Found this post on one of my mail lists. Thought I would pass it on to surronding mail lists that I belong to. My 4th Great Grandfather is buried under a damn because no one in the family knew it was being built back in the early 1900's. Marilyn Salem, OR >Hello, > >I live in St. Louis, Missouri and saw on the local news tonight that there >is a BRIDGETON MEMORIAL PARK - 1843 - 1963 ( North St. Louis) that is >looking for persons with family buried there. The airport is being >expanded and they are going to move the CEMETERY. > >Is there a way to get this message to as many listers as possible in a >short amount of time? > >Can you help! > >Pat Jones Smith >St. Louis, Missouri USA >MSmith3030@aol.com Kathy Mahmens <hawkeyes@rogersark.net> <http://www.rogersark.net/hawkeyes>
I have been told the county clerk will no longer look for records and they turned my letter over to the Genealogical Society so you might save time by writing them first. I don't remember what they told me they would charge but it wasn't much. Good Luck.
The Des Moines County Genealogical Society is the way to go. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9825 They will do research for $5 an hour, plus photocopies and postage - a real bargain. I have made 4 research requests this past year and am very pleased with their work. The longest I waited for my research was a month, but I had asked for a lot of information. Good Luck, Tina
Has anyone had experience getting vital records from Des Moines County? Is it better to go through the Des Moines Co. Genealogical Society or straight to the county clerk's office? (I'm seeking death certificates and doing this long distance.) I want to avoid getting them from the state. Is there an average turnaround time for either organization? Thanks in advance! Laura
Edith, My daughter is with me this week. She said that her gym teacher was a Miss Lamb through her four years of High School. This was the years of 1960 through 1964. Julie thinks that Miss Lamb was in her late thirties or early forties. Julie lives south of keosauqua now. I live in Minnesota. Iowa is still home to me. Margaret Parsons
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/DesMoinesBios/4 Surname: Iles ------------------------- >From the Portrait & Biographical Album of Des Moines County, Iowa, 1888, page 635. If you connect with this line please contact me for further information. HENRY ILES Henry Iles, deceased. To preserve the memory of the dead is as fitting as to record the lives of the living. Those who have lived were in many instances the equal of those who take their places in the world of action, and how many who peruse these pages will read historic accounts of pioneers in fact, who for almost half a century delved and toiled that those of their kindred should have homes in this beautiful country. It is not due then that mention be made of such men, who braved all the vicissitudes of early days in the new Northwest. Our subject, while not one of the first-comers to Des Moines County, was a man worthy and well known during his lifetime, and for a number of years his residence was upon a farm in Danville Township. He was born in Hocking County, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1826, and was a son of parents born in Pennsylvania, of German ancestry, who came to Ohio at an early day, and settled in the wild woods of that country. Several children were born before our subject, and the following are those living: Jacob, who wedded Minerva McBroom, resides in Vermilion County, Ill.; Maria, wife of Joseph McBroom, a farmer of Hocking County, Ohio; then our subject; Jeremiah, a minister of the United Brethren Church, and the husband of an Eastern lady, resides in Logan, Hocking County; and William, also a resident of that county, is the husband of Mary Deer. Henry Iles was married, in Ohio, to Maria Abbott, and two children were born of this union, though the mother and children are both now deceased. James, the son, married Jane Plunk in Ohio, and they were residents of Taylor County, Iowa, at the time of his death. Deciding to come West, Mr. Iles came to Iowa in 1856, locating upon the farm where his widow and daughters yet reside. The death of his first wife occurred in 1865, and three years later he made an overland trip to the gold fields of California, where he remained three years, accumulating quite a considerable sum of money, but his leniency to creditors and his well-known liberality melted away his savings, until he had but little to show for his California venture. After his return Mr. Iles was married to Miss Carrie Alspach, the ceremony being performed July 6, 1869. An extensive history of her family will be found in the sketch of William H. Alspach, of Danville. Until his last illness Mr. Iles was an indefatigable worker upon his farm. Two children came to bless his home, Bertha and Martha, both of whom are with their mother. No son can transmit the name of the worthy sire to future generations, but a record of uprightness is vouchsafed by the historian for a family equal to any. As a citizen, Henry Iles was one of the best. Honorable in all business details, upright in morals, and a Christian in thought and deed, quiet and unobtrusive in disposition, his life was spent in peace, and amid the plenteousness which surrounds those of careful and energetic habits. Mr. Iles left his wife and children comfortably off upon the homestead, near the village of Danville. Both himself and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of that village, and in his death a faithful adherent to the faith and a liberal member of the society was lost. His early toil and the hardships of the mining country perhaps had something to do with shortening his days, for he died when manhood should be in its prime, in his forty-ninth year. There are many who while reading this sketch will call to remembrance his genial smile and cheery word. A score of years passed in this township endeared Mr. Iles to the community in a high degree, and to make this record becomes a pleasure to the historian. Link: My Iles family database on My-Ged.com URL: <http://www.my-ged.com/iles/>
My grandfather, Orie Lamb was raised in Burlington and his brother, Emil Lamb, raised a family and died there. Any info appreciated. Edith Lamb Eason
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Bible Records Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/DesMoinesBibl/4 Surname: Yerian, Christensen ------------------------- Casey Jones and Ella Yerian married in the county of Des Moines around 1908 to 1914 +. Does anyone have any information on that line? I am a great granddaughter.
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ia/DesMoines/78 Surname: Brixey ------------------------- I am looking for anyone related to Larkin Richard Brixey or Elizabeth Ann O'Neil who were married in Des Moines July 5 1891.
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ia/DesMoines/77 Surname: FRANK VAN SITTERT, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VAN SITTERT, HARRY AUGUSTUS VAN SITTERT, MARY ELLEN VAN SITTERT, JESSICA FREEBORN VAN SITTERT ------------------------- Residence Des Moines Benjamin Van Sittert/wife Mary Ellen, five children harry, eugene, william, edward and frank
Looking for Kalb & Wolfe family info. My GG Grandfather, Ernest Charles Kalb (1847-1926) arrived in IOWA about 1854-55 and married Elizabeth Wolfe. She died in IOWA in 1939. Ernest took his children to Peoria, IL & they remained there. Any connections? Nancy Peoria, IL
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/DesMoines/76 Surname: Ingersoll ------------------------- You will have to s-mail this person. Her name is Dorothy Ingersoll Hopkins (Her married name). Mr. Hopkins is dead and i don't know if she goes by her maiden name or married name. I don't know if the Ingersoll's originally came from Des Moines Co., Ia. or not. This is her address: Dorothy Ingersoll Hopkins - Cato, N.Y. 13021 I went to school with her.
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/DesMoines/75 Surname: Ingersoll, Alden ------------------------- I am interested in early Ingersoll settlers 1840 on.Also the family of Abner and Eliza Elenor Alden.
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/DesMoinesObits/7 Surname: GRIFFITH ------------------------- I'm looking for the GRIFFITH family that lived in Van Buren Twp, Jackson Co. in the 1870 census. (father: George Griffith, wife: Eunice, children: Henry 1866 IA, Frank E. 2/1868 IA, and a daughter..Safionla 2/1870 IA). Parents of George were Clemons George(4/17/1797) and Miranda E.(Miller)Griffith (9/2/1806)..born in NY. Thanks!
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/DesMoines/74 Surname: Blank ------------------------- Seeking info on Blank family of Des Moines Cnty from 1850. Given names George, Catherine, Otto, Newton, Andy, Leo,Maria.
Shorty Gamble still has a grand-daughter who lives in Burlington that I know very well but I don't know anything about Shorty. Roberta Summers.
Contact the DM Co. Historical Society. I saw a picture of him in a book done by Dan Bied. The picture came from the Society.
Some time back someone on the list was going to check on information about a man by the name of "Shorty" Gamble who ran a gun shop in Burlington, IA and also was reputed to be a sports promoter in the area around 1910. Was any information ever found about Mr. Gamble? My grandfather, Joseph A. Tell, was a friend of this man and I'd like to know more about him. Thanks, Susan
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/DesMoines/72 Surname: ------------------------- Dear Barbara, I want to make sure that you intended to post a message to the Des Moines COUNTY, IA board. The city of Des Moines,IA is in Polk County. It is an easily understandable mistake and happens all the time on the Des Moines County IA mailing list. Just don't want you to miss connections on the Polk County board :o) Happy hunting, Tina
Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/DesMoines/71 Surname: CALLISON, WILLIAMS ------------------------- I am looking for descendants of Laura WILLIAMS who married John Franklin CALLISON. They had a daughter named Roberta who married Russell M. SANDERS and they lived in Des Moines, IA in 1977. Their children are John Alan Sanders and Janice Eileen Sanders. Russell Sanders was listed in the phone book as late as five years ago.