Hi.......Perhaps the following information may be of some help in your search. The Elgin Area Historical Society has probate files for the following FAY family members. The year following the name is the year of death. Sarah 1883 Peter 1920 Mary 1899 Elbridge 1913 Clarence 1932 Harry 1953 Winslow 1890 William 1892 The following FAYs were listed in the 1865 IL census for Kane County: A.C. E. E.E. John P. Patrick Peter Judy

Beverly, I found City Directories from 1859+ at Gail Borden Library. Don't know about the Elgin Historical Society. Janet Pearson Researching: Lehman(n), Clark, Van Nostrand, Willand > Can the Elgin City Directories be found at Gail Borden Library and/or the Elgin Historical Society? I'd like to take a gander at them myself. I had family in Elgin myself. They're all buried in Bluff City now. > > Thank you, > Beverly Mack Zanon > Researching: Bittinger, Wisser, Fierk[e] > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > >

Elgin Directories 1875-76 Van Vleet John, teamster, res s sd Seneca, bet Prospect and St. John no Van Vleets from 1876 - 1892 (I still have some research to do from 1894-1930 so may have some more later) The directories for the 1930s and 40s only list children of high school age and above. 1931-32 ----------- Van Vleet Benjamin J (Anna) emp State highway r 310 Mountain (2) Note: the (2) means number of kids and (Anna) is his wife Van Vleet Lloyd F student high school r 310 mountain Van Vleet Loretta R Miss stenog Empire milking machine co r 310 Mountain 1933-34 ---------- Van Vleet Benjamin J (Anna) r 567 Park (1) Van Vleet Frances Miss student high school r 567 Park Van Vleet Loretta Miss emp Cook pub co r 567 Park 1940 ------ Van Vleet Frances Miss emp Cook Pub co r 576 Walnut ave 1943-44 ---------- Van Vleet Benjamin J (Anna) carp r 635 South Van Vleet Robert B in U S service r 635 South 1946 ------ Van Vleet Benjamin J (Anna) carpenter Repair Work 635 South St Van Vleet Robert Veteran 635 South St 1948-49 ---------- Van Vleet Benj J (Anna) carp 635 South h do Van Vleet Leone S Mrs sten Anderson Ins Service h227 S Clifton av Van Vleet Lois R emp Ruggles Print & Adv Co (Chgo) r635 South Van Vleet Robt B (Leone S) carp contr h227 S Clifton av

Thank you, Janet. Think I'll pay a visit to Gail Borden as soon as possible. City Directories hold alot of possible leads -- at least Chicago City Directories do; hopefully Elgin's will. Beverly Mack Zanon Researching: Bittinger, Wisser, Fierk[e]:Germany>Elgin

Yes Janet.. absolutely..I do appreciate all that you are finding. Thanks again. Clarice. -----Original Message----- From: Janet <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, July 07, 2000 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] ILKANE- Van Vleet >Clarice, > >I found some more Van Vleets listed in Elgin City Directories.. They are >next to Van Nostrand which I am researching.. Let me know if you want this >info and I will send it to you. > >Janet > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Clarice Phillips <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 8:58 PM >Subject: Re: [ILKANE] ILKANE- Van Vleet > > >> THANK YOU Janet. I appreciate your help. Clarice Phillips...researching >> VanVleets. [email protected] >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Janet <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 7:11 PM >> Subject: [ILKANE] ILKANE- Van Vleet >> >> >> >To the person looking for Van Vleet. >> > >> >I chanced upon this in the 1870 Kane County Census >> >Hampshire, Kane Co, 18 Aug 1870 >> > >> >Van Vleet James 55 M W Farmer NY >> > Sabra 44 F W Keeping House NY >> > Benjeman 19 M W Works farm ILL >> > James E 16 M W At Home ILL >> > Ida 14 F W At Home ILL >> > Esther 12 F W At home ILL >> > Sarah J 18 F W At home ILL >> > Mary(or May) Elizabeth 8 F W At Home ILL >> > George Penn(?) 6 M W At Home ILL >> > Siray (or Suay or Seray?) Elvira 3 F W At >Home >> ILL >> > >> >Don't know if this helps?? >> > >> >Janet >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== >> >The companion web site for this list is found at >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. >> > >> >> >> ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== >> You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a >> message to mailto:[email protected] >> >> > > >==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== >The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. >

