I am new to this list, and fairly new to IL research. I have just obtained the marriage cert of my Jane Donovan who married Michael TOOMEY on 9-15-1887 in Joliette, IL. I have a suspicion my families lived here before they moved into Chicago where I found them in 1900. Does anyone on list have census or directory data for families of these two people? I believe Michael's father's name was James TOOMEY and he may have had a sister Kathryn TOOMEY who married an Edward WHITE. I expect that Jane Donovan lived with her sister, Esther Donovan, who married John Sullivan in Wales and had two daughters there. I am hoping to learn something about the Irish in Joliet--and where/how/why they settleds there. Regards, and hopeful for shared expertise--- Candi in California