Hi Tianne, Do you show any listings for KASE or TOOMER? Thanks for your help, Bob > Subject: [ILSTCLAI] 1907 Illustrated History of St. Clair County > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 03:30:45 -0600 > From: "Tianne Isenhower" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hello everyone - > > I am the lucky owner of the 1907 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and > Illustrated History > of St. Clair County 2 volume set. > > In addition to many portraits and illustrations of well known St. Clairians > at the time, there > are biographical sketches of individuals as well. If you would like for me > to check my > volumes for your ancestors, please let me know the names you are looking for > and I > will provide you with a scan. > > I am researching the GASS, FRICK, WOLFERSBERGER, KOEHR lines and would be > happy to correspond with others working on the same line. My main surnames > are: > > FRICK > GASS > KAISER > KOEHR > KEHR > KORR > KOHR > HOEFFKEN > HOPFINGER > MUELLER > PLATZ > STOEKEL > TRIBOUT > WADE > WOLFERSBURGER > > KEHR, KORR, KOHR, KOEHR > I am looking for information on Vitus Kehr of Ruppertsberg Germany, born > 1604, who married > Margarethe ?. Son was Veith Kehr, who married Eva Platz. They had a son > named John Korr > who married Margaret Munch. Their son was Henri Kohr born in Konigsbach, > Germany, > who married Maria Barbara Gabert.Their son Michael Kohr married Maria > Barbara Munch. Their > son Christopher Kohr married Maria Elizabeth Platz. Their son Bernard Kohr > married Gertrude > Dudenhoefer. Their son George Friedrich Koehr of Ruppertsberg, Germany > married > Mary Josepha Stoekel and emigrated to the United States in 1860, settling in > Belleville, Illinois, > St. Clair County. The Koehr name has evolved through from Kehr to Korr to > Kohr to the present spelling of Koehr. > > GASS > I am searching for family history on Nicholas Gass of Reding, France, born > 1782. > He married Marie Barbe Faber in 1807 and had a son Etienne Gass who > emigrated > to the United States, settling in Belleville, Illinois. Any info would be > appreciated. > I originally was told this line was from Germany, but have only been able to > trace it > back to Reding, France. > > WOLFERSBERGER > I am seeking ancestor and descendant information on the Wolfersberger family > of St. Clair County, Illinois who emigrated from France.George Wolfersberger > was born about 1735 in Hartzviller Moselle France and married Anne Ursule > Gerard. Their child is Martin Wolfersberger.Martin was born in 1757 in > Hartzviller Moselle France and married an unknown woman. Their child is > Joseph Wolfersberger.Joseph was born about 1780 in Hartzviller Moselle > France and married Marie Ursule Ackerman. Their child is Martin > Wolfersberger.Martin Wolfersberger was born in 1800 in Hartzviller Moselle > France and married Catherine (Catharina) Sherrer. Their child was Michael > Wolfersberger.Michael Wolfersberger was born in 1844 in St. Clair County, > Illinois and married Louisa \Braun Braum Brann\. Their child is August M. > Wolfersberger.August M. Wolfersberger was born in 1882 in St. Clair County > and married Mary Schupp. Their child is Cordelia Wolfersberger.Cordelia > Wolfersberger was born 12-04-04 in St. Clair County, Illinois and married > Louis Henry Koehr. They are my Grandparents. She died in Belleville of St. > Clair County.Any information would be greatly appreciated. > > FRICK > Leon Charles Frick Sr., aka "Lee" and "L.C.", was born with the given name > Levi Alfred. On 15-Oct-1941 he had his name legally changed to Leon Charles. > He lived in Belleville, IL. He parleyed an early job with Anheuser-Busch > into a trucking business which included an Anheuser-Busch distributorship. > His business survived the Depression and prospered during WW2. He was > President and Gen. Mgr. of the "L.C. Frick Service Company" from about 1922, > as a North American Van Lines agent, with his son Leon Jr. and his > son-in-law, Cyril Gass (my grandfather), with an address of of 803 Sycamore, > Belleville, IL. Leon Charles Frick Sr. married Edna Kaiser in 1915 and they > had two children, Leon Charles Jr. and Edmee (my grandmother).Leon Charles > Jr. married Doris Mnu in the mid 1940's and they had three children, Cheryl, > Lisa and Janice. Leon Jr. passed away in 1987 and I believe the family may > have moved to Georgia, possibly Marietta.Any information would be > appreciated. > > Tianne Koehr-Isenhower > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ILSTCLAI] pictures > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:24:25 -0600 > From: "Mike & Kelly Koehler" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Just wanted to share with everyone something that I came across this > weekend..... > While attending the Waterloo, Illinois, Christmas Walk today, I went to a > store called Mill Street Treasures, 125 W. Mill Street, Waterloo, IL 62298; > ph: 618-939-3125. While there, I noticed a basket of old professional > photographs that they are selling. Most pictures were taken at St. Louis, MO > photographers but none of the pictures have names on them. I looked through > them but didn't recognize anyone from my family tree....but there may be > something from someone else's family tree. If you have any questions; don't > hesitate to contact me. As mentioned before, the only things that are > noticeable on the pictures (I didn't have time to look on the backsides > inside the picture holders) are photographers names; no names of those > pictured. > > Good Luck; > > Kelly Koehler > > [email protected]