I am looking for any information on Henry Venhaus.  I know that he was born in Germany but he died in 1894 or 1896 in Aviston, IL.  He was married to Christine (Jansen) Venhaus - born Nov. 1, 1846 and died Jan. 25, 1936.  I have Christine Venhaus's death certificate but I cannot seem to get one on Henry Venhaus.  Christine Venhaus is buried in St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Aviston, IL.  There is a tombstone for Heinrich Venhaus in the same cemetery but I have not proof that this is the Henry Venhaus I am looking for.  If anyone knows where I can get information or has any information on this Henry Venhaus, please write back through this website or through my email address - [email protected]  Thank you. Phyllis (Kues) STroud

Hi, Phyllis, Perhaps others will respond also. Linda H.: If you are going to the library this weekend to look up other obits, would you please see if there is anything on Henry/Henrich Venhaus who died on 14 Feb 1896 and/or on Christine Jansen Venhaus who died on 25 Jan 1936. Those dates are unproofed as of now. Four of us are in the process of reading the tombstones in Aviston now. We do have the stones for Henry and Christine, (and 8 other Venhaus'es so far) but, like you, we can't tie them together through the stones since the people were buried chronologically according to date of death. We haven't talked to the priest yet so we don't know the climate there for responding to genealogy queries, we've been asked to wait another two weeks before we try to talk to him. If we get to look at the death books, perhaps we'll find the clues for you. Check back in a month or two for an updated status. Our 1920 Census searcher is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/census/1920/index.htm - but I don't see Elizabeth or any 74 years old Venhaus. If you go to the "Search our site for your Clinton County ancestor" at the top of our http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/ you'll find 23 links to Venhaus. If you go to http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=ILClinton perhaps you'll find some different links. Another possible searcher is http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/deathrec/record010.htm#sh_D-X_72 The cemetery searcher on http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/cemetery/index.htm . Some of the 1896 deaths were recorded and some were not. He was probably one of the "not's" since he isn't on the http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/deathrec/record010.htm Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:41 PM Subject: [ILCLINTON] Henry Venhaus > I am looking for any information on Henry Venhaus. I know that he was born > in Germany but he died in 1894 or 1896 in Aviston, IL. He was married to > Christine (Jansen) Venhaus - born Nov. 1, 1846 and died Jan. 25, 1936. I have > Christine Venhaus's death certificate but I cannot seem to get one on Henry > Venhaus. Christine Venhaus is buried in St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Aviston, > IL. There is a tombstone for Heinrich Venhaus in the same cemetery but I have > not proof that this is the Henry Venhaus I am looking for. If anyone knows > where I can get information or has any information on this Henry Venhaus, please > write back through this website or through my email address - > [email protected] Thank you. > > Phyllis (Kues) STroud > > > ============================== > 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 >