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/1666.1 Message Board Post: Steven, To date, I have found the following: Braceville-Gardner Cemetery Francis H. Thygesen, block 15, section 36 1895-1978 Marie Thygesen, block 4, lot 14 1876-1958 Thyge Thygesen, block 4, lot14 1866-1953 I did not find an obituary for Thyge. "Morris Daily Herald", Morris, IL Dec 31, 1958 Mrs. Marie Thygeson, 82, life long resident of Gardner, died, in Morris hospital, Tuesday, and was taken to Hansen Funeral home, Gardner, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday. Services have been set for 2 p.m. Friday, the Rev. Ivan Nielsen, officiating. Interment will be in Braceville-Gardner cemetery. Mrs. Marie Thygenson was born Nov 14, 1876 in Gardner and March 2, 1893, she married Thyge Thygeson. She is survived by three children, one daugher, Mrs. Carl Anderson, Streator, and two sons, Francis, Gardner, and Carl, Bloomington, Calif. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Zena Jones, Morris, and Mrs. Louis Batena, Dwight. Four brothers, Louis, Andrew, Adolph of Gardner, and L. P. of Harvey also survive her. She has 7 grandchildren, 13, great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. "Morris Daily Herald", Dec 4, 1978 Francis H. Thygesen, 83, of Gardner, died Saturday evening at the Grundy County Home, having been a patient there for the past year. The son of Thyge and Mary (Holm) Thygesen, he was born on Nov 16, 1895 in Gardner and in 1934 was married to Esther Nelson in Danville. A retired carpenter, he was a charter member of the American Legion Donner Madison Post No. 663, Gardner and a member of the ___ order of Eagles Acrie No. 1024 in Morris. Serving with the Navy, he was a veteran of World War I. Preceded in death by his wife on Feb 6, 1978, he is survived by a son Jack of Gardner; a brother, Carol of Fontana, Calif; a sister Mrs. Tilda Andersen of Ottawa; a granddaughter, Paula, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Gardner Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Larson of the Church of Hope officiating. Burial will be in the Braceville-Gardner Cemetery. Since you have the marriage certificate, you know that the newspaper was incorrect, and Marie & Thyge were married 2 March 1894. I haven't looked up the Holm family yet. You might have to remind me to do that, if I don't get back to you fairly soon. My E-mail is lsharp@nmu.net Lea