Bob, suggest you spend a day at the State Historical Library in Madison (at the bottom of State Street on University Campus) with one of the specialists there. They can help you sort out the discrepancies. The library has the second largest collection of family histories in the world, and I have found many a connection there. The library's holdings are worldwide, not just Wisconsin, although the Wisconsin section is outstanding. At 07:00 AM 7/6/00 -0500, you wrote: >Dear ILKANE subscribers, > >I am doing research projects on three brothers, Rice Fay, Elijah Fay, and >Harrison K Fay who migrated from New England in the 1830's to northern >Illinois and Wisconsin, prepatory to putting up webpages on each one at >http://fayfamily.org, and am looking for sources and suggestions for >further information. > >Rice Fay in particular is assoiciated with the early history of Kane >county. This is what I know so far and it may not be 100% accurate yet. > >Rice Fay founded Fayville in about 1833 located on section 3 of St Charles >township. He was also postmaster there and was among the founders of the >Baptist church there. He built the large stone dwelling that was later >occuppied by the Keating family. > >What are the best sources for information on these activities.....old >maps, original documents, early histories etc. Is there any historical >society etc that is open on weekends that I should use. > >Rice Fay apparently moved to Elgin in about 1853......but I have no >information on him there. I don't know when he died, who his descendants >were etc yet. Any ideas for weekend sources for this information? > >Brother Elijah Fay moved a lot, and is much harder to trace. According to >the 1840 census he was in Burnett township, Dodge county Wisconsin. >According to the history of a Baptist church in Racine Wisconsin he was in >Racine and founded a church there in 1840. According to a third source, >which is known to contain errors, Elijah moved by his brother Rice in >ELgin (or St Charles) in 1840. I definitely have Elijah voting in the >election in Kane county in 1846. > >I have an enormous amount of information on Elijah before 1840, but have >little after his move to Wisconsin in 1837, and some of it is contradictory. > >Suggestions or information on him would be helpful. > >For anyone that may be interested in this family, there was a third >brother Harrison K Fay who was the first pioneer settler of Mount Pleasant >township, Racine county, Wisconsin, and subsequently owned a lumber >company in northern Wisconsin. > >Any ideas, sugestions, or comments anyone? > >Thanks, >Bob Fay >Sturtevant, Wisconsin >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== >Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

In a message dated Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:39:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Janet" <[email protected]> writes: << I found some more Van Vleets listed in Elgin City Directories.. >> Good afternoon folks, Can the Elgin City Directories be found at Gail Borden Library and/or the Elgin Historical Society? I'd like to take a gander at them myself. I had family in Elgin myself. They're pretty much all buried in Bluff City now. Thank you, Beverly Mack Zanon Researching: Bittinger, Wisser, Fierk[e]

In a message dated Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:39:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Janet" <[email protected]> writes: << I found some more Van Vleets listed in Elgin City Directories.. >> Good afternoon folks, Can the Elgin City Directories be found at Gail Borden Library and/or the Elgin Historical Society? I'd like to take a gander at them myself. I had family in Elgin myself. They're all buried in Bluff City now. Thank you, Beverly Mack Zanon Researching: Bittinger, Wisser, Fierk[e]

Clarice, I found some more Van Vleets listed in Elgin City Directories.. They are next to Van Nostrand which I am researching.. Let me know if you want this info and I will send it to you. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: Clarice Phillips <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] ILKANE- Van Vleet > THANK YOU Janet. I appreciate your help. Clarice Phillips...researching > VanVleets. [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Janet <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 7:11 PM > Subject: [ILKANE] ILKANE- Van Vleet > > > >To the person looking for Van Vleet. > > > >I chanced upon this in the 1870 Kane County Census > >Hampshire, Kane Co, 18 Aug 1870 > > > >Van Vleet James 55 M W Farmer NY > > Sabra 44 F W Keeping House NY > > Benjeman 19 M W Works farm ILL > > James E 16 M W At Home ILL > > Ida 14 F W At Home ILL > > Esther 12 F W At home ILL > > Sarah J 18 F W At home ILL > > Mary(or May) Elizabeth 8 F W At Home ILL > > George Penn(?) 6 M W At Home ILL > > Siray (or Suay or Seray?) Elvira 3 F W At Home > ILL > > > >Don't know if this helps?? > > > >Janet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > >The companion web site for this list is found at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:[email protected] > >

Hi Jim, Thus far from what I have gotten it was on section 3 of St Charles township. I stopped by the police station when I was in St Charles Tuesday and talked to an officer of thirty years experience. He says that section 3 is along the east and west side of the river at Five Islands. Rice Fay, and others, had meetings in Rice's home there which led to the formation of a Baptist church. I don't know if that church still exists. Brother Elijah had not yet moved to Elgin and was in Racine Wisconsin founding a Baptist church there. The little settlement Rice Fay lived in was called Fayville, and had their own post office for a time. I don't know yet if it was on the east or west side of the river. It may be that Fayville became part of South Elgin in time, or possibly St Charles.......I need to look at a plat map, preferably from about 1840. Rice Fay built "a substantial stone dwelling" which was later occuppied by the Keatins and known as the Keating house. I have not been able to locate it, if it even exists anymore. I am tenetively planning a trip to St Charles tommorrow, to speak with the researcher/archivist at the historical society. These would be very old records I would be looking for and I don't think many survive to today. Any ideas on what cemetary they might be buried in? Bob ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jim Beckman" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:46:44 -0400 Please let me know where the house you describe is located I was born in St.Charles and would be interested ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert W. Fay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > Hi Patricia, > > Now that is a good idea! And someone else wrote about the St Charles > Historical Society so I am trying to get connected to them to visit > tommorrow. > > Thanks, > Bob > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: [email protected] (Patricia Meyers) > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:22:09 -0500 (CDT) > > Hi, Bob, > Doesn't the Federal Archives in Chicago keep some sort of records on > postmasters? You may find something there...Pat Meyers, Worth, IL > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a message to mailto:[email protected] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Patricia, Now that is a good idea! And someone else wrote about the St Charles Historical Society so I am trying to get connected to them to visit tommorrow. Thanks, Bob ----Original Message Follows---- From: [email protected] (Patricia Meyers) Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:22:09 -0500 (CDT) Hi, Bob, Doesn't the Federal Archives in Chicago keep some sort of records on postmasters? You may find something there...Pat Meyers, Worth, IL ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hello fellow researchers, Does anyone know where I would go to find draft registration cards for Maple Park? Would appreciate any replies...thanks, Patricia Meyers,Worth,IL

Hi, Would someone have the name and address of the Catholic Church in Maple Park? I think it's St Mary's...many thanks...Pat Meyers

Hi, Bob, Doesn't the Federal Archives in Chicago keep some sort of records on postmasters? You may find something there...Pat Meyers, Worth, IL

Please let me know where the house you describe is located I was born in St.Charles and would be interested ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert W. Fay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > Hi Patricia, > > Now that is a good idea! And someone else wrote about the St Charles > Historical Society so I am trying to get connected to them to visit > tommorrow. > > Thanks, > Bob > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: [email protected] (Patricia Meyers) > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:22:09 -0500 (CDT) > > Hi, Bob, > Doesn't the Federal Archives in Chicago keep some sort of records on > postmasters? You may find something there...Pat Meyers, Worth, IL > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

Dear ILKANE subscribers, I am doing research projects on three brothers, Rice Fay, Elijah Fay, and Harrison K Fay who migrated from New England in the 1830's to northern Illinois and Wisconsin, prepatory to putting up webpages on each one at http://fayfamily.org, and am looking for sources and suggestions for further information. Rice Fay in particular is assoiciated with the early history of Kane county. This is what I know so far and it may not be 100% accurate yet. Rice Fay founded Fayville in about 1833 located on section 3 of St Charles township. He was also postmaster there and was among the founders of the Baptist church there. He built the large stone dwelling that was later occuppied by the Keating family. What are the best sources for information on these activities.....old maps, original documents, early histories etc. Is there any historical society etc that is open on weekends that I should use. Rice Fay apparently moved to Elgin in about 1853......but I have no information on him there. I don't know when he died, who his descendants were etc yet. Any ideas for weekend sources for this information? Brother Elijah Fay moved a lot, and is much harder to trace. According to the 1840 census he was in Burnett township, Dodge county Wisconsin. According to the history of a Baptist church in Racine Wisconsin he was in Racine and founded a church there in 1840. According to a third source, which is known to contain errors, Elijah moved by his brother Rice in ELgin (or St Charles) in 1840. I definitely have Elijah voting in the election in Kane county in 1846. I have an enormous amount of information on Elijah before 1840, but have little after his move to Wisconsin in 1837, and some of it is contradictory. Suggestions or information on him would be helpful. For anyone that may be interested in this family, there was a third brother Harrison K Fay who was the first pioneer settler of Mount Pleasant township, Racine county, Wisconsin, and subsequently owned a lumber company in northern Wisconsin. Any ideas, sugestions, or comments anyone? Thanks, Bob Fay Sturtevant, Wisconsin ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

