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A committee appointed by members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in 1847 established Forest Home Cemetery on what would later become Milwaukee's south side. When the land was selected it was located nearly two miles outside of the city limits along the newly built Janesville Plank Road (now Forest Home Avenue), in an area believed to be far enough from urban development to remain rural. [4]
The following people were born and spent a significant number of their growing-up years in Milwaukee. Les Aspin Tony Evers Diante Garrett Tom Snyder Spencer Tracy George A. Abert , member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate
Calvary Cemetery contains a monument dedicated to the approximately 430 people who died with the sinking of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan in 1860. Most of those lost in the tragedy were from Milwaukee's Third Ward Irish community and is the second greatest loss of life seen on the Great Lakes.
The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2024. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
This list comprises buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects in the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 290 NRHP sites listed in Milwaukee County, including 73 outside the City of Milwaukee included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee ...
A Milwaukee man and teenager have been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the beating death of 5-year-old Prince McCree, whose body was found in a dumpster last week after being ...
Jimmy Banks (born 1964), soccer player (Milwaukee) Peter Barrett (1935–2000), Olympic gold medalist (Madison) Sam Barry (1892–1950), head coach, Iowa and USC, basketball, baseball, football; member of Basketball Hall of Fame (Madison) Myrt Basing, football player (Appleton) Mistie Bass (born 1983), basketball player (Janesville)
The people listed below were born in or are otherwise closely connected to what is now the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.