I'm new and not sure how to go about this but here I go. My greatgrandmother was Elizabeth Hillier born in Wales married George Powell 2-20=1865, I have marriage certificate, she was 21 and he 31 their children George JR, Charles,Lllllian,Harold and Melvin ,Alice and Sarah Amy. Maybe 1 or 2 others .I hope this helps someway. if so I have more. Pearl.

HILLIER, JONES, PRICE, NELSON as well as HASENKAMPER, STEINBRINK, BELLIS circa 1880's- present. New to list and looking for others who may have connections to these families. Karen Nelson Hangsleben

Can someone help me with a location. I'm trying to find a street or road that the farm where my ancestor lived is located. In the 1860 census the farms with large acreage were: John Murrey with $10,000 of real estate and Patrick Briscoe with $4,000. The dwelling house numbered in the order of visitation go from 15 to 17. Please direct me to a source. Thanks, Arlene

Sorry, I got the other address from Switchboard.com, which is where I thought I got it the first time. Thanks for the correction. Linda Dorei JDo1950@aol.com wrote: > That address got my letter sent back as not deliverable. ?? > A look in the Yellow Pages showed this church to be located at 1925 > 5th St., Peru 61354. >

Why did I get this email what is it about duker@ctaz.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <JDo1950@aol.com> To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [ILLASALL-L] Catholic Churches > That address got my letter sent back as not deliverable. ?? > A look in the Yellow Pages showed this church to be located at 1925 > 5th St., Peru 61354. > > > ==== ILLASALL Mailing List ==== > Do you have records you would like to donate to the LaSalle County Page? > If so, please contact me at: spenader@earthlink.net >

That address got my letter sent back as not deliverable. ?? A look in the Yellow Pages showed this church to be located at 1925 5th St., Peru 61354.

Dear Linda Thank you very much for your letter. What a wonderful thing is if we are related. My Grandmother, Anna M. Freitag, according to the info that I have was born 27 Sept. 1867. As far as I know there was no other Caspar Freitag married to Margaretha Trumpeter. Margaretha's father was Adolph Trumpeter. Is this name in your information? He was, according to the stone on his grave, born in 1803. Caspar and Margaretha had several children. I have some information that they had one or two daughters who died in Peru before the family moved to Kansas. I have done some research on this family. Caspar, according to his obituary, came from Germany to Philadelphia and then on to Peru where he married Margaretha. Thank you for the address of the Church. Do you live in Il? Wouldn't this be wonderful if we are related and can exchange information? I have a death card on Margaretha/ Margaret who was born in 1836 in Germany and died in 1921 in Kansas. I am the only one working on this line that I know of. Anna married Henry Mentgen in Peru. If you have any more information I would like to know what ever you will share with me. I can tell you about the family after they came to Ks. Children and etc .I do not have Margaret's Mothers name and would like to find this . Thanks again. Jean Weber Lincoln, Ne.

Dear Jean, I have written to St. Joseph's church in Peru for records, which they kindly shared with me. Their address is: St. Joseph's Catholic Church 829 Schuyler St. Peru, IL 61354-2601 (815) 223-0718 If I remember right, their records start about 1864. I was looking at the records I had photocopied, and oddly enough, there is a birth entry for Anna Margaretha, born 14 April 1869, to Caspari Freitag of Peru and Margaretha Trumpeter...This is a common misspelling of "Trompeter," which is one of my families...could we be connected? Linda Dorei

