Poels, Wilbert (Bill)

  General Notes:

Relative: Felix Poels,brick manufacturer, Howard,WI, b. 29 Dec 1864,Parents: Frank and Jane(Roscom), natives of Belgium b. in 1843 and 1840.Parents settled in Howard,WI in 1857, lived in log cabin,Frank d. 1906, wife d. 1908 Children: Roselain,
Peter, Felix E.,James; his twin,Phillameine, Lizzie, Alphonso Phillapeine and John.

Felix , attended #5 Duck Creek School,did farm work at home, Empl: NW quarry and for 20 yrs acted as foreman.Purchased 40 acres of land and interest in the quarry.Mar: 7 Aug 1893, at Duck Creek to Sarah Lemrond, dau of an earlier settler in
Howard,WI. Devout Catholic.

  Birth Notes:

Farm home of parents.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Religion: Catholic.

Wilbert married Grace Ann Meyer, daughter of John Timothy Meyer and Mary Katherine Bruseau, on Aug 10, 1946 in Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. (Grace Ann Meyer was born on Dec 17, 1925 in Niagara, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA, died on May 21, 1998 and was buried on May 26, 1998 in Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA.)