There is a Ryerson Street in Elgin on the Southeast side of town. It is near the Elgin State Hospital. Since Ryerson is not that common of a name I thought this might me a piece of your puzzle. BKEngrPCH@aol.com wrote: > I might be getting closer....don't know the possibility of finding > birthparents of someone from this era though without knowing which County they were born > in. > But just received my GGGrandmother's death cert and it lists her birthdate! > so that is a bonus. Also lists her as buried at Oakwood Cemetery....I asssume > this is the one in Chicago (there are several I found). {Her fosterparents > were buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, and there are still family plots > available...so don't know why she wasn't buried there too}. > > Grace Esther Ryerson was born to parents from Scotland (acc'g to 1880 Chicago > Census) on May 5, 1868. She was adopted by Tunis Ryerson (from NJ) and Rose > Anderson (from Canada) before 1871 (Tunis died in July 1871). They had been > living in Muskegon, Michigan. > > I can't pinpoint the families locations. Tunis and Rose came to Illinois and > there is suggestion they lived in Chicago. However, Tunis died in Elgin, > Kane in 1871. He was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. Rose remarried to > Robert Forrester and lived in Chicago (with Grace too). Grace married Samuel > Edward Davis (from Alton, Madison) in Cook County in 1887. He was a creamery > businessman in Chicago (South Water Street I've been told). They had four > children, one was born in Elgin, Kane....another lived in Geneva, Kane (so I > assume they all were in that area). Rose died in 1904 in Bloomington. > > According to Graceland Cemetery records, S Edward Davis and Grace lived at 15 > Porter Ave, Elgin, Kane from 1905-1915 and 920-926 E 44th Street Chicago, > Cook from 1916-1942. Grace's death certificate says they lived at 1426 Hyde Park > Blvd, Chicago, Cook (16 Dec 1917). Samuel Edward remarried to Mabel around > 1924. Graceland says he died in 1945, notes from deceased daughter says he > died around 1928..in either case, haven't traced him. > > ....so it appears that the family was in Chicago, Cook and Elgin, Kane (& > Rose was also in Bloomigton, McLean) > > Pete Hanson > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com