here is the site you requested http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage From: rlaaea <rlaaea@peaknet.net> > To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILMACOUP-L] ARNDT in Macoupin County > Date: Saturday, January 08, 2000 4:13 AM > > Hello List Members, > > Carolyn Bettis suggested I subscribe to the list, and ask for your help. > > I am searching for the parents and siblings of my ggrandfather, William > Arndt. He spent most of his life in Bunker Hill and Staunton, and is > buried in St. Michael's Cemetery. > > On 31 May 1883, Charles Arndt of Staunton requested that the Macoupin > County Court conduct an inquisition as to the insanity of his mother, > Frederika Arndt (age 82). As a result, she was committed to the County > Farm. A County Court record for 29 Dec 1884 shows she was to be > transferred to the Eastern Illinois Hospital at Kankakee. > > Her death certificate from Kankakee County shows she died (age 85) at the > hospital on 26 Apr 1885, and was buried in Kankakee (most likely in the > hospital cemetery) on 28 Apr 1885. > > I suspect that Frederika and Charles are William's mother and brother, and > want to find their birth dates or other info to establish this > relationship. The woman I seek has a birth date of 17 Oct 1802, and name > Lucia Friderica Christine Arndt nee Willert. The son has a birth date of 7 > Feb 1836, and name Johann Carl Friedrich Arndt. > > The 1880 federal census for Macoupin County shows William's mother > ("Lizzie" - age 77) living with him and his family. This same census shows > Charles and Carrie Arndt and children as another household. I suspect that > Charles was the husband of Caroline Arndt nee Langewisch. > > Will appreciate any info about a County Farm register, or marriage record > for Charles. Perhaps someone can point me to the online Marriage Registry > from the Illinois State Archives. > > Thanks for any help you might give. I will be happy to share the > Staunton/Macoupin info I have gathered, if anyone is interested. > > Bob Arndt > Belleville, IL > rlaaea@peaknet.net >