Hi Joanie - You've done it again! Wow, John certainly didn't wait long to remarry. John MASEKER married (Sarah) Ellen HOOTON on July 22, 1888. With young children, this was probably a necessity. I would LOVE a copy of those obits. Please let me know how I can pay any related costs. The child of John MASKERS would be an unknown older sibling of my g-grandmother who was born Feb. 9, 1891. Her sister, Pearl, was born 1895 and married Stephen ELAM. Frank Joseph is eventually moved to Peoria and is listed in the IL Death Index. I had no idea about that additional child because none of Sarah Ellen's census records indicate there is a non-living child (although it explains the long gap between the marriage and the birth of my g-grandmother), so I've not yet researched them. I assume he/she would likely be buried at Riverview and would love to know for sure. When you are able and feeling better, I would be grateful for anything you can tell me. Shelly Hi, I can't believe I did not notice this before. Mary E. Maseker has an obit in Streator paper for May 25, 1888 Weekly edition (Tuesday) There is also an obit for "Child of John Maskers" listed for Aug 13 & 14, 1891 in the Daily paper. Aged 20 Months. With all this rain, my arthritis is really getting to me. It might take a couple of days to get moving and get up the steps to the library. William and Minnie are buried in Riverview. What happened to Frank Joseph? And the other 2 children? Do you know if the 20 months old child is buried in Riverview? Joanie

Hi, I can't believe I did not notice this before. Mary E. Maseker has an obit in Streator paper for May 25, 1888 Weekly edition (Tuesday) There is also an obit for "Child of John Maskers" listed for Aug 13 & 14, 1891 in the Daily paper. Aged 20 Months. With all this rain, my arthritis is really getting to me. It might take a couple of days to get moving and get up the steps to the library. William and Minnie are buried in Riverview. What happened to Frank Joseph? And the other 2 children? Do you know if the 20 months old child is buried in Riverview? Joanie -- Streatorland Historical Society 306 South Vermillion Street Streator, Illinois 61364 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > Hello. Are there any death indexes available for the period between 1880 > and 1888? I am hoping to find the death record of a Mary MASKER or MASEKER. > > My gg-grandparents (John MASKER and Ellen HOOTON) married on July 22, 1888 > in LaSalle County. John MASEKER or MASKER had been married previously. I > believe his first wife to be Mary PARR or Mary DAVIS, possibly born in Ireland > about 1847. John and Mary lived in Dover, Morris County, NJ in 1880 and > appear to have had two children - William and Joseph. Both names show up in > LaSalle County records, although Joseph also went by Frank Joseph MASKER. > > When John died in Streator in 1896, his obit states that he had four > children. He only had two with my gg-grandmother and I believe these other two > to > be William and Frank/Joseph. The obit also states that they had come from > Clinton, Iowa about 10 years earlier. I would like to find the death record > for > Mary in hopes of filling in some details on her and possibly filling in the > gaps in those years. > > Thanks, > > Shelly in California > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Hello. Are there any death indexes available for the period between 1880 and 1888? I am hoping to find the death record of a Mary MASKER or MASEKER. My gg-grandparents (John MASKER and Ellen HOOTON) married on July 22, 1888 in LaSalle County. John MASEKER or MASKER had been married previously. I believe his first wife to be Mary PARR or Mary DAVIS, possibly born in Ireland about 1847. John and Mary lived in Dover, Morris County, NJ in 1880 and appear to have had two children - William and Joseph. Both names show up in LaSalle County records, although Joseph also went by Frank Joseph MASKER. When John died in Streator in 1896, his obit states that he had four children. He only had two with my gg-grandmother and I believe these other two to be William and Frank/Joseph. The obit also states that they had come from Clinton, Iowa about 10 years earlier. I would like to find the death record for Mary in hopes of filling in some details on her and possibly filling in the gaps in those years. Thanks, Shelly in California

