Brick, Thomas

Abt 1861 - Abt 1943  (~ 82 years)

• Name	Brick, Thomas
  Birth	Abt 1861	Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1870 Census	1870	Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 18
  Listed living with parents age 9 born in Wisconsin.
  1880 Census	1880	Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 240a
  Listed living with parents age 18 born in Wisconsin
  Land Record	1889	Askeaton, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  1889 Brown County Plat Book
  	Brown County Plat Book 1889 Towns of Fort Howard, Howard, Holland, Humboldt and Lawrence.
  1900 Census	1900	Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  ED 39, page 05a
  Thomas Brick 58 Jennie Brick 47 John Brick 23 Joseph Brick 21 Raymond Brick 18 [20] May Brick 18 Michael Brick 16 Earl Brick 15 Adrian Brick 13 [12] Walter Brick 10 Wilbert Brick 10 Norbert Brick 8 Ella Brick 7 Lester Brick 5
  1910 Census	1910	Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 06a
  Listed living with wife and 9 children age 50 married 14 years born in W is parents born in Ireland, Jennie 39, 9 children 9 alive, born in Wis, Jo hn 13, Joseph 12, Bernard 10, Mary 8, Michael 6, Charles 4, Adrian 2, Walt er 1, Wilbert1.
  1920 Census	1920	Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 05a
  Listed living with wife and 12 children Thomas Brick 58 Jannie Brick 47 John Brick 23 Joseph Brick 21 Raymond Brick 20 May Brick 18 Michael Brick 16 Earl Brick 15 Adria Brick 12 Walter Brick 10 Wilbert Brick 10 Norbert Brick 8 Ella Brick 7 Lester Brick 5
  Death	Abt 1943
  Burial	Abt 1943	St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Askeaton, Wisconsin, USA
  		Brick, Thomas St. Patrick Cemetery, Askeaton, Wisconsin
  News Mention	3 Sep 2000
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  2000 Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Sept. 3, 2000. Dennis McCann Askeaton - Every other time I had driven right on by. Not this time. Maybe it was the afterglow of Irish Fest, or maybe it was that I wasn't exactly headed anywhere, so why not stop to check out the sign that read "Askeaton - Irish Country."And I was not misled. The first farm on Hill Road was a Finnegan's, and there were shamrocks on the front of Holland Town Hall. Halfway up Hill Road was St. Pat's Church Road, and up St. Pat's Church Road was St. Patrick 's Catholic Church itself, its steeple stretching toward heaven. And across the road, as I had suspected, was a cemetery filled with Burnses and Brennans, Meehans and Shannons, even a cluster of Clancys. It was Irish country, all right, and has been for more than 150 years. That much I could read with my own eyes, if nothing else from the 1856 on the cemetery sign and the names on the stones. But behind those obvious clues was a larger story of immigrant America and pioneer Wisconsin, a story filled out in a history of Askeaton I borrowed from Father Al Geisler ("like the potato chip") when he emerged from his rectory to mail a letter and found me in the parish bone yard.Askeaton (originally called East Holland) was still covered with virgin timber when the first Irish settlers arrived in the early 1850s, refugees of the devastating potato famine. Some were from Askeaton, in County Limerick, and so the name was resurrected in the new world. Soon land was cleared for farms, a small log school was built and also a small log church to house the growing congregation of Irish Catholics. Of course it was called St. Patrick's. As the community continued to grow, it became evident that a larger church was needed, so funds were sought and plans drawn. The basement was dug by parishioners with teams of horses and scrapers and in November of 1908 the current St. Patrick's Church, which still has 250 members, was blessed and dedicated.Today there is little other than the church and scattered farms to suggest Askeaton was once a thriving little place. Its mailing address is actually Greenleaf. But there was a time baseball followed 8 o'clock Mass, and there were cheese factories, a depot, post office and both parochial and public schools just a hundred-yard dash from each other in the shadow of the church's steeple.The separate schools share a neat historical footnote. For some years, Franciscan nuns taught the area's first and second grades at the parochial school, and also taught third through eighth grades at the public school, a blurring of church and state boundaries that ended under a frown from Madison in 1953. And the day there were not enough nuns for St. Patrick 's school, either, said John F. Hart in his story of Askeaton, "was a sad day indeed, and it took a number of years to get over the shock."The real fun of reading Hart's account was not so much the official story of Askeaton as the unofficial stories of its residents. Thomas Brick, a prosperous farmer with 12 children, was noted for playing nice sweet music on his violin. Patrick Clancy danced the jig and played violin in the church choir. Thomas Hart had an orchestra that played for dances, Michael Kelly ran Kelly's Saloon and none other than one Patrick Hart became the first priest-son of St. Patrick's Church. Askeaton was once a place where loose pigs on the highway could be confiscated, where widowed ladies were given $20 in aid from taxpayers and music mattered."The Irish didn't need much of an excuse for a house party," Hart wrote. " If they would run short of an anniversary, they would make one up! I went to a few of these parties as a boy. One night there was a party at Thomas Brick Sr.'s and I watched 'Long' Maurice Summers do the 'Irish Clog .' It fascinated me so that from that night on I tried to imitate him."None of that, of course, was in evidence the day I stopped by. Askeaton was country quiet, as it always is, said Father Geisler, except on Sunday mornings or for parish picnics. But I'm glad I read Hart's account of what once was to lend context to the names on the stones. I like cemeteries, but it's nice to know a place once had life, too.Contact Dennis McCann at (414) 224-2528, e-mail him at dmccann@onwis.com or write him at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Box 371, Milwaukee, WI 5320 1.
  Person ID	I34180	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Brick, Michael S.,   b. Abt 1821, , County Limerick, Ireland d. 5 May 1893 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Finley, Mary Kennedy,   b. Abt May 1820, , , , Ireland d. Abt Dec 1910, Askeaton, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 90 years)
  Family ID	F6209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Geier, Jennie,   b. Abt 1873, Brillion, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA d. Abt 1958 (Age ~ 85 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1895
  Children	1. Brick, John Clement,   b. 23 Nov 1896, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 31 Aug 1985, Greenleaf, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 88 years)   2. Brick, Joseph Patrick,   b. 18 Mar 1898, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 15 Jun 1971 (Age 73 years)   3. Brick, Raymond James,   b. 13 Jan 1900, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 25 Apr 1964, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 64 years)   4. Brick, Mary,   b. Abt 1901   d. Abt 1989 (Age ~ 88 years) + 5. Brick, Michael Francis,   b. Abt 1904, Askeaton, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 12 Oct 1942, Maple Grove, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 38 years) + 6. Brick, Carl,   b. 4 Dec 1904, Askeaton, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 22 Nov 2001, Greenleaf, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 96 years)   7. Brick, Thomas Adrian,   b. 7 Apr 1906, Askeaton, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 4 Mar 1990 (Age 83 years)   8. Brick, Walter,   b. 30 Mar 1908, Askeaton, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 20 Sep 1989, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 81 years)   9. Brick, Wilbert,   b. 30 Mar 1908, Askeaton, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 4 Oct 1980 (Age 72 years)   10. Brick, Norbert,   b. 7 Oct 1910   d. 15 Jun 1996 (Age 85 years)   11. Brick, Lester,   b. 22 Aug 1913, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 5 Dec 1971, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 58 years)   12. Brick, Ella,   b. 25 Sep 1913   d. 11 Jan 1998, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F10978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2011