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# Outagamie and Beyond

Susan C. Fassbender ~ Historical and Genealogical Research

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/blog/)
- [It's a New Day](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2013/09/23/hello-world/) - I have started my journey with a new website platform. Moving the site to Wordpress allows me the freedom to update and blog whenever, and wherever I may be. I am no longer chained to just one computer located in a static location. I am looking forward to the freedom this allows me!
- [School in a Tavern](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2026/01/06/school-in-a-tavern/) - It was Easter, March 31, 1991, and we had just finished a wonderful afternoon of food and family. As we started the preparations for heading home, my father-in-law, Bernard (Butch) Fassbender was assisting his older sister, Lorraine “Ena” Vandenberg into her coat, and as they stood at the utility room closet looking out the window,
- [Watch the Pins Fly on Tuesday Nights](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2025/12/23/watch-the-pins-fly-on-tuesday-nights/) - Long before 19461 Van Abels added a bowling alley to their tavern, rolling a ball toward a grouping of pins was a favorite pastime. Bowling can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, and a quick Google search will set the stage for its long history leading to the 1950s and the Golden Age of
- [Hollandtown in Maps](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2025/12/30/hollandtown-in-maps/) - If you have followed me for any length of time, you know that I am fascinated with maps. All kinds of maps. As I sat down to write a story about a family memory, I soon realized that the story was not as easily told as I had assumed. Some details were not adding up,
- [Oil Fever!](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2025/11/11/oil-fever/) - OIL FEVER! MAY 1919: The J. J. Faust Co. of South Kaukauna was digging a new water well for Henry Fassbender’s White Clover Creamery in Hollandtown, Brown, Wisconsin. Reaching a depth of 250 feet, the drill became fastened in the rock, and could go no further. Moving a few feet away, they started to drill
- [The Gift of Food](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/01/08/the-gift-of-food/) - Christmas is a time of sharing and many times; this includes the sharing of food, be it a tray of cookies delivered to a neighbor or a New Year's luncheon. I did not deliver any goods to the neighbors this year; the atmosphere was damp, and the cookies and caramels I made were a disappointment.
- [A Life-Saving Dinner Delivery](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/02/26/a-life-saving-dinner-delivery/) - Last night, I prepared for dinner a turkey breast with homemade stuffing - or, in this case, dressing. The meal choice sparked memories, and the conversation turned to 2001. I came down with pneumonia as Gary was preparing to spend the week of October 8th at the Fluno Center in Madison, Wisconsin, where he was
- [A Family Flag](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/09/18/a-family-flag/) - The Cook family provides me with an unending supply of stories to tell. In 2015, I wrote a post about the Cook family and the members who had served as a Wisconsin Postmaster. It still amazes me that my great-grandfather, Lewis, his father, Alfred, and his uncles, Jacob and Samuel, all served as postmasters in
- [The Chapel on the Hill](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2023/07/19/the-chapel-on-the-hill/) - At the top of a hill in Oedekoven, Nordhrhein-Westfalen, Germany, sits a small chapel built by the townspeople in 1756. It was given the name of The Seven Pleasures of Mary when consecrated in 1757, but the name was later changed to St. Mary’s Marriage. This small chapel, 20 feet long, and 13-14 feet wide,
- [Fassbenders at Tempelhof Manor](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2023/07/20/fassbenders-at-tempelhof-manor/) - I was introduced to Robert Thomas’ book Geschichte des Ortes und der Bügermeisterei Oedekoven: History of the Village and Borough of Oedekoven1 in 1999, but it is only recently that I have been able to actually see the pages. And while the book answers many questions, it also raises so many more. During a 1999
- [Anona Cheese...Spreads Like Butter](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2023/07/24/anona-cheese-spreads-like-butter/) - In January of 1915, Hubert Fassbender’s cheese factories in the Town of Ellington, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, were running at full capacity. His wife Anna was about four months pregnant with their fourth child, their first-born, a son they named Clemens, was born on August 10, 1904, but sadly passed away just eight days later, and
- [Macular Degeneration](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2023/10/23/macular-degeneration/) - My mother was an artist. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated from Drake University with a BFA in Art. Art is just who she was. I don’t remember when she was first diagnosed with macular degeneration, but she lived with it for well over ten years. At the time of her diagnosis,
- [A Call from the Packers](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/04/07/a-call-from-the-packers/) - In 1925, at the age of 16, my grandfather, Robert H. (Bob) Sternitzky, graduated from Wausau High School, Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin. An all-around athlete, Bob “Butts” played football and basketball and was on the swim team during his high school career. He also participated in events sponsored by the local YMCA. Swimming This team photo,
- [Cars of the Past](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/04/17/cars-of-the-past/) - I am fascinated by news that informs the day’s newspaper reader that my ancestor has picked up a new car. Today, I learned that on 23 Apr 1911, Anton H. Tapper, Sr. picked up a brand new Speedwell motor car. It is described as being: "a 50-horse-power 7-passenger, 4-door touring car and is certainly one
- [A Holiday Tradition](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/01/18/a-holiday-tradition/) - A favorite part of holiday decorating is setting up my Snow Village houses. I received my first house the Christmas of 1986. That year, we purchased both a house, and I also received a tree. Over the years, we added another house, a church, and a ski lodge (plus a park gazebo that I broke,
- [Bank Robbery](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/04/01/bank-robbery/) - My grandfather, Roland John Tapper, was born in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, on August 1, 1909, to Anton H. Tapper and Louise L. Normann. He was their fourth child and third son. Anton H. Tapper was a serial entrepreneur with many business interests, but he concentrated most of his time and energy on real estate and,
- [Jennie Cook. A Portrait](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/07/26/jennie-cook-a-portrait/) - Last week, I was in Indianapolis, Indiana, with my daughter, for the 10th Annual Eucharistic Congress. Indianapolis is a one-hour drive from Alexandria, Madison, Indiana. Alexandria, the home of the Alexandria Paper Company, the Cook House on South Park, and the portrait of Jennie Cook. I have known about the portrait of Jennie since 2001,
- [A Summer of Travel](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/03/03/a-summer-of-travel/) - 1929 was a momentous year for the Anton H. Tapper, Sr. household. A year that started with such bright promise and much excitement for the younger members of the household. In June, sons Roland and Anton graduated from Culver Military Academy, located in Culver, Marshall, Indiana, on Wednesday, June 5th, 1929. Both Roland and his
- [The Kaukauna Klub Crock](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/02/01/the-kaukauna-klub-crock/) - I first posted this piece on 13 Jan 2024 but soon realized that I had not dug deep enough. So this is the original post, plus the additional research. Tuesday was a good day. It was a day when I had confirmation that my writing was reaching people, informing them, and encouraging questions. Carol from
- [Location, Location, Location](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2024/10/11/location-location-location/) - When I began researching “The Big Cheese” in 1998, scrolling microfilm was the only way to do a newspaper search. You then printed from the reader, sometimes printing in sections to later piece together. As the internet grew I was able to add a few additional articles to the story, but one detail eluded me
- [The Power of a Family Letter](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2025/04/16/the-power-of-a-family-letter/) - “…Ha! Then throw it all out the window and broil a steak!” People don’t write letters very often anymore, and what a loss. Don’t get me wrong, I love text messages. Our family shares texts back and forth on an almost daily basis. It is such a great way to touch base - quick and
- [Old Enough to be Vintage](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2025/05/25/old-enough-to-be-vintage/) - History lives via photographs in the hallways of buildings, and even on the walls of restaurants. We are drawn to these images of time gone by, fascinated by the views of the interiors of stores, taverns, and street scenes. The Elisha D. Smith Menasha Public Library in Menasha, Winnebago, Wisconsin has such a wall of
- [Lake Michigan at Midnight](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2025/09/05/lake-michigan-at-midnight/) - Last month, I took a late flight from the Providence, Rhode Island airport to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My layover this trip was in Atlanta, instead of the usual Detroit, so we approached Milwaukee from the south. Watching our progress on the seat monitor, I could see that our flight route was along the west shore of
- [The Largest Cheese in the World!](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/04/13/the-largest-cheese-in-the-world/) - in 1911, plans were well under way for Nicholas Simon of Appleton to attempt to beat his own record for creating a giant cheese.
- [The House That Cook Built - Part 7](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/09/27/the-house-that-cook-built-part-7/) - The Chronology of the House I started this long process by asking the question. Who built the house that is now known as 1515 South Park Avenue? City documents tell us that the house was built in 1875, a detached garage was built in 1899, a gazebo in 1980, and a utility shed in 1997.
- [What is in the Spelling of a Name?](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2022/02/24/what-is-in-the-spelling-of-a-name/) - My great-great-grandfather had one of those names that could be spelled several different ways, depending on the time of day, the person putting his name down onto paper, or the weather. His name was Lewis Herman Cook or Louis Herman Cook. The name sounds the same when spoken, no matter how you spell it. The
- [Auto Theft](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2022/04/29/auto-theft/) - Elisabeth Fassbender was admitted to Appleton’s St. Elizabeth Hospital in late March 1937. Her daughter, Anna, had passed away on February 2nd at the age of 71, and at 97, Elisabeth herself was beginning to slow down. Monday afternoon, March 23rd, Henry and Ida drove from their home in Hollandtown, Brown County, to Appleton to
- ["Our Favorite Recipes"](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/12/02/our-favorite-recipes/) - Before there were food bloggers, Instagram, and YouTube, there were community cookbooks. Cookbooks compiled and edited by women’s organizations, churches, and other groups, mostly prepared as fundraisers. The women of the community would put out a call for the group’s best recipes. These were then collected, organized into categories, and prepared for printing. Some were
- [Tempelhof Manor and Tempelmühle aka Belsmühle](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/23/tempelhof/) - REVISED 17 Jul 2023 This post was first written and published with the title “Behlsmühle,” on July 23, 2021 - just about two years ago. I published it knowing that there was a piece of the puzzle missing. I could not match the map showing the location of the mill with the chalk picture shown
- [A Trip Home](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/01/08/a-trip-home/) - In late 1898 or early 1899, 60-year-old Peter Fassbender returned to Oedekoven for a visit.
- [A Farmhouse? Really?](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2023/03/17/a-farmhouse-really/) - Every so often I enter “White Clover Dairy, Hollandtown” into a search engine just to see what will pop up. This time I got a surprise. Dairy Foods Magazine’s James Carper wrote an article about Arla Foods which was published on March 8, 2017.1 I cannot comment on the accuracy of the article as it
- [Johann F. Faßbender and Salome Barbara Bel](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/24/johann-f-fassbender-and-salome-barbara-bel/) - Johann F. Faßbender was born February 2, 1811, the sixth of seven known children born to Johann and Maria Apollonia Stüsser. Then as now, the birth needed to be recorded with the government officials. The very next day Johann, “age fifty-four years farm-worker living at Oedecoven” trudged through the early morning chill with his newborn
- ["Appleton's Uncommon Council"](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2023/07/05/appletons-uncommon-council/) - It was a warm July day 117 years ago this month, when an Appleton Evening Crescent reporter strolled through City Park accompanied by a staff photographer, Le Roy. They were looking for the men who, for the past ten years [1895], had been spending lazy afternoons in the park. The men, ranging in age from
- [In Memory Of](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2022/04/26/in-memory-of/) - I belong to a German genealogy group on Facebook where members are ready and willing to help in any way, many times by translating German text. I also have a scan of a small piece of ephemera that is part of the collection of a Tapper relative. In 2008 this collection was sent to my
- [Auto Runs Into Swarm of Bees](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2023/01/01/auto-runs-into-swarm-of-bees/) - On a warm Monday, July 14, 1924, shortly before noon, my great-grandfather, Postmaster Lewis H. Cook was “bowling along" Highway 10 near the town of Maine, heading towards Wausau, when he “ran into a swarm of bees which made a veritable cloud in the highway.” Sorry to leave you at this exciting moment, but I
- [Thanksgiving Memories](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2022/11/21/thanksgiving-memories/) - Many memories of Thanksgiving are tied to food. The big turkeys, the stuffing, the cranberries. Yesterday I made a batch of cranberry sauce for Thursday’s feast, and as I do every year as I watch the sauce come to a boil and the berries start to pop as they heat up, my thoughts wander back
- [Prized kitchen w/commercial appliances](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/06/27/prized-kitchen-w-commercial-appliances/) - I write a lot about house histories, and I love to speak about how much fun they are to research and to write about. What is not to like? Learning the origin story of a house that you live in, or lived in, and love? Nothing. Until it becomes painful to write about. If you
- [Hubert and Henry. The Fassbenders, the Cheese, and Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2014/04/16/hubert-and-henry-the-fassbenders-the-cheese-and-wisconsin/) - Hubert and Henry are the youngest sons of Peter and Elizabeth (Nettekoven) Fassbender, and it would be their youngest sons who would embrace the cheese industry, making it their life work. The boys were just 12 and seven in 1887, the year that Peter began making cheese, and so you could say that they "grew up
- [Sanborn Maps and the S.A. Cook Home](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/03/12/sanborn-maps-and-the-s-a-cook-home/) - This past weekend I spent some time with the Neenah Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from the Library of Congress webpage
- [The Early Years. The Fassbenders, the Cheese, and Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2014/04/03/the-early-years/) - I was wrong. I thought that because I had been researching this topic since 1998, that it would be a SNAP to write the story up to oh, say 1918. I was wrong, because even during these early years there is this strange entwining of names, and the question of which man is this story
- [A Day for Peace](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2022/03/25/a-day-for-peace/) - A week ago today the weather was miserable in Wisconsin. After two days of 65° degree weather we woke to temps in the 30s, and an expected snowfall of 2-5”. Not the weather we had hoped for as we laid my mother to rest in Neenah’s Oak Hill Cemetery. We met at the cemetery at
- [Family Reunion 1996](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/07/19/family-reunion-1996/) - Twenty years ago we were in the final countdown to the 1996 Fassbender Family Reunion.