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Hi Joanie Thanks for responding to my long convoluted message. I would like to be certain that none of the three SEXTON children, Elizabeth H. b. c 1838, Eliza b. 1843/44 and John b. 1849 are in North Emery Cemetery records because they all dropped out of sight. The appearance in James will of "my daughter Sarah F. Bardwell, Lucy Ann Hart......" and the obvious preference for Sarah is mysterious and intriguing. I have a bit of a bizarre theory about what happened. After his 1st wife's death in childbirth 1852, James was left with three children to raise and a farm to work. Any relatives were hundreds of miles away. The two year old boy may have died but I think it more likely that he was adopted out. The two little girls who were about 11 yrs and 7 yrs old grew up like Topsy with no female supervision. After five years James decided to remarry. For whatever reasons, his young teenage daughters became so upset with him that they changed their given names. Elizabeth H. chose the name Lucy Ann. Eliza became Sarah Frances. James and both daughters married in 1858. Sarah, who was only fourteen, married in Livingston Co. presumably without parental consent. The groom lived in Putnam Co. and she was in LaSalle. She did not have her first child until 1860. Years later, James' lawyer was unable to locate Sarah at the time James died. He sent a letter to Lucy in Iowa to inform her of James' bequest. Lucy never signed off on the probate. I see no way of proving the change of name theory. Bonnie -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. My arthritis decided to put me in existance mode. Feed the cats, clean the liter and pick up carry out. Okay is said catS, but I will never tell how many. I never though about Elizabeth being a step child...hmmm. Perhaps the first children died at the same time due to the same illness. "Milk sicknes" and the like could wipe out an entire family. Also, perhaps James and Elizabeth stopped off in some other state, Ohio? Had their children before coming to Illinois in 1848. I remember reading that the first brick masons in Streator came from Ohio. Regarding Edwin Carter. There was an Edwin Carter, about the same age and born in New York in Farm Ridge Twp. He was the oldest? son of Asa and Hannah (Braymer) Carter. Maybe he was living with the Sexton's while he was learning to be a brick mason. Joanie -- Streatorland Historical Society 306 South Vermillion Street Streator, Illinois 61364 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 Sunday 1 - 4 p.m.

Adwin D. Decker was born about 1885 the son of William Decker and Sara Bell Fairbanks. Adwin Decker appears in the 1930 Fall River, LaSalle co, Illinois census. I am looking for complete birth and death dates for Adwin Decker and his wife Mary Harriet

Hi List, Just wanted to let you know that Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune has won a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing on last year¹s tornado in Utica. Her series, told in gripping detail, can be seen at www.chicagotribune.com/utica Let¹s hope for good things for Utica too. Lynn

I don't know, I was hoping that you did. I just found the list on Ancestry.com Joanie -- Streatorland Historical Society 306 South Vermillion Street Streator, Illinois 61364 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > bluejay, > Question: > Who is William Hayer's parent's 11 Jul 1900 1839 Woodland Civil War;61 > Iowa Graves > Registration Survey W P A Polk County Iowa and > > Who is Mina Hayer's parents10 Apr 1925 1886 Graceland Sioux City f; > Laurel; N2248; 1;39 WPA > Grave Registrations of Graceland Cemetery, Sioux City, Ia. > > I can't seem to find them in Family search or Rootsweb. > Gwen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bluejay201@mchsi.com> > To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] RE: Hans Hayer and Wife > > > > > > Alvin N. Hayer 19 Jul 1934 28 Mar 1894 Rose Hill Lamini row 12; World > War > > veteran Grave Stone Records of Decatur County, Iowa > > > > Charles Hayer 1913 1861 Rose Hill Lamoni row 4 Grave Stone Records of > > Decatur County, Iowa > > > > Christian F. Hayer 1928 1848 Rose Hill Lamoni row 12 Grave Stone > Records of > > Decatur County, Iowa > > > > Eli Hayer 20 Oct 1929 1854 Rose Hill Lamoni row 13 Grave Stone Records > of > > Decatur County, Iowa > > > > Ella L. Hayer 1935 1861 Rose Hill Lamoni row 19 Grave Stone Records of > > Decatur County, Iowa > > > > Hans Hayer 17 Apr 1905 1822 Rose Hill Lamoni row 19 Grave Stone > Records of > > Decatur County, Iowa > > > > Ida May Hayer Rose Hill Lamoni (no dates); row 4 Grave Stone > Records of > > Decatur County, Iowa > > > > Margaret Jane Hayer 05 Feb 1938 Rose Hill Lamoni row 13 Grave Stone > > Records of Decatur County, Iowa > > > > Oliver Hayer 1936 1852 Rose Hill Lamoni row 12 Grave Stone Records of > > Decatur County, Iowa > > > > Sarah Hayer 19 Sep 1917 1831 Rose Hill Lamoni row 19 Grave Stone > Records of > > Decatur County, Iowa > > > > William Hayer 11 Jul 1900 1839 Woodland Civil War;61 Iowa Graves > > Registration Survey W P A Polk County Iowa > > > > Mina Hayer 10 Apr 1925 1886 Graceland Sioux City f; Laurel; N2248; > 1;39 WPA > > Grave Registrations of Graceland Cemetery, Sioux City, Ia. > > > > > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

You're right, Barb. Sorry. I got the home page by using heritage quest as a key word in google. Turns out, it shows you what states took the census that year, but you don't get the actual image. I used a CD collection at my local genealogy library for the images. Maureen

Well I'm slow on the draw here. Thank you Karen. I just assumed that 1880 wasn't available on HQ since it isn't in the index. We both know what they say happens when you assume!! Well, that's an apt description of me just now. I've used the browse before of course looking for someone that I can't find indexed but never noticed that 1880 was among the years browsable. Thank you! Barb in Iowa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Mentzer" <rileymom@copper.net> To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Did you know > HQ does NOT have a serchable index for 1880 that is why you have to > BROWSE. > at familysearch you can get the name of town, page number so makes the > search easier. > Karen > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005

Hey, that's cool. I keep forgetting about the browse capability, and apparently these census records are continually being edited and not all the images may be indexed. The virtue of the Ancestry.com search is that you do get some usable info, even with limited access to the records. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Karen Mentzer [mailto:rileymom@copper.net] Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:26 PM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Did you know what I do in searching the 1880 census is go to www.familysearch.com and when I find the info of what page and such go to Heritage Quest online and in the upper left hand corner click on browse and You san find the real cenus page. Karen

No need to be right at all, just didn't want to miss anything. Thanks Maureen. Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: <Morhea@aol.com> To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Did you know > You're right, Barb. Sorry. I got the home page by using heritage quest as > a > key word in google. Turns out, it shows you what states took the census > that > year, but you don't get the actual image. I used a CD collection at my > local > genealogy library for the images. > > Maureen > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005

For 1880, click on Census Facts under Genealogy Tools on the HeritageQuest home page. That will give you all the census years. Maureen

Through our local library Heritage Quest is accessed at your home using your bar code from your library card. It doesn't take you to Heritage Quest Home page. It goes to Search Census, Search Books, Search Persi, Search Revolutionary War, there's nothing that says Census facts anywhere that I can see. Census Data Currently Searchable is 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1860, 1870, 1890 (very limited of course), 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 Partial. Still a great plus. Barb -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005

I access Heritage Quest from home using my library card but that doesn't have 1880. Is there more than one Heritage Quest? Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Mentzer" <rileymom@copper.net> To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Did you know > what I do in searching the 1880 census is go to www.familysearch.com and > when I find the info of what page and such go to > Heritage Quest online and in the upper left hand corner click on browse > and > You san find the real cenus page. > > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Drummer" <bdrummer@marshallnet.com> > To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 3:19 PM > Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Did you know > > >> I see that the message about View original Image free (that's what I > thought >> it said at least) on familysearch now says for a fee at Ancestry, yet, If > I >> go to http://www.ancestry.com and click on 1880 FREE and put in bryant >> Residence Iowa, county story, township grant it takes me to the 1880 for > my >> Bryant's, F. P. Bryant and Mary, >> H. D. Bryant >> Harriett Bryant >> It does not allow me to view the image though. >> So it allows you to use the index for the 1880 FREE. >> I stand corrected. >> Barb in Iowa > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005

I see that the message about View original Image free (that's what I thought it said at least) on familysearch now says for a fee at Ancestry, yet, If I go to http://www.ancestry.com and click on 1880 FREE and put in bryant Residence Iowa, county story, township grant it takes me to the 1880 for my Bryant's, F. P. Bryant and Mary, H. D. Bryant Harriett Bryant It does not allow me to view the image though. So it allows you to use the index for the 1880 FREE. I stand corrected. Barb in Iowa ----- Original Message ----- From: <lwhgeneo@aol.com> To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Did you know > > In a message dated 4/3/2005 1:46:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > bdrummer@marshallnet.com writes: > > When finding someone you're looking for on the 1880 on > http://www.familysearch.org there is an option to view the original image > on > ancestry.com too and at no cost for ancestry subscription. Sometimes when > doing that you see more and catch things that you might not through the > transcribed information on familysearch. > Barb in Iowa > > > How do you search the Ancestry Census records without a subscription? I > have > been an Ancestry member for years. Has never been free to me. Linda in > Missouri > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005

Barb-- I went to the Ancestry.com site and did not log in, but I did a search on a name I knew of in the 1880 census, and though the home page said "Free," it still required me to sign up for a paid subscription to view the image. Then I logged in and tried again and got the same message. Some kind of disconnect going on here. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Drummer [mailto:bdrummer@marshallnet.com] Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:29 PM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Did you know If you go to familysearch.org it allows you to view the original document. Also, if you go to ancestry home page, it says next to the 1880 U. S. Census Records & Images FREE Barb in Iowa