Guide to the WI Chippewa County Circuit Court Divorce Case Files,​ 1907-​1950

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Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Chippewa County): Divorce Case Files

Inclusive Dates: 1907-1950

Creator: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Chippewa County)

Call Number: Chippewa Series 38

Quantity: 4 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository: Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division

Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr. 

Abstract: Circuit Court divorce case files, #5941-9964. Legal papers include complaints, summonses, affidavits, court orders, testimony, and decrees. Included is in-depth information on genealogy, family history, domestic violence, household and farm economy, division of labor, sexuality, gender roles, expectations of marriage, courtship, kinship networks, community surveillance and networks, and the relationships among women.

Note: This microfilm consists of service copies of film produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995.

Language: English


Arrangement of the Materials

By case file number.
Other Finding Aids
“Index to cases” (accession C1993/019) refers to some records in this series from 1915 to 1979.


Related Material

“Case files” (accession C1985/016) contains related records. Pre-1907 divorce files may be included in that series. “Divorce Case Files” of the Chippewa County Court  (Chippewa Series 39) also contain related records.

Search Terms/Subject Terms

  • Divorce—Wisconsin—Chippewa County
  • Family violence—Wisconsin—Chippewa County
  • Sex role—Wisconsin—Chippewa County




























Contents List

Reel   1

Case #5941: Bates, Merton J. vs. Bates, Marie J. 

Reel   1

Case #6041: Barrett, George A. vs. Barrett, L. A. 

Reel   1

Case #6090: Melson, Mary vs. Melson, Albert 

Reel   1

Case #6091: Schlimmel, Augusta vs. Schlimmel, William 

Reel   1

Case #6092: Shaw, Ester A. vs. Shaw, Charles E. 

Reel   1

Case #6099: Kubale, Joseph vs. Kubale, Barbara 

Reel   1

Case #6102: Liehe, Anna vs. Liehe, Henry 

Reel   1

Case #6113: Burss, A. R. vs. Burss, Maude 

Reel   1

Case #6120: Clark, William H. vs. Clark, S. 

Reel   1

Case #6123: Cheators, Hugh vs. Cheators, Gertrude           

Reel   1

Case #6129: Duncan, Richard B. vs. Duncan, Mary K.          

Reel   1

Case #6131: Dimmick, Mary vs. Dimmick, William 

Reel   1

Case #6135: Kumferman, Mary vs. Kumferman, Louis 

Reel   1

Case #6173: Young, Tina vs. Young, John 

Reel   1

Case #6192: Jackson, Hulda vs. Jackson, Frank 

Reel   1

Case #6194: La Brec, James vs. La Brec, Vera M. 

Reel   1

Case #6195: Lang, Mary vs. Lang, John 

Reel   1

Case #6197: Perry, Manley vs. Perry, Ada 

Reel   1

Case #6200: Tilton, James E. vs. Tilton, L. M. 

Reel   1

Case #6217: Mitchell, Carrie vs. Mitchell, Miles 

Reel   1

Case #6234: Schimmel, Augusta vs. Schimmel, William       

Reel   1

Case #6239: Curtiss, Emma J. vs. Curtiss, Wallace H. 

Reel   1

Case #6241: Schafer, Mary vs. Schafer, Reuben 

Reel   1

Case #6246: Burmaster, Fred vs. Burmaster, Effie 

Reel   1

Case #6252: Roan, George vs. Roan, Hannah 

Reel   1

Case #6316: Durch, Theresa vs. Durch, Peter 

Reel   1

Case #6318: Tilton, James E. vs. L. E. Tilton 

Reel   1

Case #6321: Glynn, William S. vs. Glynn, Mae 

Reel   1

Case #6322: Robinson, Mabel vs. Robinson, Charles S. 


Reel   1

Case #6327: Martell, Jennie vs. Martell, William 

Reel   1

Case #6328: Kilpatrick, John vs. Kilpatrick, Augusta 

Reel   1

Case #6328: Merrill, Estella vs. Merrill, Harry W. 

Reel   1

Case #6328B: Yeager, Alden vs. Yeager, A. 

Reel   1

Case #6334: Koepp, Augusta A. vs. Koepp, Otto A. 

Reel   1

Case #6340: Rowland, Agnes vs. Rowland, John F. 

Reel   1

Case #6344: Montgomery, Margaret E. vs. Montgomery, Alfred M. 

Reel   1

Case #6396: Meyer, Dorothy vs. Meyer, Henry 

Reel   1

Case #6402: Briggs, Lena A. vs. Briggs, George 

Reel   1

Case #6415: Borgenheimer, George vs. Borgenheimer, Anna 

Reel   1

Case #6418: Eyerly, Fannie vs. Eyerly, David F. 

Reel   1

Case #6419: Ferron, Fred vs. Ferron, Anna 

Reel   1

Case #6421: Dolaston, Albert M. vs. Dolaston, Mary            

Reel   1

Case #6424: Wescott, Josephine vs. Wescott, Fred              

Reel   1

Case #6431: Barlow, George vs. Barlow, Corella 

Reel   1

Case #6432: Bushland, Anna vs. Bushland, Carl 

Reel   1

Case #6434: Johnson, Alice vs. Johnson, Joseph 

Reel   1

Case #6435: La Rose, Lena vs. La Rose, Charles 

Reel   1

Case #6436: La Rose, Edward vs. La Rose, Laura B. 

Reel   1

Case #6437: Reinalt, Mary vs. Reinalt, Adolph 

Reel   1

Case #6451: Cane, Marie vs. Cane, John F. 

Reel   1

Case #6453: Cragg, Maggie vs. Cragg, John H. 

Reel   1

Case #6454: Condit, Ella vs. Condit, Fred T. 

Reel   3

Case #6462: Fisher, Pearl M. vs. Fisher, Charles M.             

Reel   1

Case #6470: Hallman, Paulina vs. Hallman, Herman O.        

Reel   1

Case #6474: Haefer, Ernest vs. Haefer, Sophia 

Reel   1

Case #6475: Hunter, Mabel M. vs. Hunter, F. W. 

Reel   1

Case #6494: Knatt, Ethel vs. Knatt, Ira 

Reel   1

Case #6497: Liddell, Maude vs. Liddell, Joseph 


Reel   1

Case #6499: Long, Mary A. vs. Long, Charles 

Reel   1

Case #6507: Mayes, F. E. vs. Mayes, Anna 

Reel   4

Case #6508: Nussel, Emil vs. Nussel, Jessie 

Reel   1

Case #6517: Poaler, Mabel vs. Poaler, Glen 

Reel   1

Case #6523: Russle, Abbie C. vs. Russle, Laurence L. 

Reel   1

Case #6525: Stellenberger, Marie vs. Stellenberger, Herman 

Reel   1

Case #6526: Tuttle, Ella vs. Tuttle, Arthur M.                      

Reel   1

Case #6528: Wabben, Mary J. vs. Wabben, Anthony B. 

Reel   1

Case #6529: Wilcox, Frank vs. Wilcox, Amasa 

Reel   1

Case #6636: Attlesey, Tillie vs. Attlesey, Joseph 

Reel   1

Case #6639: Baker, Claude E. vs. Baker, Mable A. 

Reel   1

Case #6640: Bassett, Lewis W. vs. Bassett, E.R. 

Reel   1

Case #6642: Bickerstaff, E. B. vs. Bickerstaff, N. 

Reel   1

Case #6646: Bruehling, G. vs. Bruehling, Paul 

Reel   3

Case #6549: Connall, Clyde vs. Connall, Celia 

Reel   3

Case #6551: Englert, Ida vs. Englert, John H. 

Reel   3

Case #6552: Edwards, Laura vs. Edwards, William M.          

Reel   3

Case #6560: Grendall, K. vs. Grendall, I.                            

Reel   3

Case #6562: Hart, Mable D. vs. Hart, James J. 

Reel   3

Case #6564: Hagen, Ida B. vs. Hagen, Walter E. 

Reel   3

Case #6568: Imeslund, Alice E. vs. Imeslund, Carl 

Reel   3

Case #6585: Liddell, Maude vs. Liddell, Joseph 

Reel   3

Case #6593: Nease, Delia vs. Nease, George 

Reel   3

Case #6596: Poirier, Rebecca vs. Poirier, Napolean 

Reel   1

Case #6662: Dombrowsky, Alvina vs. Dombrowsky, Herman 

Reel   1

Case #6668: Frederick, Henry M. vs. Frederick, Annie M. 

Reel   1

Case #6673: Hauck, Winnie M. vs. Hauck, Charles J. 

Reel   1

Case #6675: Hill, Eleanor vs. Hill, Gillian 

Reel   1

Case #6680: Haffner, Anna vs. Haffner, Joseph 


Reel   1

Case #6681: Hubbard, Clara vs. Hubbard, Clyde 

Reel   3

Case #6711: Liddell, Jasper vs. Liddell, Maude 

Reel   3

Case #6714: Meyer, Henry vs. Meyer, Dorothy 

Reel   1

Case #6720: Marrow, Minnie vs. Marrow, Jacob 

Reel   1

Case #6726: Packenham, Maggie vs. Packenham, Charles E. 

Reel   1

Case #6728: Paquette, Grace vs. Paquette, Moses                

Reel   2

Case #6730: Pepin, Violet vs. Pepin, Joseph                        

Reel   2

Case #6736: Schultz, Martin vs. Schultz, George et al. 

Reel   2

Case #6746: Smith, Bert vs. Smith, Mary 

Reel   2

Case #6756: Marchard, M. vs. Marchard, Joseph et al. 

Reel   2

Case #6769: Anderson, Martha vs. Anderson, Elmer 

Reel   2

Case #6774: Connell, Adelaide vs. Connell, John 

Reel   2

Case #6788: Debeau, Marie vs. Debeau, Joseph 

Reel   2

Case #6794: Gower, Carl vs. Gower, Cora 

Reel   2

Case #6798: Hedrington, Amanda vs. Hedrington, William

Reel   2

Case #6808: Hanson, Jennie vs. Hanson, C. 

Reel   2

Case #6814: Kovacs, Joseph vs. Kovacs, Ava                       

Reel   2

Case #6816: Lowery, William vs. Lowery, Ella                      

Reel   2

Case #6819: McDonnell, Catherine vs. McDonnell, Patrick 

Reel   2

Case #6831: Popp, Albert vs. Popp, Minnie 

Reel   2

Case #6834: Reynolds, Annie vs. Reynolds, Harvey 

Reel   2

Case #6835: Schneider, John F. vs. Schneider, Anna 

Reel   2

Case #6840: Sweeney, Hazel vs. Sweeney, Stewart 

Reel   2

Case #6842: Smith, G. vs. Smith, Hugh M. 

Reel   2

Case #6855: Young, Michael vs. Young, Phoebe 

Reel   2

Case #6861: Gagnon, George E. vs. Gagnon, Pearl 

Reel   2

Case #6862: Laube, Ruby vs. Laube, Fred 

Reel   2

Case #6864: Lovejoy, Mary vs. Lovejoy, Miles                      

Reel   2

Case #6886: Clemons, Adam vs. Clemons, Jennie                

Reel   2

Case #6888: Dachel, Michael vs. Dachel, Rosanna 


Reel   2

Case #6898: Gough, Mary vs. Gough, Arthur 

Reel   2

Case #6902: Haas, Lillie vs. Haas, Louis 

Reel   3

Case #6915: Gregory, Cara vs. Gregory, Mack 

Reel   2

Case #6918: Goulet, Alfred vs. Goulet, Josephine 

Reel   2

Case #6921: Halton, Agnes vs. Halton, Albert R. 

Reel   2

Case #6922: Haugen, Ole C. vs. Haugen, Marie 

Reel   2

Case #6929: Jeffery, May vs. Jeffery, George 

Reel   2

Case #6940: McRae, H. C. vs. McRae, Alice 

Reel   3

Case #6945: Mickelson, G. vs. Mickelson, R. 

Reel   2

Case #6951: Wilson, Myrtle vs. Wilson, Edward R.                

Reel   2

Case #6952: Webb, E. E. vs. Webb, Augusta 

Reel   2

Case #6964: Campbell, G. A. vs. Campbell, Sofia 

Reel   2

Case #6970: Coney, Anna vs. Coney, John 

Reel   2

Case #6974: Duffany, Mary vs. Duffany, Fred 

Reel   2

Case #6975: Dumke, Mildred vs. Dumke, Alvin 

Reel   2

Case #7005: Johnson, F. H. vs. Johnson, Allen 

Reel   2

Case #7009: Jellison, Clara vs. Jellison, Raymond 

Reel   2

Case #7012: Kearney, Dorothy vs. Kearney, Luke S. 

Reel   2

Case #7016: McClelland, John L. vs. McClelland, S. A. 

Reel   2

Case #7017: McPhail, Ann vs. Ainsworth, Edward L. 

Reel   2

Case #7019: Noyes, Alice E. vs. Noyes, F. E.                       

Reel   3

Case #7028: Puhl, Margaret vs. Puhl, E. W. 

Reel   2

Case #7057: Trosvig, Carl vs. Trosvig, Isabelle                    

Reel   2

Case #7060: Toutant, Marie vs. Toutant, Hector 

Reel   2

Case #7069: Nelson, Anna W. vs. Nelson, Peter H.               

Reel   2

Case #7070: Richardson, Mary J. vs. Richardson, William S. 

Reel   2

Case #7080: Sageng, Edward vs. Sageng, Goldie 

Reel   2

Case #7088: Taylor, Emma J. vs. Taylor, Samuel P.             

Reel   2

Case #7089: Williams, Mary vs. Williams, H. F.                    

Reel   2

Case #7091: Weyenberg, Emalina vs. Weyenberg, William


Reel   2

Case #7092: Underhill, E. E. vs. Underhill, Edward A. 

Reel   2

Case #7094: Anderson, Ruth vs. Anderson, Clarence 

Reel   2

Case #7096: Anderson, Geraldine vs. Anderson, Arthur 

Reel   2

Case #7097: Anderson, Eva A. vs. Anderson, A. A. 

Reel   2

Case #7099: Braetzman, Bertha C. vs. Braetzman, Arthur D. 

Reel   2

Case #7102: Woodward, Estella vs. Woodward, William       

Reel   2

Case #7109: Flynn, Lela vs. Flynn, A.                                 

Reel   2

Case #7112: Goodin, E. vs. Goodin, James 

Reel   2

Case #7115: Gerber, Frances vs. Gerber, George J. 

Reel   2

Case #7116: Giese, Anna vs. Giese, Paul 

Reel   2

Case #7117: Gillespie, M. W. vs. Gillespie, William A. 

Reel   2

Case #7120: Hodges, Verna G. vs. Hodges, George H. 

Reel   2

Case #7121: Henneman, Irene vs. Henneman, Walter 

Reel   2

Case #7143: Ju Vette, John vs. Ju Vette, Mildred 

Reel   2

Case #7151: Michael, Ragna vs. Michael, Harry 

Reel   2

Case #7154: Millard, J. M. vs. Millard, Charles W. 

Reel   2

Case #7156: Nussle, H. A. vs. Nussle, Cassy Jane               

Reel   2

Case #7167: Powers, Nancy C. vs. Powers, A. M.                

Reel   2

Case #7168: Peterson, Einar vs. Peterson, Helen 

Reel   2

Case #7169: Richardson, William S. vs. Richardson, Mary J. 

Reel   2

Case #7179: Taylor, W. J. vs. Taylor, Minnie A. 

