I would invite my gg grandfather, Nicholas Schermerhorn (NS) Bastion, 1808-1884. He was b. in Canajoharie, Montgomery, NY, came to S. IN in 1821, by 1830 was a teacher in IL, across from St. Louis. Some of his papers came down in the family. In 1830 he converted to Methodism at a camp meeting, from his ancestral Dutch Reform. By 1833 he was a Methodist minister, and served Methodist churches all across central IL, from Alton to Paris, as well as Dubuque, where he had a 400 mile circuit. In 1849 he was sent, with his wife, Sarah Miller, and their son John Tenbrook Bastion, to Monrovia, Liberia, as missionaries. Their only child, John, 16 months, died within 6 weeks of "African fever," probably malaria or cholera. In Jan 1850, Bastion returned to NYC to report to the Mission Board and request money to build a school out of stone. He didn't arrive until June, only to learn his wife had also died, and that he'd long since been relieved of his post. He turned in his resignation and became an American Baptist minister, which lasted until the late 1850s. Then he became a Christian (Disciples of Christ) minister until his death. He spent his years as a Christian minister in IL, retiring in the 1860s in Sullivan, Moultrie Co, where he and his second wife, my ancestor, founded the first high school downstate. She ran the school, and taught there, while he served as interim ministers, dying in Fowler, Adams Co two weeks after arriving there. Fascinating character. I have some letters, a journal, his Bible, and a book he self-published. He didn't believe in voting, among other things, because your candidate might end up in Congress and have to vote to go to war. God didn't approve of war. Don't know which part of the Bible he was reading! Would be so many questions I'd like to discuss with him! Among other things, his only son from his second marriage "ran away from home" as an adult, and I'd love to know why. Doris Waggoner ____________________________________________________________ Refinance Now 3.4% FIXED $160,000 Mortgage: $547/mo. No Hidden Fees. No SSN Req. Get 4 Quotes! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4cd35b3310dd58a252st05vuc

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dicktague18 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12806.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: No RC, Dick is not playing. Doesn't have any toys. Didn't, even as a kid. Truth is, he flunked sandpile in kindergarten. He is however, awaiting a response from Ann so he can consider the 1880 Clayton co. census as a possibility. Dick Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: user3924231 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12806.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can I assume that Dick is done playing and sent you the info? If not, maybe you know by now that "Justice" was actually James. No finds on the GLADHILL name tho. RC Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kzavada Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/3116.3242.3246.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If the records exist, they MIGHT be at Joliet Historical Society. They have a website or maybe Robert Sterling author of many books on will county might help...he's on the net or Lewis University historical collections-there's a website or Will County Historical Society in Lockport or IL State Archives regional depository for will county in dekalb. http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/iradsrch.html they have a few school related items Are you aware of the Irish Family History Foundations recent websites? http://www.rootsireland.ie/ You did email Pat, I just happened on your email while I was looking around to see if I could help anyone and found your query. Kathy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Mary (Polly) Tatum Scroggins Thurston, my 3rd great grandmother. Probably born in GA or TN about 1803. Married Prior Scroggins in Madison County, IL, 19 Jun 1820. After he died (1833), married Gardner Thurston in Macoupin County, IL, 19 or 20 Mar 1836. Apparently moved to Kansas with a married daughter and widowed son in the late 1850s or early 1860, and returned with the son (who was married in MO along along the way back) to Illinois in late 1860. Date and place of death unknown. Apparently never enumerated by name in any federal census. I have a long list of questions, including: When and where were you born? Who were your parents? Exactly how many children did you have with Prior Scroggins? Names? Dates of birth? Where were you living before Prior died. Exactly when and where did Prior die? Where is he buried? What do you know about Prior's parents and siblings? When did Prior and family members come to Illinois from Tennessee? Family tradition says they came at different times, that Prior was first and some of the others may have moved within Tennessee before migrating. Can you elaborate? Who were the young males living with you and Gardner Thurston in 1840? Was your son Jackson, who was killed in the Mexican War, married? If so, what happened to his wife? Did she move to St. Louis before 1850? How come you and your son Anderson are not listed in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses (and William not in 1850)? Did Anderson have one or two children? Julian survived until 1933, two sources say there was a second son, Luther, but he seems to be unknown to the family. If there was a second son, did he make the trip to Kansas or die earlier? Julian ran away from his stepmother when he was about 8 and after Anderson went off to the Civil War. He ended up living with your sister-in-law, Minerva Sawyer. Why didn't you or his mother's family take him in? And when and where did you die and where are you buried?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CRAUGHWELL Surnames: Craughwell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/3116.3242.3246.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Kathy, I don't know how I sent my E Mail to you. I was sending it to Pat Bohler who was with the Shorewood Library and did some research for me yeara ago.I did recently contact the Will County Archives Center and they sent me copies of the Will and probate records of Thomas 1883, Mary 1892 and Thomas Larkin. Re Michael Craughwell he was My Grgrandfathers Brother and I have a copy of his death record and obit. Do you know where I might find one room school records for the school located on Essington between Jefferson and Black Road. I have papers showing where my Grgrandfather donated the land to Will County / Troy Towbship for building the school in the mid 1870's Thanks for getting back to me, Ambrose Craughwell Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

He is not an ancestor but the person I have been researching is Fred J Noonan, Amelia Earhart's navigator. I would dearly love to ask him 'who brought him up when his mother died?' This for me supercedes 'what happened on that fateful July day?' Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "gen-Quest" <gen-quest@comcast.net> To: <ILroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:33 PM Subject: [ILROOTS] Who would you invite to your Thanksgiving Dinner? > > Those of us in the USA will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving. > > If you could have one of your ancestors from Illinois join you for > Thanksgiving dinner, which ancestor would you invite? What questions > would > you ask him or her? > > Please send a post to the list telling us about your ancestor - and please > remember to include dates and locations. > > Karima > List Administrator > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/Illinoismailinglist3.html > > Visit the Illinois GenWeb Project's - Unknown IL Counties Web Site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kzavada Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/3116.3242.3246.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Did you also look at family search pilot website? http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home they recently added Illinois deaths and stillbirths 1916-1948 there maybe are a few entries specific to your ancestors. also, did you ever check for probate/estate records on Thomas died 1 Apr 1883 wife Mary(Lane)died 19 Sep 1892 would be at Will County Archives Center 806 North Nicholson Street Joliet 60435 tel 815-774-7495 Probate/Estate records have been filed in Will County since mid 1830's. In 1880-1890's theres usually some good genealogy info in them esp. Letters of Administration and Proof of Heirship. Is Michael Craughwell any relations? there's a death cert for him Will County Clerk's office on north chicago st.,joliet Michael Craughwell age 90yrs died 30 Jul 1913 residence Joliet burial St. Patrick's(Joliet) might check for an obit on him. Be glad to help anytime. Kathy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Thomas Elder, my Husband's grgrgrgrandfather. I would like to ask him about the War of 1812 and what the journey to Detroit was like. Why did he marry Hannah Semans in Ohio prior to leaving for war? What the years in Illinois were like and in the end, I'd like to know if he stayed in Nebraska (where he was when he wrote for his Pension), or did he and his third wife, Mary, come back to Schuyler Co., Illinois to finish their life together (or are they buried in Nebraska)? It seems like the more I know, the more questions I have! -------------------------------------------------- From: "gen-Quest" <gen-quest@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 2:33 PM To: <ILroots@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ILROOTS] Who would you invite to your Thanksgiving Dinner? > > Those of us in the USA will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving. > > If you could have one of your ancestors from Illinois join you for > Thanksgiving dinner, which ancestor would you invite? What questions > would > you ask him or her? > > Please send a post to the list telling us about your ancestor - and please > remember to include dates and locations. > > Karima > List Administrator > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/Illinoismailinglist3.html > > Visit the Illinois GenWeb Project's - Unknown IL Counties Web Site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thomas Elder, my Husband's grgrgrgrandfather. I would like to ask him about the War of 1812 and what the journey to Detroit was like. Why did he marry Hannah Semans in Ohio prior to leaving for war? What the years in Illinois were like and in the end, I'd like to know if he stayed in Nebraska (where he was when he wrote for his Pension), or did he and his third wife, Mary, come back to Schuyler Co., Illinois to finish their life together (or are they buried in Nebraska)? It seems like the more I know, the more questions I have! -------------------------------------------------- From: "gen-Quest" <gen-quest@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 2:33 PM To: <ILroots@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ILROOTS] Who would you invite to your Thanksgiving Dinner? > > Those of us in the USA will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving. > > If you could have one of your ancestors from Illinois join you for > Thanksgiving dinner, which ancestor would you invite? What questions > would > you ask him or her? > > Please send a post to the list telling us about your ancestor - and please > remember to include dates and locations. > > Karima > List Administrator > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/Illinoismailinglist3.html > > Visit the Illinois GenWeb Project's - Unknown IL Counties Web Site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I would invite Ida Mae Jeffery to Thanksgiving Dinner and find out where she lived after she was born in Bellville, IL. She disappeared and showed up 20 years later in Butte, MT. Was she adopted when her mother died? Or did her father, Francis Jeffery, farm her out to some friends. Virginia -----Original Message----- From: ilroots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ilroots-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of gen-Quest Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 1:34 PM To: ILroots@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILROOTS] Who would you invite to your Thanksgiving Dinner? Those of us in the USA will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving. If you could have one of your ancestors from Illinois join you for Thanksgiving dinner, which ancestor would you invite? What questions would you ask him or her? Please send a post to the list telling us about your ancestor - and please remember to include dates and locations. Karima List Administrator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/Illinoismailinglist3.html Visit the Illinois GenWeb Project's - Unknown IL Counties Web Site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Those of us in the USA will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving. If you could have one of your ancestors from Illinois join you for Thanksgiving dinner, which ancestor would you invite? What questions would you ask him or her? Please send a post to the list telling us about your ancestor - and please remember to include dates and locations. Karima List Administrator

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CRAUGHWELL Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/3116.3242.3246.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Pat, I hope you get this. We both looked so hard for Mary with no results. I thought she and my Grgrandfather were Married in the Joliet area because he stated that he arrived in the Fall of 1850 and Married Oct3,1850. I did some online research on Family Search Beta.Org and found they were married in Charlestown Ma on tha above date. I am waiting for a copy of the Marriage Certificate. I hope this finds you and your Family well and want you to know how much I appreciate your efforts on my behalf. Ambrose Craughwell Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dicktague18 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12806.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ann, When, where & how enumerated or indexed do you first have Justice & Helen on a census record. And/or from later records what are their enumerated parental nativities? Dick Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AnnGibson28 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12806/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Helen Gladhill born Dec 1857 in Illinois and Justice Hayes (her husband) born May 1848 also in Illinois. I do not know who their parents were. If I could get that piece I think it would open up a lot of information. Thanks ahead of time for any help. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: plhughes134 Surnames: Malandrone-Perotta Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/2158.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Annette, My ggrandmother was Giovanna Perotta and ggrandfather Giuseppe Malandrone. I do know that they lived in the Johnstown, PA area sometime after they arrived from Italy (Piedmont/Vittuone). My ggrandfather was a coal miner and one or two of their children were born there before they moved to Southern Illinois. I believe Giovanna (Johanna) had a brother by the name of Pio. May be some connection. You can reach me by sending e-mail to plhughes@jamadots.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: plhughes134 Surnames: Malandrone-Perotta Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/2158.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Nancy, Just found your message regarding the Malandrone-Perotta family. Bart Malandrone was my grandfather. I do have photos of the family I can share with you as well as family info. Would also like to find out more about your family as well so I can add it to our family tree. I haven't been on this site for a number of years so as an update you can contact me at plhughes@jamadots.com Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dicktague58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12805.2.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mornin' Yvonne, I am not familiar with Wi. vital records requests but yes, check the Rock county & Wi. websites for ordering info. Records entitlement may have changed since 9/11. But the birth record can lead to a baptismal record. Knowing the god-parents can be a help. Also don't forget that 1930 Henderson household. Living members/descendents or current obits may lead you to Dolores. Dick Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kurtzhalsy Surnames: O'Brien Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12805.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Good Evening Dick, We assume that my grandmother supplied the information for the obit, but she passed about 10 years ago, and never spoke much about Dolores other than my mom seems to remember that she would send letters to Dolores every once in awhile when she was young. Dolores was not at the funeral, and my mom says that they never met each other. I too wondered if she may have been born in Rock county after finding that obit, so I looked online last night to see if Rock county had any birth or marriage indexes online, but had no luck finding anything for that county. Do you know if I contacted that county and gave them a name and a possible birth year span would they be able to tell me if they had a record for me to order? Thanks, Yvonne Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dicktague58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12805.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Top o' Yvonne, The roundabout way may be working for us. Part of Beloit is in Turtle township which is where the Henderson family and married daughter Lucille O'Brien were in 1930 Rock co. But why was Lucille back home? Was she with child (Dolores)and was back with the parents for the birth? My guess is Dolores was born in Rock co. Wi. which adjoins Winnebago co. Il. Who was the informant to the funeral director for George's obit or his death certificate? They were apparently familiar with Dolores. Dick Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.