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)

We lived in Chicago when my daughter was born in 1953 at Great Lakes Naval Dependent's Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois. We had to send to the State of Illinois for her birth certificate, Maybe that is where you should try. Good luck. Lillian in Parma Heights, Ohio -----Original Message----- From: KarenHiatt@kingfamily.com To: COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 8:27 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Geography! "dupage highlands" as a 1926 suburb of Chicago 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

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). > >