.
Cyrus Boutelle was a farmer, carpenter, house architect and builder.
Flora Haskell Boutelle was unmarried. She was a stenographer and bookkeeper.
21482. Wendell Phillips Stevens
Postmaster of Island Pond, Brighton, Essex, Vermont, 1892.
Wendell P. Stevens was a laborer, and billing clerk for a railroad.
Edwin S. Stevens was unmarried.
Edwin S. Stevens apprenticed at a steel works; was a machinist for a railroad; a house carpenter, and a machine shop helper.
The Wisconsin Necrology, Vol. 16, p. 46
The Milwaukee Free Press (Wisconsin)
May 4, 1917:DEATH CLOSES USEFUL CAREER
A.E. Manchester Had Been With Same Corporation for 54 Years.Albert E. Manchester, general superintendent of motive-power of the Milwaukee road died last night in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry E. Mooney, 2619 Wells street. He had been ill two weeks. He was 70 years old.
Mr. Manchester had been in the employ of the road for fifty-four years. It was the only job he ever had. By home study and hard work he earned the promotion from a machinist to the position he held at the time his illness prompted his retirement.
Besides Mrs. Mooney, he is survived by two sons, A. V. Manchester, Minneapolis, former master mechanic of the Milwaukee road, and T. H. Manchester, Chicago, mechanical engineer of the Chicago Car Heating company.
Funeral Tomorrow at 2 P. M.
The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with services in Wesley M. E. church, Grand avenue and Twenty-fifth street, the Rev. William W. Moore officiating. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery. Members of La Fayette [sic] lodge, A. F. & A. M., of which Mr. Manchester was a charter member, will officiate at the grave. The pallbearers will be prominent railroad men.On Dec. 16, 1864, then only 16 years old, he entered the employ of the Milwaukee road at Portage, Wis. After several years of service, he was transferred to Minneapolis. Diligent work won him a promotion to general foreman at the shops at Mason City, Ia. It was during his short stay in Mason City that he was elected mayor of the city. He was forced to leave the city upon his appointment to district master mechanic which took him to Dubuque, Ia.
Came Here in 1893.
Twenty-nine years after becoming an employee of the road, Mr. Manchester came to Milwaukee to take the position of assistant superintendent of motive power. That was in the spring of 1893.Home study and being "always on the job" won for him the favor of road officials and fifteen years after his appointment to assistant superintendent, he was promoted to superintendent of motive power.
Acute illness, which had its inception on April 16, prompted him to retire. Before his retirement a new position was created by Milwaukee road officials, that of general superintendent of motive power, to which Mr. Manchester was appointed.
Mr. Manchester was the guest of honor at a banquet in the Hotel Pfister on Dec. 16, 1914, which marked the fiftieth anniversary of his entering the employ of the Milwaukee road. The banquet had been arranged by officers of the Milwaukee road and many prominent railroad officials of the country were present.
An Officials Appreciation.
In response to an invitation from an officer of the Milwaukee road, Frederick D. Underwood, president of the Erie road wrote: "I don't mind telling you that it is twenty-nine years ago since he (Mr. Manchester) was very busy getting out engines at Mason City, for the transportation department to use and abuse in bucking snow and boiling hard water, and while the overalls he then wore now be tight fit, his hat has never grown too small.""That's a good reason why he lasted fifty years-and a plenty good one- why he should be tendered a banquet- and in all fifty of them he has grown upward in his work-and into the hearts of his friends."
Mr. Manchester was a big man, physically and mentally. His idea of justice was high and he had won the respect of all men he came in contact.
In addition to his officiating with the La Follette lodge, he was a member of the Master Mechanics' association and the Western Railway club, he was a former president of both, the Master Car Builders' association and president of the Wisconsin Mutual Loan and Building society.
21485. Thomas Sewell Manchester
Thomas S. Manchester was a locomotive engineer, master mechanic, and foreman for a railroad.
41989. Thomas Haskell Manchester
Aberdeen Daily News
September 15, 1966SERVICES for Thomas H. Manchester, 75, Linmore Hotel, were Thursday afternoon at the C.W. Johnson Funeral Home with Dr. Harold W. Wagar of the First Methodist Church officiating.
Mr. Manchester died Tuesday evening at St. Luke's Hospital.
He was born Dec. 23, 1890 at Mitchell and came to Aberdeen with his parents in 1908. He was a retired C.M. and St. Paul Railroad employee.
Survivors include one brother, Howard Manchester, Aberdeen; one nephew, Howard Johnson, Chicago, Ill.; and two nieces, Mrs. George Heise, Chicago, and Mrs. Greg Harrison, Seattle, Wash. His parents and a sister preceded him in death.
The Portage Daily Register (Wisconsin)
February 27, 1909:FORTY-TWO YEARS A COUNTY RESIDENT
DEATH OF MRS. CHAS. L. BERRY OCCURS FRIDAYShe came to Ft. Winnebago In 1867
Had Been In Failing Health For Many Years - Funeral Monday AfternoonThe death of Mrs. Chas. L. Berry occurred Friday afternoon, Feb. 26, 1909, at 1 o'clock, at the family home in Ft. Winnebago. The direct cause of her death was pneumonia, but she had been in failing health since the month of September, 1906, when nervous prostration afflicted her. A little over a year ago, she had the misfortune to fall while she was descending the cellar stairs, having nearly reached the bottom when the mis-step was made. Though falling but a slight distance a fracture of the left hip was sustained. Since then a gradual decline was noticeable and on Wednesday last her condition became serious, pneumonia developing so rapidly that she passed away on Friday.
Mary Georgiana [sic] Shaw was the daughter of George and Mary A. Shaw, both of whom have passed to their reward. She was born Nov. 14, 1850, at Beaver Dam, Wis., and came with her parents to the town of Ft. Winnebago in May, 1867, settling on a farm. With the exception of a short residence in the town of Buffalo, she has resided there ever since and was widely known throughout that township. On May 6, 1875, she was married to Chas. L. Berry, who survives to mourn her loss.
Mrs. Berry leaves, besides her husband, two sons, Fred G. and Lemuel S. who resided at home, and one daughter, Mrs. Jay B. Cook of this city. also one sister, Miss Lucy E. Shaw of Boyceville, Wis. Miss Shaw has constantly been at her sister's bedside, having come on Dec. 7 to administer to her, and the tenderest of care was cheerfully given until death released the weary, patient sufferer.
The Register=Democrat (Portage, Wisconsin)
December 12, 1923:OLD PIONEER PASSES AWAY
DECEASED WAS BORN WITHIN THE PRESENT LIMITS OF THE CITY IN 1851Charles Luther Berry, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. B. Cook of this city, at 8 o'clock, Tuesday morning, Dec. 11, was born on Sept. 19, 1851, on Bronson avenue, near the Fox river bridge where the most of Portage was located at that time.
He was the only son of Lemuel and Eliza Berry, and had one sister, Ella, who died about twenty years ago. When a small boy, he moved with his parents to Adrian, Mich., where they remained until he was about 17 years of age when they returned to Portage where he and his father became associated with A. Padley in the sewing machine and music business in which they continued for several years.
On May 6, 1875, he was united in marriage with Georgia Shaw, who died Feb. 26, 1909. They moved to a farm in the town of Buffalo, Marquette county. To this union were born three children. Fred G. Berry, now residing in the town of Fort Winnebago; Mrs. J. B. Cook and Lemuel S. Berry, both of this city, all of whom survive, together with three granddaughters and one grandson, to mourn their loss.
In 1881, they moved to a farm in Fort Winnebago where he had since made his home, until about seven years ago, when failing health necessitated his retirement from active labor and he came to Portage to make his home with his daughter. His son Lemuel and the daughter were with him when the end, due to heart failure, came very suddenly and unexpectedly.
Frederick Berry was unmarried.
Frederick Berry was a farm laborer.The Portage Daily Register (Wisconsin)
July 14, 1961Fred G. Berry, 84, residing at 802 E. Cook street passed away early this morning at the Divine Savior hospital following an extended illness.
Survivors are one sister, Mrs. Jessie Cook, Portage and four nieces.
21489. Ella Frances Estella Shaw
The Dunn County News (Menomonie, Wisconsin)
May 8, 1886:DIED. BEST - In Romfo, Dakota, April 26 [sic], 1886, Ella Frances Estella, wife of John W. Best, aged 26 years, 8 months and 3 days.
Again we have been reminded f the certainty of death and the brevity of human life. But a few days are past since from the same home, the body of husband and father, George G. Shaw was called to its last resting place, and now we have again been called upon to perform the last sad office for the daughter.
Ella Frances Estella Shaw, the deceased, was born at Beaver Dam, Wis., in the year of 1860. Early in life, while but 16 years of age, she made a profession of religion. With her parents she came to Connorsville in the year 1881, at this place she united with the Methodist Episcopal church. She was married to John W. Best on February 22, 1883, and with him in August of the following year moved to Romfo, Dakota, where she resided until her decease which occurred April 25, 1886. Her remains were brought to Barker, and the funeral was held April 29th at the residence of her mother. The same texts and hymns being used were used at the funeral of her father which occurred April 16, 1886. The writer conducted the services and preached from Rev. 14-13 to a large number of sympathizing friends and mourning relatives.
She leaves a husband and two children, one an infant, and a mother and two sisters to mourn her loss.
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The Menomonie Times (Wisconsin)
May 27, 1886:Boyceville, May 12, 1886.
OBITUARY.-Ella Francis Estella Shaw was born at Beaver Dam, Wis., January 22nd, 1860. After seven years her parents moved with her to Fort Winnebago, Col. county, where, at the age of 16, she was converted to the Christian faith. Two years later she moved with her parents to Grand [sic] City, Missouri, from whence, after two years residence, they moved to Connorsville, Dunn county, Wis. Here she became acquainted with, and on the 22nd day of February, 1883, was married to John W. Best of Granger. In 1884 she moved with her husband to Romfo, Dakota, where they resided up to the time of her death, which occurred April 25th, 1886, at the age of 26 years, 3 months and 3 days. She joined the M. E. church at Connorsville in 1882, and joined the class at Romfo by letter soon after its organizatio
John W. Best was a lumber assayer, saw mill operator, foreman at a saw mill, and a lumber manufacturer.
Henry McErlane was a laborer.
Anna M. McErlane was unmarried
Anna M. McErlane was a topper knitter at a hosiery mill
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The Sunday Bulletin � Philadelphia
February 17, 1974McERLANE
Of 2365 E. Cumberland St. On Feb. 14, 1974, ANNA M.Daughter of the late Henry & Mary Haskel McErlane & sister of Harry J. McErlane.
41999. Mary Catherine Josephine McErlane
Mary C. J. McErlane was unmarried.
Mary C. J. McErlane was a topper knitter at a hosiery mill.
George Thomas Brabbs was a laborer and ironworker in Leeds and Wakefield, England, and Chester, Pennsylvania; and partner in a seafood restaurant with brother-in-law William Bowker (husband of Sarah Ann Brabbs) in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Allen C. Butler was a farm laborer and carpenter.
Charles Ervin Butler was a farm laborer and farmer; a millwright and painter for a paper mill.
Howard Dunning was a farm laborer and a camp cook.
Shirley T. Downey was a chemist at a medical company, druggist, and Deputy Sheriff.
Selby D. Rayner was a farmer.
Myrtle Elsie Rayner was a servant, housekeeper, and a missionary teaching the Bible..
Pascal D. Rayner was a farmer.
Gerald Bird Smith was a woodworker, farm laborer, and quarry laborer.
Wilferd Pascal Rayner was a public school teacher
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Wilferd Rayner
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1896
Death Date: 25 Sep 1986
SSN: 294146737
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1:3 Sep 1917
Release Date 1: 28 Jun 1919