I thought witchers looked for and found water not gravestones. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 9:54 AM Subject: [ILHENRY-L] Witchers > Are there any "witchers" in the area? We are interested in having someone > who is skilled in this craft come to the Hunter Cemetery in southern Bureau > County to help us locate gravestones that are buried. > > If you are a witcher, or know someone who is; please have them contact me at > their earliest convenience. > > Thank you. > > Mikki Judge > P. O. Box 38 > Buffalo, IA 52728-0038 > 319-381-3238 > [email protected] > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? > http://www.usgenweb.org/il > >

Hi, Katie, Thats exactly what I have. Did we get this from the same place??? Kathy Minder -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 6:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller & Clementz Information Sorry if I made myself unclear - I will email it to you all: ( made a mistake apparently when I copied this at the library - it shows the last son being born after the mother died - maybe someone can correct it) Xavier Clementz from a Biographical Record of Henry County (1901) Among the agriculturalists of Henry County whose places manifest to the most casual observer the energy and ability of the owner in his chosen calling is the subject of this personal history. He now owns 280 acres of well-improved and highly cultivated land on Sectors 4 and 9, Yorktown township. Mr. Clementz was born in Alsace-Lorraine, at that time under the French government, on the 6th of July, 1844, but was only nine months old when brought to this country, in 1845, by his parents, John and Michelina (Highmaster) Clementz, both were born near Strasburg, Germany, the former in 1813, the latter in 18--, The family first located two and a half miles from Naperville, in DuPage County, Il, where the father purchased 140 acres of land, partly covered with timber, and to the development and cultivation of this farm he devoted his time and attention for twelve years. During this time our subject aided in the work of the farm and learned very little English, as German was the language spoken in the home. He then accompanied the family on their removal to Lorraine township, Henry County, where a farm of one hundred and thirty acres was purchased, and here he attended the district schools for a time, pursuing his studies in an old log hut with log seats standing on pegs driven into the floor. There were no desks. After seven years spent at this place, the family returned to Naperville. Xavier remained with his parents two years longer and then again came to Henry County, this time locating in Yorktown township. Subsequently, the father traded his Naperville farm for land in Yorktown township, which our subject operated. In 1886, he purchased 200 from his father, and since has bought eighty acres from Mr. Bogardus. Nearly all of the entire tract has been broken by himself, and has been converted by him into one of the finest farms in Yorktown township. Xavier Clementz is the 3rd in order of birth in a family of 5 children: Josephine, wife of Conrad Seyler, of Prophetstown Lena - wife of D. Smith, a farmer of Yorktown township August - who married Barbara Creygar and died in Naperville in 1889. Kate - wife of George Seyler, of Yorktown township Xavier Clementz has been twice married. In December, 1869, in Loraine township, he married Miss Louisa Gross, who died Oct 20, 1873, leaving Frank and Dora (wife of August Seyler). On the 20th of June 1874, Mr Clementz married Miss Mary Vogel, a native of Naperville, Il and a daughter of Anthony and Mary Ann (Seyler) Vogel, lifelong residents of Germany. Her father was born near Strasburg, her mother in Alsace-Lorraine. By his second marriage, Mr. Clementz has eight children: Anna (Apr 5, 1875) William (Sep 15, 1877) Bertha (Jan 22, 1880) Martha (Jan 28, 1883) Josephine (May 12, 1886) Katie (Dec 26, 1890) Fred (Sep 19, 1892) and John (Feb 7, 1894) all are at home Mrs. Clementz passed away Sep 1893. The family are communicants of the Roman Catholic Church, and are held in high regard by all who know them. He supports the Democratic party, and gives his support to every worthy enterprise for the public good. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller & Clementz Information > Hi, > I am Katie (Yackley) Asleson. I have been reading your > emails and just wondered if anyone had seen the biography of > Xavier Clementz. I got it from the Kewanee Library in the > Biographical Record of Henry County (published in 1901). > It's pretty interesting to us Alsations. Let me know if you > would like it ([email protected]). > (Hi Kathy- missed you at Yackley reunion) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Seyller <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller & Clementz Information > > > > Hello Kathy, > > I don't know about being related to the Annawan Clementz, could be. > > I suspect Xavier could be of Dora's family. He is buried in St Mary > > Cemetary in Tampico, which is where my family went to church. Couldn't > find > > any church records that confirm the connection. Xavier has two wives > buried > > there also. I will get the names and dates from the stones if anyone is > > interested. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kathy Minder <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:42 AM > > Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > > > > >Are you related to the Clementz's in Annawan? I bowl with a woman who I > > >always thought I was related to through the Clementz' Clara Egert who > > >married Robert Clementz. But when we looked through the book, couldn't > find > > >any references to them. Another different family, I believe one of their > > >names was Xavier Clementz. > > >I work next door to Clementz Appliance in Geneseo, and will check with > them > > >for a connection, too. > > >I love a good puzzle! > > >k > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > > Have you visited the Henry Co. ILGenWeb Project Site lately? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/index.html > > > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? > http://www.usgenweb.org/il > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? http://www.usgenweb.org/il

Sorry if I made myself unclear - I will email it to you all: ( made a mistake apparently when I copied this at the library - it shows the last son being born after the mother died - maybe someone can correct it) Xavier Clementz from a Biographical Record of Henry County (1901) Among the agriculturalists of Henry County whose places manifest to the most casual observer the energy and ability of the owner in his chosen calling is the subject of this personal history. He now owns 280 acres of well-improved and highly cultivated land on Sectors 4 and 9, Yorktown township. Mr. Clementz was born in Alsace-Lorraine, at that time under the French government, on the 6th of July, 1844, but was only nine months old when brought to this country, in 1845, by his parents, John and Michelina (Highmaster) Clementz, both were born near Strasburg, Germany, the former in 1813, the latter in 18--, The family first located two and a half miles from Naperville, in DuPage County, Il, where the father purchased 140 acres of land, partly covered with timber, and to the development and cultivation of this farm he devoted his time and attention for twelve years. During this time our subject aided in the work of the farm and learned very little English, as German was the language spoken in the home. He then accompanied the family on their removal to Lorraine township, Henry County, where a farm of one hundred and thirty acres was purchased, and here he attended the district schools for a time, pursuing his studies in an old log hut with log seats standing on pegs driven into the floor. There were no desks. After seven years spent at this place, the family returned to Naperville. Xavier remained with his parents two years longer and then again came to Henry County, this time locating in Yorktown township. Subsequently, the father traded his Naperville farm for land in Yorktown township, which our subject operated. In 1886, he purchased 200 from his father, and since has bought eighty acres from Mr. Bogardus. Nearly all of the entire tract has been broken by himself, and has been converted by him into one of the finest farms in Yorktown township. Xavier Clementz is the 3rd in order of birth in a family of 5 children: Josephine, wife of Conrad Seyler, of Prophetstown Lena - wife of D. Smith, a farmer of Yorktown township August - who married Barbara Creygar and died in Naperville in 1889. Kate - wife of George Seyler, of Yorktown township Xavier Clementz has been twice married. In December, 1869, in Loraine township, he married Miss Louisa Gross, who died Oct 20, 1873, leaving Frank and Dora (wife of August Seyler). On the 20th of June 1874, Mr Clementz married Miss Mary Vogel, a native of Naperville, Il and a daughter of Anthony and Mary Ann (Seyler) Vogel, lifelong residents of Germany. Her father was born near Strasburg, her mother in Alsace-Lorraine. By his second marriage, Mr. Clementz has eight children: Anna (Apr 5, 1875) William (Sep 15, 1877) Bertha (Jan 22, 1880) Martha (Jan 28, 1883) Josephine (May 12, 1886) Katie (Dec 26, 1890) Fred (Sep 19, 1892) and John (Feb 7, 1894) all are at home Mrs. Clementz passed away Sep 1893. The family are communicants of the Roman Catholic Church, and are held in high regard by all who know them. He supports the Democratic party, and gives his support to every worthy enterprise for the public good. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller & Clementz Information > Hi, > I am Katie (Yackley) Asleson. I have been reading your > emails and just wondered if anyone had seen the biography of > Xavier Clementz. I got it from the Kewanee Library in the > Biographical Record of Henry County (published in 1901). > It's pretty interesting to us Alsations. Let me know if you > would like it ([email protected]). > (Hi Kathy- missed you at Yackley reunion) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Seyller <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller & Clementz Information > > > > Hello Kathy, > > I don't know about being related to the Annawan Clementz, could be. > > I suspect Xavier could be of Dora's family. He is buried in St Mary > > Cemetary in Tampico, which is where my family went to church. Couldn't > find > > any church records that confirm the connection. Xavier has two wives > buried > > there also. I will get the names and dates from the stones if anyone is > > interested. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kathy Minder <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:42 AM > > Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > > > > >Are you related to the Clementz's in Annawan? I bowl with a woman who I > > >always thought I was related to through the Clementz' Clara Egert who > > >married Robert Clementz. But when we looked through the book, couldn't > find > > >any references to them. Another different family, I believe one of their > > >names was Xavier Clementz. > > >I work next door to Clementz Appliance in Geneseo, and will check with > them > > >for a connection, too. > > >I love a good puzzle! > > >k > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > > Have you visited the Henry Co. ILGenWeb Project Site lately? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/index.html > > > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? > http://www.usgenweb.org/il > >

Hi, I am Katie (Yackley) Asleson. I have been reading your emails and just wondered if anyone had seen the biography of Xavier Clementz. I got it from the Kewanee Library in the Biographical Record of Henry County (published in 1901). It's pretty interesting to us Alsations. Let me know if you would like it ([email protected]). (Hi Kathy- missed you at Yackley reunion) ----- Original Message ----- From: James Seyller <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller & Clementz Information > Hello Kathy, > I don't know about being related to the Annawan Clementz, could be. > I suspect Xavier could be of Dora's family. He is buried in St Mary > Cemetary in Tampico, which is where my family went to church. Couldn't find > any church records that confirm the connection. Xavier has two wives buried > there also. I will get the names and dates from the stones if anyone is > interested. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy Minder <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:42 AM > Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > >Are you related to the Clementz's in Annawan? I bowl with a woman who I > >always thought I was related to through the Clementz' Clara Egert who > >married Robert Clementz. But when we looked through the book, couldn't find > >any references to them. Another different family, I believe one of their > >names was Xavier Clementz. > >I work next door to Clementz Appliance in Geneseo, and will check with them > >for a connection, too. > >I love a good puzzle! > >k > > > > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Have you visited the Henry Co. ILGenWeb Project Site lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/index.html >

Our friend David Zellers has added several new photos to the Hunter Cemetery Restoration page. Please take to the time to view them. Special Note: The last one is awesome! Amazing what a ray of sunshine will do to a photo. <A HREF="http://www.homestead.com/zellerstombstone/HunterCemetery.html">http:/ /www.homestead.com/zellerstombstone/HunterCemetery.html</A> Mikki & Jim Judge Buffalo, IA

At 10:05 AM 8/23/00 EDT, Patti <[email protected]> wrote: >Does anyone know where I can write to obtain records for burials in the Old >Kewanee Public Cemetery? I have an index of the cemetery but need to know >who keeps the records back to 1873 thru 1880.... The city has what records exist for this cemetery. But apparently there are no records extant for burials prior to 1920, allegedly because the (recently fired) ex-sexton burned them that year. The index was made by the Henry County Genealogical Society by transcribing from the tombstones which survived to 1989. Rollie

Hello Kathy, I don't know about being related to the Annawan Clementz, could be. I suspect Xavier could be of Dora's family. He is buried in St Mary Cemetary in Tampico, which is where my family went to church. Couldn't find any church records that confirm the connection. Xavier has two wives buried there also. I will get the names and dates from the stones if anyone is interested. -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Minder <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:42 AM Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information >Are you related to the Clementz's in Annawan? I bowl with a woman who I >always thought I was related to through the Clementz' Clara Egert who >married Robert Clementz. But when we looked through the book, couldn't find >any references to them. Another different family, I believe one of their >names was Xavier Clementz. >I work next door to Clementz Appliance in Geneseo, and will check with them >for a connection, too. >I love a good puzzle! >k >

