Will County ILGenWeb Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles from Will County Newspapers. Mr & Mrs Conrad C Bettenhausen – 50th Anniversary, name and date of paper missing, probable date: after Sun, Sep 8, 1907 Posted by Steven Weyand Folkers Fifty Years Of Married Life A very pleasant event occurred when, with fifty years of married life behind them, Mr. … Read more
Backward Articles, 1908-1917 Beecher Herald Beecher, Will County, IL Submitted by Karen S. Rowe, Dec 2002 A Beecher Herald issue (date unknown) posted an article called BACKWARD. This is a listing of hundreds of chronological vital statistics and other interesting items for Beecher, IL and surrounding areas. Each section is alphabetized by surname. The # … Read more
Queries 2006 posted by Jim Gillis, Jan 2, 2006 I discovered that an ancestor I am researching may have been an inmate at a prison in Will County (JOLIET?), IL in the 1910 census. The name was Claude Bailey and I am trying to find information on Claude L. Bailey who married Hazel Gillis on … Read more
Queries 2005 MCNERNY; posted by Jim Dutcher, Jan 1, 2005 I am looling for information on Anthony MCNERNY Town Marshall of Jolliet, Will county, Ill. circa 1860/1870. GEDDIS, GOLD, HORSMAN, KERR, ROBINSON; posted by Dennis Kerr, Jan 10, 2005 Supposedly the following people were born and lived for a time in Braidwood, Illinois. I would … Read more
Queries 2004 BENNETT, HIBBARD, SKINNER; posted by Kay Lewis, Jan 1, 2004 My great grandmother was Sarah Elizabeth SKINNER dob 4-15-1854, raised by her grandparent Elenor and Mr. BENNETT. I have old family pictures from Joilet Ill. Pictures include High, Rye, William, Roseand and Abby BENNETT. Sarah married around 1870 to D.C. HIBBARD dob 6-8-1848. … Read more
Queries 2003 DIMOND; posted by Doris Morley, Jan 3, 2003 I am searching for info on James DIMOND, who moved from Will County to Milwaukee Co., WI in February of 1840. I will share all info I have on this man and his family. SCHWARTZ; posted by Frank Thomas, Jan 5, 2003 Frank Xavier SCHWARTZ … Read more
Queries 2002 RICKMAN, RIECKMANN, RIEKMANN, SCHULTZ, WOLLE; posted by Mona Houser, Jan 1, 2002 My grandmother Anna Maria Dorothea RIECKMANN, daughter of Christoph RIECKMANN / RICKMAN / RIEKMANN and his wife Elisabeth WOLLE, was baptized at St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Beecher. Her baptism record says she was born in Will Co., Washington Twp. in Febr. … Read more
Queries 2001 PARKS; posted by Brenda Reiter, Jan 7, 2001 Looking for information on great uncle Clarence Henry PARKS known as Hank. Father was Willian Henry PARKS. He was brother to my grandfather Clinton Ogden PARKS. Clarence was born in Joliet in 1902 and lived in the area for 18-20 years? Lost him after that. … Read more
Queries 2000 SILVERMAN; posted by Carolyn Bunch, Jan 5, 2000 I am looking for information on my childrens grandfather Robert SILVERMAN who passed away within the last five years in Will County IL. His surviving wife was Ruth SILVERMAN and he had four surviving children. My children would greatly appreciate a link to their heritage … Read more
Queries 1999 BUCHMEIER, GAMER, KAMIN, MAAS, MIESER, STEHR, STIER; posted by Karen Rowe, Jan 1, 1999 Mr. STEHR and Louise MAAS had 4 daughters who came to America: Wilhelmine (1848-1928) who married in 1868 to Friedrich Wilhelm BUCHMEIER; Friedricka (1852-1932) who married Jacob GAMER (1844-1934); Ernestine (1858-1929) who married August A. KAMIN (1851-1908) and unknown … Read more