Hi Karen, The IL Death Index is on-line [free], and shows that 4 Nora Gibbons died [from 1916 - 1950]. http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html Two of the 4 died in Chicago - one in 1929 and one in 1932. One died in 1935 in Peoria [aged 59]. The 4th one died in Lake Co., IL in 1929. There are 2 Loretta Gibbons in Chicago in 1930 [a third one is just 5 years old]. One [b. 1881] is the wife of Augustine Gibbons and one [b. 1893] is the daughter of Mary E. Gibbons [she b. Ohio]. This later one appears to be the same Loretta Gibbons in the 1920 Census as born abt 1888, daughter of Patrick A. [b. abt 1857 Ireland - Imm. 1871] and Mary E. Gibbons [b. abt 1862 Ohio]. The later Loretta Gibbons may be the same one shown in the SSDI as being born 18 June 1888, d. Feb 1973, Last Residence Chicago, IL. I still can not get into the Trib, but perhaps somebody else can look for an obit. This Loretta should have sisters Jessie and Florence. Hope this helps, Sharon B. On 10 Dec 2006 at 2:05, KarenKingHiatt wrote: My great-grandfather Michael Moran was an heir to Nora Gibbons, who died about 1935. I think in Cook County. Her will was probated in Chicago -- and Loretta Gibbons was the executrix. GG-Mike Moran's mother was a GIBBONS -- and his sisters are also named as heirs in the probate document (married names Halloran, Caine, Henderson, and Graf. His half-sister and half-brother (NOT Gibbons children) were NOT named. So I'm thinking that Nora Gibbons was a relative of GG-Moran's mother, who died at age 37, in 1872, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH. We don't have enough information about GGGrandmother Maria Gibbons Moran to search in Ireland yet (no parish or townland listed on any documents here in Ohio -- but Grandma told me they came from Newport, County Mayo, Ireland) Maybe a death notice for Nora Gibbons -- or maybe a later one for Loretta Gibbons -- might give us some clues. Thanks for your help. I do some cemetery photographs in the Cleveland area -- once the snow melts! -- would be glad to help someone! Warm regards, Karen from COLD Rocky River, OH (suburb of Cleveland). ----- Original Message ----- From: "KarenKingHiatt" <KarenHiatt@kingfamily.com> To: <COOK-CO-IL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:58 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Chicago Probate Document -- ca 1935 -- Gibbons, Moran,Cain, Doherty, Gillman, Langan, Henderson, Elliott, Kellish,Smith, Halloran, Subject: Gibbons, Moran, Cain, Doherty, Gillman, Langan,Henderson, Elliott, Kellish, Smith, Halloran, Here's a transcription of a probate document I found after my Dad died in 2001 -- and it mentions all of the names above -- plus a couple that were hard to read. We have some of the OHIO connections -- looking for the Chicago connections. Is this of interest to anyone? ************** 1935(?) VERY FAINT photocopy of a page of a legal document - from the Probate of Nora Gibbons, deceased. (transcribed in 2002) State of Illinois County of Cook In the Probate Court of Cook County IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NORA GIBBONS, Deceased Docket # 317 [might be 517] Page 101 [might be 161] File 176769 [176 might be 178 or 170; 769 might be 789 or 709] N O T I C E To: [First column] Thomas Gibbons Michel [sic] Moran John Cain Julia Cain Mary Gibbons O'Donnell Edward Doherty Mary Gibbons [D or W or ?]alton Gloria Gillman Anna Langan John Langan Nellie Gibbons [H or ?]arridge [Second Column] Mary Henderson Nora Moran Thomas Cain Margaret Cain Margaret Doherty Robert Doherty Anna Gibbons Elliott Gail Gillman George Langan Patrician Langan Loretta Gibbons [Third Column] Margaret Halloran Jennie Graf Owen J. Cain Frances Cain Kellish Donald Doherty Paul Doherty Florence Gibbons [F or ?]leisch Forest Smith Catherine Langan Louis Langen Jennie Gibbons Heinz [Typed across ALL THREE columns] Florence Gibbons, Legatees and heirs-at-law of Nora Gibbons, Deceased: You, and each of you, are hereby notified that by order of the Probate Court entered in the above Estate on March 27th, [possibly 1935 or 1939] , the undersigned Loretta Gibbons, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Nora Gibbons, deceased, will sell at public sale to be held at 1214-155 [or 165] N. Clark Street, Chicago, on Wednesday, the 1st Day of May, 1935, at the hour of 1 o'clock P.M., the following goods and chattels belonging to the Estate of amtd [presumably, "above-mentioned"] deceased, to wit: 1 promissory note dated April 8, 1925 [year is not clear] made by Bernard J. Kewin [or Kowin] and wife for $1,000.00 secured by real estate located at 4838 [could be 4939 or 4030 or ?] Forestville Avenue; 2 promissory notes dated August 10, 1929 for $500.00 each, made by John P. Schofield [name not clear, might be Sarofield, but there are Schofield's on the KING side of the family] and wife, due August 10, 1939, with interest of [unreadable single digit - might be 6, might be 0] % per annum, secured by trust deed on real estate at 9002 [0 might be 6] S. Oakley Avenue; 1 Gold [unreadable four digits] No. 190 on the Sumerdale [sic] Apartments for $500.00 due August 20, 193[?], with interest of [6 or 0] % per annum; 1 Certificate of Deposit No. 11???? For $1,000.00 at 6% per annum, issued by the Straus National Bank & Trust Company, dated February 1?th, 1922 [or 23 or ??] 8 shares of the common stock of the John ?. Thompson Company, No. ?? 7768, [page ends here - nothing else in the packet]. ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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