The town of Fidelity is only a couple of miles out of Jerseyville and is in Jersey County/Medora is just a short distance from both Jerseyville and Fidelity,The Fidelity people are in the Jersy county census. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reta Diedrich" <diedrich@scicable.net> To: <ILJERSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [ILJERSEY] Elizabeth Lannon Information Request > hey, this is me again. You referred to a bap. record with the words > fidelity/medora. Could this possibly be a catholic baptism and those words > being Latin for ????. I know a bit of Latin so maybe I can help there. > Also often the godparents can be pieces of the puzzle. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael S. McGough <mcgoughm@charter.net> > To: ILJERSEY-L@rootsweb.com <ILJERSEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Friday, October 01, 2004 8:20 PM > Subject: [ILJERSEY] Elizabeth Lannon Information Request > > > > I am looking for any information I can find on this lost soul. Here is > what > >I know: > > > >Birth: Abt. 1840 (IRE - King or Queens Co - I think) > >Marriage: Cornelius Whalen, Jersey County, Dec 25, 1856 > >Death: Abt 1867-70 (Location Unknown Poss. Jerseyville area) > > > >Children: > > > >Mary Ann Whalen: Birth - September 01, 1858 > >Daniel Whalen: Birth - July 30, 1861 > >Thomas Whalen: Birth - January 10, 1867 > > > >I also know she appears with Cornelius in 1860 Census: > > > >WHEELER CORNELIUS 22 M W IREL IL JERSEY JERSEYVILLE PCT 1860 He was with > >Lizzie 20 and child Mary Ann, 1 > > > >Her Son Thomas Whalen's Obit said that she died when he was an infant. I > >believe during that time they would still have been in Jersey, However, I > >also have some information that shows an orphaned Thomas Whalen: > > > >There was also a Thomas Whalin, age 2, listed as an orphan in 1870, in > >Montgomery Co., IL. Also but in a differ location his brother Daniel and > >sister Mary are also shown as orphans. > > > >Which lend credibility to the fact that I was told that the father up and > >went out west at some point and left all his kids at a crossroads. If he > was > >an orphan at that age in 1870 then his mother died maybe around 1867 - > >1870ish. > > > >What I am looking for is any information on possibly where this woman is > >buried, how she died, anything at all. It is obvious by census records they > >were in Jersey in 1860s then possibly the youngest son was orphaned by his > >father sometime after the mother died. > > > >Any information on her, possibilities where they could have been buried or > >anything would be great. I think they lived in Jerseyville PCT, but I also > >have a baptism cert for Thomas that says something about fidelity/medora. > > > >Any help on her would be immensely appreciated. > > > >Mike McGough > > > > > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >