Divorce for this time period are at the Circuit Clerk's Office, courthouse at Belleville http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/stcusfl1.htm Before 1870 are at IRAD in Carbondale

Can anyone tell me if divorce records are available for the years between 1889 and 1894 and if they are to whom do I write. Mary Eastman

I am searching for information on the family of a Charles STEWART & Mary Ann PENN He was b. 1818 Maryland, d 1881 Stoddard CO. MO.  She was the daughter of Mary Ann Starr b. 27 Oct. 1794, Va. and d. 25 Dec.1870, Lebanon, St. Clair, IL., & Phillip Penn, her parents could be Daniel Starr, born in Va. in 1768, & Elizabeth Dodgely(Dedgely), born 14, Dec. 1775, in Hardy County Va., and married about 1793 in Virginia. Charles & Mary Ann STEWART's 3 sons were born in IL, since they were married in St. Clair Co., IL, I would assume that they would have lived there, and that's where the boys were born, but I haven't been able to prove it.  According to the census, both of Charles STEWART's parents were born in MD, and according to the naming practices, if he were to name his first son after his father I found a marriage record of a Pollard STEWART and a Rosanna PROCTOR that could work, Pollard is not a commond first name: ============================ Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland (Alpha order by wife P - S) 17 MAY 1815   STEWART, Pollard                    PROCTOR, Rosanna ========================== Charles STEWART b. 1818 MD,  m. 1849 Mary Ann PENN b. Lebanon, St. Clair Co., IL 1829 children: Pollard STEWART b. IL 1850 m. Betty SHEEKS 5, Sept, 1875 Stoddard Co., MO James H. STEWART b. IL 8/1871 Phillip H. STEWART b. IL 11/1858 m. 1888 Ollie DAVIS b. MO 1/1872 (my ggrandparents) Children: Lila b. STEWART b. MO 7/1897 (not mentioned in next census, died young?) Joseph Pollard STEWART b. 2 Oct. 1893  m. 1914 Ruth MAHER b 23 Aug 1893 (my grandparents) in St. Louis, MO. Phillip died and Ollie remarried a Harry Erickson in Poplar Bluff. Children: Joseph Grafton STEWART b. St. Louis, MO (My father) Eugene STEWART  St. Louis, MO Harry STEWART  St. Louis, MO ============== 1880 Census Place: Duck Creek, Stoddard, Missouri Source: FHL Film 1254738  National Archives Film T9-0738     Page 672C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Charles STEWART Self M M W 62 MD Occ: Farming Fa: MD Mo: MD Mary Ann STEWART Wife F M W 51 IL Occ: Keeping House Fa: GA Mo: IL Philip STEWART Son M S W 22 IL Occ: Works On Farm Fa: MD Mo: IL James H. STEWART Son M S W 11 IL Occ: Works On Farm Fa: MD Mo: IL ========= Any help would be appreciated! Best, Mary Stewart MESMAUI@aol.com

Seeking volunteer or paid researcher to select and mail appropriate SCCGS quarterlies, provide cemetery, marriage and obituary records for Kaseberg/Kaesberg (all variations), Grebe, Burgdorf (var.), and selected Bauer, Link, Tiemann and Keil. Please respond off list, directly to Sherry Kaseberg sherryk@gorge.net, for detailed search needs and to negotiate compensation.

Hello I'm looking for the Belton Family, most are from Sparta, Randolph CO, IL. Although Charles Williams Belton married Nancy Ann McGee daughter of Reuben and Mariah, (Mary/Maria ?) Fleming who I found in St.Clair Co, IL. 1930 census. The children of Charles and Nancy are Howard, Dora, Jane, Ida, Edna, Robert, Rosie, John, Grace, (known as buster) and Tiny. There is said to be three sets of twins. I can fill in all most all the family forward. I know my Mom, daughter of John and Osceola (Gardiner) had a brother who married a twin they had twins and one of the twins had twins. My older brother had twins also. Anyway here's the rub, family lore has it that Charles and his mother (unknown) came from Germany aboard a ship where his Dad and a sibling died in transit leaving Mom and son alone. As the story has the surname was Faust. Some where along the way Momma Faust acquired the name Belton as did Charles. The closest thing to documentation that I have is a copy of a family Bible that has the name Faust once or twice then goes to Belton. Most of these names are written in a old German script known as sutterlien, last taught in school as order by Hitler who ordered it to be re-taught after decades of not being taught, I believe. Faust is to Germans as Smith and Jones are to Americans. I could really use some help on this family. Thanks Max Surnames..Preslar, Williams, Belton, Gardiner, Berry, McBride, McGee, Rhodes, and of course Faust. I also have two mystery Cleggs.

