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ADDEN, KERRY KEITH, 1956-
ALLEN, BYRON, 1955"
ANDERSON, COLIN LEE, 19^3"
ANDERSON, JAY WILLIAM, 1957"
ANDERSON, ROGER LaVERNE, 1956-
ANGLEMIRE, THOMAS ALLAN, 195't-
ARNOLD, WILLIAM RALPH, ]ShS-
ASHTON, VICTORIA GRACE ANDERSON, 19'*5-
BAINBRIDGE, BARBARA LYNN, 1955"
BAINBRIDGE, TERRY DALE, 1956-
BARDY, DENNIS JAMES, 1957-
BARES, MICHAEL ANDREW, 19^49-
BATUTIS, DENNIS, 195'i-
BELL, FRANK HOWARD, 195^-
BESWICK, MIKREN SUE, 1955"
BLACK, LEON BENJAMIN, 1955"
BLECKER, JO ANN MARY, 195^*-
BLOMGREN, LARRY CRAIG, 1955-
BONNEN, JANET ELAINE, 1950-
BOONE, DANIEL DEVON, 1935-
BRADY, BERNARD, 1955-
BROHAUGH, CAROLYN, 1956-
BROOUIST, SUSAN ELIZABETH, 195^-
BRUTON, PAUL DAVID, 1955-
BUHL, SUSAN MARIE, 1956-
BURDICK, DEBORAH ANN, 1956-
CANODE, DEBRA LUANE, 1957"
CLARK, JAMES LEROY, 1951-
CLAUSON, TIMOTHY JOHN, 1958-
COHEN, JEFFRY ALAN, 195^-
COLETTA, DAVID P 195^*-
COOK, CORALEE JANE, 1951-
CORRIGAN, DOUGLAS P 1956-
COWAN, RAYMOND JOHN, 1950-
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CRAVE, DANIEL JAMES, ISS'*-
DAVIS, JoELLEM DeVAUL, ! 9^8-
DAVIS, RONALD DEAN, 1956-
DECKER, NORMAN QUINTEN, 1933"
DeWEERDT, JEFFREY D 1 9^*8-
DIEHL, ALAN WILLIAM, 1957"
DITTO, PATRICIA JEAN V/ALLING, 1927"
DITZLER, THOMAS EUGENE, 1939"
DOLAK, JULIE JO, 1957"
DOMINGUE, TIMOTHY, 1955"
DORAN, DEBORAH ANN, 1 95't-
DRESSER, BENNETT RAY, 1955"
DULMAGE, JOEL FRANCIS, 1956-
EBERSOLD, TAMARA J TRIPP, 1950-
EBLING, DOUGLAS BURNS, 19^7"
EHRLICH, MARY ELIZABETH, 1956-
ERICKSON, PATRICIA ALINE, 195^-
EVANS, DENNIS L 19^5"
EVANS, THOMAS EDWARD, 19^*^-
FISCHER, SALLY REOLA BREED, 1952-
FISCHER, STEPHANIE M 195^+-
FLUEGEL, CYNTHIA JAN, 1956-
FOOR, NANCY JANE, 1956-
FRANCIS, SUSAN MARGARET HOTVEDT, 1952-
FRENZ, DONETTE CAROL, 1956-
GANSEN, DANIEL EDWARD, 1951-
GARLICK, SARA DEAN, 1956-
GODARE, MARCIA LEE WERNET, 19^9-
GRAY, ANNA MARIA WENZEL, 19^(6-
GRIFFETH, BARBARA JEAN WEST, 19^2-
GUMMOW, BRADLEY LEE, 1956-
GUMMOW, KEVIN EARL, 1956-
GUSTAFSON, BERNARD, 1933"
GUTHRIE, MICHAEL NICHOLAS, 1957"
HADFIELD, SCOTT LEE, 195^4-
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HALL, VALERIE SUE WILT, I g'+fe-
HALSTED, LINDA RUTH, 195^-
HANSEN, RANDOLPH JEROME, 1 SS'*-
HARRIGAN, ROY CLIFTON, 1923"
HAUG, SYLVIA, 1956-
HAYES, THOMAS MICHAEL, 1956-
HEATON, JAMES KEVIN, 1956-
HEIDEL, JEFFREY NEIL, 1952-
HEIMBACH, JOHN STEVEN, 195^-
HELSTEN, KRISTINE DENISE, 195^-
HESS, MICHAEL GARY, 1956-
HIBBARD, CHERYL JEANNE, 195^-
HIGGINSON, PATRICK JAMES, 1950-
HILGERS, MARK WILLIAM JOSEPH, 1955"
HINKEL, LORI ALLEN, 1956-
HiNUEBER, DEAN, 1955"
HOFFMAN, JOE C 19^9-
HOPKINS, MICHAEL C 1955"
HOUSE, DELAINE DAUN CORPIAN, 1 gS't"
HOWARD, WILLIE FRANK, 1939-
HoxiE, NEIL J ig'^g-
HULTMAN, LINETTE MARIE, 1956-
JACOBS, GERALD LAVERNE, 1950-
JOHNSON, GLEN RUSSELL, 195'*-
JOHNSON, LARRY RAY, 1955-
JOHNSON, MICHAEL R 195^+-
JOHNSON, SALLY KAY, 1952-
JOHNSON, THEODORE EDGAR, 1958-
JONES, JERRY OWEN, 19^8-
JUHNKE, KIM DARLA, 1957"
JURGENS, RAEANN E SANDERS, 1951
KECKLER, CHRIS SAMUEL, 195^-
KEESY, FREDERICK WILLIAM, 195'*-
KELLEY, RAYMOND JAMES, 1956-
KENNEDY, DANIEL, 1 gS't-
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KENNEDY, ELLA LEE, 1953"
KJELLQUIST, EVERETT JOHN, 1956-
KLEMM, MARK ALFRED, 195^-
KOBISCHKA, BRIAN L igS't-
KRAMER, KENNETH DEE, 195^-
KRAWCZYK, JO ANN LYNN, 1956-
KRUEGER, THOMAS IMMANUEL, 1957"
KRUGJOHANN, LINDA JEAN, 1956-
KUNDE, LARRY JAMES, 1956-
LAMBRECHT, JAMES EDWARD, 1937"
LANDER, TRUMAN BARTON, 1955"
LARSEN, HAROLD THOMAS, 19^8-
LAWHORN, BENJAMINE CHARLES JAMES, 1939"
LEOMBRUNI , STEPHEN C 1956-
LETSINGER, LEANN MARIE, 1957"
LICHTFUSS, LYNETTE CAY, 1955"
LIND, STUART CHIP, 1955-
LINDSEY, MARIE THERESE, 1951-
LINDSTROM, JEFFERY ALAN, 195-^-
LINNEMAN, JANICE KAY, 1952-
McANARNEY, LARRY FRANCIS, 1956-
MACKETY, CAROLYN JEAN KRUYF MARTIN, 1932-
McKINNEY, DEBORAH ANN COLLETTI, 1951-
McMULLEN, DANIEL BURTON, 1957-
MAGNUSON, BRUCE ALLEN, 195^-
MAGNUSON, SHARON MARIE, 1955"
MARINELLI, BRIAN MARK, 1957"
MAUK, LORRI JEAN, 1955-
MAVILLE, RICHARD HYDE, 19^^-
MEDEARIS, MICHAEL ELDON, 1955"
MICHO, JAMES DANIEL, 1956-
MILLER, DONALD JAMES, 1955-
MILLER, LINDA MARIE, 1957-
MILLER, LOYDENE KAY, 1957"
MILLIGAN, MICHAEL JAMES, 1957"
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MISUNAS, JOSEPH ANTHONY, 195^-
MONSON, DONNA LOUISE, 1955"
MOSBACHER, JULIE HENDERSON, 1957-
MOSER, ROSEMARY P 195^-
MUELLER, VONCILE MARIE TICE, 195^-
NELSON, ANDREA KAY, 1955"
NEWCOMB, RICHARD SCOTT, 1958-
NILSEN, LOREL GAE, 1955-
NOLAN TERRANCE MICHAEL, 1956-
PALMER, JEAN ELLEN, 1956-
PAPPAS, TRACEY DENISE, 1957"
PARKER, SHELDON AXEL, 1933-
PAULEY, BRIAN DOUGLAS, 195^*-
PENWARDEN, NANCY MAE, 1955"
PETERSON, JOHN DAVID, 1955-
PETERSON, MYRON CONRAD, 1956-
PINSON, STONEY RAY, 1955"
POPANZ, DIANE MARIE SWORD, 1 9^*9-
POPANZ, THOMAS EDWARD, 19^47-
RALSTON, J DANIEL, 195^*-
RAMEY, RANDY DUANE, 1956-
REDMOND, BARBARA ANN, 1956-
REUM, JEAN MARIE, 1956-
RISENHOOVER, DWAIN LEE, 1950-
RITCHEY, MARIE LOVE, 1955"
ROBINSON, JUDY ANN, 1955"
ROCKERS, KAY MARIE JENSEN, \Skh-
ROSENE, VERA SUE, 195^-
ROTELLO, LOUIS, 195^-
RUSSELL, GEORGE EDWARD, 1951-
SANDONA, CAROL NATALIE, 1 95't-
SANFORD, ROBERT, 1952-
SCHIER, FRANCIS EUGENE JOHN, 1 95^-
SCHUSLER, DAVID LOREN, 1951-
SEGER, BETH MARIE, 1957"
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SMITH, BARRETT THEODORE, 1958-
SMITH, BRADLEY D 1957"
SMITH, DONALD EUGENE, 1935"
SMITH, RICHARD GENE, 195^-
SOMERS, CHARLES W 1957-
STAHL, STEVEN RICHARD, 1955"
STEVENS, TERRY MARIE, 1956-
STEWART, PAMELA KAY, 1956-
STITES, JOHN KEVIN, 195^*-
STOECKLIN, FRANCES MARYE, 1955-
SUNESON, THEODORE JOHN, 1952-
TANNAHILL, KATHY GAIL, 1955"
TAYLOR, TOM LYMAN, 1955"
THILLEN, PAUL JOSEPH, 1955-
TURNER, BRADLEY THOMAS, 195^-
VANAGS, KRISTINE SANDRA, 1957"
VAN DORSELAER, KAREN LEE, 1957"
VICARI, JOANNE, 1956-
VINES, ROBERT WESLEY, 1955-
WALDEN, VIRGINIA CLARE, 1955"
WALLEN, KATHERINE CHRISTINE, 1955"
WALTERS, MARY GERTRUDE IVANOFF, 1936-
WARD, SHELA JEAN, 1951-
WENTLAND, MARY CATHERINE, 1955"
WESTEMEIER, SHARON LEE McMAHON, 19^+6-
WHITE, LOR! ANN, 1958-
WILKINS, JEAN JOHANNA PETERSON, 1907"
WILLIS, KAREN LYNN, 1956-
WILSON, BARBARA ELLEN, 195^-
WINDLE, PATRICE LAINE, 1955"
WOODRICK, JERRY GRANT, 19^3"
WORDEN, JOHN TRENT, 1957"
WYDICK, PATRICIA ANN, 1951-
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LEASE. USt INK; PLEASE PLACE THESE SHEETS AT THE FRONT OF THE SECOND COPY OF YOUR
FAMILY HISTORY
'^ ContriJjijtor to the Hock Valley College Family History Collection:
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So that your family history can be made more useful to historians and others studyifui
irierican families, we are asking you to fill out the forms below. This will take you only .i
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^ 1850-1900 1900 or later
k. Please check al I regions of the United States In which members of your family whom you
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INTRODUCTION
I have traced -ry family history back as far as l?^^■
to present day. All of rr^y research came froT: interviev/s
with my grandmother, mother, father, and through use of
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pictures. In this project I discuss mainly the topics of
schooling, occupations, and other interesting aspects.
This family history is limited to this small length due to
lacl-: of knowledgable sources and information. Our entire
family consists of my T:Other and father and my mother's
mother. I have no aunts or uncles on either side of m.y
as my parents were the only children of their families.
Ny father's parents I never met. V/e had nothing to do
with my father's sile of the family partly due to his
mother ^eing put i'^ a mental institution early in her life
In this pro.iect I had to try to fit what loose ends I had,
together for a suitable understanding of -^y entire fa-.ily
as a whole.
JOEL SIGFRIJ ADDEM JOHNSON
(Father's Father)
Joel Sigfrid Adden Johnson, mj"- grandfather, was
born on February 23, 1901, on a small farm in Ol=3nd, Svieden.
He remained on the far:;: helping his father run it until his
late teens. In 1921, he left his ^other and father in
Oland and ventured to Arr.erica. He vjorked on the ship that
brought hirr. here to provide the cost of his transportation.
When he arrived here in Arrerica, he iropped nis last name
of Johnson so nis full name was now Joel Sigfrid Adden. In
Sweden it was comron for all Swedes to have four names.
He wanted to drop Johnson for he thought it was much too
common and wanted to be different. He came to Rockford
knowing he -would recieve a ^ob as a cenent worker by his
uncle who war^ a local contrac^er here. Joel lived on a
farm just outside of Roc'-ford in a rented upstairs of th^t
farm house. V/hen he was 26, he vras employed by Excel
Company as a furniture worker. V/hen he was 32 years old
he met Astrid Swanson who served as a maid for a "ealthy
couple here in Rockford and proved to be nis future vjife.
ASTRID SW'\NSON
(Father's Mother)
My grandr"other , Astrid Swanson, v;^s born on
October 3, 190^ in Klunsrmitt, Sv.'eden. She came to
RocVford in her early 20' s fron S^-jeden and served as a
maid for a very wealthy,. pro.Tinant couple in Rockford.
When she was 28, she met Joel Adden vjnich turned out
to be her future husband. ( Note: I have this very
limited information due to Joel Adden's death and his
wife Astrid' s entrance to Elg'in Mental Institution early
in my father's childhood.)
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JOEL ADrE^J AND ASTRID SWANSON
November 3, 19-? 5, was the v;eddins date set for
Joel Adden and Astrid Svjanson. Joel was ^^■ and Astrid
vjas 21 years old. Their ceremony was held in Belvidere
at an outdoor garden v/ith a very samall amount of people
attending. Joel was working as a Business mana-^er for
Elida Lodge here in Roc'<-ford. Astrid just played house-
vjife. In October of 1928, they had their first child,
John, v7ho was born at Swedish American Hospital. Their
fa-Tiilv lived at 92^4 ^th Street. In 19^0, Astrid v:as placed
in Elgin Kental Institution. The reasons for her entering
the hospital are unknov/n. From what I gathered, she was
put -under severe pressure from her husband concerning
other Vv'omen he V7as seeing. Joel visited her hardly at all
during her life at the institution. F.y father was only
12 years old when she entered the r.ospital and it really
hurt him throughout his childhood years and teens. Ky
father only visited her once when he was 1? years old.
Astrid did not even reccnize him as her son. She had
lost almost all of her memory and was getting worse. Ky
father '^as deeply hurt and never visited her a^ain.
Joel purchased a bar in i:is early '^O's wtiich v:as
called The Golden Tavern, loca*-ed at 63O 7th Street.
He sold that after a couple vears of business, '^'aying
saving t'-^at it ^-oolc too "^anv :'ours of worl:. He then
T^ecame bartender and -rrou^'',ds keeper at tne Elida Lod^e
until he retired. Wi^.ile our family was vacationing in
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Nevj York City on July 25 in I967, we recieved word that
Astrid had passed away in the Elgin Kental Institution.
We had her body froze for two weeks until we got back
from our vacation to ati-end her funeral. She had died
frorr! a heart attack. Two years later on October 1, 1969>
Joel died after a short illness.
M
ERIC CARLSON
(Nlother's Father)
My grandfather, Eric Carlson, ''^as born on Nover.ber 11
189^, in Norrsundet, Sweden. Norrsundet is located south
of Stockhol-^ on the cost of the Bothnia Sea. It is a small
fishing villac-e vjit-h very little industry. Eric's life as
a boy was spent entirely on the shore line being fasinated
by the incoming ships from sea. He loved to fish and often
helped ships unload their catch. Eric only had schooling
up to the sixth gr'^de and tried to s'-"ip school vj'nenever
possible. Eric's '^other -nd father vjere quite strict and
would punish their children vjhen they thought necessary.
Eric had one younger sister named Judith and one older
brother named Stan. Judith was five years younger than
Eric and Stan was two years older than Eric. When Eric
turned eighteen he and brother, Stan, set off tov;ards
America by themselves. Their reasons for leaving are
unknovm. They explored mostly around the midvjest including
Wisconsin, Illinois, Kichigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Iowa.
They roamed from state to state finding adi jobs as they
ventured. Hoppinsc box ^ars and hitchinsr rides was not
uncom-"on for their means of transportation. Ti'iey ended
up settling down here in Rockford v;here they rented a
small apart-ent an'l purchased a car together. Eric was
then employed as a colder at Forbes Foundry wh.ile Stan got
interested in the Real Estate Business and aquirsd a job
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in that field by a fellovj friend.
Stan had to k^ ep an eye on Eric because he made
very little in wages and would of-ter spend 'is Toney
unwisely. In. 19l6, Eric and Stan built a small home on
l8th Avenue. Eric continued to work at Forbes Foundry
and in 192? he net Beda" Nvman at a local da/»'ce in
Belvidere. Eric and Beda continued dating for about
seven to eight r^onths intil Eric asked for her hand in
marriage. She accepted and they v;-re '--^ed on October k, 1925j
in Belvidere, Illinois.
BEDA CARLSON (NYy:AN)
(Mother's Mother)
Beda Carlson '-'as born on June 17, 1*^98, here in
Rockford. Her parents had moved froTi Sweden in the
suTTimer of 1^P9 and resided in Rockford for better work
and warces. They arrived in Rockford not having any friends
or relatives in the entire United States. They -oved into
an upstairs apart^^ent at 13'^*^ 6th Avenue. Beda vras the
youngest of her three brothers and one sister. Beda attended
John Nelson School located at 10th Avenue and 9th Street in
1905 and started in first grade and continued through the
fourth grade and continued her education at White School
located at 10th avenue and U-*-.h Street. John Nelson School
was a first through fourth grade school consisting of fovir
rooms. It is now being used as a furniture store. Beda
continued her education through the sixth grade, which at
that time she nuit for no definite reason other than to
help her parents work.
In the summer of 1911» Beda's parents and her three
brothers went back to Sweden to visit for a feiv months
while Beda and her sister stayed with a neighbor lady.
Beda and her sister v;ere very much afraid to travel on a
boat across the wide ocean so they cnose to stay home.
When Beda was sixteen years old, she recieved a Job
at Bennents Box Factory, earning wages of $1.00 to $2.00
a day. After a few vears she -luit and moved to another
job at Zelk's Box Factory putting colored paper inside
boxes and attaching covers to ther. She continued '.-jorking
there until she met Eric Carlson. Within a year of their
meeting they were rriarried. Beda wanted to v;ait a couple
of years before they got married, but Eric decided against
it, so Beda did not want to miss her chance, so they proceded
to get married on August 4, 1928.
Eric Carlson and Beda Nyman
These two had met at a local dance in Belvidere.
They soon after c-ot ir.arried on Agust ^, 1928. During
their life there vias not Tuch exciteiT'ent for the fact
they did not travel at all or spend much money. They
did not even take a honeymoon for they could not afford one
at the tine. That next year they had their first and only
child, Arlene, whom was born on October l6, 1929. They
spoiled Arlene terriblv while she was young. Their family
lived at 13^^ 6th Avenue. Thev sent Arlene out to work
when she was verv voung because they could not give enough
support the-^selves to her. V/hile Eric ---as still vjorking
at Version Knitting Company and Beda was a baker at Sunbean
Bakery they saved their m.oney wisely. In 1939 » they
purchased a brand new home at 2933 Lapey Street paying
$3,500 for it. After that they just led a leisurable life.
Eric liked to tinker with his fvt« cars and he went through
many kinds of cars during his lifetime. But Eric would
never go on any long trips with his cars. Eric also drd?ve
very poor so ^.y grand'^other v.fas alv;ays afraid when he got
behind a wheel of a car. Eric did rut believe in car
insurance at all and -'e never had any through his entire
lifetime. As -uch as m,y father tried to persuade him that
Insurance -as nccescary in life. Still my stubborn grand-
father seized ^o believe in it. V.y grandfather died of a
s'ort illness in I965, in his home in the middle of the night
My grandmother still lives alone at 293" Lapey Street.
JOHN ADDEK
(Ky Father)
My father, John Adden, --'as horn on October 2°, ig^'B,
in Swedish American Hospital here in Rockford. He first
lived at 92^ 8th Avenue. When he turned four his parents
moved to 1132 12th Avenue. Here he lived and attended
Nelson School. When in seventh grade he started his first
job. He helped sort clothes and starch them at Broadway
Laundry, While T.y father had been wor.'.ing a couple of
ir.onths the laundry was robbed one day while ray father was
working of $18 and some change by two narrked bandits. My
father's parents insisted he quit after this terrible
incident. He quit the next day and once more his parents
moved. They now resided at 1852 Hutchins Avenue. 7:y
Father then got a paper route while he attended Lincoln
Junior High School. In 19^0 "'y f'-ther's -other, Astrid,
was placed in Elgin Mental Institution due to family
problems. She could not take the situation at '".ome any
longer so when -^y father v:as tvrelve years old she v/as
placed in the institution. At fourteen my father quit
the paper route 3nd once again he and his father moved.
His new home vras located at 70^ 8th Street. My father
needing money, recieved a job as a soda clerk at the
7th Street Sweet Shop. My father enjoyed the job ■'.'■ery
much but soon after a few -onth of -working there he quit
due to the low 7;ages he recieved. He then found a 'ob
at the Sunbea- Bakery. Here he met Arlene Carlson
vrhen he was sixteen years old. Both, my f'^.ther and Arlene
worked en the sarre powdering machine for donuts. Ky father
quit this job after a year of working there and was then
hired at Shoulstromi, Son Roofing Com.pany v;here he worked
as a roofer and recieved miuch better v-'ages than anywhere
else he has previously worked. During his vjorking at
Shoulstrom, Son he attended East High School and occasionally
dated Arlene Carlson whom also attended East. He then
quit school while in the eleventh grade to attend vjork
full time. He eventually enlisted on lS'-^5 into the Marine
Corps. After two weeks of training he recieved an honorable
discharge due to a crooked tcoth in his mouth.
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ARLENE CARLSON
(My Mother)
My mother, Arlene, was born on October l6, 1929,
t Svredish An^.erican Hospital In Rockford. My mother
vjas the first and only child of her farrily. She lived
here in Rockford at 13^"8 6th Avenue. She attended White
Grade School which is located at ICth Street and 4th Avenue.
In 1939 when Arlene x%'as ten, her parents purchased a freshly
built home at 2938 Lapey Street. They felt the ^ove v/as
necessary due to the poor condition of their old house.
Their new '--ome -"as of rrediu-- si.-^e with a large upstairs attic
easily convertible onto bedrcoirs of necessary. They
purchased this '-.orne for $3,500. They paid ■;25 a rronth towards
their loar contract. When A.rlene 7:as fourteen she <ot her
first iob working at a Florist Shop on Long'-.'ood Street here
in Rockford. She had a variety of duties to perform from
sweeping floors to arranging floral arrangements. She
earned 95'; ar hour. After a few months she quit that Job
and looking for a better paying job went to work at
Davies Dry Goods as a sales clerk with a hourly pay of
$1.15. When she turned I5 she moved to a job at Sunbeam
Bakery due to her unlikeness for her boss at Davies Dry Goods.
Here at ^:he bakery she would powder donuts. Here is where
she met John Ad'^en who v;as working on the same maciiine,
Arlene attended Lincoln Junior High School then East High
School. My m.other was also noted for being the first girl
in Rockford to have a paper route.
Kerry A^den
I vas brrn rn July 12, 1956 here in ?i./Ckford Illinois
I was the third child in our farlly, I was brought up
in the usual manner, I started kintergarden vhen I was
five years old at P. A.. Petersen elenei-.tary schriol located
at 2122 8th street. I took the bus to school until I was
eld enough to ride my bike. Baseball w.^s'ny«. favorite
srort all through r.y school years. I then vent to Jeff-
erson Jr. High School after finish-'ng 6th grade at Peterson
grade school. I remained at Jefferson through 7th and "th
grades till my far.ily moved fr'"m 2c^^^2 Lapey st, our rresent
address to a new home at 328 Hollister Ave. in the sum.mer of
1971« 1 then attended East High school on Charles £t. from
9th grade till graduating from it en Ju>.e 11, 197^. I was
envolved in basketball and baseball throughout my years at
last. My first job T had was v;crking at Villa Capri Restera-
unt located on Charles Ft. I recfeved l.CC an hour and worked
on Friday and Saturday nights "^rom h:\^ p.m. to scm.etires 3''^^
in the miourning. I was in 9th parade at the timie and after a
fev/ r.onths of it I found cut what a mistake I was ma^/ing by
working there and ruining ry entire weekends so I ^_ult.
The summer '^etweer miy ser:pmore year and jurior year I rec:e-
ved a job at Grant Park Phai'Lacy located on Kishv/aukee Street.
As of toda" I am. still erplcyed there as assisdent ranager,
I got the job from, my older brother Brad wh<- had previously
worked "here before entering college. My two older brothers-
Steve who is 25 years old and Brad 22 years old are both
living in RocV-fcrd. Steve is wording f r Dicl-erson Realtors,
where he as been working since he graduated from V.'estern 1111-
-nois University. Brad ^*ust finished graduating ":'.•.! in W.I.U and
is now er.ployed b-' the YI-ICA in Eelvidere. My one only sz'ster
is 12 years old and is attending Lincoln I'iddle School as a
8th grader,
V.y hobby^s and sports are rainly centered on ^.otorcycling
and snow skiing. In the surnner months ny 125 cc Harley Davidson
Trailbike and I often escape into the woods of ■I'Jorthern VJisconsin
and sout-"ern !!innesota with ry friends. In the winter nonths I
•just love to ski. Having just purchashed a pair of racing ski^
I'm on the verge of learning of cor.retitive racJng in the field
of snow skiing. I ran very rany ski trips from East Hi g'- School
to the local resorts in central VJisconsin. I had from tv/o to
three full buses each trip, I was able to earn a large sum of
mrney which helped pay fcr m.y ski trip out to Salt Lake^City,
Utah which I took tkis past Christmas with a fellow group of
kids. I am nov: a freshman at Rock Valley College and am earn-
iing a two year degree in Buisness Marketing. V-y future plans
include in roving to Australia in the summer of 1976.
ALLEN, BYRON, 1955-
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date
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NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-1)
B. Grandmother (your father's side)
Name Bonnie Hay Allen Current Residence
If dead, date of death 3-27-1933
Place of birth Date of birth 10-20-1690
Education (number of years):
grade school 9 high school
Occupat i on (s)
Igj. Schoolteacher
2nd Housewife ;;, M^fho,
3rd
4th
00 1
8
vocat ional
PL
(
1st
cc
)ne
ICE
hoiT
ge
Dates
ACE OF
after
RESIDEh
eaving
e)
Dates
Dates
2nd
Dates
Dates
3rd
Dates
Dates
i*th
Dates
Religion Methodist.
