I think you are correct. He was looking for his brother Joseph who was abducted by aliens. Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Bryan" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected] com" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [LUDDINGTON] does this help? > Fred, I'm beginning to think Harvey may have been the 1st person in the > witness protection program.... > This is quite a mystery. > > I'm sure you've seen this site before: > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html > There are quite a few databases, and you can get additional information > and > copies of original records. > Even if you've been there before it might be worth a look as more records > may have been uploaded. > > Don't know if this could be your Joseph or not - it is 7 years prior to > Harvey and Gertrude's marriage, which is listed below as March 1, 1989 > Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872-1911 > NAME OF DECEASED VOL. PAGE DATE FILED DATE OF > DEATH > LUDINGTON, J. FREDERICK 25 34 10/30/1891 10/29/1891 > > > > > 1860 Census:IL > Ludington Harvey 66 NY Surveyor > H S-male 24 IL Carpenter > Catherine 27 IN > Reynolds 1 IL > Hiram 2/12 IL > > 1870 Census:IL > Luddington Harvey 35 pattern maker IL > Catherine 37 IN > Jas. 17 moulder IL > Reynolds 13 IL > Hiram 11 IL > Frank 9 IL > Harvey 77 NY > > 1880 Census:IL > Catharine LUDDINGTON Self W Female W 38 IN > Keeping House ENGLAND VA > (she is alone) > Hiram LUDINGTON Other S Male W 19 IL > Butcher NOR NOR > (Joliet State Pen.) > No Reynolds, although I do see a marriage for him in 1879 > no Frank > And no Harvey or Joseph in 1860 or 1870 > > Have you found them in those census records? > > LUDDINGTON, JOSEPH LEWIS, CATALINA > 1858-12-09 C/ 462 MC LEAN > LUDDINGTON, REYNOLDS HARDEN, STELLA > 1879-06-06 D /44 1946 VERMILION > LUDDINGTON, ROBERT ILAM, ELISE > 1870-03-01 001/ FINK COOK > LUDDINGTON, THOMAS HACKNEY, SUSAN ROBERTS > 1894-05-16 00D/0203 DE WITT > LUDINGON, WILLIS WALTER DONELY, MARTHA > 1860-09-13 B/ 49 3779 KNOX > LUDINGTON, ALBERT ANDERSON, ELLA > 1894-12-31 00C/0094 HENDERSON > LUDINGTON, CHARLES E CROSBY, LOUISE > 1895-11-27 / 241777 COOK > LUDINGTON, CLIFFORD P FROST, GRACE > 1895-07-06 00G/0061 00011333 KNOX > LUDINGTON, EDGAR A CHRISTOPHER, NELLIE M > 1886-07-12 00E/0010 00013610 ROCK ISLAND > LUDINGTON, GEORGE A WHITTEN, KATHERINE > 1900-12-25 / 319923 COOK > LUDINGTON, HARVEY CARROLL, ELLA > 1882-05-19 D /77 3435 VERMILION > LUDINGTON, HARVEY S GILBERT, GERTRUDE > 1898-03-01 / 274052 COOK > LUDINGTON, HIRAM LAING, MARGARET(DATE MAYBE 5/14/1846 > 1847-03-14 1/ 73 KNOX > LUDINGTON, HIRAM D BROWNING, HAZEL C > 1890-07-29 D/ 185 WARREN > LUDINGTON, JAMES A BARKER, ALICE > 1866-11-27 3 /30 VERMILION > LUDINGTON, JAMES A SNIDER, LOUISA > 1866-04-24 3 /25 VERMILION > LUDINGTON, JAMES S ADAMS, EVA A > 1881-07-04 00B/0045 00000445 PIATT > LUDINGTON, JOHN M NICHOLS, HESTER E > 1880-03-01 4/ 138 6656 HANCOCK > LUDINGTON, JOHN M STEWART, MATILDA I > 1866-01-30 C/ 14 WARREN > LUDINGTON, JOHN Q A SAPP, CLARISSA > 1851-05-22 A /173 VERMILION > LUDINGTON, JOSEPH OWENS, HESTER > 1864-01-04 / 00002104 MC DONOUGH > LUDINGTON, NICKOLAS FURY, SARAH > 1872-09-09 079/ 00005056 COOK > LUDINGTON, OLIVE GRAFTON KNIGHT, EMLY JANE (EMMA) > 1883-09-02 01B/0102 EDGAR > LUDINGTON, SAMUEL KENNEDY, MARY R > 1859-12-29 001/ FINK COOK > LUDINGTON, THOMAS DAVIDSON, SARAH MRS > 1876-09-03 C/ 58 DE WITT > LUDINTON, STEPHEN F MILLER, LIZA J > 1842-08-04 A /90 VERMILION > > > This list is adoptable. If you would like to volunteer to adminster this > list, click here: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >