Berryville Elementary School Class Photo - Danny Klapproth - Mrs. Hastings. Kindergarten

 

Berryville Elementary School

Class Photo.  Mrs. Hastings is Kindergarten teacher.

Danny Klapproth, back row, 4th from the left.

(Source:  Photo posted by Jackie Klapproth Nelson May 2, 2025)

Wood Road School - Dates Unknown

 

Wood Road School

No date.  No names.

Can any add information about these photos?

(Source of photos:  Michele Sliwicki.  January 30, 2024)

Comment from Ms. Sliwicki

"Photos were found in belongings of Marie Lorna Hotz (1935-2023) who grew up in Bristol, Wisconsin.  Her father was Sylvester Hotz and grandfather, Peter Hotz. I do not know anyone in the photographs."

Question-Is there a link between Lorna and Wood Road School?

Lorna was listed in the 1952 school year book for Wilmot Union High School. (Source:  Ancestry.com)  She was a teacher, retiring in Green Bay in 1993.

Lorna was the daughter of Sylvester Hotz (1896-1955) and Verona (Weinzinger) Hotz.  Sylvester was born, raised and died in Brighton, Kenosha County. 

Bullamore - Bradley 50th Wedding Anniversary Announcement

Albert Bullamore

Eunice Bradley

(Source:  Kenosha News September 23, 1954)

Interesting Note:  Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois

In 1848, measures were taken to establish a complete course for the education of young women. This course at first occupied three years, but was lengthened to a four years’ course, in 1868. The first class graduated in Jan., 1851. In 1857, thirty thousand dollars were expended in building the Ladies’ Seminary, a large five-story edifice, with chapel, recitation rooms, music and painting rooms, and ample accommodations for boarding.

Olson, Herbert J. and Pearl

 

Gravestone at Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Kenosha County

Herbert James Olson, born in Somers, Wisconsin on September 1, 1897.  He worked at the Racine Water Dept. and was a member of the Racine Lodge No 18 F. & A.M., Scottish Rite Bodies, and The Tripoli Shrine. Died March 26, 1984.  Buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Somers.

Pearl Olson, spouse, died August 12, 1983.

Frank Matthias Feest

 Matthias Feest (spelled Mathias Feast on the 1870 Census)

Born:  March 4, 1820 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Died:  May 1, 1904 in Town of Somers, Kenosha County.  Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Racine County.

Obituary: Frank Matthias Feest, aged 84 years, died at his home in the town of Somers, Kenosha county, where he had resided 32 years. Before that he lived in Racine twenty-five years, and occupied what was known as the Feest vegetable gardens on the north side of the river. He was born in Germany and was one of the very earliest German residents. There survives him four daughters and three sons. The funeral will take place from St. Mary's church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. (Source: Published in the Racine Daily Journal; 2 May 1904)

Marriage:

Franzeska Hammer. November 24, 1844 in Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany
Spouse: Frances (also known as Frazeska Hammer)
Born: July 11,1821 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Died: February 17, 1908 in Town of Somers, Kenosha County. Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Racine County.

Obituary: One of the oldest residents of southeastern Wisconsin, Mrs. Francesca Feest, of Somers, passed away at her home in Kenosha county yesterday, aged 87 years. Mrs. Feest came to Racine over fifty years ago, living for some time in this city, although then but a small cluster of houses marked the present site of Racine. Later they moved to Kenosha county where she has since resided. Deceased leaves three sons and four daughters, all well known residents of this community. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning from St. Mary's church. (Source: Published in the Racine Daily Journal; 17 Feb 1908)

Immigration Year

Matthias and Frances:  1845 (1900 Census)

Surviving Children of Matthias and Frances at their death

(Source:  Find-a-Grave)

Theresa Feest Ploor (1845-1925).  Born in Germany

Katherine  (also known as Katharina) Feest Mura (1848-1931).  Born in Germany

Odelia Feest Miller (1851-1924). Born in Germany

Caroline Feest Simon (1854-1943). Born in Ohio

John T. Feest (1856-1928). Born in Racine County

Frank Matthew Feest (1858-1927). Born in Racine

Joseph Feest (1861-1934) Born in Racine County

 

   

Property Owned - Somers 1887 Map

Frank Matthias (known as M. Feest on the map below)

50 acres located in Section 12, Town of Somers, Berryville Road just east of Wood Road.  For reference, the school house to the south of the Feest parcel is Wood Road School.

J. Feest

30 acres located in Section 1, Town of Somers, at the intersection of Wood and Corbett Roads.

(Source:  Partial 1887 plat map of the Town of Somers)

John and Magdalena Feest Family

1900 Federal Census (Note: Mathias (80  years old) and Frances (78 years old) lived with John and Magdalena

Children of John and Magdalena

    Frank M. (age 10)

    George H (age 7)

    Celester (also known as Sylvester) (age 6)

    Joseph L. (age 3)

    Raymond J. (age 11/12)

Magdalena Feest Obituary

George and Alma Feest Family

Born:  December 25, 1892

Died:  June 9, 1958.  Buried St. George Cemetery, Kenosha

Marriage - George and Alma

February 11, 1918 at St. John's Church in the town of Paris, Kenosha County.  George Feest and Alma Terry (daughter of John and Louisa of Town of Paris, Kenosha County)

 Alma Death

October 28, 1955

Children of George and Alma (Source:  Federal Census 1930)

Dorothy A. Feest

(Source:  Racine Journal Times Jan 7, 1943)

 

(Source:  Racine Journal Times October 23, 1944)

Vincent J. Feest

(Source:  Marriage Certificate of Vincent and Virginia Feest, State of Iowa, Dubuque County)

Click on image to enlarge.

(Source:  Kenosha News April 20, 1944)

Virginia Sykes and George Feest wedding photo, 1944

Left:  Joseph Kremis (friend)  Virginia and George, Dorothy Feest (sister)

(Source:  Submitted by Terry Feest Feb. 2023)

Virginia Feest - Town of Somers Treasurer

(Source:  Submitted by Terry Feest Feb. 2023)

Snowmobiling

(Source:  Undated Kenosha News articles submitted by Terry Feest Feb. 2023)

 Vincent J. Feest Obituary

(Source:  Racine Journal Times December 8, 2002)

Virginia Feest Obituary

(Source:  Racine Journal Times January 14, 1998)

 

Glenn R. Feest

 

 

 

    

Bullamore Forks (also known as Six Mile School) Somers Township, Kenosha County, Wisconsin

 

(Source:  Images courtesy of Robert Swartz.  Emailed 2020)

Berryville School - 8th Grade Class of 1935

 

(Photo Source:  Patricia Ryall Krueger)

Patricia is in the front row, 4th from the right in the white dress and brown cape.  

The Ryall family is listed as living in Somers

on the 1930 and 1940 US Federal Census.

February, 2022

Patricia is the daughter of Ernest V. and Henrietta Ryall.  Ernest V. Ryall was the County Agent in Kenosha, WI for ~31 years. A UW graduate, he oversaw the transformation of Kenosha County's agriculture to a truck farming economy. He was a former president of the National Association of County Agents, wrote a column for the Kenosha News, and was a World War I Veteran with three purple hearts and the Silver Star. He married Henrietta L Achtenberg, who had published in 1922 a classic research study (still cited 100 years later) with UW limnology Prof. A Pearse) on the Feeding Habits of Lake Perch. They had 4 children.

READER REQUEST

If anyone can identify any students in this photo, please email Jackie at

somershistory@wi.rr.com