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 # in parenthesis is number of items found for that person in that section. The date in the BACKWARD issue is the issue date for each item. Names are spelled as they are in newspaper issue.

Actual images from the newspaper articles are found beneath the headings with the surname index.

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1908
Charles Adolph
William Bahlman, Goodnow
Fred Becker
Charles Beckman, Ch. Hgts.
George Beckwith
George Beseke
William Bielfeldt
William S. Bielfeldt, Thornton
Philip Bischmann, Monee
Henry Block Sr.
Claus Boller
H. W. Boltman, Crookston, MN (2)
Alvina Boyens
William Boyens
Anna Brands
Beate Brauer
Minnie Buck
Thomas Clark
Edwin Claus
Herman Claus
Henry Clausing
Frank Darling
Alvina Deneke
C. B. Eskilson
Joachim Fick
Louis Fick
William Fischer
Lydia Frahm
Edward Grages
Henry Graves, Petersburg
Mrs. S. Gross
C. J. Hack
Sophia Hack, Peotone
Henry Hagemeister, Fort Wayne, IN
Marie Hagemeister
John Harms
Emma Hartman
Lydia Hasenjaeger
Robert Heldt
William Hendriks
Herman Henken, Carey, IL
1908 continued
Louise Hepp
Alvina Huenerberg
Fred Hinze Sr.
H. G. Hinze
Frank Hunte
Ludwig Hunte
Ludwig Hunte (Mrs.)
M. A. Judy
Thomas Kane
Mary Kirchhoff
Emma Klein, Ch. Hgts.
Margaret Klemme
Jacob Kraft
John Kurth
John Lawrence
J. F. Leising
Alvina Lemke
Emma Lohman
John Lohman
Fred Martin
Anna Matis
Fred Matthias
Herman Menke
George Meyer
Dr. Miley
Hans Miller
W. F. Myrick
Emma Nottorf
Ferdinand Oberheide
Fred Oehlerking
Diedrich Ohlenkamp
Caroline Oldenburg
Louise Oldenburg
William Ostermeyer
Jesse Pauls
Christ L. Piel
Christ Piel
Rudolph Pomrehn
Mrs. Henry Rascher
Henry Rascher
Orva Robeson, Goodenow
1908 continued
William Rump
R. J. Salzman
Herman Schmaedeke
John Schultz, Madison, WI
William Schultz
Emma Schutte
Fred Schutte Sr., Homewood
Conrad Schweer
Carl Seggebruch
Fred Seitz
Henry Seitz
Adolph Siefker
Frank Siems
Edna Stade
Ludwig Stade
Henry Starbeck
Louis Steben
Henry Stolzenbach
Fred Tegtmeyer
Mrs. Theede
Herman Torno
Ida Triem
Henry Voltmeer
Dr. Voorhis
Rebecca Von Engeln
Fred Voshage
William Wehling
Henry Wehmhoefer
Fred Wehrman
Herman Wilke
Gustav Wilkening
Lydia Wilkening
John Wille
Walter Wilson
Louise Wolkow
Matilde Wolkow

 

1909
Charles Adolph
Emma Apking
H. F. Bahlman
Elizabeth Becker
Christ H. Behrens
Rev. D. Biermann
Judge Campbell
Louise Deerking
Judge Dibell
William H. Dieck
August Ehrhardt
Fred Erickson
Mrs. Fette
W. S. Graham
Henry Hack
Judge Hooper
Frank Hunte (2)
Louise Hussman
Emil Klein
Emil Koch
Henry Kramer
Leo H. Leising, St. Joseph, MI
William Meyer
Amanda Ohlenkamp
Herman Ruger
William Ruwaldt
Robert Salzman
Steve Schaeftlein
Sophia Schluntz
Henry Schmaedeke
Maria Schweer
Helen Selk
Fred Sennholtz
Thomas Smith, Crystal Lake
Henry Tegtmeyer
R. H. Wegert
Henry Wehmhoefer
Tillie Wehmhoefer
Fred Wehrhan
William Westphall
Alta A. Wilson, St. Joseph, MI
1909 continued – 1910
Myrtle Allis, Momence
Chas. W. Bartels
Amanda Bergmeier
John Boyens
Rev. A. W. Brauer, Worden, IL (2)
Louise Busse
A. B. Dede, Danville
Wilhelmine Facklam, Goodenow
Emma Fick
Lena Guritz
Conrad Hartman
Frank Hartman
Emma Jessen
Emil Kiedasch
Charles Krapf
John F. Lange
Minnie Lemke
Herman Matson
Mary Moennix, Klassville
Henry Moyer
August Pralle
Mrs. August Pralle, Chicago
John Rosenbock
Christ Salzman, Thornton
Ernst Schultz, Momence
Herman Selk
Emil Sennholtz, Chicago (2)
Ella Siefker
Lydia Sievens, Worden, IL
Jacob Springer, Chicago
Ludwig Stade
Mary Stock
Fred Thoms
Ed Wassman
Henry Wolkow
1910
Alma Alexander
William Arfman
William H. Braedemeier
Fred Brands
Rev. Carl Brauer
F. G. Cloidt
Ferdinand Engelking
Henry Hack
Minnie Hagemeister, Chicago
John Harms
Fred Hartman
Fred Haseman
Barbara Hepp
Hans Heucke
Emil C. Hinze, Chicago
Fred Hunte
Frank Hunte
Eva Houck
Henry Kappmeier
Carl Koenning
Emil Koenning
Esther Korthauer, Blue Island
John Korthauer, Blue Island
A. J. Longtin
Amanda Matthias
Conrad Matthias
Ernst Miller, Eagle Lake
F. Oberheide Jr.
Conrad Ohlendorf
William Piner
Conrad Riechers
Charles Ruge
Sophia Riechert
R. G. Salzman
Amanda Selk
Herman Stadt
Fred Stolzenbach
Emma Struve
Dr. Van Voorhis
Julia Ann Van Voorhis, Fairdale
Herman Von Engeln
Fred Wehrman
Paul Wiegand
Hon. Fred Wilke

 

1910 continued – 1911
Minnie Batterman, Crown Pt.
Fred Bernhard
Henry Bisping, Joliet
Henry Ferd Borges Sr.
Clara Bruns
George Dewey, Grant Park
August Fette
Harry Fields, Ch. Hgts.
W. T. Gallagher, Blue Island
Albert Haseman
Alma Haseman
Louise Hibbing
Paul Hinze, Jacksonville
William Huenerburg
T. H. Iglehart
Louisa Kappmeier, Oelwein, IA
Dena Kenning
Conrad Lages
Amond Lattz
Mrs. Fred Luckow
Albert Meyer
Ida Moldenhauer, Joliet
Sophia Oberloh
Sophia Ohlenkamp
Louise Piepenbrink
Jack Purcell, Kankakee
Edward Rehborg
Yetta Schultz
Clarence Sodeman
George Sodeman
William Stolzenbach
Arthur Struve
Chas. Wehling
Ella Wilkening
Ella Wille, Jacksonville
Theodore Wille, Crown Pt.
1911
Gevert Arfmann
H. F. Balgeman, Petersburg
Henry Balgeman, Petersburg
H. W. Bockelman
Alma Deeke
Minnie Fick
Mrs. Louise Guritz, Kankakee
Ed Hack
Fred W. Haemker
Emil Harnisch
Christ Hasenjaeger
John Hein, Ch. Hgts.
Hulda Hibbing
Rev. John Horton (2)
Sophia Kregel
William Kuhlman
Minnie Kutemeier, Ch. Hgts.
Fred Lange
Amond Lattz
Mrs. H. S. Lyons, Joliet
Benjamin Maas
Clara Matthias
Alvina Meyer
Louis Meyer
Ernest Milow
Anna Moldenhauer, Chicago
John Mueller
Mary Mueller
Hans Henry Nottorf
Edward Piepenbrink
Rev. Richard Piehler, Eagle Lake
Chas. Saffrahn, Chicago
R. G. Salzman
Frank Scheiwe
Ed Schultz
Henry Seitz
Clara Selk
Catherine Small
Mrs. Martin Steege, Crete
Laura Volandt
H. H. Wegert
Clara Wilke
Wilke
Anna Wolkow
Henry Wolkow
1911 continued – 1912
Josephine Apking
George Batterman
Fred Bermann
Bertha Boicken
Amanda Brenker
Anna Echoff
Herman Echoff
Fred Engelking
Elizabeth Frohreich, Goodland, IN
Rev. Galbraith, Goodland, IN
L. F. Going
August Graff
Henry Heldt Jr.
Lillian Heldt
W. F. Hinze
Rev. John Horton (2)
Fred Hunte
Anna Jansen, Milford
Albert Kieper
Ida Lindemann
Simon Mason
Herman Matson
Kenneth Mervel Matson
Diedrich Ohlenkamp
Rudolph Pecht
Louis Pralle
Fred Pries, Chicago
Mrs. Henry Rhode
Anna Schroeder
John Selk
Emilie Senholtz
John G. Siemsen (2)
Louis Stade
D. J. Stevens
John Stolzenback, Milford
Henry Tatge
Fred Wilkening Sr.
Wilhelm Wilkening

 

1912
Alice Baker
Ella Batterman
George Becker
Arnold Boicken
William Boicken
Amanda Brenker
Olive Burchard, Watseka
Fred Deneke
Chauncey L. Dubridge, Sollitt
Mrs. Arthur Ehrhardt, Valparaiso, IN
August Ehrhardt
Dr. Harold W. Freeman, Watseka
Frank Hack
Emil Harding
Etta Gloom
Silvester Gross
Henry Hattendorf
John Horton (2)
H. E. Kammann
Louis Kirchhoff
Carl Koenning
Mrs. Anna Maria Kraft
Carl Lange
Henry Langreder
Henry Luecke
Mrs. William Meyer
Mary Ohlenkamp
Lillie Piel
John Henry Piepenbrink
Lydia Piepenbrink
Mrs. Dorothea Reineke
Martin Rotermund
Tillie Schaefer
William Selk Jr.
Minnie Seitz
Louis Siefker, Chicago
Lizzie Stolzenbach
Ella Tatge
Ferdinand Teske
Frieda Voigts
Henry Voigts
Herman Wehrman
Louis Wolkow
1912 continued – 1913
Stephen Ayers, Joliet
Louise Becker
Lena Brands
Henry Claus
Fred Clausing
Marie Deneke
Fred Erickson, Oak Forest
Ed Grages
Albert Hack
Edmund C. Hack, Chicago
Frank Hack
Herman Hack
William J. Hinze
Roy Katchen, Valparaiso, IN
Liza Karin Johnson, Joliet
Joseph F. Leising, Buffalo, NY
William Lutterman
Miss Mason, Valparaiso, IN
Frank E. Metcalf, Riverdale, KS
Edwin Meyer
Emil Meyer
Fany Elliott Miller, Oak Park
Henry Oestmann
Claus Paulsen
Mrs. Albert Pomrehn
Corda Pearl Prewett
Henry Riechers
H. B. Ruge
Rosina Russell
Henry Scheiwe
Fred Schutte
Margaret Schwartz, Chicago
Hilda Selk
Vice President Sherman, Utica, NY
Oscar Snyder, Ch. Hgts.
Daniel Pomerey Taylor, Oak Park
August Teske
Mrs. Fred Voshage
Mollie Wehrman
F. H. Wilke (2)
1913
Mrs. Henry Bernhard
H. W. Bockelman
Orville Boderius
William Boderius
Henry Bohnsack
Rev. A. H. Brauer
Bernhardt Budda
Norman Buechler, Woodlawn
William Claus
Henry F. Duensing
Louise Franzen, Bensenville
Rev. L. J. F. Going, Bensenville
W. S. Graham
Henry Haacke
Henry Harmening
Mrs. John Haseman
Dr. Henry H. C. Heuck, Bridgeman, MI
Anna Hinze
Elenore Homann
Mrs. M. A. Judy, West Lebannon, IN
Emil Klein
William Koch
John Lange
Carl Lindeman
Henry Mueller
Anna Oldenburg
Mrs. Henry Oldenburg
Mary Piel
Albert Pomrehn
William Rowe
H. B. Ruge
Herman Ruge
Irwin D. Ruge
Clara A. Rust
Joachim Ruwadt
Anna Senholtz
Mrs. Herbert W. Tabbitt, Kankakee
Henry Tatge
Rose Warnecke, Woodlawn
Rose Wassman
Alice Wehrman
Amanda Wehrman
John C. Werner
Fred Wilke, Indianapolis
Minnie Williams, Bridgman, MI
Martha Zenk

 

1913 continued – 1914
Robert Behrens
Philip Bischman, Monee
Mrs. Louisa Block
Amanda Bunte
Orvis J. Clapsaddle, Sollitt
Frank Dudly, Brunswick
Gustav Erickson
John George Goetz, Crete
Mrs. Wendula Hinze
Frank Hunte
Henry Hunte
John Husman, Crete
John Kammermann, Grant Park
Fred Koelling
Peter Klassen, Brunswick
Albert J. Kramer, Grant Park
Chas. Kuhlman, Maywood
Mrs. Minnie Kurth, West Pullman
Harry Lages
Henry Lages
Effie Lohman
James W. Martin, Joliet
Malinda Matthias (2)
William Meyer
Paris M. Myrick, Crete
Frieda Nottorf
Martin Oldenburg
Alma Schweppe
Louis Seitz
Mrs. Fred Unruh, Grant Park
Elizabeth Wehmhoefer
Mrs. August Wiechen, Peotone
Otto Yaeger, Ch. Hgts.
1914
H. F. Bahlman
Jeanette Bardwick
August Batterman
Fred Bernhard
Katherine Bothfuhr, Great Falls, MT
Fred Brenker
William Buhr
Frank Bunte
Thos. Clark
Jos. Daver
August Ehrhardt
Henry Hack
Fred Hartman
F. E. Heldt
William Herlitz
Emma Huenerberg
Frank Hunte
Carl Klemme
Ida Koelling
Otto Koelling
Henry Kuersten
Oscar Kuersten, Ch. Hgts.
Clara Langebartels
Edna Langreder
Adolph Maurer
Chris Mueller
Albert Ohlendorf
Ida Ohlendorf
Henry Ohlendorf, Black Walnut
William Ohlenkamp
Conrad Ostermeyer
John Paulsen
Alice Rascher
J. J. Rascher
Clara Riechers
William Ristenpart
Henry Ruhr
August Rump
Edward Rust
Harry Schmeckpepper
Fred Schmedike, Ch. Hghts.
William Siefker
Ida Stade, Ch. Hgts.
D. J. Steevens
Amanda Tatge
Mrs. William Triphatin
Anna Voshage
Fred Wehrman
William Wiechen
Henry Wille, Ch. Hgts.
Augusta Wolkow
1914 continued – 1915
Chas. Adolph
Geo. Affolder, St. Augustine, FL
Mrs. Dorothy Amelung
Dorothy Baumgartner
William Becker
Ida Bergum, Crookston, MN
Henry Bernhard
Arnold Boltman, Crookston, MN
Anna Boyens
Christ Braemer, Goodenow
Jacob Deutch
Mrs. Ellen Graham, Whiting, IN
Carl Hack, Ch. Hgts. (2)
Rosie Hack, Ch. Hgts.
Paul Heidebreck
Ernest Hinze, Kankakee
Gustav Hoff
Rudolph Klocksieben
Emil Kurth
Mrs. Margis, Chicago
Henry Meyer
William Paul, Gary, IN
Carol Emily Ruge
Emil Ruge
O. V. Robinson
Mrs. Chas. Saffratin, Chicago
George Schaeftlein
Her. Schmedpepper, Crete
Emma Schmidt
Fred Smith
George W. Smith
Elisie Stogentine, Gary, IN
Erna Triphahn
Henry Thaves, West Pulman
Fred Wehrman, Sr. (2)

 

1915 continued – 1916
Missing several entries
bad copy at top of page.
Chas. Adolph
Paul Adolph
Raymond Adolph
Charlie Ahrens, Roseland
Bahlman
John H. Bahlman, Eagle Lake
Clifford Albert Batterman
Fred Batterman, Chicago
George Batterman
Nora Baumgartner, Roseland
Edward Becker
Mrs. Mary Becker
Joseph Berg
Fred Bernhard (2)
Carl Beseke
Ed Boecker
Alma Boicken
Rev. A H. Brauer
Justine Brenker
Thos. Clark
Mrs. Jos. Cloidt, Sollitt
August Colby, Waukegan
Oscar Conrad
Charles Cook
Harmon H. Crabtree, Ch. Hgts.
Hazel Darling
Herman Deeke, Waukegan
Julius Echtlerling, Brunswick
Louis Engelking
Emilia Frahm
William Froherick
Rev. L. Going, Alberta, Canada
Emil Grages
Henry Grages
W. S. Graham
Mary Guritz
Mrs. Christine Hahn
Henry Hahn
Laura Hamann, Grant Park
William C. Hamann Jr.
Justine Hartman
Ernest Heldt Sr.
Caroline Hinz, HInsdale
Postmaster Hinze
Frank Hunte
Emil Klein
John Knuth Sr.
Sophia Kregel
1915 continued – 1916 continued
Minnie Kurth
Richard Kurth, Grant Park
Henry Lattz
Mary Lutterman
Ruth Matson, Ch. Hgts.
Henry Matthias (2)
Herman Matthias
Adolph Meyer
Otto Meyer
Mrs. Amos Most???
Mrs. Conrad Ohlendorf
Minnie Oldenburg
Mrs. William Oldenberg
John Paulsen
Martin Peters
Piehler
John Piepenbrink
Heinrich Herman Plagge
Pomrehn
Rose Rademacher
William Ristenpart
Herman Ruge
William Rump, Gary, IN
Henry Scheiwe
Mrs. Edward Schmidt
Mrs. Fred Schmidt
Emil Selk
Ernest Sell?
Amanda Senholtz
Henry Soda
Harry Stade, Hinsdale
Ida Stade
Edward Stadt
William Steben
J. V. Steger, Steger
D. J. Stevens
Mrs. William Struve
Mrs. William Trubach
Carrie Van Eden, Gary, IN
Dr. Van Voorhis
Peter Weberly???, Wausan???, WI
Clara Wehmhoefer
Werner
William Wiggenhauser
Fred Wilkening, Eagle Lake
Mrs. William Wilkening
Amelia Wille
1916 continued – 1917
Missing several entries
bad copy at top of page.
Alma Albers
Raymond Adolph
Ed Apking
Helen Apking
H. F. Bahlman
William Baumgartner
Herman Bernhard, Los Angeles, CA
Martin Bernhard
Grover Bielfeldt, Momence
W. Bockelman
Glen Boicken
William Boicken
Fred C. Boltman, Crookston, MN
Mrs. Sophia Clausing
Arnold Dohmeyer
Ferdinand Engelking
Arnold Grages
Marvin Graham
Christ Hasenjaeger, Goodenow
Clara Hoppenstedt
William Hunte, Rutland, MN
Thomas Klug, Steger
Herman Kuester
Herman Kurth
Friederich Langebartels
Elsie Lindemann
Anna Loitz
Henry Matthias, Blue Island
John Miller Sr.
Arthur Nargis
Conrad Ostermeyer
Ethel Per???, Joliet
Christ Pfingston, Grant Park
Henry Poppe
Fred Riechers
Clara Ruge, Ch. Hgts.
Irwin Ruge, Ch. Hgts.
Willliam Rump
William Russell
Esther A. Sawyer, Crookston, MN
Joachim Schluntz
Frieda May Siemsen
Thos. Smith
Alfred Stade
G. A. Tatge
Dr. Van Voorhis
Herman Wehling
Minnie Wehrman

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