Greetings Grundy Genealogists!!! Upon checking cemetery listings at the Morris Public Library, it appears as if all of the cemeteries have been transcribed and are on file at the library. If you would like for me to look up your ancestors, please send me an email and I will check the listings as soon as I can. I also have maps to the cemeteries if anyone is interested. If you need lookups at the Morris or area libraries, please email me. I can try to assist everyone as much as I can on weekends. Due to my work schedule, I am unable to make it to the Grundy County Courthouse for lookups there since they are closed when I start and finish work. If you have anything to submit for Grundy County, please send it to me. I have copied quite a bit of info to post online. It will be posted as soon as I can get it transcribed. Have a great week everyone!!! Deb Grundy County Coordinator

Claude, Thanks for the Wheeler Cemetery information. It was Julius Wheeler who m. Ada Marina Rogers that is in my Rogers research. He was abut the same age as George Edwin Wheeler so it my be a brother. Joseph could be the father. I will keep the information with my Rogers research. Perhaps it will be more meaningful as I learn more about this family. Thanks again, Dorothy At 06:45 PM 10/15/98 PDT, you wrote: >Dorothy: I'm back from the Wheeler Cemetary. I forgot I was supposed >to be looking for Rogers... but, I copied the following Wheeler >stones... >George Edwin Wheeler, Feb. 20, 1851 - May 10, 1941 >Mary Jane Wheeler, Mar. 16, 1854 - Dec. 19, 1930 > >Joseph Wheeler, May 30, 1820 - Aug 20, 1857 >Pheba, his wife, Mar. 6, 1820 - October 3, 1895 > >Helen V - daugher of Jimmy J. & Hannah B. Wheeler died May 21, 1869, >aged 19 yrs., 5 days > > >Does this help. The graves are located close to the entrance of the >cemetary, which is about a 2 or 3 or 4 acre plot of ground about three >miles from Gardner... in the midst of corn fields. > >Let me know if these were your people. Thanks, Claude > >------------------------------------- >Name: Claude A. Hanson >E-mail: Claude A. Hanson<[email protected]> >Date: 10/15/98 >Time: 6:45:49 PM > >"It is not what you do that counts, it is what > you help others do that makes progress." >--Herman B. Wells > >This message was sent by Chameleon >------------------------------------- > > >

Dorothy: I'm back from the Wheeler Cemetary. I forgot I was supposed to be looking for Rogers... but, I copied the following Wheeler stones... George Edwin Wheeler, Feb. 20, 1851 - May 10, 1941 Mary Jane Wheeler, Mar. 16, 1854 - Dec. 19, 1930 Joseph Wheeler, May 30, 1820 - Aug 20, 1857 Pheba, his wife, Mar. 6, 1820 - October 3, 1895 Helen V - daugher of Jimmy J. & Hannah B. Wheeler died May 21, 1869, aged 19 yrs., 5 days Does this help. The graves are located close to the entrance of the cemetary, which is about a 2 or 3 or 4 acre plot of ground about three miles from Gardner... in the midst of corn fields. Let me know if these were your people. Thanks, Claude ------------------------------------- Name: Claude A. Hanson E-mail: Claude A. Hanson<[email protected]> Date: 10/15/98 Time: 6:45:49 PM "It is not what you do that counts, it is what you help others do that makes progress." --Herman B. Wells This message was sent by Chameleon -------------------------------------

Alan, There was a booklet at the Morris Library giving a bit of history regarding the Italian Cemetery. I briefly scanned it so I do not know if there was any reference to Italian coal miners. I do have a listing of the Italians buried in this cemetery. Please let me know if you would like a lookup. I have noticed many Italians buried in the cemeteries that I have visited. Which surnames are you researching? I will check that book again to see if there is any info on Italian coal miners. Deb Grundy Co CC In a message dated 8/21/98 2:39:27 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Does anyone have any family or know of any > histories about the Italians who came to this > part of Illinois and worked in the coal mines? > Many of these Italians came from around Torin, Italy > which is a coal mining area. > > > Alan Jones > Mission Viejo, California

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Searching for information on Shubael G. Rogers m. Temmy Armstrong, b. 1800 dau. of Moses and Phoebe (Arnold) Armstrong of Hoosick, Rensselaer Co. NY. Shubael G. and Temmy Rogers lived Rensselaer Co., NY until ca. 1835; then Wayne Co., NY; moving to LaSalle Co., IL by the 1850 census. They had 10 known children, being b. between 1821 and 1841. Several of the children lived in LaSalle Co, Grundy Co, and Livingston Co, IL. Shubael G. Rogers m. Temmy Armstrong Children: (b. 1821 - 1841, NY) Mary A. m. Thomas B. Higby Shubael M. m. Marina L. Pond and Lucy M. Powers William A. - no further information Phoebe K. m. George S. Howland - no further information Isaac P. m. Mary Selleck Daniel H. m. Eunice N. Barber Martha Armintha m. Thomas Whipple Gage John Hamilton m. Elizabeth Jane Watson George M. m. Mary S. Huntley Robert Eugene m. Anna Sibby Any information on this ROGERS family would be appreciated, but especially looking for parents or siblings of Shubael G. Rogers. Dorothy

Hi Dave, I thought in one of my letters to the ILLINOIS List I had given the information and I apologize for not doing so but here is the same copy that I sent to the BROWN Name List and I would be eternally grateful for any information. I am not sure that they were married in the US and I don't know for sure where they landed when they came to the US or if they met after bing in the US. John Shadrack BROWN may have been married before also as ther is 17 years difference in there ages. Hope this is enough information. Thanks a lot. Mary M in AZ John And Mary Myers wrote: > > Hi to All, > I am new to this list and am looking for of all names on a Brown list > "Brown". I am Mary Myers and I live in Arizona. The Brown that I am > looking for is John Shadrack BROWN born November 25, 1815 in England. > He married Jane MANSFIELD also born in England I believe 1833. I don't > have the date of marriage but the first child was born in 1861. Census > records for 1860 in Illinois does not show the family there. They moved > to Ford County, Illinois and apparently remained there until 1866 or 67 > and then moved to Grundy County and by 1873 the were back living in Ford > County. The following children were born to John and Mary: > Thomas BROWN b. August 28, 186l, Ford County, Illinois > Mary Elvira BROWN b. December 07, 1863 Ford County, Illinois > Fanny Mae BROWN b. February 22, 1883, Grundy County, Illinois > Elizabeth Belle BROWN b. March 16, 1869 Grundy County, Illinois > Charles BROWN b.September 20, 1873 Ford County,Illinois (my grandfather) > I am not sure if they were married in England or after they came to > the United States. If this seems to be any names connecting with your > family name of BROWN I would appreciate hearing from you as I have more > information on the family but I would like information as to where in > England they were born. > Many Thanks for any help you can give. > Sincerely, > Mary M. in Arizona > at [email protected]

My grandfather, George Edward Surtees, and his wife, Priscilla L. Old Surtees, came to America from England in 1852, settled in Brooklyn, NY, and came to Gardner in Grundy County in 1858, where they set up a saddlery business. George enlisted in Company "E" 88th Illinois Volunteers (Infantry), known as the Board of Trade Regiment August 2, 1862. I have no idea why George enlisted in the 88th when there apparently a volunteer company from Gardner. A higher enlistment bonus perhaps? I have forwarded excerpts from his letters to the Illinois Civil War Page where they are now posted. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/scrapbk/scrapbk.htm He mentions comrades named HOGBIN, ANDREWS, CROOKS, HARDY and a Mr. Crooks. Some or all of these may also have been from Gardner. George died February 20, 1864, of wounds received in the Battle of Missionary Ridge. George's widow continued to live in Gardner for some time and moved to a farm between Gardner and Kankakee in 1876. She married a tailor named Prince in 1865, but they lived together only a short time. She married Orville Shaw in 1867 and he was later crushed to death in a mine cave-in. She moved to Kansas in 1880 and never again married. I am interested in knowing if there are extant records in Grundy County of divorces, which might shed light on how her marriage to Mr. Prince was terminated, if indeed it was. Also of interest to me would be any records, which would show the death and place of burial of Orville Shaw. THOMAS JACOB BROWN