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. B^-phi -i nan
Place of marriage to your grandfather 7 !~ '. _' " DATT
• ifta^°aatl^Sfl«fh^^Ba£^'S?dtl'.f? ^^1%%^, stepmother or another r
Note: If yo
relative give
A- 1 Stepgrandfather (your father's side)
Nonie Current Residence
I f dead, dale of death '~~~~
Place of birth Date of Birth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
ist
2nd
'4th
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
'«th
Dates
Dates
3''d Dates 3rd Dates
Dates
Re I i g i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother ' dat(
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
^^"«__^ Current Residence
I f dead , date of death
Place of birth Date of birth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school vocat ional ^college
Occupation(s) PL/^cE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
'^^ Dates 1st ^Dates
2nd Dates 2nd
Dates
3^<^ ^Dates 3rd ^Dates
Re I i g i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather Date
Grandfather (your mother's side)
Name Lee Prior Current Residence Sheffield, 111.
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth Buda, 111. Date of birth 6-8-I89O
Education (number of years) :
grade school 8 high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Ist Farmer ^Dates 1st ^Dates_
2nd ^Dates 2nd ^Dates_
3rd Dates ^3rd ^Dates_
'♦th ^Dates ^^th ^Dates_
Religion Methodist
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother ~ . , date
Note: If your mother was raised by a ■>l!)&'j^THer"6r anottier relarlve (ro age 1 8t"
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Nome F.mma M.irtin Prior ^Current Residence
■'■""■^ KTTwna Mnrt.in rri or
If deaa, date of death 2-19-1972
Place of bi rth Buda. 111. ^Date of birth 6-18-1890
Education (number of years)
grade school / o high school j ' vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Housewife & Mother Dates 1st ^Dates_
2nd ^Dates 2nd ^Dates_
3rd ^Dates 3rd ^Dates_
Re 1 i g i on Methodist
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. p^, i.; ^^^i
Place of marriage to your grandfather Wa7E>e.t. IHr date
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relative (to age 1 8)
give that data on the back of this page (D-2)
C- 1 Stepqrandfather (vour mother's side)
Name Current Residence
I f de jd . date of death
I'l.iL.- ..I l.irih n.)le of l)illli
F iliK .1 1 i ' >n (iniiiil)i- t ^1 yi- . r .1
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving honie)
1st Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
'4th
3rd Dates 3rd ^Dates
4th Dates kth Dates
Re 1 i g i on
Political part ies , civil or social ^clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother date"
D-2 S tepqrandmother (your mother's side)
Name Current Residence
I f (lead . date of death
Place of birth Date of birth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
Occupalion(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
I'. t Dates 1st Dates
?nd Dates ^2nd Dates
3'--i Dates 3rd Dates
^f; I i 'J i 'jn
Political p -J r t ^ , c i V 1 1 or 30c 1 a 1 clubs, sororities, etc.
''lace of marriage to your grandfather Oat*
CHIbDREN of A 6 B (or A- i or B-1) - your father's name should appear below
date 5-31-19U
k.
Name Margaret /',''/'-' ■■' t •
Place of birth Tiskawa, 111.
Number of years of school ing
Residence
Number of~c
I Ppinoa
h I rdren
noaton, 111.
-3^
Marital Si
Occupatidh i • , ..ui . . l
tatus Widow
Name Howard Allen
Place of bi rth
Tiskavra. Ill
Number of years of schooling 12"
Res i dence Bradford, 111.
Number of ch i Idren C
lite 8-U-I917
Occupation i-armer
Marital Status Marriea
Name
Harild Allen
Place of birth Tiskawa. Ill"
Number of years of school ing
Res i dence
Number of chilciren
g 12
pkford. Til.
date 8-10-1919
Occupation manager 01 winnebago Service Co.
Marital Status Married
i
Name wpblP^ H^n..,p1
Place of b 1 rth
^ . ^ — Ji^i
Number of years of sch
Res idence La^^O F^a.
Number of children 1
awa , 111,
ool I ng 12
"date 8-7-1922
S^ccupat ibrt
Marital Status Widow
Mar^'• Magnus en
Name
Place of birth Tiskawa. IllT
Number of years of schooHng 12"
Res i dence Tiskawa. 111.
Number of chi Idren 1
date 4-IA-I933
_^__^_^__^ Occupation
Marital Status MarrieT
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of school Ing
Residence
Number of chi Idren
Jate
Occupat ion
Mari tal Status
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence
Number of ch i Idren
Marital Status
date
Occupation
Name
Place of bi rth "
Number of years of school ing
Residence
date
"5"ccupation
Number of chi Idren
Name
Place of bi rth
Mari tal Status
Number of years of school ing
Residence
Number of chi Idren
Marital Status
date
Occupat ion
Name
Place of birth
Number of years oi school inq
Res i dence
Number of till I Iflmii
date
Occupation
i^arital Status
CHILDREN of C and D (or (-1 n-lU.,^,,. .1 1
yot I. I, p l)-your mother's njnie should appear hclow
" d.itr I2-8-I9I8
r.', 1, r.i^T-aT Hi np Prior (;.l"l<i'ip)
««••>! dcncc Rockford, 111.
Numhcr ol ch i Idren 5
Name
P I dco of hi rth
Number of years of school inq
Res i dence
Number of ch i Idren "
3. Nane
Place of bi rth
Nunber of years of school ing
Residence
Number of ch i Idren
Name
Place of birth '
Number of years of' school Inq
Res i dence
Number of ch i Idren " "
Nanie
Place of bi rth "
Number of years o^ schooling
Res i dence
Number of cKi Idren
Name
Place of bi rth "^ '
Number of years of school ing
Res i dence
Number of ch i Idren
7. Name
P lace of birth
Number of year-, of schooling
Res I dence
Number of ch i Idren
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of schrx)! Ing
Res i dence
Number of~cTiTTd7en
Name
Place rj h',rtU
Number of /ears of schooling
Residence
Number of c h i Idren
10. Name
Place of birth
Number <->f /i;;ir'
Res i dence
'\Wi I I rcj
Number of cruldrr^n
__^____^ Occupation
Marital Status
M"rr-;P|i_
HonspwH f ff
date
Occupat ion
Marital Status
date
Occupat iOn
Mari tal Status
Occupation
Marital Status
date
Marital Status
Occupation
date
____^__^ Occupation
Marital Status
_ date
Occupat iOn
Marital Status
date
_ ccupation
MarTTaT Status
date
Occupation
Marital Status
date
___^ Jccupation
Mori t.il Status
Your Father
N^"^ I HTrn1ri.A1|lpn,
If dead, date of death
Current Residence
Rn^iKfnr^i, Til.
Place of birth t.- .v.,.r. Tn
Education (number of yearsj
¥
;r of
grade school q_
Date of bi rth
e-;Q-;9i9
high school
vocational
col lege
Occupat ion(s)
1st Military
2nd Farmer
3rd Employee Farm ServlBafees
Dates Nn.r lQ/.-g lst_
Dates 2nd
3rd_
'4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
4th ^Dates
Religion Mdthosist
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. {^Republic
Dates
Ddtes
Dates
Dates
Place of marriage to your mother Princeton. 111. date 6-L-19LL
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that data on the back
of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
Name Geraldine Allen
I f dead, date of death ~
Current Residence Rockford, 111.
Place of b i rth a...^„ ttt
Education (number or yeSrsJ
Date of bl rth ic)_a_iqia
grade school 8
Occupation (s)
high school
vocational
col lege
1 s tworked in munitions Dates
plant Wl-JII
2nd Dates
3rd
Dates
lst_
2nd_
3rd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
l^yy[°\ Methnd^.t, ^, , ,
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. Bprmm-inan CAr-nic-
Group Grace Methodist Church
Place of marriage to your father Princeton. 111. ^ date 6-L-lQLL
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data on the back of
this page (F-2).
E- 1 Stepfather
Nane
If dead, J.ue of death
Place of birth^ ^Date of birth
Education (number of years) ~~~~
grade school high schooi vocational college
0ccupatlon(5) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
^th Dates '4 th Dates
Re 1 i g i on
Pol i t i cai" Parties, civil or soc i 3 1 clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your mother Date
F-2 Stepmothe r
Name
i f dead, date of death
Place of birth Date of birlh_
Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational col lege
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st Dates_
2nd Dates ^2nd Dates_
3rd Dates 3rd _Dates
Re I I g I on
Political party , cTvTT or soc i a I cTubs , sororities, etc.
PI ace of marr i age to your father date
CHILDREN of E and F (or E-2, F-2) - your name should appear below
Name Janet A. Frey
Place of birth Walnut. 111.
Number of years of schooling 12
Res i den ce Tawanda. 111.
Number of ch i Idren i ~~
Date of birth 5-i7-i^y^5
____^__^__^ Occupation
Marital Status Married"
Name J^arol Martin
Place of birth V/alnut, 111.
Number of years of schooling Masters degree EMH
Res i dence Normal, 111.
Number of chi Idren 0 ~~
Date of birth 3-29-1947
____^__^_^_ Occupation Spec. ED. Teacher
Marital Status Divorced
Name Larry Allen
Place of bi rth Princeton, 111.
Number of years of Schooling 12^
Residence Rockford, TTr.
Number of children
Name Kay Allen
Place of bi rth Frii
rinceton. 111.
Number of years of schooling TJ"
Res i den ce Rockford, 111.
Number of ch i 1 dren 0
Date of bi rth 4-A-1930
Occupation Draftsmen
Marital Status
Single
Date of birth 7-U-1951
Occupat ionPlaque Control Asst/
Marital Status Single
N^"^ Bvf pn, Allen
Place of birth Princeton. 111.
■ "''-'= ^' "' ' >-" rrinceton. iij
Number of years of schooling £3"
Res i dence Rockford. 111.
Number of chi 1 dren 0
Date of b i r th Q-8_iq55
^ Occupation Student
Marl tal Status Single
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of school ing
Res i dence
Number of ch i Idren
Name
Place of b i rth
Number of years of schooling
Res i dence
Number of ch i 1 dren
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of schooling
Res i dence
Number of ch 1 Idren
"5a"te of bi rth_
Occupat ion
Marital Status
Date of bi rth
Occupat I on
Marital Status
Marital Status
Date of bi rth
Occupat ion
ASSIGNMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willing)
I hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and administrative
rights,' to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection, deposited in the
Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Illinois
Signed (/ V^ yfm JL U
Date
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:V-;;i(;'-^nc'o; ' r.-.'^u.-a, 111.
V ,,i.j_ •,,•-; n;,-^'vu;;; v'-^i-ri il to "n-'v Alien
"■:r:- 11-n- . •' ; I^. ^-''^^
Ocvm nat ' ov : '.'on.- -riiSo
?.r.::±d ncn; T^r.-"'"o--n, 111.
■■"-••rin'^s It'tiiG; "o-^r.iori t,o ^'irn;" A "Ion
-,^^^,„ v'lcr - ". 11 -2'^-! ■^•'^•■'': i'.. 7_13-':i5;'
CO'-, of '''iT-ar. ar.'-"; "rry A'leri
Orcv.T^aoion; y.TnT
"^.i^fjidence; Pr':.r'''orr'', 111.
ol i t i '^ "1 J" '"- j't " ; T7 eni.ibl i c n n
"loli'^ion; ;'ot odi".t.
/^//f-
■'-irriace States ;li!arr led to Bonnia Hay Allen 2. Hell Trf-oeks Allen
Glrrence Hr.y- P, 2-9-1866-. D. 1-26-1951
Ccc\ipation; Farmer
Karriane Status; !' rried to V.-yy Hay
V.ay I'Oy- P. 11-7-1367; D. 3-2-19'i-5
Cccupation; iiouGcvriro
l-:;irriar;e Status; Harried to Clarence Ila;/ - child Bonnie :Iny
Po-nnie Hay Allen- P. lC-20-l''.90; D. 3-27-1935
r.^.,y,;o, •:-',- ■X'l.^r. ro-'t, .
:?/-.•-;; f!Qt-(--n ■ "-T-- ] "j-N''"^' , Til.
o'i-'-.ir-'l nrt'.-; ''c^i!' lin n
'■-.vri".~o ."jtntii;;: "irri'd to "/Ton 'l^^r - 5 cM'' 'i •■^n
"nr::r.v-\-,, ''c:rv:', '-•-r.i'i, "'•■hi.:, ■•:■;■•
'"•ccvrntTcr. ; Coo': 'n nin*"'n • ho--; Irjtc'ion
ilo.iidnr.c^ ; ^'rirc r'-.on. 111.
' o" i tic. "1 Prrt'.' ; "'.ornil ilic-n
"/.rli-ion ; " 'of no i rA,
"'""■ri-^.^'o St't";r;; ' 'i'"r-" • t:;ico - t'.'O cln^.^'-tors
''(r.r^v€ •."lor - ^^ . '^-I'l-l'^r'; D.
Cccupqtion - 7";rrier ."n.-: g-I'-v^-t-. for a fcrm i--lomont storo
1.- Bradford, 111.
RoGiclenoe - ri^T'^r^ord , 111.
~olitic"l ' v:;rt."- "ion-ithlic'r-.
leli^ion - '■''.-^t' or'ist
^•prriaro ot-t-s: '"c^-riod to "'-Ion Allon (FoGtc ">- no c'-'ld.-n
-•Erold Alio-- E. ?-: 0-1919: I^ • — —
CVcu'-ntion : r'.onoiTl '■■'n^'ior of ^,:i! nonp-^o SeTvic^ Co. , "loc'rrord, 111.
Ror,idrm. '.•-•; Roc''.:.'o,'di, Til.
'olj.tir;! r'r.i't;-; iiopuVilJc n
Roli'-ion; ''o'/ odiot
"■•n-ria'^o 3t-jt\ir;; "'/irriod to 'V-r:ldino "rior A'.l'-n - :> c'^Ddren
Janot, C:i 'M. Lnrr/, I'ay, Byron
C'-'M- ti(^-- V-' V: '■■- ;;; i-- ••• .: ; ' rr;;!,
'-> : i ,;oi-.ri._ y .!• ;r., 'l' ,
Ol n_t i c A. t\V I ' : ''.r;p\;, -1 ;i r-- • ,
• clJ :.lo: ; "el.'^o, ; i :;!-,
" ,fr\ -,■;•- Dl.-t'c;: ■■'ido-; O;:- -- In' iV"
"'nr-' .VP "'• T- /;on - 'H. .'i_1 'i-l'i^-] . v..
■"cvvr atJo:-; 'io'K^rTifo
;(o-;idonc-; Tirknwi, 111.
"'clitic;"l rr.rt.7; IlifAiblic-'m
T-:oli;^ion; "'oti.'C ' •;b
".'.'i-rig-jo "-latus: "■orrio--' to "'.p-:-:r - 1 C'lil-i
"other's "^i ' ;
laul ■■■rtlr- :■'. n-^_1'^</;.: P. 1933
rr-.cnpntion; FaiTr.or
"(.•^sidence: Sh';^"iield, HI.
r?"i'ri5r;e 3t'b"n; "arrioci to '"n -a uirssn
^>'i';^ ..Ins^n "■-n'ti;^- ■" . 3-'-r"-7t: D. 19't-3
r mi on t ion; :''0'isewifo
"esidence; S'^eff iold, 111.
I'arrianie Status; ! Carried to Pa\il - dav.r;hter Ii^mma
■■'ohn 'rior- B. 3-fi-1851; D. /i-^'J-lOl^
Occupation; Farmer
Residence; 1. "Cm^land
2. V/ynnet, HI.
.'V rt 'rior con't, .
Rel i rtion : ' ' -'t/ : od i st
"-rri-T^o 1t,"t'in; "a^'i-ie''' to "/lil" ' "ood
•"■-il •• ■■'ood rior--. lO-n"-!'"'!-!''': i). 1] -Z''-V:^03
Orc\ip<Ttion ; "o-iso-.:t Pfj
r.'.jridnnco; 'Vnnet, "TLl .
"nrria^e Status; I'arricd to ,'ohr\ 'I'ior - son Lee Trior
Lc9 .'riov- r. (^-'^-1C9'"'; D.
C'ccu;iation- Farmer (nov: retired)
Residence; Sheffield, HI.
Political Pai't/; Republican
Roliriion; "'et'odist
I'arriarie Stat\is; Tn'Ticd to ■'>riina ''artin
-^ryr, "artin Trior- "'. .?_13-1"'^: D. 2-19-197^
Oc cur-at ion : ^^ou c owif e
Rosid'^nno: Sheffield, 111.
Tolitical Ra^'tj: Remfnlic'r:
Rol i^-io- : ''othodisL
"■.•:i'T'ia^"'o Str-ti'5: "arri^d to 1 no "■■■io" - 1 da'ir'-ter (Goi\'ldino)
Grr-ldi e -r'.^i- \ll-n- ■^. l'"'-"'-]'U9: n
Cccunation; '■oi-;s.-^-,::f e
'.vosidencn; ^^oclford. Til.
olitJcal TarL:,': Re;n;blio,'n
Relif'ion ; : 'etho; ' iot
••...-,;.,, -J-, -i. ...j .,.^. ••. -,.p^,,.? iy, ■■■■-,-f>l,] V!.1 ,-■;•, - 5 c-i''!!"-.
■''rmnt, "nrnl , ' .'ri-.-, "■■iv, r;-^o!->.
•■Lo^'idonc^; '^.-'vin i'l , Til.
-n" L-Lic'l "';!rt": '"onublic-'n
"". .1 i :ion ; : 'ethoc 1 i,r.t
''"rri-1-^o 3trtti.n; ':arricc' to Gli:'rord Fro:/ - 1 child
Carol .Ml-r " .ri:.in- P. 3-?o_-i o'ty; d.
Occupation; Spec. ^.d. Teacher
lecidonce; ncr.nnl, 111,
Political Part"'; Iiidopendent
Relir;ion; ^'cthodist
■"ai'riaf^e Status; Divorced - no children
Terr- Allen- T' . 'xJ^-l '^50; P
OccT-oation; Pr3^tG"Tir-
aesli'cnce; Poc'^'ord, 111.
^oliticpl '"arty: Independent
Pol i ,n;ion ; ' '--^thod is t
"^arria'^e Status; Single
Psy A'len - P. "-l'i-1951: i'.
' OCii 'alien; ir.i r "h vX .'^(^'r ''"J'^i :; noll";;o, ■!>.''■!•
;M,-. ni'; Con ;.(••: 1 .'..; :i..'I-nt ."or Dr. D.'in
":^,-it' nc.i; ";oc;' ■" •■;, n.i.
■\.^;;tic-l ■?-!/-; ''-i^'?- -tv^cnl.
"^ .-^1 ;l ;'ir.n ; " oiJ i''' ' V " I'.
■• ^ i_'^_l'^'^'', • '"', '
'ccurrtion: "b." -nt at 'r.^-^ 7"T1o-- C- 'Hn-o, Rof:!
Jni^.i '.:or for /OC":"o;"ci 1 cnr:'' of '■"ciucah
"•.'o:=id'\;nC'"! : "'.r'"' - "or>d , Til,
'oliticrl "art"; ^e""Ocr-t
'loli-iori: rone
"r::TV\Z7,o 3trti:G: "inf-l--
rt'(j ,
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1.
T")C Mlon '■'.•■nil;' n.-'n liv^'l in and nrr\',;-;d ''r':'i''orn ar:d Ti3k,-.v:n, n.l.
"vo". for ovr* 1''0 "c.r:;. "ii'-n Al.on vr-:r; -^ ti'n-.nt f-rpier for I'lan,/ yyro,
"r. n.v-.-r o-..Tio>i hij o.m Tari'i :;o taercforo ho h;\'\ no f=rii! to leavo to hiG
Gon V'/i'on '.ID.r.n. vhis made thin -g dircicult for „n'on Allan, a Ghort
G^.oc' n, but finding; rnotliei" tcn-.i.t r,- 1".- jiGt ouI:GiuO of "i\ diford, ''^ron
■.;r.G r.bl.; Lo !-,r,':o Iv'.G uifi; rouni-,- "ai'* 'v'l'f^n and rorin.l ; r-aisod five childi-jn
On t'-.oi"' ram vrbich didn't rociove cloctri -itr till aft'U' 1930. Ryron rulod
hi;; fainil;' v:ith Gtrict but fair liand, -o later oani-nl the niclaia-'ic of " "osoy"
wMc'.i was p;iven to him by a hireil-'nand, T'.ro yoai'G aft-'.r the birth of t-:cir last
child ^onnio died leaving; 'l^^yron with hJG family. Shortly e"ter '^onnio died the
"auGband of "ell~^?i'oeics also died. P:,i-'on and "'ell rot tof^ether and soon after
t'-ev married, '^ yron siirvied the den>reGsiC'n prett;'' '^cod. "e stayed on hiG farm -
^•.ad pi^t his c'^ildren throufh hia:hschool. 'lis two sons "^'arold and "o"; ,rd
st'-'ed on t'^e farm to help vrit': the vrork. Altho T;h thenffwas alot of farm \:or\: to b
'^:Onn "'":'"old 'nam 'ed to r:et av.-ay and do zo'.e e:rtra -.jork on the nei'j" borin^
ro'ds a'-;d b:'idr-orj in an effort to re":ila''e t"ie dirt road that t>-,ey ^ ri-od on.
~.r. ' ov. of J 9't-3 harold ore of fyron's sons ^.'ont into the "lariner-. "aile
'"•■a l;.^-!Ve fi'o ' t'^e "arin'-'G "ai*<^ll married '""reraldine ^~rior dar'f'vher oC hee and
'"Irrna " "'o:.'" o" 3'"^"field-"uda ai'ea. C^ao ye.".'" laber harold r^na ■lora''.." '" le h. d a
'■'•ill"' l-,!n' vjh !. -h the.j^ na- 'h1 Jan->t Arlone.
'V :^-ald ■;■ .^, '.'ai'old's \:ifo, cam.o fro a Ion;* line of "•]n';;liGhncn. "'cr ;:rand-
"ath- !• 'oh:-. i-iiv' car'o over fro ' "?,) :l':i'id .in the la.l:.c I.^TOO's to soI', 'i; a f-i':i.
"^""he attract: on of a bc;ttcr li'^e is ap:)ai'onL\-r vrh.at brourlit Jo]m ov. ,■• to t'lo
'Tii'":-^,'" .';tat •■, John ma-rried "•'.'iiily "'ood of th:e Gh.cf.ricld area anc] th."- G^-t
u ' n r •■) :':--:rA: ovA:" I'.^n ■•^" 'yr.n^t, 11'. rj.-c •'vl^^-' y:o.:^-:(^ :• y.ori ' ,'
•'," j n- • <"•■■ '■■''?. v'r-r, ' .-^ --• - '; ; '-i m r, n y o" ;i^'- ";-t:: •'
c'-^"-c' •■. ';ir-G 'Ion:- 'i'v '^ii. r-.o frf t'- !:;o v-;- "hr ■- -':,v--nir.-" ,
T -lO ":;■; : -fla' " or:; ---hr~ '■ I'" , "- ■;":: 'il..;:i.'r; -yblin'' i r'^u t'1"i-;-
! '; •>••:.■:; •■nnrricci Lo '>'■''.•'! ".■'rti"j o" '."v "t^i--" I 5 n l^l'' .■',•, -i. -■
"■'■ t''0(j ' ~ !; '''~"]'C': O" "' ■■ :■ I , Til, m',,,.^ ,-,..^. ,,^ •.^,,,-.^...^:.,p^.^ .•,.,, -"n;.',
<.^::.si.."' o" -;ho-r"l.-l--', :U. In t';- :-«?r m? I'-o and ^' nn hnd -^
■■■.-1 T :" on i.'-.o;'' na'".od Ooraldine Trior. "'i'-:vnl'lino vrns ne"^r b"'. ■':.": •rocl
•■.■;i i."-; -' . " 1 .'Obh-^rs or si3t-;rs. T'l'-S mare thin:^.3 quito a bit h';r^;'':;r
for lio" lor.vi!";:~; nor -rith all tb.e c:d;ra c"".oreG of rr.aVcin;- lintt--;r and
r;'.an,v of tno other th'.a;jG ttiat ro alon;:; with running; both a daiiv
and crop f'-rm. Goraldi:ae had nanr nedical pro'.l^ras when she was
younr. This inado farni;-l^- cvon -nei^e harder for Log and Einraa.
'..'ell Lee never did fjet over his ''liOi'Ge-tradin''*" characteristic
whichi bcpan to show up in his sellin^^ of farms frequently.
Credit \ias so easj to obtain in the I9'^0's that an;,^bod;j^ wanting
to sell or buy sornethinf^ had no trouble arranf^inft the ti-ansac-
ti'"'n. This is hovr Lee and Kmnia, lik-- man:'- other people of that
c-'n ', lost almost over/ thin<T they had. Just before the depression
hit Lee sold a farm he had for a bi":r;er one. ]'e went and r;ot ere 'it
to pi-rchase a 1^'5 acre farm ir f'^e She":"ield area. They moved to
the farm and within a couple years t'e depression >iit and hit hard.
:"ric«5 writ dCTm on f.-^rn products ?ind it :::\s ntjtting vor. ■' hard
To:- ;m:,-c:-c to soil vr'.-'t f-,r;:/ ;re'i.' rt f'n.7 ''i^-d of '! profit. So
'■CO soil.' ''lis f-.i'in at a dofin'tr; Iocs. '.ft'T to'-i.-.li^'rnrr-'lrr: foi-
- "(-.TT -"o^i-j >.Q ';,-i.- pIj"!..^ -'oo ~ot bnc!^ on It'.s T ^nt onovi 'h to by
rr.ot'^cr ".".-■ i. Then in L7'i'; lT.-a"i Jin'^ rnnrried a I'arinc cavr;ont by
!■;-,, n-- -, or 'larold All ;n.
".-■i-ol! and O'-^ra"'.!' I "o -ii'.-^/od to arir; "sl^nd, ""ioiifi CT'-olina ,
a't'-'r '"IT i:r\s ov'T b-^r- .--^ -^hat "ns •■T'T^re ''rn'ol'l wa.'j 3'. '.ic' r-^^i-^
'"•~^n "■ ■i~'1 's disc'^ni':"; "-"C" tbo "'Tinor. "'o rinrl ?;':rrldnno r'v -' "'.o
Vir.Cf, '.on , Til., w'-ore t.'^o" livvj on a f / rn and '-''rol-; vorbrd --_:
: ' Irr^.^-'^nd, T'-.o" a-f] ta-air f Jrat V>,b.-, Janet, and '..'it' i.a r,
'aar t v '^.-d aio "ed ho '.'•-anet, 111., and "aad their se''cn:l C;'i~d,
C-v^l, "'arold j_;oi a iob as a Tual oil tmc'-: di''iver for ' nraa:;
'Vav't - ■jaii''ica Co. .\s t" oir laa.ily Gtartnd to r,ro-,! ''arol'l and
Gorald.iao decided to nove to a bi'';,;-ar honac in 'rinceton, ni.
In 19:''" r. thii'd child -.;aa bom to th-^ta, Thi.a one Has a bey
i;bichi thoy na"iad Larry ;^rao A lea,
Kg:, bul: a year aft':r i-hc birth, o.'" T-irry th.o;,' had anot"';er child
va-icb t" cr' na^aed I.ay ''ariG Allan, 'rail the nooae :-;a3 r;v.a;i-tl— :
to aob " little cro'jdv'd r.o tl'<r/ d-aci'.lod lo convert a bach p.a:i'eh,
into a b'':drooTri,
'''"•■«■ years lat'a' in 1'^5'j '':iroli and Inaaldina; ha'l ; nothcr chiild
"hich, th(=;' na-^^od '"a-on h-:ro- hll-n. ' '.i this ti-^-.o TTarM > rcc' i ' d
a .'iob of Tor as a sales'^anater in "^oc'-ford, HI. ha tool: t'-.o
^ ■■';;. i!-.' ■ '1 1 3t":'in ' '■■'i.t'- V'" 3:y:: CO' rr ' but ^'•!'-i"': to r.o ■.: rv.r- "1. ■ vo
• :.l t -■'• rL'inn'l;; -nd :• r^hiv.-;;:; '.o'-i;r". Thic :;r.:3 tho fj.--t t:l -;
: nv r"-'Liv-;;^ hrn n"'V.-; ' this "ax* ';\".". "'^in pcV.ion ro<^' "vnd r-i d
• ■■, -c'..' ■ ■ ": ''^'0•- '.'!)■■•■ ro"'- ii' '"''■'\i o" ' •I'c''.' ::nrl ' ) :fnl'" ivv; , 'nh f-'".;: ;] '.o
'■ <.^1 ro. ;:;■;■-■■:-! t'lO;' ^■■!vh /vio v1 ; ivi i;f-/.^(l ;'ir.~jr7.
:'3i"> t-h^.v mov'.vi to {oc'i-'of''! in ]?5''''' 'Jnil oot tu^ bone:!: ^o dn • r\:
1 1 '"'• y^cy -.l ..vo. TVioy l:b,"^ ! tl-""i'^ "or '1 TonrG nnd trion riovod l.o
'"TO"; (;i ;iv- ont "t. iriiovo t';o" "r-' cm i ■!•'.;". i^l^r r'v;T(lin-';,
'^'" 'o ":.•■' 'ri'K'or' hnvo I, ''• on '"I' C'"? ;':.'t.;i^ tl^";,' "ovocl to '"'oir
'^T .-^.^ -p,--t rr'!ni-Q3;;, {"v..> -.;,T3 t'lolv 't"." ' hor r..'>.j'ol Tj'io wa3 m^rri";':'
jr: ;uj'-":-t o"^ 19''^'''>. T'-.orc? irns n nl-; -.:-.:,• 'in I ■; but t'^o only l.r.-di lions
t"""t - ' :; in t'O fero'"or.;* ■'■rore tb.-j vo'rs nnn t";' c "fo^-t th.it t""'^ ''':;'"'iLnr*
',; s ir- • c'^iirc"', Trr-'ilion ir, rot roy.-;od on t'^.o bri'ie cnr} r-roo-'-' "nit
it ^3 .'yon-l" s" " -est '.■^•' . Tr.n sn'-orx'i -rof.'-lir- '.ras J;mTt's r.^rrlayo
to Gl.' ■ 'orri "^re" of ;>r 'honic' , Til. ?,-::-iitin-.i i-ras C'^i'ricd out in
f is V.' >":'irc:'. T'TD roc^'-tion '.ras oven bolt in tlie cbur<^b b,?,;;';">'nt.
5'i.-co the wer.Vlin;-3 Crirol b.".G ^';oLt'3n n divorco ind Jnnot b.C'.G
bi-o^r^'' C; "i-anddau;;"ntci' into tno A 'Ion .laf^ily.
Ti J^fo are only t::o -joylo tbiat car, ny.-: c — 'i-y oii tbo -Vllon
nr-iic. 'i'ViO-io tvro pooi.d.-.-! .-.yc L-^riy -.-rbo is 2h- ynfa-s old r;nd tnll:.'?
of nor, mninvinf^ and P^-Ton who in 13 anrl pl:.n:- on iinrbbin^
collo":'- bo'^oro ho ovoi" ii'wv^.
ANDERSON, COLIN LEE, 19^3-
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I . Your n.imc Anderson, Colin Lee *
Date of foni; zi ^;^ ' 7ZZ " ^'^ * -
23, November, 1974 ■;<
'/. Y'.ur (,oii<!qc: Hock Val Icy [.o liege Co 1 __'
IToHToFJ*, Illinois '■■
* * * * * )\ /.- A A A A A A A .\ A A A A A :', A -'. A ■. A A ,
3. Clujck the earliest date for which you have been able to soy things about your family in
your paper.
^Before 1750 1750-1800 I8OO-I85O
""X 1850-1900 1900 or later
A. Please check all regions of the United States In which members of your family whom you
have discussed in your paper have lived.
New England (Mass., Conn., R.I.) Middle Atlantic (N.Y. , Penna., N.J., Va.)
^South Atlantic (Ga., Fla., N.C., TTcT) ^East South Central (La. , Miss. , Ala. .Tenn, K
West South Centrsl (Ark., N.H., Tex., OTTTTx^East North Central (Mich. Ohio, Ino.
^Paclfic (Cal., Wosh^ (Hawaii, Alaska) 1^1- "^^'^
"ir~l>laln8 (ND,SD,Neb.,KanT7rowa, m)
S. Please check all occupational categories In which members of your family whom you have
discussed in tKTs paper have found themselves.
X Farming Mining ^Shopkeeplng or small business
^Transportation ^Big Business Manufacturing
Professions x Industrial labor ^Other
6. Please check all religious groups to which members of your family whom you have discus^e
In this paper have belonged.
^Roman Catholic ^Jewish Presbyterian ^Methodist
^Baptist Episcopalian Congregational _x Lutheran
Quaker ^Mormon Other Protestant ^Other
7. What ethnic and social groups are discussed In your paper?
Blacks ^Indians .Mexicans ^Puerto Ricans — —
Jews X Central Europeans i tal lans ^Slavs
Irish British Native Americans over several generations
East Asian Other ,
8. What sources did you use In compiling your family history?
X Interviews with other ^Family Bibles Family Genealogies
fami ly members
X Vital Records _X ^Land Records ^The U.S. Census
Photographs Maps X Other (Obituaries)
I. FAHI LY DATA
A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name Anderson, Andrew B. Currant Res I dence Decea sed
If dead, dato oT' death 19 18
Place of birth Lee County, Illinois Date of Birth 1881
Education (number of years):
grade school 6 high school ^^ vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home) 1881 tc
1st Farmer «______ Dates 1893-1918 Ist Lee County, IllinoisDates 1887.
1887 tc
2nd Dates 2nd Lake Preston, S.D. Dates 1907
1907 tc
3rd ; Detea 3rd Tuttle, N.D. Dates 1918
'ith Dates '4th Dates
Re 1 1 g I on Lutheran
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. Unknown
Place of Harrlage to your grand.-BOther ^^^^ Preston, S. Dakota ^^^^ May, 1904
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-l)
B. Grandmother (your father's side)
Name Boemdollen, Anna (Olson) Current Residence Deceased
If dead, date of death 3, JulyT 1962
Place of birth Lake Preston, S. Dakota Date of birth 6, July, 1886
Education (number of years):
grade school 6 high school vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home) till
1 s t Housewife Dates till 191 8 s t Lake Preston, S.D. Da tes 1907
1907 -
2nd Domestic Dates I9l8-I95]2nd Tuttle, X. Dakota Dates 1919
■ " 1919 -
3rd Retired «.._^ Dates 1951-1962rd Lake Preston, S.D. Dates 1955
'«th Dates 4th ^ Dates
Re 1 1 g I on Lutheran
< Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. Republican Party,
Church Groups
Place of marriage to your g''a"o'^athor_Lake_Preston,. sTd"^ DA^iT^May, l''50^"~~
°^^' i^ar^^ta^SP.^fh'J^Ea£2'S?"='tll^? pE^i^tA-^)^ ''^«^P'^^^«'' °'' another relative give
3.
Grnndfalher (your mother's side)
Name Burg, Peter Current Residence Deceased
If dead, date of death I91i
Place of birth Unkno^vTi
Educetion (number of years) :
grade school ? high school
Occupat lon(s)
1st Unknovn Dates
2nd
3rd
Date of bl rth
1887
vocational
col lege
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home) Till
1st Chicago, Illinois Dates 1918
Dates
Dates
Dates
_2nd_
kth
Dates_
Dates_
Dates
Re I I g i on Unknovm
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc« Unkno\vTi
Place of marriage to your grandmother
Ifs te
Unknown
Note: If your mother was raised by a'?m|yi^l!!lLr Of L'HOm^r fdlycive (Tgrg^e \Bf-
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Name Hanson, Mabel
I f dead, date or death \Q18
Current Residence Deceased
Place of birth Unkno\vTi
Education (number of years)
grade school ? high school
Occupatlon(s)
1st Unknovm Dates
2nd
Date of birth
18 89
vocational
col lege
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving horns) Till
Ist Chicago, Illinois Dates 1918
3rd
Dates^
Dfites
2nd
3rd
Dates
Dates
l^ellglon Lutheran
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. ^Unknown
^lace of narriage to your grsnotsther Unknown ' ' date
Note: If your mother vvas raised by a 5tcprr>oth3r or anotner rAiarl>'<» (>o *s- "^^
5,Ivc t.S»C wake on tne oacK or this page (D-2)
r
.a
-I .1 epgrandf ather (your mother's side)
N.jine Rinqheim, Andrews Current Residence Deceased
I f dood, (laip of dp..ith 10, October, 1953
I'll"- "I l<i I III Voss f Norvav D.ilc oT lil i tli 1866
I >lii( .1 1 I nil (iiiiiiiTiT^r (77 yci r '. )
i|f.i(li' -.(liool 2 liicjii school vocolioniii collnn'
Octwpntion(«i) • ' PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Till - (after leaving home) 1901 -
Isl Farmer Dates 1937 1st Newark. Illinois Dates 1912
1937 - 1912 -
2nd Retired Dates 1953 2nd Brookings. S. Dakota P^^^s 1914
^ — L»i 1914 -
3rd ^Dates 3rd LeRoy To^jnship, 111. Dates 1935
1935 -
l(th ^Dates ^th Capron, Illinois Dates 1938
Re I i g i on Lutheran
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. Republican
Place of marriage to your grandmother LeRby To^^^•nship, McHonrv date 1901
County, Illinois
•? Stcpfjr.indmolhcr (your mother's side)
Nome Schulestad, Anna Current Residence Deceased
If dcjd, d.-jtc of death 1, September, 1938
Pl.icv. of hirth Voss, Norway Date of birth i, December. 1877
Education (number of years)
grade school ? high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
-pj^j^Q^ _ (after leaving home) 1901 --
''■■t Housewife Dates 1938 1st Nev.-ark, Illinois Dates 1^1^
.. ^g^2 ..
2nd ^Dates 2nd Brookings, S. Dakota Dates 191<
1914 -
3rd Dates 3rd LeRoy Tovmship, 111. Dates 1935
Religion Lutheran Capron, Illinois 1935-1938
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. None other than church
Place of marriage to your grandfather LeRoy To'.-mship. Illinois bate 1901
cmmtM or A & B ^or A-l or B-U ' your father's nan« should appear below
N a fT>e Anderson Arnt Oliver
J';^'^~°r^'^"-i^^^P^?.^§ton^S^^ dete_3,^,ovGmbe
Number of years of r,cnoollng 8 "-'^*°'''''— Occui^atTSll
Res I denceJ^arvard_j_IjjJno*iT;~T^ Married
Number of cTiTTor^ 3 boys^Thr'ee)
Farmer
Name Ander son (Mord_t ) Mar^
Place of b! rFh Lake Preston'7^
Number of years or~3chooiTn
ResidenceBelvidere, 111."
Number of"cKTTc!ren '"TTIPour
.-.DglSgta. c^-^o 2, March , 190 5
OccupatlC:^ Housewife
J-iarital Ststua Widow~ — — — —
>:ari>e_^Anders_on_,__Gilbert
piacrTrTi7rh_Tut±]^^£;N^th]D^^ ^^^^
Number of years of ocnoolinn W"^"^""''^ (^-^c-nr^ftisn t- - t —
Residence Melborne, Ark;--'^'^^^^-''^'^-".^-^ • -^^
Number of cr
''M^r
bCfitUS
21_,, September
nOfTFarr
Married
1909
Name Anderson^^^eter__R^^^___^
P lace of bl7th_Tut±Le4Nqrth_ptK^
Number of years or schooTTng 8^ "
Res I dence_sUcM ta ,_^nsar"~'n-:^£s
Number of chMdron 7 (s'even'P'
Name Anderson, (Oliver) Jennie
P 1 ace~or ^'^'■'--JJi^tJ^_]^No£th_Dakota
Number of yea r s ' 'of TcnooT-* r. ci ^' 14
/3tQ_4^Apj:il. 1911
U c c up a 1 1 Oil Construction
i>tatus Married
date
)ril, 1913
D-„ij o ^ r, ~..»-=-^.-«™™«,.,,.«^ f^c-'-ipst son Teacher - Housev/ife
Residence Canton, S. Dakota TrrftarTrstua "
umber of children 4 (Four^
Married
Nan>s_An.^e£^2IL,_^J.^gj;:;L
Number of years ov scsooHna 8 ^^^ccupaticn
Residence Lake Preston. S^D^FT"""""^
Number of~cFrr
iris&l §tatus
Caroenter
Married
Name Anderson, (Whorton) Annie
^ ' ^ ce of^ ^''■^'iJ£utJXe2^rth_Da kotT
Number of years of schooITrT^ 12JfearT
Resldonca Melborne, Ark^; "^
Number of'"cFTT?rcn 5 (Fivef
Name
Place of bl rtliT
Nurr^jer of year's oV 'scrrooTTng'
Residence
Number of chTRren"
^-^^Q ^27 j^_ Dec ember, 19 1 7
Occupbt J Oil Housewife
:» tat»8 MarrTed " — — — —
dste
Cccupatf6n
K^rTtal Status
Name
Place "of birth '"
Number of years or"T^ooTTng"
Residence
Number of chl MrcrT"
0. Name
Place of birth"
HLmber of ye a rr^TcToo H ho
Residence
Number of"
btstus
d-jie
^TTiTTTretus
(MILUKtN .,1 (. and D (or (.-I, D-l)-your mother's nonic should oppcor helow
"•'"" -.Ber^> Alice Ruth
n'".'" "'^'"'"'-Chicago Illinois .i.Ur 5. n^^ch. 1Q14
,, Harvard, Illinois Marital Status Married
NuiMl.rr ol (liMdron 3 ( Threel — ■- " "
N.iin.- Berg. Irene
I' I... -of iM.tTi ~
' '"■ "''"'"' Chicaoo, Illinois date Unknown
,""'"■' "' y-'"'' "' schooling Unknov.-n UccuoaTT^ nnknovh
M...,,k.n,.e Unkno^m Marital Status Unknown
Niirnber of children Unknovm ■
3. N.iuk:
f' loco of IjI rth
Number of years of schooling fTccupalT^
Residence LJ-_l^,i c* ►
t, , r — rxn — — — Marital Status
Number of children ■ ■ -
h. No™-
Pl.iM- <A l)ir(l
Niiiiibrr of chl Idren
6. N^lKK
P 1 .ice of b! rth
9. Name
Place of bi rth
10. Name^
Place of bi rth
N.imbc-, of years ot schooling Occupation
u . , T . V r- Marital Status^
Number of children ^— ^— — -^-— —
Name
Piacf- of hirth — ^^^^
Number of ye.irs of school inq flccunaTT^
l*"' ' '^^"^^ , , ^^arltal Statu.
Number of years of schooling Oc^patloT
;'"\"^*="^^ „ Marital Status ;
Number of chi Idren ■
7. Name
Place of bi rth dat&
NumbPr of years o\ schooling OccupiTTC;;
Residence u,^, » , c .. > '
u . , — I , . , I ————————_______ Marital Status
Number of chi Idren
8. Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of' schooling bc^upati^
Residence ———»——— —-.^ — —--«___. r
u , ^ — r-TT-i i^arl tal Status
Number of chi Idren — — -
Number of years of scf^oollng "'^OccIIi^TtT^
Residence •-.„ 1 .. i ■ -
u . , — r— -r-T i-arital Status
Number of chi Idren ' <.aLU3
Number of years of schooling 6crun^f^;r
Residence ^ rr-Tr ? c '^ -
fj„„. , ' . ->_^ Marital Status
Number of children
Your Father
Name Anderson, Arnt Oliver
I f dead, date of death
Current Residence Harvard, Illinois
Place of birth Lake Preston, S. Dakota
Education (number of years)
grade school 8 high school
Occupat lon(s)
1st Farmer
Date of birth 3 November 1907
vocationfil
col lege
Dates 1918-1957
State of Illinois 19?7^r5"FB~™
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leavlnq horns)
1st Lake Preston, S .' Dak . Dates Till-1929
Pre-
2nd Hi-Way Maintenancaates 1968-1974 2r.d Harvard, Illinois Ofttes 1929- sent
3rd Machine Operator Dates 1965-1968 3rd Dates
Dates 1974-
Ath Retired
'^^I'gJon Lutheran
i»th
Dates
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. Republican, Grange,
several church groups ___ •"~~v" r-yM-^ .
Place of marriage to your motner ^_aprpn7°Trrinoi"s^^_ ^ /^^^ 20 July 193 6
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepT^Fher or anocTTsr re iatTva" g'r'v2""ih'st deta"on "the back ""
of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
Name Berg, Alice_Ruth
If dead, date oT 'oestK ""
Current Residence Harvard, Illinois
Place of birth Chicago, Illinois
Education (number of years) — — ——
grade school i
Occupat ion(s)
1st Housewife
high school
Date of birth 5 March 1914
vocational col lege
2nd Dietician
3rd Domestic
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(efter leaving horr>e)
Dates_i^6;-1974 l?-t _Capron,_ Boone County Dates 1918-1936
Dates 1956-1970 2r.d Harvard, McHenryCo. Dstes 1936-1975
Dates 1970-1975 3rd Dates
Re 1 i g i on Lutheran
Political party, civil or social clubs^ sororities, etc. Republican Party,
Church groups, Grange ^^ _
Place of marriage to you'r Vathor C a pr^TT~lTT"rnoTs" "^ ^ate 20" July 1936
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Name Anderson, Colin Lee
P 1 a ce of birth_ Harvard,_1 11 i riol s
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Arnt 0. Anderson
olin Lee Anderson
iin 14 October 1943
rried 24 July 1971
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Father
B 3 November 1907
M 20 July 1935
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Alice R. Berg
Mother
B 5 March 1914
M 20 July 1936
D
Peder Anderson
* Great grandfather
Andrew B. Apderson :
Grandfather
1881
May 1904
1918
1841
Unknown
1913 Winter
_Irigaborg Lee „_
Great grandmother
1845
1915-1920
(Olson)
Anna Boerndollen
Grandmother
6 July 1886
3 July 1962
Peter Burg
Grandfather
B 1887
M Unknown
D
1918
Mabel Hanson
Grandmother
B 1889 -
D 1918
(Olson)
Arnie Boemdolleru.
1883
Louise Stenson
1867
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Hans Hanson
B Unknown
f4 Unknown
D
1940
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
1 . Interview Arnt 0 . Anderson
2. Interview Alice 0. Anderson
3 . Interview Rosella Jurgens
4. Morgage Papers Interstate Securities Co.
28 January 1914 Minneapolis, Minnesota
5. Morgage Note Tuttle State Bank
1 October 1917 Tuttle, Kidder County
North Dakota
6 . Promissory Note To Brick & Gust Anderson
6 March 1912 By Farmers & Merchants Bank
Hurdsfield, North Dakota
7. Church Records North Preston Lutheran Churc}
Lake Preston, South Dakota
8. Records of Births State Of Illinois
9 . Obituaries Of Andrew Rinqheim
Of Anna Ringheim
Of Anna Anderson
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Peder B. Anderson
My Great-Grandfather
Peder was born in the rural community of Voss, Norway in 1841.
Voss is a very small town located on the west coast of Norway near
the city of Berger.
This area produced such things as barley and hay. I have been
told that they were placed on tall poles to dry. This was done to
keep it away from animals and because of the climate.
Sheep and cattle were also raised in this area. They would be
taken up in the hills to graze every spring. This was the job of the
younger boys. Peder was of a farm family as were the majority of the
people in this area.
It is not kno^vTi if Peder had any formal schooling during his
youth. In Norway during this tim.e the education was handled by the
church or in the home by the parents.
Children learned to ski and ice skate at an early age and this
was a main form of recreation. A lot fishing was done (mostly Sardines)
both for food and fun.
Peder had relatives already in the United States. He had a
older brother in New York and a sister in Montana. Upon hearing
from them as to the great 'new c ntry, he decided to also make the trip.
Peder arrived in the United States atound 1861 after a long boat
trip. All the food for the boat trip had to be brought by the passen-
gers. This food was normally transported in handmade round wooden
barrels.
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The ship he sailed on went by water directly to Milwaukee, Wis-
consin. Upon arrival in Milwaukee the passengers purchased wagons
and supplies and headed west angling towards the south.
Peder first settled in the area of Aurora, Illinois in Lee County,
It is not known how long he stayed in this area or how much, if any,
land he had. Life must have looked more promising elsewhere because
he left Lee County, Illinois to homestead at Lake Preston, Kingsbury
County, South Dakota.
Peder arrived in the area of Lake Preston in 1879 and was en-
gaged in farming the rest of his life.
Ingaborg Lee
My Great^Grandmother
Ingaborg was also born in Voss, Norway in about 1845. At a
very young age both of her parents died from the plague, which had
swept through Europe.
She was then raised by neighbors who were Peder Andersons parents,
Peder and Ingaborg were raised almost as sister and brother.
Peder and Ingaborg came to the United States together but it
is not known if they were married in the United States or in Norway.
Peder and Ingaborg Anderson
Their Life Together
After briefly settling in Lee County, Illinois near Aurora,
they moved vest to Lake Preston, South Dakota. (Kingsbury County)
At that time, homesteaders were only allowed to settle on 80
acres of land. To get more land, most families got two homesteads
next to each other. Then they would put one in the husband's name
and the other in the wife's name. This gave my grandparents a total
of 160 acres to clear and farm.
During these years on the homestead, there was not much of a
social life. Transportation was slow due to the fact that there were
very few roads. To get around you had to walk or use a horse. The
main gathering would be on Sundays for church services. There was
no church building yet, so the people met in each other's homes.
As a result of there marriage, Peder and Ingaborg had seven
children. There names are as follows: Joseph, Leander, Bertha,
Lisse, Anna, and my Grandfather Andrew B. Anderson. There was also
a unnamed girl that died at birth. :*
Peder and Ingaborg spent the rest of their lives in Lake Preston
on their homestead.
Peder passed away during the winter of 1913 of natural causes.
Ingaborg lived a few years more, living with several of her grown
children.
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Arnie Olson
Arnie Olson Boe
Arnie Olson Boemdollen
My Great-Grandfather
You will notice that my great-grandfather has three names.
This was explained to me by my father as follows: The name Boemdollen
was the name of the family farm in Norway and was used as the last
name of the family. Upon migrating to the United States, Arnie shorten
his last name to just Boe. After several years in this country, Arnie
dropped the name of Boe and from then on used the name of Olson.
Arnie came to this country by ship in 1870 or 1871. He traveled
directly to Lake Preston where he settled.
He used to tell how friends of his from Norway were taken off
the arriving ships in New York and forced to join the army. This
took place during Civil War. My great-grandfather luckily arrived
just after the war.
Back in Norway the Boemdollen farm was located not far from
the Anderson farm. However, to get from one to the other, the people
had to cross a moutain which took about 3 days. The trip could also
be made by boat, but this was considered somewhat dangerous.
Arnie v;as engaged in farming his entire life in the United
States.
Arnie met his future wife after she moved to Oldham, South Dakota
which is about 15 miles south of Lake Preston. They were married in
the summer of 1883 in Oldham, South Dakota.
Louise Stenson
My Great-Grandmother
Louise was born in Western Norway in 1867. She arrived in this
country as a child with her parents.
Upon their arrival they settled in Coon Valley, Wisconsin which
is near LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
The family stayed there for several years prior to moving to
a farm at Oldham, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. This was located
about 15 miles South of Lake Preston and the Anderson family farm.
The two families became acquainted and in the summer of 1883 Arnie
and Louise were married.
The wedding took place in Oldham, Kingsbury County, South Dakota
The bride, at the time of the wedding, was only 16 years old. My
father recalls her saying that she had been talked into marring at
such an early age because there were too many kids in her family.
Arnie and Louise Olson
Their Life Together
Arnie and Louise met while both living in Kingsbury County,
South Dakota. They were married in the summer of 1883 in Oldham,
South Dakota at the home of her parents.
At the time of the marriage, they had purchased two 80 acre
tracks of land from Arnie 's brother. This land was located near
Lake Preston, South Dakota. Arnie was engaged in farming the rest
of his life.
There were thirteen children born of this marriage. All lived
to adulthood except one, which was not named.
The first child was Tina born in 1885, next my grandmother Anna
born in 1886. The following are: Martha, Jennie, Lina, John, Olie
(1900), Albert, Ella, Elvina, Martin and finally Nellie, who was
born in 1908 or 1909.
Andrew B. Anderson
My Grandfather
Andrew B. Anderson was born in Lee County, Illinois near Aurora
in 1881. His parents had a farm there.
The family stayed there for sometime prior to going to South
Dakota to homestead.
He lived the rest of his childhood on the farm near Lake Preston;
Kingsbury County.
He attended a one room country school in the area through the
elementary grades. It was often hard to attend classes in good
weather because farm work came first.
There was little social life during this time for the young
people besides the church functions.
Andrew and Anna Olson knew each other because of being raised
in the same area. They were married in the Spring of 1904. The
marriage took place in the North Preston Church, Lake Preston, South
Dakota .
Anna B. Olson
My Grandmother
Anna B. Olson was born in Lake Preston, Kingbury County, South
Dakota on the 6th of July, 1886.
She was the 2nd of thirteen children born in her family. She
was raised on the family farm near Lake Preston.
Anna attended public schools near her home up to the 6th grade.
At the age of 17 she married Andrew B. Anderson in Lake Preston,
South Dakota.
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Andrew and Anna Anderson
After their marriage in the Spring of 1904, they bought a small
farm near Lake Preston, South Dakota. (Kingsbury County)
On the 2nd of March, 1905, their first child, Mary, was born.
On the 3rd of November, 1907, their second child, my father Arnt,
was born.
Andrew realizing he had a growing family on his hands decided
he needed more land. He had heard how cheaply land could be gotten
in North Dakota. So in 1907, when my father was only 1 month old,
they moved to Tuttle, North Dakota to homestead.
Andrew had purchased 80 acres of land near Tuttle for $400.00.
His next move was to build a crude shelter to house his family. This
farm was located about 7 miles west of Tuttle. Within one year a
permanent home was built.
Tuttle was the largest city in the area with a population of
almost 350 people.
Transportation was hard because there were few roads and they
were in poor condition. Horses and wagons were main means of getting
anywhere .
During the next 10 years, 5 more children were born to them:
Gilbert 1909, Peter 1911, Jennie 1913, Albert 1915, and Annie in
1917.
