Diana: Page 388 about people in Cordova Township: MILLER C.H. cooper; Cordova; Republican; owns house and lot, value $600; from Germany There are no listings of your other names. I went through the names in the Cordova Township section and found no one born in Denmark, or having come from Denmark; but there were lots of people who did not cite where they were born. Sorry I couldn't find more for you ... but then you do have more on one that you already had info about. Audrey Cox Vogelpohl Seattle, Washington Diana Muir wrote: > > Hi Audrey, > > Just thought I'd ask since I don't really have a clue whre these people came > from. > > Anything about Hans Hansen, born about 1863+ or -, married to Mette Catrina > Carstensen, came to Clinton first, as a bricklayer, member of the Lutheran > Church in Lyons, and then bought a farm about 2 1/2 miles of the old Cordova > Saddle Club. Still Hansen's there today, but none of us have every found > anything that says where in Denmark they came from. > > They're all buried in Cordova cemetery, but if the Rock Island past and > present gives anything else, it would be great! I think he was too late to > serve in the Civil War, although the other side of the family, Clause > Heinrich Moeller (Miller) also from Cordova b. 1840- d. 1900 did, in the > Iowa 1st Inf, Co. G. I know exactly where he came from. > > Thanks for anything you can find on the Hansens! Talk about a needle in a > haystack! > -----Original Message----- > From: Audrey Vogelpohl <avogelpohl@home.com> > To: ILROCKIS-L@rootsweb.com <ILROCKIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, February 27, 2000 2:07 AM > Subject: Re: [ILROCKIS-L] [Fwd: Rock Island book] > > >Marc ... there is a long list of Martins, and another long list in the > >index of Maxwell. It would be a good idea if you would look at the > >book. It was reproduced in 1977 for the Blackhawk Genealogical Society > >in Rock Island, Illinois; so I imagine they would have a copy in their > >library. Maybe others that live in the Rock Island area can be more > >specific; as you see I live in Seattle, Washington. > > > >The information on the OLIN name is as follows: > > > >A.A. Olin, agent W.U.R.R.; Port Byron; born St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., > >1851; came to this Co. 1873; is ticket, freight and express agent at > >W.U. depot, Port Byron; married Agnes B. Maxwell, of Port Byron, Ill., > >1873; one child, Jesse B. > > > >Audrey Cox Vogelpohl > >Seattle, Washington > > > >"Marc L. Hundley" wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> I am interested in the Past and Present Book you are referring to here. > Is > >> this an inner library loan book that is in Illinois or is there a copy in > >> Rock Is. Co. that can be accessed? I am working on sets of 3rd gr > >> grandparents on my mother's side of the family from up there. Marshall / > >> Maxwell / Olin are the specific surnames. We are (a cousin and I ) are > >> going up this summer and the more we have the better our results will be. > >> The brother of the cousin I hunt with lives up there and can possibly be > of > >> some help if the book is in the county :) Thanks for any insights you > have > >> to relay, Ruth in so. Illinois > > > > > >==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > >Keep an eye on this census site because more census' are going up every > day. > >http://www.usgenweb.org/census/states.htm > >