Guess I thought an earlier reply went to the entire list but perhaps not. Thanks to all who responded. There was indeed a Bonaparte in DuPage Co. See the research by Cidney that follows: >Rich, Found it !! Bonaparte was established in 1846 south of the town of > >Danby which is Glen Ellyn now, Milton Twp. >It was dis-established in 1853 and re-established in 1854 and finally > >dis-established in 1859. > >The first postmaster was H. Dodge. >A book called Glen Ellyn's story gives a little history of it. A Mark and > >Mary Ann Davis, a bachelor and spinster who lived on Butterfield Rd. in a > >settlement called Bonaparte. The name was supposed to have derived from > >their strong headed father, Samuel Davis, who whom this was a nickname. > >At it's height, Bonaparte had a post office, a sawmill and a district school. > >The brother and sister, Mark and Mary Ann, were known for their lavish >partys. >The sawmill, was known as the Persus Barny Saw Mill. > >That area is located on Rt. 53 and Butterfield Road. > >I have a copy of the history, it's pretty long winded and mentions many >names. >I learned something new on this. >Cidney Elbert Derrick wrote: > > Can find no Bonaparte in Illinois, and I live in Du Page County. > > Earl Armbrust wrote: > > > >From "Illinois Place Names" compiled by James N. Adams published by Ill. > > State Historical Society 1989 page 298: "Bonaparte (Du Page). PO est. > > 7/21/1846; dis. 12/8/1853; reest. 2/21/1854; dis 7/11/1859." > > > > This is the only Bonaparte listing. > > > > Earl Armbrust > > > > At 03:40 PM 08/04/1999 -0500, you wrote: > > >I have come across a table of 1855 Post Offices that lists: > > > > > >POST OFFICE - Bonaparte > > >COUNTY - Du Page > > >STATE - Illinois > > >POSTMASTER - Samuel Davis > > > > > Is anyone familiar with this community? Where it was? When it was no > > >longer, etc.? > > > > > >Thanks - Rich > > >

Can find no Bonaparte in Illinois, and I live in Du Page County. Earl Armbrust wrote: > >From "Illinois Place Names" compiled by James N. Adams published by Ill. > State Historical Society 1989 page 298: "Bonaparte (Du Page). PO est. > 7/21/1846; dis. 12/8/1853; reest. 2/21/1854; dis 7/11/1859." > > This is the only Bonaparte listing. > > Earl Armbrust > > At 03:40 PM 08/04/1999 -0500, you wrote: > >I have come across a table of 1855 Post Offices that lists: > > > >POST OFFICE - Bonaparte > >COUNTY - Du Page > >STATE - Illinois > >POSTMASTER - Samuel Davis > > > Is anyone familiar with this community? Where it was? When it was no > >longer, etc.? > > > >Thanks - Rich > > > Earl N. Armbrust > 17413 Blodgett Road > Mount Vernon, WA 98274-7777 > <armbrust@fidalgo.net> > RootsWeb Sponsor

>From "Illinois Place Names" compiled by James N. Adams published by Ill. State Historical Society 1989 page 298: "Bonaparte (Du Page). PO est. 7/21/1846; dis. 12/8/1853; reest. 2/21/1854; dis 7/11/1859." This is the only Bonaparte listing. Earl Armbrust At 03:40 PM 08/04/1999 -0500, you wrote: >I have come across a table of 1855 Post Offices that lists: > >POST OFFICE - Bonaparte >COUNTY - Du Page >STATE - Illinois >POSTMASTER - Samuel Davis > Is anyone familiar with this community? Where it was? When it was no >longer, etc.? > >Thanks - Rich > Earl N. Armbrust 17413 Blodgett Road Mount Vernon, WA 98274-7777 <armbrust@fidalgo.net> RootsWeb Sponsor

Can someone please tell me if the Chapel Hill Gardens Cemetery in Oakbrook Terrace is on-line? My husband's great-uncle, ALLISON A. BRUCE is buried there, but we haven't been able to find any record of where his wife, VIRGINIA BRUCE, is buried. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Janis Mundy Reno, NV

I have come across a table of 1855 Post Offices that lists: POST OFFICE - Bonaparte COUNTY - Du Page STATE - Illinois POSTMASTER - Samuel Davis See (if long url comes through): http://www.umdl.umich.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?coll=moa&root=mm000017%2F0467list%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F&tif=00320026.tif&frames=1&frmtype=main&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fmoa.umdl.umich.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fsgml%2Fmoa-idx%3Fnotisid%3DAHJ3101a&view=75 Is anyone familiar with this community? Where it was? When it was no longer, etc.? Thanks - Rich

Dear "rooters": Does anyone know a Ray Adkins in the Wheaton/Chicago area whose father-in-law was ALLISON A. BRUCE who died on January 12, 1981 in Wheaton? I have been told by the Hultgren Funeral Home in Wheaton that the death information was furnished by Mr. Adkins. My 80 year old mother-in-law has been searching for her Uncle Allison for years. Through recent orphanage records and the social security death data index, we are quite certain that this is the correct ALLISON BRUCE. So far we haven't been able to find an obit for ALLISON BRUCE which would list living descendants. We think that he had 3 children. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Janis Mundy Reno, NV

In a message dated 7/26/99 8:43:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, psabin@bellsouth.net writes: << Pat Sabin DuPage County IL American Local History Network http://www.usgennet.org/~ahildupa/ >> Hi Pat, You sound incredibly busy. What a lot of wonderful stuff you have cookin. Bonnie Brewer

Hello, I had a computer problem and AOL ate my favorite sites autolist, my address book and all my old mail files. If I was supposed to write anyone, could you please drop me a line. I don't have any addresses or letters to refer to. Thanks. Bonnie Brewer

Hi, Everyone, I got some wonderful news today! I don't know how many of you have ready "Views of Historic Naperville" by Genevieve Towsley (reprints of her articles in the Naperville Sun), but it is such a neat book, full of biographies, histories and diaries. Today I received consent from Sun Publications to republish portions of the book to the DuPage County ALHN site. Of course, I'm starting with my favorite, which is Hannah Ditzler Alspaugh's diary. It is such fascinating reading, I'm going to upload as I chip away at it, and not wait until I'm finished. She includes excerpts from her sister's letters from California (her sister married in 1854 and went to CA with her groom and his family)that are very enlightening. I've been trying to collect some old postcards of DuPage County, but they are like hen's teeth. I've added some of my vintage Chicago cards to the site in the meantime. Someone beat me out of a vintage Naperville card yesterday ($40!), and I e-mailed him and asked, since I'd thrown in the towel, if he would consider scanning the card and sending it to me for the site. He collects Naperville memorabilia and said he would scan some things. It was a great day! I'm still trying to get to those 1857 town histories, because they are so wonderfully detailed. I've done all the histories from 1874 and the early town officers, but the rest is sitting for now while I work on Hannah's diary. If anyone has any old letters, documents, diaries, bios, etc., that you'd like to contribute, please let me know! Pat Sabin DuPage County IL American Local History Network http://www.usgennet.org/~ahildupa/

Hello Rooters: We are desperately searching for information regarding my husband's great uncle whose name was ALLISON BRUCE. According to the orphanage records, he was born July, 1892 in New York City. I found on the Social Security Death Data Index an ALLISON BRUCE, who was born July 14, 1892 and died July, 1981 in Wheaton, Dupage Co., Illinois. This gentleman's SS card was issued in New York before 1951. Does anyone have any avenues of looking up information for me in Wheaton, Dupage County? Your help would certainly be appreciated. None of our family has been in contact with him since the 1930's in New York City. Obits, CD's of vital statistics - anything? Thanks. Janis Mundy Reno, Nevada

Actually, the results probably will be better if you can scan the originals and send them as jpg files. If you have the software to do so, reduce the size of the image and crop out any matting around the picture. Then save as a .jpg file. If you will, give me a little warning before you send them, so I'll know what's coming through, and send each one separately as an attachment. Thanks a lot! Pat Sabin DuPage County ALHN: http://www.usgennet.org/~ahildupa/ aliceflu wrote: > > I have some black and white picture of places in Bensenville, do you want > copies sent to you or scanned and sent to you? Alice Fluegge > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pat Sabin <psabin@bellsouth.net> > To: <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 4:35 PM > Subject: [ILDUPAGE-L] Vintage Postcards & Photos > > > Does anyone have any old (preferably black & white) photos or postcards > > of DuPage County buildings or towns that you'd like to contribute to the > > DuPage County ALHN site? I hadn't planned to add photographs because > > they take up so much space...but they add so much! > > > > At this time I'm not looking for family photos (although I may later > > on), but if a family is in the photo, that's fine. > > > > Chicago postcards are fairly easy to find, but DuPage County is another > > story! Any help would be appreciated! > > > > Pat Sabin > > DuPage County American Local History Network > > http://www.usgennet.org/~ahildupa/ > > > > To see a similar collection for Jonesborough, TN, visit: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncjones/ > >

I have some black and white picture of places in Bensenville, do you want copies sent to you or scanned and sent to you? Alice Fluegge ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Sabin <psabin@bellsouth.net> To: <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 4:35 PM Subject: [ILDUPAGE-L] Vintage Postcards & Photos > Does anyone have any old (preferably black & white) photos or postcards > of DuPage County buildings or towns that you'd like to contribute to the > DuPage County ALHN site? I hadn't planned to add photographs because > they take up so much space...but they add so much! > > At this time I'm not looking for family photos (although I may later > on), but if a family is in the photo, that's fine. > > Chicago postcards are fairly easy to find, but DuPage County is another > story! Any help would be appreciated! > > Pat Sabin > DuPage County American Local History Network > http://www.usgennet.org/~ahildupa/ > > To see a similar collection for Jonesborough, TN, visit: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncjones/ >

Thanks, Nina. I'll contact some of them and see what can work out. Pat NOELLEHART@aol.com wrote: > > The historical societies of the cities within DuPage have great collections > of photos and postcards. I visited West Chicago's and they handed me a photo > of my great-grandfather at his home with his whole family. A phote we were > unaware of! There were wonderful postcards with old scenes depicted. Nina

The historical societies of the cities within DuPage have great collections of photos and postcards. I visited West Chicago's and they handed me a photo of my great-grandfather at his home with his whole family. A phote we were unaware of! There were wonderful postcards with old scenes depicted. Nina

Garland, JPG would be great, if you can save them that way. Pat Garland wrote: > > Pat: > > What file format do you want? I may have some of the Downers Grove area. > > Garland Edgell > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pat Sabin <psabin@bellsouth.net> > To: ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 4:29 PM > Subject: [ILDUPAGE-L] Vintage Postcards & Photos > > >Does anyone have any old (preferably black & white) photos or postcards > >of DuPage County buildings or towns that you'd like to contribute to the > >DuPage County ALHN site? I hadn't planned to add photographs because > >they take up so much space...but they add so much! > > > >At this time I'm not looking for family photos (although I may later > >on), but if a family is in the photo, that's fine. > > > >Chicago postcards are fairly easy to find, but DuPage County is another > >story! Any help would be appreciated! > > > >Pat Sabin > >DuPage County American Local History Network > >http://www.usgennet.org/~ahildupa/ > > > >To see a similar collection for Jonesborough, TN, visit: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncjones/ > > > >

Pat: What file format do you want? I may have some of the Downers Grove area. Garland Edgell -----Original Message----- From: Pat Sabin <psabin@bellsouth.net> To: ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 4:29 PM Subject: [ILDUPAGE-L] Vintage Postcards & Photos >Does anyone have any old (preferably black & white) photos or postcards >of DuPage County buildings or towns that you'd like to contribute to the >DuPage County ALHN site? I hadn't planned to add photographs because >they take up so much space...but they add so much! > >At this time I'm not looking for family photos (although I may later >on), but if a family is in the photo, that's fine. > >Chicago postcards are fairly easy to find, but DuPage County is another >story! Any help would be appreciated! > >Pat Sabin >DuPage County American Local History Network >http://www.usgennet.org/~ahildupa/ > >To see a similar collection for Jonesborough, TN, visit: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncjones/ > >

Does anyone have any old (preferably black & white) photos or postcards of DuPage County buildings or towns that you'd like to contribute to the DuPage County ALHN site? I hadn't planned to add photographs because they take up so much space...but they add so much! At this time I'm not looking for family photos (although I may later on), but if a family is in the photo, that's fine. Chicago postcards are fairly easy to find, but DuPage County is another story! Any help would be appreciated! Pat Sabin DuPage County American Local History Network http://www.usgennet.org/~ahildupa/ To see a similar collection for Jonesborough, TN, visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncjones/

Hi Does some one have access to the 1865 State census of Dupage county? would you please look-up NIKLAUS Math and Maria, children-- John, Mary, Charles, and August in Addison township. I would be most greatful. Florence Verndale, MN

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On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:37:13 -0400 Pat Sabin <psabin@bellsouth.net> writes: >Richard, > >It's an old list and has a really different address. Send your >request >to: cook-co-il-L-request@rootsweb.com > >In the body of the message, enter only the word: subscribe > Thank you, Dick ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.