The so called "Egert Book" or aka "the BIG Green book" is a family tree done by Mary Jane Egert of Annawan and Linda Oberle Perkins. They lived neighbors in Eight Mile, their families played together and had always known they were related, some how. They set off to discover exactly how. Many of the Loraine Township or "Eight Mile" families with names like Oberle, Egert, Clementz, Yackley, Rink, Hummel, have married into each other. These wonderful ladies searched court records, library records and family records, and compiled this book of over 300 pages. Complete with plat maps, and pictures. This was done about 1983, and they sold it to family members for about 16.00. Mine is so worn I've had to put it into a three ring binder! Hope this answers your questions. I've made a 'sorta' index of all the surnames, and how they are connected with each of the seven siblings of George and Anastasia Yackley (Jaegli) Egert. The children are: Joseph "George" Egert b 13 Aug 1822 Michael Egert b 24 Oct 1828 Barnhart (Bernard) Egert b 03 Spt 1836 Theresa (Dress) Egert b 30 Spt 1838 mar RINK Helen Egert b 02 Aug 1840 mar OBERLE Julienne Egert b 15 Dec 1844 mar CLEMENTZ Daughter b about 1846-47 drowned 2 other children no information All the children were born in Wittisheim, Alsace, France and immigrated with parents. Kathy Minder -----Original Message----- From: Brenda Dansie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 8:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information Okay, I must be very "new" because I have never heard of the "Egert Book". What is it? ---------- > You talk about the Egert Book. Which one are you talking of? I haave one > that goes back to around 1790. One of my unknown cousins did in July of > 1983. At that time is was very complete. > > The name Clementz is very prominent in the book. > > Also, St. Mary's Cemetery in Hooppole might ve a source for you. A lot of > the Egert family are buried there, including my GGF Michael Egert and some > of his siblings. > > If I can be of any help, jusst let me know. > > Mike Moran > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy Minder [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 8:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > Are you related to the Clementz's in Annawan? I bowl with a woman who I > always thought I was related to through the Clementz' Clara Egert who > married Robert Clementz. But when we looked through the book, couldn't find > any references to them. Another different family, I believe one of their > names was Xavier Clementz. > I work next door to Clementz Appliance in Geneseo, and will check with them > for a connection, too. > I love a good puzzle! > k > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Seyller [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 11:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > Hello Kathy, > I have seen the Egart Book that Shirley Heitzler has and I am facinated > with the info put together in it. I wish there was one put together like > it for the Seyllers. > I don't know how my line is connected to Catherine Seiller. I have never > been able to get info on my line before coming to Illinois. I was hoping > someone may have some info on disk or cd that could tie George with other > Seyller immigrants. There are a lot of them around Hampshire, Il. that I > can't connect with, but are undoubtely connected back in Alsace Loraine. I > don't have a Benny in my info. Either that was a nickname or he could have > been related to the Seyllers in Kewanee which are connected to the Seyllers > around Hampshire. > > My grandmother,wife of August Seyller, was Dora Clementz and I would like > to get any info on her line. > > James Seyller > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy Minder <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, August 20, 2000 9:58 PM > Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > >I have a Catherine Seiller who married Tobias Egert in Wittisheim, > >Alsace-Loraine, France. They were the parents of George Egert who > immigrated > >to US about the same time as what you mentioned. They also came through New > >Orleans, to Naperville, IL and walked to Loraine Twp, Henry co., IL. My > >mother was an Egert and I have lots of info on the family. I'd be very > >interested in anything you would have on the Seyller/Seiller name. I used > to > >live in the same township and knew a man named Benny Seyller. They lived > >neighbors to my great and grandparents on Illinois Highway Route 92. > > > >Kathy Minder > >Geneseo, Henry Co., IL > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: James Seyller [mailto:[email protected]] > >Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:52 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > > > > Does anyone have any information, immigration records, etc. on my > Great > >Great Grandfather and or decendants? > > George II Seyller (1819-1890) > > Katherine Hausmesser ( -1872) Immigrated from Alsace > >Loraine to Naperville, Il.in 1854 with seven children. Moved to and > >farmed in Henry Co. > > Children: > > Katherine, John, Charley, Conrad (1840-1905) (My Great > >Grandfather), George III (1847-1931), Nels, and Lawrence. > > Children born in Illinois: Frank (1854- ), August > >(1861-1953), Clara (1865-1875). > > > > I don't know but suspect they came in the port of New Orleans. > > > > James Seyller > > > > > > > > > > > >==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > > Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? > > http://www.usgenweb.org/il > > > > > >==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > > The BISHOP HILL COLONISTS of Henry County IL > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbhccad/index.htm > >Database featuring 12,000+ Colonists and Descendants!!! > > Part of the Henry CoILGenWeb Project > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Have you visited the Henry Co. ILGenWeb Project Site lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/index.html > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > The BISHOP HILL COLONISTS of Henry County IL > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbhccad/index.htm > Database featuring 12,000+ Colonists and Descendants!!! > Part of the Henry CoILGenWeb Project > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > The BISHOP HILL COLONISTS of Henry County IL > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbhccad/index.htm > Database featuring 12,000+ Colonists and Descendants!!! > Part of the Henry CoILGenWeb Project > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- The BISHOP HILL COLONISTS of Henry County IL http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbhccad/index.htm Database featuring 12,000+ Colonists and Descendants!!! Part of the Henry CoILGenWeb Project

You talk about the Egert Book. Which one are you talking of? I haave one that goes back to around 1790. One of my unknown cousins did in July of 1983. At that time is was very complete. The name Clementz is very prominent in the book. Also, St. Mary's Cemetery in Hooppole might ve a source for you. A lot of the Egert family are buried there, including my GGF Michael Egert and some of his siblings. If I can be of any help, jusst let me know. Mike Moran -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Minder [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 8:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information Are you related to the Clementz's in Annawan? I bowl with a woman who I always thought I was related to through the Clementz' Clara Egert who married Robert Clementz. But when we looked through the book, couldn't find any references to them. Another different family, I believe one of their names was Xavier Clementz. I work next door to Clementz Appliance in Geneseo, and will check with them for a connection, too. I love a good puzzle! k -----Original Message----- From: James Seyller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 11:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information Hello Kathy, I have seen the Egart Book that Shirley Heitzler has and I am facinated with the info put together in it. I wish there was one put together like it for the Seyllers. I don't know how my line is connected to Catherine Seiller. I have never been able to get info on my line before coming to Illinois. I was hoping someone may have some info on disk or cd that could tie George with other Seyller immigrants. There are a lot of them around Hampshire, Il. that I can't connect with, but are undoubtely connected back in Alsace Loraine. I don't have a Benny in my info. Either that was a nickname or he could have been related to the Seyllers in Kewanee which are connected to the Seyllers around Hampshire. My grandmother,wife of August Seyller, was Dora Clementz and I would like to get any info on her line. James Seyller -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Minder <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 20, 2000 9:58 PM Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information >I have a Catherine Seiller who married Tobias Egert in Wittisheim, >Alsace-Loraine, France. They were the parents of George Egert who immigrated >to US about the same time as what you mentioned. They also came through New >Orleans, to Naperville, IL and walked to Loraine Twp, Henry co., IL. My >mother was an Egert and I have lots of info on the family. I'd be very >interested in anything you would have on the Seyller/Seiller name. I used to >live in the same township and knew a man named Benny Seyller. They lived >neighbors to my great and grandparents on Illinois Highway Route 92. > >Kathy Minder >Geneseo, Henry Co., IL > >-----Original Message----- >From: James Seyller [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:52 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > Does anyone have any information, immigration records, etc. on my Great >Great Grandfather and or decendants? > George II Seyller (1819-1890) > Katherine Hausmesser ( -1872) Immigrated from Alsace >Loraine to Naperville, Il.in 1854 with seven children. Moved to and >farmed in Henry Co. > Children: > Katherine, John, Charley, Conrad (1840-1905) (My Great >Grandfather), George III (1847-1931), Nels, and Lawrence. > Children born in Illinois: Frank (1854- ), August >(1861-1953), Clara (1865-1875). > > I don't know but suspect they came in the port of New Orleans. > > James Seyller > > > > > >==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? > http://www.usgenweb.org/il > > >==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > The BISHOP HILL COLONISTS of Henry County IL >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbhccad/index.htm >Database featuring 12,000+ Colonists and Descendants!!! > Part of the Henry CoILGenWeb Project ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- Have you visited the Henry Co. ILGenWeb Project Site lately? http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/index.html ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- The BISHOP HILL COLONISTS of Henry County IL http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbhccad/index.htm Database featuring 12,000+ Colonists and Descendants!!! Part of the Henry CoILGenWeb Project

