Judy,You're welcome,I,m going to research it some more sice I live just about 6 miles from Otterville in Jerseyville.If I can find out why it was called that I'll let you know.I'll almost bet it was named after the first settler or something like that. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy" <judygriffin@tds.net> To: <ILJERSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [ILJERSEY] Otterville > Carol, > > A big thanks! I had found only one other reference to Gullem, a Civil War > enlistment record. Your finding seems to confirm that Otterville was > probably > once named Gullem. What a strange name! I wonder what the source was. > > Judy, Jersey County GenWeb > > On 4 Feb 2005 at 22:01, Carol Walsh wrote: > > Judy, > I found this in the Jersey county history; > MARTIN,died Dec.12,1898 Jersey county Democrat:died at home in English > township 46 years old,was buried from Gullem(otterville) in otterville > cemetery Rev.Crawford Dec.29,1998 > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judy" <judygriffin@tds.net> > To: <ILJERSEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 7:59 PM > Subject: [ILJERSEY] Otterville > > >>I have a 1961 "Alton Evening Tele[graph?] write up on Otterville history. >>At >> the top of the article, someone has written "Prior to 1867 Otterville was >> known as Gullem." Does anyone know if this was correct? Unfortunately, I >> did >> not record where I obtained the article. The article does not mention >> Gullem. >> >> Judy Griffin, in Wisconsin >> >> >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >