Linda, Thanks. I will have to find out more about her family elsewhere. Her husband Barney Hilmes is buried in St. Clare's cemetery in Altamont and his family was from Breese and Aviston, IL in Clinton Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lambert" <ktlkate@extremezone.com> To: <ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 10:30 AM Subject: RE: [ILEFFING-L] Looking for information on Mary Dettert > I forgot to say that I checked the graves near her and found no apparent > link to anyone. It looks to me like she is all alone there. > > Linda > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linda Lambert [mailto:ktlkate@extremezone.com] > > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 7:59 AM > > To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com > > 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. > > > > ==== 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. >