I'm also curious about street cars/trolley cars in Peoria at the turn of the century. My grandfather, Thomas LOWRY, was a streetcar conductor in Peoria at about that time. Thanks! Kevin

Hi Everyone, Sorry, I have no information on trolley cars. All of the ancestors who wrote about life in Peoria County were farmers. There's lots of info about the prices of crops, cloth, acreage, etc. and the weather. Also info about when the major illnesses struck, scarlet fever, etc. Take care, Anita C. Peoria County Lisk descendant Sandy Nelson wrote: > > Okay, it looks like you guys did good with the train question. How about > trolley cars in the late 1800's, I have to brothers Linton and William > Davison who were motormen on the trolley cars then. Any information about > that floating around? > Thanks, > Sandy > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, August 06, 2000 1:58 AM > Subject: ILPEORIA-D Digest V00 #98 > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact the list administrator, Cheryl Rothwell, [email protected]

Thank You Charlotte "Anita C. Mason" wrote: > Hi Charlotte, > > According to an old letter I have, dated July 8, 1855, from Peoria > County, IL: > > "…The railroad runs through Chillicothe and it is doing a good business. > Chillicothe is a growing fine. There is a twelve story besides a > furniture store and tin shop. There is a new steam saw mill in there too > that does first rate work and a carriage and wagon factory and lots of > buildings going up all of the time. > > There is four trains of cars runs through there every twenty-four hours. > They look very nice too agoing like thunder. Sometimes there is a string > for a half mile long with an engine at each end pushing and pulling like > Boston. We are agoing down to town tomorrow and take the children down > and let them see the cars and town." > > Hope this helps, > Anita C. > Peoria County Lisk Descendant > > Flock's wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Could any one tell me when the railroad went through Peoria. I'm trying > > > > to track down a ancestor who was working on the railroad. His name is > > John Miller b. abt 1831 Prussia. > > > > Charlotte > > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > 2,500 Discussion Lists!!! USGenWeb and The USGenWeb Archives! > Special thanks go to RootsWeb. Your generous donations to > RootsWeb makes this all possible. Find out more! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222

Charlotte, I don't know about the railroad in Peoria, but here's a site that may be of help with information on ancestors who worked for the railroads. http://www.rrb.gov/geneal.html Diane Zanetti ZANETTI, LIZOTTE, IODICE, AUSTIN -----Original Message----- From: Flock's [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 5:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] Peoria Junction Hi, Could any one tell me when the railroad went through Peoria. I'm trying to track down a ancestor who was working on the railroad. His name is John Miller b. abt 1831 Prussia. Charlotte ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Hi, Could any one tell me when the railroad went through Peoria. I'm trying to track down a ancestor who was working on the railroad. His name is John Miller b. abt 1831 Prussia. Charlotte

Hi Charlotte, According to an old letter I have, dated July 8, 1855, from Peoria County, IL: "…The railroad runs through Chillicothe and it is doing a good business. Chillicothe is a growing fine. There is a twelve story besides a furniture store and tin shop. There is a new steam saw mill in there too that does first rate work and a carriage and wagon factory and lots of buildings going up all of the time. There is four trains of cars runs through there every twenty-four hours. They look very nice too agoing like thunder. Sometimes there is a string for a half mile long with an engine at each end pushing and pulling like Boston. We are agoing down to town tomorrow and take the children down and let them see the cars and town." Hope this helps, Anita C. Peoria County Lisk Descendant Flock's wrote: > > Hi, > Could any one tell me when the railroad went through Peoria. I'm trying > > to track down a ancestor who was working on the railroad. His name is > John Miller b. abt 1831 Prussia. > > Charlotte > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Does anyone have access to the 1860 Peoria census? I am needing a record looked up. Patrick Kearns 3w. Peoria City pg 245 Thank you, Lisa Kearns

