Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Rawlinson, William H. 1837 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 13, 2007, 9:38 pm Author: Unknown WILLIAM H. RAWLINSON, contractor and builder, has been in his present business in La Crosse since June, 1857. He was born in Cheshire, England, in 1837; son of James Rawlinson, who came to America in 1849; lived in Jersey City till 1858, then came to La Crosse, and died there Oct. 22, 1880, at the age of 66. Mrs. Rawlinson died Dec. 24, 1879, at the age of 60. Mr. Rawlinson learned the bricklaying and plastering trade in Jersey City, before he came to Wisconsin. Among the buildings he has put up in La Crosse, are the Edwards Block, La Crosse Opera House, Levy's Block, and the flouring-mill of Listman & Co. He was married in 1870, in La Crosse, to Miss Mary E. Holmes and has one child - William Henry. Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 786. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/rawlinso321gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb