I was about to ask the same thing, Dave. A list of the autographs would be most welcome. Busch wrote: > Hi, Dave, welcome to the list. Your understanding is right; it's also for > Iroquois and Kankakee. > > I'm sorry to say that I don't recognize the name GEORGE, but my > great-grandparents were married in Onarga in 1880. (Clara SPAWR and Charles > Ernest BARROWS) > > I have an ulterior motive in responding--your great-grandmother's autograph > book. There's the chance (hope) that the book contains autographs of > ancestors of members of this list. Would it be possible for you to look up > our names or maybe even post a list of the autographs in the book? > > Figuring it doesn't hurt to ask, > Laurel Busch > Reno, Nevada > lsbusch@accutek.com > > ==== ILFORD Mailing List ==== > **************************************************************** > RootsWeb > is entirely community-supported: your membership is crucial in > enabling RootsWeb to continue to add more genealogical data, Web > sites, and mailing lists. The degree of community support > directly affects RootsWeb's ability to grow. For details about > levels of RootsWeb membership and sponsorship, please visit: > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> -- Loretta Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iliroquo/ Ford County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilford/ Iroquois County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/

Hi, Dave, welcome to the list. Your understanding is right; it's also for Iroquois and Kankakee. I'm sorry to say that I don't recognize the name GEORGE, but my great-grandparents were married in Onarga in 1880. (Clara SPAWR and Charles Ernest BARROWS) I have an ulterior motive in responding--your great-grandmother's autograph book. There's the chance (hope) that the book contains autographs of ancestors of members of this list. Would it be possible for you to look up our names or maybe even post a list of the autographs in the book? Figuring it doesn't hurt to ask, Laurel Busch Reno, Nevada lsbusch@accutek.com

Hi folks, I am a new subscriber to this list. Am I correctly understanding that this list is also for Iroquois and Kankakee Counties, even though the address is ILFORD?? I am seeking descendants or individuals who might have knowledge of a GEORGE family who lived in the vicinity of Crescent City and Onarga, circa 1880's. I have my great-grandmother's autograph book which is 120 years old. It contains entries by two of her nieces, signed as follows: Allie GEORGE Crescent City, Ill. December 16, 1879 Orra M. GEORGE Crescent City, Ill. June 15, 1882 I believe Allie GEORGE is likely Alice Adelaide GEORGE, b. 7 Jan 1860, who married Benjamin M. WHITTEMORE on 18 Nov 1884 somewhere in Iroquois County. (Ref. Illinois Archives - Illinois Statewide Marriage Index) I am not familiar with the name Orra M. GEORGE, but she was likely a sister to Alice (Allie). Other siblings to these two girls who allegedly lived in Iroquois County were: 1. Willard Howard GEORGE, b. 21 Feb 1858 in DuPage County. 2. Lucy Edna GEORGE, b. 15 Mar 1883. The parents of these children were John Dalrimple GEORGE and Harriet Marion TYLER who were married in Will County, IL. John was a farmer who allegedly lived near Onarga. I would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who might have even a small shred of information about these family members. Thank you. Dave Tyler Fort Worth, TX

Hello List: Can anyone tell me about how long this church has been in Paxton? I have a 1874 marriage license, and my ancestors were married by a Methodist Episcopalian (forgive my spelling there) minister. This is the only Methodist Church I could find listed in the yellow pages for Paxton. I will write them and ask them about church records, if the church has been there for quite some time. Thank you, Ronette from SD Researching: Morse (VT, MI, IL MN MT CA) Hanks (VT, IL WI MN MT CA SD CA) I have extensive information on Blachfords, and Heywoods, and am always willing to share.

Hello list, I am researching the Walker LEWIS family via my HANKS line, and would love to find someone else who is researching this particular Lewis line. I know that Walker LEWIS was born in 1857 and died in 1931 in South Dakota. He married Rose HANKS (b. 1858, died 1932 in SD) March 1, 1877 in Paxton, IL. Walker and Rose LEWIS homesteaded here in SD in the 1880's. At some point in time, Rose's nephew, Walter BOURNE (may have been spelled BOUREN) came to South Dakota to live with them. Walter was born in 1876 in Illinois to Alfred and Josephine HANKS BOURNE. I know Alfred was here as early as 1906, because he was married in SD in 1906. Family word of mouth has it that Alfred came to SD as a child and lived with his Walker and Rose Lewis. Nobody seems to know/remember why he came here. Nobody remembers his mother, Josephine, ever being in SD. I would love to connect with anyone who is researching the LEWIS, HANKS, or BOUREN, (BOURNE) line. I have a lot of information about their descendants, and am always willing to share. Thank you, Ronette from SD Researching: Morse (VT, MI, IL MN MT CA) Hanks (VT, IL WI MN MT CA SD CA) I have extensive information on Shaws, Blachfords, and Heywoods, and am always willing to share.

Charles Benoit and Marie Morin who were married in St Luc, Quebec July 6, 1818 had a fairly large family of about 12 children. About 1848 this family left for Illinois, and appears to have lived sometime in Iroquois County. The following are the children who may have immigrated to Illinois with the parents. 1) Marie Benoit, and her husband Cyrille Brouillet. 2) Eugenie Benoit, born 1822, married to Louis Hamel. 3) Josephte Benoit, born 1832, married to Jacques Menard. 4) Domitilde Benoit, born 1834, possibly “Mathilda” Benoit who married Charles Balthazar (Martin & Sophie Hébert). Oral tradition is that she was 14 when the family left Quebec, hence they reached Illinois in 1848. Mathilda became a widow 1886 in Wisconsin, remarried Joseph St Louis in1891 also Wisconsin. She is buried there. 5) Marie Dorothée Benoit, born1836, (nothing known ) 6) Joseph Moyse Benoit, born 1837, married Henriette Dion in 1861. This is the couple who a lot of folks are searching for the link back to Quebec. They had 3 children in L’Erable IL. 7) Flavie Benoit, born1839, married to a Dion as well, nothing else known. 8) Adelaide Benoit, born 1842, likely changed her name to “Ida” in Illinois. Possibly married to John Carl. If you can recognize any of these folks I would like to exchange information. Perhaps this can be of help to you as well as to me. Marcel Benoit bunker.books@videotron.ca or marcel.benoit@videotron.ca

Can anyone tell me if there was a Methodist Episcopal Church in Paxton, IL in 1874-1876 that is still there today? Dale H. was kind enough to find out that Rev. Best served these churches, and he is the minister who married two of my brick wall ancestors, and I am hoping to find documentation of the their parents names. Thank you so much. Ronette from SD

Does anyone know where the records for this funeral home are now? I'm trying to find records for Gottlieb Schoen, d. 20 July 1940 at the Veterans' home in Dwight. Funeral was conducted by Rev. John Norman of the Central Christian Church. Trying to find the parents and birthplace for Gottlieb. Also any descendents of his son George Schoen d. Dec 1984. Thank you, Jennifer Clark clark1528@aol.com Huntsville, AL

>From the Sibley, Illinois Centennial book 1877 - 1977; In 1880 Sibley's Addition was lid off and the name Burr Oaks was changed to Sibley to conform with the railroad staiton and post office.

FYI ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hcounter@aol.com> To: <lee@keynet.net> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 2:48 AM Subject: Re: Info on person 104 from Illinois, in MN > In a message dated 11/24/99 10:17:53 PM CST, lee@keynet.net writes: >Below is the text from the newspaper in the Sunday Lifestyles section > with all the announcements. The words in italics are my added comments. > Thought maybe someone in Illinois might be looking for this person. The > article does not give her maiden name unfortunately. > > Taken from the Austin Daily Herald, Austin, Mower County, MN October 3, > 1999: > > BERHOW celebrates 104th birthday > > Myrtle celebrated her 104th birthday with family and friends at St. Mark's > Lutheran Home. (In Austin) Myrtle was born September 1, 1895, in Knakakee (Ka > nkakee?), Illinois. she ad her husband, Ardo, had four children (three > deceased), 17 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren, 40 great-great > grandchildren, 4 great-great-great grandchildren. 1 step grandchild, 6 step > great-grandchildren, 10 step great-great grandchildren. > > Annie >