Andrew was required to register for the draft in the early days
of World V.'ar 1. He never was called to service because of the size
of his family and his occupation as a farmer.
At harvest time, all the neighbors would work together to gather
the grain. The grain would be loaded in wagons and driven to market.
This trip would take one full day each way. For the return trip the
wagons would be loaded with food and supplies to last the winter
months. The winters in North Dakota were severe and the homesteaders
had to be self-sufficient. Travel was severely curtail during the
winter months.
Farming was not very profitable in this area because the land
was not the best. The family was sometimes hard pressed to make their
financial ends meet. Several times loans were made from the Tuttle
Bank to tide them over to harvest time.
The Norwegian language was spoken in the home at all times.
Andrew would received Norwegian newspapers from Minneapolis once a
month. The older children did not come into contact with English
till they started school.
Long hours of hard work left little time for recreation. The
church was the main gathering place for the area and only Norv/egian
was spoken in the church.
During this time I learned that there was a strong hatred between
the Norwegians and the Swedish people. They had as little to do with
each other as possible. It was strictly forbidden to date each other.
If a mixed marriage did take -place they would find themselves almost
social outcasts. • ■
Their life continued about the same till 1918 when diaster struck,
During this time a flu epidemic swept the mid-west. There were no
doctors in the area of Tuttle to help fight the spread of the epidemic,
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As a result many people died. Andrew 3. Anderson was one of the
victims. He was laid to rest in Tuttle, North Dakota.
The family had spent almost 11 years trying to homestead this
hard land. After the death of Andrew it was impossible to continue
farming the homestead because the oldest boy, my father, was only
11 years old.
The land was sold to help pay debts and the loan from the Tuttle
Bank. There was little or no profit from the sale.
Anna Anderson and the seven children moved back to Lake Preston,
South Dakota where most of their relatives lived. Back in Lake Preston
they lived in a house o-^^med by her father Arnie Olson.
Anna kept the family together by doing domestic work in the area.
The children also v;orked on nearby relatives and neighbors farms.
All of the children managed to get at least an 8th grade education.
However, to graduate from the 8th grade, they had to travel to the
county seat at Mitchell, South Dakota to take a full day of tests.
This was a long and hard trip to make in those days. Only two of the
seven were able to make the trip, Jennie and Annie. Annie was able
to complete high school and Jennie went on to a teachers college for
two years.
In those days a 2 year college degree was sufficient to teach
school. Jennie taught school until her marriage to Bruce Oliver of
Canton, South Dakota.
Anna Anderson lived on in Lake Preston until all of her children
were raised and married. She then moved to Canton, South Dakota and
lived her remaining years with her son-in-law and daughter, Bruce and
Jennie Oliver.
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Anna passed away on 3 July, 1962. She was laid to rest in a
cemetery about 3 miles southwest of Canton, South Dakota near the
Oliver farm.
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My Pather
My father was born on 3 November, 1907 in Lake Preston,
Kingsburg County, South Dakota.
At the age of about one month the family moved to Tuttle,
Kidder County, North Dakota to homestead.
His boyhood was spent doing normal chores for a boy his age
on a farm. He attended a one room school house that was located
about a half mile from their farm. The school had grades 1 thru
8 in the one room.
When my father was 11 years old his father died during a flu
epidemic that swept the midwest.
His family had to sell their farm and moved back to Lake Preston,
South Dakota. They lived in a house there that was owned by his
grandfather.
Back in Lake Preston my father completed his 8th grade education.
Between 1918 and 1929 my father worked on farms in the area that
were owned by relatives and neighbors. :'
During his youth he enjoyed going to dances at the town hall
or church. The church also had a baseball team that was very popular.
Regretfully some of the older church members took a dim view of base-
ball being played on Sunday. Since Sunday was the only day the young
people had free the baseball team finally had to disband. Other
activities were the Luther league which met once or twice a month.
They would have games and sleigh rides in winter months and roller
skating and boxing were very popular during this time.
In 1929 my father, his brother Gilbert, and a friend purchased
a 1917 Model-T Ford. They then' decided to take a trip to Illinois
to visit their sister, Mary. Mary had married Everett Mordt and had
moved to Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois. They drove non-stop over
bad roads to Rock Island, Illinois to visit some friends. The non-stop
trip took 72 hours. They spent one day there and then drove to
Harvard, Illinois. The trip from Rock Island to Harvard took another
full day. The entire cost of the trip was $11.25. This included
gas, oil and food for 3 people.
My father found that the pay for farm help was much higher in
Illinois than it was in South Dakota. By working on farms during
the great depression, he was spared many of the hardships felt by
many Americans. He was making $3 0.00 a month plus room and board.
In 193 5 he went into a partnership with a farm owner. This was
commonly known as farming "On Shares". This means the o\mer supplies
the land and my father the know how and labor and then they would
split the profit. This farm was located near Capron, Illinois in
Boone County.
My father belonged to the Capron Lutheran Church and sang in
their choir. This is where he met ray mother, Alice Ruth Berg. After
a courtship of about a year, they were married. The marriage took
place in the Capron Lutheran Church on 20 July, 1936.
Hans Hanson
My Great-Grandfather
Not much is kno^^m about Hans Hanson. He came to this country
from Denmark, but the date is not kno\sm .
He lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and was employed a
commercial artist.
Hans passed away in 1940 at the home of a daughter, Caroline
Carlson, in DesPlains, Illinois.
Hans had at least two children, Mabel and Caroline.
Mabel Hanson
Lived most or all of her life in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois,
She was the daughter of Hans Hanson. She was born around 1888.
She met and married Peter Burg in Chicago, Illinois.
Peter Burg
My Mothers Father
All the information I could find on Peter is that he lived
in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and was born around 1888. He
met and married Mabel Hanson in Chicago, Illinois.
Peter and Mabel Burg
Peter and Mabel were married in Chicago, Illinois. They had
at least (2) two children born from their marriages Alice Ruth Burg
and Irene Burg.
Mabels father, Hans Hanson also lived with them.
When my mother, Alice, was four years old she was in a Chicago
Hospital for an unknown illness. While she was in the hospital, both
her mother and father died of the flu epidemic of 1918.
Andrew S. Ringheim
My Mother's Foster Father
Andrew was born in Bonn, NorA>/^ay around 1855. He came to this
country with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Stark Ringheim in the 1870 "s.
His father. Stark, was a shoemaker by trade in Norway. Upon arrival
in Illinois the family was engaged in farming in the Capron area.
As a youth, Andrew was an avid skier in his native Norway and
used to tell how they would make their own skies.
Andrew met his future wife, Anna Schulestad around 1900 in
Capron, Illinois. (Boone County) They lived on neighboring farms.
Andrew and Anna were married in Capron, Illinois in 1901.
Anna Schulestad
My Mother 's- Foster Mother
Anna was born in Voss, Norway on the 1st of December of 1877.
She came to this country by boat in 1880 with her parents. The
family lived on a farm in Newark, Illinois for several years. They
then moved to South Dakota to homestead. This move did not work
out and they returned to Illinois after one year.
Her family nexted settled in LeRoy Township near Capron, Illinois
(Boone County) It was while living here she met and married Andrew
Ringheim.
They were married in Capron, Illinois in 1901.
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Andrew and Anna Ringheim
My Mother 's - Foster Parents
Andrew and Anna were married in Capron, Boone County, Illinois
in 1901.
To this union a girl and boy were born. The girl's name was
Rosella. The son died either at birth or at an early age. The boy
was never spoken of by Andrew and Anna, so no information is known.
They were engaged in farming just west of the LeRoy Center
School near Capron, Illinois for 21 years.
On the 1st of March 1937 they retired from farming. They
purchased a home in the village of Capron to spend their retirement.
However, Anna's retirement was cut short. She died of cancer at the
age of 60 years on the 28th of September 193 8.
Andrew went on to live to the age of 87 years. He passed away
in 1953 after a lengthy illness.
Alice Ruth Burg
My mother was born in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois on the
5th of March 1914.
Her first four years were spent living with her parents, her
sister Irene, and her grandfather, Hans Hanson.
When my mother was four years old she was in a Chicago, Illinois
Hospital for an unknown illness. While in the hospital both her
mother and father died from the flu epidemic that had swept the
Mid-west.
My mother and her sister Irene were separated after the death
of their parents. As a result they lost contact with each other
and the whereabouts of Irene remains unknown. My mother spent a
few months at the home of her aunt, Caroline Carlson in Chicago,
Illinois. After her aunt was unable to keep her any longer, she was
placed in a children's home. My mother spent the next several months
of her life at the Edison Park Lutheran Children's Home.
At about the age of 5 years, she was taken from the children's
home to a foster home in Capron, Boone County, Illinois. From this
time to the time of her marriage she lived with Andrew and Anna
Ringheim on a farm near Capron, Illinois.
She attended public schools in the area, graduationg from Capron
High School. Much of her 'free time was spent working on the farm of
her foster parents. She v/as as active as possible in school and church
activites. It was while singing in the church choir that she met my
father. About one year later on the 20th of July 1936 that they were
married in the very same church.
Amt and Alice Anderson
My Parents
My parents met while both were members of the Capron Lutheran
Church Choir, Capron, Boone County, Illinois.
They were married in this same church on the 20th of July 1936.
From the time of their marriage till 1957, they were engaged in
farming in the Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois area.
In 1937 they had their first son. Dean A. Anderson
In 1938 the second son Paul A. Andersen was born.
In 1943 their third and last child, Colin L. Anderson was born.
During the years from 1936 my parents always lived in the
Harvard area, hov/ever, they did live on several different farms.
The first farm they lived on was located near Capron from 193 5
to 1939. In 1939 they moved to farm number #2 on Route #14, north
of Harvard. The next move was in 1944 to a farm located about 15
miles north west of Harvard on the State Line Road. From there they
moved to a farm near the village of Lawrence. Lawrence is located just
3 or 4 miles north west of Harvard. The family lived on this farm from
1948 to 19 57.
During these years my father was instrumental in forming the
Harvard Grange. The Grange is a Nation-Wide Paternal Organization of
Farmers. My father besides being one of the local founders, also
served as the first "Master" of the local Chapter.
After retiring from farming in 19 57, the family purchased a
home with 3 acres on the south edge of Harvard. This is still the
home of my parents.
In 1951 my father went to work for the State of Illinois Hi-Way
Department. He worked for the State of Illinois from 1957 to 1965.
In 1965 as a result of a change of administration in the State of
Illinois, he lost his job which was patronage.
From 1965 to 1968 he worked in two local factories. Admiral
Corporation and Star-Line Incorporation, as a machine operator.
When the republicans returned to power in 1968, my father went
back to rfork for the State of Illinois. He worked there till his
retirement in March of 1974.
During my fathers years in Harvard, he has always been active
in the Republican Party. He has served as precinct Captain for many
years. He has also served several terms as Dunham Township Auditor,
which is an elective office.
My father was also very active in several church organizations.
He served several terms on the church concil of the Trinity Lutheran
Church of Harvard, Illinois. :'
During the years of farming my mother was real asset to my father.
Besides taking care of the household chores and raising three boys,
she also assisted with the farm work. She also found time to be active
in the Lutheran Church, Harvard Grange, and the Local 4-H Clubs.
After leaving the farm and moving into the city of Harvard, she
was able to utilize her talents. as an excellent cook. She became
employed from 1955 thru 1958 at the Harvard Community Hospital as
the head cook. She left that position to be the head cook at the
Christian Haven Nursing Home in Harvard. From 1965 to 1970 she
held the same position at the Admiral Corporation Cafeteria in Harvard,
Currently my father and mother are enjoying his retirement. My
mother still works but has cut back on the number of hours. They
have found that they have more time to travel and enjoy their home.
ANDERSON, JAY miiim, 1957-
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1. Your name JAY 'ift ILLIAh ANDBJtSON (TD // )
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FAMl LY DATA
Grandfather (your father's side )
N a me JQHN MNFQRD AInDERSON C urrent Residenc e
Date of birth DEC 29,I«yQ Place of birth Q^AND avEDEN
Date of death P_lace of burial SCAKDINAV UlN CEI'iETARY ^RKi-'D .
Kdncation(number of years);
g rr.de school_jg high school
Occupation (s )
vo cational
Col 1 e Be
^st Tooi, /(, niK
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Date s TQnn ^1Q91 1 s t [^n? -r^Tr.HriK-p AVKD a t es Jjlg_l9?i
2nd n.Ng.T? mr T.,^r.AT. ynnn .q'pates igPli-TQ'^T 2nd 797), nHOSRY ST. D a t e s ia2j^,^ja£x
3 r d _D ate s 3 r d ppQ), '^ftr-on h'F..'-' ate s X9$i=I^l£__ _
4 th Dates 4 th Dates
Relifiion T./JTHERAK
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
RkPliBLICAN , 3i/D FELLi:V^ -^- ^^SJN * ORDER Jf VIKI..GS
Place of Marriage to your grandmother jc^t LUTHERAN date ^/i^/igo^
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another
relative give that data on the back of this page. (A-1)
Grandmother (your father's side)
N a me HAKI'^. ( FF.TTOSON ) ANDERSON C urrent Residenc e
Date of birth Karch 30,1P9[| Place of b i r t h jx)UvEQRD_^-JLLl.-
Date of death JANUARY 19 j_ I$^(I_ _ t' 1 a c e of b u r i a 1 ^sj^j^^Q^yjAN,- ROCKFORD
Education (number of years):
grade school _8 high school
college
vocat ional
Occupation (s)
1st HOUSa. IFE
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
PEACE OF Ri'S I di;n(;e
(after leaving home-)
_1 s t_^02_JIGiiIAm JJIl^-l^'' t ^ '-^_I9i$_I22ij
__2 n d I911i CROSBY _STi_._ U a t e s lS2h^l^<J__
_ 3rd Dates
4th Dates
Religion HITHIiIRaN
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
ORHRR nv KA.qTF.RN _STAE.-_*^iiEBECAiL.LDDG£ —
I'lace of marriage to your i', r.ind f a t li e r j^gij. LUTHERAN date 6/13/19Q3^ _
NOTi:: If your lather was raised 'io age 18) by a stepmother or
another relative give that d.it.i on the b .1 c k of t. h i s p.i;',e
(A-2) .
A -2 Step grandfather (your father's side)
Name
Current Residence
Date of birth_
Date of death
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years')
grade school high school
Cw 1 lege
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4 th
Rel i c; ion
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
lst_
2nd_
3rd_
4th
voca t ional
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Da t es
Dates
Dates
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother
B-2 S te pgrandmo ther (your father's side)
date
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Current Residence
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years):
grade school high school_
coll ege
voca t iona 1
Occupation (s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4 th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving liomi')
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
4th
D a t e s
Re 1 i glon
Political party, rivll or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
Grandfatlier (your mother's side) 4
N .1 111 e WILLIAM HARVEY ^Current Res i d <.nce_^ __
D.ite of birth DECEiXB^ 2$, 189l| ■ Place of b i r t li ^RGyLE,_ ILLINOIS
D;ite of death APpjL 13. 19Lt6 Place of b ur i a 1 SMTTISH_GEl^ARY- _ARYGI£jIIJ^
Eduration (number of years):
grade school 8 high school U vocational college ?
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1 s tJARKEE _D ate sl913-1933 1 s t ;.RGYLE.ILL. D ate s ENTIRE LIFE
2nd ___^ Da tes 2nd Da t es
3rd Da tes 3rd ^_________ Da tes
Ath Dates 4th Dates
Religion
PRESBYTERIAN
i I i c a 1 parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, (i I c .
DEMOCRATIC , MASON CHURCH CHGANIZATIONS
Place of marriage to your grandmother ROSCQE^^. ILLINOIS fl'H- *-^ pCT» 26jl913 _
Nt)l'l''.: If your mother was raised by a stepfather or another relative (in
av, e 18) give that data on the back of this page (C-l)
Grar. dr,io ther (your mother's side)
Name MAUDE DEGROFF HARVEY Current Residence
Date of birth APRIL 19,1897 Place of birth ROSCOE,ILL
Date of death DECEMBER 3t 1971 Place of b u r i a l^C.QIXiaLj;i;i2Ei;;^iJ_.jjiYGLE,ILL
Education (number of years)
grade school 8 high school h _vocational ^college 3
Occupation(s) PLACE OF R L.S I D I:NC1':
(after 1 e a v i n ;,'. ho m e )
1st I'EACHER Dates 190$ -19 13 __1 s C _ARGYI£^ILL Da i c^ s ENTIRE LIFE
2nd Dates 2nd Da 1 c:;
Dates 1905-
-1913
1st
Date s
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
4 th
3rd Dates 3rd U.il es
4 th Dates 4th Dates
R e 1 i g i o n CONGREGATIONAL CHANGED TO PRES .
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
DEMOCRAl'IC CHURCH-CIRCLES-AJO- -ORG-. .
I' lace of marriage to your g r a n d f a t h e rjiOSC.OE4._ILL Dale OCT. 26,1913
NO'i'i;: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relal Ive (lo
'^' ^' grlve th»t d«-ta on the back of this page (D-:')
C-~ S tepgrandf a the r (your mother's side)
Name
Date of birth_
Date OL death
Education (number of years)
grade school liigh school
Occupaticn(s)
1st
:nd_
3rd_
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Current Residence
Place of birth
Place of burial
voca t iona 1
col lege
_lst_
2nd_
_3rd_
Ath
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Da t es_
Dates
Dates
Dates
R e 1 i g i o n
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother
S t epgrandrao t her (your mother's side)
Date of bir th_
Date of death
Date
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupatlon(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Current Residence
Place of birth
Place of burial
vocal tonal
■ ( ) I 1 c >; (
.1st
2nd
4th
PLACE OF RKSIDKNCE
(after leaving home)
Date s
Re 1 1 gion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Dates
Dates
D ,1 t e s
Place of marriage to your grandfather
1) a t e
All
.DREN of A S, B (or A-2 or B-2 ) - your father's name should appe.ir below
~ date APRIL 190U
Name mNFRED KENNETH ANDMISON
Place of bir th ROCKFORD,ILL .
Number of years of schooling^ T? Occupation_
Res i denctROCKFORD Marital S t a t u s MARRIED
DRAFTSMAN
Number of children
D e a t h APRIL, 193U
N .-1 m e IDA PEARL
Place of birth ]p{nPKy.->Bn^TT.T.
Number of years of schooling
R e s i d I' n c e M arital Status
d a t e 1906 DIED IN INFANTCY
Occupat io n
>. Number of children
_jaUi-l'lILTmL.AEDifiS01L
D e a t h
N a m e ^_
Place of birth Bor.KFnRD.ILL
Number of years of schooling l6 '
Residence DEKALB, ILL Marital Status
Number of children
date AUG. lij, 19l5
-tlA^^M)
at ion PF:HS0UKL M N '.GER
Death
N a m e ROBERT- i}iiSTA.¥E_AHlJLRSQN
Place of bi r lliROCKFORn ILL
Number of years of schooling 12
Res idence
d,,te AUG. 6. 1917_
I _ ()r.ul,at I oT; FOOD SANITARIAN
Number of children
N a m t^ _
Place of birth
Ri-r.KFnRD, IIX
Marital Stat
death
MARRIED
d a t c
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Oc c up a I i on
N umb e r of children
Death
N a m e .
Place of birth . dat(
Number of years of schooling .. .
Residence Marital Status
Occupation
Numbe r of children
death
N a m e ^___
Place of bir t h
Number of years of school ing_
Residence .
date
Occupa t ion_
Nuiube r of children
Mar i tal Status
death
Name
Place of birt h^
Number of years of schooling
Residence ^
Number of children
d a t e
Occupat ion_
Marital Status
death
N a m e
d a 1 1
Place of b I r L h
N limber ol vears of schooling
Residence Marital S[atus
^'umber of children deaLh_
Oc c upa t ion
Name , .
Place of birth <l;»t<-
Number of years of schooling __^
l>,.s idence Marital Status
Number o 1 cli" i "] 'dVe'n ' . . >' ^ ' ■" ' '
Oc (• upa t Ion
7
CHILDREN of C and D (or C-2, D-2')-your mother's name should appear below
1. Name I^RSNCE RAY>10\T) mARVRY
Place of birth 'il.rnC'KTA ^TLL date JAN. 30.1911:
Number of years of schooling 12 Occupation SALSSi^lAK (RETIRED)
Residence VAVSA'J^ \n ISC . Marital Status MARRJSD
Number of children N^^NE death AFftIL 17,1976
-• Name RQ^.-t •^Tl.i.TtM --iARVEY
Place of birth r.AL^DOMA.ILL date AHIIL 19.1919
Number of years ot schooling 12 Occupation NAVAL OFFICER (LT. C
Rcsidence-.<^S-{INriTON^ D.G. Marital Status MARHISD
Numborof children U death
Name JSAN' ELTJABETH HARVSY ANDERSON
Place of birth MglDIKB ^ILL date JUNE 6,19 ?!;
Number of years of schoolin g 12 0 ccupation
Residence RXiCFORD Marital Status MARRIED
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schoolin g 0 ccupation
Res i dence Mar i tal S tat us
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children • death
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Numb<'r of children death
Ma me
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children-. death
Place of birth date
Number of yearH of schooling Occupation
RiHldc-nre Marital Status
Miiinhrr of children death
Your Father
Name ROBERT G. ANDERSON
Date of birth AUG« 6, 11^17
_Current Residence ^^^h OREaON AVE. ROCKFQRD,ILL
Place of birth ROGKFORD,ILL
Date of Death
Place of burial
EducaLion (number of years)
grade school 8 high school I|_
vocational
college
Occupation (s)
1st gr.n,iy ^i^r'- Dates 1933-1 9Ul
2nd ARMY Dates iqIiI.iq),),
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st |,n? HTUHT.ANn ATO D a t e s xg] y,] fj?[^
2nd igil| r.ROSRY
DateSL22ii=iiS
3rd FOOD 3ANITARTAK Da t esiQl,),.i qy^
4th Dates
Religion T.inHRRAN
3rd 3997 r.AT.TVnRNTA RD Dates
Ath 7739 MARYLAND RH. ^ -J t e s ] 9|,7.).9
200li DRKGON AVE 19U9-76
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
mSON BALTIC LODGE
Place of marriage to your mother AHGYLE
date.
-12ilS.-
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that data
on the back of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
Name JEAN ELIZABETH HARVEY ANDERSON
Date of birth
JUtJ£6, 192h
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school 8 highrschool
Current Residence 200li OREGON AVE
Place of birth BELVIDERSi
Place of burial
vo c a t iona 1
college
Occupation(s)
1st HOUSBftlFS
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Datesl9li5-196g 1st 3327__CALg^ JD__. Da tes jjl|g-L7
2ndeLERK*SUPERVISCil
3rd
4th
Date s 196$ "197 6 2 n d 3232 MARYLAND RD_. D a t eWhl^_^
Dates 3rd 2Q0U OREGON A^/E. Da t esL9j49:-75_
Dates Ath Dates
Religion_LiJTH£HAN_
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
P 1 a c e ASQY idk r r i a g e to your father ARGYLS
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data
on the hack of this page (F-2).
_datejijii£2^_^LQ]^
E-:
Stepfather
Name
t ■'
Date of birth
Date of death
er
of years )
high school
Dates
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (numb
grade school
vocational college
Occupation (s)
1st
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates
2nd Dates
2nd
Dates
Dates
Dates
3rd
3rd Dates
4th
4th Dates
Religion
fraternities, etc.
Political par t i
es ,
civil or social clubs,
PLace of marriage to vour mother
F- 2 Stepmother
Name
Date
Date of birth
Date of death
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
voca 1 1 onal
college
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home) I
1st Dates i
-2nd
3rd
Ath
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
»'laff of marriage to your fathc'r
date
10
CHILDREN OF E AND F (or E-2,F-2) -YOUR NAME SHOULD APPEAR BELOW
Name JAMS hILTON ANDRSSi^N
Place of birth BnryFnHri, TT.L ])ai<^ of birth JULY 20. 19U6
Number of years of schooling 22 Occupation ELECTRICAL ENG.
Residence |v]TrLCAlTlor.F. WTS. Marital Status MRR lED
Number of children MONE death
Name JON BHRRRT A NnKRSON
Place of birth RnCKFORn, TLL Date of birth APRIL P, 19u9
Number of years of schooling 1? Occupation SALESMAN
Residence 2110 HECKER AVE. Marital S t a t u s^^^^ ^j'P
Number of children 1 death
Name .liNThJF. KAY ANDKRSOtJ CHAMBERLAIN
Place of birth NOV. 6^ 19*^2:- Date of birth ROCKFQRD, I L
Number of years of schooling 1? Occupation
Residence ?010 ES. TiATE Marital Status MARRIED
Number of children 1 death
Name^
Place of birth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth__ _Date of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Mar i tal Status
Number of children death^
Nam e
Place of birth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Mar Ital Stat us .
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation_
Residence^ _Marital Status
Number of children death
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PART 1
A. PATWNAL GRANDFATHSR**»JOHN M. ANDIRSO»
B. PATERNAL GRANDKOTHIR**f!AKMH MATHILDA A MDERSON( PETERSON)
C. JOHN & HAImMH ANDERSON
D. ROBBRT G. ANDERSON
J PART 2
A. MATERNAL GRANDFATHSR■>HH(^^'ILLIA^i HARVSI
B. MJi.TKRNAL GRANDMOTHER-SHtMAUDB URSUU «ARVlY(DiGROFF)
G. WILLIAM & MAUDl EARVIY
D. JSAN HARVEI ANDSRSOK
PART 3
IFl OF JIAK AKD ROBERT ANDERSON
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rilLTJA A.KD/|,S»n^ TO GO ir^'iU lijK SPANISH Ar-V^IGAIJ IftArl .
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WAS STTLL ^Bl.Ti TD SK?.' .v^WY 0?' nI8 OLJ: I'pflll.DS.
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V^'V THKL.!' SONS v. KRK I-iANF?AD, '6.Ph IN flXKrORD IK 190U. ^J.iH K1L70S
eO"M Iri *OC^F■'?D,JLLI:oIS, AuGUST lli,19l5. f:03nf,T Q. ^KrahSON ^:KN
AL^GUST fc,l?l?. iA::!»KD .^>. ", '^ ■ fe.D KAIL KMOt!T. J-Sftf.i'^i.D II^U iN 1931.
jy.}' vILTON /Af*".lfeD F'fLLlS S-.ALSON AM< KKSiiJkS ]N I.biv,iLB,Ii.L.
WPH'^? !!• IS ?.'.^S3NNAL iiAivAGPrt V Jh 3h?iBii.l GH^i:N& GO. I^.J[jl.?:T 0.
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PKTtJlSON GENi,ALOGY(PATi!,RNAL)MOTKi,RS SIDS.
