Hello List, Is there anyone who knows anything about this Chicago children's hospital that was located at 606 W. Fullerton Ave. (pre 1909 numbering). I did a google search, but came up with nothing. Thanks for any information. Judie Mason Chiicago IL

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Walter RANG which was taken at the S. A. Rivkin Studio in Chicago, Illinois. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1890's or early 1900's with Walter likely in his teens at the time it was taken. In addition to his name, someone has written "Christmas Entertainment" on the back of the photograph. Walter is in costume in the photograph so I'm guessing that he was in a Christmas play or pageant, the reason for the additional comment. Based on limited research I was able to find this RANG Family in census records as follows: 1880 census of LaGrange, IL: Charles RANG, age 27, born Sweden, a Laborer, parents born Sweden Joanna RANG, wife, age 25, born NY, Keeps House, parents born Norway Walter RANG, son, age 1, born IL John LOSER, other, age 27, born Sweden, a Laborer, parents born Sweden 1900 census of Chicago, IL: Charles RANG, age 47, born May 1853, married 21 years, born Sweden, parents born Sweden, to USA 1874, a Showcase Maker Anna RANG, wife, age 45, born Mar 1855, married 21 years, 5 children/5 living, born IL, parents born Norway Walter C. RANG, son, age 20, born Nov 1879, born IL, a Clerk at Public Library Alma RANG, dau, age 18, born July 1881, born IL, an Office Worker Thora A. RANG, dau, age 15, born Sept 1884, born IL, at School May RANG, dau, age 12, born Sept 1887, born IL, at School Carl RANG, son, age 10, born Feb 1890, born IL, at School Hetland TOLLAK, roomer, age 23, born Mar 1877, born IL, parents born Norway, a Printer 1910 census of Chicago, IL: Walter C. RANG, age 30, married 6 years, born IL, parents born Sweden/IA, a Post Office Mail Carrier Georgiania RANG, wife, age 31, married 6 years, 1 child/1 living, born OH, parents born OH/IN Vesper G. RANG, dau, age 5, born IL 1920 census of Chicago, IL: Walter RANG, age 40, born IL, parent born Sweden/Ireland, a Post Office Station Examiner Georgia RANG, wife, age 40, born OH, parents born OH/IN Vesper RANG, dau, age 14, born IL I am hoping to locate someone from this family so that this fabulous old photograph can be returned to the care of family. If you are a member of this RANG Family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I did a check today and did not find one. Sorry Dale -----Original Message----- From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of cathie Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 3:49 PM To: COOK COUNTY Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] OBIT LOOKUP Could some kind soul look up an obit for me? I cannot find my link to the Trib archives. Otherwise I'd check for myself. looking for Janice Renee Burgess under age 5 between 1954 & 1962 Thank you for any help. If anyone has the url for the Trib I would be most grateful CATHIE owtlaw1@charter.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Could some kind soul look up an obit for me? I cannot find my link to the Trib archives. Otherwise I'd check for myself. looking for Janice Renee Burgess under age 5 between 1954 & 1962 Thank you for any help. If anyone has the url for the Trib I would be most grateful CATHIE owtlaw1@charter.net

Harry is in the Cook County School for Boys. I found an Eva Carlsen age 35 born Michigan parents born Germany who is a stenographer children are Dorothy b. IL age 12 , Kenneth b. MA age 10 and Richard b. MA age 8 who are listed as step children of Eva's husband Chris. the children's surname is Swift. Is it possible she remarried before the 1930 census? This is the only Dorothy with a mother named Eva. I didn't find the other children listed anywhere. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "J & G Hamilton" <jnghamilton@sbcglobal.net> To: <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:35 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] census lookup please? > Could SKS help with a 1930 census lookup? Can't seem to find my > Ggrandmother. I thought she went to live with her mother after she > was widowed, but I found her mother in the census at 1124 Hickory in > Chicago. Can't find Eva's family. > > Eva (Rutkowski) Sowka - widow, born 1893 in Chicago, so she'd be > about 36 years old > children: > Florence (b. 1913) > Harry (b. 1914) > Loretta (b.1916) > John Elmer (b.1917) > Dorothy (b.1919) > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Jack & Gail Hamilton > jnghamilton@sbcglobal.net > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Regarding James M(a)cDonald I found the family in the 1900 - 1910 - 1920 Census records for Chicago!! They are living on the south side where the rest of my Canadian family eventually settled. The 1900 census was especially helpful as it gives the month and year of birth which matches his known birth date. Perhaps the name of his wife and children will help in finding his obituary. James M(a)cDonald - Head - Born Feb 1870 Elizabeth - Wife born Feb 1877 Irene - Daughter bor Feb 1898 James - Son - born July 1899 Edward - Son - born abt 1905 Lois Hello good people... > > I'm hoping someone can find a really old obituary for: > > James Malcomb Donald McDonald (could be spelled MacDonald) > Born: February 8, 1870 in Elora, Ontario, Canada > Died: October 14, 1934 in Chicago. > > I don't have a wife's name or children's name but I strongly believe he > had a son James McDonald who was a cousin to my grandmother. Gram made a > point of telling me that that branch of the family spelled MacDonald > without the "a". > > He would have had surviving sisters, Alma, Sarah Isabella, Kate Maude, and > Ethel Florence...all of Ontario, Canada. > > Thanks so very much for your continued help in filling out my family tree. > I couldn't do it without you. > > Lois in CA

Could SKS help with a 1930 census lookup? Can't seem to find my Ggrandmother. I thought she went to live with her mother after she was widowed, but I found her mother in the census at 1124 Hickory in Chicago. Can't find Eva's family. Eva (Rutkowski) Sowka - widow, born 1893 in Chicago, so she'd be about 36 years old children: Florence (b. 1913) Harry (b. 1914) Loretta (b.1916) John Elmer (b.1917) Dorothy (b.1919) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jack & Gail Hamilton jnghamilton@sbcglobal.net

Hello good people... I'm hoping someone can find a really old obituary for: James Malcomb Donald McDonald (could be spelled MacDonald) Born: February 8, 1870 in Elora, Ontario, Canada Died: October 14, 1934 in Chicago. I don't have a wife's name or children's name but I strongly believe he had a son James McDonald who was a cousin to my grandmother. Gram made a point of telling me that that branch of the family spelled MacDonald without the "a". He would have had surviving sisters, Alma, Sarah Isabella, Kate Maude, and Ethel Florence...all of Ontario, Canada. Thanks so very much for your continued help in filling out my family tree. I couldn't do it without you. Lois in CA

Am looking for the obit for Charles W. FORBUSH b. Nov 1865 MN d. 1958 MA Charles lived in Cook county from about 1893 until after 1930. He was m. to Fannie, who was b. Feb 1866, d. Dec 30, 1903 in IL Grace Maude Dailey,b. abt 1876, d. bef 1958 in IL After Grace died, Charles went back east to live with a niece. I have census records and the obit for his mother, Eliza [Gates] Forbush, who d. Feb 11, 1918. Thanks, Sharon

dolores desideri wrote: > I know my GGF Vaclav followed the usual Chicago tradition and changed > his name to James with an occasional John thrown in to keep me on my > toes, but I don't remember what name [Bohemian] Voiteck's usually > used. Please remind me. Vojtech is usually Adalbert or Albert. Jim

Hello All. I wish to thank everyone who helped in my search for records I lost! :-) In addition to the records for my Grandmother.. Elisabetta "Rose" Saracco ness Angelicchio, A kind soul who just happed to visit Ricigilano Italy the month before sent me pictures of the town with some building standing in rubble from the earthquake from 1980. This town is in the mountains of Italy and the pictures were totally amazing! They also sent pages for the town records that were dug out of rubble after the 1980 quake. This info confirmed all the research I did on my own! After moving to NC coast from Chicago I thought my research would be a dead end. Thanks to everyone with your help. ~Dianna Saracco-Farish~

Also available at your local LDS Family History Center on microfilm. If not at that location, they can be rented for a period of 6 weeks from the main LDS library in Salt Lake City through your local FHC at a small fee. The films stay at the FHC for the period of time allotted and can be viewed there. Pat Hansen -----Original Message----- From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SHieber@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:04 AM To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Chicago City Directory On Line I am looking for Chicago City Directories for 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917. Do they exist? Are any online, since I do not live in Illinois? Could you suggest the libraries that might have these City Directories? I hope to find who was living at an address in Chicago during these years. Susanne ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not online, but maybe this will help. The Newberry Library in Chicago has city directories for that time period: http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/chicago.html *Chicago city directories*. 1839-1870 (irregular), _*1871-1917*_ (every year), 1923, 1928/29 on microfilm behind 2nd floor reference desk. Maybe the reference desk there can help you: http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/contact.html SHieber@aol.com wrote: > I am looking for Chicago City Directories for 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917. > Do they exist? > Are any online, since I do not live in Illinois? > > Could you suggest the libraries that might have these City Directories? > I hope to find who was living at an address in Chicago during these years. > >

