I received message Dec.12,1999 ILMACOUP-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > ILMACOUP-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 241 > > Today's Topics: > #1 (Fwd) Re: [ILMACOUP-L] Got WWI Dra ["Sharon Buethner" <sjlbuethner-she] > #2 [ILMACOUP-L] Fw: May have problem ["Laura Johnson" <rngade57@midwest.] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ILMACOUP-D, send a message to > > ILMACOUP-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: (Fwd) Re: [ILMACOUP-L] Got WWI Draft Registration > Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 11:42:10 -0600 > From: "Sharon Buethner" <sjlbuethner-sheminee@worldnet.att.net> > To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Bill, > > I have sort of let my Macoupin Co. mail stack up, and was reading > some this morning and your post caught my eye. > > My gr.grandmother, according to her marriage application, was > born in Tilsit, in which is now Lithuania. This line has been very > difficult to trace, and I try to follow up on any possible connection. > > Here is what I know about her. > > Juliana Auguste Barkowski, b. 14 Dec 1868/9 in Galsdon, Tilsit, > Germany, d. 6 Aug 1911 in Litchfield, Montgomery Co., IL, m. 1891 > or earlier to Wilhelm Heinrich Schultze in Germany. > > Auguste & Henry (as they were called) arrived in the USA at the > port of Baltimore on the steamship Karlsruhe, 21 July 1892, and > apparently proceeded directly to Mt. Olive, Macoupin Co., IL. > Traveling with them were Sophia Schultz, age 6, Maria Schultz, > age 4 (my grandmother) and Fredrik Schultz, age 1/2. > > Sophia was a surprise to me, as I have never heard of her, but > Maria always told me that Schultze was not her birth father. At > this time, I suspect that Sophia was his daughter, Maria her > daughter and Fredrik their son. Way back then, they had his, hers > and ours. Grin. Anyhow, the summer crossing must have proved > too much for the baby, as the Church records show that on 1 Aug > 1892 Friederich Wilhelm Bernhardt Schultze, son of Friedrich > Schultze and Auguste Juliana, nee Barkowsky died at 5 mos, 22 > days of age. > > On the 2 May 1893, William Henry Schultze was born to them. > > Shortly after, on 26 July 1893 Henry Schultze was killed in > Consolidated Coal Mine # 8. The newspaper headlines say > "MASHED INTO A PULP, Henry Schultze, a Loader at No. 8 Shaft, > Killed Tuesday Afternoon by Falling Rock". The church records > show that he was buried the next day, Wilhelm Heinrich Schultze, > left a widow and 3 children, was 34 years and 12 days of age. > > The 3 children always bothered me, and I sort of assumed that > maybe somebody forgot that the baby had died the year before > (but is shown on the same page in the church death register), > but with the knowledge of Sophia, it does, now, make sense. > > On the 22 of January 1895, Auguste Juliana Schultze, nee > Barkowsky, m. John Ernest Carl Christopher Hillmann in Mt. Olive, > Macoupin Co., MN. Four children were born to them, and in 1911 > Auguste was granted a divorce from John. Auguste died six weeks > later. > > I have found no further mention of Sophia Schultze, she is not > shown on the 1900 Census with this family. Just a guess, but I > wonder if maybe when Auguste and John got married, she kept her > kids, but maybe farmed out Sophia or maybe she went to some of > her fathers relatives, unknown to me. Anybody got a spare > Sophia?? > > They always say that often friends and/or family from the same > area in the old country came over and settled close by to those > friends/family so your mention of Lithuania rang bells. Our two > families maybe from the same area, both coal miners in Macoupin > Co. Probably a long shot, but one never knows. > > Would love to hear from anybody who may have a connection or > knowledge of this family. None stayed in Macoupin Co., except > maybe the missing Sophia. > > Sophia Schultze went ? > > Maria Schultze left and in 1908 was married in Bowman, ND > > William H. Schultze, had a court appointed guardian after the death > of his mother, served in the Army in WWI, and lived his life in CA. > > Meta Hillmann, b. 1895, left after the death of her mother, married a > Unk > Williams, lived in Alaska for a bit, then CA & OR. > > Theresa Hillmann b. 1897 had a guardian, as above, left and lived > for a bit with Maria in Bowman and Fargo, ND > > Walter Hillmann b. 1900, had a guardian, as above, left and lived in > the > Chicago area. > > John Hillmann b. 1901, had a guardian, as above, left and spent > some time with Maria in ND, then settled in Michigan. > > Sharon Buethner > > > My grandfather died in 1934, prior to SS registration, so no help > > there. I've come to believe the original Lithuanian name was > > Gajauskas, but he used a Polish variation, Gayousky, in the early days > > for his marriage license and the baptism of his children. Then he used > > Guskey on his draft registration in 1918, and it somehow got cranked > > around to Gusky. I speculate he stayed away from the original name to > > throw the Russians off the trail, because he left parents and a sister > > in Lithuania in 1900, and feared retribution for fleeing conscription. > > All speculation at this point, but I have hope of learning more from > > four or five Lithuanian language circa 1928 - 1934 letters from his > > sister which I hope to receive next week. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ILMACOUP-L] Fw: May have problem with Macoupin County, IL mail list > Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 16:51:24 -0800 > From: "Laura Johnson" <rngade57@midwest.net> > To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > > I received the message. > > Laura L. Johnson RNGADE57@midwest.net > ICQ# 13006842 > Home of the Sicilian Ancestry Web Ring http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/1535 > > -----Original Message----- > From: KathieMir@aol.com <KathieMir@aol.com> > To: rngade57@midwest.net <rngade57@midwest.net>; genetree@texas.net <genetree@texas.net>; > HaraldBick@aol.com <HaraldBick@aol.com>; JWWOODY@compuserve.com <JWWOODY@compuserve.com>; > genedotharms@juno.com <genedotharms@juno.com>; TheRayne@aol.com <TheRayne@aol.com>; ILJones@abq.com > <ILJones@abq.com>; makaylor@bolivar.varner.com <makaylor@bolivar.varner.com> > Date: Saturday, December 11, 1999 2:28 PM > Subject: May have problem with Macoupin County, IL mail list > > >Hi, > > > >We may have a problem with the Macoupin County, IL mail list. Please let me > >know if you are able to send (you will receive a copy of you own mail) and > >receive Macoupin County, IL mail. > > > >Following is copy of last message that was sent to list - please let me know > >if you received this (note date and time): > > > >Subj: (Fwd) Re: [ILMACOUP-L] Got WWI Draft Registration > >Date: 12/11/99 1:45:09 PM Eastern Standard Time > >From: sjlbuethner-sheminee@worldnet.att.net (Sharon Buethner) > >Reply-to: sjlbuethner-sheminee@worldnet.att.net > >To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >Kathie Mirabella > >Macoupin County, IL Mail List Manager > >