THl PSiTftRSON P'Ai-JLI AARIVkD FrlOM a.LDiiK TN [m LATL IPOO's
AND S^iTlLKD IK NE.-. HILFGftD AMD Ln TiK MOVED TO ROCKFOR'S
IaST SID*;. JOHN Pira,^SON I^T Ar,D MRRJIiD KMILI BjjDiV|^UIST IN
nOGKFO!!D. BECAUSE OF TRADIIIO^ OF THE SaEDISH FAhlLIiS GflANGING THIIR ^Ai'Ji
l;VKRY GRMJ^ATION IT IS VKf^Y FfAKD TO TRACK ANCi,STrlY BEFORi IHFY CAi-i, TO
Ai-rp,«ISA. IT TS KiJCW TIAT JOHN PiTMSON AND HIS WIFI ErilLY LIVi.D
IN N&V MLFOKD DURING T^'ailR lARLY KARRIED Yi;A?-S AP'D 'l^ ALKED SUM)AY MORNINGS
TO THl FIRST LUTHHtAN CHURCM IN ROCKFBRD. JOHN lAT6.^. MOVF.D HIS
FAMILY TO i^OCKFORD A^D BfGAN .. BUSIIjI-SS Oi^ SEVENTH STRi*T. Hi. FI'^ST
wEi\'T INTO IMi SnO^ BUSINESS WHICH TURNftD OUT TO BE VKRI PROFITABLE.
H£VAS ABLI. TO PWCHASK AN iKIIRE BLOCK T4AT Ha'SLS UKIOv'S
DRUGS N» . T:SIR KOMi VvAS OK THE COi^NSR OF 7th ST. AND I4TM AVE.
IN LAT5R Y1,ARS HP: 'w^.NT INTO A CONFIbCTINARY STORi ON 7T4 STREET.
HIIaAS IN BL'SINESS MORS THAN FII'TY YSpRS THRRb; m AND EMILY NAD TKN
GHILDRW*. THi FOJRTf? BORN WAS M GRAKDPiOTHWl HANNAI . T?It,Ift wHILDRiN
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HANNAH PETHISON WAS hi: GRAKDMOTHLR. SMI. GfliW UP ON 7T«
STRKST AKD LIVkD H.<R tNTIfti. LlP^li ON Tfii kAST SIDfc OF ftOCKJ-'ORD.
SHI mW-ISiD JOHN M. ANDERSON. THIS UNION TOOK PLACt JUNli. 1903.
THfcYVvKRE M».R'*Il!.D IN THE BRiDiS HOMt. HANNAH AND JOHN BUILT IHFIR
FIRST HOME ON HIGHLAND AVSNUt AND LIVED THME UNIIL IH-SY PURCKAStD A
GROCERY STORS BET\\X,gA' CHICAGO AND LONDON AViKUE ON CROSBY STRtKT.
THEY RAN THIS GROGK''I STO^E TOGSTH-R. TH'fcY FIAD FOUR C'lILD- t- N.
THEIR FIRST BORN VvAS MANFRED, JOHN MILTON WAS SECO'iD AND
ROBSnT G. (hY FATHER) VvAS T4IRD. A BABY GIRL, IIU, DIED AT APJ EARLY
AGE. IV;ILL TELL MORE OF ROB?='T } . IN A LTSF. PAPM.
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ROBERT G. AI-.TOSSON, IftAS BJRN AUGUST 6,1917 IN nC/JKFQP-DjLL.
SON OF HAi*iAH A>,D JOhN ANDSJ-lSOU. ftOBERl AT'lEKDiB HIGHUlffl GRADii
SCH'XL AM) GR>.UUAT«D FROK CEKTPLAL HI H SCHOOL. HE SPENT THl
FlJlST SIX TiAAS LIVING ON HIGHLi^ND AVENUi IK THE KIGHL.-ND REGION
OF sOCHFOnD. WHIN HKWAS SIX HIS PAIISNTS B'UGHT A STORS ON
CROSBY STREET, ROGKI.\)RD,ILL. AND HE LIViD THERE UNlIL HIS I-ARnlAGK.
IN 19L1 h% ENTERED THE ARMY. HE WAS F3RST STATIO^ED AT GAIiP
C?.3FT, N. OJtOLlNA AMD WAS THEN STATIONED AT CA^iP FOR?.EST, TSNN.
BEING THERE VrrilN PP.ES. ROOSEVELT DEC UR ED WAR Of. JAFAN. HE
IMMEDIATELY ..AS SEKT TO GU-^^D A DAI^iN IN CHATANOOGA, TENN. ■■£ THEN
-WAS SENT OVERSk^S BElDG 0^1.. OF THE FIJIST TO LU.K THE UNITtD STATES
AFT:R THE WAR BrtOKS OUT. V.HEN HE LEFT THE olMTED STATES HE HAD KO
IDEA V^HEHI Hi WOULD BE SENT KW ENDEj UF IN AUSliLALIA. HE STAYED
THERE FOR A Sn RT TIME AI-:D THEN h kS SENT TO G ADAGAIAL ^t D SAV.
AKD T':OK PART IK THE DIFPrCULT aVITLt OF GUaDA.AIAL. HE wAS IN
GUADACANAL aBOuT F,..HR MONIHS AI.D TiiEN WAS SENT TO THE FIGI ISLA:.D.
HE ALSO WAS SFRVED Tim ON J,li. CALEDOI^IA Ai,D THIS In AS V.^T-HE THE
Al-iSRICAL DIV. OF THE ARMY V. AS FORMED. HE CAi»ifc. ROME F^OM THE
AP^MI AND \nENT TO WORK AT WOOQ-JARD GOV^INOR. HE WORKED THERE FOR
ABOUT A YEAR A'lD THEN WENT TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF ROCKF'ORD HEALTH
DIPT. HE HAS BEEN IN HEALTH SINCE. HE HAS THIRTY ONF YKAF.S IN
HEALTH WORK.
ROBERT WAS BAPTIZED A^ CONFIRMED IN THE LUTHERAN FAlTh.
HF W'AS CONFLRMiD AT EMMANUEL CHURCH Ai::: IF A ffiKBER THE?^.K hOt: .
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THAI CHPI?TIAKITY fHlST 'i OOK ROOT IF! T:(LVhST'*N HIOHLaNDS OF SGOIUND.
KIi.T/Ri. IS rJVILFD IFTO T,. 0 DISTPICTS «R P.^MSnLS. THFY AftL G.M'iPlit.LlOf. N AfiD
SOLTH FND. IT WAS f-ROH TH^S!. IV. 0 DISTbiCTS THaI TiiL PIONiitftS OF Tris, ftRGYLF ShTT'-
LFKr.MT IN ILLINOIS CAKT..
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CIiY Or LONDOFjIT ^A^ CALLED Ydi "HLACK PUajF" . JT V.>S IF?FCTiOUS A'-D A G«kAT
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THFSF V.^F'^F T''t GOVT. ,Ar TF'»S :^F SCOTLAND. TKF Fi.Aft>^.jIS OF A?^GYLI,,
BFIN3 A C0V1.KANT'P HIMS^-LP, GAV^ TiifK hJ^. Y 0 J'0'?TUM1Y IN H^S PCVvrR.
MY AKGtSTO^S Or IH^ A'lGYL*^ Ss-TTLEM^ NT WKHF THL Dlftls-CT DFSC'-NLAFTS OF THk.
COViNA'v"i*f:S O? SCOTLAND. SOi'if-- KM BOAST OF /iOYA .,TY BUT TO BK T; I'^h LINl.
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TH5 P'AMjLY OT' ..ILLIAK M"APrVi.--Y V.AS ON T i » GL-'.'hrS. .- ITH u iLLiAM r. bftk -tlS
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KNavN. or THtilK ^,.H3u)P.KN I-iY OlfttCT Df.Si.f KDI'NT IS TH>:.Ii* f 'U'ftG«.ST SOU
DAMiL. DAiJiL wAS BOnh ii; 1851-, AT AriOiLk ,I:.LIN0IS. Hi- "tfcAJiBfcRi.D
AS A Si'-iALL BOY TH"-.. INLIAKS MAKING '.H-'li't WAY TO'rtlSCwWSIN G/tOSolNG TilLlR
FARM. T^•Y FAS ■'iU 'ii .^.OUGH TMIS LOOA^J'IY 0>: i Hi' IR W sola iV^< 2'iAii.Grt 10
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THi "NDTANS .ilORATID, GOING SINGLE FILS ACROSS T~n, l^rAlr'Tfe., CAftiaiN^: THEIR
CHILD'?. N KM) LITTLE BfcLONGIi«S. IKDJAh TjIAjuS CuUlD BL THACdT. FOJi iLaRS
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DAM:L G. WAS BOHN uN A FARM ON .,5.ST L^Ub. . T^ilS IS N a nWTi- 173.
HTS pATi'^R "/.ILIJAM HAD T«.Kl'.N THf La.ND JP K«0H 'iM'a. GOVift.M,:,T . FlVt,
'•SM^PATTOMS OF HAnVT^TS 'ulWl OW IHAT fAiiiK UMIL HiING SOi^D SO I*-'?
JUJNOIS TOLuvAY COULD GO T'!»OUGH . D^.Mi'i. G. HARVtY lAtiV liD L'ARY
H'RVIl. I HAV' TOLO Ilv A S!P'''^ATG 01 X'!7r, .v.hcl.-ae,. ii> VA^.ll>-l) ALi.
JF MTS iJKF A.x'b ALSO 'wltOTfc' A B.IOK ^iB iu'I "i!-""*' ii*.P:uY i.i"f K I N T>^E SCOTTISf"'
SJTjLi.WiNT, .1i< THIS UNION FO-J!» CKILnRt.!*. -> t.^.i. 3a=:K : THi.l v. > nh, :
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KY GRArn? FATF.B:? V;AS wILLIAM. >'f.L]p,h jS UN MARl^]?.,D > rjj LiViS » T 'IHE
pw^'SP^'T TIMI; IN 1*^ ALM* KiLSOK f^LJ^SI^G t^Oi-'A,. i'lKM I'Aff.Tlh JJRN «»LSTOM
Ar.'D d'^fV- IN' 1968. AALLACtTMAW JED V^?.A SCHILLING AW) Dlr-D i« 19ii7.
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NOT TO hUGH IS KKQv Or THK FAi-JL^ Of flARVIE lOSCiPT THAT THiT
V^'ERK FOR K^NI YEARS LIGHT HOUSEKEEPERS ON THfc ISLfc OF MM.
TMi ISLE OF i'AN IS A LIllLfc. ISLE IN TFJ, WISH StA ABOuT l/?
WAY P]f:lV:EEI^ SCOTL»fiD At-D IHKLAi^llJ. IT HAS A VBJ'.Y RUGGED COAST
LIK6; AivD HAS tUD A LIGHT H'JuSE THW-E FOR Gk-NTURIES.
IT MAKES IT A LITTLE GONFUSING BECAUSE KY GRAf.'DFATHER
DANB:L RARVEY MRWIKD a MRY HARVIl. THE a* I'll LAST NAl-lI, V« ITH A
DIFFERENT SPELLING. MY GREAT GR.i^I!U MOTHER GR&v^ UP IN CAMPSLTa.'N, SCOTUND.
MY GREAT GRANDFATKR V.AS DORl\i IN ARGYLf. , ILL. SOME ROn HI, BEGAN
kRlTTNG TO MAf.Y RARVIK Af.D rftJPOSED TO ~'iR 3Y Li-.TTaR AND THi,N V."ENT TO
SCOTLAND AKD MA.RRffiD HSR. MY G-iEAT GRANDMOTHEH DI^'S Al AGE 38. SFE
MRRIED DANIF.L HARVt;Y AKD I'HEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN . THE OLDEST ONE
BEING 'ft ILLIAM, MY GR^ANDFATFER.
I 1/vILL GO FURTHE'! INTO THIS wHILE DOING THE PAPER ON IKE HARVEY SIDE.
tftRI HARVIE IS BU?,IED IN THE SCOTTISH CfiilElAr i AT AftGYLE,ILL.
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WILLIAM BARV£YWAS BOR Df:C. 25, 189h Ofv IHI- FAMILY FARM LOCATED ON
VEST lAM. KE WAS BORM ON THE FAMILY FARM TAKEN UP FROM THi GOVKRKfcNT BY
HIS GRANDPA THSR. HE LIVED HIS fcNTIRi LIFE IN THE ARGYLK SETTLEMENT AREA.
Hi WAS VERY ACTIVE IN WIL.On" CRtEK CWURGH BEING BOTH BAPTIZED AND
CONFIRMiiD IN THAT CHURCH. HE ATl'iNDt,D BR(>JNS BUSIKESS COLLEGE IN
ROCKFORD. HE MARRIED MUD! U. DEGROFF AND THIS MARRlAGfc IS INCLUDi-D IN
A SEPERATE PAPER UfJDER THE DEGROFF SIDE. WILLUM AND MAUDE HAD 3 CHILDREN
WHICH WERE:
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JEAN IS MY MOTHER AND I WRITE MORE ABOUT HSR 0.. A SEPERATE SHEET.
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MY GSAM*iOTHiaiS MIDKN N.\h£ WAS JJEGROFI- . TdlS FAaILI OHIGIN^TSD IN
HOLLAND, CQtaNG To A.- -tlGA li< ABOUT TH£ EAIILX 1800' ». NOl TOO hUCH IS
Kf.'OI AB >01 THE fAKIi.1. AS FAh HACK AS CAN Bi TRACED Id EC wkni Aii«AyS
FARMiittS. MY MOliM CAN KEiMLi'iBriK MAKI Tt-.ItJGS TOLD TO WlH HI
HHl OHANDFATHKn. «&. K-M Ai^O ABLE. TO FIJ.D AN OJJ PIGToRk IM iCT CR-AT
ORAK'DMOl-fffiRS Bi-LONGimS THAT LISTiD ON TriE BkC'^ SOHE PISTIrfF-NT •;
TNF'IRMATION. .... i. - ^
raiS FAMILY SKTTLSD IK PENNSYLVANIA KM) WeJiL CONSIDFiuD Flt^'SYLVAI^lA
DUTCH, TH£ NAMS DSGROFF WAS SHORliKtD FROM VAN DSGhOFF , ,
wfc KSa« T-fAl m C?.FAT O.KKAT CHKAT G' AK"uhOT,-fER SLIZA DF.GROFFCa'F.STHIP)
WAS BURN DiXJ&nBfctt 2$,161h. KHS ^iAFl?.]ED Th'E FIHST TIl-IS IN 1P37. SH¥ WAS
LEFT WiDQv IF 1852. SHt T4FN HARRIED HY GREAT GJfKAT CRKAT GRAKDFATHJrC PHILBttM)
THIS MARR3AGfc TOOK PLACI DSClFiSVH 25,1673-
THfcY LFFT -FNN. IN 1895 AND CA>1EV«VST TO iiOSCOK . i-lY Q EAT GRKAT GRSAT
GRAMDFAT'HflS HAD A BROTHER VsHO HAD SKTILKD ASOJND THMK SO Hfc CAMS TO HIS LOG CA^BIN.
THIS SAMS, GRAMiFATilKkeAS LATTER KILIXD PULLING A LOAD OF GRAIN FROM HOSGOS
TO CHICAGO TO TRADi FOR SUPPLIES. IT WAS A BITTER COLD DAI AND HK HAD GOTTfiN S
OfT OF THE WAGCffl TO WALK, PROBABLY TO WARM ^IP AM) SLIPFFD BNDtR THI WHIiFL
AND WAS KILLED IlS-tEDI.ATSLI. THIS T .lOK FLAGS AT BIG FOOT, WISC.
MY GR-AT GREAT GRUT GRAKDFiO'WKR DIfc.D JUNE 8,189U. SHI LIV^.D TO BI PO
YiAJlS OLD. ^^
OF THl SECOND KARPIAG?, A SON WAS BORN AND WAS NAMED AU'.XANDIR 'SG-RC»'F
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T-tO* -A WH.4AA''..* .[/WAH a^^ .HA »(J10H f-.A* «0r: A JIOAI.«!«>jM aHOOiJe IHT TO
DSCaCSF GfcMtA.LOGI--GRANDhOTH]LR (MTtRNAL BIDfc.)
FROM THE MAilRIAGl OF LLIZA AND P^IlLSiJAN D&GltOFF A SJh, ALSXANDSJt,
WAS BCmN. THIS WOULD BK MY GREAT GRiAT GRANDFA'iriWt . THIS FAI-ilLY AL. -YS
' LIVtD kR'Juhij ROSGOt ANDW^JtE FAflKEP.S. IfiSY OvNED A FARM JUST :.:«TH
Oh KOSCOl!. kabU IHfe jLLlr.OlS TOLL ROAD NOh IS. Of THIS u^.ION,
FOUR SONS AND OW*. DAOGHTtH iwAS DC^IN. THE OLDk^T SON BiJNO Kl GR£AT
GRAM)FATHLft. ALtXANDUt HARfilLD RHODA I4fe,RGriANT IN ROSCOK BUTaK COULD
NOT f IND IHS DAT! OF THIS UNION. THi CHILDRKNS i-AMlt i.'.VKE FRAM,
LaSTaA, AiiT,ALk.X. AW SRACk. ftHODA, TKi /-lOTHLR WAS t^iOi.li iOK i-.ILKS
"aROUMD AS"AUNT RHODII* AhiDWAS AiftATS GALLSD ON IN CASSi OF SIGHji-.SS,
CHILD BIRTH AK'D ANY Tli-a. k^Y ONK iSbi-lMD A ri&hPlNG HAhQ. OF THIS FAvJLY
MY DIRECT BSSCfeNai.T WAS KWNK. Ht, «AS HI GRiAT GRAICFATHIA.
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TAJ-il? m -'JliS h .tiflOH 8AW lOTHDUiU jWL^
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ej^il.n J»Ci ilanTCft Vt*.t ,AGCli« .SOAJW (MA .U
,--. Ajva *j iKAO w fio aajJA'j aiAwLiA SArfonA "iiauHfl va_ja"&a c.
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DEGROFF Gi.W&ALOGY»» MAT^AWAL SIDl««GHANDKOTH!<Jl
FRANK DKROFF WAS BORK IK Fi.MCHS STSR, L'JONf: COUNTY, Il-LIK'OTS
AP^TL 3, 1861. HF. "rtAS THI FT??ST .^OflN SON OF AL OCArDf-l AND RHOfA't (MS-fMART)
riGROFF. Iffi LIVED IN THI ROSCOB -8VLIT AR'J. HIS rNTlRI LIFK AND FARMKb OK
THK SAM FARM FOR 65 YfcARS. "F H'l ftT Af;D I-iARhlED EDITH W . G't-'JCk-ilK OF
ROSCOS, IL'IN'JIS JAK'JAP.y 2?, 1RP6 IN THE H0;#, OF T-!i; B!=HDI . RKV. H.P. HIGLEY
FRKFORhSD 1W. CI-irEHOIT.
FSANK AND IDIT'i MsAT AT H5R FATHf^^s ■ IDK.^ hlhL A iD TKrSDiATKLY W&RF.
ATTRACTS-D TO '^ACH Ol'Hfcft. EDITH VJ A 3 NOT WilTF- 18, KAWK ftAS ?3. OF THIS
UMON T!^R£E CHILDREN y. iltl. B;31N. THEY WEH6 i-AUDE, £ARLE, hm HARVEY.
MAUDB.WAS 30KN AI^.IL 19'IH lP-67. SHE V, AS i'ii GRANDFiOTril.fl. BArLBWAS
BORN AT P.OSOS i'AY ?eth,lF89 AND niF.D IN HIS YoJTH . riF I'lfiD S&Pl'. 5T!i,l896
in ROSCO^., ILL. Ft^:RVi;l G0JIV,1K DKGRO.^F v.A'^ BJiNAI^.IL l?th,190r7 AND NU-
RSSinSS IN FRtSPOKT. irS FAF.M^-ID FOR MANY YFAHS A»0UM) T^SCAIO. ICA AND IS
MOr.' HITIF^SD.
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DEGROFF Gf.Nr"ALOGY**mTK^N*L SIDE>*
01 THE Uf'ION OF tHKM AND ' DIIH(COuEwirO THLIft lAUGmUt IS HY
DT!«SCT D&C?:TJDENT. hi^.UDE URSULA 'w AS BOfth II- R05C0E, ivIWsIib».00 COUhTX
ILLINOIS ATF.IL 19TH,ie87. SHE GRAriUATLiJ l-tiOil ROSCO*. HIC'J SCHOOL AMD
VAS O'Ak OF T;{E first GR/-DUAWS FROM ntKi.LB COLU-GK, NOK KNOf^N AS NCRTHERN
ILLINOIS. r>H£ TAUn-rIT SCHOOL fOR i-IA.NY YL^^RS RLFefti, H5.R mRRlAGK TO
kILLIAM VAUV^ OF ARGYLl, ILLINOIS . THEY WSAK MAP.HISD BY REV. PMftSON OF THS
ARGYLK PRl-S. CHURCH IN XfiS BftlDSS HOME. T'iE SA!-iE HOUSE VmHSP.E HER iMOIS&R
AND FATH'cR 'WJltK .MAl'RTID. v«. ILLlAiS UAS Of DIhftlGT SCOTTISH AhCliSTRY AND
LIVED HIS EKTlRfc LIFE IN rH% ARGYLfe ARM. AFTk,R THEIR MRi-lAG^ THE ^K)V£D
TO A F.«ixSM K(aTH OF ARGYLfe AN D »^.AIS1;D THSTK FAivILY IN THIS AR>A.
VsILLIAM AITSNDED BRChiNS BUSINESS COLLEGE Arii WAS A LIFETIME MEM^R OF
klLLOv CSEDK PR£3. CHURCH. HK V.AS ALWAYS Yho.l AClIVfe Jh THIS CHURCH.
OF IHIS UNION THRffc VHILDRFK VvkRS. 30RS. THK 5.LD&SI IS LArtRlMCt R.
HARVEY AND'W0RP;D IN THE KLICTRICAL BUSINESS U'NTIL ILL HiALTH ^JsQUIRSD
HIS RKTLREHE}^. HE AMD HIS a IF£ MARGARET LI^f\ IK nAUSAU AT THE PitBSfcST TIHE.
I-KE r.FCOM) SON .AS M'.MFD ftOB'RT W . . HK SEF.VcD U THE >AVY DuT.ING 'J LD %0
AND RETIRED IK 1972 Iv ITH IHE RANK OF LT. COI^iflANLkR . HI, SP?;NT MAKY YURS
wOftKIMG IN T'm FFKTAGOJS. ill KNCb FJfcSIDhS IN ^i^i-^I:GTON, VIRGINIA. I'rff
LAST BOr.N IS hY MOTHi-?:, Jt.AN ' LIZABriH . I WILL Tia KORE OF MY BiriEDlATE
fAhlLY IN IHt CLOSING OF THIS FAP'vR.
fHT *: 402IUJ'? .»4K Kt? 08 T . 8lOMT,!Jl,JjrOJ!A TO TIVflA
uflK^ «5H i-ah- a?.u:H wap ai'^ .such ?.mim iwr wi hoauhd ."^in iLiYn.rA
aaA yK^alJ•<A Henrooe TOiwia «. p.AWi!iAijJi*v .011.'?''^'' •• •
ai•.•^•^ «h-T joaI'Nam rixht 'f"-^*: .a?«a ijjnw* iht kit r«n.
.AiiiA zvri ar ;*Hr a-JETAfl a »a uydiia to htt'^
<L KtMM .ctrra'arj a ?.Af. (Wa liija^oo 3e3wi?!ua ankOM ai> uji.'.'
.Kfiiiy^ dtwr .;i iviruA iMv 8ya*ua 2aw au .hoauho .ejir? ^^t*
.iHir r*i?-ifi »Hr ta u.^tS^A- -^i ivLi ti^aojiam j<i* ?ih awA m .T^jaajiiTm 8i}i
'. .. Zu •- •"*'.:*r.i i",A'. ihr .IT a^v.«Be if .. w T«igc/i gikak a/ ^ mo?, cr/coia iht
r-'.nAJT t.\A.i r*t-'i<: jn-; .Kt(TK»«rtoo . r J *o xidAii iht hti*; st^i wi aisina ar.*
r- V- :in;.: yk ': .'« •. ,;ji. jj: r ,hi-«aAirj-. iakh ,ntr!rort tk ei M^oa tea..
./."iAM etKT 10 DVilZOAO IHl HI IJIHA^
DEGROFF F*MILli: TRSa.
PHILKi^yiN
U^KNCVvN D^TK OF
ALiumm
i» i» ti
FRANK
186l-19li2
^AUDIi
1887-1971
JEAN
192h
JAY
1957
G9.U.T GRANDMOTHER-hAIEttML SIDK-
-1-
GOOa.IN FAMILY GSNSLOGY
THIS IS A GSNILOGY OF THE GOQIKIN FAMILY. MY GRhAT GRAND MOTHBl V.AS
A GOODwIN AM) SO I HA^lt TRACiiiD HiK HERITAGi. FOR THIS PAPER. MOST OF
THS RESEARCH FOR THIS PAPER GAMi FROM IHt BOOK " THE QOOQvINS OF HARTFORD,
CON v., DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM AND OZIAS'J I ALSO WAS ABLE TO GET MA'iY
FACTS FROM THE OLD FAMILY BIBLE AND A DIARY CARRIED DURING THi CIVIL kAR BY MY
GREAT-GRSAT-GRSAT GRANDFATHER DURING THE CHIL WAR AMD KEPT DURING HIS
TRIP BY C0V1.RED WAGON TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
IN SfcPTEMBSR,l632, A S^JALL BOAT NAMED THS LION ARRIVED AT BOSTON.
OCCUPYING A LEADim POSITION ON THIS SHIP WAS WILLIAM GOODWIN AM) HIS WIFE
SUSAKMH. EITHER ACCOMPA LYING OR SHORTLY AFTER CAM A BROTHER OF WILLIAM
CALLED OZIAS AND HIS WIFE MARY. THERE WERE FOtTY Pi^OFLi
ON THIS BOAT A^T) THESE NiW SSITLSRS WfeitS UISIGNATED AS THE "ffiAINTREE COMPANY"
OR "THE HOOKER COMPANY". THIS MEANT THAT THEY WERE ASSOCIATED BY A COMMON
SYMPATHY WITH VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THE REV. THOMS HOOKWt .
OF THESE IWO BROTHERS, yvILLIAMWAS CLEARLY A MAN OF GREAT SUBSTANCE.
HE HAD SOLD LARGl AMOUNTS OF LAND IN ENGL.*iND TO COME TO THE NBW wORLD. HE SOON
HAD PURCHiSED LARGE AM-JUNTS OF LAND IN THE THEN SMALL TO«N OF HAHTFORD.
OZIAS HAD LEFT ENGLAND WITH VERY LITTLE. HE HAD NO LAND TO SELL BEFORE
DEPARTING FOR THE NHW WORID.
THI RECORD OF THIS FAMILY DURING THESE MANY YEARS IS AN HONORABLE RECORD OF
WHICH ANY FAMILY CAN BE PROUD.
THE FAMILY NAME "GOODW^IN" IS ONE W HIGH IS Vh,HY v. IDELY DISTRIBUTED OVPJt
ALL THE NORTHERN COUNIRIES OF 6.JR0PS.
THS WORD "GOOa-.IN" STANDS FOR "GOOD FklFNDS" OR "GODS FRIKND" . WHILE THE
GOOIWaN FAMILY CAN BE TRACED AS FAR BACK AS lia^?, WE WILL START W ITH THE
ONiSWHO CAME FROM BkAlNSTOEE, ENGLAND TO BOSTON.
