Lynn, Are you looking for any information about Ralph Chittenden, or descendants of James and Sophie Burge? Bill Schultz -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Lynn Hohler" <lhohler@comcast.net> > Hi, > I'm trying to trace the Chittenden family of Lake co. Miron and his wife > Polly, son John, and daughters Betsey, Sophia, and Emily came to Lake county > before 1845 and settled on the north shore of Third lake, sometimes called > Chittenden lake on the old maps. I've hit a brick wall on Miron's parents, > and though I've found he and Polly's obits through the Waukegan Gazette, > they didn't list any parents. > > Emily married James Druce, and died may 29, 1868, and is buried in Avon > Centre with her father Miron > > Sophia married James Burge and she died July 31, 1885 and is buried in Avon > Centre with her husband, next door to her father and sister > > Polly Chittenden died nov 14, 1871 and is buried in Warren twp at something > called Whitmore. . .a puzzle to me but I'm currently speculating that it > might have been a farm owned by a Whitmore family. Her son John lived in > Warren twp at the time but he is buried in Waukegan at Oakwood with his wife > and many of his children > > Betsey, daughter of Miron and Polly is missing. When Miron died his obit > referred to 2 daughters with Sophia mentioned as living in Lake Co. I'm > presuming Betsey had married and moved out of the county but an trying to > track her down. > > If anyone has easy access to the old newspapers I would love to have the > obits for: > Sophia Bruge > Emily Druce > and their brother John Chittenden who died Sept 27, 1893 in the town of > Warren > > thanks so much for any help, Lynn Chittenden Hohler > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILLAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message