Posted on: Whiteside Co. Illinois Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Whiteside/10872 Surname: Bloom, Lathe, McDearmon ------------------------- Larry, Mandane was living with a son and his family in 1900 from the census: Sterling, Sterling Township, Whiteside Co., IL 1900 30/30 Bloom, Bernard M 41 M Farmlaborer IL IL NY Isabel F 45 M Wife OH OH OH Edna M. F 16 S Da IL IL OH Francis M. M 14 S Sn IL IL OH Frederick W. M 8 S Sn IL IL OH Mondone F 67 W(idow) Mo NY NY NY Eby, John L. M 25 S Farmlaborer PA PA PA In case you are not familiar with the 1880/1900 census, the fields are Name, Sex, Age, Marital Status, Occupation or relation to Head of Household, Birthplace, Fathers BP, Mothers BP. Working back, in 1880, she was also in Whiteside Co. Lyndon Twp., Whiteside Co., IL 1880 6/6 Bloom, Mondone F 47 W NY NY NY Widand H. M 22 S Sn Teacher IL IL NY Bernard M 21 S Sn Farmlaborer IL IL NY Lelia F 19 S Da IL IL NY Lelia married in Whiteside: MCDEARMON, FRANK G BLOOM, LELIA E WHITESIDE 12/30/1885 / 00006786 as did Weiland: BLOOM, WIELAND H LATHE, ALICE R WHITESIDE 08/16/1882 / 00005850 And in 1870 the family was there! Lyndon Twp., Whiteside Co., IL 1870 Census 168/169 Bloom, Mandan 37 F NY Weland 13 M IL Burnerd 10 M IL Lelia 9 F IL Did not find them in 1860. This doesn't give you Mandane's burial place (I did check the Lyndon Cemetery and she was not there), but it is probably in Sterling. I do NOT have information on the burials in Riverside which is the probable place. Bob