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-I-
dA* yavixw u>«aa:' liu^o rw .YJiKA'-i KiAaooci jiht 'W Yoojaniao a 8I biht
■=IC T8QM .JCRA'i eiHT jCH JOATIiiiH Mh UlOAiiT IV AH t 0?- OWA MIvJDOOO A
.^♦^•'•^HA}- 10 atlwnooo iht " x.xa im hc^t^ imao stiai siht mi HOHAaesfl sht
Y'A,>< TIC OT JJflA .^AW 02JA I PP.AIoO JVU I^.AIJJI W -fO 2T«ACItI08ia,.KK00
A r^: £Ai, iivia wr L^rjiuu aiirfHAO yhaig a cka ueia yjima-? ajo if?r moot 8toai
Zlh cur wo T^I> OMA RAa' JIVIO iht OMIflUd «arHTA'«Ii'!AflO T.AJHO-TAirflO-TAaHO
.KIB.<COaiW KX1HTU08 OT '4GDAvV aXffJWO Ya HlflT
.^Or&->H TA uaVInHA MOtJ iHT aaL'4.«< TArja JJAMr, A ^SCdl^flieMaTSIR MI
j-iw ei:- c A mikCoc'O xaujiw gAwqr^? zam mo moitteo^ o^^tgau a oMmuocx^
■OIJJIn "^0 5!X''TCH8 A JMAD >iaT'lA YalSCH?. HO 0MITHA'IMO0:3A yO&iTia .HAiMAgUr
ijSOA'i n.vi.J'ii JI««W aJiJiiliT .YSArt a?I-V 8IH QUA BAIiO QIJJAO
"■fv*: ,. ai<.:4iA.i." ihi BA fiiTAMoieio ijww e?ajif»ia rt;iw aamr mk tao6 etHT mo
.!C.iaC:. ». Yfi GiTArCOacA Ifljirt YaHT TAHi' TMASiM iilHT ."IMAqMOO H.D100H SHT" a.
.HOOCH SAMOiiT .V3f« S^;T TC aWOTHTHO aWA 8/Wrv HTIW YHTAKMYa
.4 .'ATSboe TAJi>0 iO ^tA.'l A YaMAjUv- R.A'a i-lAlJJIrt »8)«HT0HH OWT ISUHT TO
i/.< ST:'. .Gu^uA /fcvl IrfT OT JWOO OT aVfAarji^I ;^I fiHAJ '-iO 2TMU0MA lOMAJ QJOE QAH IH
.HX^ViTriti "iO HWr>T JJAME WIHT iHT WI ai4AJ "^O STMUf MA lOHA-J dilZimmi QAH
J.K. -lie iJ.TI?, OT OMiU OM n»H IH .JuTiTJ YflSV HTIW a:.lAj,T/!I T'ISJ OAH 8ATS0
.OIHOt^f W«14 IHT «01 OMITHA^IQ
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.ailOH" 18 KAO UlHk'^ YWA HOIHW
•VIVO :ii -Lylc^ir :a^(ir. rnJ.v 81 HOIr/, JHO ?.l "Ml .illOOO" IMAM YJTMA'i JIHT
.r^f HI..* ^C ZiltiTAUCD MJaHTrtfJW JTHT JJA
J-: -i^:. -- ."fr4Ji:HH eao; " «o "aa;<'{i>--< aooo" ntj'^i ?u'4/.t?. "Mi»i30on«' qho^jiht
J.- Hri« T«AT^ ijrw i^ j-'iLT 8A ;^'.<k>; HA-? 8A aa:)AHT m 'Ak'j YJIMA'4 mwnooo
K0T3f;e 01' (WAJiWl ,lIiiTElfl:AMfl MOM I iMAC; OHW 8IH0
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MY FAMILY IS THE DIR&CT DESCENDIKTS OF OZIAS GOODWIN. Hi. wAS
BORN If; 1596, lH BRAINSTRSE, ENGLAND, m KAkRIBD FARY WOOIInARD.
OZIAS DIRD APRIL 3,lbS3. l^vK DO NOT KJjA' FOR SURE. U(h M!CY GHILDRtN
THEY HAD. Vi/S DO KNG-j TFj^T THREK CHILDRl-.N SURVIVED HIM AS THi. DIv ISION OF
HIS FSTATS RIVEALS. THE ELDEST SON, \\I_LLIAM^ WAS BORN IN 1639, A SECOND
SON WAS BORN IN It'fi, AND A. DAUHHTER, HANNAH WAS BORN IN 16.^
Vv^E ARE TKK DESCEDEIJTS 0F\\ILLIAK. WE HAVS NO DATES AS TO WHftN
WILLIAM DTSD. 1« ILLIAK HAD A SON, ABRAHAM^ VHO \^AS BORN II- HARTFORD,. JuLY ,
30,1699. ABRAHAM WAS ONK OF THE FIRST SETTLFRS OF T:-fE NBft, TOa-'N CALLKD
LITCHFIELD IN CONN.ABRAHAM G00a<IN FJARRIED VARY B]RD, APRIL 13,17?6.
MARY BIRD WAS OF FARMIKGT0N,C01vN. SHE DIED JW'E 7,1788. ABRAHAM DlJiD
JAK.6,1771. THTiY ARF BURJk- IK A CSMTXRY OKWV.ST wSTREST IN LITCHFi: LD
WHFRE THE GRAVISTOKFS STILL CAN BE SiEN. THEIR CHILDREN V.t.HS.:
■M-THAMEL»-:!-EjRMOCT . 31,17?7*^*MRKI1D ELIZABETH I^ARSH
IHOMAS**BORN JUNE 30,1729**MRKl]iD ANNA raLBOURN
CHAELIS^BORN MAY 5,1731 ->*MRkI1D THANKFUL RUSSEi^L
FHINEAS-SH^BORN JUNl 8,1733*«i^AS KILLED AT FORT wILi^lAM HEMRY IN
••'• ■ ■■ FRMCH WAR.
OZIAS «*BORN N07. 27,1735 **MARRIED HANNAH VAIL
* " ' " JESSK**BORN SS'tPTEMBER 3,1737 ^^.''J'.RRIFD RACAEL HIA.CE
'■'' ' ^ MAHY **BORN APRIL 3,171jO<hH1ARP.IF,D THEODORS CATLIN
*'• ■ ■■'"''' '■ - RUTH-ii-^BORN AUGUST 5,17ii3*"-DIKD I?i 1P06»*UNMARRIED
OF T'HIS FAMILY, NATHANJIL IS OUR DIRECT DKSCENDiNT. HE WAS BORN OCT .31,
1727. HE i-jARKlSD KLIZABETH R^RSH, JAN. 30.1751. ELI^ABh.TH WAS BORN ^H . 10,1729,
4i)<UiCHC> tiKi kCK JiJliJ8 )«)'5 1^:411 TO ! OC IW ,tf^dl^t Itmk Qtld BaXXC
■!c .loie: ra iFi ex hih aivrvfiua s<[.««ajiH3 hhht famt »D«)i oa a»/ .car yihi
:^:C?a8 A ,?f.dl HT '-JflOe ?A>.' ,11AI.:JIW «M0E TMGJI IHT .8JAIVlfl ITATE* 8Ili
.vVoI /.: y.itn 8Aa' H<i/rKA!i ,ffiBTHnUAC A (WA ,iy.c!ll Vft 11)»08 8AW MC'
<":'/. or SA 8aTAQ[ OK iVAH Sa .HArjJi/f "HO gT'.ijfca ::8¥G IHT ijw aw
•J . ,a^v'iTilAM .1 itW.'a ?.A>. OH'V ^^A^'AyiH A ^1102 A GAP. MAljJIi .0110 MAIJJT ■•
a*aJAJ il^T .^W I'-T ^0 2H3JTT^2 leSI -I STHT ^0 SMO 8AW MAHASHA .9^ItO?.
. • 1,-:: JTr-iA ,r>-r:' Y^AM G3n>iFA.-i i'nE.CGOO MAHASHA.K'I'IUD KI' aJIfTHOTlJ
:s'.- ^^'■vVi::A .1"''7I,T < i.X OJIQ ^8 .MKCl^MO T? i>f TM^* A'^i '*[0 SAWOHte Y«-AM
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THS EAUGHTER OF llBRMliZER ^ND BS.B0RAH(3UKLL) MR3H OF LITCHKI- LD,COIIlJ .
ON JA^i. 10,r75ii, NATrl^ivr^.L aKGil/ii'D Yr.H. ZZil BY D^ hD OF a ¥k h. OF
FIFTY ACRKS FROK HIS FAThffS, SJTUAl'HD AT S ■ ,TH FaHKS . THIS IS i:,;.
THS TQ'.N OF MORRIS. H£ V.AS ONt OF THE LISTERS OF THl TOVN FOR SIXTEEN YFJiRS.
HKvMS CONSTABLE OF THi, TOfJN FOR FOURTtKlC YFARS AND TAX COLLf.CTOR
FOR f'lVl YLARS. Hfc WAS APPOINTED LT. OF THi. LI'ICHFIfe-LD THIRD COMPANY
Ih 1767 AKD JAMIARY 1776 VvAS vOMilSSIOl'fcD GAPTAIM OF A. COi'iP'*! Y v.HICH
FOP A PORTION OF THAT YBAR >,AS SlAl lOKSD AT t'Bv' YORK. "wISHING AGaIN
TO KNTE'.R THS ARMY AND FSARBiG TO DO IT BSGIUSS OF THS SMLL POX THEN
SO PRi:VAL>NT, Hit WAS IWl-OCULATKD FOR THAT DISEASK AM! DIED FROM THE
IKNOCUIATION. H?; DITO may 18,1777 . ELIZABETH (;-ARSH) GOOD,* IN, HIS
1%IF£) DIED DEC. lU,l8d2. THtTR CHILDREN w ERE:
ELI^.A BETH**BORN AU:^. . 2,17^3''t%Itl¥.\i StPT ^,1753
SOLOMON <-BQRli APRIL 26,1''5$^NARRI?,D AI'I-'A V.AJGH
JAi^ILSv^BOkN FEB. )4,1760*i»-mRRIh:D ABIGAL HAHRISON
NATHANIEL -::-«-BORl\; FEB. l(,1760«MArtHlSD RHODA ORTOK .
CHLOS^KtJULY 31,1766*Fi'kRRlED JOSEPH SANFORD.
WE ARE THE D&SGENDSNTS OF SOLOMON.
SOLOMON GOOQjIfl WAS BORN IN L:ilCHFla,l^,GONN . APRIL 26, 1755.'LiPON
LEARNING OF THl. LiiXINGTON ALARM IN AFFIL, 1775,Hi, KNLISTM) IN DB,FLNGK
OF HIS COUNTRY IN IH& COMPANY OF CAPTAIN DAVID WFLCH OF LITCHFIELD
AND THE FOLLailNG MONIH MARCHiD TO FORT EIV-ARD ON THE HUDSON RIVER a'HSRR
HI REMAINED TILL SEPTEMBER OF THE SAM' YEAR. IN THfc SPRING OF 1776
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OF CAPTAIN BKZALLSL AMD 'a LNT TO fv&. YORK Clli V, Hk'- lii THLl uvtfti.
STATIONF.D AT T ?a TIME OF THi. DICURATIOK OF :ND^.FlNDSKCt!, WAS
SIG>;]tD, AFTE-RUAP.D GOIN" INTO Kttv JkRSiY AaD RETURNED HOM JAN. 3, 1777.
HE ALSO S.^iTV&D StViriftAL OTHER .•jaiSTi'Itf.AiTS DURING T t ftlMlNDSR
OF THE RSVOLUTIOIlAflY VjAR. A AJTOrlOGRAPHY Iw M^,USG.■'1PT,
GIVING A j'.JRk, Dl!.TAlLe,D ACCOUNT OF HIS hILITAffY LIFL AfiD HIS
A-KCLSTRY IS STILL IN lii POSSfeSSION OF H.IS DSSCahDA'\TS. Hi.
\JAS rARRIED NOVEI'iBi;.". 29.1781 TO AKNA WaUGH. A;.:NA -wAUOH wAS BORN n«iRCH
11,1760, DAUGHTF'^ 0^ THOMS AI-D ROSINA(ft ATSON) V.A UGH OF LITCKFIltLD.
SOLOMON GO 'BtilH liOV^D WITH HIS F^/JLY IK AUGUST 1802 10 VJlLLIAI-iSTO/.N,
OSvi.GO CO. MY, N?U' YORK, Hi, ^.KSIBliD SSVtRAL Yt PS FHGAGM) IN FA^tKlNG .
IN KIS LATT!i,R YkJ^^S Ht. SITTL.-D IN ROi'S;, r'Sv lORK Vv HiKk; HE DILD
SEPT. 29,183$ NAD HIS wIFfe, ALSO DIED THSRE OCT. 22,16U6. THilR CHILDREN
WERE:
ANGELm^^iH^BORN AUGUST 22 ,1791**I'^ftRnD ANSKL LOVitJOI
HiKAN-!**BORN MY 1, 1785*^MR** IfeD BSTSF.Y KYATT
SYLVIA -^'^f- BORN DEC. 2b,1787^H*DIiD K'U^CH 6,1791
ROSANNA-iWi-BOW DL: . l6.1790**mR!» liD SAKJKL PLUMB
NATHANIEL** BORN OCT. 28, 1793-iH.4^AMIED J«NCY kNSIGN
SOLOhON-"-M-BORN JUNI U,1797**-MARhIlD HANNAH flAMLIN
OU?. DIRECT DESCENDANT IS AhMH. Hi V^OULD BE MY GILIT GRiAT GiEAT
GHA ^ DFATUR .
HK>ikN G'DOD/^IN VvAS BORN IN LITCHFIkLD CONN. AMY 1,1785 Af«D MO\/ED
WITH MIS PA'^ENTS 10 'w Ii.LIAI'4ST;>vN , OSv^GO CJUNTY, Niiv' YORK. HE MAR-IED
BSTSFY HYATT, DAUGHTi'R OF RODGER HYATT. SHE DIED JULY 10,lP6]j AT im AGF Op
78 YEARS.
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HKI-IAN GOOEt«INV/AS A FAP.ME^t IN U ILLTAMSTQ.'N AND UIi,D NOVSMBiR
12.1875. TlffclR CHILDFtZN V.'ERR:
HIMAN-** BOFN MAY 27,lfi?8-*H(-M»LRI&D UTSULa COKSTOCK
WASHIKCTON*-«-BO«N MiRCH h, IF 11**0: F,D FEB ?P,lPl$
ELIZA -iH^BO^J] Ml 23,l^l5wiARhIkD tDAAR:.] HIGBiii
MTKILDA*^tBC.\N APRIL 17, 1817 ->0IE3 AUGUST 20,1P21
SOLOMON**BO«N FIB. 2^,18 19-^*01110 JULl [.,1819
MRY ANN^K-BOftN JULY 20,lP20iH.'MftP.ISD ABitAli*.M A. VA1\VLU,K
JAMb;S-»*BOr.N JULY lP,l830-*^-M'(*?.IfcD wILLlAM KiiNDALL
ABRAHAM^BOPN JULY 12,1832'-'-DIID MAY ?0,186U, UNMARISD
HEMAN GUCWIN VAS BOftK IN . , ILLIAMSTQv N, OSWEGO COLiFTY,f!lvV\^
YORK, iAY 27,1828. HIS FATH^^. VAS ALSO KAiXRD H£MN. HS, l-IAftFfliD
URSULA iXIZA COMSTOGK 11^ NOVkMBM 29, 1865 . UttSUL> KLT2A COtiSTOCK
WAS BOrtN n FLOR^'-NCS, ONEIDA COUNTY, NFa YORK OK JANUARY 25,1832.
Sm WAS im DAUGHTIJ^ OF JULIUS AI'D SARAH(l'.OTHROP) COMSTOGK, HiMAiJ
GOOI>iIN INLISTt.D IN IHK UNION ARMl', OCT. 25,1801 IN CO B.-32ND.
RSGT. NH': YORK VOLUNTk-KRS AND V, AS KONOilABLY DISHARGED OCT. 25,1861.
WHILa Sit-VING IN THE UNION ARMY HK i-EARD OF THS FWTILE LAND T'l*1
V.jlS AV4ILABL& IN N0RT"H1,RN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHl? N v;iSGONSIN.
as DKIDF.D T-AT uHfeN Ht IIAD SERVED HIS feNLISTMi.NT «K v. OULD
TAK-. HIS FAMILY AND GO .. i.ST. HIS Vlfi, DikD JULY L2,1885. HLtAN
DliD IN 1903. BOTH Hl.K.*iN AND URSULA ARi, BuftlSD IN OAfeOOD Ch.MTARI
IN BtLOIT^ISC. HIS DI.»RY THAT H's, KkPT IS IN OLE HOUSEHOLD AND GiVitS
A GOOD LOOK AT 'Ha TIHLS IN THE MIDDLI. 1800' S- TrlhlK CHILDREN WSr^S,:
IDIT^ V. .-i^-s-BORN >ARGHlh,1868*«FARRIl.D FRANT( DF-GRO}- F-JHi- Ja N ^7,ib3b
KYREYLK^-^BORN 1870
T1LEST0N*«-B0RN 1875
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BOTH WfRTLE AND TILS-STON LI kD IN TH*. HOSCOt, AHiJk ALL OF Th.LIR LPTSS
AS DID SDITH.
Wl ARK DSSCEKDANTS OF F.DITH . SHE LIVtD ALL OF HLrt LIKE OK Trit
FARM T4AT H?R FATHER HAD PJRC JLSSD '/-HEN Hi CAI'S FROM 1^^ YORK. SHli MRRIiD
FrlA.\K DltGROFJ' OF ROSGOE. THJilR CHILDREN 'aKKS:
KA^UDK .'J.^H^BORN APaIL 19,l?87-'-*MARRIli,D W ILLIAM HARVEY
MARLS FRAN'_ISiH«-BORN May ?8,18F9->»Dl\.i:. SI.PT i 1396
HARVi--Y GO0Df-;iN^«^BORN APRIL 12,190? **MARRIED SSILV DAUG {EK3AUGH
Wl GRA,N!DMOTHM -.'.S ^AUDE. SHE ^IVED HFK aNTIRE LIFl, IN NORTHVRN
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN V. ISC ONSIJI. SK4 TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR FiANY IIAaS
BEFORE HSR MRRIAGl TO WILblAM HARVIY OF ARGYH, ILLINOIS .THIY 'a'IRI rARRIiD
OCTOBtR 15,1907. MAUDi DIGROFF HARVEY DIED DSCEI4BM 2,1971. TPS; CHILDRIN
OF MAiJDk AND a ILLIAM HARVEY ARl::
LAWRkivCE R. H--.RVi;Yi*«-B JRN JANLARY 26,1915 **l^lARRIiD i'iARGARtT FULMLR
ROBERT W . HARViY*»BORN APi^IL 29,19?0 ♦♦MARRIED DOROTHY SHEPHERD
J^AN E. HARVin^*JUNi: 6, 192U««MARRIED ROBERT G. ANDrRSON
MT HOTHM IS JSAN.THS CHILDREN OF JiAN ,^KD ROBERT'. G. ANDthSON ARB:
JA^iiS M. ANDERSON**EORN JULY 20,19)46-*Hti^iAlip;IS,D LINtt^k D'GOTKA
JON R. ANDI£KS0JJ««B0RN APHli. 8,1915 **MARRItD JANICK YCUNGRSN
JAMiviK K. ANDiES0N*«-N0V .6,1951 «*MARR lED V- M . CHAMBERLAIN
JAXitJiJ*liJliJ!iii!£SON**BORN 3».PT. 23,1957
5V3I i4><Ot-t*«or2jiJIT
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M.'^'-TRCM i4I i'^IU iJilMS HiH G^Vta iHg . iQUM 5> .V «;*. HT0MCB1 A«D YM
gyj.1T Y.(Ai< ftCM aOJHC'f-! THOoAT ?"r. .I^IPMOOaiw AWfmmZ QUA 8I0MIJJI
a<i«>>:v. *•«*• 'iiKT.ei, .juji^juYo^A w yav>iAH maiojcwot ioaiiwaii hih inoita
t:XAA YaVflAH IU.UJI W CMA ilGUAM "^0
^■Oti.n linACAAA GililAAh** ^I'^I^O'l YhAUtAl l.i» a-«HtYJVS>is .)i aC'Vli»ji*lAu;
.«0ej5-'G*tA .u TMiiCy? ajrXAAM»*J'::^f ,0 IIMOi^Yjm^lLjXJiAat
:4.«iA ^ue^ijaiiA .0 .l-MaoOf* vWA K/Ji;> '-fO Mx.r«O.JIH':) itHT.MAJS;. 81 JflHTOM YM
Aj-..'. -; tn-Al^ G-41- nArt«MK)il<rI,0 iJUo KfO^<;*>!)i JfcWiUVl A .rt &.i(i^M,
/: '^ )•-'.>' ti AH. J .rt^ r>ijiflAM«M> ;<iv;^o.VGi*iHHiio8)Mai<* ./ Ii^ici^ai,
G aDiT>.IN FAMILY Tilifik
OZIAS GOOaaN 159 6-1683
VILLIAM I6hl-?
ABRAH-^M 1699-1771
KATHANIiL 1727-1777
SOLOMON 1755-1835
!?BmN 1785-1855
HSMAN JJT. 1828-1903
tDllH 1868-1953
MAUDS 1887-1971
JIAN 192U
JAI 1957
JiAN S:LIZABi.TH AKT)SRSON(R«tVi:Y)
JSAN ELIZABETH HARVKY, KY MOTHEft, wAS BJftN JUNt 6,192U
IN BkLVIDI^.iE, Illinois .SHh, .;AS THL DAUGHTW OF\^/ILLIAK AND MAUDS.
MRm (DSGROFF). HM FOLKS LIVaD ON A FAPil AROUND POPUK GftOVi.
AND SHh LIVSD THErtS UN'ilL THK ^Gt OF TWO. SHE THEN MOViD TO
ARGYLE, ILLINOIS. SH6, a AS CONFIRMED AND BAPTIZbD AT VjILLQ^
CR2IK PRSS. CHUACH. SHE ATTENDED AftGYLE GRADE SCHOOL AND GRADUATLO FOR
HARLEM HIGH IN 19h2. SKfc STARTED WOdK f-OR MATTISON MCHINE WORKS
IN THE OFFICE AND WORKED THEPE UNTIL HM MIRHIAGE TO ROBERT G. Al-DERSOIv .
ROBERT G. AND J&AN i. (HAIIVEY) ANDERSON
M PAISl.KTS M5T IN 19U3 AITO Wtiti M«nrs;D JJfi 2,19l45 AT
i«iILm\ CREEK CHUi.CH, AKGYL& , ILLINOIS . THliY W^itt I'Af.riIt^, 3Y
THE ?.iV. ROBS"! HUBBARD. THLY FfiRCfiASSD A HOl-i AT 332? CALIFORNIA
RIAD AiiD LIVED THSRK 'IV\0 il-ARS. DJRUJG THIS TBlt THKIR FJitST SON
JAffiS WAS BORN. l:-:i,Y THEN BOUGHT A HOi"iL ON I'Aft.aVND ROAD AJJD THKHi
A SKCOhD SON V.'AS BORN. (JOi\ ft.). THLY LiVfcD AT 3232i'lARILAI'D ROAD
FOR Two iFL-'.^S AM) IhSN PURCiif^SED A HOl-iE AT 182ii 2|iTH STRfciT. HKRM
Tr]!,IR FIPST a^LUGHTKR JANINE 1\AS BORN. T-fEY 'rHJi,N PU.^.CHASED THE HOIiE
T"-EY LIVlf, IK Na\ AT 2001; ORiCON AVfc.,ROCKFC«D,ILL. THLRL THSY tlAD
A THIRD SON, JAY V.ILLlAi'i.
ROBeiftT AJ'iD jSANVILL Gi^LaBRATE THEIR 31TH -vi.DDliNG ALKIVLRSAnY THIS
JUNS. Tf-tY ARi; BOTH l^ib.NBi.fiS OF KMi-AKUEL LUTHERAK CHURCH. BOB IS
FOOD SANITARIAN VvITH V,INIfEBAGO COUNTY HLALTH U5.PT. ALD JiAN IS
SUPERVISOR aITH THE. CHAS. V. WEISS CO(COLONIAL VILioAGi) • THE CHILDRiN
OF V-'IS UNION ARK:
JAllSS MLTON A:;D^RSON-!t'*JULI 20,19 I46
JON R. ANDl'RSON -;«- APRIL 8,19li9**
JANINE KAY AM)SRSON'>-> NOV. 6, 19?!--*
JAY WILLIAJyi ANDERSON-JK-SKPT 23,1957
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JAMt-S M. ANDfe^-SON
JAMJS ATO¥,RSON V.AS 30'^.N JULY ?0,19l46 IN ROCKJ'C:?^.!), ILLTOOIS, SM
OF ROBERT AND J]L*.N ANDKRSON (HAAVaY). Hk, ATT'END^iD ROLLING GRKS;N SCROOL,
AND GRADUATED FROM KAST HIGH SCHOOL IN I96U. Hi KNTmED AND GR/DUATtD
F^OM MIIivAUKKl SCHOOL OF fe,NGINi.k;RlNG . ALSO ATTfe.NDS UNIV. OF WISC.
(raii'.'AUKS:^ CAMPUS). MRRIID LINDA B^;GOTKA AUGUST 3,197l4. HE LIVSS IN
Mm.'AUKKK, WISC. HIS OCCUPATION IS "LfcCTf,! AL ENGINS-FJt. THKY HkVk. KO
'JKILDft^N
JON R. AND'i.SSON
JON R. AKDFASONV-AS BORN APftlL 8,19lj9 IN ROCKFORD, ILLBOIK,
SON OF -'OBKRl G. AND JEAN AKDbRSON(HARVhiY) . AT'TKNDF.D ROLLING GRk,k,N AND V.HITKHRAD
SCHOOL. GRADI:aT?;D F^OMViESTi.RN ILL, iiACOHB, ILLINOIS IN 1971. MRRIEJJ JaNICIi
YOUNGREN, AUGUST 21,1971. LIVifcS IN F:OCKFO)tD, ILL. AOrtKS FOR NATIONAL BI^CUlT CO.
HAS 0^H ^HILD MKK, BORN NOV. 20.197li
JANINE ANDERSON GKAMBERLAIN
JANINk ANDRI^SON lAS BOSN NOV. 6,1951 IN t^.OCKKORDjILL. DOUGtiTW OF ROBE-tT G.
AND JFAN ANDERSON(^^IARVF.Y). ATTENDED ROLLING GRSEN AND wHITI.Hl'D SCHOOL.
GRADUATED Ff^OM EAST HIGH. hORKS FOR BILL TELFPHONt AS SERVICE REP.
MARRIED WM ('HAMBMLAIN, JUNE 10,1971. lTJ^S IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. H.AS ONE
CHILD, BRIAN BORN MARCH 5, 1973.
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JAY VvILlIaM ANDftRSON
JAY *v'ILLlAM AKDKftSON VAS BORN SSPT. 23.1957 IN ROCKFORD,ILLl\iOIS .
SON OF ROBK'TT G. AND JtAK fc. ANDERSON (KARViY). ATTENDS.!) THK l\HITKHiAD
SCHOOL, LINCOLN MIDDLi; SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM LAST HIGH IN 1975.
V;AS C0f:Fl4Mi^D AND IS ^ MB-MHfcit Or' fcMi>'iA NUi.L LUTF'MAN CHURCM. ATTK^DS
ROCK VALLRY COLLEGI. IS A AVID GOLFER AND Ba.'LiiR. IS EMPLOYED AT IHi
miVir.G ^AfsGE, ELLIOTT GOLF COoflSi
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ANDERSON, ROGER LaVERNEV 1956-
'!,;:ASK TYI'K: PLKASI'l PI.ACK THKSE SHKKTS AT THE FRONT 0 V THK SECOND C.Ol'Y OK YOUR
-AM I LY H I STORY .
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FAM1 I.Y DATA
Grandfather (your father's side)
Name t^^cvl yv\w TK»y»ic-."':f -^ wJ' ^ ^^C'vi Cur rent Residence
Date of birth A <^/v I ^L, \S^\^ -" " ■ " ■ '"^ ■
h A <^/v I :X, \S^\^ Place of b i r th R . I 1 , na^.fc: C S . S ^ ecle v1
Date of death Tv>. '^e \C> , ^'^S"^ Place of b ur ia 1 Rco |<,f c d ^ {{kv^cS.
Kducation(number of years);
grnde school S5 high school vocational college
( 1 c !' u p a t i o n ( s )
Lst_4
^^^V^^
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates lSO(,-HQ 1st R&eVv^sVcv- tU/ Dates ( 9/-^ (?/^
^ndTrv^CK ^^^^ loW-er Dates lS\l-H\S" 2nd DaKo-J-J^ Dates (^/S''I9('']
3rd fi-^Tftvy, V\c^><o<^,s\: VVNC^ Dates \<Ht VC' Hl^ 3rd ncvf-qO i a X( / Dates /9/'7
4 t h Ccvi^-^V o^Q A vc vx D a t e s AllV_ W^^ t h f?oc <ff,>- 4^( I D a t e s / 9J 5_r.Z.i^^S
or social clubs, fraternities, etc. (jefAC^t'cVT . _
R e 1 i g i o n /^ u."t~K ev" rt
Political parties, civil
Place of
NOTE: If
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Grandmother (your father's side)
Name ilavm-e ra->oUv\€. V'Tetrq Current Res idence
Date of birth 0^(1/^1^ R^ \'R'\'Z Place of birth C)X\ ol vm u; o.^ Xo ^QCk
Date of death 'Sr^^t, -:), ^^S'( Place of b u r i aF^^dL+jiUijiCjij Ctj^u. Tvcr ^b^,-.<i_
I'^ducation (number of years):
grade school S high school 7
college
vocational
PLACE OF RKSII)r:NCE
Occupation(s) riwiv^i. ur iM..) .,....•.., ..
^ (a fte r leaving h ome )
lstQ..^Kcn..?\av'\A- Dates VH\0-\H\^ 1st /)OC Xfc d X(| Da t e s (9/g
2nd Hc^^eoc^v^C Dates \^XO_:^^t^nd__
^^5'
3rd
4 th
Dates
Dates
3rd
4 th
D a t e s
Dates
Dates
Religion Z^ l>. tl^^?*^ A
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc . Qt^ vinc^- '« c^ \_^
Place of marriage to your grand fa the r _Gef\e-OcN. da te_/^^^ ^ R.-?^)
NOTE: If your lather was raised 'io age 18) by a stepmother or
another relative give that data on the back of this paj'e
(A-2) .
A -2 Step^randfather (your father's side)
Name
Current Residence
Date cf birth
Date of death
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
College
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Relif;ion
Da tes
Dates
Dates
Dates
1st
2nd
.3rd_
4th
voca t ional
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
D a t e s
Da tes
Dates
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother_
B-2 S tepgrandrao th er (your father's side)
date
Name
Date of birth_
Date of death
Current Residence
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years):
grade school high school
coll ege
vocational
Occupation (s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4 th
Dates
Dates
Da tes
Da tes
1st
2nd_
3rd
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re 1 1 gion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
Grand fa til cr (your mother's side)
N ;i 111 e 0 ..o ev> ^aC^ev\-£- (■: T^ Vtv^
Onte of birth /\ ^ ^^ ^^.t I^O . l^S M
Current Residence
Place of birth ^\a.<r^cV^•^<£^ -t'ovx. .\ S^V ta.
Date of death \A<:AVe\\ '^i ^^bH Place of burial /. > vi ■ Ac^sWy C em ««"Ta«- ^^
K duration (number of years):
grade school S high school - vocational
0 c c u |) a t i o n ( s )
Is t vav \r^ \t\c^ Da tes
2nd Dates _2nd Dates
_Da tes 3rd Da tes
Dates 4th Dates
3rd
4 th
"~ college
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Is t L^\ ^^.^:lc^\v:>^ . J^^'^*-' ^^Da t es l^X")
_2nd
_3rd
4th
R e 1 1 g i o n PA e."l V. c d \s"^
PolJrical parties, civil or social clubs, 1 r a Le r n i t i es , <- L c . V\ef^^VjV^J^>''\
Place of marriage to your gr andmo th er ('v\c.^v^-\ x^c,- ri<. X\.\\ac <.t^-i t e |\}c... ><^^vq;:;^\
NO'l'l''. : If your mother was raised by a stepfather or another relative (to
age 18) give that data on tlie back of this page (C-1)
G r aiulr.io tlier (your mother's side)
Name TV\i^\«>Aa- CV'^^^'e^ ^v^ -^ V\a.AW\-er Current Residenc
Date of birth - W ^ ^ ~>.A. , V^ 0 3.
Date of death A^ • A ~>-'^ , ^'^^ V
Place of birth Lt^xx^ Q^oeP
Place of burial t-iivi.t^'-^'i4o.\ eg i^g-'*^"'^'" 'A
Education (number of years)
grade school V high school f^ vocational 2_
; o 1 ] e g e
PLACE OF Ri'.s 1 di:nci;
(after leavin;', home)
Oy>evjQ.tor Dates \^iq-\H:il 1st \^^cv.v^■t ncVCvS Dal es [%(\
D a t e s
Da tes
Dates
_2nd
_3rd
4th
Da I <■::
[):i I e s
Dates
R e 1 i g i o n LVaA^A B r-e^Ves'l
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, c L c .v\e^:^■J,\ol vilan^
Svi.V\-S\\M\^ CllU-b, 'OS.C'.S. ^ ("-M-AY\<^t' , . .
Place of marriage to your grandfather '''Ac ,^\ir \t\cv rvS . XV^^g^cxb. Dale- r'Vj c, ;q^ VS.^\
NOTi:: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relative (lo
H \
give that d-«-ta on the back of this paj^e (D-:')
C-2 Stepgrandfather (your mother's side)
Name
Date of birth_
Date oi death
Education (number of years)
grade school __high school
Occupation(s)
1st
:nd_
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Current Residence
Place of birth
Place of burial
voca t iona 1
col lege
.1st.
2nd_
3rd_
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother
D- 2 S tepgrandrao t her (your mother's side)
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Date
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Current Residence
Place of b irtih
Place of burial
voca t Iona 1
col 1 c>;e
.1st
2nd
.3rd
4th
PI, ACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Date s
Dates
Dates
D a t e s
R e 1 1 g i o n
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather
U a t o
I .
J)Rj^N of A & B (or A-2 or B-2 ) - your father's name should appear below
date Tcj.>.tu.a.v^\ ^ \^{3l [
Name /irwAd. VM--etx\ .\^Afe'V.,
P 1 a c u of birth KcoKic.rci XV\
Number of years of schooling" {"^
^
Residence RnC i<- ^ro.'.:i,Xl( . Marital Status nA,,,-r.feA
Number of children 3 Death
0 c c u p a t 1 o nf v>ai<,Ui^e^ Olc<
Name D,C2_CQiW_ Clqi.j^ \ ^,-\A^ ■iSCYi
lace of b 1 r A J^ j^^^^^ XU d a t e fQc ,- | ( , ( ^ 3 1
umbt'r of vears of schoo 1 ing /Q Occupation <, eC-re-('q.»''vA
es i (iiMicej(\OcJCii^<4 Marital Status /Attn,' ,- y -e, ^ ^
N
R
Number of children
_k=L
1) e a t h
N a me Tytber't lOcyA-leVl Av\(Jiev">X/^^
I' 1 .1 c e of birth (\oc^CPo.-i x:\\
Number of yg^ars of schooling [^ Occupation 'So [■«? -a >^q > iq. ^ g y~
Residence \^C c V\'^^^ci XVV Marital Status t'viaxT V ecL
da
te Sc^^^-^..-2>^. VH^S'
Number of children
N a ill e
iMacc V)f birth
-^
Dea th
Number ot years of schooling
Residence
Number of children
0 (■ (• upa t Ion
Marital Statu;
d e a t h
Name
lace of birth
d a t (
Number ot years of scliooling
Residence Marital Stcitus
NumbL'r o I children Death
0 c c u pa I ion
N a me
Place of b i r t h
Number of years of schooling_
Residence
date
Occupation
Number of children
Marital Status
death
N a m e
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling_
Residence
Nuiiiber of children
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling_
Residence
Number of children
da te
Uccupa t i on_
Marital Status
death
date
Marital Status
d e a t h
_0 c c u p a t ion
Name
IMacr of blrlh
Nunber ol vears of scliooiin;
da to
0 c (■ u p a t ion
R 1 ■ s i tl e n (
limb I' r of children
M a r i t a 1 Statu s
dea L h
N a me
Place of birth
(1 ate
Number of years of schooling ._. ^___.
Res i dene-.' Marital Status
Numb e r o I ch i 1 d re n ilea I h
0 (■ (• u pa t i I) n
CHILDREN of C and D (or C-2, D-2)-your mother's name should appear below
1. Name ^da.x\<^"tVc -^v^^xe C' \' ^ "^ '^
Place of birth Ca\eAc>-> va da te S.ey>t , VS, v'^JlDl
Number of years of schooling /-^ uc c\.x Occupation L f Aj
Residenc e ^cc't^^c.c^ , Xl< »\c-'i. Ma r i t a J S t a t u s .-va .;.<- .- > e A
death
Number of children .S
N a m e U ^- >^ Ac- \ I £ w^e n C Q r v^'v -
Place of birth Co.>&Ac\u-a
date "sxv\e JIM , iSS-S"
/'O >y.>> > Occupation,
Number of years of schooling_
Residence C^^:,\oi_.^-e> t 4l\u<>c .^Mar i tal S t^a tus .,^^^, ^ ^^^ A.
Number of children 3 death
Name
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schoolin;
Residence
Number of children
Marital Status
death
Occupation_
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
date
Res idence
Number of children
Marital Status_
death
Occupation
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schoolinj
Res idence
Number of children
date
Marital Status
death
Occupation
Name
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Number of children
death
Occupa t ion
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Res Idence
Number of children
date
Marital Status^
death
Occupation
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Res 1 dance
Number of children
date
Occupation
Marital Status
death
Name
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Number of children-.
Occupation
death
10
Name
Place of birth
date
Number of yearw of schooling
KtH Idence
"i iinb I- r of children
Mnr 1 t a 1 S t .i tus
dca t h
Occupation
Your Father
Name /■\v.'AO Va W^ed A^de > r:,C.Kl Cu r r en t Residence (\0(r'A^T-C ^ 4
Date of birth Xavv^av^ V^ ^ \'^V7 \ Place of bitth ^Cf-yC'Vc/ci
Place of burial
Date of Death
Education (number of years)
grade school j^___high school__^
vocational /
college
Occupation(s)
1st VvCfyM-Wrc OOcK^y-Dates /9-^'8
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
,_, (after leaving home)
1st ("\^C.K'rO C cL Dates
2nd AssevnUer-.S^^4sV^.>jft^tes I ^ ^S"
2nd
3rd /l/ghoKia,! LrX-K Dates (9S^-\'^7(., 3rd
4th
iAc^
Dates
4 th
Dates
_Dates
Date s
R e 1 i g i o n_i_2VTlr\erv>k
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, e t c . f'jepvl.O \ I toy^ ^
Place o £ marriage to your mo ther t''! < V'.c<x^.K-gtL UL'. sedate A^, ^H , <HH(c
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that data
on the back of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
Name yg-a-AetVe C-"r ,^^\<^ ^Nf^A.^r '':.c\\ Current Residence Roc- VC^,- . ^ 'li'\.\yf^c^
Date of birth ^^■^\€L^\^<z.'r \S'. \'^T^
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school ^ high;- school
Place of birt h (^IrlAo.ivq. XUvr^c*^
Place of burial
W
voca t ional
J
college
Occupation (s)
Is t ^^ A ^ o C^ClX c r
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates / 7^0 /'yya 1st ficAvot IOn^C Da t es [■^Vg/^Yj'
2nd
J^i^v^C-
Date s /7VJ.-/'^V^ 2n d ^OjaoJiiiidki- C^Ij., _ '^ '' ^ e s ft'Yg /'y
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3rd Afwx<2.AVc.ofc<. HeAvc-vl K-^s\, Dates^'H^-/^ I'Wr 3rd f^ry- VCvrro , TW D a t e s ^tyy^ y,.^.
4 th Nurse -Lf 1\^ Dates / 9(^% - r-'^^'-'^4th
Religion /^cAtl-i^r<N
Dates
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. (\ g p^ ^ b I < Co j^^ _
\\}<}U\
Place of marriage to your father T^,\^c^^ tCf^ p vx: . s. , da t e _\^C3^<^ JVH^ L9_f7/^. _
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data
on the hack of this page (F-2) .
Stepfather
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4ch
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Place of birth
Place of burial
vocational
college
_lst_
_2nd_
.3rd
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your mother
F- 2 Stepmother
Name
Date of birth
Da te of death
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Date
Place of birth
Place of burial
voca t i onal
college
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates
_2nd
3rd
Ath
Dates
Da tes_
Dates
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
j'lare of marriage to your father
date
10
CHILDREN OF E AND F (or E-2,F-2) -YOUR NAME SHOULD APPEAR BELOW
Name (?aSSe,i\ l\Jc>vV,a.A AvxAaV-^r .0
Place of birth RecV^^r-,- d , T^^
Number of years of schooling_
Residence KccXv-rrd J^^Wv^c.s Marital Status i>vcy>t f tcA
Number of children \ death
j)ale of birth Tu,^ 11, '^-/'7
\G Occupation "f e<^CU("v
Name .^av\r\e\l barV>aca l\.j\<ie< :^V]
Place of birth (^rC. 'C^c-:>x; A Date of b 1 r t h xAci. o^ xg^^'^^C
Number of years of schooling '(-^ Occupation ^.^ i-,a.VeJMCrv\>c.,\fopW«?.
Residence Pc?.c .^ \^. X^\\\Vi<~,<; Marital Status <, iy>o,v t---
Number of chi Idr en — death '_
Name^ocyrT ^'^\)<i<^t^ i\AAe> .rv,-,
Place of birth Rcz^c K^ a . i , T\\ ■ Date of b Ir th j^cc-^ v^V^e,- '^.'^'^SC
Number of years of schooling v3 Occupation '.,tv_^ Aev^V
Residence \^(-,c ^^o: d XV^- Mar 1 1 a 1 Status sw-^rx^-^
Number of children — death
Name
Place of birth
Date of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Occupatlon_
Number of children
death
Date of birth
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Occupation
Number of children
death
Name
Place of birth
Date of birth
Number of years of schoolln;
Occupat ion
Res i dence
Number of children
Mar ital Status
death
Name
Place of birth
Date of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Occupation
Number of children
death
Name
Place of birth
Date of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Occupatlon_
Number of children
death
ASSIGNMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willing)
I hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and
administrative rights, to the Rock Valley College Family History
Collection, deposited In the Rockford Public Library, Rockford
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1. Arnold Freed Anderson
2. Jeanette Griff is Anderson
3. Russelli^ormon Andei*son
4. Barbara Jsinnell Anderson
5. Dortfthy Anderson I^^elson
6. Evelyn Hanmer Clay
7. Eileen Bussey Delany
8. Olive Griff is Bussey
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Hjalinar theodore Anderson
Hjalmar Theodore Anderson was born on April 2, 1891 in
Dalslad county Billingsfors oweden youngest of seven, Hjalmar
attended elementary school in Billingsfors and enjoyed winter
sports, skiing, skating, and sledding. His father Andres Larson died
when he was twelve so he was forced todo much of-the heavey
work around the house, until he finally had to quite school
when he was fourteen. He then went to work for a local Hogging
company running logs down the river to the saw mill, Kost of
the other children in the family had moved on so Hjalmar was
supporting a big loadnow. He continued logging until he was
22 when he decided to come to the United otates. He arrived in
1913 on the ship Oecar II and then preceded to Rochester, r^.Y.
There he work for a truck farmer. In 1915 Hjalmar and some of
his friends went west for a better opportunity to make some good
money. He set ground in the Dakota's for two years and was
harvesting grain in the local fields. Most of his friends had settled
in Rockford so he came back east and set up his permant residance.
In 1918 he was drafted into the army and reported to Camp
Grant. He remained there and was discharge Kovember 1919, the
war was over, Hjalmar returned to Kockford and began construc-
tion work. He married a neighbor girl Mamie Freed on August 7,
192o, He then continued to helped construct** many prominant
Rockford buildings i Swedish American Hospitol, iNational Guard
Armory, Post Office, Bell Telephone Company and Zion Lutheran
Church.
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ftiamie Caroline Freed
Mamie Caro|B.ne Freed was born March 13,1893 in Ottumwa
Iowa second child of seven. IViasiie got her formal education in
Ottumwa and graduated from high school inl910. After graduation
8he||^ork at Morrells Packing Company where she worked in the
canned meat department, Wiamie worked at ttlorrells until 1913 when
she moved to Rockford to live with friends. She got a job at
Free Sewing Machine and work there until 1920 when she married
Hjalmar Anderson, ^
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.ioUcubBi-^ imf^k •OX^Ini looffoi rfjlri ■oil ' 9mujtt0
>9ins,a ftda nsdw OSC i A^dw fcrv 04
Hjamlar and Mamie Anderson
Mamie Anderson Isad her first son Arnold Freed on January
8, 1921. At the time they where living an Parmelle iitreet in a
4 room apartment. Shortly after iviamie and Hjamlar bought the
only house they were to know on Seventeenth Avenue and Seven-
teenth Street, In 1922 this was a rural location. Dorothy Kae
was bom November 11,1923 the second child. On September 29, 1925
a third child was bom Albert Wendell and the family was com-
plete. During this time Hjamlar had been sa|M.ng money in hopes
of returning to Sweden with his family but his plans were ruined
when the depression came. In 192? Hjamlar made an addition to the ^
house which gave the family indoor pluming for the first time.
Spare time was limited but they always found time to uphold
the Swedish traditions they loved. Hjalmar lost his job for
several years during the depress|ton but he always managed to put food
on the table by having a large garden. For heat many times
they would go to the railroad tracks and get an|J ties they
could find to chop up for wood. After the depression the construe-
tion bus^ess was on a boom and Hjalmar found work easy. Mamie
was busy raising the children and carrying for the home. In
19^9 Mamie became severly ill and peissed away two years later.
Hjamlar continued working till retirement at64 and enjoyed
Social Security benefits till he was in a bad car accident
which left him uneonsious. He never regained consciousness and
died two weeks later, June io, 1958.
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Oct. 5
19 51
SOBGEHSSDLAMON:
Itar Igen h«r «n lank i var syskonri&g brustit* nar Syster ](aai« Carolina
Anderson &^1«S sunSegs oaorgon den Era. S@pt» 1951 i Sv^dlata Amarican Hospital
Syatar Anderson Ysr foSd den 13d@ Mars 1893 1 Ottuame, leva, Hon analot
sig till iSlTirc Log* No. 522 YSsa Order of America den 15de. Dec. 1935.
Narsiast sor.j:$M@ ar h^nncss siske, t^ra son^tr ooh en dotter, saat iiennes
Fadar ooh iSod«r i lo'Sii^ tva systrar og2^ tr@ broder ooii ti^a Barnbare saeat
Bnanga ^aanar oeh OrdQn syskon^
^ ir ▼ilea under grona kullen
■■■■•■■'•■■■-...-.--.-.,i-- - ---^Vldsas oro ick® Ei®r ©r B4r, --■-• — — --*~^ -._„„..,.-..
Eiu©ra IJuviigt i fisn tysta sBuliea
....'. .tyj^n' gan^ igea ¥i motas far, _...„,
Hamad irarder bsslutad,, att till den evlidn^s fflinne» Logans Charter holges
Bi©a sorgaflor for @n tid &v 30 dagar, oeh damia resuiatioa icfores i Logens
Pro toko 11, och en kopia av densaisuna tilisandes den aviidnes faallj. __
Kockford 111. den 5th. Got. 1951. ^^„.__ _„ l\
_^ ; .;.;.„_. Ruby Anderson ..' _._. ■„,.„„., .„ _....,_ v-
.: , ^_ : .Abs^ M. Carlson ._ l._„..- ;. .,
__.; ^ . ._ ._ . i>- son. _ . , .,..' ^ :
Hesalftticns Koiaaiteo .^ _' , _
to Camp Roberts in California for basic training and on to
noncommissioned officers school. After graduation he came back to
teach basic training to new draftees. In 19^3 he was sent to the
European Theater to serve under General Patton third infrantry,
Arnold was injured in 19^3 while Patton was marching to the Rhine
ant sent to a hospital in France. He returned to the U.S. and given
a medical discharge bxiA pupple heart. Arnold returned to Rockford and
began working at National Lock Again in the cost estimating dept.
In 19^6 he married Jeanette Irene Griff is.
no
-^iiAiBii olsnd lol ei;r«otiXeL til GJ'iadoh ■■-.■m'J o3
■ J AOA(^ ? to c.l iioi;r.'}u.^Bi xejtA .loortoc e-xeoiVio be loi-jaiimiioDnort
^^„ ffi.«!rttat, f «,.n,to,^ ^^^^^^
Jnfantrg li^plarem^ttt alratntng (S.mtn
CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA
I To Wnorn It Ma^ Concern:
\-
I his iS to Certify that .'^^^^^'^^^J^^^^J'' Anderson
has successful lY completea the course of InsirucUon in the
\ Officer Candidate Preparator'^ Scliool ana. is hereby awaraea
this Certificate of Qraauation.
By Command of Brigadier Genera! rales.
\ Official
William H. Fowler George H. Lawrence
Major Infantry Lt. Col Infantr^^
Executive Conimanaant
phttmtnt
nfa^riB, ffialtfcrma
PVT. AHNOLD F* ANDE3S0N
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DECElfflER 2, 1942 i MARCH 2, 1943
cyfl^ iiJ2£cLaL ixainlnq na-i bzan a±:
HE.'iVY V.^PONS COMPAinr
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(lomjaa.nJb.tiQ dom^anu
Owen Eugene Griff is
Owen Eugene Griffis bom Augest 30, 1894 (twin of Olive) son
of Albert and Jennie Ralston Griffis, early settlers in Manchester
townshop Boone county. His mother died three days after the twins
birth. Owen and Olive were taken to the homestead farm where they
were raised by their Aunt F4delia. This farm was obtained from
the government by Owen Griffis Sr, where he lived nearly sixty
years. This farm is still home to some of his descendents today.
Owen attended Gray school for eight years and continued to learn farm-
ing • He farmed with his brother Bert until he goe« into the
service. Owen served in the ariny in H<fll and was stationed at
Camp Iv'iacArthur in Texas. He returned to farm again with his
brother until he got married to Thelma Hanmer in 1921. Owen knev/
the single farm was not enough to support his brother and Owen's
familly also, so Owen rented and later bought the a|oining farm.
Pill. Hi) ©i.-^'fA/d nywo
lo v-vIIj io niwj) ♦iftil ,or faes^uA mod tlllitO •nssva n*wO
isje&ii:> iX c\l wiBlftm» \,lTimm «Billiit itotalaW mlrwl bnB t^^dik to
fMi.o Btij ftlK a^b ••rulf b«ib imdTom alH .^tm/oa orf«fl«ot
V tj ••z'nim aosl haaJ-Rbmod aril ul^ na^Uil' rxaw avllo bi-u: .:d«/w •dtnld
o 3^ hania^do aav aoal aiiiX .allabAY ^^rwA liaff^ ^ baaia^ a^aw
/jxls. ^Xoaan bavi tailv/ ,'ic ailllii} na«U x^ ^*
.\;oi •? afi^abnaoeab d.. lo 900a o^ aamri Xlitt u^ .oxBa^
I visei ol bauriilnoa biU' (19«0
tfij o^ni B9o^ arl iijiUi J1-' 1
d-'i b^coitmSB aaw bna lw«t r.i ^ut ;»iiJ ^^i ^
.'id rlJ'iw iiia^ axal 07 barruc X9i >ii lur' v'
a*. "fiAj bna aar(9oid <»iii JiOnnwa u« u«.i*,o«itf J^on *. 4;i ^iia arlt
. -IS -ninio|a <»il# til^od lalal (>na batnaa nawj os c^' r
Thelrca Catherine Hanmer
Thelma CatheriAe Hanmer was bom July 29,1902 in Leaf River,
Illinios first of four children, She attended grade echool and
I two years of high school in Leaf River. Thelma became a telephone
operator at Kable Bros, in Mount Morris when she was seventeen. Her
parents were fanners but never owned their own property always
I rented, so they did not have strong roots. She wnjoyed sewing as
a hobby and was an excellent seamstress, Thelma also played the
piano. Her family moved to a farm in IViancheater township where
, she meet Owen Griff is. They were married in mount i»;orri8 on
November i9»1921, ' '
f^aoriqels^ s #pe»»rf awlwll .twvlM "Ym^d r%f (o- j
cio alfioi tnuom al bmi-riF . i
Owen and Thelma Griffis
Thelma Griffis had her first child Jeanette Irene on oept-
emberl5» 1922, she was bornin the original house of the grandfather.
The happy couple noved to the farm that ajoined the grandfathers
farm and set up house keeping. Thelma and Owen had their second
•hild Wendell Eugene on June 2^,1925. The land lord of Owen's farm
had brought Ayershire cattle to this area fron the east and Owen
milk 25 head by } hand two times each day. What a Job. The depression
was baing felt by all especially the farmers, it was a reel struggle
to get ahead. Owen also raised his own grain for feed and hey, but when
•verything was cut in half ti gets pretty tough. By 19^+6 Owen
had worked hard emd saved enough to buy the farm from the land-
lord. In 1956 they decided to build a new house on their property.
In the rural community each day was seperate from the next and
you felt the closeness of friends in good times and bad, Thelma
lived in the mew house only five years as she died in 196I.