thanks to all who responded, Vol. 7 has been spoken for. Diane

List, A Michigan library has vol 7 of the SCCGS Quarterly they want to dispose of. If anyone is interested, email me privately rengen@compu-type.net - first come first serve, probably for the cost of postage which you and that library will work out. Diane

I'm sorry, I don't know your BROWN family, but I have an Ellen BROWN who was my great great grandmother that I know very little about, but what I do know I thought I'd throw out there. Ellen Brown b. IRL 1815 d. Belleville, IL 1880 m. Edward O'Neil b. Roscrea, Tip. IRL 1806 d. Belleville, IL 1879 (my great great grandfather) I know that Ellen BROWN was from Ireland, but don't know if they met in Tipperary or when the O'Neils emigrated to Utica, NY in 1829. I do know that Ellen Brown was in Utica from a family biography, and when the O'Neil family moved to St. Louis from Utica, in 1837, Ellen stayed behind and Edward came back for her when he'd settled and was earning a living as a Blacksmith in Bell eville, IL. Perhaps some of her family moved to the St. Clair or St. Louis area with her and there is a connection. The rest of the O'Neils lived in St. Louis. I've never been able to find marriage records in NY, MO or IL for them. children: Frank Robert O'Neil b. IL 1851 d. St. L. 27 Jan 1908 m. Gallatin, IL (my great grandfather) Henrietta J. (Hettie Mae) Peters O'Neil b. 1849 d. 23 Mar 1922 StL (my great grandmother) children: Eugenia O'Neil O' Hallaron b. 7 Sept. 1873 d. 24 Oct. 1951 F.(rancis) Edward O'Neil b. 10 Apr. 1882 d. 30 Sept. 1952  (my grandfather) m. Mary Francis Moore O'Neil b. 22 May 1885 d. 17 Feb 1938  (my grandmother) children: Frank R. O'Neil b. May 1917 d. June 1917 Mary Patricia O'Neil (my mother) b. N.Y. m. Joseph G. Stewart b. St. Louis (4 children, 5 grandchildren live in St. Louis) R. Edward O'Neil (died in WWII plane crash off Casablanca) Emily Ann O'Neil (divorced, 7 children, retired, lives on Maui, HI) Lois Mary O'Neil (lives in MS retired WAVE) John Moore O'Neil m. Kathy Fahy (4 children, 9 grandsons, lives in St. Louis) Best, Mary Stewart MESMAUI@aol.com

I am currently researching the family of my Great Grandparents John (Jack) T. & Julia (Bowler) Brown. John (Jack) T. Brown was born Nov 1864 in Missouri; Julia (Bowler) Brown was born Feb 1867 in Wisconsin. We have information from the 1900 census showing their residence in St. Louis City, Missouri on Park Avenue with two children Edna (b. 1887) & James (b. 1892). In the 1910 census John, Julia & James are living in East St. Louis, Illinois on State Street. John is working as a Car Inspector for the Railroad. Edna is now married to August Pey and they are also living on State Street in East St. Louis. In the 1920 census Edna & August have moved to St. Louis County but we are unable to locate John, Julia or James in either Illinois or Missouri. I have no reason to think they moved from this area but do not know this for sure. Any information or suggestions related to John, Julia or James would be greatly appreciated. --Thanks, Keith Keith Pey St. Louis, MO Also researching in the St. Clair County area: PEY; ARNET; BROWN; BOWLER

John Rickert was born in 1834 and Margaretha in 1843. I have found them in the 1870 and 1880 census. John died before 1880 but I do not know when. Also I do not know Margretha's maiden name or if she ever remarried. If anyone can help me with any information it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Patti ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

I am looking for the parents of Augustine Attovner who born in 1840 in Illinois and married Louis Belleville on Dec. 20, 1861 in St. Clair County. I also would like to know her death date. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Patti ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

The new St. Clair County Genealogical Society Publication: 'Fayetteville Township and Engelmann Township Cemeteries' is now available for sale for $10.00 ppd. 89 pages - Indexed. This includes the updated inventories of Fayetteville Township Cemeteries: Darmstadt Memorial and Trinity Lutheran of Darmstadt; Trinity UCC, Old Trinity, St. Pancratius Catholic, and Pulliam of Fayetteville; St. Liborius Catholic of St. Libory; Powers-Brannum and Thompson- Cobb. The inventories of Engelmann Township Cemeteries: Andres, Barth, Bopp, Brown, Fries-Hangsleben, Mason, and Rayhill. Some of these inventories have been previously published as seperate books and some were published in SCCGS Quarterlies. The inventories have been updated through 2004 and are now all available in one book. Order from St. Clair County Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 431, Belleville, Il 62222-0431 Martha Mae Schmidt Chairman Cemetery and Church Records Committee St. Clair County Genealogical Society

Edna, I have GODFREY as a family name in St. Clair Co., with the earliest ancestor Jean Florin GODFREY, reportedly born in Loraine, France between 1812-1815 (1860 St. Clair Co. Census). He was married to Florence Marie COROMBER. I, too, have had little luck going further back, but do know from travels in France that the name GODFROI/GODFROIX appears there. (A son of Jean Florin GODFREY, August may have been born in the US - we have conflicting evidence on this - but his marriage in French Village, St. Clair Co., in 1868, was under the name GODFROI.) Don't know if this is in any way related to your SCHOFFRA family...but, who knows.... Jerri Jerri Eoff Sudderth 1611 E. River Pkwy. Minneapolis, MN 55414 651/332-3796

> > I'm still struggling to find the French surname for Schoffra. > > John Schoffra was born about 1830 in Moselle France (according to > earlier Census). He came to USA about 1831. I'm having problems > locating his parents and family as I don't know his French surname. > Have tried Geoffroy, Joffray, Chauffeur, etc. with no luck. > > There was an Antoine Schofra buried at Cahokia Cemetery, but of course > I don't know his French surname to try to match up with my John. 1860 > Census has John as JOFFROIX. 1870 Census lists him as SCHRAUFRAU. > 1880 Census lists as TOFFROY. Needless to say I'm confused. > > Any suggestions? > > Edna in Arizona >

Hi Does anyone on the list know when and where Charles (Carl) Hoffmann of Sugarloaf Twp. married Mary Sibyl Kaffenberger? Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks

Boy, do I wish I lived there!!! dc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Walsh" <rengen@compu-type.net> To: <ILSTCLAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 6:09 PM Subject: [ILSTCLAI] 6 Free lectures October in Belleville > In celebration of Family History Month: > > Lecture > > HAPPY FAMILY HISTORY MONTH! > > >

In celebration of Family History Month: Lecture 1: Saturday, October 1st 2005, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Preserving Family Heirlooms Presented by Mary Turner, Executive Director of the Illinois Association of Museums Lecture 2: Monday, October 10th 2005, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Rebels in Abe's Back Yard: Confederate Veterans Buried in Illinois A slide presentation by Gale Red Lecture 3: Saturday, October 15th 2005, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Bring Your Ancestors To Life Presented by Mike Karsen of the "Road Scholar" program made possible in part by an award from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly Lecture 4: Monday, October 17th 2005, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Researching Your Family Tree in Collinsville Presented by Leslee Hamilton of the Mississippi Valley Public Library District and Floyd Sperino of the Collinsville Historical Museum Lecture 5: Wednesday, October 19th 2005, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Plowing the Land of Lincoln Resources Presented by Diane Renner Walsh, CGRS, of the St. Clair County Genealogical Society Lecture 6: Saturday, November 12th 2005, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Passenger and Immigration Records Presented by Tom Pearson, Special Collections Librarian, and Kathy Smith, Genealogy Librarian, both of the St. Louis Public Library All Lectures Held at the Belleville Public Library Conference Room (Lower Level) 121 East Washington Street, Belleville, Illinois (Elevator Access) Attendance Is Free But You Must Pre-register As Seating Is Limited To Register: Please Call the Belleville Public Library (618) 234-0441 ext. 22 Ask for Ms. Lou Ann James, Archivist HAPPY FAMILY HISTORY MONTH!

Looking for yearbooks from 1966, 1967 and 1974 from St. Teresa Adacemy in E St. Louis. The Closed Catholic High School of East St. Louis, IL project is progressing, but need information from these books. Anyone having any one of these, please contact me directly and I will let you know what we need from them. Martha Mae Schmidt Chairman Cemetery and Church Records Committee St. Clair County Genealogical Society

Looking for the correct name/spelling of a Rev. Arthur Schroedel (Shraydel?), who might have served a Pinckneyville (Perry) or Lenzburg (St. Clair) protestant church in the 1910's. Perhaps church history books indicate such a name. I would very much like to know the correct name, the name of the church, and the years spent in service there. Thank you. Marsha

Thanks to all who answered my question Subject: Re: [ILSTCLAI] Pleasant View Sanitorium The concensus: Pleasant View Sanitarium was on Bunkum Road in Fairview Heights, Illinois and closed circa the 1950s. Handled TB cases