Almer And Alger Cronce & Moonshining

Below are several newspaper articles related to Richard Almer Cronce and 
his son Alger Frank Cronce's legal history manufacturing Moonshine while 
Alger was a Dance Hall and Saloon proprietor on Clover Lakes in Dorchester, Wi. 

Almer died on the train while he was in custody on his way to trial.

It is no secret that people in Wisconsin love their drink!

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Eight Charged with Violating the Dry Laws 

Eight alleged federal prohibition law violators were brought before Charles Oellerich, federal court commissioner, Monday. None of these were Winnebago county residents. Gilbert G. Jensen of Zackow, Shawano county, was charged with the sale, possession and manufacture of intoxicating liquor and with maintaining a common nuisance. The alleged intoxicant was called beer. Jensen will have a preliminary examination in this city Oct. 23. Five other defendants, all arrested in connection with the same federal investigation, Judson Boulac, Wallace Kinville, Jud. H. Olmstead, Leonard Goerlinger, and John Johnson will also have a preliminary on that date.

 CHARGES ARE MADE 

These men are charged with conspiring to manufacture intoxicating liquor, to-wit beer, in the town of Mattson, Waupaca county, and with maintaining a public nuisance. Alger Cronce of Embarrass, Waupaca county, was charged with the possession and manufacture of moonshine. He waived preliminary examination and will appear in district court at Milwaukee. Another defendant is Frank Polczinski of Pulaski, Shawano county, charged with sale and possession of beer in the village of Angelica, and with maintaining a nuisance. He also waived preliminary investigation.

 FROM OUTAGAMIE COUNTY 

The latter part of this week, Felix Sula and Reuben H. Nickasch were brought before the commissioner. They are from the town of Grand Chute, Outagamie county. Sula is charged with possession of beer and maintaining a public nuisance and has waived preliminary examination. Nickasch, charged with possession of a still for manufacture and with maintaining a nuisance has not waived preliminary examination, but no adjourned date has been fixed.
 Source: The Daily Northwestern, Tuesday evening, 9 October 1928.

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Elmer Cronce Sent to Jail for Six Months

Two Guilty at Shawano Elmer Cronce, dance hall and saloon proprietor, was sent to jail for six months after being found guilty in circuit court at Shawano of a liquor law violation. John Huntington, also accused of violating the liquor law, was fined $200 and his place of business was closed for one year. 

 Source: Stevens Point Daily Journal, Saturday, 17 May 1924, page 3.

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U. S. Marshal’s Prisoner Dies Near Milwaukee Milwaukee

 — (AP) A dead man came back to Milwaukee under custody of a United States marshal. The man was Elmer Cronce, 62, of Shawano, Wis., and he died while en route to Milwaukee in the custody of W. R. Phillips, deputy United States marshal.
 Unable to furnish $1,000 bail when arrested on the charge of having moonshine liquor, Cronce was being brought to Milwaukee to await trial.
 “He was in good spirits and was telling me of his hunting experiences up in the North woods,” Philips said. “Suddenly he doubled up and explained that he had a strange feeling. He tried to fight it off for a few minutes and then suddenly collapsed.”
 Source: Capital Times, Friday afternoon, 13 April 1928.

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Richard Almerian Cronce
Birth: 30 Mar 1863 in Westfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 12 April 1928 in Shawano County, Wisconsin, USA

Alger Frank Cronce
Birth 7 Sep 1899 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA
Death 2 Aug 1973 in Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA

Augustin Hébert & Adrienne Du Vivier

"Adrienne was born in 1626 in Corbeny, Picardy, France, a daughter of Antoine Du Vivier and Catherine Journe. In 1646, in St. Bartholemi, Paris, at the age of twenty, she married a soldier Augustin Hébert (1623 – 23 November 1653) who had just returned from Canada.  He was a son of Jean Hebert and Isabeau Troussart  of Caen, Normandy. 
In 1647, their first child Jeanne was born and baptised in St. Bartholemi, Paris. At the end of the year, Adrienne, her husband and baby Jeanne sailed from La Rochelle to New France along with the founder of Montreal Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. They arrived at Montreal Island, in early 1648, and they settled in Montreal, which was then called Ville-Marie. Adrienne was one of the few white women in the colony apart from Jeanne Mance who had founded a hospital with a group of nuns. Early in 1649, she had another daughter, Pauline, who was the first white child baptised in Montreal. Maisonneuve stood as godfather, Jeanne Mance was godmother. The child died a few weeks later. Augustin and Adrienne were deeded a huge parcel of land on the island. Augustin was a fur-trader, merchant, farmer and master-mason. 

He often traded with the Iroquois Indians. He and Adrienne had four children, of whom three reached adulthood. Adrienne and her husband were the first colonists to enroll an indentured servant otherwise known as an engagé."  (source Adrienne_Du_Vivier )
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Augustin Hébert & Adrienne Du Vivier are my husband's paternal 9th Great Grandparents & maternal 9th Great Grandparents. Coincidentally, both of my husband's paternal and maternal lines trace back to each of Augustin & Adrienne's sons Leger (paternal) and Ignace (maternal). 

 Leger Hébert (19 April 1650 Montreal – 28 April 1719) St. Francois-du-Lac, Canada). Married Marguerite Gamelin (b. 1664), by whom he had 13 children, at least seven of whom survived childhood. 
And 
Ignace Hébert (28 October 1652 Montreal – 25 July 1722 Varennes, Canada). 
Married Thèrése Choquette, by whom he had four children. "


 Hebert Wiki Page

Meby Farm, Norway

Meby Farm, Velf Parish, Helgeland, Norway 
or
 Meby Farm, Velfjord, Brønnøysund Parish, Nordland, Norway 
This is the birth place of:

Alette Benjaminsdatter Paulson

Didrik Mikal Benjaminsen AKA: Benson

Benjamin Benjaminsen

Magnus Albert Benjaminsen 

Petroline Dorothea Benjaminsdatter 

Mine Petrine Benjaminsdatter 

Rakel Bergitte Benjaminsdatter 

Peter Nicolai Benjaminsen 

Didrik Zacarias Benjaminsen 1844 – 1854 (Age: 10) 

Alette Julie Benjaminsdatter 1860 – 1862 (age: 2 yrs)
(Didrik Mikal Benjaminsen's children listed below)
Matilde Berntine Benjaminsen AKA Benson
Ditmar Parelius Benjaminsen AKA Benson

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Benjamin Donnessen 

 Donnes Pedersen

Alette Paulson

Alette Bertilie Benjaminsdatter
Born: Jan 12,1865 in Meby Farm, Velf Parish,Helgeland, Norway
(Meby Farm, Velfjord, Brønnøysund Parish, Nordland, Norway )
Died: Dec 18,1952 in Waukechon, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA (Age: 87)

Mollie & Vivian

Vivian Marcella Cronce
Birth 18 Apr 1918 in Waukechon, Shawano, Wisconsin USA
Death 30 Apr 1950 in Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin USA (Age: 32)

Amelia (Mollie) Petroline Paulson
Birth Jan 25, 1898 in Waukechon, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA
Death March 24, 1983 in Shawano County, Wisconsin, USA (Age: 85)

Mollie & Grace, Mary Kathryn and Joanne

Mary Kathryn Dunn
Birth Jan. 22, 1947 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Death: --Living

Joanne Grace Dunn 
Birth Sept 26, 1940 in Oshkosh, Winnebago Wisconsin
Death Oct 27, 2013 in Thornton, Adams Colorado (Age: 73)

Grace Cronce 
Birth Nov. 14, 1923 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Death Dec. 7, 2012 in McMinnville, Tennessee (Age: 89)

Amelia (Mollie) Petroline Paulson
Birth Jan 25, 1898 in Waukechon, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA
Death March 24, 1983 in Shawano County, Wisconsin, USA (Age: 85)

Susan Ann Kleinhans & Wayne H. Kleinhans

Susan Ann Kleinhans

Born: March 1, 1959
Died: --Living

Father: Wayne H. Kleinhans
Born: Nov 26, 1935
Died:  Jun 20, 2008

Mother: Joanne Dunn
Born: Sep 26, 1940
Died: Oct 27, 2013

*This is our father Wayne, we know that he had at least two more marriages that produced children. We would love to know more about his other children. Please feel free to contact us if you find this post. It is our understanding that he was estranged from all his ex wives and children (including us). We completely understand that your memories of him are probably not pleasant but we would still like to hear from you....perhaps make Lemonade out of Lemons.