Joan, many thanks for your promt response to my request for help, that's knocked a few bricks out of my brick wall, still examinining the info. and fitting it round the TEMPLE kids. Hope to eventually be able to trace a living TEMPLE decendant from this lot in Illinois and present them with their family tree back to the 1720's ! I'll come back to you again in due course, Thanks again, From this side of the pond, hot and sunny Spain, Mike Temple. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 11:23 PM Subject: [ILLASALLE] Temple - Streator > Greetings from Streator > notes from obituary published Dec. 13, 1899 > Mrs. Jane Temple (not Clark) died at at 12 o'clock last night lived > with the three children of son, William. Surviving children are John > and Frank and Mrs. Thomas (Anna) Farrington, and Charles and Mary > Clark by a later marriage with William Clark. She also has a sister, > Mrs. M. A. Morgan of Los Angeles, California. "The mother of A. S. > Bickerton and Mrs. Thomas Morgan of Streator was also a sister of Mrs. > Temple". death was due to inflamation of the bowels. > > notes from Billy Temple's obituary: > had been an alderman from the Fifth ward. > found dead in north part of town, had been going/coming from Ottawa, > delivering election returns. had grocery store at Grant and Wasson > sts. born in Sparland, Ill. Jan 15, 1858, but spent most of his life in > Streator. > Children: Florence, aged 14; Barbara, aged 12; Emily, aged 10 > Siblings: Frank of Brookside Colorado; Mrs. Thomas Farrington of St. > Joseph, Missouri. I think John was still in Streator. > > 1898 - 1899 City Directory > J. Franklin Temple (Mary), miner 109 Bluff > Wm. Temple grocery 901 N. Wasson, res 1402 N. Wasson > > 1888 City Directory: > Wm. Temple, grocery, 179 North Wasson > Frank Temple, miner, 261 North Park > John Temple, miner, 261 North Park > Mrs. Jane Clark, 261 North Park > > 1872 - 1873 Directory > Geo. Temple, billiard hall on Main St., res on Park st. > > Did not see a listing for Temple in the 1904-1905 Directory. Some coal > miners went to Colorado about this time. John could have followed his > brother back to Colorado. > > Joanie > > > ============================== > 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 >