Hi - Looking for fanily history, relatives, pics., etc. for Gustaf Otto Larsson / Lavine and his brother Carl Frederick Larsson AKA (Victor Larsson) who came to Galesburg in 1866 from Södra Vi Swe. Gustaf lived at 204 N Chambers St. One of Victor's offspring was involved in politics and served in Springfield possibly representing Galesburg / Knox coumty. There was a newspaper photo at one time asking who these early Galesburg residents were which turned out to be Gustaf Otto and his family. Their father was Lars Andersson Rossi of Sweden. Robert Lavine

Schnauze99@aol.com, on 1/20/01 10:12 AM, said: >Hi - Looking for fanily history, relatives, pics., etc. for Gustaf Otto >Larsson / Lavine and his brother Carl Frederick Larsson AKA (Victor Larsson) >who came to Galesburg in 1866 from Södra Vi Swe. Gustaf lived at 204 N >Chambers St. One of Victor's offspring was involved in politics and served >in >Springfield possibly representing Galesburg / Knox coumty. There was a >newspaper photo at one time asking who these early Galesburg residents were >which turned out to be Gustaf Otto and his family. Their father was Lars >Andersson Rossi of Sweden. Robert Lavine The political descendant to whom you refer _might_ be Richard "Dick" Larson, who was a State Senator in the 1950s and 1960s. He lived just a few blocks north of the Chambers Street address, but we can't help you with his heritage. Tom Lundeen

Thanks to all who responded to my question.  Your answers were quite helpful. Sincerely, Bill Smith Solon, Iowa

> I am planning a genealogy trip to the Knox County area later this year. Can > anyone tell what the best public libraries to visit in the area for > genealogical information? > Hi The only one I have visited is the Galesburg library where Knox Co. houses their genelogical records. If you go on Wed . afternoon there should be a volunteer Genie to help you. They are excellent. Till later, Patti patti@knoxnet.net My books http://www.half.com/account/functions/view_seller.cfm?seller_id=35185

I am planning a genealogy trip to the Knox County area later this year. Can anyone tell what the best public libraries to visit in the area for genealogical information? Thanks, Bill Smith

If you let them know ahead of time that you will be there and what families you are researching, I found they are prepared and even provided me with some information via email prior to my trip (obits, etc.). I wrote to the genealogy society prior to my trip to let them know I was coming and included my email address. They were very helpful and the library is full of information. They also have lots of info on some surrounding counties, such as Warren Co. (obits, church records, etc.) Happy hunting~!! pat :@) > I am planning a genealogy trip to the Knox County area later this year. Can > anyone tell what the best public libraries to visit in the area for > genealogical information? > Hi The only one I have visited is the Galesburg library where Knox Co. houses their genelogical records. If you go on Wed . afternoon there should be a volunteer Genie to help you. They are excellent. Till later, Patti patti@knoxnet.net My books http://www.half.com/account/functions/view_seller.cfm?seller_id=35185

Was quite surprised to see the item below on RootsWeb's "Missing Links," published yesterday. Thought I'd post it here for others who may have an interest but do not get "Missing Links." This should not be construed as any kind of endorsement, as this is the first I've heard of it. Tom Lundeen CONFERENCES, RESEARCH TRIPS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS. Read about and post details of upcoming genealogical events on the Web at http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/gencon/list.htm and/or, after subscribing to GEN-EVENTS-L-request@rootsweb.com, post the notice to the mailing list GEN-EVENTS-L@rootsweb.com ------ snip ------ March 2001. GENEALOGY COMPUTING WORKSHOPS, Galesburg, Illinois. All workshops are part hands-on and part lecture. Enrollment is limited and costs $35 per day. Schedule: Sat, 3 March. Your Own Genealogy On the Web Mon, 5 March. Intermediate Personal Ancestral File 5 Tue, 6 March. Windows for Genealogists Wed, 7 March. Platting and Mapping Properties with DeedMapper Thu, 8 March. Computer Genealogy Topics Fri, 9 March. Fifty Web Sites for Genealogists Sat, 10 March. Online Search Strategies For more information, see http://www.rootdig.com/sandburg.html

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Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/867 Surname: West, Griffith ------------------------- Anyone researching Nehemiah West who about 1835 warranted/patented considerable Illinois Land in what is now Knox Co.? Want to know if he was related to Griffith family [Christiana, Alfred?] who patented land in same area (Township 11, Range 1, 4th Meridian).

Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/865 Surname: Hopkins, O'Nan, Keysor, Boham, Craigo, Monn, Ross, Myers, Williams ------------------------- I am trying to find information on James Hamilton O'Nan and his wife Mary Margaret McKiernan O'Nan and their families. James was b. 1841 in Knox Co and d. 1871 in Iowa m. Sept 18, 1866 Knox co. Mary b. Nov 20, 1838 Ky d. 1905 Iowa. They had 2 daughters, Laura b. Aug 14, 1868, have both Ia. and Knox Co., Il. for birth place m. John Wesley Hopkins. May O'Nan b. About 1870.

Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/863 Surname: Ross, Myers, Monn, Williams ------------------------- I am trying to find information on Henry Ross and Louise Myers Ross. Henry was killed Dec. 21, 1931 in Galesburg, Knox Co., Illinois, where they were living at that time. Louise was known by Lillian. They had 4 daughters; Louise (Betty), m. Clarence Angell; Alma, m. Ray Beers and Glen Gunter; Mildred m. Richard Entwhistle; and Grace (Sue) m. Daniel Monn. I don't know what time they left the Galesburg area, but they all, except Betty, moved to LaSalle Co. sometime after Henry's death. Betty and Clarence Angell had 2 daughter Ramona and Delores, who are still living in the area.

TO MY DARLING HUSBAND (Or Wife)   I'm sending you this letter in a bogus software company envelope so you'll be sure to read it. Please forgive the deception, but I thought you should know what's been going on since your computer entered our lives two years ago.   The children are doing well. Tommy is 7 now and is a bright, handsome boy. He has developed quite an interest in the arts. He drew a family portrait for a school project. All the figures were good, but yours was excellent! The chair and back of your head are very realistic. You would be proud of him. Little Jennifer turned 3 in September. She looks a lot like you did at that age. She is an attractive child and quite smart. She still remembers that you spent the whole afternoon with us on her birthday. What a grand day for Jen despite the fact that it was stormy and the electricity was out.   I am doing well. I went blond about a year ago and was delighted to discover that it really was more fun.   I discovered that the household chores are much easier since I realized that you don't mind being vacuumed and that the feather duster makes you sneeze. The house is in good shape. I had the living room painted last spring. I'm not sure if you noticed it. I asked the painters to cut air holes in the drop cloths so you wouldn't be disturbed.   Well, dear, I must be going. The family is leaving on a ski trip and there is much packing to do. I've hired a housekeeper to take care of things while we are away. She'll keep things in order, fill your coffee cup and bring your meals to the computer room just the way you like it. I hope you and the computer have a lovely time while we are gone. Tommy, Jen and I think of you often. Try to remember us while your disks are booting. Love, ?????

ruth@galesburg.net Ruth has done research for me. She is very thorough and her reports to me were very professional. Cynthia Burd Griebel EASTMAN, ABEL, HOUSE, ACKERMAN, BURD, THURMAN

While browsing a bit, I came across a few research tips that may prove helpful. http://www.genealogy.com/tipspage.html I thought this idea was the best (if you have family in Illinois): November 06, 2000 Keep your eyes open. Directories of farmers for many Illinois counties published ca. 1918 by Prairie Farmer magazine contain the name of the farmer, his wife's maiden name, names of children at home, section of residence, acreage and name of landlord (if renting). You never know what a record might contain until you look in it. * * * * * * * * The above is a post I sent in a day or so ago. Then came this query: Is the Prairie Farmers Magazine only for Greene County? If not, can it be searched online. If not, who do I contact for a quick look up or to buy the magazine? * * * * * * * * Responding to your query, I did an online search for Prairie Farmer which was not successful. I asked a farmer friend if the magazine is still published. She told me it was, and gave me a phone number for their office in Decatur, IL. I called and asked about a website. The lady said they hoped to have one up and running some time in February 2001. After I explained that I wanted to know about directories which were published in the teens, she said 1) they were out of print, 2) they would probably never be put on line at the Prairie Farmer site, 3) but they did have a few copies on hand. I asked for a list and she said she would go and look at what they had and call me back. Here are the ones they have on hand for counties in Illinois: Saline, Gallatin, Tazewell, Warren, Henderson, Livingston, Christian, Ford, and Fulton. NOTE: THEY ARE NOT FOR SALE! I did, however find the following individual directories (there may be others) on line: Prairie Farmer's Directory of LaSalle County Illinois 1917 very informative, including the year individual became resident of county. http://www.rootsweb.com/~illasall/farmdir/ * * * * * * * Monroe County, Illinois 1918 Prairie Farmer's Directory The "Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders - Monroe Counties, Illinois", is a directory of mostly rural Monroe County in 1918. It contains a wealth of information. It is however very labor intensive to transcribe the full amount of information, and will take some time to get online. I will be adding partial's as I get them completed, this will be done alphabetically (sorry for you T, U, V & W's, etc.) so check back monthly and see what is new. Regards Joe Lorenz http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/farmind.htm * * * * * * * * Prairie Farmer's Directory of Brown and Schuyler Counties Illinois Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, 1918 Complete Directory of the Farmers of Brown and Schuyler Counties, with valuable information about each farm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilschuyl/PrairieDirectory/PrairieFD.html * * * * * * * * * As this search was taking too much time I decided to try and shorten the process by looking at the site for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN. First I went to their search function, http://catalog.acpl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/ww6M5uUe0O/0/49 By entering the key word as "Prairie Farmer's" I did a "quick search" and the result was that 46 records were found. I would suggest that you follow this route to determine which Prairie Farmer directories are available. When you find one that interests you, click on "view" (to the left of the title) and you will find the complete bibliographic information. Using this information you can go to your local public library and have them request the title through interlibrary loan. [NOTE: I am sure that the loan will NOT come from the Allen County Public Library, as they do not loan their genealogical materials.] * * * * * * * * This is one of the items from the ACPL search: 977.301 G83P Prairie farmer's reliable directory of farmers and breeders, Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois. (At least now you know that one was published for Greene County.) * * * * * * * * Of course you may also use this search method for other books and materials you would like to borrow and use, or to determine if there are any books available for the area or topic of your interest. However, you may not always be successful in your request for the items, as many libraries do not loan materials from their genealogical collection. Hope that this information will prove helpful and that you find what you are looking for. Jane Kuck Researching in Greene Co: DODGSON, BROWN, WELLS

ROBERSON, H. L. F. A teacher at St Augustine, he is the son of Edward C. and Nancy N. (McCrite) Roberson. He was born in Jefferson County Illinois on Feb 10, 1851. When young he had a great desire for obtaining an education; after many hardships he graduated from the Kansas Normal School in 1875, with a degree of B. E. He maried August 24, 1876 to Nancy Jared. They have one child. He is a Republican Joan :o)

During Knox Co. Drive, I met a woman in Abingdon at Historical Society who said she had information on Roberson family and would email this to me. Unfortunately I did not get her name or email address. I believe she lives in Abingdon. If anyone knows this lady please ask her to contact me. Thank you. Sandy Walter. I have since moved and my new address is sadie@lisco.com. I will appreciate any help anyone can give me.