I am looking for descendants of Milo Tripp Easton (born in Peoria) and Mary Helen Blackburn. They had two daughters: Mary Elizabeth who married Howard Siegfried (they had two daughters--Mary Eleanor and Carol Jane) and Eleanor Delia. Their son was Willard Milo Easton and he married Helen ________. They lived at 219 Barker Avenue, Peoria, IL in the 1940's. George ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

----- Original Message ----- From: Iris Mendel Miller <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [WHITE] HUGH/MARY (JOHNSON) WHITE, E. Tenn.>Ind.>Ill. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Iris Mendel Miller <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: HUGH/MARY(JOHNSON)WHITE / McKOWN and MENDELL E.TENN..>IND.>Ill>KS.- Mass.>ILL>.KS. > Is anyone Working on this branch of WHITE/McKOWN/MENDELL'S? > If anyone has more INF.would be greatly appreciated. > > > > The WHITE/McKOWN/MENDELL, Family's, ( Mary A. White and Electa A. White, 1912. Pearl Goldine Boman Schafer, 1973, Eliza McKown Bouton, and H.J.Cheesman) > > > HUGH WHITE and MARY JOHNSON were married about 1804 in east Tennessee and lived there,For a While, as near as I can tell, three children were born there. They > than moved to Indiana, do not know what year, but they lived there in 1812 > when the war with England broke out. Hugh White enlisted in the war, leaving behind his wife with four children, a babe in her arms. > > The names of their children, including those born later, a total of ten > > children, ELIZABETH A., SAMUEL R., CYNTHIA ANN.(My GGGrandmother). > > SARAH E., LEVINA B., MARTHA E., WM. FRANKLIN, EMEILNE C., GILFORD N. and JAMES THOMPSON. > > ELIZABETH WHITE married JAMES MORROW; CYNTHIA ANN WHITE married LAWRENCE H. J. McKOWN > SAMUEL WHITE married JANE MORROW April 5,1832, > > The way it's written it looks like the above three were married in > Tenn.?) > > At some point moved to Rockville, Indiana. In 1833 the Family emigrated to > > Illinois. North west of Duncan,ILL. > > to what is known as the Sheets farm. later live northwest Princeville Ill.Peoria County. I believe, Princeville, TWP. > > HUGH and MARY WHITE belonged to the old Presbyterian Church while living > in Indiana Hugh became an elder; clung to that faith as long as they lived. > > After moving to Illinois MARTHA WHITE married WILLIAM MORROW; FRANKLINWHITE married JULIA A.MURPHY; EMELINE married DEWITT FRANKLIN ; JAMES THOMPSON married MARTHA A. GERMAN, SAMUEL R married JANE Morrow and had six children: ELIZABETH A,; WILLIAM H.; JOHN C,; MARIA J,; MARY A; and SARAH E,; > > CYNTHIA ANN WHITE AND LAWRENCE McKOWN had six children: > > ELIZA McKOWN, married ALANSON BOUTON. one child MINNIE BOUTON > > AMANDA McKOWN married ISAAC CROWE . three children: WILLIAM CROWE,; ELLA CROWE MOSS and JENNIE CROWE SMITH,; > > ,HUGH McKOWN married ELIZABETH (Lissie) BOUTON, four children LENA McKOWN MILLER,; EMMA McKOWN,; ALLANSON B.McKOWN,; LOIS McKOWN BEALL; STELLA McKOWN GRAVES.; > > LEVI McKOWN married JANE GERMAN, eight children ALLIE McKOWN CARTER,; > > WILLIAM McKOWN,; LEWIS McKOWN,; ALBERT McKOWN, BESSIE McKOWN,; FRANK McKOWN; EDITH McKOWN ;, and ELDON McKOWN,; > > MARY McKOWN married HIRAN BRONSON, two children CLARA BRONSON ARCHIBALD,; MARK BRONSON, > > HUGH and family moved 1840 to unknown town in MO. CYNTHIA ANN WHITE died while giving birth to CYNTHIA ANN. McKOWN named after her mother. After thedeath of his wife HUGH took the children back to ILL.and left them with family to raise. and went to Texas to live. ( Had a second Family) > > CYNTHIA ANN McKOWN married MALCHIAH MENDELL d. April 18, 1911 she and Malchiah both died and buried in RUSSELL KANSAS They had six children; MARY MENDELL GADBERRY; IDA MENDELL BOMAN,; LUTHER A. MENDELL,; ELSA H. MENDELL,; ARZELLA C. MENDELL,; IRA LEVI MENDELL;; (my grandfather) My Father was born in Russell KS. > > HUGH WHITE's parents were of English descent, His grandfather WILLIAM > WHITE having been born in LONDON ENGLAND. I have No Inf. on Hugh White's or Mary Johnson's Parents > > Dose this fit anyone"s WHITE FAMILY? > > To: <[email protected]> > > >

http://www.interment.net/data/us/il/sangamon/campbutler/index.htm is the URL for the cemetery listings at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield. There are approximately 18,000 servicemen and women buried there, mostly from Illinois. According to the page the information came from the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

Okay, it looks like you guys did good with the train question. How about trolley cars in the late 1800's, I have to brothers Linton and William Davison who were motormen on the trolley cars then. Any information about that floating around? Thanks, Sandy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 06, 2000 1:58 AM Subject: ILPEORIA-D Digest V00 #98

I am trying to find any information on WELLS HICKMAN and MARY J. KING HICKMAN. They were married in Fulton County on February 12, 1866. They 'took in' and raised a baby boy named ALBERT MITCHELL MILLER who was born in Canton, Illinois on October 14, 1872. Unable to find any 'official' guardianship papers or birth records. I have checked at Fulton & McDonough Counties for these. WELLS and MARY J. HICKMAN moved to the Bushnell, Illinois area and that is where ALBERT MILLER was raised. Would like to find out if WELLS and MARY HICKMAN had any children of their own. WELLS HICKMAN b. d. 29 Dec 1922 at the age of 73 years BLK 10 LOT 3 SEC C MARY J. HICKMAN b. d. 16 Nov 1933 in Walnut Grove, Illinois BLK 10 LOT 3 SEC C in the same plot of the Bushnell Cemetery is : DAVID M. KING b. 1820 d. 28 Dec 1905 BLK 10 LOT 3 SEC C NANCY KING b. 1830 d. 25 Feb 1905 BLK 10 LOT 3 SEC C I believe that DAVID and NANCY are MARY J. KING HICKMAN's parents but have not found any 'official' proof. ALBERT MITCHELL MILLER married a GERTRUE MAE HAYWORTH CAIN and raised a family in the Bushnell, Illinois area. ALBERT MILLER is my husband's grandfather & I am trying to find out who ALBERT's parents/grandparents were. ALBERT's daughter ( who is 80 years old ) said that all the information that she ever knew was that ALBERT's mother died when he was born and that his father was a Doctor and died a few years after he was born. ALBERT MILLER passed away on September 14, 1955 and is buried in the KING plot in the Bushnell Cemetery. I find this unusual in that he is laid to rest in the KING section. This would be the maiden name of the woman who raised ALBERT. I wonder if ALBERT was born to a sister of MARY J. KING HICKMAN ? I would certainly appreciate if anyone would have any possible leads for me to check out. Thanks ! Carolyn J. Miller [email protected]

The address for the courthouse is: 324 Main Street Peoria, IL 61602-1319 Go into Yahoo and search for directions. I think that is how I went into it. Its www.yahoo.com. You can get direction from your street and town to the street address and town of the courthouse. Also the library is two blocks from the courthouse which is: 107 NE Monroe Peoria, IL 61602-1021 Tel: 309-672-8569 The library has a parking area but you have to feed the meter every two hours. Got a parking ticket the first day. I parked right on Main Street the second day in front of the court house. Much easier than walking two blocks every two hours. If you get there right at 8:00 am when they open there are plenty of parking places in front of the court house or along side. Be careful of their one-way streets. Those meters in front of the courthouse are also every two hours. They are really nice people there. Lois Illinois

Hi Lois: Thanks for looking. The spelling is probably Holcomb, but you never know?? Benjamin might have been married in Peoria, before Sophia was born in 1827. There might be a Henry W. Holcomb, born 1830. Don't know where. Could be the name Hull, lurking around there. Where is the courthouse, and is there a place to park?? Thanks again Rodd

I am researching the Almon Clark who married Laura West in Peoria Co on 4/20/1841. I'd also like information about Laura West and her family. Thanks in advance. Patricia Max

Rodd and BBrown: I have listed Rodd's first and BBrown's after. Please remember I watched for Holcomb in the year 1825 and for Kendall/Marten I watched for marriage 1904/1906 and birth 1907. All the others are what I found as I glanced for all my names. Hopefully, I did not miss any of the dates you asked for. Below is what I found. I can recheck when I go back. I need to have you know that you might find lots more names for your family than what I found. Sorry I was not at the library as much as I was at the Courthouse. Birth records in a book only went back to 1850. There is an archive down stairs in the courthouse that I did not have time for. My cousin and I are going back the last of August sometime. They are wonderful people at this office. Everyone that cannot see the complete record with dates, etc., is always disappointed. The only thing I could look at was a name in several old books. There is a form you can fill out and it costs $5.00 for them to copy the record and send. Also, they can do a search for you for $7.00 and additional copies would be $4.00. No Checks! Cash or Money Order only. The office address is: JoAnn Thomas Peoria County Clerk Room 101 - Courthouse Peoria, IL 61602-1368 Tel: (309) 673-8398 Here goes: Marriage: Book #1 1825-1855 Benjamin Holcomb Page 10 Benjamin Holcomb Page 11 Birth: Book #E 1895-1902 Chas F Holcomb Page 154 (circled is an "M") Book#F 1902-1904 Mildred Holcomb Page 141 Death: Book #3 11-1-1899- Johnson Holcomb Page 149 10-22-1902 Book #7 1910-1915 Mary Holcomb Page 175 Also, would Holcombe be your name also? If so: Birth: Book #E 1895-1902 Howard Cecil Holcombe Page 67 Lee E. Holcombe Page 67 Book #H 1907-1910 Walter Holcombe, Jr. Page 250 Death: Book #3 1899-1902 Charles G. Holcombe Page 5 Book #7 1910-1915 Barton A. Holcombe Page 109 If you would like for me to keep your name at the top of my head (difficult but I'll try), I will write down anything I find again and let you know. Let me know though if the name could be spelled both ways and you are interested in it both ways. I guess the birth of Sophia Holcomb would be downstairs in the archives. I will keep this paper at the top so I can see if she is listed in 1827. I don't know for instance: Benjamin Holcomb's marriage date. It could be from 1825 to 1855. The only way you can find out is request the copy. Hope this helps you. _____________________________________________________________ BBrown: Goodness, there were lots of Martens and lots of Kendall's. First: Marriage: Book #11 1904-1908 Emma Marten Page 74 Birth: Book #F 1902-1904 Will Kendell (F) Page 179 Book #H 1907-1910 William Kendall (M) Page 261 Book #I 1909-1912 Jessie Kendall (F) Page 203 Book #J 1911-1915 Dora M. Kendall Page 277 Alfred G. Kendall Page 262 May Kendall MR-49 Book #K 1914-1917 - I took these in order and I think this next group is K - Sorry. Julian R. Kendall Page 75 Paul Kendall (SB) Page 97 Virginia L. Kendall Page 145 Juanita F. Kendall Page 193 Katharine Kendall Page 200 Death: Book #2 1889-1899 Benj. F. Kendall Page 190 Book #3 11-1-1899- J. G. Kendall Page 46 10-22-1902 Mabel Nellie Kendall Page 170 Book #4 1902-1905 Hazel Kendall Page 133 Book #7 1910-1915 Harriet Elizabeth Page 50 Now you really didn't ask for Martens, but here they are anyway: Birth: Book #D 1889-1895 Sophie A Martens Page Q-198 D. E. Martens Page 197 William J. Martens Page 126 Book #E 1895-1902 Emery E. Martens Page 33 James M. Martens Page 0-263 George P. Martens Page P-126 Albert V. Martens Page P-126 John H. Martens Page P-269 Book #F 1902-1904 Mildred M Martens Page 109 Ralph Edwin Martens Page P-14 Mildred M. Martens Page P-127 Book #G 1904-1907 Martha M. Martens Page M-180 Death: Book #6 1909-1910 Henry Martens Page 6 Lois Illinois

Hi List, I hope someone can help. My ancestor Catherine "Kate" Ahrens. b. June 1869 in Mason Co. (she is a sister of my grandfather, John Ahrens) was married to Frederick Faber about 1893 (they are not listed in the marriage yet) and they lived in Peoria. He died in 1915 and she died in 1935. Their daughter, Hester died in 1943 and all are buried in Springdale. Hester's obituary mentioned cousins: Mrs. Giles Keithley, Arthur Faber and Eugene Harach. Does anyone know of these people or their descendents. Would like to contact any relatives that might have pictures and family information. Thanks for any help. Dee

I know a lot of us have ancestors who were in Maryland at some point in time so this may be useful. The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2000 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. - Archives of Maryland Online The State of Maryland has an ambitious plan to make more than one million historical documents available online. According to the Web site at: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/in dex.html, these are documents that "form the constitutional, legal, legislative, judicial, and administrative basis of Maryland's government." Some of these documents will be of interest to genealogists. Original documents have been scanned and are available as TIFF images. One example is Volume 3, "Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1667," which is indexed by both name and topic. You can see this at: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/ 000003/html/index.html Some transcriptions of marriage records are available at: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1527/html/ssi1527.html. Helpful information, such as finding aids and descriptions of microfilmed records, can be found at: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/refserv/html/comarria.html. The Archives of Maryland Web site appears to be just getting started; a small number of records are available online today, but that number is certain to grow. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

Hello List, Something I have found of use in doing research in a new town is to find out if there are any colleges or universities nearby. I spend all day at the local historical society and / or courthouse, then go to the university library in the evening. Many schools will have newspapers and census on microfilm, as well as maps etc. My eyes get buggy, and I usually end up with a headache, but it's worth it! Bob Kline

Elaine, Thanks for the information on Albert and Edith Schneider. Do you know if they had any children? Thanks, Jeanette >Edith Clukey was married to Albert C. Schneider in 1904 per my sketchy info. >Albert is a brother to my Matilda Anna Schneider. Elaine Courtright > >Jeanette Lawson wrote: > >> I am trying to find information on the Clukey Family. >> >> Francis (Frank) Clukey; born July 1831; Canada >> Julia (Bishop) Clukey; born Oct 1844; New York >> Children: >> Louisa Clukey; born Oct 1844; New York >> Mary Ellen (Ella) Clukey; born June 1867; New York; married William Palmer >> Albert Frank Clukey; may have gone by Frank; born Feb 1869; New York >> Edtih Clukey; born Jan 1874; married to a Schnieder >> >> This family was in Peoria by 1890, probably before. They are listed in the >> 1900 and 1910 Census; Peoria. If you have any information on this family >> please contact me. >> >> Thanks, >> Jeanette Lawson >> Elk Grove, CA >> >> In Peoria Researching: Stephen Henry Gilbert & family, Frank Clukey & >> family, Edith Schnieder & family, Albert Rufus Morgan & family. >> >> ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! >> http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html > > > >==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== >List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received >when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Cheryl Rothwell, >[email protected]