Hi Joan, Helen DEZUTTER SHEETS was a sister to my Grandmother, Sophie DEZUTTER VERKRUYSSE. I have no dates on her or Clyde's birth date, location or death date, or location. I have her marrying Clyde Edward SHEETS on 23 November 1927, Henry County, IL. I have no children. Just trying to figure out some loose ends. There are always loose ends! Bob Verkruysse SunnySide, GA Joan Duffield wrote: > I have been watching the Henry Co. web page just to see if someone we > could connect to ever turned up. > > Clyde Sheets is my husband's first cousin. His mother, Annie Eggimann > was my mother-in-law's sister. > > How are you folks connected to Clyde and Helen? > > Joan Duffield

Hi Bob; You've sparked my interest! :) Clyde and Helen Sheets were next door neighbors to my mother when she was growing up in Atkinson, and they were very good friends for many many years. I knew Helen as "Ma" Sheets. May I ask what your connection to the Sheets family is? Not familiar with the other names you mentioned. My family line does not have a DEZUTTER, but it does have a DeShepper, if there might be a connection there. Have you checked the Henry County Webpage at <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/< /A> ? Scroll down to the Cemetery listings and go to that page.....you will find a listing for all of the Atkinson/ Cornwall Township cemeteries, and a booklet that is available from the Henry County Genealogical Society for $10, which includes St. Anthony's. These records are not online, but I have found the HCGS cemetery booklets to be very good. For anyone else who has not been to the Henry County webpage, it would be to your advantage to peruse this sight for genealogical information in Henry County. Susie Martin-Rott has one of the best County pages, in my opinion, in the whole country. Very informative, very well put together, and very easy to browse. Check it out. BTW, for those of you who are thinking Susie & I must be personal friends...I have never met the lady, nor are we related.....I give this endorsement just from my experience of using the web, and the countless number of County pages I have seen. :) I also might add the Atkinson Museum has a very extensive collection of photos, history on the town, and it's early residents. Bill Freddy, Curator, was given an award last year for his work on setting up this museum, I believe by the State Historical Society. He is more than happy to help in anyway he can. You can write to him c/o Atkinson Township, 400 N. State St. P. O. Box 238, Atkinson, IL. 61235 Mikki Judge Buffalo, IA << X-Message: #4 Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:04:37 -0400 From: Bob Verkruysse <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [ILHENRY-L] St. Anthony Cemetery Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone have a listing for the St. Anthony Cemetery? I think it is in Cornwall Township outside Atkinson. Is there one on-line? Is one available to purchase? I am looking for many people, most with last names of VERKRUYSSE or other variants, i.e. VERCRUYSE etc. and DEZUTTER. Also looking for: Peter and Lucy EECKHOUT, James and Mary APPLEMAN, Clyde and Helen SHEETS. Bob Verkruysse SunnySide, GA >>

Does anyone have a listing for the St. Anthony Cemetery? I think it is in Cornwall Township outside Atkinson. Is there one on-line? Is one available to purchase? I am looking for many people, most with last names of VERKRUYSSE or other variants, i.e. VERCRUYSE etc. and DEZUTTER. Also looking for: Peter and Lucy EECKHOUT, James and Mary APPLEMAN, Clyde and Helen SHEETS. Bob Verkruysse SunnySide, GA

Does anyone know where I can write to obtain records for burials in the Old Kewanee Public Cemetery? I have an index of the cemetery but need to know who keeps the records back to 1873 thru 1880. Thanks Patti

Are you related to the Clementz's in Annawan? I bowl with a woman who I always thought I was related to through the Clementz' Clara Egert who married Robert Clementz. But when we looked through the book, couldn't find any references to them. Another different family, I believe one of their names was Xavier Clementz. I work next door to Clementz Appliance in Geneseo, and will check with them for a connection, too. I love a good puzzle! k -----Original Message----- From: James Seyller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 11:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information Hello Kathy, I have seen the Egart Book that Shirley Heitzler has and I am facinated with the info put together in it. I wish there was one put together like it for the Seyllers. I don't know how my line is connected to Catherine Seiller. I have never been able to get info on my line before coming to Illinois. I was hoping someone may have some info on disk or cd that could tie George with other Seyller immigrants. There are a lot of them around Hampshire, Il. that I can't connect with, but are undoubtely connected back in Alsace Loraine. I don't have a Benny in my info. Either that was a nickname or he could have been related to the Seyllers in Kewanee which are connected to the Seyllers around Hampshire. My grandmother,wife of August Seyller, was Dora Clementz and I would like to get any info on her line. James Seyller -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Minder <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 20, 2000 9:58 PM Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information >I have a Catherine Seiller who married Tobias Egert in Wittisheim, >Alsace-Loraine, France. They were the parents of George Egert who immigrated >to US about the same time as what you mentioned. They also came through New >Orleans, to Naperville, IL and walked to Loraine Twp, Henry co., IL. My >mother was an Egert and I have lots of info on the family. I'd be very >interested in anything you would have on the Seyller/Seiller name. I used to >live in the same township and knew a man named Benny Seyller. They lived >neighbors to my great and grandparents on Illinois Highway Route 92. > >Kathy Minder >Geneseo, Henry Co., IL > >-----Original Message----- >From: James Seyller [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:52 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > Does anyone have any information, immigration records, etc. on my Great >Great Grandfather and or decendants? > George II Seyller (1819-1890) > Katherine Hausmesser ( -1872) Immigrated from Alsace >Loraine to Naperville, Il.in 1854 with seven children. Moved to and >farmed in Henry Co. > Children: > Katherine, John, Charley, Conrad (1840-1905) (My Great >Grandfather), George III (1847-1931), Nels, and Lawrence. > Children born in Illinois: Frank (1854- ), August >(1861-1953), Clara (1865-1875). > > I don't know but suspect they came in the port of New Orleans. > > James Seyller > > > > > >==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? > http://www.usgenweb.org/il > > >==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > The BISHOP HILL COLONISTS of Henry County IL >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbhccad/index.htm >Database featuring 12,000+ Colonists and Descendants!!! > Part of the Henry CoILGenWeb Project ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- Have you visited the Henry Co. ILGenWeb Project Site lately? http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/index.html

Hello Kathy, I have seen the Egart Book that Shirley Heitzler has and I am facinated with the info put together in it. I wish there was one put together like it for the Seyllers. I don't know how my line is connected to Catherine Seiller. I have never been able to get info on my line before coming to Illinois. I was hoping someone may have some info on disk or cd that could tie George with other Seyller immigrants. There are a lot of them around Hampshire, Il. that I can't connect with, but are undoubtely connected back in Alsace Loraine. I don't have a Benny in my info. Either that was a nickname or he could have been related to the Seyllers in Kewanee which are connected to the Seyllers around Hampshire. My grandmother,wife of August Seyller, was Dora Clementz and I would like to get any info on her line. James Seyller -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Minder <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 20, 2000 9:58 PM Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information >I have a Catherine Seiller who married Tobias Egert in Wittisheim, >Alsace-Loraine, France. They were the parents of George Egert who immigrated >to US about the same time as what you mentioned. They also came through New >Orleans, to Naperville, IL and walked to Loraine Twp, Henry co., IL. My >mother was an Egert and I have lots of info on the family. I'd be very >interested in anything you would have on the Seyller/Seiller name. I used to >live in the same township and knew a man named Benny Seyller. They lived >neighbors to my great and grandparents on Illinois Highway Route 92. > >Kathy Minder >Geneseo, Henry Co., IL > >-----Original Message----- >From: James Seyller [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:52 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information > > > Does anyone have any information, immigration records, etc. on my Great >Great Grandfather and or decendants? > George II Seyller (1819-1890) > Katherine Hausmesser ( -1872) Immigrated from Alsace >Loraine to Naperville, Il.in 1854 with seven children. Moved to and >farmed in Henry Co. > Children: > Katherine, John, Charley, Conrad (1840-1905) (My Great >Grandfather), George III (1847-1931), Nels, and Lawrence. > Children born in Illinois: Frank (1854- ), August >(1861-1953), Clara (1865-1875). > > I don't know but suspect they came in the port of New Orleans. > > James Seyller > > > > > >==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? > http://www.usgenweb.org/il > > >==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > The BISHOP HILL COLONISTS of Henry County IL >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbhccad/index.htm >Database featuring 12,000+ Colonists and Descendants!!! > Part of the Henry CoILGenWeb Project

I have a Catherine Seiller who married Tobias Egert in Wittisheim, Alsace-Loraine, France. They were the parents of George Egert who immigrated to US about the same time as what you mentioned. They also came through New Orleans, to Naperville, IL and walked to Loraine Twp, Henry co., IL. My mother was an Egert and I have lots of info on the family. I'd be very interested in anything you would have on the Seyller/Seiller name. I used to live in the same township and knew a man named Benny Seyller. They lived neighbors to my great and grandparents on Illinois Highway Route 92. Kathy Minder Geneseo, Henry Co., IL -----Original Message----- From: James Seyller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller Information Does anyone have any information, immigration records, etc. on my Great Great Grandfather and or decendants? George II Seyller (1819-1890) Katherine Hausmesser ( -1872) Immigrated from Alsace Loraine to Naperville, Il.in 1854 with seven children. Moved to and farmed in Henry Co. Children: Katherine, John, Charley, Conrad (1840-1905) (My Great Grandfather), George III (1847-1931), Nels, and Lawrence. Children born in Illinois: Frank (1854- ), August (1861-1953), Clara (1865-1875). I don't know but suspect they came in the port of New Orleans. James Seyller ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? http://www.usgenweb.org/il

Does anyone have any information, immigration records, etc. on my Great Great Grandfather and or decendants? George II Seyller (1819-1890) Katherine Hausmesser ( -1872) Immigrated from Alsace Loraine to Naperville, Il.in 1854 with seven children. Moved to and farmed in Henry Co. Children: Katherine, John, Charley, Conrad (1840-1905) (My Great Grandfather), George III (1847-1931), Nels, and Lawrence. Children born in Illinois: Frank (1854- ), August (1861-1953), Clara (1865-1875). I don't know but suspect they came in the port of New Orleans. James Seyller

This is one resource that I had not known about. << Research resources- Income Tax Records of the Civil War Years http://www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/fox.html Another interesting site! Migrations Across Texas http://homepages.go.com/~lc123/migrations/index1.html

Hello Judy: I am working with the World Family Tree discs and looked up the names listed on their Immigation Lists - Germany, 1850-1874. All names are there. The ship name was Robt Peel. The Captains name was N.J. Juergens Port of Embarkation was Marseilles, Mode of travel was Cabin. Hope this helps. Doris Richards

Does anyone have a copy of the following Quarterly? I have a CD that includes my family that came from Germany. The CD gives the names and ages along with the year of arrival. It doesn't give the ship name or port of departure. If there is more information in the original article I would appreciate knowing what it is. The names I am interested in are; Sophie Papendick, Caroline Papendick, S. Papendick (should be L. for Louis), Wilhelm Papendick, and Fredereike Papendick. They came here in 1862. The source of the information is listed as; "SHIP PASSENGER LISTS." By Michael Cassady. In Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 16:1 (Spring 1984), pp. 5-17. I have recently become a member of the Illinois Gen. Society and also Henry County Gen. Society, but this particular Quarterly is not available from them. Thanks in advance, Judy Papendick [email protected]