Joan, I don't find a Burr Oak in Ford county. The only Burr Oak I find in Illinois is near Blue Island and Alsip. Might need to consult a gazetteer of the period. Chuck Wilcox ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Hollenbeck" <lee@keynet.net> To: <ILFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 10:13 PM Subject: [ILFORD-L] Fw: Burr Oak, Ford, IL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JoanBohlin@aol.com> > To: <ILFORD-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 5:34 PM > Subject: Burr Oak, Ford, IL > > > > I really have two questions for the list. 1. Does anybody know where > Burr > > Oak is located? I just received a certificate for for great grandparents > who > > were married in Ford and the place of residence for both is Burr Oak. > > > > 2. If someone lived in Sibley in the early part of this century, i.e. > 1930, > > what newspaper would cover the news of the town and surrounding > countryside > > best? > > > > I really would like to know the answer to both questions, hope somebody or > > bodies know. > > > > Joan > > JoanBohlin@aol.com > > > > > ==== ILFORD Mailing List ==== > **************************************************************** > RootsWeb > is entirely community-supported: your membership is crucial in > enabling RootsWeb to continue to add more genealogical data, Web > sites, and mailing lists. The degree of community support > directly affects RootsWeb's ability to grow. For details about > levels of RootsWeb membership and sponsorship, please visit: > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> >

----- Original Message ----- From: <JoanBohlin@aol.com> To: <ILFORD-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 5:34 PM Subject: Burr Oak, Ford, IL > I really have two questions for the list. 1. Does anybody know where Burr > Oak is located? I just received a certificate for for great grandparents who > were married in Ford and the place of residence for both is Burr Oak. > > 2. If someone lived in Sibley in the early part of this century, i.e. 1930, > what newspaper would cover the news of the town and surrounding countryside > best? > > I really would like to know the answer to both questions, hope somebody or > bodies know. > > Joan > JoanBohlin@aol.com >

Seeking information on the following family line from Paxton, Ford Co., IL. Louis (Lewis) R CHALLY b: May 1855 in: Newark, Kendall, IL d: June 27, 1885 in:Paxton, IL Father: Rasmus Larsson CHALLY Mother: Siri "Sarah" Ericksdotter GRONSTAD Wife: Anna LUNDE (LUNDY) b: Nov. 19, 1846 in: Etne, Norway d: Oct. 22, 1921 in: Patton, Ford, IL m: ? Father: Mother: CHILDREN: 1 Serene CHALLY b: June 26, 1872 in: IL m: July 4, 1895 in: Ford Co., IL d: Jan. 3, 1960 in: Spouse: Erik S. ERICKSON 2 Sarah CHALLY b: Jan. 11, 1879 in: Ford Co., IL m: Feb. 5,1903 in: Ford Co. IL d: Nov. 20, 1949 in: Ford Co., IL Spouse: Anton Amandus THOMPSON 3 Louisa CHALLY b: Oct. 29, 1885 in: Patton Twp., Ford, IL m: Jan. 19, 1910 in: Ford Co., IL d: April 26, 1948 in: Elliot, Ford, IL Spouse: Andrew J. SEIM If anyone is familar with this family line please get in contact with me. I would greatly appreciate it. Gwen

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I am seeking information on burial location for a William Moat that I found on the master Cemetery list online for Kankakee County. There is a Wm. J. Moat listed as buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Manteno in 1894. This could be the one I am looking for. However there is a Mary Story Moat listed in St. Joseph's at Manteno who is the wife of William Moat Jr. who died in 1923 and is buried beside Mary in St. Joseph's cemetery and he is not listed in the index. My question is where did the data come from? Did someone actually see a grave for William Moat in Elmwood or was this information taken from cemetery records and the William listed is a misprint? I would like to find the actual location of the William Moat listed in Elmwood. Can someone tell me where I can find this information? Thank You. Rosemary Nixon http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/9848/prayer.html

Father Thomas Roy was listed as the officiating Priest at St. George Catholic Church for many funerals during the period 4/19/1875 to 9/11/1875. He did occasional funerals also in 1868 & 1879 so he must have been loaned from another parish- possibly Bourbonnais or Manteno. I don't think the marriage records from St. George were ever transcribed from French. You might want to write to this Church and have them check. At 11:11 AM 11/22/99 -0800, Brenda Hébert wrote: >Hi! > >I just received a photocopy from IRAD of the marriage register from 14 Jun >1872 to 17 Aug 1872 with a marriage which I HOPE is my gr-gr-grandparents' >marriage. Sadly the record only states their names, the date and number of >the license, the date married and the date returned. It does mention the >name of the Priest who performed the ceremony, and I was hoping someone >might have some reference which might tell me which Kankakee County Catholic >Church they were married in. > >The priest's name was Thomas ROY "a Roman Catholic Priest". the date was 21 >Jul 1872. > >I thought that you could get copies of the actual marriage certificates at >IRAD, does IRAD have them, or only the Counties? > >Thank you! >Brenda Hébert > > >==== ILFORD Mailing List ==== >*********************************************** >Ford-Iroquois-Kankakee Genealogical Mailing List >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkankak/ilford.html >***********************************************

I would think some good starting points for these records would be either the archives of the Diocese of Joliet (where Bourbonbonnais is now) or the archives of the Archdiocese of Chicago (where Bourbonnais was under until about the 1950s) I don't have the address for the Joliet archives, but the address for the Chicago archives is 711 W Monroe St. Chicago IL 60661

Hello Brenda and everyone: The first thing you should remember about Father Roy was that he was the first president of St. Viateur's College. He came around 1865 and along with Father Beaudoin took care of the needs in Bourbonnais. Father Beaudoin was pastor of Maternity and President of the college by 1883 when the Kankakee County Atlas was published, and Father Roy was already deceased. I think your search should take you to Maternity, and then maybe St. George and Manteno. I wonder if there is a chance there were marriages recorded at St Viateurs? This would be a difficult set of records to find. Happy Hunting. Dave King In a message dated 11/23/1999 4:22:12 AM Central Standard Time, ILFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << just received a photocopy from IRAD of the marriage register from 14 J= un >1872 to 17 Aug 1872 with a marriage which I HOPE is my gr-gr-grandparent= s' >marriage. Sadly the record only states their names, the date and number = of >the license, the date married and the date returned. It does mention the >name of the Priest who performed the ceremony, and I was hoping someone >might have some reference which might tell me which Kankakee County Cath= olic >Church they were married in. > >The priest's name was Thomas ROY "a Roman Catholic Priest". the date was= 21 >Jul 1872. > >>

Hi! I just received a photocopy from IRAD of the marriage register from 14 Jun 1872 to 17 Aug 1872 with a marriage which I HOPE is my gr-gr-grandparents' marriage. Sadly the record only states their names, the date and number of the license, the date married and the date returned. It does mention the name of the Priest who performed the ceremony, and I was hoping someone might have some reference which might tell me which Kankakee County Catholic Church they were married in. The priest's name was Thomas ROY "a Roman Catholic Priest". the date was 21 Jul 1872. I thought that you could get copies of the actual marriage certificates at IRAD, does IRAD have them, or only the Counties? Thank you! Brenda Hébert

Hi Karen, Well -- I have, in the HOLVERSON family, Amy Lynn, Dawn Renee, Donald Gary, Elaine Kay, Elmer P. (first Holverson in records), Kimberly Gayle, and Martha Kay. They (except Elmer) are descendants of my great-uncle Henry Konrad Krumwiede and members of the Weisenbarn family. In the SANS family I have, Brady, Donald (first SANS in records) and Nick. They are members of my Hilgendorf/Krumwiede family, except Donald. In both cases, it is the spouse who is my relative and begins a line in those families related to me. For instance, Elmer P. Holverson's wife Laurene Kaufman is actually the relative of mine. I think they both are still alive and living in Buckley. And Donald Sans' wife Debra Ennen is my relative. They live in Paxton. -- Loretta Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iliroquo/ Ford County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilford/ Iroquois County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/