Linda, My husbands' grandfather, Andrew J. Strahan was born in Golden, Illinois on Sept. 26, 1874. His (possible) brother, John Strahan, was born in La Prairie, Illinois in Nov. 1880. I am trying to find out if they are brothers. I do know A. Strahan did have a brother named John. Is La Prairie still around? I can't find it on our road atlas. Is it in Adams or Hancock County? Lisa
Lisa well that name does not sound familuier to me but that does not mean he was not there or that name I will do some checking around, I need to see if my cousin is still the post master there he would know. and yes LaPrairie is still there it has a post office and at one time a school it used to have a dinner and severial stores as well i had a cousin that had a plummer buisness there. and yes it is in adams county. let me tell how to find it. find Quincy then go just a bit north and find hwy 24 you will go through a row of small towns and just 3 miles past camp point you will see a road that turns and goes north to Golden continue past golden and you go to a y in the hwy you turn right go to the next y in the road and turn left continue in to La Prairie. a lot of my grandmothers family lived in la prairie and the surrounding area the sims/simpson/anderson/prunty/colvert just to name a few. hope this helps will talk to you soon i will check in to some things I have ! on the area maybe I can help you. Linda GLRPMDAVIS@aol.com wrote:Linda, My husbands' grandfather, Andrew J. Strahan was born in Golden, Illinois on Sept. 26, 1874. His (possible) brother, John Strahan, was born in La Prairie, Illinois in Nov. 1880. I am trying to find out if they are brothers. I do know A. Strahan did have a brother named John. Is La Prairie still around? I can't find it on our road atlas. Is it in Adams or Hancock County? Lisa ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== List Members need not respond to subscribe and unsubscribe messages. The List Administrator will provide the help needed. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237