I have found the public library in Granite City to be very helpful in research. Good Luck! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura J Kelahan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 5:58 PM Subject: [ILMADISO-L] Information Request > Any Good Samaritan's Out There? > > The surname I am dealing with is Kelahan, from the Granite City > area. I have been told that my great grandfather, John R. Kelahan > was the 1st President of the Park Board and helped in the building > of Wilson Park as well as St. Elizabeth's Hospital. He also owned > an electrical company, Peerless, which gave light to such items as > City Hall, the High School, Washington Theater and "The White Way" > on 19th street. Co-owner in the electric company was his son > Joseph R. Kelahan. After they lost the electric company during the > depression, Joseph went on to the Shell Oil Refinery in Woodriver > becoming a leader in the local union and on to a position of arbiter for > the A.F. of L. across the US. > What I would be interested in is any newspaper articles, pictures, > or information about John & Joe's involvements in Granite City or > Shell Oil. I am more than willing to reimburse for time spent and > copies. I live near Buffalo, NY so it is extremely difficult to spend > time in Madison Cty., IL to find this information. I am also a member > of the board of the Niagara County, NY Genealogical Society so > I can perform any reciprocal work if anyone has questions on ties in > this area. > > Thanks in advance for any activity on these subjects. > > Laura J. Kelahan > 172 High Street #4 > Lockport, NY 14094 > (716) 434-8556 > [email protected] > > PS I just sent last week my membership application to the Madison > County Society. > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > LDS Family Search Engine: > http://www.familysearch.org/ > Illinois State Archives Databases including pre 1900 IL marriages and Civil War soldiers: > http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html > >