I have a copy of an Illinois marriage license for Robert B. VONDERSMITH of Remington in the county of Jasper, Indiana and Emma A. THOMPSON of Nettle Creek in the county of Grundy, Illinois. Married in Nettle Creek on April 7, 1875. I also have a "Return of a Marriage to County Clerk, Indiana State Board of Health" for Charles A. VONDERSMITH and Alice M. ERWIN, both residence of Remington, Jasper Co., IN. Married in Rensselaer, Jasper Co., IN. It states that Charles was born in Illinois and his parents were E.B. VONDERSMITH and Anna Marie SERTZINGER(?) Charles and Alice had a daughter, Audrey A., born 1889 in Illinois. I am trying to determine if Robert and Charles are brothers (or any relation to each other.) Both were residence of Remington, IN. I don't know whether Robert was also born in Illinois. Does anyone have information on these families? Thank you! Marcy Hoover Olympia, WA

Hi to all, I am searching for information on John Shadrack BROWN born in England November 25, 1815 who married Jane Mansfield 1859-1860(born March 26 1833 in England). Immigrated to the US and settled at Ford County, Illinois and by 1867 lived in Grundy County, Illinois. Moved to Kansas in 1874. Five children: Thomas born 1861, Ford County, Illinois; Mary Elvira born 1863, Parkton, Ford County, Illinois; Fannie May born 1867, Grundy County, Illinois; Elizabeth Belle born 1869, Grundy County, Illinois; Charles born 1873, Ford County, Illinois (my Grandfather). The family moved to Womer, Smith County, Kansas in 1874 and homesteaded on land there and was not able to pay up on the homestead and so they lost it and then moved to Nebraska around the Anselmo Custer County, area. Does anyone have any information about this family? I am seeking where they were born in England. I will be glad to share any information that I have. Sincerely, Mary M. in Arizona, USA researching Burris, Robinson, Crosswait, Goodall, Waddington, in England, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska - Brown, Ross in England, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska at [email protected]

Claude, The families you are researching are not among those I have researched. The name WHEELER Cemetery was very interesting though, as well as the locations mentioned, Gardner, Braceville, and Mazon. Could the WHEELER Cemetery be a family cemetery? In researching my ROGERS family in Grundy County, I find that Ida Morina ROGERS, dau. of Shubael M. ROGERS and Bertha "Lucy" POWERS m. Julius H. WHEELER on 22 Dec 1874 in Grundy Co. They had daughters Lucy Ann b. 1883 and Ida May b. 1886 at Gardner. Shubael M. ROGERS and wife Lucy are both buried in the Gardner/Braceville cemetery. If, in your search of the Wheeler cemetery, you find information on the Wheeler or the Rogers Family, I would appreciate knowing. If you have Rogers connections, I have further information. Dorothy

Lee Hollenbeck wrote: > > See the ISGS list at > http://www.tbox.com/isgs/ilcemetery-al/grundy.html > > GNIS has a shorter list of cemeteries, but it has the advantage of having > maps. Go to > http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > then leave the feature name field blank and fill in Grundy for county, IL > for state, and cemetery for feature types. When you execute the query, a > list will be returned of Grundy county cemeteries, with links to maps. > > I remember seeing a folder at Morris Library with hand drawn maps showing > the locations of cemeteries. > > It was a while ago so I don't recall how complete it was, but I remember > thinking it was a well done project. > > Hope this helps. > > Lee Ann > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 7:17 PM > Subject: [ILGRUNDY-L] Re: Wheeler Cemetary & Plat Map for Grundy > > >Hi Claude, > > > >So you are going to spend the day in Grundy. Good for you and your wife!! > I > >live in Will County so I am just next door. > > > >Regarding the Wheeler Cemetery: Unless there are two Wheeler Cemeteries > and > >there very well might be, it is located in Mazon. I will send you > directions > >after I consult with my driver (my husband) since I wasn't paying attention > to > >where we were going at the time. If anyone knows of another Wheeler > Cemetery > >besides the one in Mazon, please let us know. I am trying to find all > Grundy > >County cemeteries since I cannot find a list. We have scoured quite a bit > of > >the countryside so far, but have quite a bit more to go on our search for > >cemeteries. > > > >I found a book at the Morris Library of plat maps for Grundy County. There > is > >no date on these maps, but they are divided by Township and the owners of > the > >property are listed in each section. Since I do not have a date, I cannot > >post these maps on the web until I can confirm they are no longer > copyrighted. > >They were published by W. W. Hixson & Co., Rockford, IL. These maps are > >absolutely wonderful if you are trying to find the exact location of your > >ancestors. > > > >I did look for Coles, Sutton & Vandebogert, but I couldn't find them. I > >looked in the Garfield Township are which covers Gardner. This map may > have > >been published before or after they were there or they may have been in a > >different area. > > > >If anyone wants a lookup on the plat map, please email me. > > > >I hope your trip to Grundy is filled with finding many exciting things out > >about your family. If you get a chance, stop in at the Morris Library. > They > >have many family books in addition to file cabinets filled with all kinds > of > >articles and a microfilm section. > > > >Deb > >Grundy Co Coordinator > > > >D > > > > > >In a message dated 9/20/98 6:34:33 PM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] > >writes: > > > >> Greetings: My wife and I are going to be in Grundy County on October > >> 2nd. Her mother was born in Gardner, the daughter of Elwood Coles and > >> Laney VandeBogert. Elwood was the son of John Coles and Martha Sutton > >> and Laney Alice VandeBogert was the daughter of Matthew VandeBogert > >> and Anna Welch. I think Elwood, John, Martha, Matthew and Anna are > >> all buried in the Wheeler cemetary. Is the Wheeler cemetary the > >> resting place for most Gardener and Braceville residents? I also need > >> to know how to get to the cemetary and if there is an office that has > >> burial records and the location of graves. > >> > >> It would also be great if we could locate any old maps of the area in > >> about the 1880 vintage that shows exactly where residents lived. Does > >> such a map exist... and if so, where could I see one when I get there. > >> > >> I would also like to communicate with anyone who is researching the > >> Coles, Vandebogert, or Sutton families in Grundy County. Thanks. > >> Look forward to hearing from someone. We just have the day of Friday > >> to spend in the county and want to make to make it a great day, > >> genealogically speaking! Thanks, Claude Hanson > >> ------------------------------------- > >> Name: Claude A. Hanson > >> E-mail: Claude A. Hanson<[email protected]> > >> Date: 9/20/98 > >> Time: 5:17:01 PM > >> > >> "It is not what you do that counts, it is what > >> you help others do that makes progress." > >> --Herman B. Wells > >> > >> This message was sent by Chameleon > >> ------------------------------------- > > Deb: Thanks for your response. I can't wait to get back there. My information from Biographical and Gen. Record of La. and Grundy County, Volume, II 1900 says Elwood Coles was living in Greenfield township. His sister, Jessie Clover was living in Morris, and his brothers Herbert M. and Nathan E. were both living in Morris. I think their father John Coles was a rather prominent settler of Gardener. He was a Justice of the Peace, on the School Board, I think he came in 1857... and was a shoemaker. John had two wifes, the first was Mary Elizabeth Hart who was the mother of five children... she died in 1861. He then married Martha J. Sutton Dunmore (a widow) and they had four more children. Elwood was the oldest of the latter four and he died in 1905 or 1906. One of Elwood's sisters married a Edward L. Clover. I 1870 Federal census has the VandeBogert's living in Braceville Township. I just found a letter I received from Jane Cambell, Will-Grundy Genealogical Society... in 1993. She says according to the Morris Library's Cemetery File, the following are buried in Wheeler: John H. Coles Mary Elizabeth Coles Martha J. Coles Elwood Coles The Same file lists the following in Braceville-Gardner... (is this a different cemetary? Mathew E. Van de Bogert, Jan 26, 1826 - Dec. 1893 Viola Van de Bogert died Oct 22, 1878, aged 21 years Van de Bogert Aged 20 yrs. 3 mo. Let me know again, if these are two separate cemetaries... and if you know if there is a way we can know where these people lived. Thanks, Claude

See the ISGS list at http://www.tbox.com/isgs/ilcemetery-al/grundy.html GNIS has a shorter list of cemeteries, but it has the advantage of having maps. Go to http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html then leave the feature name field blank and fill in Grundy for county, IL for state, and cemetery for feature types. When you execute the query, a list will be returned of Grundy county cemeteries, with links to maps. I remember seeing a folder at Morris Library with hand drawn maps showing the locations of cemeteries. It was a while ago so I don't recall how complete it was, but I remember thinking it was a well done project. Hope this helps. Lee Ann [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 7:17 PM Subject: [ILGRUNDY-L] Re: Wheeler Cemetary & Plat Map for Grundy >Hi Claude, > >So you are going to spend the day in Grundy. Good for you and your wife!! I >live in Will County so I am just next door. > >Regarding the Wheeler Cemetery: Unless there are two Wheeler Cemeteries and >there very well might be, it is located in Mazon. I will send you directions >after I consult with my driver (my husband) since I wasn't paying attention to >where we were going at the time. If anyone knows of another Wheeler Cemetery >besides the one in Mazon, please let us know. I am trying to find all Grundy >County cemeteries since I cannot find a list. We have scoured quite a bit of >the countryside so far, but have quite a bit more to go on our search for >cemeteries. > >I found a book at the Morris Library of plat maps for Grundy County. There is >no date on these maps, but they are divided by Township and the owners of the >property are listed in each section. Since I do not have a date, I cannot >post these maps on the web until I can confirm they are no longer copyrighted. >They were published by W. W. Hixson & Co., Rockford, IL. These maps are >absolutely wonderful if you are trying to find the exact location of your >ancestors. > >I did look for Coles, Sutton & Vandebogert, but I couldn't find them. I >looked in the Garfield Township are which covers Gardner. This map may have >been published before or after they were there or they may have been in a >different area. > >If anyone wants a lookup on the plat map, please email me. > >I hope your trip to Grundy is filled with finding many exciting things out >about your family. If you get a chance, stop in at the Morris Library. They >have many family books in addition to file cabinets filled with all kinds of >articles and a microfilm section. > >Deb >Grundy Co Coordinator > >D > > >In a message dated 9/20/98 6:34:33 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] >writes: > >> Greetings: My wife and I are going to be in Grundy County on October >> 2nd. Her mother was born in Gardner, the daughter of Elwood Coles and >> Laney VandeBogert. Elwood was the son of John Coles and Martha Sutton >> and Laney Alice VandeBogert was the daughter of Matthew VandeBogert >> and Anna Welch. I think Elwood, John, Martha, Matthew and Anna are >> all buried in the Wheeler cemetary. Is the Wheeler cemetary the >> resting place for most Gardener and Braceville residents? I also need >> to know how to get to the cemetary and if there is an office that has >> burial records and the location of graves. >> >> It would also be great if we could locate any old maps of the area in >> about the 1880 vintage that shows exactly where residents lived. Does >> such a map exist... and if so, where could I see one when I get there. >> >> I would also like to communicate with anyone who is researching the >> Coles, Vandebogert, or Sutton families in Grundy County. Thanks. >> Look forward to hearing from someone. We just have the day of Friday >> to spend in the county and want to make to make it a great day, >> genealogically speaking! Thanks, Claude Hanson >> ------------------------------------- >> Name: Claude A. Hanson >> E-mail: Claude A. Hanson<[email protected]> >> Date: 9/20/98 >> Time: 5:17:01 PM >> >> "It is not what you do that counts, it is what >> you help others do that makes progress." >> --Herman B. Wells >> >> This message was sent by Chameleon >> ------------------------------------- >

Hi Claude, So you are going to spend the day in Grundy. Good for you and your wife!! I live in Will County so I am just next door. Regarding the Wheeler Cemetery: Unless there are two Wheeler Cemeteries and there very well might be, it is located in Mazon. I will send you directions after I consult with my driver (my husband) since I wasn't paying attention to where we were going at the time. If anyone knows of another Wheeler Cemetery besides the one in Mazon, please let us know. I am trying to find all Grundy County cemeteries since I cannot find a list. We have scoured quite a bit of the countryside so far, but have quite a bit more to go on our search for cemeteries. I found a book at the Morris Library of plat maps for Grundy County. There is no date on these maps, but they are divided by Township and the owners of the property are listed in each section. Since I do not have a date, I cannot post these maps on the web until I can confirm they are no longer copyrighted. They were published by W. W. Hixson & Co., Rockford, IL. These maps are absolutely wonderful if you are trying to find the exact location of your ancestors. I did look for Coles, Sutton & Vandebogert, but I couldn't find them. I looked in the Garfield Township are which covers Gardner. This map may have been published before or after they were there or they may have been in a different area. If anyone wants a lookup on the plat map, please email me. I hope your trip to Grundy is filled with finding many exciting things out about your family. If you get a chance, stop in at the Morris Library. They have many family books in addition to file cabinets filled with all kinds of articles and a microfilm section. Deb Grundy Co Coordinator D In a message dated 9/20/98 6:34:33 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Greetings: My wife and I are going to be in Grundy County on October > 2nd. Her mother was born in Gardner, the daughter of Elwood Coles and > Laney VandeBogert. Elwood was the son of John Coles and Martha Sutton > and Laney Alice VandeBogert was the daughter of Matthew VandeBogert > and Anna Welch. I think Elwood, John, Martha, Matthew and Anna are > all buried in the Wheeler cemetary. Is the Wheeler cemetary the > resting place for most Gardener and Braceville residents? I also need > to know how to get to the cemetary and if there is an office that has > burial records and the location of graves. > > It would also be great if we could locate any old maps of the area in > about the 1880 vintage that shows exactly where residents lived. Does > such a map exist... and if so, where could I see one when I get there. > > I would also like to communicate with anyone who is researching the > Coles, Vandebogert, or Sutton families in Grundy County. Thanks. > Look forward to hearing from someone. We just have the day of Friday > to spend in the county and want to make to make it a great day, > genealogically speaking! Thanks, Claude Hanson > ------------------------------------- > Name: Claude A. Hanson > E-mail: Claude A. Hanson<[email protected]> > Date: 9/20/98 > Time: 5:17:01 PM > > "It is not what you do that counts, it is what > you help others do that makes progress." > --Herman B. Wells > > This message was sent by Chameleon > -------------------------------------

Greetings: My wife and I are going to be in Grundy County on October 2nd. Her mother was born in Gardner, the daughter of Elwood Coles and Laney VandeBogert. Elwood was the son of John Coles and Martha Sutton and Laney Alice VandeBogert was the daughter of Matthew VandeBogert and Anna Welch. I think Elwood, John, Martha, Matthew and Anna are all buried in the Wheeler cemetary. Is the Wheeler cemetary the resting place for most Gardener and Braceville residents? I also need to know how to get to the cemetary and if there is an office that has burial records and the location of graves. It would also be great if we could locate any old maps of the area in about the 1880 vintage that shows exactly where residents lived. Does such a map exist... and if so, where could I see one when I get there. I would also like to communicate with anyone who is researching the Coles, Vandebogert, or Sutton families in Grundy County. Thanks. Look forward to hearing from someone. We just have the day of Friday to spend in the county and want to make to make it a great day, genealogically speaking! Thanks, Claude Hanson ------------------------------------- Name: Claude A. Hanson E-mail: Claude A. Hanson<[email protected]> Date: 9/20/98 Time: 5:17:01 PM "It is not what you do that counts, it is what you help others do that makes progress." --Herman B. Wells This message was sent by Chameleon -------------------------------------

We are looking for links; siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins who relate to our CAHILLS. The following is what we know. JAMES (or could be Patrick) CAHILL was born in IRELAND and married JOHANNA (WALSH?) in Ireland. They had at LEAST two children, WILLIAM and MICHAEL. William was born May 1, 1838 in CO. CLARE(?), IR. Michael was born 1845 in Ireland. We know that William immigrated to America in 1848, Johanna and Michael probably came at the same time, but we are not sure if James ever did get to the States. We do not know where they entered. Or where they were, 1848-1855. William arrived in ILLINOIS in 1855 (age 17) and spent the rest of his life in IL. He married ELLEN QUINN, April 30, 1862 at St. Patrick's Church in LASALLE, LaSalle Co., IL. They had 3 children; MICHAEL, MARY, MARGARET (married a BRADY and a COOK) all born in LaSalle: and 4 children born in NEVADA Township, LIVINGSTON Co., IL; JOHN, WILLIAM, JAMES and ELLEN "Nellie" (married HANLEY). William died Dec. 31, 1910, Nevada Township, buried at St. Paul's Cemetery, Odell, Livingston Co., IL Michael (William's brother) married MARY E (?) and they had at LEAST two children; JAMES born 1878, IL and MARY born June 20, 1879, IL. Mary died at a very early age and is buried at St. Paul's Cemetery, Odell, IL. We cannot locate William in 1860 or 1870 Federal Census, but he and his family are found in the 1880 Census and thereafter in Nevada Township with his family and many of his descendants are in that area yet today. Michael, his mother Johanna, his family are found in the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census in HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, GRUNDY CO, IL. Cannot locate them in the 1860 Census. We also can't locate Michael, Johanna (mother) or James (son) after he sold his land in Highland Township in 1892. We have checked cemeteries, death records, obituaries to no avail. We would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who might relate to any of the above given names, locations, dates of our Cahill's. Thanks for listening.

I'm sorry but I could not find the surname Chally in my copy of the the history. Sandra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7259 -----Original Message----- From: James Butrum <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 11 September 1998 09:21 Subject: [ILGRUNDY-L] RE: Lookup Please >Looking for information on CHALLY that immigrated to the US from Norway >around the middle 1800's. Some resided in Grundy Co., IL. >Researching the following surnames CHALLY, JOHNSON, MILBURN, DUFFY, >THOMPSON, STUART & OSMUNDSON. > Gwen >

Looking for information on CHALLY that immigrated to the US from Norway around the middle 1800's. Some resided in Grundy Co., IL. Researching the following surnames CHALLY, JOHNSON, MILBURN, DUFFY, THOMPSON, STUART & OSMUNDSON. Gwen

If you haven't visited the Grundy County website in the last week or so, here are the latest additions: 1907 Minooka Fire Department Names - If you are ever in Grundy County, visit the Three Rivers Library in Minooka. The historical room that Michele Houchins maintains is in the basement of the library. You will find a picture on display of the 1907 Minooka Fire Department among many other things. Grundy Farmers C-G Phoenix Advertiser featuring Minooka News which contains many surnames including some births, marriages, deaths, area news. (portions of 1903 and 1906 are posted on Grundy) Coming soon: I purchased a bunch of old photos from an antique store a couple of weeks. Some of these photos are identified, but most are not. I will be posting these to the Lost & Found section of Grundy County as soon as I can get them online. I spent yesterday scanning them and reducing them using a jgp reduction program to save bandwidth and load time, but some of them are still very large files. Michele from Three Rivers Library in Minooka has supplied me with a ton of info that I am still working on. I still have a gigantic stack of Phoenix Advertiser "Minooka News" to type since it will not scan. Some of the copies are very bad. My family and I have spent a few weekends driving around Grundy County mostly to familiarize myself with the area and to learn more about it. We have stopped at nearly every cemetery that we have passed. I have taken 12 rolls of pictures mostly of older headstones that I have found at these cemeteries. As I get time, I will post the info from the headstone to a page for individual cemetery listings. Some of the cemeteries in Grundy County have not been recorded. Gather up your cemetery information and submit it to me and I will post it to the website. Perhaps we can come up with as accurate of a listing for each of the cemeteries as possible. Please keep in mind that many of the older headstones have been destroyed by either age, weather, or vandalism and that info may no longer exist except in your family notes. I need your help!!! Submit your info to me and let's get it posted online. I am looking for any public domain material such as, birth, marriage, death, census, records, early settlers of Grundy County bios. Basically any Grundy County info that you might think would be helpful to others as long as it does not hold a copyright. I will be working on material mainly on weekends for the website due to my working full time during the week. If you send me email during the week, chances are that it will not be answered until the weekend. If anyone currently lives in Grundy County, please contact me. Have a great Labor Day!! Deb

Hi Sherry, Do you want me to add this info for your reunion to the Grundy County website? Please let me know!! Deb In a message dated 8/13/98 6:29:52 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > For descendants of Samuel & Sarah HARPHAM, Frank & Anna HARPHAM, of > Lincolnshire, England; and William Hiram & Turza WELDON, of La Colle, > Quebec: Family Photo Opportunity as the Cousins gather to celebrate the > life & times of their Ancestors in the farmlands of Nebraska. > > DATE: Sunday, Sept. 20, 1998 > WHERE: Senior Citizens Center, Minden, Nebraska > > RSVP to: Mrs. Bernice Danielson, 241 N. Nebraska Ave., Minden, NE 68959 > Phone: 308-832-1533 > OR > Mrs. Mary Gasaway, 1420 Glenwood, Muskegon, MI 49445 > Email: [email protected] > > Motel facilities available at Pioneer Motel, Minden NE or check Kearney, NE > listings for availability. > Spend a day or two at Pioneer Village, see what their every day lives, > homes, and furnishings were like. > > > > > >