Reel   2

Case #7186: Wirtes, Agnes vs. Wirtes, Paul 

Reel   2

Case #7209: Babish, George vs. Babish, Katherine 

Reel   2

Case #7219: Bergeron, Frances vs. Bergeron, Leo               

Reel   3

Case #7226: Fitzpatrick, Charlotte vs. Fitzpatrick, Thomas  

Reel   3

Case #7258: Jackson, Ella vs. Jackson, Thomas B. 

Reel   3

Case #7259: Jackson, Mary vs. Jackson, David 

Reel   3

Case #7261: Jackson, Almeda vs. Jackson, John 

Reel   3

Case #7262: Jackson, Ella vs. Jackson, Thomas B. 


Reel   3

Case #7265: Kempton, Elizabeth J. vs. Kempton, A. W. 

Reel   2

Case #7274: Mock, Edward vs. Mock, Ruby 

Reel   2

Case #7275: Murphy, Tillie vs. Murphy, C. H. 

Reel   2

Case #7277: Morgan, Ida vs. Morgan, Edward L. 

Reel   3

Case #7282: Runkel, Otto H. vs. Runkel, Catherine 

Reel   2

Case #7284: Rousseau, Charles vs. Rousseau, Mabel 

Reel   2

Case #7286: Rasner, Adolf vs. Rasner, Mary 

Reel   2

Case #7288: Stanford, Mary vs. Stanford, Edward 

Reel   2

Case #7290: Slaughter, Ellen vs. Slaughter, Frank 

Reel   2

Case #7296: Townsby, Allis vs. Townsby, Barry                  

Reel   2

Case #7308: LeQue, Lurah vs. LeQue, Louis 

Reel   2

Case #7325: Flater, Marie vs. Flater, Edward 

Reel   2

Case #7340: Carpenter, Edna B. vs. Carpenter, George F. 

Reel   2

Case #7341: Cleary, Olive P. vs. Cleary, George J. 

Reel   3

Case #7352: Langel, O. vs. Langel, Frank 

Reel   3

Case #7355: Michaud, Anna vs. Michaud, Fred 

Reel   3

Case #7365: Rodiger, Fred vs. Rodiger, Estella 

Reel   3

Case #7371: Stafford, Jessie vs. Stafford, Samuel 

Reel   3

Case #7388: Thayer, Leslie H. vs. Thayer, Florence 

Reel   3

Case #7398: White, Samuel R. vs. White, Ida 

Reel   3

Case #7420: Fitzpatrick, William vs. Fitzpatrick, S. A.          

Reel   3

Case #7439.5: Little, Charles S. vs. Little, Lenora 

Reel   3

Case #7440: McGrath, Elizabeth vs. McGrath, Aileen           

Reel   3

Case #7475: Williams, Alice V. vs. Williams, Vernon D. 

Reel   3

Case #7518: Fitzpatrick, William vs. Fitzpatrick, Lena          

Reel   3

Case #7526: Jung, Lyda vs. Jung, Henry 

Reel   3

Case #7527: Lundberg, Pearl E. vs. Lundberg, Frank E. 

Reel   3

Case #7559: Zilke, Olga vs. Zilke, Henry 

Reel   3

Case #7644: Bowman, Charles vs. Bowman, Annie 

Reel   3

Case #7661: Hinz, Frank vs. Hinz, Anna 


Reel   3

Case #7707: St. Clair, Alice vs. St. Clair, Charles 

Reel   3

Case #7766: Olson, Anna vs. Olson, Chris 

Reel   3

Case #7767: Olson, Lena vs. Oleson, Olaus 

Reel   3

Case #7954: Jinks, Myrta C. vs. Jinks, Frank G. 

Reel   3

Case #8047: Dahl, Lila vs. Dahl, Arnold 

Reel   3

Case #8047.5: Myers, Hazel vs. Myers, Brice H. 

Reel   3

Case #8099: Riley, Lovica vs. Riley, Charles 

Reel   3

Case #8165: Locklin, Maude E. vs. Locklin, Daniel J. 

Reel   3

Case #8181: Moreau, Margaret vs. Moreau, Clarence E. 

Reel   3

Case #8239: Gallati, Maude vs. Gallati, George                    

Reel   3

Case #8384: Reischel, Mary E. vs. Reischel, Anton J. 

Reel   3

Case #8702: Card, Stella May vs. Card, George W. 

Reel   3

Case #8913: Nelson, Regina vs. Nelson, Oscar E. 

Reel   3

Case #8923: De Grasse, Howard vs. De Grasse, Violet 

Reel   3

Case #9050: Harding, George A. vs. Harding, Elizabeth M.

Reel   3

Case #9137: Burmaster, Fred vs. Burmaster, Caroline 

Reel   3

Case #9173: Hebert, Henry vs. Hebert, Kate 

Reel   3

Case #9274: Kouba, Hazel vs. Kouba, John W. 

Reel   3

Case #9381: Einum, Evelyn vs. Einum, James R. 

Reel   3

Case #9387: Edmondson, Gladys vs. Edmondson, Othel W. 

Reel   3

Case #9431: Skeels, Lois D. vs. Skeels, William T. 

Reel   3

Case #9452: Paszi, Bernice A. vs. Paszi, Everett V. 

Reel   3

Case #9493: Babbitt, Frank W. vs. Babbitt, Ruby E. 

Reel   3

Case #9506: Ellis, Harry L. vs. Ellis, Myrtle 

Reel   3

Case #9544: Steffen, Blair L. vs. Steffen, Florence 

Reel   3

Case #9564: Risteen, Horace W. vs. Risteen, Amy H. 

Reel   3

Case #9587: DeBoer, Dorothy vs. DeBoer, Henry 

Reel   3

Case #9594: Mohr, Irna vs. Mohr, Lawrence                        

Reel   3

Case #9602: Davis, Virginia vs. Davis, Loren                       

Reel   3

Case #9609: Camplin, Elba vs. Camplin, Roy 

Reel   3

Case #9625: Stearns, Clara vs. Stearns, Charles R. 

Reel   3

Case #9636: Ihle, Hazel R. vs. Ihle, Lyman E. 

Reel   4

Case #9642: Eccles, Lois B. vs. Eccles, John 

Reel   4

Case #9664: Loew, Lester vs. Loew, Minnie 

Reel   4

Case #9665: Stiles, Ellsworth vs. Stiles, Pauline 

Reel   4

Case #9681: Metcalf, Harold vs. Metcalf, Myrtle 

Reel   4

Case #9686: Wetyska, Vaclov J. vs. Wetyska, Alexandra 

Reel   4

Case #9688: Korn, Neil vs. Korn, Marjorie 

Reel   4

Case #9690: Melnick, Frank vs. Melnick, Eva 

Reel   4

Case #9695: Colins, Lawrence vs. Colins, Mayme                 

Reel   4

Case #9696: Schmidt, Elmira L. vs. Schmidt, Clyde C. 

Reel   4

Case #9741: Green, Ruby Mae vs. Green, Chester Harold 

Reel   4

Case #9770: Baker, Jeanette L. vs. Baker, Robert F. 

Reel   4

Case #9795: Fillbach, Gloria vs. Fillbach, Richard E. 

Reel   4

Case #9903: Rix, Charles E. vs. Rix, Mabel A. 

Reel   4

Case #9910: Durch, Eva Mae vs. Durch, Bernard 

Reel   4

Case #9913: Pool, Margaret vs. Pool. William 

Reel   4

Case #9918: Seidling, Kathryn vs. Seidling, Louis 

Reel   4

Case #9923: Babbitt, Marcella vs. Babbitt, Byres 

Reel   4

Case #9937: Ellwood, Abigail Mary vs. Ellwood, Angus George 

Reel   4

Case #9952: Wyman, Grace vs. Wyman, Harold 

Reel   4

Case #9964: Phelps, W. N. vs. Phelps, Doris