Correction, the old school building is on the left. Lynda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Miller" <rjmillerjr@erols.com> To: <ILWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [ILWAYNE-L] KAUFMAN > My Mother and I on one of our trips talked to a Charley Kaufman. She also > showed me where the big Aydt house was in Belle Town. She said Grandpa Hall > lived across the street and when you go into Belle Town there is a little > cross street to the right that goes down hill a little. On the left down > the hill was where one of the Lanes lived, I think Moses Lane. When you > turn left and go down the road that leads to the old Rawls cemetery, on the > right is an old building that was the school at one time. My grandmother, > Gertrude Hall, went to school there. The Aydts and Kaufmanns were good > friends. My grandmother Hall met my Grandfather Lane in Arcola Illinois. > They were married in about 1909. My grandmother was proud of the fact that > she had not married a cousin like everyone else in Belle Town. One day, my > Gr Grandmother Lane was sitting on her front porch in the swing and told her > that she had figured out that she and her husband were something like third > or fourth cousins. Mom told me her mother was mad for days over that. > Isn't that funny! I guess a lot of people did marry relatives. I have > tried to figure out many times who those relatives were that made that > relationship possible. Never have. > > Lynda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dianna" <ilwayne@shawneelink.net> > To: <ILWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 10:55 AM > Subject: Re: [ILWAYNE-L] KAUFMAN > > > > Lynda > > > > I know the Kaufman and Aydts were close families. Both > > German, lived in same area, attended St. John's church, > > and some married into each other family. My dad's cousin > > was an Aydts, off the Hall line. Candee, remember her, > > Evelyn? > > > > Di- > > > > Lynda Miller wrote: > > > > >Dianna > > > > > >Thank you sooooo much. This is my gr grandmother. Do you show a > Matias > > >Kaufman in your books. He would be her father. I have no idea who her > > >mother was. But the Kaufmans were from that German group at Piopolis > > >because I remember my mother saying that when Gr grandfather was dying he > > >called for the priest at Piopolis. > > > > > >Lynda > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > > contact the listowner, ILWayne Co. Coordinator (Dianna) > mailto:ilwayne@shawneelink.net > > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ > > > > > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > contact the listowner, ILWayne Co., Coordinator (Dianna) mailto:ilwayne@shawneelink.net > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ >