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Milwaukee County Potter's Field Cemeteries - Wauwatosa (4)
(Milwaukee County, Wauwatosa Tw)
8700 West Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
 
Eastside Potter's Field in Milwaukee
by Robert J. Felber, Researcher MCGS
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society REPORTER, Volume 44, No. 1, February 2013
pages 19-21
 
Burials in Milwaukee County Farm Cemetery
(also known as Potter's Field, Alms House Cemetery, etc.)
Information from Milwaukee County Death Certificates
by Robert J. Felber, MCGS Researcher
Part 1 of an on-going series.
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society REPORTER, Volume 44, No. 2, May 2013
pages 48-51
Part 2 of an on-going series.
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society REPORTER, Volume 44, No. 3, August 2013
pages 81-84
Part 3 of an on-going series.
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society REPORTER, Volume 45, No. 1, February 2014
pages 12-21
Part 4 of an on-going series.
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society REPORTER, Volume 45, No. 2, May 2014
pages 45-49
Part 5 of an on-going series.
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society REPORTER, Volume 45, No. 3, August 2014
pages 75-80
Part 6 of an on-going series.
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society REPORTER, Volume 46, No. 1, February 2015
pages 18-22
Part 7 of an on-going series.
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society REPORTER, Volume 47, No. 1, February 2016
pages 13-23
 
Summary of Froedtert Hospital Request to Disturb Potter's Field
by Robert J. Felber, Researcher MCGS
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society REPORTER, Volume 44, No. 3, August 2013
pages 77 and 80
 
(MCGS Reporter online in Members Only area)
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Article in Milwaukee Sentinel on Sunday, February 10, 1924 on page 11: "POTTER'S FIELD TRAGIC, BLEAK, Milwaukee Has Buried 6040 in God's Acre Since 1882."
 
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1st map is Location of: Potter's Field on the Milwaukee County Grounds - Milwaukee County Cemetery (has historical marker) - Milwaukee County Farm, Poor Farm - On North 87th Street, 0,2 miles north of West Watertown Plank Road
 
2nd map is Location of Potter's Field on the Milwaukee County Grounds - Milwaukee County Asylum Cemetery (has historical marker) - Alms House - Near North 87th street, 0.5 miles north of West Watertown Plank Road, near the western parking area of the County Grounds Park
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