Posted on: Whiteside Co. Illinois Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Whiteside/10898 Surname: Wenger ------------------------- Susan, I checked the 1900 Whiteside County census and there were no Wengers so I did a search on Ancestry and came up with these Wengers in Illinois: 1860 WENGER CHARLES Adams County IL 056 2 W. Quincey City Federal Population Schedule IL 1860 Federal Census Index IL380510 1860 WENGER JOHN Bureau County IL 665 Walnut Township Federal Population Schedule IL 1860 Federal Census Index IL380511 1880 WENGER ALBERT Cook County IL 107 Chicago E. D. 5 Federal Population Schedule IL 1880 Federal Census Index IL201218555 1860 WENGER IGNATZ Cook County IL 655 Cicero Federal Population Schedule IL 1860 Federal Census Index IL38132172 1860 WENGER SIDNEY Cook County IL 563 6 Ward Chicago Federal Population Schedule IL 1860 Federal Census Index IL38141372 1850 WENGER WESLEY* Lake County IL 143 Waukegan Federal Population Schedule IL 1850 Federal Census Index ILS7a5691115 1850 WENGER WESLEY* Lake County IL 143 Waukegan Federal Population Schedule IL 1850 Federal Census Index ILS7a5691116 1860 WENGER PHILIP Tazewell County IL 375 Fon Du Lac Township Federal Population Schedule IL 1860 Federal Census Index IL380512 Bureau county is just south of Whiteside so that is the closest. From the Illinois marriage index, I found: WENGER, FRED CALHOUN, MARY J HENRY 01/09/1877 00B/0144 01877013 Henry county is also just south of Whiteside, adjacent to Bureau.