I don't know if I am in the right place to post this. If not my apologies. The below person is my grandfather. I am desperately trying to learn his mother's maiden name. Her first name was Emilie. If anyone has access to a census record for 1877-1890 in Glen Ellyn ,I would really appreciate a look up for this elusive family. Parents were Karl & Emilie Domrose. One of his older brothers, Herman was also born in Glen Ellyn in 1877. There were 3-4 siblings in between. Would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance. Cathie Paul Karl b 1888, Feb 28 in Glen Ellyn, ILL. died 11 Dec. 1935 in Cook county, Chicago, ILL. (death certificate # 6033206) buried at Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, ILL. last address at time of death was: 1107 So. Cypress St. Chgo. ILL. married to: BAGDO, Laura Marie b. 17 March 1892 in Chicago, ILL. died 1964 April. "Every wall is a door." – Emerson

THANK YOU Janet. I appreciate your help. Clarice Phillips...researching VanVleets. [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Janet <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 7:11 PM Subject: [ILKANE] ILKANE- Van Vleet >To the person looking for Van Vleet. > >I chanced upon this in the 1870 Kane County Census >Hampshire, Kane Co, 18 Aug 1870 > >Van Vleet James 55 M W Farmer NY > Sabra 44 F W Keeping House NY > Benjeman 19 M W Works farm ILL > James E 16 M W At Home ILL > Ida 14 F W At Home ILL > Esther 12 F W At home ILL > Sarah J 18 F W At home ILL > Mary(or May) Elizabeth 8 F W At Home ILL > George Penn(?) 6 M W At Home ILL > Siray (or Suay or Seray?) Elvira 3 F W At Home ILL > >Don't know if this helps?? > >Janet > > > > > > > > >==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== >The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. >

To the person looking for Van Vleet. I chanced upon this in the 1870 Kane County Census Hampshire, Kane Co, 18 Aug 1870 Van Vleet James 55 M W Farmer NY Sabra 44 F W Keeping House NY Benjeman 19 M W Works farm ILL James E 16 M W At Home ILL Ida 14 F W At Home ILL Esther 12 F W At home ILL Sarah J 18 F W At home ILL Mary(or May) Elizabeth 8 F W At Home ILL George Penn(?) 6 M W At Home ILL Siray (or Suay or Seray?) Elvira 3 F W At Home ILL Don't know if this helps?? Janet

St.Charles has a great historical society, they have been very gracious. the address is Two East main Street. Phone 630-584-6967 ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert W. Fay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 8:00 AM Subject: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > Dear ILKANE subscribers, > > I am doing research projects on three brothers, Rice Fay, Elijah Fay, and > Harrison K Fay who migrated from New England in the 1830's to northern > Illinois and Wisconsin, prepatory to putting up webpages on each one at > http://fayfamily.org, and am looking for sources and suggestions for further > information. > > Rice Fay in particular is assoiciated with the early history of Kane county. > This is what I know so far and it may not be 100% accurate yet. > > Rice Fay founded Fayville in about 1833 located on section 3 of St Charles > township. He was also postmaster there and was among the founders of the > Baptist church there. He built the large stone dwelling that was later > occuppied by the Keating family. > > What are the best sources for information on these activities.....old maps, > original documents, early histories etc. Is there any historical society etc > that is open on weekends that I should use. > > Rice Fay apparently moved to Elgin in about 1853......but I have no > information on him there. I don't know when he died, who his descendants > were etc yet. Any ideas for weekend sources for this information? > > Brother Elijah Fay moved a lot, and is much harder to trace. According to > the 1840 census he was in Burnett township, Dodge county Wisconsin. > According to the history of a Baptist church in Racine Wisconsin he was in > Racine and founded a church there in 1840. According to a third source, > which is known to contain errors, Elijah moved by his brother Rice in ELgin > (or St Charles) in 1840. I definitely have Elijah voting in the election in > Kane county in 1846. > > I have an enormous amount of information on Elijah before 1840, but have > little after his move to Wisconsin in 1837, and some of it is contradictory. > > Suggestions or information on him would be helpful. > > For anyone that may be interested in this family, there was a third brother > Harrison K Fay who was the first pioneer settler of Mount Pleasant township, > Racine county, Wisconsin, and subsequently owned a lumber company in > northern Wisconsin. > > Any ideas, sugestions, or comments anyone? > > Thanks, > Bob Fay > Sturtevant, Wisconsin > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >