Title: Mary Trackett Reynolds: Trackett-Nachtwey-Fitzmaurice Family Genealogies
Inclusive Dates: 1745-1993

Creator:

• Reynolds, Mary Trackett, 1913-2000

Call Number: Mss 1015; PH 6458

Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes and 3 flat boxes) and 129 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, primarily dated 1930-1993, compiled and created by Mary Cecelia Trackett Reynolds and her husband Lloyd George Reynolds (1910-2005) documenting various members of the Nachtwey, Fitzmaurice, and Trackett families, and West Bend (Washington County, Wis.), the site of the Trackett family homestead. Also included are materials documenting the Brown, Carl, Moore, Reynolds, Schenberg, and various other related families. The families immigrated in the mid-1850s and the records include diaries, journals, scrapbooks, greeting cards, probate records, wills, pension records, census records, birth and death certificates, photographs, household financial records, historic letters, and maps. Particularly well documented is the personal and professional life of Mamie Nachtwey Trackett, a teacher in Wisconsin, Nebraska, and other nearby states. The photographs in the collection are primarily of homestead houses and family members' gravestones.

Language: English, German

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Mary Cecelia Trackett Reynolds was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on January 11, 1913 to Jacob Peter Trackett and Mary Celia Nachtwey Trackett. Reynolds graduated from Edgewood High School in Madison and in 1935 received her bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She went on for her graduate studies at Harvard and then at Columbia University, where she received her Ph.D. in political science in 1939. In the early 1990s the Political Science Association honored Reynolds as one of the first 100 female recipients of this degree. She was a professor of political science and literature at various universities including Yale. In later years she was a scholar in the field of James Joyce's writings. In 1993, she received the Distinguished Alumna award from UW-Madison.

Mamie Nachtwey Trackett (1882-1945), Mary Trackett Reynolds' mother, was a grade school teacher before her marriage to, and after the death of, Jacob Trackett. She taught in Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Wyoming. She also supplemented the family income by renting out rooms in her home.

Father Walter J. Fitzmaurice (1859-1930), the maternal uncle of Mary Trackett Reynolds, was ordained a Monsignor in 1921 in Appleton, Wisconsin.

James or Jacob Peter Trackett (1867-1914) was Mary Trackett Reynolds' father. His family, whose name was spelled variously as Trackat, Tracket, Trackett, or Trakat, was from eastern Prussia. His father Julius (1824-1877) and grandfather Christoph or Kristoff Trackett (1783-1858) settled in West Bend, Wisconsin in 1851. Because of a legal dispute over land Julius moved to Saginaw, Michigan and later to Dawson, Plum Creek, Nebraska.

Mary Trackett Reynolds' husband, Lloyd George Reynolds (1910-2005) was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. He met Mary at Harvard where he received his Ph.D. in economics. A specialist in labor economics, he was a professor at Johns Hopkins University and Yale. His paternal and maternal lines included the Carl, Lewis, Moore, Williams, Webster, and Walker families.

West Bend, Wisconsin was the site of Mary Trackett Reynolds' summer home and her paternal homestead, settled by the Trackett family in 1851.

Family Trees

All information in these family trees comes from information in the collection. Names in bold have more documents pertaining to them than names not in bold.

Nachtwey

• Henry Nachtwey , b. 1819 Germany
• + Anna Maria Kellner , b. 1821 Alsace; m. circa 1847; d. 1892
• • Mark Nachtwey , b. Apr 5, 1850 Manitowoc Co., WI; d. Apr 15, 1939
  • + Celia Fitzmaurice , b. 1856 WI; m. circa 1880; d. 1908 Outagamie Co., WI
  • • Mamie Agnes Nachtwey , b. Apr 23, 1882 Manitowoc Co., WI; d. Mar 19, 1945 Baltimore Co., MD
    • + Jacob Peter Trackett , b. 1867 Washington Co., WI; m. Jun 14, 1911; d. Jul 12, 1914 WI
    • • Mary Cecelia Trackett , b. Jan 11, 1913 Milwaukee Co., WI; d. Aug 28, 2000
      • + Lloyd George Reynolds , b. 1910 Alberta, Canada; m. Jun 12, 1937 Milwaukee Co., WI; d. Apr 09, 2005
      • • Priscilla, Anna, Roger Reynolds, b. after 1938 Baltimore Co., MD

Fitzmaurice

• Michael Fitzmaurice , b. 1810 Ireland; d. Sep 27, 1883 WI
• + Bridget McDermott , b. 1825 Ireland; m. 1850, d. WI
• • Celia Fitzmaurice , b. 1856 WI; d. 1908 Outagamie Co., WI
  • + Mark Nachtwey , b. Apr 5, 1850 Manitowoc Co., WI; m. circa 1880; d. Apr 15, 1939
  • • Mamie Agnes Nachtwey , b. Apr 23, 1882 Manitowoc Co., WI; d. Mar 19, 1945 Baltimore Co., MD
    • + Jacob Peter Trackett , b. 1867 Washington Co., WI; m. Jun 14, 1911; d. Jul 12, 1914 WI
    • • Mary Cecelia Trackett , b. Jan 11, 1913 Milwaukee Co., WI; d. Aug 28, 2000
      • + Lloyd George Reynolds , b. Dec 22, 1910 Alberta, Canada; m. Jun 12, 1937 Milwaukee Co., WI; d. Apr 9, 2005
      • • Priscilla, Anna, Roger Reynolds, b. after 1938 Baltimore Co., MD
  • Walter J. Fitzmaurice , b. 1859; d. 1930 WI
  • Annie Fitzmaurice, b. circa 1860
  • Katie Fitzmaurice, b. circa 1860

Trackett

• Christoph Trakat , b. 1783 East Prussia; d. Oct 4, 1858 Saginaw Co., MI
• +Caroline Morand, b. 1795; m. circa 1821; d. Jul 7, 1883 Saginaw Co., MI
• • Leopold Trakat , b. 1822 East Prussia; d. 1903
  • Julius Trakat , b. 1824 East Prussia; d. Jun 19, 1877 Dawson Co., NE
  • + Mary Jane Brown , b. May 1838 OH; m. Dec 15, 1856; d. 1923 Washington Co., WI
  • • Jacob Peter Trackett , b. 1867 Washington Co., WI; d. Jul 12, 1914 WI
    • + Mamie Agnes Nachtwey , b. Apr 23, 1882 Manitowoc Co., WI; m. Jun 14, 1911; d. Mar 19, 1945 Baltimore Co., MD
    • • Mary Cecelia Trackett , b. Jan 11, 1913 Milwaukee Co., WI; d. Aug 28, 2000
      • + Lloyd George Reynolds , b. 1910 Alberta, Canada; m. Jun 12, 1937 Milwaukee Co., WI; d. Apr 9, 2005
      • • Priscilla, Anna, Roger Reynolds, b. after 1938 Baltimore Co., MD
    • John Trakat , b. 1858 WI
    • Philip Herman Trakat, b. 1861 WI
    • Caroline Trakat, b. 1864 WI
    • George Trakat, b. 1866 WI
  • John Herman Trakat , b. 1827 East Prussia; d. 1911 Saginaw Co., MI

Reynolds

• David Reynolds , b. NY
• + unknown spouse
• • Charles Henry Reynolds , b. Jun 4, 1826 NE; d. Sep 22, 1922 Big Stone Co., MN
  • + Betsy Minerva Webster , b. May 8, 1845 Sauk Co., WI; m. Mar 19, 1859 WI; d. Jun 22, 1908 Dunn Co., WI
  • • George Franklin Reynolds , b. Apr 18, 1883 Dakota territory; d. Mar 24, 1960 CA
    • + Dorothy Florence Carl , b. Jul 20, 1889 NE; m. Apr 18, 1909 Alberta, Canada
    • • Lloyd George Reynolds , b. Dec 22, 1910 Alberta, Canada; d. Apr 9, 2005
      • + Mary Cecelia Trackett , b. Jan 11, 1913 Milwaukee Co., WI; m. Jun 12, 1937 Milwaukee Co., WI; d. Aug 28, 2000
      • • Priscilla, Anna, Roger Reynolds, b. after 1938 Baltimore Co., MD

Webster

• James Webster, b. 1793 NH
• +Betsey (-?-), b. 1799 VT, m. before 1822 Canada
• • Hiram Webster, b. 1822 Canada
  • Henry V. Webster, b. 1827 Canada
  • May (or Mary) Webster, b. 1832 Canada
  • +G. W. Walker
  • Sarah Henrietta Webster, b. 1834 OH
  • +David B. Reynolds, b. NY; m. Mar 1850
  • Betsy Minerva Webster , b. May 8, 1845 Sauk Co., WI; d. Jun 22, 1908 Dunn Co., WI
  • + Charles Henry Reynolds , b. Jun 4, 1826 NE; m. Mar 19, 1859 WI; d. Sep 22, 1922 Big Stone Co., MN
  • • George Franklin Reynolds , b. Apr 18, 1883 Dakota territory; d. Mar 24, 1960 CA
    • + Dorothy Florence Carl , b. Jul 20, 1889 NE; m. Apr 18, 1909 Alberta, Canada
    • • Lloyd George Reynolds , b. Dec 22, 1910 Alberta, Canada; d. Apr 9, 2005
      • + Mary Cecelia Trackett , b. Jan 11, 1913 Milwaukee Co., WI; m. Jun 12, 1937 Milwaukee Co., WI; d. Aug 28, 2000
      • • Priscilla, Anna, Roger Reynolds, b. after 1938 Baltimore Co., MD

The Nachtwey-Trackett-Fitzmaurice papers document a number of families who homesteaded in Wisconsin in the mid-1800s. The papers date from 1745 to 1993, with the bulk of the material dating from 1930 to 1993. The collection was compiled by Mary Trackett Reynolds and her husband Lloyd Reynolds in the course of their genealogical research. It consists of their research notes and correspondence, diaries, journals, scrapbooks, greeting cards, probate records, wills, pension records, census records, birth and death certificates, photographs, household financial records, historic letters, and property maps.

The papers are divided into seven series, GENERAL RESEARCH, NACHTWEY FAMILY, FITZMAURICE FAMILY, TRACKETT FAMILY, REYNOLDS FAMILY, WEST BEND, WISCONSIN, and VISUAL MATERIALS.

The GENERAL RESEARCH series includes correspondence calendars, research notes, reference books, lists of searches, and bibliographies that relate to more than one family.

The NACHTWEY FAMILY series documents a family that came to Wisconsin around 1849 and settled in Manitowoc County. The series includes a history of Manitowoc County, research notes, vital records, land and census records, pedigrees, and burial locations.

The FITZMAURICE FAMILY series consists of papers documenting an Outagamie and Manitowoc County family who settled in Wisconsin in 1851. The series includes correspondence with the Irish genealogical office in Dublin, maps, birth certificates, probate records, death certificates, land deeds, and census records. Included are several diaries of Walter J. Fitzmaurice's trips to Ireland and Italy, his 1904 passport application, a few newspaper clippings about his appointment as monsignor, mass cards, and his will.

The TRACKETT FAMILY is the most extensively documented family in the collection. Julius and Kristoff Trackett settled in West Bend Township, Washington County, Wisconsin in 1851. They came from Prussia. The Trackett family intermarried with the Brown and Schenberg families which are also well documented in this series. The Genealogical Research Files subseries documents Mary Trackett Reynolds' efforts to trace the Trackett line back to Germany, and to include descendants living in Europe. Because of this, the series contains German language documents--both historical documents and modern correspondence written in German. Many of the German documents have English translations. Also included are a correspondence calendar, maps, birth certificates, diaries, letters, probate records, wills, death certificates, land deeds, census records, notes of indenture, and homestead papers for this family as well as criminal proceedings involving a land jumper who killed a sheriff on Trackett land in Nebraska.

The Mamie Nachtwey Trackett subseries consist of materials that were created by Mamie Nachtwey (1882-1945) during the course of her life while she was yet a single woman, during her marriage, and after the death of her husband. It also paints a very detailed picture of the life of teachers in the early decades of the 1900s. This subseries consists of scrapbooks, autograph books, and ledgers that contain her birth and marriage certificates, assorted correspondence, school report cards, essays Mamie wrote in high school, letters of application, the teacher certificates she earned, rejection letters, letters of recommendation, drawings, and directions to her son-in-law to be followed on her death. The ledgers list her salary and detailed expenditures, supplemental income from boarders, and some ledger listings by Mary Trackett Reynolds during her college years.

The REYNOLDS FAMILY series contains documents produced while researching the families related to Lloyd George Reynolds. The Reynolds intermarried with the Carl, Moore, Williams, Lewis, Webster, and Walker families. These families resided in Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, and British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. Contents include a correspondence calendar, maps, birth certificates, a family tree with family group sheets, probate records, death certificates, land deeds, and census records. The series also includes a small folder of miscellaneous material from New York and Harvard (1937-1939).

The WEST BEND, WISCONSIN series documents Mary Trackett Reynolds' research on the history, property ownership, and land use in the Town of West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin. Contents include maps, probate records, legal proceedings, some historic board of supervisors meeting minutes, land deeds, census records and tax records, and compiled histories for the Town of West Bend.

The VISUAL MATERIALS series consists of photographs of members of these families, gravestones, and houses and remains of a homestead. Also included are two images of Plum Creek, Nebraska, an engraving, and a small painting done by Mary Trackett Reynolds.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Bruce Reynolds, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2005. Accession Number: M2006-015

Processing Information

Processed by Sonia Yaco (Intern), May 2006.

Mss 1015	Series: General Research
Box   1 Folder   1	Bibliography, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Census forms, 1989-1992
Box   1 Folder   3	Genealogical notes, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Genealogy: Carl, Moore, Walker, etc., 1982-1983
	Searches
Box   1 Folder   5	Census, 1965-1991
Box   1 Folder   6	Records other than census and veterans, 1969-1971
Box   1 Folder   7	Veterans records, 1970-1971
Box   1 Folder   8	Wisconsin History Checklist and bibliography, 1971-1983
Box   1 Folder   9	Wisconsin reference, 1905-1984
Box   1 Folder   10	Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society, 1973-1999
	Series: Fitzmaurice Family	⇧
Box   2 Folder   1	Fitzmaurice general, 1963-1991
	Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   2	Family members, 1975-1991
Box   2 Folder   3	Irish genealogical office, 1977-1979
Box   2 Folder   4	Maps, 1971-1976
Box   2 Folder   5	Manitowoc County Historical Society, 1874-1977
	Fitzmaurice family members
Box   2 Folder   6	Ann, undated
Box   2 Folder   7	Bridget, 1871-1910
Box   8 Folder   1	Martin J., 1850-1910
Box   2 Folder   8	Michael, 1850-1884
Box   2 Folder   9	Mother Michael, 1745-1971
Box   2 Folder   10	Owen, 1910
Box   2 Folder   11	Walter J., 1900-1930
Box   8 Folder   2	Appointment as Monsignor, 1921-1930
Box   2 Folder   12-13	Diaries, circa 1880-1904
	Series: Nachtwey Family	⇧
Box   2 Folder   14	Nachtwey--list of contents, undated
Box   2 Folder   15	Nachtwey general, 1878-1983
Box   2 Folder   16	Nachtwey--German genealogical research, 1985
Box   2 Folder   17	Nachtwey/Keller, 1842-1990
	Nachtwey family members
Box   2 Folder   18	Al (Aloysius), undated
Box   2 Folder   19	Anton, 1870-1918
Box   8 Folder   3	Anton, 1856-1976
Box   2 Folder   20	Celia (Fitzmaurice), undated
Box   8 Folder   4	Henry, 1857-1880
Box   2 Folder   21	Mark, 1910-1984
Box   2 Folder   22	Michael, undated
Box   2 Folder   23	Mrs. AP (Eveleen), 1952-1971
Box   2 Folder   24	Potter, Mrs. Elmer Matilda (Tillie Nachtwey), 1902-1971
	Series: Trackett Family	⇧
	Mamie Nachtwey Trackett
Box   3 Folder   1	Autograph book, 1885-1891
Box   3 Folder   2-3	Scrapbooks, 1897-1944
Box   4 Folder   1-2	Ledgers, 1911-1929
Box   8 Folder   5	Scientific high school diploma, 1899
	Genealogical Research Files
Box   4 Folder   3	Chronology--Trakat in USA, undated
Box   4 Folder   4	Trakat German Branch, circa 1919
	Farm in West Bend
Box   4 Folder   5	Abstract of land, 1848-1929
Box   4 Folder   6	Maps, 1965-1976
Box   8 Folder   6	Maps, 1964
Box   4 Folder   7	History, 1853-1977
Box   8 Folder   7	Plum Creek, Dawson, Nebraska, 1874-1986
Box   4 Folder   8	Tracketts in Saginaw, Michigan, 1918-1985
Box   4 Folder   9	Trackett census, 1870-1880
	Correspondence
Box   4 Folder   10	Carrie Howlett, Bruce Crossing Michigan, 1985-1986
Box   8 Folder   8	Kurt Trakat, 1812-1993
	Family Members
Box   4 Folder   11	Carl and Christoph, 1812-1993
Box   4 Folder   12	Carl and Leopold, 1812-1973
Box   9 Folder   1	Christoph maps, undated
Box   4 Folder   13	Hans-Georg, 1994
Box   4 Folder   14	Henry, 1860
Box   9 Folder   2	Jacob and Mary wedding certificate, 1911
Box   4 Folder   15	John H., 1828-1911
Box   4 Folder   16	Jonathan, 1790-1973
Box   4 Folder   17	Julius, 1851-1987
Box   5 Folder   1	Leopold, 1822-1993
Box   8 Folder   9	Leopold map, 1969
Box   5 Folder   2	Leopold journal, 1844
Box   5 Folder   3	Kristion, 1764-1916
Box   5 Folder   4	Peter, 1850
Box   5 Folder   5	Brown-Schenberg list of contents, undated
	Brown
Box   5 Folder   6	General, 1850-1973
Box   5 Folder   7	Correspondence with living members, 1969-1975
Box   9 Folder   3	Census Ohio, 1830-1840
	Brown family members
Box   5 Folder   8	Andrew and Mary Jane, 1838-1922
Box   8 Folder   10	Elizabeth, 1870
Box   5 Folder   9	Francis, 1852-1971
Box   5 Folder   10	George census, 1880-1900
Box   5 Folder   11	Isaac, undated
Box   5 Folder   12	Jacob, 1812-1971
Box   5 Folder   13	Paul, 1829-1902
Box   5 Folder   14	Schenberg genealogical materials, 1972-1973
	Schenberg family members
Box   5 Folder   15	Francis, 1860-1976
Box   5 Folder   16	Joseph, 1809-1919
Box   9 Folder   4	Joseph, Randolph, Wisconsin map, 1846
Box   5 Folder   17	Margaret, undated
Box   8 Folder   11	Mary Jane family tree, undated
	Series: Reynolds Family	⇧
	Carl
Box   5 Folder   18	Chronology, undated
Box   5 Folder   19	Correspondence, 1971-1975
Box   5 Folder   20	Census, 1850-1860
Box   6 Folder   1	Passenger lists, circa 1830-1860
	Carl family members
Box   6 Folder   2	George, 1900
Box   6 Folder   3	Old day book of, 1892-1893
Box   6 Folder   4	Possible parents of, 1850-1977
Box   6 Folder   5	Louise Nell Moore (Mrs. George Carl), undated
Box   6 Folder   6	Rufus, 1900-1977
	Moore
Box   6 Folder   7	General, 1961-1973
Box   6 Folder   8	Clay County, Indiana Plat Book, 1959
Box   6 Folder   9	Ephraim, 1870
Box   8 Folder   12	Ephraim, 1843-1887
Box   8 Folder   13	Joab, 1850-1973
Box   8 Folder   14	Reynolds, Lloyd George, ancestors of, 1850
Box   8 Folder   15	Reynolds, New York items, 1937-1939
Box   6 Folder   10	Reynolds, Walker, Webster, undated
Box   8 Folder   16	Reynolds, Walker, Webster censuses and biographies, 1846-1920
Box   6 Folder   11	Webster census, 1880-1900
Box   6 Folder   12	Webster family members: James, 1848-1870
	Williams family members
Box   6 Folder   13	Henry, 1900
Box   6 Folder   14	John R., 1880-1972
	Series: West Bend, Wisconsin	⇧
Box   6 Folder   15	Cedar Lake history project, 1864-1971
Box   6 Folder   16	Maps, most of Washington County, 1892-1949
Box   7 Folder   1	Washington House, undated
	Town of West Bend
Box   6 Folder   17	Biographies, undated
Box   6 Folder   18	History, 1899
Box   7 Folder   2- 4	Census, 1840-1910
Box   6 Folder   19	Atlas, 1915
Box   6 Folder   20-27	Maps, 1859-1958
Box   7 Folder   5	Map, 1915
Box   6 Folder   28	Board of Supervisor Minutes, 1848-1880
Box   6 Folder   29	Road Supervisors Records, 1848-1859
Box   6 Folder   30	Tax records - section 20, 28, & Village, 1849-1860
Box   6 Folder   31	Tax roll, 1851
Box   7 Folder   6	Old Records and Maps, 1864
PH 6458	Series: Visual Materials	⇧
	Brown
PH Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence with living relatives
PH Box   1 Folder   2	Andrew and Mary Jane
PH Box   1 Folder   3	Francis
PH Box   1 Folder   4	Paul
PH Box   1 Folder   5	Carl, George
PH Box   1 Folder   6	Carl, Louise Nell Moore
PH Box   1 Folder   7	Fitzmaurice, Michael
PH Box   1 Folder   8	Nachtwey/Keller
	Nachtwey
PH Box   1 Folder   9	Multiple subjects
PH Box   1 Folder   10	Henry
PH Box   1 Folder   11	Mark
PH Box   1 Folder   12	Mrs. AP (Eveleen)
PH Box   1 Folder   13	Plum Creek, Nebraska
PH Box   1 Folder   14	Trackett, Jacob P.
PH Box   1 Folder   15	Trakat, Kurt, 1984
PH Box   1 Folder   16	Trackett, Mamie Nachtwey