Hi! Interested in Hartfiel and Sommerfeld lines from Posen. Do you recognize other names such as Sommefelt (various spellings and variations), Weber or Krueger, Zuenther, Zinter who seem to have come from the same area? See my info... Charlotte Bucholtz married Christof Hartfiel and had 2 sons, Gottfried (born 2/3/1850) and Christopher (born about 1852). The parents died leaving the sons orphaned. The government made promises that Gottfried and his wife, Augusta (Sommerfelt) Hartfiel, would get land and good conditions but nothing came of those promises so Gottfried and family came to USA in 1881 and I assume Christopher came about 1883. Gottfried and his family came thru Wisconsin, I believe, to La Salle Co. Illinois and then moved to Douglas Co. Minnesota in 1898. They always wanted to move out of the city and build a house in the country. Christopher was a card player and is believed to have lost his shirt in card games... Christopher was never heard from and never connected up with Gottfried in USA. But Gottfried's family thinks he was in Duluth, MN. Any info on this family would be appreciated. I went to the LaSalle Co. Court House on June 3rd; hoping to find the above two men in Declaration of Intent Records and Naturalization Records. On Fridays, on dress-down day - every other week, the clerk looks for the names in old clothes because of the condition of the books. I heard nothing from the clerk, so I was supposed to stop back when I came through the area again. On June 14th, I went there again, but the clerk was not in on Monday, and had left no forwarding message or information for the other clerks to pass on to me. Looking for Trinity Church records, now called Trinity United Church of Christ, (name change in the 1960's). The address is on 4th St. in LaSalle, IL. The congregation and current Pastor do not know what happened to the oldest record book. The Pastor of the congregation at the time has since died, but his daughter still resides in town, but the Pastor's family was asked and no record books were found in the Pastor's private library or belongings. Any Church record hunters in LaSalle area? Kay Diers

Hello I hope someone can help me with the names of the Catholic Churches in Peru, Il. during the middle and late 1800's. I am searching for information on my ggrandparents, CASPER AND MARGARETHA FREITAG, who lived in or around Peru at that time. Thank you. Jean Weber Nebraska JB4011@aol.com

Lynne-- Thanks for the information. I will contact my library. Vicki

This almost like "Days of our lives"

> > > > Hi: > Would someone please check on a marriage and divorce records for me. > JOHN GEORGE LIEBENGUTH > b. 1842 - Baden, Germany > d. 1908 - St. Louis, MO > m. SARAH WYMANN - Feb. 14, 1867 - LaSalle County, IL > m. ELIZABETH SAHR NUSS FINZELBERG - Nov. 19, 1887 - LaSalle Cty, IL > > We have a record of the marriage to Elizabeth, but not Sarah. How can I > get info on this? > We believe Elizabeth had five children when she married John. We would > like to know if there were other Liebenguth children by Sarah. > Thanks for any help. > Dorothy Liebenguth Parrott

Lucky you if you have Patrick Briscoe for an ancestor. In the 1860 Dayton Twp, LaSalle County census he was 48 and his wife Sarah was 30. The value of his real estate was $4,000 and personal was $350.00. (my ancestor was $50.00). Of course he was from Ireland. The children were: James, Francis, John, Mary, Rose and Daniel. I was hoping my ancestor worked on his farm. Arlene -----Original Message----- From: DChap11848@aol.com <DChap11848@aol.com> To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [ILLASALL-L] Location of farms >Arlene: I have a BRISCOE family I am trying to find info on. Father William >BRISCOE married Nancy Riggins. Believe they may have lived in Lasalle at one >time. Thanks for any info. > >deb chapman >dchap11848@aol.com > > >==== ILLASALL Mailing List ==== > Search for your LaSalle County Surnames at: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp-bin/surindx.pl?site=ILLASALL > >

Arlene: I have a BRISCOE family I am trying to find info on. Father William BRISCOE married Nancy Riggins. Believe they may have lived in Lasalle at one time. Thanks for any info. deb chapman dchap11848@aol.com

I am searching for information on the HAYSON family that lived in or around the Streator area, probably around 1865 or later. Also a John A. CARR, a mining engineer who married a Jane HAYSON who left Streator about 1869. He sold his holdings to the Vermillion Coal Co.. There was also a Mrs.. Frank HOLMES, also a HAYSON. Unfortunately this is all the information that I have on her. She was there in 1891. Any information would be appreciated, Thank you. Jack

Hello Vickie, The Illinois State Historical Library lists Streator papers as Independent-Times, 1914-Aug 1926 Times-Press, 1927- You can interloan them through your local public library. Good luck, Lynn ---------- >From: vicki e sopher <vsopher@juno.com> >To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ILLASALL-L] Streator Newspaper Look-up >Date: Thu, Jun 10, 1999, 10:49 PM > > Looking for details about a triple homicide in the late 1920's which > occured either in Streator or Vermillion Co. IN. Can someone tell me > what papers were being published in Streator at this time and whether or > not they are archived? > > vsopher@juno.net > > > ==== ILLASALL Mailing List ==== > Civil War Roster's and Histories now on The LaSalle County ILGenWeb!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illasall/ >

Looking for details about a triple homicide in the late 1920's which occured either in Streator or Vermillion Co. IN. Can someone tell me what papers were being published in Streator at this time and whether or not they are archived? vsopher@juno.net

Hi again, and thanks for the updates, Another hint about Peru: In 1850 it was called Salisbury. Lynn ---------- >From: RiciaRose@aol.com >To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ILLASALL-L] Ottawa Orphanage ca 1850 >Date: Thu, Jun 10, 1999, 9:06 PM > > In a message dated 99-06-09 12:43:16 EDT, you write: > > << Hi Pat, > > In the 1865 Illinois census, there is an entry on p.251 in Peru for "Sisters > of Charity". It shows 2 males under 10, 11 females under 10, 1 male 10-20, > 1 female 20-30, and 1 female 60-70. I thought it might be an orphanage, but > never looked for it in the U.S. census. > > Maybe someone can check it in a history of LaSalle Co. > > Lynn >> > Dear Lynn, > Thanks for the hint. I haven't been able to find Peru Township in the 1850 > census (what a mess, it keeps jumping from one township or town then to > another and then back), but there may be a second reel that was in use when I > looked. I still haven't found anything to connect my Corrigan-Conelly with > your Corrigan-Conelly, but I may go to Livingston and LaSalle Counties in > September to check out records there. I don't believe I ever sent my > Crawford-Freehill file with a few updates so here it is now. > Pat > Descendants of Margaret J. CRAWFORD - JUN 10 1999 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > FIRST GENERATION > > 1. Margaret J. CRAWFORD1,2,3,4 was born in 1875 in Illinois. She died in > 1948. She was buried in 1948 in > Strawn, Livingston County, IL. > > She was married to Patrick Henry FREEHILL (son of Patrick FREEHILL and > Margaret COURIGAN) on APR 16 > 1902 in Melvin, Ford County, IL. Patrick Henry FREEHILL5,6,7,2,8,9 was born > in FEB 1872 in Illinois. He was > buried in 1932 in Strawn, Livingston County, IL. He died in 1932. He was > educated in Northern Indiana Normal > School, Valparaiso, IN. Margaret J. CRAWFORD and Patrick Henry FREEHILL had > the following children: > > +2 i. Quintin J. FREEHILL. > 3 ii. Ceslas Mary FREEHILL10,11,12,13 was born on MAR 18 > 1906. She resided about 1959 in > Chicago, Cook County, IL. She resided in 1997 in Cromwell, Noble County, IN. > She was buried in 1997 in > Strawn, Livingston County, IL. She died on MAR 5 1997. > +4 iii. Leo Patrick FREEHILL. > +5 iv. Ambrose Joseph FREEHILL. > 6 v. John FREEHILL4 died in 1913. He was born in 1913. > > > > SECOND GENERATION > > 2. Quintin J. FREEHILL14,5,2,15,13 was born in 1903 in Illinois. He resided > about 1959 in Melvin, Ford County, > IL. He died in 1961. He was buried in 1961 in Strawn, Livingston County, IL. > > He was married to Loretta CLINE. Loretta CLINE2 was born in 1910. She died > in 1971. She was buried in 1971 > in Strawn, Livingston County, IL. Quintin J. FREEHILL and Loretta CLINE had > the following children: > > +7 i. Quinn FREEHILL. > +8 ii. Marcia Ann FREEHILL. > > 4. Leo Patrick FREEHILL5,10,16,2,17,13 was born on APR 11 1908 in Illinois. > He resided about 1959 in Melvin, > Ford County, IL. He was buried in 1968 in Strawn, Livingston County, IL. He > died in JUN 1968. > > He was married to Delia RAVELL. Delia RAVELL4 was born in 1911. Leo Patrick > FREEHILL and Delia RAVELL > had the following children: > > +9 i. Patrick Joseph FREEHILL. > +10 ii. Stephen Charles