WOOHOO! This is what makes this job SO WORTHWHILE for me! I love to see the successful results of our work! Thank you so much for posting this. -Cheryl Hemingway Close To My Heart Consultant <http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/RubberTreasures.html> Rubber Treasures ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Hoffman <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 1:34 AM Subject: [ILJODAVI] Elizabeth newspaper "clippings" > I want to say a special thanks for the transcription of the items from > the 1915-16 Elizabeth Weekly News. They had a number of items of > interest about the Hagie family, but also a real break-through! Mrs. > John Hagie, Sr. was born Regula Hoffman (sister of my husband's great > grandfather) and so I've been tracing the Hagies as part of the Hoffman > family. There were three sons, the elder two of whom were the Hagie > Bros. of the store in Elizabeth, but I had no trace of the youngest > after 1889. > > Until the notice of the death of young Stella Hagie in Jordan, MN, > attended by her uncle Fred and cousin Dr. F. E. Hagie. I still can't > find the third brother, Albert, in the 1900 Soundex, but Jordan was a > small town and he and his family turn up there in 1900/10/20 on the > census - and all thanks to that little notice on the Jo Daviess web > page! > > So thanks to Marjorie Smith!!! and to Cheryl for putting them on the web > page and notifying us. > > Cheers, > Jean Hoffman > [email protected] > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeangene/ > >