Dear list: I have had a number of family members who funeral services handled by the Gundlach and Company Funeral Home. Can anyone tell me where this Funeral Home was located? Can anyone tell me if the Belleville Library or somewhere else might have their records on file for research? Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com

Dear List: I have a deceased family member and in the obit (year:1952)it states that she was a member of the White Shrine in Alton. Can anyone tell me what this organization is? Where would I get records of my relative belonging to this organization? Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com

Dear List: I have a deceased family member and in the obit (year:1952)it states that she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Can anyone tell me what this organization is? Where would I get records of my relative belonging to this organization? Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com

Dear List: I have a deceased family member and in the obit (year:1952)it states that she was a member of the Pythian sisters. Can anyone tell me what this organization is? Where would I get records of my relative belonging to this organization? Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com

Dear list, Where would I find records of Reeb Station? Birth/Death/and Marriage records that is. It appears on the map to be part of the now west Belleville. I assume these would be at the court house. Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com

Dear list: I have a deceased family member who's obituary states (year:1952) that she was a past noble grand of Rebekah Lodge No. 415 of Belleville. Can anyone tell me what is the Rebekah Lodge No. 415? What status is a noble grand in the Rebekah Lodge? Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com

John M. Hueckel (b. 2.28.1846 Alsace Lorraine, France d. 3.11.1928 Caseyville, IL) married Josephine T. Baldus (b. 12.10.1851 Canton, Switzerland d. 2.14.1928) on 5.9.1876 at Baldus Home 3 miles southeast of Caseyville, IL Searching for information on their children: John Theophilus Hueckel m. 4.28.1903 Margaret March Meta Hueckel Josie Hueckel George Hueckel Walter Hueckel Hilda Hueckel Albert Hueckel

--0-924453184-1021034513=:95418 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Thank you to everyone who replied to my request about where Ward Station was located. I really appreciated it. Unfortunately, I somehow deleted some of the e-mails that were sent. I would really appreciate it if you would resend me the info again. This time I won't be so careless. Thanks, John Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com --0-924453184-1021034513=:95418 Content-Type: message/rfc822 X-Apparently-To: [email protected] via web21306.mail.yahoo.com; 08 May 2002 11:01:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Track: 1: 40 Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (63.92.80.32) by mta607.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 08 May 2002 11:01:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id g48HvFE12188; Wed, 8 May 2002 11:57:15 -0600 Resent-Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 11:57:15 -0600 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Wed May 8 11:57:15 2002 Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 10:57:18 -0700 (PDT) From: john hardester <[email protected]> Old-To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [ILSTCLAI] Ward Station Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/905 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Content-Length: 340 Dear List, I have a relative who died in Ward Station according to the obituary. Can anyone elaborate on where is Ward Station in St. Clair County? Or is it even in St. Clair County? Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com --0-924453184-1021034513=:95418--

Posted on Thu, May. 09, 2002 State sells two cemeteries New owners look to use new technology By Brian Brueggemann Prospective buyers of Mount Hope Cemetery in Belleville and Valley View Cemetery in Edwardsville want to change the way we rest in peace. Brothers Brent and Tyler Cassity of St. Louis plan to use modern technology -- including computer screens where visitors can view digitized photos and video clips of their loved ones -- to transform the poorly kept cemeteries into places where people will want to be immortalized. ``If the idea is to go there and remember, there's technology that can help you do that,'' Brent Cassity said during a news conference Wednesday in Edwardsville. The Cassity brothers say they specialize in turning around run-down cemeteries. They own a number of cemeteries in Missouri, including ones in Creve Coeur, Independence and St. Louis, as well as the Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery in California. The Hollywood cemetery, where many movie stars are buried, was suffering from two decades of neglect when the Cassity brothers bought it in 1997. Their transformation of Hollywood Memorial Park has been outlined in articles in Time, The New York Times and other publications. Mount Hope and Valley View cemeteries were placed into a receivership by the court in 1997 after their former owner, Larry Esterlen, was accused of raiding the cemeteries' trust funds. State Comptroller Daniel Hynes said Wednesday the Cassity brothers will pay $120,000 for Mount Hope and $135,000 for Valley View, and put $200,000 into an escrow account to be used to make improvements and repairs at both sites. In addition, the Cassitys will reimburse the state for payments the comptroller made to consumers who claimed they were cheated at the two cemeteries. That amount is about $183,000 so far, plus $33,000 in interest, Hynes said. The Cassitys also will pay $227,000 to restore the perpetual-care funds at the cemeteries. The sale has to be approved by a Madison County judge. A hearing in the comptroller's lawsuit against Esterlen is scheduled for May 13. The Cassitys will buy the cemeteries from the receivership, which has to repay loans for upkeep and other fees, according to Hynes. The comptroller has been searching for a buyer for the cemeteries since they were put into receiverships. Funding has been tight for even routine maintenance at the cemeteries. Volunteers and family members of people buried there sometimes mowed the grass. The Cassitys, whose father operated a number of funeral homes in Missouri, came up with an idea several years ago to compile video biographies of the deceased. They at first showed videos at funeral homes they owned, but learned that relatives of the dead person sometimes found it too upsetting because the loss was too recent. They've sold the funeral homes and now are focusing on developing Forever Enterprises, their business that offers the video biographies at cemeteries. Visitors to the cemeteries will be able to call up photos, video clips and other information about their loved ones using touch-screen computers inside a mausoleum. A production studio in Hollywood will create the person's life story, at a price ranging from $395 to more than $5,000. It can include music and interviews with the deceased and others. The end result, Brent Cassity said, is a biography ``similar to what you see on A&E.'' Family members who move from the area can view the biography on the company's Web site, www.forevernetwork.com. Zella Niehaus, 66, of Granite City, attended the news conference Wednesday and said she's not sure what to think about the possibility of having her life story on a computer file at the cemetery. ``I don't know. I'd have to think about it and see it,'' she said. ``I think it might be good.'' Niehaus, whose family bought four burial plots at Valley View, said she's happy that the cemetery will maintained, and everyone will get the plots and grave markers for which they've already paid. Niehaus had considered seeking a refund. ``From what they're telling us, I think I'll be satisfied with it,'' Niehaus said.

Yes, Ward Station was in St. Clair County, IL. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County p. 39 shows Ward Station in the southern part of Section 17 of Township 1 North, Range 8 West. This is today the northwest part of Belleville. Bob Buecher My Belleville families: Christoph ACKER (1807-1876); Philip ACKER (1841-1914); JACOBI family; Charles SCHUCHMANN (1809-1896); Henry WEISSENBORN (1815-1878); Johann Martin WEISSENBORN (1791-1859); Christian WEISSENBORN (1863-1937) My Millstadt (area) families: BALTZ family; Heinrich BUECHER (1820-1893); George HAMMEL (1802-1863); Johann Philipp LEPERE (ca. 1783-1872); George METZGER (1827-1906); Johann Wilhelm MUELLER (1776-1840); Peter STRAUSS (1822-1897); Peter VOGT (1800-1880); Anthony WAGNER (1784-1851); Johann Nicolaus WAGNER (1795-1838); Michael WAGNER (1820-1869); Johann Ludwig WETTEROTH (1777-1842)

My ggfather ELIAS DOBSON died on 22 Nov 1872 in East St Louis,St Clair County and I have been trying for two years to find his burial site. He is not buried in the family burial site in St Louis. I was told that many of the cemeteries in the East St Louis area had been moved because of flooding. Is this true ? If it is true, where were the bodies moved to? Is there a newspaper file available for the 22 Nov 1872 time for East St Louis? Joseph Dopson Searching DOPSON/DOBSON ,CROSS in IL and MO [email protected]

> If you go to the St. Clair Co. 1875 map on the St. Clair Co. GenWeb Project > pages, at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/illinois/il1875/STCLAIR.JPG > you can find Ward Station a little bit southwest of Belleville. Oops! That should read northwest of Belleville. Sorry about that! Jim

> Can anyone elaborate on where is Ward Station > in St. Clair County? Or is it even in St. Clair > County? If you go to the St. Clair Co. 1875 map on the St. Clair Co. GenWeb Project pages, at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/illinois/il1875/STCLAIR.JPG you can find Ward Station a little bit southwest of Belleville. Jim Bridges

Some St. Clair County Hermann people-- Last, first, middle, sex/race, age, death cert.number, date of death [month-day-year], place of death Hermann Adolph J., M/W, unk, 0820005, 1-24-1925, St. Clair, Lebanon Hermann Anna, F/W, unk, 2820161, 5-4-1926, St. Clair, Belleville Hermann Anna M., F/W, unk, 0038926, 5-8-1917, St. Clair, Belleville Hermann Barbara M., F/W, unk, 2820311, 12-19-1922, St. Clair Belleville Hermann Bertha, F/W, unk, 0038919, 5-28-1917, St. Clair Belleville Hermann Clemens J., N/S, unk, 0000215, 6-25-1937, St. Clair, Belleville Hermann Edward C. N/S, unk, 0000330, 4-25-1938, St. Clair Belleville Hermann Elizabeth A., F/W, Y-82, 0044614, 11-20-1935, St. Clair, Belleville Hermann Frieda K. F/W, Y-80, 0032657, 7-30-1935, St. Clair, Lebanon Hermann George P, N/S, unk, 000210, 3-17-1935, St. Clair, E. St. Louis Hermann John, M/W, unk, 0037207, 8-28-1916, St. Clair, East St. Louis Hermann John M/w, unk, 0820055, 1-19-1928, St. Clair, Lebanon Hermann Joseph L., M/W, unk, 2820216, 7-31-1928, St. Clair, Belleville Hermann Mary, F/W, unk, Y-75, 0013714, 3-13-1935, St. Clair, Belleville Hermann Minnie, F/W, unk, 3820771, 11-24-1933, St. Clair, East St. Louis Hermann Theodore F., M/W, unk, 0820275, 6-24-1934, St. Clair, St. Clair Township Hermann Theresa, F/W unk 0050303, 10-21-1918, St. Clair, Belleville Hermann Wilhemina, F/W, unk, 004973, 4-8-1918, St. Clair, Lebanon Source: email from Chris May2002 [email protected] as taken from Family History Library's IL Dept of Health Death Index 1916 - 1938. Your Family History Library can order this microfiche. Check with them for details. The Illinois State Archives will provide photocopies of death certificates (anyone dying in Illinois) for free between years 1916-c1948 -- order online here [4 month turn-around as of 5-2002]: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/cgi-bin/archives/arcreq.s

Dear List, I have a relative who died in Ward Station according to the obituary. Can anyone elaborate on where is Ward Station in St. Clair County? Or is it even in St. Clair County? Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

Hi! I get this in deigest form, so may be way behind, but here is the info: CUMMINS Basil, age 76, he and both parents born Alabama. Cannot read or write. " Malissa aage 70 born Ohio, both parents born Ohio. Can read but not write " Joseph age 39, divorced, born Missouri, a fireman for an iron company.

I'm looking for Basil and Melissa Cummins that lived in East St. Louis, Il around 1920. If anyone has acess to the 1920 census it may be in there. Any information would be helpful. Thanks

I received Cook Co marriage license record last week. Request was sent via the web site about a month ago. LizD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Walsh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 9:51 PM Subject: [ILSTCLAI] IL State Archives orders > The IRAD facilities however still seem to be running 1 to 3 weeks depending > upon which one you use. Any other recent experiences out there? > Diane > > ______________________________

Diane, I typically have to wait about 4 months to receive the documents. However, my last request was received nearly 6 months after the request was submitted via the website. Steve Bartow, FL --- Diane Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > I also received a death certificate requested some 4 > months ago. At the time > I placed that order, I was told the wait time was > about 4 months. If > curious about the wait time you can call them. > > The IRAD facilities however still seem to be running > 1 to 3 weeks depending > upon which one you use. Any other recent > experiences out there? > Diane > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

I also received a death certificate requested some 4 months ago. At the time I placed that order, I was told the wait time was about 4 months. If curious about the wait time you can call them. The IRAD facilities however still seem to be running 1 to 3 weeks depending upon which one you use. Any other recent experiences out there? Diane