FREEHILL. > +11 iii. Mary Frances FREEHILL. > > 5. Ambrose Joseph FREEHILL10,2,18,13 was born on MAR 23 1911. He was buried > in 1983 in Strawn, > Livingston County, IL. He died in JAN 1983. He resided in Paxton, Ford > County, IL. Melvin, IL > > He was married to Evelyn JONES. Ambrose Joseph FREEHILL and Evelyn JONES had > the following children: > > +12 i. Margaret Ann FREEHILL. > +13 ii. Marilyn FREEHILL. > 14 iii. John (Jack) FREEHILL was born in 1951. > > > > THIRD GENERATION > > 7. Quinn FREEHILL13 was born in 1942. > > He was married to Janice BACHTOLD. Quinn FREEHILL and Janice BACHTOLD had > the following children: > > 15 i. Michael FREEHILL13 was born in 1966. > 16 ii. Cara FREEHILL13 was born in 1970. > 17 iii. Adam FREEHILL13 was born in 1972. > > 8. Marcia Ann FREEHILL13 was born in 1948. > > She was married to Dennis KAISNER. Marcia Ann FREEHILL and Dennis KAISNER > had the following children: > > 18 i. Eric KAISNER13 was born in 1971. > > 9. Patrick Joseph FREEHILL was born in 1940. > > He was married to Donna VANDERHEIDEN. Patrick Joseph FREEHILL and Donna > VANDERHEIDEN had the > following children: > > 19 i. Maureen FREEHILL13 was born in 1963. > 20 ii. Sheila FREEHILL13 was born in 1966. > > 10. Stephen Charles FREEHILL13 was born in 1942. > > He was married to Conita (Bonnie?) SCHOEN. > > 11. Mary Frances FREEHILL13 was born in 1945. > > She was married to Stephen SCHUMACHER. > > 12. Margaret Ann FREEHILL13 was born in 1944. > > She was married to Ray BUENING. Margaret Ann FREEHILL and Ray BUENING had > the following children: > > 21 i. Michael BUENING13 was born in 1968. > 22 ii. Martin BUENING13 was born in 1973. > > 13. Marilyn FREEHILL13 was born in 1946. > > She was married to Ronald JANCEWITZ. Marilyn FREEHILL and Ronald JANCEWITZ > had the following children: > > 23 i. Paul JANCEWITZ13 was born in 1974. > SOURCES > > 1. 1910 Census. Livingston County, IL, Germanville Township. > 2. David A. Freehill. 4322-B 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114, > December, 1994. > 3. 1920 Census. Ford County, IL, Peach Orchard Township, ED 12, Sheet 4. > 4. Updated by the parents of Rita Freehill Conlon. > 5. Mrs. Harold(Helen) Freehill and Mary Agnes Freehill Quinn. Freehill > family tree. 1959. > 6. 1910 Census. Livingston County, Illinois, Germanville Township, ED26. > 7. E-mail Mary Alma Sullivan (msulliv@orion.it.luc.edu. > 8. 1920 Census. Ford County, IL, Peach Orchard Township, ED 12, Sheet 4. > 9. E-Mail 2/6/1999 Lynn Tulhy (tuohy@cowtown.net. > 10. Social Security Death Index. > 11. 1910 Census. Livingston County, Illinois, Germanville Township, ED26. > 12. 1920 Census. Ford County, IL, Peach Orchard Township, ED 12, Sheet 4. > 13. David A. Freehill. > 14. 1910 Census. Livingston County, Illinois, Germanville Township, ED26. > 15. 1920 Census. Ford County, IL, Peach Orchard Township, ED 12, Sheet 4. > 16. 1910 Census. Livingston County, Illinois, Germanville Township. > 17. 1920 Census. Ford County, IL, Peach Orchard Township, ED 12, Sheet 4. > 18. Ibid. Ford County, IL, Peach Orchard Township, ED 12, Sheet 4. > > > ==== ILLASALL Mailing List ==== > Civil War Roster's and Histories now on The LaSalle County ILGenWeb!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illasall/ >

I am seeking the location of farms owned by Patrick Briscoe and John Murrey in Dayton Twp, LaSalle County in the 1860 census. Can someone give me a street address or location, please. Arlene rconnell@strato.net