Will County ILGenWeb

These pages are a part of the ILGenWeb Project. They provide a resource for genealogists searching in Will County, Illinois. You can post queries about surnames you are researching, see who else might be researching the same names as yourself, ask volunteers to do reference look-ups, volunteer to do reference look-ups, and get information on searching in Will County. My name is Dennis Partridge, and I am currently the host of Will County, you can contact me here, if you have any questions. I do not live in Will County, nor Illinois, but I will attempt to answer your research questions or point you in the direction of somebody who can.

Miscellaneous Family Group Sheets Submitted – File 1

Family Group Sheets BRELL, BREMER, BRILL, DRANGMEISTER, GLADE, HELM, PIEPHO, RECKOW, RINKENBERGER; posted by Ted Cash, Dec 20, 1998 Father: Heinrich BREMER Birth: 31 Dec 1838 in Hannover, Germany Death: 01 Sep 1897 in Crete, Will Co, IL Burial: in St John’s Lutheran Church of Eagle Lake North Cemetery, Beecher, Will Co, IL Parents – Father: Friedrich BREMER; Mother: Unknown Marriage: 04 Oct 1866 in St John’s Lutheran Church of Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co, IL Mother: Freidricka DRANGMEISTER Birth: 04 Nov 1847 in Scharnhorst, Hannover, Germany Death: 20 May 1933 in Crete, Will Co, IL Burial: 24 May 1933 … Read more

The Old Markert Brewery of Wilmington, Illinois

Markert Family of Wilmington The following information was compiled and submitted by Sandy Vasko (Surnames found in this article: Bez, Burdo, Conlee, Cushing, Donahoe, Frizelle, Heifenfijer, Jbhneton, Lafontaine, Lins, Lynott, Markert, O’Heron, Osburn, Pepenbrink, Scheibner, Schweigart, Short, Steffan, Whelar) In the last few weeks I have talked about the river improvements and the prosperity that came to Wilmington because of it. Today we will look at a few of the businesses of that were around during the 1870 – 1871 era. The first one that comes to mind is the Wilmington Brewery. With over a dozen saloons and oyster bars … Read more