This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1521.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Lea

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Handlin, Cummings Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1520.1.1 Message Board Post: Lea, Thank you so very much. You are such a godsend. Margaret was Joseph's mother. It appears that Margaret and Joseph travelled with Amos and Eliza Cummings (Margaret's daughter) when they came from MD to IL in 1852. Amos and Eliza, as well as their daughter Sarah Wanmer, are also buried at Ward Cemetery, Mazon Twp. Thank you again so much for looking this up for me. If I can do anything for you, please ask. I live in Independence, Jackson Co, MO. I can obtain information for all surrounding counties, including those in Kansas. Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1520.1 Message Board Post: I didn't find anything about Margaret Handlin, but I did find Joseph Handlin. He died Goodfarm Twp, Grundy Co, IL, on 13 May 1884, age 70 yrs 6 ms 2 ds. He was born in Penn. He was a shoemaker. He had been in the state for 31 yrs. He was single. He died of peritonities. He is buried in Ward Cem, Mazon Twp, Grundy Co, IL. He has a stone at Ward Cem. It says Joseph Handlen born Jan 1, 1813; d. June 1, 1884. No stone is recorded in any Grundy Co. cemeteries. I checked cemeteries in Kendall County that are near Nettle Creek Twp, but there is no stone listed there. She could have been buried in LaSalle Co, but I would have thought that she and Joseph would have been buried in the same cemetery. I probably should recheck that death date for Joseph. I wonder if it should have been May 31.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1521.1 Message Board Post: The names of the people in the mausoleum are: Chauncey N. Barnes (1863-1944) Doris Barnes Susan Barnes (1829-1911) Hannah Cash (1830-1919 Joseph Cash (1856-1915 Mary A. Cash (1852-1932) Charles C. Clements (1866-1915) Laura (Lora) May Clements (1871-1952) Elizabeth Jane Clithero (1844-1936) Isaac N. Clithero (1833-1915) Catherine Coleman d. 1901 Mary Coleman Thomas Coleman d. 1917 or 1918 Ada Davis (1854-1918) Oscar E. Davis (1849-1932) Allen H. Foster (1838-1901 Harriet F. Foster (1847-1931) Laura Frances Hadden (1856-1919) William B. Hadden (1854-1929) Grace Hume (1870-1918) Emma Bertha Elizabeth Laase (1888-1919) George Thomas (1836-1917) Sarah A. Thomas (1840-1929

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1521 Message Board Post: Does anyone have the names involved with the mausoleum they are planning on removing from the brookside cemetery or where the records can be obtained? Thanks dvining@hotmail.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Handlin, Cummings Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1520 Message Board Post: I’m hoping someone can help me. I’m trying to find out when Margaret Handlin died and where she is buried. She was born in PA abt 1792 and died between 1870 and 1880 around either Nettle Creek, Grundy Co, IL or Brookfield, LaSalle Co., IL. In 1870, she was living with her son Joseph, next door to her daughter Eliza and family at Nettle Creek. In 1880, Joseph is living with Eliza and her husband Amos Cummings at Brookfield. So, I don’t know if Margaret died before or after the family moved. If someone could check cemetery inscriptions and/or burial records, I would be very grateful. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot. Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Handlin, Cummings Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1519 Message Board Post: I’m hoping someone can help me. I’m trying to find out when Margaret Handlin died and where she is buried. She was born in PA abt 1792 and died between 1870 and 1880 around either Nettle Creek, Grundy Co, IL or Brookfield, LaSalle Co., IL. In 1870, she was living with her son Joseph, next door to her daughter Eliza and family at Nettle Creek. In 1880, Joseph is living with Eliza and her husband Amos Cummings at Brookfield. So, I don’t know if Margaret died before or after the family moved. If someone could check cemetery inscriptions and/or burial records, I would be very grateful. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot. Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reinlasoder Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1378.1 Message Board Post: I have a family picture that I found in G-Grandmothers trunk with the names: Mr. & Mrs. John Reinlasoder, Christ, Geo, Andrew and Louian on the back. I am guessing that it was taken around 1909, in Minn. It looks like to me the family move to Montana sometime before 1920. They may be part of my family, but I don't think so. Do you know any of them? The Reinlasoder name was in you message. Thank you, Gus

For additional details please read the three Morris Daily Herald articles of March 24, 2003, using the following link: http://www.morrisdailyherald.com (scroll down to "Not a final resting place after all", which will link you to the two additional articles at the bottom of the article) If you are a descendant or have any information regarding these 22 individuals, please contact Vicki Speek or Jo Ann Hustis at the Herald. Deb Haines Grundy County IL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgrundy/index.htm

Would someone please tell me the best way to obtain copies of obituaries of people who have died in Grundy Co., specifically in the Morris/Mazon/Wauponsee area. Thank you for your help. Donna Coahran Banning djbanning@mindspring.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Osborne Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1518 Message Board Post: OSBORNE, Robert - Among the men whose activities in the mining fields of Grundy County have brought them into prominence, few, perhaps, are better known than Robert Osborne, serving his fifth term as a member of the State Executive Board of the United Mine Workers of America. From earliest boyhood he has been connected with mining operations, and has risen, step by step, from the humblest position to one that makes him an important factor in settling controversies between operator and miner. Mr. Osborne is a native of Ayreshire, Scotland, born in 1873, a son of William and Jeanette (Mitchell) Osborne. William Osborne was employed as a miner in his native Scotland until the year 1884, when he emigrated to the United States and entered the mines in Illinois. There, during the same year, he was joined by his wife and six children, the latter being: Robert, William, Hugh, James, Jeanette, who is now Mrs. Stuart; and Mary, who also married a Mr. Stuart. The parents still survive ! and make their home at Gillespie, Ill., where Mr. Osborne is employed in the mines. At an early age, Robert Osborne began to assist in the family support, working one day in the thread mill of his native place, while the following day would be spent in attendance at the public school. Thus he continued until coming to America, when, at the age of eleven years, he became a trapper in the mines in Illinois. When he came to Diamond, he worked first as a mule-driver and was subsequently promoted to coal digger, and was so employed in 1902, when he was appointed deputy sheriff under Sheriff Joseph Frances, an office which he held nearly four years. In 1905 Mr. Osborne was elected sub-district president of the Wilmington field, and in 1908 became a member of the State Executive Board, in which capacity he has continued to act to the present time. A man of the utmost integrity, he has won the confidence of those with whom he has been associated, and has been an important factor in settling disputes among the miners and operators. He maintains offices at Coal City,! and at all times has been active in promoting the best interests of his community and its people. Mr. Osborne was married (first) in 1896 to Miss Allie Morrison, and they became the parents of three children, namely: Esther; Isabel, who died at the ago of four years; and a child who died in infancy. Mrs. Osborne died at the time of her last child’s birth. On September 15, 1908, Mr. Osborne was married (second) to Catherine Miller, who was born in Scotland, and came to America as a child, and for eight years acted as assistant postmaster at Coal City under Postmaster Bennett. One child, Margaret, has been born to this union. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Order of Scottish Clans. A Republican in politics, he has been active in the ranks of his party, and at the present time is acting in the capacity of precinct committeeman. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1914, page 878

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cummings Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1505.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very much for checking. I appreciate it. Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1517 Message Board Post: JOHN LOGAN, URBAN HISTORY BB - Members of this list may be interested in a new initiative by the Mumford Center. For several years we have been building a longitudinal database of people who lived in New York City and Chicago in 1920, trying to trace them back to the 1900 census manuscripts. The purpose is to study systematically people's residential and occupational mobility. We started with samples of several thousand, and made the job considerably harder by including both men and women. As we near the limit of our own ability to find people, we are soliciting help from amateur and professional genealogists whose methods we have adopted. This week we launched the Mumford Genealogy Challenge, through which people can log onto a web page, select a case, download all of the information we have about the case (including 1920 census data, and often data from marriage and birth certificates), and submit their findings. We have even commissioned Mumford Genealogy Challenge mugs for the "winners," and people with confirmed finds will have their names listed on the winners page along with links to their own web page, if they have one. See http://www.albany.edu/mumford/genealogy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1516.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1516.1 Message Board Post: Hi Lynda- The Grundy County Court House is in Morris. The phone number is (815) 942-9024. Jen Magers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1462.1 Message Board Post: Do you have any info on Francis Gilchrist born 1875- died 1897? If you do, could you please share? Thank you, Lynda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1516 Message Board Post: Coud you please share the phone number for the Court of Orphans? Or, could you tell me what city the courthouse is in so I can get the number from directiry assistance. Thank you. Lynda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McAllister Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1515 Message Board Post: M’ALLISTER, William J., Mayor of South Wilmington, and one of the leading men of Grundy County has held this important office since 1911, and has been responsible for the progressive movement in civic affairs which has placed this community in the vanguard of those seeking to reach a high standard. He was born at Streator, Ill., in 1875, a son of Hector and Hannah (Elwood) McAllister, natives of England. Hector McAllister was a miner in his native land prior to coming to this county at the age of eighteen years. He located at Streator, Ill., where he continued his mining operations and was state inspector of mines, having held this important office for sixteen years. He and his wife still reside at Streator. They have had the following children: Margaret Beard; one who died in infancy; Elizabeth Morrison; James; one who died in infancy; William J.; Mattie Hall; and Bertha Ramsey. William J. McAllister was reared at Streator, where he attended the public schools, spending four years in the high school. He then entered the machine shop of the C. W. & Coal Co., at Streator, Ill., continuing there until 1905 when he was transferred to the South Wilmington plant of the same company, now being one of their master mechanics. On December 11, 1895, Mr. McAllister married Florence Brooker, who was born in England, but was reared at Streator, Ill. They have had the following children: Chester, who is working under his father; Marjorie, who is at home; and Elwood. Mr. McAllister is a Republican, and has been honored by his party by election to his present office, to which he was elected in 1913. The Baptist Church holds his membership. Fraternally he is a Mason and belongs also to the Loyal Americans of Streator, Ill. A conscientious official and skilled workman Mr. McAllister is a man of whom his community may well be proud for he stands for good citizenship! and moral uplift and is a powerful factor in the county. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1914, page 864-865

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1483.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, what I copied at the Goodfarm Cemetery is in the Morris Library. There is also a church across the road from the cemetery (Trinity Lutheran Church), which might have something of interest. I haven't checked into their records. Lea

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1483.1.1 Message Board Post: Lea- Thank you very much for the information on Phillip Konrad. I am going to take a trip sometime soon to the Morris Public Library. I was wondering, is your list of unrecorded burials available from that library? Thank you again. Jen Magers