My Grandmother worked at a shirt factory in Streator during the years 1918-1920, after her husband died. Can anyone on this list tell me the name of this factory and where it would have been located in Streator? Thanks for any help. Jane

Do you know is there is a connection between your Westerkamm and the Westerbeck (unsure of spelling) line of Streator? Shirley Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane Westerkamm To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:56 AM Subject: [ILLASALLE] shirt factory My Grandmother worked at a shirt factory in Streator during the years 1918-1920, after her husband died. Can anyone on this list tell me the name of this factory and where it would have been located in Streator? Thanks for any help. Jane ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Greetings from Streator, I have having a mental block right now, and all I can remember is "Paris Garter". But there were others. My Mom worked at the pants factory in the 1930s and my neighbor was forelady there until she retired. They made special items. Used to talk about sending the suits back to New York, so the "tailor" could call his customers in for a final fitting. Customers would think that the suits were being made there by "expert tailors" (read expensive), when they were really made in Streator. What were your grandparents names, I can go to the museum and check the city directory for those years. Joanie Jane Westerkamm wrote: > > My Grandmother worked at a shirt factory in Streator during the years > 1918-1920, after her husband died. Can anyone on this list tell me > the name of this factory and where it would have been located in > Streator? Thanks for any help. Jane > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237