Amy-- Go to Susan von Behren Ruth's von Behren website at http://www.vonbehren.org/ and click on "Family Lines", then select Jim Anderson's "Woodford County" line. I'm pretty sure Mrs. von Behren was Ernestine Louise Schlosser, wife of Frederick William von Behren. The von Behren family was from the same parish in Germany as my Steffen ancestors (Hartum, just west of Minden). My family originally settled in Washington County in south central Illinois, but my grandfather and great uncle migrated north to El Paso about 1910. I've wondered if the presence of families from the "old country" might help explain how they came to settle in Woodford County. The von Behrens are the only ones I've found so far, but our family doesn't seem to have maintained any close connections with them that I've been able to establish. FYI, I see in Jim's gedcom a Becky Robbins, born 1959, who married von Behren descendant Daniel Koch. Any relation? Dan Steffen At 05:01 AM 10/5/01 -0600, you wrote: >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 17:45:30 -0400 >From: "Amy Robbins-Tjaden" <atjaden@mindspring.com> >To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <002201c14d21$7b333ea0$a688f7a5@computer> >Subject: [ILWOODFORD] Mrs F.W. von Behren >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Can someone tell me which Mrs von Behren the following person was, as well >as her birth and death dates, if known? Talk about an obit that almost >totally fails to identify who the obit is about.... > >>From an untitled, undated newspaper clipping: > >***Mrs Von Behren Funeral - Services Held on Saturday Afternoon - Burial at >Minonk Cemetery > >Private funeral services for the late Mrs F. W. von Behren were held at the >home on Saturday afternoon at 12:30, and for the public at St Paul's church >at 1 o'clock, Rev. Paul Buchmueller officiating at both services. Burial >was made at Minonk cemetery. > >Those acting as pallbearers were U.B. Memmen, A.L. Underwood, R.H. Ahlers, >George W. Schneider and August and Gus May. The flowerbearers were William, >Frederick and Clarence Uphoff and Louis von Behren. > >Those from out of town who were present for the funeral were Miss Minnie >Schroeder, Mrs Frederick Orr, Mrs Lena Potter, Henry Meyer and Harry Landis, >all of Peoria.*** > >In the past few days, I've transcribed a number of obits sent to me by a >cousin and friend (thanks again, Linda) and have posted them on the Woodford >County message board that used to be run by Rootsweb but was gobbled up by >Ancestry. I'll be posting more as I transcribe them, in hopes that maybe >something there will help someone on this list with their Woodford Co research. > >Amy >atjaden@mindspring.com >amy@tjaden.com >