I know my GGF Vaclav followed the usual Chicago tradition and changed his name to James with an occasional John thrown in to keep me on my toes, but I don't remember what name [Bohemian] Voiteck's usually used. Please remind me. dolores

Sorry, that should have been immigrated in 1885. Someday, I'll learn not to do these things when I'm tired. dolores On May 24, 2007, at 2:02 AM, cook-co-il-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > My GGP's immigrated to Chicago from Bohemia in 1855 out of Hamburg > Germany. Once this large blended family landed in New York, I loose > them until 1900. I know they were in Chicago, but I've never turned > up anything for them. I believe they would have lived in the entry > neighborhood of 18th or 19th St. north of Pilsen. > > My GGPs were Jan Antos 1842 and Anna Janecek Antos 1851. There were > four Antos kids; Vaclav 1864, Antonia 1869, Franz 1876, Felix > 1877, and the Janeceks; Antonia 1868, Voiteck 1870, Anton 1876, > Maria 1877. GGF Jan died in 1916, and GGM Anna died in 1934. > > I've tried all the databases in Ancestry, including wildcard searches > on Antos. Any ideas for tracking them. > > > > > dolores desideri > Looking for: Desideri, Innocenti, Lupori, Lenzi, Priban, Preban, > Janecek, and Antos. > > "Remember always, that all of us - are descended from immigrants?" FDR

I am looking for Chicago City Directories for 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917. Do they exist? Are any online, since I do not live in Illinois? Could you suggest the libraries that might have these City Directories? I hope to find who was living at an address in Chicago during these years. Susanne ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

I would like to thank everyone who sent the information on the 1900 census for Priebe, I really am grateful. Mary H. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

If they were in Chicago in the time of the fire, that will create a problem for you as records were lost. Don't forget to allow for the horrible spelling and interpretations of those who took the census's, etc. In the years I have been doing this the mutilations of even the simplest names would put some in shock. Char ----- Original Message ----- From: "dolores desideri" <ddesideri@earthlink.net> To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:20 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] lost years My GGP's immigrated to Chicago from Bohemia in 1855 out of Hamburg Germany. Once this large blended family landed in New York, I loose them until 1900. I know they were in Chicago, but I've never turned up anything for them. I believe they would have lived in the entry neighborhood of 18th or 19th St. north of Pilsen. My GGPs were Jan Antos 1842 and Anna Janecek Antos 1851. There were four Antos kids; Vaclav 1864, Antonia 1869, Franz 1876, Felix 1877, and the Janeceks; Antonia 1868, Voiteck 1870, Anton 1876, Maria 1877. GGF Jan died in 1916, and GGM Anna died in 1934. I've tried all the databases in Ancestry, including wildcard searches on Antos. Any ideas for tracking them. dolores desideri Looking for: Desideri, Innocenti, Lupori, Lenzi, Priban, Preban, Janecek, and Antos. "Remember always, that all of us - are descended from immigrants…" FDR ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My GGP's immigrated to Chicago from Bohemia in 1855 out of Hamburg Germany. Once this large blended family landed in New York, I loose them until 1900. I know they were in Chicago, but I've never turned up anything for them. I believe they would have lived in the entry neighborhood of 18th or 19th St. north of Pilsen. My GGPs were Jan Antos 1842 and Anna Janecek Antos 1851. There were four Antos kids; Vaclav 1864, Antonia 1869, Franz 1876, Felix 1877, and the Janeceks; Antonia 1868, Voiteck 1870, Anton 1876, Maria 1877. GGF Jan died in 1916, and GGM Anna died in 1934. I've tried all the databases in Ancestry, including wildcard searches on Antos. Any ideas for tracking them. dolores desideri Looking for: Desideri, Innocenti, Lupori, Lenzi, Priban, Preban, Janecek, and Antos. "Remember always, that all of us - are descended from immigrants…" FDR

Chicago Ward 15 Page 253A ED 497, sheet 3 (3 is crossed out and either a 1 or a 7 is written) 1530 North California Avenue Parents Carl & Wilhelmina; Priebe and 8 children Margaret   -----Original Message----- From: MCHAHOHE@aol.com To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 23 May 2007 3:33 pm Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] 1900 Census lookup Could some kind person do a lookup for me in the 1900 Census for Emma Priebe orn 1885, I don't have her parents names. That is what I'm trying to find ut. I believe they live in cook county. I also believe she was born in llinois. Any help would be appreciated. If I can get the WARD , ED, AND PAGE # an look it up. ary H. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.