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