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 > >