Linda, Thanks. Yes it does help. I think that she is definately my great-grandfather Hilmes' first wife. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lambert" <ktlkate@extremezone.com> To: <ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: RE: [ILEFFING-L] Looking for information on Mary Dettert > I checked my copy of the "reading" of St. Anthony's Cemetery. I found a > Mary Hilmes, born 18 Jan 1859 and died 1883. If this is the same one, she > is in Section II, Row 6, Grave #1. This reading was compiled by the Ann > Crooker St. Clair Chapter DAR, Volume XII, 1991. > > Hope this helps. > > Linda (in Arizona) > Effingham County IL Mailing List Administrator > Effingham County IL GenWeb Site Volunteer > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Smallwood [mailto:thehinge@magpage.com] > > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:36 PM > > To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ILEFFING-L] Looking for information on Mary Dettert > > > > > > > > Steve, my mother was a Deters......her family settled in Shelby County > > around that period. Her great-grandparents, grandmother and grandfather > and > > several uncles and aunts are buried in the small Catholic cemetary outside > > of Sigel, Illinois. > > > > I don't know that my mother had any great aunts or uncles from Altamont > > though. Marie Hilmes is most likely buried in the cemetary a few hundred > > yards from the house my mother grew up in....which is in Effingham. It's > > large though.....it'll be tough to find her stone, but perhaps she's > buried > > near some of my own relatives. My mother's parents, Elsie and Herbert > > Deters, are buried in the cemetary I speak of. I'm taking some to visit > > family right after Labor Day.....would you like me to try and find Marie's > > stone, Steve? Perhaps her parents are right next to her....could be. She > > did get transported to Effingham and that could be the reason. > > > > Matt Smallwood > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dorothy Brumleve" <brumleve@insightbb.com> > > To: <ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 3:43 PM > > Subject: Re: [ILEFFING-L] Looking for information on Mary Dettert > > > > > > > Excerpted from Effingham News As Reported in the Effingham Volksblatt, > > > 1884-1886, page 196: > > > > > > (From Thurs, Apr 15, 1886) Died: Mrs. Marie Hilmes, born Deters, died on > > > Sunday monring after suffering about six months from consumption at the > > > age of 30 years at the home of her husband, Mr. B.H. Hilmes, in > > > Altamont. The body was transported here [Effingham] via the Vandalia > > > Railroad on Tuesday, where the funeral at the Catholic cemetery took > > > place with a large number of participants. The deceased leaves behind a > > > grieving husband and four minor children to mourn her early demise. May > > > she rest in peace. > > > > > > Dorothy Brumleve > > > http://www.brumleve.org > > > > > > Marsha and Steve Leitzell wrote: > > > > > > > > I am looking for information on Mary Dettert from Effingham, IL. > > According to her husband's obituary in the Altamont News of June, 1929, > she > > was married to Bernard "Barney" Hilmes of Altamont, IL around 1875 and > > presumably died sometime before 1887. > > > > They lived in Altamont and had a daughter Anna, born 3/14/1878 in > > Altamont and died 7/26/1952 in Altamont. Barney later re-married (to Mary > > K. Lipsmeir-Wasmuth) and they lived in Altamont until their deaths in 1929 > / > > 1926. > > > > Does anyone know who Mary Dettert's parents and family were, and > > when / where she died? > > > > > > > > Steve Leitzell sleitzell@mchsi.com > > > > > > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > > > > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send > > e-mail to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > > > > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word > subscribe > > or > > > > unsubscribe in the message body. > > > > > > > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > > > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send > e-mail > > to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > > > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe > or > > > unsubscribe in the message body. > > > > > > > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail > to ILEFFING- > > L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > > unsubscribe in the message body. > > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > unsubscribe in the message body. >