In Chicago, Illinois for the year 1888, did they have marriage applications for marriages? I have the marriage license for Mary Andersen & her 1st husband, Conrad Strand but there is no family information on the license. Now that I know that Mary/Marie Andersen is the birth mother of my grandmother, I am trying to find something to start with to find parental information on Mary. The only thing I know is that she was born Dec 1869 Norway & that she came to the United States when she was about 16 years old (according to the 1900 census). Thanks, Donna

AHHHH what a place!!! Riverview Park!! In 1960 I was 12 years old. We would go with one of the moms on the block that was off in the summer. Usually on the CTA bus. I always liked the Cannon Ball, Parachute Ride and the Freek Show (I am sure there is a more politicly correct name for it now). That always gave me goose bumps!!! When did it close its doors? Dale -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Wayne J. Straight" <woichi01@comcast.net> > Hi Laurie; > > Maybe these sites will help you out. Cheers, Masugu > > www.riverviewparkchicago.com/ > chicago.urban-history.org/sites/parks/rivervie.htm > www.defunctparks.com/parks/IL/riverview/riverviewpark.htm > history.amusement-parks.com/riverviewmain.htm > > Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933 > memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?cdn:12:./temp/~ammem_nDDC:: > memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?cdn:11:./temp/~ammem_nDDC:: > > NewsBank InfoWeb > Historical Archive > Chicago Tribune (IL), 1953-06-02 > Riverview parkBy the Way > PDF Display: > http://image2.newsbank.com/img-ctha/clip/1953/06/02/19530602C006310002000023.pdf > > Chicago Tribune (IL), 1960-05-08 > Riverview Park > PDF Display: > http://image2.newsbank.com/img-ctha/clip/1960/05/08/19600508C006310002100026.pdf > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Laurie; Maybe these sites will help you out. Cheers, Masugu www.riverviewparkchicago.com/ chicago.urban-history.org/sites/parks/rivervie.htm www.defunctparks.com/parks/IL/riverview/riverviewpark.htm history.amusement-parks.com/riverviewmain.htm Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933 memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?cdn:12:./temp/~ammem_nDDC:: memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?cdn:11:./temp/~ammem_nDDC:: NewsBank InfoWeb Historical Archive Chicago Tribune (IL), 1953-06-02 Riverview parkBy the Way PDF Display: http://image2.newsbank.com/img-ctha/clip/1953/06/02/19530602C006310002000023.pdf Chicago Tribune (IL), 1960-05-08 Riverview Park PDF Display: http://image2.newsbank.com/img-ctha/clip/1960/05/08/19600508C006310002100026.pdf

Is this the Minnie De Beers who appears in the 1900 census with son Emil and daughter Catherine? If so, please note that she is listed as being Married. I had a g-grandfather who did not appear with his wife and children after 1900. The story was that he had died while on a journey. I found out in the 1930 census that he had moved out west, "married" and had another family. Perhaps your William just absconded.

I need help with a brick wall that I have been working off and on for 26 years. I need a date of death and place of burial for: WILLIAM DE BEER OR DEBEER He was born in 1855 in Hannover He married WILHELMINA MARTENS (MARTIN) in 1879 in Arlington Heights, Il. WILHELMINA and their (7) children were all buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in Arlington Heights, Il. WILLIAM was known to travel back and forth to Freeport, Il. (Stephenson County). I have tried every spelling imaginable on the Il. Death Index. He is not the William De Beer who died in 1902. According to family legend, he died in 1899. He does not show up on the 1900 census with his wife and children. Any suggestions out there? I figured with all of these indexes online I would find him. He is my "Invisible Man" Thanks so much! Donna

You might want to send your memories to this fellow. http://www.riverviewmemories.com/ Mary >

I have never heard of this, but sure do have a lot of happy memories of those boats on the Shoot the Chutes at Riverview! Grace

Karl Marx was my great grandfather-- and I know a lot about him but one thing I am really wondering about is the boats he built. I really think it would be cook to find someone who still has one of his boats. They were built between 1913-1950's, With the WW 1 years void as being a German he could not do anything with water and boats. He built the boats of the "Tunnel of Love" and "Shoot the Shoots" at Riverview and also some gondolas at Villa laVince'??? That the "Rat Pack" had up near Wheeling. The Boat shop was at 2937 Elston Ave. I was only a baby when he died so know only stories and photos. He put a oval brass plate on each boat that said "Karl Marx Boat Builder" I was wondering if anyone has heard of this or know where I could maybe look to find someone with a boat. Thanks Laurie Visit my home page http://www.geocities.com/ljh9256/index.html Researching Preussen- Kr. Stolp-URLAUB, GOHR, Kr. Lauenburg-KRACK, RATEIKE, Unk--GERSCH, Also MARX, STILLER, RITTER, BLUMIL From Kr. Wohlau. Finnish--HENDRICKSON(HENTTU); Norwegian--PEDERDTR, SIMONSEN, JENSEN; Sweden--ISSAKSON/ISAKSEN Came to Cook County IL, Crow Wing Co. MN, Presque Isle Co. MI

Apparently I didn't save the actual url before the tinyurl below expired. Can someone send it again.. please. And I'll save it this time. thanks, MeLani =Subject: Chicago Tribune tiny URL =That Chicago Tribune site is open again. => http://tinyurl.com/9yoed =I swear this bounces off and one like a yoyo. It's not working again. = Kathy

You might try Bable Fish. http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Susan

HI Sharon, Is it the handwriting or can you make out the words but not understand them? My son, who took 4 yrs of German but now lives across state, showed me a website that helped me tremendously. I don't speak German either and was trying to communicate with a man over there who spoke no English. It's a little sketchy but we've been doing OK and getting the "gist" of each other's emails. Try: www.freetranslation.com Good luck in your search, Toni H. St. Peters, MO sjlbuethner-sheminee@att.net wrote: >I found one of my families on the Mecklenburg-Scherin 1867 >Census and there is a couple of columns that I can not figure out. > >I have saved it as a jpg, so could attach and send to anybody who >might be able to translate it. > >Thanks, > >Sharon > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

I found one of my families on the Mecklenburg-Scherin 1867 Census and there is a couple of columns that I can not figure out. I have saved it as a jpg, so could attach and send to anybody who might be able to translate it. Thanks, Sharon

Hi Melani; Didn't find a Hazel. These are all the William Pedersen obits for that time period. Cheers, Masugu 1958-03-10 Chicago Tribune (IL) PEDERSEN Edition: Chicago Tribune Walter William Pedersen, at St. Petersburg, Fla., March 6, 1958, beloved husband of Elsie M. nee Schnable; dear father of Walter William Jr.; grandfather of Judy, Lynette, and Nancy. Member of Avondale lodge, No. 921, A. F. & A. M. Services Tuesday, March 11, 2 p.m., at funeral home, 3440 N. Central avenue. Interment Acacia Park cemetery. Copyright 1958, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Record Number: 19580310dn062 1961-02-26 Chicago Tribune (IL) Pedersen Edition: Chicago Tribune Pedersen, William Sr., beloved husband of Rose, loving father of Roy and William Jr.; brother of James, Louis, and Gertrude; grandfather of three. Services Tuesday, 2 p.m., at funeral home, 6150 N. Cicero avenue, at Hiawatha. Interment Mt. Emblem cemetery. PE 6-3833. Copyright 1961, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Record Number: 19610226dn102 1961-02-26 Chicago Tribune (IL) William Pedersen Sr. Edition: Chicago Tribune Services for William Pedersen Sr. 72, of 6631 N. Lightfoot av., will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel at 6150 N Cicero av. He died Saturday in his home. He was a founding partner of Pedersen Brothers Tool and Supply company, 623 Washington blvd. He leaves his widow, Rose; two sons, Roy and William Jr.; two brothers, and a sister. Copyright 1961, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Record Number: 19610226ob012 1964-01-17 Chicago Tribune (IL) Pedersen Edition: Chicago Tribune William F. Pedersen, Jan. 16, 1964, beloved husband of Florence Pedersen, nee Peterson; dear brother of Edward O. Pedersen and Jennie Johnson. At Lain & Son Chapel, 5501 N. Ashland avenue, where services will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m. Interment at convenience of family. Please omit flowers. Copyright 1964, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Record Number: 19640117dn078 1970-07-30 Chicago Tribune (IL) Pedersen Edition: Chicago Tribune John William Pedersen, loving son of Jacob and Esther Ecklund Pedersen; dear brother of Warren [Jeanne]; fond uncle of Glenn and Jacqueline Pedersen. Resting at Walter Quinlan Sons, 2122 W. 79th St., where services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. Interment Cedar Park Cemetery. Visitation after 3 p.m. Thursday. 874-7300. Copyright 1970, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Record Number: 19700730dn156

Here is the Wheaton library website: http://www.wheaton.lib.il.us/library/ If you search the vital records index under name, there are several Hiatts. http://wpl.wheaton.lib.il.us:81/ Susan

The Wheaton Library [DuPage Co] has a large geneology section. Unfortunately, the Wheaton Library is closed for several months while they move into their new library. The reference section may be available by phone. Wheaton also has an active historical society. I live in Winfield Township, but don't know that much about local history. You could try the Winfield Library. They are small, but very helpful. They might be able to look up DuPage Highlands. dolores

Thank you Grace and Mary and Lill and -pig -- and the List! I'm posting because I'm HAPPY -- this is solved! There was the essence of truth in my late husband's entertaining story of his birth -- the blizzard, the epidemic, Aunt Nan's death, the visiting doctor, Chicago -- however, thanks to Mary -- who found Aunt Nan's death record -- and looked up newspaper articles -- it all didn't happen on the same day. And Bob was right -- and NOT -- because DuPage was the location -- but not a suburb of Chicago -- but actually in DuPage County. The blizzard was 3 days BEFORE Bob was born (on New Year's Day, 1927) -- Aunt Nan died 3 days AFTER Bob died. The mumps epidemic was six months BEFORE -- but there were stories about whooping cough right then -- and 3 weeks later, MEASLES was being reported as having reached epidemic proportions. And Aunt Nan's death record states "Winfield Township -- DU PAGE COUNTY" And Aunt Nan WAS Bob's mother's aunt -- Nancy Abigail Eagy -- ANOTHER Colonial family, here in America before the Revolutionary War. So much for Bob's thought that he might be 3rd generation American. Maybe German. HIATT is an old Quaker name -- and Bob's HIATT family came with William Penn's second ship. LOTS of entertaining stories on the HIATT list -- and the HITE and HYATT -- some of the stories going back to the Spanish Armada. I LOVE genealogy! All of Bob's memories of family stories had a built-in potential for error -- as he'd heard (or overheard) them as a child -- for he left home at age 12, after his mother died. Without his mother to run interference between two hard-headed Hiatt's -- Bob didn't last under his father's roof for even two months. His Dad gave him a dollar when he left. He hitchhiked to New Jersey (from Maryland) -- and worked his way thru 9th grade (he tested out of 8th grade) at a 7th Day Adventist boarding school (Plainfield Academy), his last year of formal education. (GED in the service, 2 years college credit by exam, and a lifelong reading habit -- I have more academic credentials -- but -- he was a smart man.) Before he was 15, Bob was driving race cars in Florida, then working on a cattle ranch in Texas, working with forest rangers (fire tower) in the national parks out west -- and at age 16, on June 25 -- he went and registered for the draft for WW2-- claiming it was his birthday. So he got drafted. One way to get in to the service when you're under age, and aren't living with a parent -- who would NOT have signed for permission, anyway. Bob told me he grew five inches his first year in the service -- and at age 18, was a Forward Observer in the Phillipines -- and was one of five men who survived the experience -- and his hair turned white. He had an interesting life -- many jobs, many moves, many wives (:-) until he met me after his 3rd divorce -- and got me to move five times the first year we were married. Then I bought a house -- and I would NEVER move again. Or divorce him (:-) I did compromise -- we traveled. And camped every weekend. In an RV -- so I could take my house with me. He died in 2002, age 75 -- heart complications during/after appendectomy surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. I miss him every day. Finding the FACTS behind this family story has been so satisfying for me -- and such an eye opener. I only took a break for four years from the intense genealogy work Bob and I had been doing -- and the resources seem to have expanded immensely! Thanks to everyone who took the time to give me advice, or to "remember" how things used to be, and especially to Mary -- who kept GIFTING me with data, including Bob's Army record -- with the 1925 "birth" date. Thanks for asking me to post the follow-up, too -- I'm a retired social worker, and writing this does give me such satisfaction! ANOTHER puzzle is solved. Amazing! This list has been very good to me! Warm regards, Karen King Hiatt Rocky River, OH (suburb of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH). Now to save up and fix the RV -- and talk some grandchildrenin to traveling with me while we look at pioneer routes that took HIATT from Pennsylvania to Missouri (the last place we'd tracked his family, just before Bob died.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "grace w gathman" <wallace26@juno.com> To: <lill734@aim.com> Cc: <KarenHiatt@kingfamily.com>; <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Geography! "du page highlands" as a 1926 suburb of Chicago About that time, there were many developments starting on the outskirts of Chicago. Du Page Highlands rings a bell for me, but I can't quite place it. I THINK it was a development in the Downers Grove, Westmont area, but I could be wrong. It probably was an area near a town, and now has become part of a town. I live on what was a farm, subdivided by a builder as Wheaton Farms--forever lost to anyone but the tax assessor and still appears like that on our tax bill. When you solve this puzzle, will you post to the list? The forever curious need to know! Grace

What a wonderful story!!! I really enjoyed reading all of it. Lois in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "KarenKingHiatt" <KarenHiatt@kingfamily.com> To: "grace w gathman" <wallace26@juno.com>; <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Geography! "du page highlands" as a 1926 suburb ofChicago > Thank you Grace and Mary and Lill and -pig -- and the List! > > I'm posting because I'm HAPPY -- this is solved!

About that time, there were many developments starting on the outskirts of Chicago. Du Page Highlands rings a bell for me, but I can't quite place it. I THINK it was a development in the Downers Grove, Westmont area, but I could be wrong. It probably was an area near a town, and now has become part of a town. I live on what was a farm, subdivided by a builder as Wheaton Farms--forever lost to anyone but the tax assessor and still appears like that on our tax bill. When you solve this puzzle, will you post to the list? The forever curious need to know! Grace

It looks like the search should be in DuPage county. Illinois Archives has Nancy Eagy's death reported on January 4, 1927: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html EAGY NANCY ABIGAL F/W UNK 0220026 1927-01-04 DU PAGE WINFIELD TWP 27-01-05 KarenKingHiatt wrote: > My late husband, DeLoe Robert Hiatt, Jr. was born 1 Jan 1927 in "Dupage Highlands, Chicago, Illinois" -- and we never could find a birth certificate. Some time in the 1950's, Bob tried to get a copy -- and was told that the courthouse had burned down. > > The family story is that there was a mumps epidemic -- and a blizzard -- when Bob was born on New Year's Day, 1927. > > In the household (address unknown) were > his father, DeLoe Robert Hiatt, Sr. (b. 1896 Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana; railroad telegrapher) > his mother, Hazel Eagy Hiatt (b. 1895 Union City, Randolph County, Indiana; > his older brother, Howard Hershell Hiatt (or Hershell Howard Hiatt -- unclear, because of family stories and no documentation). Howard was 12 years old -- and had a serious case of the mumps -- > and his mother's Aunt Nan (probably Nancy Abigail Eagy, born 13 July 1844 -- who raised Hazel after the death of her mother in 1895 -- just a few days after giving birth to Hazel). > >

Google turns up that Dupage Highlands is a subdivision of the town of *West Chicago", not Chicago. See http://www.westchicago.org/about/documents/2005SUBDIV_CSIZE.pdf for map with location (small subdivision, north of FermiLab). --pig On 11/16/06 19:27, "KarenKingHiatt" <KarenHiatt@kingfamily.com> wrote: > My late husband, DeLoe Robert Hiatt, Jr. was born 1 Jan 1927 in "Dupage > Highlands, Chicago, Illinois" -- and we never could find a birth certificate. > Some time in the 1950's, Bob tried to get a copy -- and was told that the > courthouse had burned down. > > The family story is that there was a mumps epidemic -- and a blizzard -- when > Bob was born on New Year's Day, 1927. > > In the household (address unknown) were > his father, DeLoe Robert Hiatt, Sr. (b. 1896 Winchester, Randolph County, > Indiana; railroad telegrapher) > his mother, Hazel Eagy Hiatt (b. 1895 Union City, Randolph County, Indiana; > his older brother, Howard Hershell Hiatt (or Hershell Howard Hiatt -- unclear, > because of family stories and no documentation). Howard was 12 years old -- > and had a serious case of the mumps -- > and his mother's Aunt Nan (probably Nancy Abigail Eagy, born 13 July 1844 -- > who raised Hazel after the death of her mother in 1895 -- just a few days > after giving birth to Hazel). > > Also visiting was "Doc" Huddleston (probably medical doctor A.F. Huddleston of > Winchester, Indiana, a colleague and friend of DeLoe Sr's father, Enos Riley > Hiatt -- with whom he would die in an automobile accident in 1936 -- traveling > together from Indiana to Florida on Christmas Day -- ). > > So. Bob was born, Aunt Nan died -- there was a blizzard -- Howard was 12 and > very sick with the mumps -- and so were his parents. And there was an > important visitor in the house. > > In today's world, there would have been a newspaper article, at least > something in the "social notes" (:-) > > I can't find anything. Sigh. (I should NOT be complaining -- five years ago > we didn't have a clue as to who anyone was -- now I've got names, birthdates, > stories, even big newspaper articles about the automobile accident in 1936. > But this is BOTHERING me. Bob's been dead for four years now, and I'm still > looking in to this! > > I'm trying to figure out whether I should be looking in Cook County -- or > DuPage County -- for birth and death information. > > Can someone help me on this? > > Is there a city directory for 1926 where I could look up the HIATT family? > > Census doesn't help -- by 1930, the family was in another state. Same for > 1920. "Telegrapher" must have been a mobile job -- as family stories also put > DeLoe Sr. in Cleveland while the Hope Memorial Bridge was being built > (Lorain-Carnegie bridge, later re-named for Bob Hope, a native son) > -- and his brother Rhea S. Hiatt, also a telegrapher, in Chicago by the > 1930's -- where HE died in the 1940's. > > I used to think it was odd that the sons traveled so much -- until I found > more ancestry information -- and HIATT family members have been on the move > since the emigration from England on William Penn's second ship -- and they've > been Quaker forever -- > until Howard's -- and then -- DeLoe Sr.'s conversion to 7th Day Adventist -- > > Another story. If you're a fan of Jethro Kloss's Back to Eden, DeLoe Sr. was > the publisher. > > Enough. I do write LONG when I'm telling family stories. > > Thanks for reading this -- and for any help offered to me. > > Warm regards, > > Karen King Hiatt > Rocky River, OH (suburb of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County) > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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