Bonnie, Stoos/Stoss and Kreager(looks like a misspelling to me) appear in the "Patrons' Directory" at the end of the History of DuPage County, Illinois (C. W. Richmond. 1877). "In the following Directory are given the country in which the several patrons were born; also their Post Office address, occupation, politics, religion, and the year in which they came to DuPage county:" (page 220) "Stoss, Andrew. France. Naperville, farmer, catholic, 1853." (page 241) "Kreager, Valentine. Germany. Naperville, saloon, democrat, catholic, 1841." (page 232) Is Richmond's book worth buying? I think it depends on how much interest you have in the early history of the county. The book emphasizes, I think, political rather than social history--a natural focus at the time it was written. On the other hand, Harmon's history of Glen Ellyn was written in the 1920s when the community was well-established and when the earliest settlers had died. For this reason, I guess, her book reflects more interest in what ordinary life was like then (not just who held what offices) and stories from the early settlers whose descendants remained in the area. I prefer her book because it allows me to better imagine what life was like for these people, even though the book doesn't contain much specific info. about my ancestor. Has anyone else on the list seen some of the other county histories? Christine -----Original Message----- From: Dagen, Bonnie <Bonnie_Dagen@gbophb.org> To: ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 06, 2000 2:07 PM Subject: RE: [ILDUPAGE] History Look-up Offer >Yes, thanks for doing this for me. Andrew Stoos was my >great-great-grandfather (they have it spelled wrong in the book). (Andrew A. >Stoos was my great-uncle). I found out yesterday that Andrew Stoos was >married Jennie (Jeanette?) Kreiger and I've just begun to dig around for >links to the name Kreiger, making the assumption that they would be in Du >Page County. > >Valentine Kreager may very well be related (misspelled?). Does the book >offer any other info about people or just names? Is it worth buying? > >THANK YOU SO MUCH >Bonnie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christine Grogan [SMTP:grogan@go-concepts.com] > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 12:07 PM > To: ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILDUPAGE] History Look-up Offer > > I find entries for Andrew STOSS and Valentine KREAGER. Different >names, but > do these seem like possibilities? > Christine > -----Original Message----- > From: Dagen, Bonnie <Bonnie_Dagen@gbophb.org> > To: ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Friday, October 06, 2000 12:32 PM > Subject: RE: [ILDUPAGE] History Look-up Offer > > > Christine- > How nice of you to offer to do lookups! I was hoping to get to >Naperville > over this weekend to do some checking around. Do you see these >names? > > Stoos > Bestler > Kreiger > > Thank you so much. Bonnie > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christine Grogan [SMTP:grogan@go-concepts.com] > > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 11:04 AM > > To: ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ILDUPAGE] History Look-up Offer > > > > I have bought copies of the books History of DuPage County, >Illinois > >(C. W. Richmond, 1877) and The Story of An Old Town--Glen Ellyn >(Ada > Douglas > >Harmon 1928). Both books have name indices, and I am willing to do >lookups > >in them. > > Christine Grogan > > grogan@go-concepts.com > > > > > > > >