FULLER CEMETERY - HENDERSON TWP. - KNOX CO., IL YARDE, Aaron b. Nov. 11, 1810 (Somersetshire, England) d. May 30, 1897 Charlotte Cousins, wife of A. b. Nov. 12, 1805 (Somersetshire, England) d. Oct 5, 1870 Mary Jane dau of A. & C.C. b. Feb 15, 1846 (Geauga Co., Ohio) d. Jan. 25, 1863 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF WARREN COUNTY, ILLINOIS 1886 page 475 "AARON YARDE, a well-known and highly respected resident of Alexis, is a pioneer of Warren County of 1847. He is a native of Somersetshire, England, and was born Nov. 11, 1810. His father was a farmer and he was brought up on the same place where his ancestors had lived for many years. He was the second in order of birth of a family of five children, namely: John, who was married to Mary A. Clement, a native of Somersetshire, England, and the mother of four children; Mary A. became the wife of Isaac Hooper, and was the mother of eight children; she is now deceased. Moses died at the age of 23 years; Daniel resides in his native place and is married to Miss Mary Rowland. They have a family of nine children. The maiden name of Mr. Yarde's mother was Ann Cousins, who was the daughter of Bartholomew and Mary (Hawkins) Cousins, both of whom were born in 1778. The father died when Aaron was 17 years old, and he was then at liberty to choose a business in which he hoped to do better than as a farmer. He apprenticed himself to learn the trade of a stonecutter and a general stone-mason, and followed that business 12 years, in his native shire. After that, until 1843, he was occupied in farming. In April of the year named he sailed for this country. He was accompanied by his wife and five children, and the family took passage from Plymouth. They crossed the ocean in a merchant vessel and landed at the port of New York after a voyage of six weeks. From New York they went direct to Geauga Co., Ohio. Mr. Yarde bought a farm of 45 acres at the rate of $8.50 per acre. About one-third was under the plow, and the remainder was not cleared of the natural forest. Mr. Yarde built a small frame house sufficient for the accommodation of his household and proceeded to the work of removing the forest growth. He cleared 15 acres. In the spring of 1847 he sold his place for $10 an acre. While he lived there, in addition to the work of clearing the acreage mentioned, he had been engaged in work at his trade also. After making sale of his land he came to Warren County. He bought 80 acres of land on section 3, on what was then designated Township 12, and is now named Kelly Township. The whole place was entirely without improvements and the proprietor proceeded first of all to erect a structure for the shelter of his family. He built a small log house and stable, and broke and fenced 25 acres. He retained the ownership of the place until 1850, when he sold out and bought a farm on section 10 in the same township. It had been improved to some extent, a frame house had build on it, and it was all fenced. Mr. Yarde build a good barn and other farm buildings and planted fruit and shade trees. The place contained 160 acres, and at the time h In 1872 Mr. Yarde came to Alexis and took possession of the residence which in now occupied by his family. He is still an extensive landholder and the proprietor of a farm comprising 160 acres in Mercer County, situated two and a half miles from the village of Alexis. He also owns 17 acres of valuable land adjoining the place where he resides. Mr. Yarde was married May 7, 1835, to Charlotte Cousins. She was the daughter of Bartholomew and Jane (Sweet) Cousins, and a native of Somersetshire, England. She was born Nov. 12, 1806. Of the eight children of whom they became parents, six are yet living. Caroline H. is married to John M. Richardson, now deceased. She resides in Iowa and has seven children. Jessie, the widow of Charles Pine, resides in Kelly Township, and has a family of six children. Lucy is the wife of Isaac R. Greene, of Galesburg, Ill., and has a family of seven children. Albert lives in Kelly Township, on the old farm and was married to Eliza Lyddon; they have five children. Charlotte is married to B.F. Gilmore, of Nodaway Co., Mo. Charles F.P. is a citizen of Alexis, and a sketch of his business relations appears on another page. Mrs. Yarde died Oct. 6, 1870, on the old homestead in Kelly Township. Mr. Yarde contracted marriage a second time with Patience M. (Farber) Allen, March 7, 1872. They were married in Knox Co., Ill. She was the widow of Nelson Allen. Mrs. Yarde is a native of Saratoga Co., N.Y., where she was born July 4, 1810. She is the daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (Herrick) Farber; the former was a native of Germany and came to this country when quite young. The mother was born in New York of English ancestry. Mrs. Yarde was the mother of three children by her first husband, all of whom died in infancy. She has a great fondness for children , and has reared no lessthan five, whom she has taken by adoption. Among the many views of residences given in the pictorial department of the Album may be found that of Mr. Yarde on page 474."

Donna Thank you so very much, James has been a dead end for some time and this info will help quite a lot. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "donna smith" <smithdk@winco.net> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 7:58 PM Subject: [ILKNOX-L] YARDE > OBITUARIES - VOL. V - KNOX COUNTY Galesburg, Illinois newspapers 1907-1908 > page 486

OBITUARIES - VOL. V - KNOX COUNTY Galesburg, Illinois newspapers 1907-1908 page 486 "YARDE - James E. one of the oldest residents of this section died Thursday afternoon at his home in Surry May 28, 1908 due to nine week illness of pneumonia. Last Feb. 6th was 70 years. He was native of Sommersetshire, England and came to Canada at age eight years. Three years spent there and since made his home in Warren and Knox counties. Married Sept. 12, 1858 Road M. Waters, the ceremony performed at Old Henderson. They had six children, survivors, J.W. Yarde, Mrs. Jennie Witherspoon of Whiteside Co., J.H. Yarde of Cameron, Charles W. Yarde of Henderson, Ill., Mrs. Hattie Rhykerd at home. Member of Christian Church. The funeral service will be held at the church in Henderson Sunday morning. May 29, 1908" The newspaper this was taken from in not listed. Donna

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