- [The Fassbenders, the Cheese, and Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2014/03/24/the-fassbenders-the-cheese-and-wisconsin/) - I first started researching this topic in 1998 at the request of my father-in-law who wished to know more about his grandparents. It still saddens me that he did not live to enjoy my findings, but even more so, that I was unable to discuss the stories, and to ask what he remembered about the
- [Baby Farms](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2022/08/08/baby-farms/) - In recent months I have been working with a client’s DNA, and researching adoption practices in the first decade of the 1900s in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, and Chicago, Cook, Illinois. This post is not a comprehensive study about the issue or any individual establishment. A baby boy was born in the summer of 1906
- [Salutatorian of a Class of Two](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2022/05/05/salutatorian-of-a-class-of-two/) - This is an archived post from “The Aroma of Bread,” and was first published 15 Jun 2015. I don't know when it started, but if Butch wanted to get Marie's goat, he would mention that she was a "salutatorian of a class of two." Granted, Hilbert High School in 1939 only had 13 seniors, but
- [A Trip to Hollandtown](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2022/04/04/a-trip-to-hollandtown/) - Last Friday the 1950 U.S. Census was finally released for viewing, and so I decided to make a trip to Hollandtown, Brown, Wisconsin to visit my in-laws, my husband’s grandparents, and any other family members who happened to be living in this small community in April 1950. “Heading into town” that morning, I had no
- [Strong Like Bull](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/10/12/strong-like-bull/) - Archived posts from "The Aroma of Bread," first published 12 Oct 2013, with comments from 12 Oct 2020. It is so hard to believe that it has been seven years since the summer that we spent cleaning out Butch and Marie's house and preparing it for sale. So much has happened since that time. Here
- [Time. And Photo Identification](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/07/11/time-and-photo-identification/) - I would bet that every family has one, a group photo that family members keep poking at, working to positively identify every single person. We have such a photo in our Cook family collection. It is a photo that was taken in August 1906 on the steps of S.A. Cook’s home in Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin,
- [A Christmas Respite in the Midst of Preparation](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/12/03/a-christmas-respite-in-the-midst-of-preparation/) - This is an archived post from “The Aroma of Bread,” and was first published 20 Dec 2015. It was a Saturday before Christmas, maybe in 1988 or 89, and Gary and I had headed out to Hollandtown to get some work done for Holland Veal. Walking into the house we were greeted by the wonderful
- [I had to stop being thick-headed](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2022/01/08/i-had-to-stop-being-thick-headed/) - This past week a photo was posted to the Appleton Historical Society’s Facebook page. I love old photographs, so I took a close look at this large group image. As I scanned the image a familiar face appeared, my great-grandfather, Lewis H. Cook. In my excitement, I read the verbiage associated with the post, then
- [Cranberry Sauce and a Birthday](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/12/08/cranberry-sauce-and-a-birthday/) - Today is December 8th, and I am making cranberry sauce. We love cranberry sauce any time of year, and I don’t think any member in our family would turn down a helping of the canned variety. But the holidays require homemade sauce, and because of this I had a partial bag in the refrigerator leftover
- [The Smell of Baked Goods](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/01/17/the-smell-of-baked-goods/) - It has been almost a month since our family gathered to honor Marie with an "Irish Wake," and it was five months yesterday since her passing. Time passing.
- [A Few Days in Wausau](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/04/14/a-few-days-in-wausau/) - This year the Gene-A-Rama was held in Wausau, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, the birthplace of my father, Robert Sternitzky.
- [The Park Bench](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/04/03/the-park-bench/) - Some time in the late 1970s, my parents purchased a park bench to place under the trees.
- [The 1890 Census](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/01/03/the-1890-census/) - It won't be a great while now until the girls will be hiding the family Bible and dodging the census taker again.
- [A Modicum of Truth](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/03/01/a-modicum-of-truth/) - Included in the “Cook Book” is the story of Conner Healy’s emigration from Ireland to the United States.
- [Moving Across the Country](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/01/21/moving-across-the-country/) - A year ago at this time we were reviewing and accepting an offer on our home of 25 years.
- [A Rant. I apologize.](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/04/01/a-rant-i-apologize/) - While this has nothing to do with genealogy, this is weighing heavily on my mind. For the past nine plus years, I have been the webmaster and social media "person" for a local organization. I was asked to do this volunteer work by a member of the former administration. I was happy to do this
- [Trying to Find the Words](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/09/19/trying-to-find-the-words/) - I am trying to write again. Trying to put words onto “paper.”
- [Choices in Life](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/01/17/choices-in-life/) - We were all born with Free Will. We can make choices in our life that will affect how we live, and how we relate to others. The decision is ours.
- [It Takes a Village. And a Family](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/04/17/it-takes-a-village-and-a-family/) - As the growing season was coming to an end in 1902, tragedy struck this small family. On October 15, 1902, Peter's appendix burst.
- [In the Beginning...The Fassbenders, the Cheese, and Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2014/03/26/in-the-beginning/) - Cheesemaking at the end of the 19th Century was very different from what we know today. Wisconsin cheese factories did not operate year round; they closed in December and didn't open again until April. It wasn't until farmers were introduced to silage, and began housing their herds in barns during the winter months, that they
- [Till the End of Time](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2013/10/22/till-the-end-of-time/) - This post was not part of the original blog "The Aroma of Bread," but I think that it belongs catalogued with these posts. As we continue to work on preparing my in-laws home for sale, rooms are cleaned out and items tossed or prepared for the estate sale. Last night I attacked a box of
- [My Cook Family Layers. Like an Onion.](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/04/06/my-cook-family-layers-like-an-onion/) - Layers. Whether we are talking about onions or cake, there is always another layer, another unexpected facet of the Cook family to learn about and to explore.
- [Letters in a Mailbox](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/09/28/letters-in-a-mailbox/) - This archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," was first published 11 Oct 2015 On October 4th, Marie's younger brother Leo's celebrated his 89th birthday, and yesterday would have been his 65th wedding anniversary. Sadly, he lost the love of his life, Angela, on 26 Sep 2011. But out of this sadness, a great friendship
- [The Love of the Irish](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/03/15/the-love-of-the-irish/) - Marie Campbell Fassbender loved her Irish heritage. She was proud to be Irish, and she loved St. Patrick's day. 
- [The Holiday Table](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/09/the-holiday-table/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 25 May 2012. Many memories were made in Butch and Marie's dining room sitting around the table. This table that groaned with food at every holiday and many days in between was one of the first purchases that they made for
- [The Rooms are Silent](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/12/the-rooms-are-silent/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," first published 13 Aug 2013. As we clean and prepare the house for sale, the rooms are slowly emptying as family members remove the items that they treasure. These rooms that for over 50 years rang with conversations, with laughter, and with tears, and prayer.
- [Rainy Day Easter Egg Hunts](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/09/28/rainy-day-easter-egg-hunts/) - This archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," was first published 20 Apr 2014 Today is April 20th, Easter Sunday. After the winter that we all just lived through, one would have hoped for a warm and pleasant day, but it is only 52 degrees. And it is raining. Which brings to mind Easter of
- [The House That Cook Built - Part 3](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/09/04/the-house-that-cook-built-part-3/) - Setting the Stage It is a testament to S.A. Cook’s management skills that the Alexandria Paper Mill was so quickly and efficiently designed and built from the ground up. He had an overall vision for this 30-acre parcel of land. Today we would call it a campus. His placement of the mill on the southern
- [The House That Cook Built - Part 6a](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/09/24/the-house-that-cook-built-part-6/) - The Alexandria Paper Company 1919-1930 The rich farmland of Madison County played a role in choosing the location for the Alexandria Paper Mill in 1899. S. A. may have been a serial entrepreneur by day, but farming was still strong in his blood. Over the years he slowly added additional acreage to the original 30
- [The House That Cook Built - Part 5](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/09/11/the-house-that-cook-built-part-5/) - Harry and Martha The United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917. In early May he joined other men from Alexandria traveling to Fort Benjamin Harrison in Lawrence, Marian County, Indiana to take the field artillery examination for entrance into officer’s training school.[1] He was “told by officials that he could do more
- [The House That Cook Built - Part 6b](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/09/26/the-house-that-cook-built-part-6b/) - The Alexandria Paper Company 1930-1970 In the United States, a federal census is taken every ten years, 1930 was a census year. The Edwin Yules were enumerated in their home at 212 Lincoln Avenue in Alexandria, with a stated value of $10,000, and they owned a radio. Edwin was now 55 years old, and Georgina
- [Company C, 10th Infantry, Wisconsin State Guard](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/02/14/company-c-10th-infantry-wisconsin-state-guard/) - On August 23, 1917, when Colonel H. M. Seaman, inspector general of the Wisconsin State Guard, arrived in Wausau, enough men from this original training camp enlisted in the new guard to form Company C, 10th Infantry.
- [The House That Cook Built - Part 4](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/09/08/the-house-that-cook-built-part-4/) - The Alexandria Paper Co. Campus The next few years flew by. Working first as secretary then vice-president and general manager of the Alexandria Paper Mill, Harry Cook was often on the road for business…and pleasure. His position offered him the luxury to spend a few months in Florida joined by his sister and in later
- [All in the Family](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2015/12/06/all-in-the-family/) - As I continue to document my ancestors lives, I am amazed at how many were ready and willing to get involved in politics, and how many were appointed Postmasters. This short post is about the Cooks, as they are the most recent discovery. Samuel Andrew Cook, or S. A. as he was known, was the
- [A Mother's Grief](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/07/14/a-mothers-grief/) - I can't seem to get Martha Wheeler Cook Johnston, and her children out of my mind.
- [She Was Hopeful Till the End - Part 2](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/06/30/she-was-hopeful-till-the-end-part-2/) - To Continue: After the divorce, life went on for both Harry H. Cook, and Martha Paine Cook. Martha immersed herself in doing good works in the Oshkosh community while living with her aging parents, and Harry continued, as he had been, traveling from New Jersey to Florida, hoping for a cure. The official date of
- [She Was Hopeful Till the End - Part 1](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/06/27/she-was-hopeful-till-the-end-part-1/) - When Harry Cook was first diagnosed with "sleeping sickness" in late January 1920, I am sure that there was a sense of panic in the Cook household.
- [The House That Cook Built - Part 1](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/08/24/the-house-that-cook-built-part-1/) - The Beginning The house that Cook built. Or did he? In early 2016 I received an email from a cousin who had just spent time in Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana, a community located 385 miles from Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Included in the email was a photo of a large, white-columned house located at 1515
- [The House That Cook Built - Part 2](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/08/26/the-house-that-cook-built-part-2/) - The Cast of Characters To begin where I ended the last post: As I began my research into the home, I came across many statements regarding this once-majestic dwelling place. Comments that it had been a brothel, [1] a gin house, bordello, and gambling joint. [2] The home that Harry H. Cook built for his
- [A Child Lost](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/06/10/a-child-lost/) - It was with joyous hearts that Harry and Martha welcomed their son, Henry Hosford Cook, into the world at 12:50 a.m. the morning of July 13, 1918.
- [Ice Roads](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/02/01/ice-roads/) - Each year as Lake Winnebago freezes, plans are made for that year’s road system, as local fishing clubs map out the intricate, and extensive, roadway that will get fisherman and their vehicles out onto the ice. In 2018, about 75 miles of roads were designed and kept plowed by the 20 fishing clubs that create
- [Riverside Cemetery](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/02/08/riverside-cemetery/) - The cemetery was founded in 1870 by Joseph E. Harriman, but it wasn’t until 1872 that the Appleton Cemetery Association was formed to take charge and make it a reality.
- [A Forgotten Family](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/06/05/a-forgotten-family/) - Last month I had the pleasure to connect with a Cook cousin. She had recently returned from a road trip that included a stop in Alexandria, Madison Co., Indiana, and a search for information about Samuel A. Cook, and the Alexandria Paper Company. She discovered that the information they had on file about the company,
- [Feeling Thankful](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2015/11/27/feeling-thankful/) - This weekend, Thanksgiving weekend, we find ourselves giving thanks for family and friends. Thinking of being thankful brought this story to mind. In the spring of 1906, Samuel Andrew Cook starting planning a reunion. A reunion to bring his brothers and sisters together for the first time in 50 years. There had been trips made
- [I Never Would Have Looked There](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2015/12/17/i-never-would-have-looked-there/) - Last week while doing some research on an old home, I turned to the 1884-5 Appleton city directory, which is online at Ancestry.com. As I was formatting the source for the entry that I had found, I turned to the title page and introductory pages. I expected to learn a little about the city in
- [Memorials - Cook Park](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/03/27/memorials-cook-park/) - We have attended two funerals this month, both for men gone too soon. Reading through the obituary at the end is the usual statement: "A memorial has been established in his name." We all want our loved ones to be remembered. As a genealogist, remembering is what I do, and I am working to write
- [A Face to a Name](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/08/04/a-face-to-a-name/) - My 3rd times great-grandmother Jane McGarvy/McGarvey Cook, drowned in Lake Michigan with $12,000 in gold pieces sewn into the hem of her dress.
- [A Closer Look at the Map](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/03/24/a-closer-look-at-the-map/) - Writing two posts in a row that referenced the John Stephens 1872 Map of the City of Appleton, I found myself surprised at how different the city looked over the span of the few blocks between the addresses that I was studying. Looking at the map of the first address, the Jacob Harrison Cook home on
- [John Stephens 1872 Map of Appleton](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/03/12/john-stephens-1872-map-of-appleton/) - "...according to John Stephens map of the City of Appleton, published in the year 1872."
- [The Drew Street House](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/03/08/the-drew-street-house/) - My ancestor Jacob H. Cook moved his pharmacy business from Unity, Marathon County, Wisconsin, to Appleton, Outagamie County, in 1883.
- [Learn Something New Every Day](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/02/06/learn-something-new-everyday/) - This past week not only brought the biggest snow of the season here to Wisconsin, but it also sent a new cousin
- [Schafkopf in the Afternoon](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/01/16/schafkopf-in-the-afternoon/) - "Aged Men of Third Ward Resent Loss of Forum for Discussion of Public Questions Over Friendly Games of Skat and Schafkopf."
- [Letters to Germany](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2015/12/31/letters-to-germany/) - "No More Mail to Germany. Letters From United States to Germany Have Been Stopped." No letters would be received or delivered until this "unpleasantness is over."
- [The Cook Peony](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2014/05/31/the-cook-peony/) - Family lore states that when the Cooks left Stockbridge in the late 1870s, they took clippings of the peonies that were growing on the property.
- [A Lasting Impression](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/02/05/a-lasting-impression/) - But it is nice to know that even after 15 years, your family is remembered with fondness, and has made a lasting impression on those who worked at Rennes in the years 1999-2003.
- [Still Troubles Him](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2019/12/28/still-troubles-him/) - September 1899, now 58 years old, Jacob was an elected justice of the peace in Appleton, Wisconsin, and the Appleton Weekly Post wrote a piece about him
- [Honey Dips](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/06/16/honey-dips/) - Having spent the majority of my life in the Midwest, many things are new to me. And I recently added some interesting information to my New England knowledge. My son purchased a 1920s bungalow in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island in 2018. The home has a detached garage set back on a rear corner of the
- [Suffers Hallucinations](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/01/23/suffers-hallucinations/) - Margaret Oleath Hansen was born November 4, 1886 in Denmark, Brown County, Wisconsin to Jens (James) and Marie Kirstine Jensdatter Hansen, who had emigrated from Denmark in 1881. By the time the 1900 United States Federal Census was enumerated, they were living in Marinette, Marinette County, Wisconsin. James was working as “Laber in coal.” [1]
- [1st Fl. Office](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/03/1st-fl-office/) - Today I will continue to explore the listing for our previous home at 15 Pinewild Court: “Located on a quiet cul de sac is where you will find this Federal Style Home. Exceptional finishing both inside and out. Impressive all brick exterior. Side loading garage. Private yard w/beautiful garden. Stunning entrance w/turned staircase. Formal &
- [The Ice House is Ready!](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/11/the-ice-house-is-ready/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 8 Feb 2013. On November 21, 1905 Henry John Fassbender took the plunge, and purchased the White Clover Dairy Company in Hollandtown, Brown Co., Wisconsin. Not a young man, as he would soon turn 26-years-old, he knew what it would take
- [I Made Sauce!](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/11/i-made-sauce/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 14 Jul 2013 This morning I woke up to a beautiful summer day. A perfect summer breeze, low humidity, and robins in the fountain. Nothing says summer to our family as much as Rhubarb Sauce and I was pretty sure the
- [Piano space](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/13/piano-space/) - The listing read: “Located on a quiet cul de sac is where you will find this Federal Style Home. Exceptional finishing both inside and out. Impressive all brick exterior. Side loading garage. Private yard w/beautiful garden. Stunning entrance w/turned staircase. Formal & informal spaces. Prized kitchen w/commercial appliances. Fabulous 3 Seasons Rm w/1 of 6
- [It's a Google World](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2013/09/27/its-a-google-world/) - It is hard to remember the internet without the term "Well just Google it!" What a difference it has made in our lives, and in our genealogy. I recently began working on a revised edition of my book about the Fassbenders, and one sleepless morning I attacked the pages of the book that chronicle their
- [Out With the Old, In With the New](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/02/17/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/) - Marie met Butch when she was just 19 years of age, and as her brother states, she was in her "hyper faze."
- [The Hen Parties](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/03/11/the-hen-parties/) - Not every post will be a stellar post, but every post will be tied to a memory. I don't have any idea what we were talking about, but all of a sudden the memory of what I will call the "Hen Parties" popped into my mind. 
- [Angel Food Cake is for Birthdays](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/08/angel-food-cake-is-for-birthdays/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 1 Jun 2012. Yesterday, May 31st, was Dennis' birthday, he would have been 62 years old this year. It was also his nephew Mike's birthday. Happy Birthday! Birthdays in Marie's kitchen meant Angel Food Cake, and it had to have confetti
- [Grasshoppers for Everyone!](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/08/grasshoppers-for-everyone/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 17 Jun 2012. Today is Father's Day, and in honor of today this post is about Butch. I scrolled through the photos that have been scanned searching for one in which he was pictured with all four boys. All but impossible
- [It's the Whisky](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/09/its-the-whisky/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 19 Jun 2012. I was reading Dick Eastman's Newsletter this morning and I read an article about the original recipe for Jack Daniel's being found in a Welsh book of herbal remedies. Presumably, John 'Jack the Lad' Daniel's left Wales for
- [The 4th of July is for Celebrations](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/09/the-4th-of-july-is-for-celebrations/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 2 July 2012. Any excuse for a party. Life was for working hard, and when the time was right, relaxing well with family and friends. As we approach July 4th, my mind wandered to some pictures that I recently catalogued. To
- [The Kitchen is the Place for Celebrations](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/09/the-kitchen-is-the-place-for-celebrations/) - This archived post is the first that I wrote for "The Aroma of Bread," and was published 23 May 2012. It seems that I had high hopes for participation. Four months ago we celebrated Marie's life as family and friends gathered for a final farewell. As it usually does, the topic soon turned to bread.
- [Bread Revisited](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/10/bread-revisited/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 27 May 2012. Looking through recipes for the perfect one to match Kate's upcoming post, I ran across two pieces of paper. I had to laugh out loud. They were both recipes for bread, and reading through them I could just
- [It's All About the Sauce](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/10/its-all-about-the-sauce/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 29 May 2012. Kate's Post. When mom and I were trying to think of what to post next, I went through all of the foods that grandma made that I miss. Rhubarb was the first to pop in my head. I don’t
- [The Kitchen was the Heart of the Home](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/10/the-kitchen-was-the-heart-of-the-home/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 15 Jul 2012. The kitchen. It was the room where most things happened. In the early days the baby's were changed here, slept here, clothes were ironed here, and most importantly, food was prepared and shared here. I love this picture,
- [It Wasn't About the Food, But the Fellowship](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/11/it-wasnt-about-the-food-but-the-fellowship/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 22 Jan 2013. As we mark the year anniversary of my mother-in-law's death on the 15th, and as we pack the rest of the Christmas decorations away for another year, our thoughts turn to ham. That's right, ham. Ham that was
- [August in Little Suamico, Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/11/august-in-little-suamico-wisconsin/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 21 Jul 2013. This past weekend we were in Suamico, and with a bit of time to waste Gary thought it would be fun to try to find the cottage the family used to rent back in the early 60s, unfortunately
- [The Tree Must Come Down](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/12/the-tree-must-come-down/) - This archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," was first published 18 Aug 2013. At the time that we built our home in 1993, White Clover Dairy was in the middle of an expansion, and because of this, trees that had been on the property for many years needed to be removed. We took advantage
- [Women Drivers](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/12/women-drivers/) - This archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," was first published 13 Sep 2013. I heard on the news the other day that women drivers now outnumber male drivers. This got me to thinking "How long have I been driving?" and so the mental math began, 50 minus 15... 35 years! I can easily document
- [The Thrill of the Hunt](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/07/13/the-thrill-of-the-hunt/) - This is an archived post from "The Aroma of Bread," and was first published 1 Dec 2013. This past Thanksgiving was bittersweet. The house has been sold, leaving an unexpected hole in our hearts. We were taken by surprise with the feelings of renewed loss that we experienced with the thought that we will never
- [Collision on a Grade](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/09/26/collision-on-a-grade/) - On this day 127 years ago, my great-great-grandfather, 43-year-old Alfred Cook, arrived in Marshfield in time to catch the 6:15 train bound for Wausau. September 26, 1893, was a Tuesday, and Alfred, chairman of the Town of Brighton, he was on his way to attend the meeting of the county board of Marathon county. Living
- [1909 ~ 1929 ~ 2019](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2019/08/01/1909-1929-2019/) - Nines were pivotal years for Roland John Tapper, Sr.
- [A "Shiny!" Distraction](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2014/05/22/a-shiny-distraction/) - This past weekend I became distracted. Headed off onto another path, and away from my intended goal. But that's o.k. On Saturday I gave a talk about land records at the Menasha Public Library. It went well, and we ended with a great give and take conversation, with everyone sharing their own experiences in the
- [My Genealogy Bucket List](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2015/08/08/my-genealogy-bucket-list/) - I was born in New York City, in a hospital that is now a high rise condo building, and was baptized in church that has since been razed, and parts of it placed in a chapel that is a few blocks away from the original site. Although the apartment building we lived in is still
- [A Perfect Wedding](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2015/08/23/a-perfect-wedding/) - Yesterday, we had the privilege to witness the marriage vows of the daughter of dear friends of ours.
- [A Story Too Late](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2015/11/19/a-story-too-late/) - As a genealogist you get used to discovering stories about family long after they are gone. Most of the time it is enough to just know the story, to fill in voids in the family history. But every once in a while, you discover a story that you wish, oh you wish, that you had
- [Strength at Christmas](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2015/12/26/strength-at-christmas/) - My great-great grandmother must have had to muster tremendous strength each year at Christmas time.
- [Living in Limbo](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/03/17/living-in-limbo/) - I love house histories. I love to teach people how to research them, I love to tell my own family stories through the history of our homes. There is so much to learn when looking at a place that shelters and protects your ancestors. Today, we are sheltering in our homes due to the COVID19
- [Exceptional Talent. Come More Regular](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/03/04/exceptional-talent-come-more-regular/) - In 1938, when Marie was 16 years old, she and her brother, Arthur, would head to Chilton on Saturday, for a 2:00 p.m. music lesson.
- [Feeling Thankful](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/11/25/feeling-thankful-2/) - The day after Thanksgiving allows me the time to sit and reflect. The food has been prepared and consumed, the dishes done, the house is quiet.
- [Maps. Another Layer to the Story](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/10/11/maps-another-layer-to-the-story/) - Yesterday I presented virtually at the 13th Annual Minnesota Northstar Genealogy Conference. What a difference it is to present to an audience you cannot see, but know are there because the number of attendees is listed on the Go To Meeting dashboard.It was a great conference, and I am glad that I have my first
- [Calumet County, Wisconsin in World War I](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/01/25/calumet-county-wisconsin-in-world-war-i/) - As I prepared to file images of William Patrick Campbell, I decided to do a "quick" search to see what I could learn about his service in WWI.
- [Like The Lights](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/02/21/like-the-lights/) - I have to blame it on my mother. Yesterday she was snooping around in the online newspapers, and came across what I call a "Newspaper Mention" for her grandfather.
- [Mrs. Lizzie Campbell and the St. Joseph's Union](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2014/01/01/mrs-lizzie-campbell-and-the-st-josephs-union/) - Mrs. Lizzie Campbell was a member of the St. Joseph’s Union.
- [Amethysts Are For February](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/03/01/amethysts-are-for-february/) - My beautiful grandma would have celebrated her 105 birthday last week.
- [A Remembrance of a Beautiful Life](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/05/08/happy-anniversary/) - Yesterday my in-laws, Bernard (Butch) and Marie (Campbell) Fassbender would have celebrated 70 years of marriage.
- [They Were Entrepreneurs](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/05/12/they-were-entrepreneurs/) - There were many in my family who were entrepreneurs.
- [The Road Trip](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2016/12/08/the-road-trip/) - Twenty years ago this week, I went on a road trip with my in-laws to Rochester, Minnesota.
- [Housing Elephants](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2017/02/04/housing-elephants/) - In November 1922, when my grandfather was 13 years old, the Shrine Circus came to town.
- [New Beginnings](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2017/03/01/new-beginnings/) - This week is a celebration of new beginnings.
- [The Tapper Monument](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2017/03/22/the-tapper-monument/) - In 1909 Anton Tapper placed a large, well massive, granite monument in the cemetery, the TAPPER monument.
- [The Secret Garden](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/02/18/the-secret-garden/) - I have always loved Frances Hodgson Burnett's book The Secret Garden. I love the book, I loved the broadway play, (and was lucky enough to have seen the original broadway cast), and I also love the movie that was released in 1993.
- [September 8, 1860](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2018/08/06/september-8-1860/) - The sinking of the Lady Elgin changed the Cook family forever. Both family-wise with the loss of Jane and her daughter, Elizabeth Ann, and financially.
- [Swallow-Tail Coat and A Plug Hat](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2019/10/24/swallow-tail-coat-and-a-plug-hat/) - June 16, 1927 was the date that twenty-six-year old Gretje Sophia Tapper, daughter of Anton and Louise Tapper, and forty-two-year old Albert Juiius Warber, DDS chose as their wedding date. Trinity Lutheran church in Hammond, Lake Co, Indiana was filled with 250 guests as she was escorted down the aisle by her father to Lohengrin’s
- [To Add Color to the Day](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/06/30/to-add-color-to-the-day/) - I have been spending this time of COVID, not researching, but working through my files and organizing. The past few days has been spent with loose newspaper files, scanning, giving them a file name and description in my Excel document, and then filing them away. The next article in the pile was a wedding notice.
- [The Lady Elgin Disaster, Part 1](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/09/05/the-lady-elgin-disaster-part-1/) - It is that time of year when the Cook family starts to remember a September night, now 160 years ago, the night that the family lost the matriarch of the family, a woman with a “great heart, strong intellect, the master mind, the loving, successful planner and leader, the pilot”1 of the family, Jane McGarvy
- [The Lady Elgin Disaster, Part 2](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2020/09/07/the-lady-elgin-disaster-part-2/) - There were many people on the bluffs watching for the Lady Elgin to pass the night of September 7-8, 1860. One of the watchers was Henry “Hank” Mower who lived in Highwood, Lake, Illinois, “just at the edge of a bit of woods which joins on the south the clump of tree which rise above
- [The Cook Family Photo Album](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/02/14/the-cook-family-photo-album/) - In 2003 my mother, Emmie Lou Tapper Sternitzky, took on the monumental task of sorting, identifying, and cataloging the Cook photos that she and my father had been given to archive. She did an amazing job with these 297 images that she included in her photo book “The Cook Family Photo Album.” Through the years
- [I Purchased a SHOTBOX During Rootstech](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/02/28/i-purchased-a-shotbox-during-rootstech/) - Yesterday I purchased a SHOTBOX. What is a SHOTBOX? The developer describes it this way: “The SHOTBOX is an all-in-one portable light studio that allows you to scan faster, capture amazing photos, and have fun unleashing your creative side all just using your smartphone.” Here is a link to their website: https://shotbox.me. Why did I
- [Letter Writers in the Family](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/2021/04/03/letter-writers-in-the-family/) - Letter writing is a lost art. It is so easy to slam out a text or write that “quick email” that our penmanship is failing, and our ability to put together a proper complete sentence is suffering. This past week I have been busy transcribing my mother’s travel journal. The summer after she graduated from

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- [Fassbender Family Stories](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/the-fassbenders/) - This is the family that started my journey into Genealogy, and which feeds my love for all things Cheese. The Fassbender Stories Choose Your Own Adventure Scroll down for Peter Joseph Hubert Fassbender Stories The Fassbender Family Category allows you to scroll through the posts. OR Follow the links below to read the posts by
- [The Fassbenders and Their Cheese](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/white-clover-dairy/) - White Clover was purchased in November 1905 by Henry John Fassbender. This is his story. The White Clover Dairy Timeline The White Clover Dairy Category allows you to scroll through the posts. OR Follow the links below to read the posts by date, title, or subject matter. In the Beginning...The Fassbenders, the Cheese, and Wisconsin
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- [The Lady Elgin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/the-lady-elgin/) - The sinking of the Lady Elgin changed the Cook family forever. Both family-wise with the loss of the family matriarch Jane McGarvy Cook, and her daughter, Elizabeth Ann, and financially. The long awaited money from the sale of property in Canada was lost. The Lady Elgin Choose Your Own Adventure The Lady Elgin Category allows
- [The Aroma of Bread](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/the-aroma-of-bread/) - In May of 2012 I started a blog on Blogspot that I titled: The Aroma of Bread. It was intended to be a place for our family to gather and share memories of my mother-in-law, Marie’s kitchen. It began with scanning recipes from the cookbooks that we found in the utility room cupboards. Cookbooks falling
- [Tapper Family Stories](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/the-tappers/) - Coming from Germany the Tappers settled in Lake County, Indiana. The family emigrated from Ostfriesland as Klöfkorns, adopting the surname Tapper when Gretje Folkerts Müller Klöfkorn married Edzard Heinrich Tapper on 4 Jan 1875 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. The Tapper Family Stories Choose Your Own Adventure The Tapper Family Stories Category allows you to scroll
- [Samuel Andrew Cook](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/s-a-cook/) - S. A. Cook is my 2nd great-grand uncle on my paternal side. He is the 9th of 12 children born to William Palmer Cook and Jane McGarvy Cook. Everyone has their "favorite" Cook, and S. A. was the Cook that fascinated my father. He studied and researched him for years, and in his honor and
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- [Outagamie County](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/postcards/outagamie-county/)
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- [Appleton Street Scenes](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/postcards/appleton-street-scenes/)
- [Appleton Schools](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/postcards/appleton-schools/)
- [Appleton Churches](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/postcards/appleton-churches/)
- [Postcards](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/postcards/) - When I first started to put the information I had gathered about my ancestors into a story form, I felt that something was missing. I had some photographs of the people I was writing about, but what about where they lived? What did Appleton look like at the turn of the century? The solution? Postcards.
- [Library of Artifacts](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/library-of-artifacts/) - A catalogue of artifacts
- [Items to Treasure](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/items-to-treasure/) - Shiny Brites Christmas is a big celebration in our house, just as it was for both Gary and I as we grew up. I am lucky to have original Shiny Brite christmas balls from both sides of the family. I display them in different ways as the mood strikes. The past few years they have
- [House Histories](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/house-histories/) - I love house histories. I love to teach people how to research them. I love to tell my own family stories through the history of our homes. There is so much to learn when looking at a place that sheltered and protected our ancestors. Behlsmühle - the home of Joseph Bel in Oedekoven, GermanyI Never
- [Homemade Artifacts](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/homemade-artifacts/) - Not all of my artifacts are new, or inherited. Some I made. When I was pregnant with my second child in 1992, I began this cross-stitch project of Santa. I had it almost completed by the time he was born in October, and worked on it sporadically through the Christmas season, then life got busy.
- [Genealogy Toolbox](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/genealogy-toolbox/) - Genealogy Toolbox
- [Cook Family Stories](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/the-cooks/) - The Cook family is my "go to" family for stories. The Cooks provide an opportunity to write about all subjects that deal with genealogy. The tragedy of going down with a ship? Check Surviving a ship wreck? Check Surviving a train wreck? Check Taking in a child as your adopted child when a parent has
- [...and Beyond](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/and-beyond/) - In order to keep the top navigation bar from growing too large, I have created this page as the doorway to the heart of this website. Come here to meander through the sometimes random things I wish to share. Postcards I love to collect postcards to give that visual look at the places my ancestors lived.
- ["Found" Artifacts](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/found-artifacts/) - Promotional products have been a way of advertising businesses since the late 1800s, and Henry Fassbender was one of many to buy into this form of advertising. I am lucky to own two of his advertising pieces, although neither come directly from the Fassbenders, but are "Found Artifacts." This Newton Manufacturing Co. thermometer/calendar is most
- [About Me](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/about-me/) - My name is Susan Fassbender, and I began my journey into the historical past of Outagamie County in 1998 as I put together a Christmas present for my father-in-law. With his encouragement and questions, I began to research his grandfather, Peter Joseph Hubert Fassbender. A librarian at heart, as I began working as a Children's
- [Campbell Family Stories](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/campbell/) - Ice Roads. Traveling from Stockbridge to Oshkosh, Wisconsin across Lake WinnebagoMrs. Lizzie Campbell and the St. Joseph's Union - 1898. Calumet County, Wisconsin in World War I - 1917. William CampbellExceptional Talent. Come More Regular, 1938 - [13 January 2016, The Aroma of Bread post]Salutatorian of a Class of Two, 1939 - [15 June 2015,,
- [Contact Me](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/contact-me/)

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- [Alexandria, Indiana](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/alexandria-indiana/)
- [Alexandria Paper Company](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/alexandria-paper-company/)
- [Oshkosh, Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/oshkosh-wisconsin/)
- [Edward W. Paine](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/edward-w-paine/)
- [The American Flag](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/the-american-flag/)
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- [Wedding Anniversary](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/wedding-anniversary/)
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- [Probate Court](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/probate-court/)
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- [Henry J. Fassbender](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/henry-j-fassbender/)
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- [Google](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/google/)
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- [Anton H. Tapper](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/anton-h-tapper/)
- [Green Bay, Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/green-bay-wisconsin/)
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- [John A. Francisco](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/john-a-francisco/)
- [Sarah Ann Ellison Francisco](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/sarah-ann-ellison-francisco/)
- [John Stephens 1872 Map](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/john-stephens-1872-map/)
- [Letters](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/letters/)
- [Kaukauna, Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/kaukauna-wisconsin/)
- [Gretje Folkerts Müller](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/gretje-folkerts-muller/)
- [E. H. Tapper](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/e-h-tapper/)
- [Klöfkorn](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/klofkorn/)
- [CIty Directory](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/city-directory/)
- [Postmaster](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/postmaster/)
- [Stockbridge, Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/stockbridge-wisconsin/)
- [Schut](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/schut/)
- [St. Francis Catholic Church](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/st-francis-catholic-church/)
- [Funeral](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/funeral/)
- [Door County](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/door-county/)
- [New York City](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/new-york-city/)
- [Hurricane Sandy](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/hurricane-sandy/)
- [Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/sacred-hearts-of-jesus-and-mary/)
- [Baptism](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/baptism/)
- [Peony](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/peony/)
- [Genealogy Speaking](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/genealogy-speaking/)
- [Menasha, Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/menasha-wisconsin/)
- [Land Records](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/land-records/)
- [Hubert Fassbender](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/hubert-fassbender/)
- [Kaukauna Klub](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/kaukauna-klub/)
- [Cheese](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/cheese/)
- [Elizabeth Nettekoven](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/elizabeth-nettekoven/)
- [Filled Cheese](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/filled-cheese/)
- [Blogging](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/blogging/)
- [Wordpress](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/wordpress/)
- [Culver Military Academy](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/culver-military-academy/)
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- [Christmas](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/christmas/)
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- [Suamico, Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/suamico-wisconsin/)
- [Summer Vacation](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/summer-vacation/)
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- [Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/wisconsin/)
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- [Grand View Hotel](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/grand-view-hotel/)
- [Waupaca](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/waupaca/)
- [Wisconsin County Clerks Association](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/wisconsin-county-clerks-association/)
- [Elisabeth Nettekoven Fassbender](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/elisabeth-nettekoven-fassbender/)
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- [Macular Degeneration](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/macular-degeneration/)
- [Speedwell Motor Company](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/speedwell-motor-company/)
- [Rumford Rhode Island](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/rumford-rhode-island/)
- [Bowling](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/bowling/)
- [Brown County Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/brown-county-wisconsin/)
- [St. Francis School](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/tag/st-francis-school/)

## Picture tag

- [Church](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/church/)
- [Greenville](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/greenville/)
- [Stephensville](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/stephensville/)
- [Wisconsin](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/wisconsin/)
- [Seymour](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/seymour/)
- [Bridge](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/bridge/)
- [Hortonville](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/hortonville/)
- [Hotel](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/hotel/)
- [New London](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/new-london/)
- [Grignon Home](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/grignon-home/)
- [Kaukauna](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/kaukauna/)
- [Neenah](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/neenah/)
- [S.A. Cook](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/s-a-cook/)
- [S.A. Cook Armory](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/s-a-cook-armory/)
- [Cook Park](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/cook-park/)
- [Appleton](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/appleton/)
- [College Avenue](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/college-avenue/)
- [Lawrence Street](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/lawrence-street/)
- [Appleton High School](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/appleton-high-school/)
- [4th Ward School](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/4th-ward-school/)
- [Ryan High School](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/ryan-high-school/)
- [Lawrence University](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/lawrence-university/)
- [Senior High School](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/senior-high-school/)
- [Postcard](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/postcard/)
- [Calumet County](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/calumet-county/)
- [Oak Hill Cemetery](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/oak-hill-cemetery/)
- [Lakeside Cemetery](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/lakeside-cemetery/)
- [Stockbridge](https://www.outagamieandbeyond.com/ngg_tag/stockbridge/)