Owen was beginikng to show signs of the continual hard work put
on him and passed away in Marah of 196^.
sill 111 fimlerli beta newO
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.oii, -Q^Kl^b tit .dot • tmil* •v«b f1o«« ••ai^ ow^ l>njtj1iv:(J btfA tt tllm
nSi- ^ ? 3 , tsf^ t>ii« o»»l not nl«ns nwe alrf b*aiiii oela nawii ,i
- _cl 9riJ (atrrt inal •<<* ^m<J o;f if^uoi* bavaa bna biai^
, ..j'lo^o'io ii«ri7 ao aauoil van « hiiud oJ^ babioftb y*<1^ d^Pi nl .t'lol
jiB txmci 9tiS WOT x9b rioaa ^;rlni/«n'oo f it nl
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,ld^L li b«lb ^Ino Aairorf v, "C
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.4d9I lo rtrxA'i ni iawa beaaaq bna nlA no
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Jeanette Irene Griffis
Jeariette Irene Griffis was born September 15 » 1922 in the
house of her gx^eat grandfather. She attended Gray school the
sane as her father did for eight yearsof elementary education.
The walk to school was up the hill and then down the other side
for about a mile and got tougher with the weather. Gray school
was made of stone and about the sise of a classroom totfay. Their
were 25 students in the school and age ranged from six to fourteen.
The school is still standing today. Jeanette had to work hard en
the farm helping her parents, so she enjoyed her free time, which
she spent on baseball, winter sports and church activities. *lhen
highs chool came around she and her friends took the bus to
Rockton to Hononegah High, Her senior year she was captain of the
basketbaill team ajid participated in other school activities.
Jeanette graduated from Hono negah in 19^0 and began work at
Free Sewing Machine in Belvidere where she inspected fuses for
bombs. In 19^3 she enlisted in the United Stated Navy, this was
the first time the Navy wnlisted women. She became a v^fave and was
stationed at Long Beach California as a Medical assistant,
Jeanette received an honarary discharge inl9^5 and returned to
work in Rockford. She was an inspector at National Lock v/here
she met Arnold Anderson and were married August 2^,19^6.
•.. .. looiloc xf^^ b^tcftt* ilk. •'X«ri^fllbiUi'X& tA«'i8 atoii In uriuod
..iui7coul>« cui^nwMl* l:o«as«x ids^» nol bib ■i*il;/«l ivil c
Jbic -lAil^ aHI nwob mwit bam llig m1^ qi^ asw Xooifo* o^
i ic3 \jnii tfHtDwm wU litiw i^d^oj to;^ bttm •liai
• ^-i ic o^ xi« soil bvvi'i •^ bfu looiioa tii lU Bicfi; •n«w
e :^.i Hoow o9 b«i< •li'WUBl. ti^b^t ^UbitjitK llit9 ai ioo/toa Mit
.: i.i , >«1J ••nrt tori b«XPCii« 9d:i ^5 tSj-nai^q tmri jioiqloff " n; wt;^
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tlaJ^Qxio 8«w Mta i««x leiaaa laH •il^iX /Ut^^nonoH o.t
, tflyl^OM looitoa laif^o ai bafqititiMq boa ffett fj
A-row rt«2i*cf bna 0#^X iil dM^mt oneM ooil b*w L.
'^ci/t ba^aqAiii aila rx*ifw nabivlafi nl 9tilAon.-> nnX
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Arnold and Jeanette Anderson ' ^
Jeanctte Griff is and Arnold Anderson wjifere married Ji|u
Milwaukee on August 2k, 19^6, They returned to Rockford and
began housekeeping in a one room apartment with kitchen privelages
on the east side of tov/n. They lived here for a year before they
moved to a four room apartment on South ThirdStreet. Arnold was
a Quality control inspector at this time and Jeanette had become
a full time housewife. The Andersons had their first son shortly
after, on July 22,19^7 and named him Russell Isorman, The small
family enjoyed frequent visits to the Griffis farm. They were
working hard and collecting a few household items here and there,
On May 12, 1950 a second child was born« Jaxuiell Barbara and the
family was feeling the squeeze. A new home was needed, so the
family decided to build a home on ^^|||rieteenth Avenue. While the
house was being built the Andersons moved out to the Griff is farm
for eight months to save some money. They remained there until
their home was finished in December 1951 • Arnold was putting in
a ten hour day at National Lock trying to get by so the family
oould enjoy a few wxtras life was offering. But ajiy free time was
spant putting in the lawn andfixing up the house, Hussell and
Barbara where both attending Halletrom school through the sixth
grade and looked forward to the summers spent on the farm. The
family was attending Salem Lutheran Church and both childern were
baptised there. The neighborhood was made up of m^gng fsmilies
with thair young children like the Andersons so their was lots of time
J^ ^si'TSjsui 9^•#(;f not^abfiA blocitk baa all^liO 9tt0iiiij1
o,,i biolJioo/i oj b»frxi/;r»i x^*!' .^^^I •-l^S ;r«u:;»uA no ••jiuawIiM
cy Jii; vliq itartofii ilJiw rnanJ-isqa wool sno « nl ^'iiqo»j{e^K, ),i lu ^J
Yor.j -lol^d i0»x a -iol »-i«ri b»vil ^rfi. .iiwoT lo 9bl» >
^•-r oIoinA •t«i«'2^Lb'xiifl ditfoS no J-ntauxsq* ■ooi luol « ot L » >
liioood bad et^»na»t bo/t •mit ai;{^ /« lo^otviSni l9it^oo ^JiltuO £
V.fJ'so.i^ oos inill ii»tit biiri aiiosiftbxxA iwl'i' ,»liw««uorf tel^ Hut a
LiiiAS 0til ^nmrntOd Ll99mun mid bMUn bcu V4H>X,SS ^Xi/L no ti '
9^^ti Y^rfi .aPMl nilllni; srtt o/ a^isiv tnaupo^l b«>:otrT?> -^ILuil
,6'i9hf buQ riMl aa*^! blodacvo/l wtl a ^ni^oaXXoo Jboa l iiow
i>rt» bite siadiau Ilarusal* «mod b«w bll/lo *"t«?-tf>f! - O?^^ i^ ^
9ri.^ OP. fbabaan aaw Miori wort A .asaei'
»Aj t^liriv. .^JiinavA Miftti/^ no aanii a blli/tf e# bebiog^ yTIitiiiI
iriB'y -sillitL' 9»11 ot tuo bavoa •nor-'s^^A ftrt*^ tilud rnt- oi{
li^'.^i; aaori^ baniaaai \cai1I •<•)!' . avaa of r tol
It^jq new bXomA .X^^X lafteaoaQ ni ba/fainil t
'lit Mi^ un ^d t9% oJ: ^nl^t iooJ Xanoi^aH tu vab "Uiod nat a
-> 'fir o»>"[^ V :« JuG « jaliallo 8aw ellX aai^xv w«t • ^o^ne bXi/oo
'>^:r-..i,. .sfcijoff &c^^ qu ^alxllboa m«X ari^ nl T^lft-jz trtaqa
>:' «;o-Ari.r ioorioa ptoi^alXaH ^oibnt^^a iito<i a* iiafl
>'j fo J.iijqa 9X9fiunua 9iit ot boawrxol balooX baa hbni^
"1 • ' .> :j ; b.u! doaurfO nBimil&ud mttlBi. ^rtlbnatta aaw ^irsAl
')lll ■ ^^ lo 41^ tjfjnfl %i!w fiO-.rf'xodil'Ai'jn oriT •siari^ b•Bi:^qaJ
"o - jj. ^.i.; .J jaosiC'hriA o^'J o-iii .TOTblhto nuov. tla/l^ rt^lw
spent together, A third child, Roger La Verne was bom December3,
1956 he was a long awaited pleasure for the entire fsimily,
Arnold decided to build two more bedrooms upstairs for the older child-
ren and a recreation room downstairs for the family to enjoy,
Jeanette had a full time job with three children to care foo and
a house to keep up« plus anytime to spend on herself. Russell
graduated from Rockford East in I965 and «?ent on to college at
Western Illinois University. Barbara was just starting at East and
Roger just Finished Hallstrom, He would now go on to Jefferson Juinor
High, vVith the children in schokl all day Jeanette began school
herself at the Rockford School Of Nursing to pursue her medical
backroiond. She received her diploma and begaji nansing at Americania
Nursing Hornet Arnold was working in the Product andDevdlopment
Dept, and saving for his childetrns college education, Barbara
graduated from East in 1968 and went on to Illinois State university,
Rockford made the change over so Jefferson was a senior high school
now and Roger continued on there, Russell married Sherry Trank
this same year and rented an apartment off Harrison Avenue where
they soon had a son Troy. "Vith only one child left at hone Arnold
and Jeanette decided to move to a smalleii house in Sierra Heights,
were their older son had bought his house four years before,
Barbara graduated from ISU and moved to Peoria wliere she is now
teaching special education at Pleasant Valley School. Roger
graduated from Jefferson in 197'^ and went on to Rock Valley College,
Arnold and Jeanette are still working and enjoy their free time
caring for the beaotiful lawn.
,. -soo-ivoeU rrxoo usw OirieV b1 'iey,o/. ,bIl/io b-jcxAT A .loriooyod^ ;J'i©c<3
-:Iino ioblo n/i^ tot BT^iutWiu saooib^v ^lom ow^ bliud oi foebiseo bloiCiA
.,:i.[>-:» ot xLloMl tit no\ milBtanynob noo'x r.oi^8«'XOf)'X <? hrui n«^
bits aa"! oiJBo o^ nftibliilo ••^t ri^lw dot Mai^ IIjjI m bsti 9itBfiM9l
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,i orioo ^uXXn.' :iuc3i\oXl fa noi^/iOLrb» /•ioaqa Hrtl/losa^
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Roger LaV^ne Anderson
Roger LaVern Anderson was born December 3, 1956 the last
of three children for Arnold and Jeanette Anderson, He was
exposed to education at the age of three when he attended
nursery school at theYWCA. Roger then attended Hallstrom
the sawe school as his father had. He enjoyed school very
much and participated at a inaximuni capacity. He was a safety
patrol captain and earned the Patrol Boy Of The Year Award when
he was in sixth grade. During this six years he took full
advantage of the huge yard and empty field in back of the fair.ilys
house. Roger played baseball during the summer and froze the yard
over for hockey in the wi)ntbr. He went on to Jefferson Juior
High where he enjoyed playing basketball for the school team
and remained interested in studies. He was mowing grass in the
neighborhood to earn money which he liked to spend on model cars,
Roger also started raising and breeding rabbits and he had 34
rabbits at one period. The suniiner before he was to start the ninth gradw
he and his friends had a ^B hour bike marathon, one of the first
in Rockford. Roger remained at Jeffersfch ffcr senior high and
contributed to the basketball team. By this time he was old
enough to feet a part time job smd so he started working at
Hilander grocery store. Ke was eager to earn money so he could
buy a car. »Vhen he graduated hfa had his car and then some extra
left, he was moving up the ladder at Hilander. Roger enrolled at
Rock Valley as a Life Science major, he was very interested in
the human body smd having amother for a nurse didn't hurt. He
is now the number one part time employee at Hilander and attending
Rock Valley College,
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(£w fth .aoeiAbaA e^3»rtJt*l» bruB biorrxA lol it^ibXirlo B9ttli to
bebn*^J« ftn n*rtw ••ofl^ to m^tM 9tit i& noitMOktbm oi b«MO<iX«
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.j«lfici ■ tBw all tijtloaqmo ruinixAm a 7b ba^aqiol^^nAq bna rioum
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I. FAMILY DATA
A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name W//9A TAT? H^RRiSntJ /?/vr.LEM/ /if Current Residence -
I f dead, date of death Mffy qj /96^
Place of birth f^QC /\ FO R 0 Date of Birth July 7^0. /^9.0
Education (number of years);
grade school "^ high school V vocational col lege "'
Occupatlon(s) PUCE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
lstNA/0<r SnLL^M/^l\J Dates 1st ROC t^FnRT) D^te?-
2nd CCi^'Tfs/^CTO R Dates 2nd ^Dates_
lr6dtLi\JtRy SfR\JiCf Dates 3rd Dates_
'ith Dates kx.\\ Dates
Rellglon/^£T/y^,9/^-
Polltlcal parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. KNiCkHTS Oh (^yTH//?S
Place Of Marriage to your grandmother ^pc/^fn^i) ^^'^ f^^^^j^J^
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-l)
6. Grandmother (your father's side)
Residence ^_____
Name/^/zW/? STn/£AJ <> mi(..LaMlP.£ Currant
If dead, date of death <,fpr. \o l(^f^
Place of birth QGl^ COUA/T^/. /U.UA/n/S Date of birth J/9/V, 12/. iK^i/
Education (number of years):
grade school 5? high school ^ vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after "leaving home)
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
'tth Dates Jith Dates
Religion METHOBiST
I Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. t?orKrof'KD lyOMrA,'^ C/ oP
Kiace Of marriage to your grandfather f^ncj< m^ n DATE p^^ ^j,, ,,n
' tU''aat^Sf!»fhlj(«ga«'8f^|(|g 3||i8^^b^ja stepmother or another relative give
A- I SlepyranJf ather (your father's side)
H,„„r Current Residence
I r .U'.m], .l.itc of death
Pl.ice nf birih Date of Birth
Ediifitlon (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
Occupatioo(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
l-,t Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
i^th
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
'«th Dates ^th Dates
Be I i q i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmothar "date
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
Na-^ Current Residence
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth Date Of birth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school vocational ^college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Is' Dates Ist Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3'-d Dates 3rd Dates
Re I i q i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of rnarritge to your grandfather Date
3.
Grnndfather (your mother's side)
Name Ufll R£RT lEW /7/9 THRf Current
I f dead, date of death f^pRnJ'^.i'JS'?
Residence
P'^" "f blrth/'/£T/^e C7?gt7C . /^/-//yO/-. Date of birth //.oi/. -7^7 ./^7>r
Education (number of years):
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Occupat ion(s)
1st6^/V/76/?r,^/7^ TC/^KmC^ Pates
InAQS/ilf^ tLC\,dTOJ^ OetR/^T'OR Dates
3 rd Dates
'ith Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1 5 1 S Tn R Y CiT/. /n L://9 Da tes_
2nd
i»th
Dates
Dates_
Dates
Religion AV7-A/.0/P/S 7-
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother p/}/ Mc f-; /ff t?RfV f-^ /i date ^ , . ITTTaT^
Note: If your mother was raised by a iLipNiriir Or ■nUlHtr WlJJllVB (CO age iSjT"''^' ' '^' ' '' "^
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Roc KF OKU
>^^^0].m ^^J^^rr (1fiJt\f\C. ^Current Residence (:l'^ ^'r i^^?/ ^/^'l^ ■
If dead, date of death
Place of birthA^^^^.-^7^>,<^p^, in\^^
Education (number of years)
grade school ^ high school ^
Occupat ion(s)
1st TLKtiCR
2nd
3rd
_Oates_
_Date8_
Dates
^Date of b I rth LECEMeeh: ■29' . / g^9
vocational col lege .:.■} "^
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
'" 1st /C".//9 Dates
2nd rje^RnsK/^
Dates / ^'7 "^
3rdM67S JUA.CI inA. . /LtL Dates
Rellglon/^/r^^/.^,-y5^
Pol It leal party, civil or
social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather V7/9/A7r A- •//^-'/r'/Cy^^^^^^^ date^^/,;. /^ /t//-)
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another r*»l at iv/« r*« «^- !?;
,lvc t^^: Jala uti ine oacK oT chls psQe (0-2)
C-l t,r epgrandf ^ther (your mother's side)
N.jine Current Residence
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Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
«c I I gi on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Plocg of marriage to your grandmother date"
D-7 S t c|)f)r.indmothtT (your mother's side)
Name Current Residence
I f (Iroil, '\,ir.r nf death
I'l.iti- of hirih Date of birth
Education (number of years)
qradc school high school vocational college
Occjpot ion(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1. 1 Dates 1st Dates
2nn Dates ^2nd Dates
3'-'^ Dates 3rd Dates
•'e I i 'J I on
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Place of marriage to your grandfather Date
. 2.
CHIkPRtN ot A & B ^or A- I or b-lj - ycur fsthar's name should appear below
Res Idence
Number of ch! iciren — ^— ~
OccupatTSrt
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Name
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Residence
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PUCE OF RESIDENCE
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Place of marriage to your rttoth^r
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepta
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Occupat ion (s)
2nd
3rd
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Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
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grade school high school vocational college
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LIST OF SOURCES
1) Interviews with family members
2) Family Bibles
3) Family scrapbooks
4) Family genealogies
5) Newspaper clippings
TRACING BACK THE ANGLEMIRE NAME
ROBERT ANGLEMIRE
Robert Anglemire was born on February thirteenth, 1831, in
Mount Michel or Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
On August ninteenth, 1854, he and Elizabeth J. Smith were mar-
ried in Pennsylvania. They had three children, Walter Harrison,
John, and Zadah. Elizabeth Smith Anglemire died on May twenty-
first, 1863. On May twenty-second, 1866, Robert married
Caroline L. Troxel of Rockford. They also had three children,
William, Grace, and Edith.
In 1870, Robert came to Rockford, where he lived for a
large part of the rest of his life. He had been in Rockford for
a while in the late sixties, but had returned to Pennsylvania.
Soon after Robert settled in Rockford, he started in business as
a manufacturer of boots and shoes. He was the first shoe manu-
facturer in Rockford and carried on a flourishina trade until
October first, 1902. At that time he sold his business to the
Rockford Shoe Company, retired, and moved back to his old home
in Pennsylvania. Robert lived there for five years, coming back
to Rockford in March of 1907, to live with his son, John.
Shortly after his return to Rockford, he suffered a stroke from
which he never fully recovered. His health failed him rapidly
after that, and he passed away on August twenty-sixth, 190 7.
Robert Anglemire 's obituary in an old Rockford newspaper
states that he "...was a man of excellent qualities of mind and
character. In his long bussiness career he established a repu-
tation for honesty and upright dealing that never flagged in the
least," quite a tribute to a great man.
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TRACING BACK THE ANGLEHIRE NAME
WALTER HARRISON ANGLEMIRE
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I VJalter Harrison Anglemire was born on May twenty-second,
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On June twenty-seventh, 1878, 'rialter married Elizabeth
Teague. Together, they had two children, Eva and VJalter
Harrison junior. Elizabeth Teague Anglemire died on February
fourteenth, 1902. Walter then married Grace Haggerty. In 1915,
Walter died in Rockford Hospital, where he had been for two
weeks for an operation.
Walter was a member of the Knights of Pythias, and was ac-
tive in the affairs of the lodge.
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WALTER HARRISON ANGLEMIRE
Walter Harrison Anglemire was born on July thirtieth, 1890,
in Rockford, in his parents home. His parents were Walter
Harrison Anglemire and Lizzie Teague Anglemire. He went to
Kent School (no longer in existence) in Rockford and graduated
from Rockford Central High School. Not much is known about his
younger years. Before he went to school in the mornings he
would go' down to his fathers boot and shoe factory and help out
a little. He was an excellent orator and in high school v;as on
the debate team. It was there in high school where he met his
future wife, Alma Stevens,
After he graduated from high school, Walter was employed
by his father as a traveling salesman. He traveled to the
neighboring cities and towns and took orders for shoes.
On February twenty-sixth, 1913, Walter and Alma Stevens
were united in marraige in Rockford.
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ALMA STEVENS
Alma Stevens was born on January twenty-first, 1891, in
Kishwaukee, Illinois, daughter of George Stevens and Abby
Rothwell Stevens. Not much is known about her childhood.
She went to Kishwaukee Community Grade School and araduated
from Rockford Central High School in 1909. After high school,
she taught at Gonzalez School for a year in Rockford. While
Alma was in high school and while she taught, she roomed with
friends or relatives. On February twenty-sixth, 1913, she
married Walter Harrison Anglemire, whom she had met in high
school .
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WALTER HARRISON ANGLEMIRE and ALMA STEVEHS ANGLEMIRE
Walter Harrison Anglemire and Alma Stevens were married on
February twenty-sixth, 1913, in her parent's home in Kishwaukee.
At this time, Alma quit her teaching and the couple moved into
a house on Montague street in South Rockford. After about three
years there, they moved out on a farm, part of which Walter
built. This farm still stands, on Edwardsville road, just south
of Rockford, and the name W. ANGLEMIRE is still emblazoned on
the stone silo.
VJorld War ^^BcKwas just getting going at this time, so
V/alter sold the farm, thinking he might get drafted. He did'nt,
so he enlisted in 1917, serving for a brief six months at Fort
Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis, Indiana. Upon Walters release
from the army, he and Alma moved to Elsworth street in 1918.
They lived here for about five years and then moved to 1620
Prospect court, where they lived for most of the rest of their
lives .
The young family started to grow, but tragedy struck al-
most immediately. Their first child, Betty Louise, was born on
March second, 1919, and died in infancy on March seventh, 1919.
Their second child, Walter Wayne, was born on Auaust first, 1921,
and died on April fifteenth, 1929. They fared better with their
next tv;o children; Allan league, born on March ninteenth, 1925,
and Nancy Etta, now Mrs. Clifford Hedtke of Grove City, Minne-
sota, born on February first, 1931.
After the army and prior to the early thirties, Walter held
several different jobs, most of them involvina contracting and
wrecking. In the early thirties, his work developed into a
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delivery service, which is still in operation today. In 1926,
Walter bought an old garage on South Madison street^ ii^huii, ho..
nprrntiBii ipiiit nf '.Vhen the Depression hit in 1929, 'alter lost
the garage, but he rented it out from then on, and it is still
rented today by his son, Allan. Meanwhile, since Walter had
gotten out of the army, he had been aguiring land in and
around Rockford. This too, was swept away by the Depression,
and he only managed to save the land his house sat on and a bit
less than an acre across the street. During the Depression, the
family had to tighten up, and throughout these years there was
usually a boarder in the house.
In the early forties. Alma was often bed-ridden, because
she developed a very painful form of arthritis. It was later
discovered that one side of her hip bone had grown together, so
she had to walk with a cane or a walker for the rest of her life.
Walter was involved with the Knights of Pythias, the Men's
Garden Club, the American Legion, and the Masons, and both he
and Alma were members of Centennial Methodist Church. Alma was
a member of the Rockford VJomen ' s Club and was always busy with
the church. In his spare time, Walter worked in his beautiful
garden, which was on his lot across the street, and he grew just
about everything there was to grow - corn, asparagus, tomatoes,
beets, Dotatoes, strav/berries , pears, apples, peaches, plums,
and grapes, which grew on a hundred foot long grape arbor. In
just one year alone, he was able to pick one hundred twenty-
four guarts of strawberries. Walter also grew countless vari-
eties of beautiful flowers. Every year he gave away what he
grew in his garden, which was more than enough for the family.
Every year the Anglemire family took a long motor trip, and
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they traveled to Texas, Mexico, Canada, Florida, and New York.
On May ninth, 1966, '.-/alter suffered a heart attack and passed
away. Alma had a stroke shortly after that and lived for a while
in the Alma Nelson Manor. She moved later to the Rockford
Sanitarium, where she died on September thirtieth, 1968.
The Anglemires were a well known and highly respected
family who never failed in their generosity and thoughtf ulness.
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ALLAN TEAGUE ANGLEMIRE
Allan Teague Anglemire was born on Karch ninteenth, 1925,
third child of Walter Harrison Anglemire and Alma Stevens
Anglemire. He was born in Rockford.
Allan lived in a roomy two story house at 1520 Prospect
Court all his life until he got married, except for a brief
stay in the army. He went to nearby Jackson School for first to
sixth grades, seventh to ninth grades at Lincoln Junior High
School, and tenth to twelfth grades at East High School, from
where he graduated in February, 1944. In high school, Allan was
involved with the A Cappella choir, the folk dancing group, and
the wrestling team. In both junior and senior high school, he
was active with his church youth group, the Epworth League. In
high school, Allan worked for Chas. V. Weises for four dollars
a week. His job consisted of taking the V/eises mail to the Post
Office, six days a week. He always had jobs at home, also, and
they included mowing the lawn, cleaning out the garage, feeding
the chickens, and weeding out the garden.
When Allan was young there were many other boys in the
neighborhood, so he v;as always kept busy. Together they played
baseball, rode bicycles and just about anything else that could
be imagined of young boys. Allan recieved his own bicycle when
he was twelve, a real delight. Around the time of Allan's birth,
his father built a beautiful, big playhouse, complete with
glass windows and front porch. This playhouse is still in ex-
istence somewhere in Rockford.
After Allan graduated from high school, he enlisted in the
Army Air Force, in April of 1944. When the war ended, he was
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given an honorable discharge in November of 1945. 'Afhen Allan
got out of the army, he worked for his father's delivery ser-
vice, until he entered Northern Illinois Teachers College (now
Northern Illinois University) at Dekalb in September of 1946.
He attended Northern until March of 1948, having completed five
quarters. In May of 1948, Allan started working for Sjostrom &
Son Contractors until shortly after his marraige. «\fhile he was
still at Northern, he met Helen Mathre at a YWCA Coed Club
dance. They went together for about a year and a half and were
then married on September third, 1948, in Court Street United
Methodist Church, in Rockford.
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HALBERT LEW MATHRE
Halbert Lew Flathre was born on November twentieth, 1878,
in Nettle Creek, Illinios, son of Anders Larson Mathre and
Ingeborg Thomson Mathre. Very little is known about his child-
hood. IVhen he was young he always lived on a farm. Sometime in
his youth he moved to a farm near Story City, Iowa.
He attended Pleasant View College in Ottawa, Illinios,
and Highland Park College in Des Moines, Iowa, where he re-
cieved a Masters Degree in commercial studies. He then taught
in Wisconsin, in Oregon, and Saint Paul Normal College, where
he met his future wife, Ozma Graham Mathre. They dated for a
while and were married on August fourteenth, 1912, in Palmer,
Nebraska.
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OZMA GRAHAM MATHRE
Ozma Graham Mathre was born December twenty-ninth, 1889,
on her parentis farm in Mills County, Iowa. Her parents were
James Alba Sterett and Nancy Graham Sterett. She had one bro-
ther and two sisters, all younger. James Sterett was a grain
f armer , (wheat , oats, barley) but he also kept a few cows and
some pigs and chickens. V/hen Ozma was nine, the family moved
out west to another farm, in Nance County, Nebraska. In
Nebraska, the closest small town was Fullerton; back in Iowa
the closest town was Henderson.
Ozma went from first to eighth grades in one room school
houses in both of these locations. IVhen she was young she
played with corn cob dolls which the childred made themselves.
They played childred 's games such as skip-rope and hide-and-
go-seek. In the wintertime all the childred looked forward to
going sledding or skating on a nearby pond.
Discipline was strict in the Sterett home, as a switch
was used, but overall, love was the dominant force in the four
children's upbringing. The Sterett family lived in a frame
house in both Iov;a and Nebraska which got its heat from what
was known as a base burner. The base burner was in the living
room and it burned hard coal. The kitchen stove, which was fed
corn cobs, also provided heat. The only light at night would
be the light of a kerosene lamp. To keep warm at night they
used hot water bottles and, of course, plenty of blankets and
quilts. Ozma had chores enough to keep her busy and among them
were to keep the corn cob bin full, (for the kitchen stove) hoe
and weed the garden, wash or dry dishes, and occasionally she
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ran the cream separator and milked cows.
The hard life of the farm was not without it's good times,
though. For the community there were ice cream socials, the
yearly Christmas program at school, and the county fair. The county
fair was an all day affair at which the family would all go
together. A lunch basket was brought so there was a picnic in
the afternoon. On Saturdays, Ozma's parents usually went into
town and sometimes the children were lucky enough to go with
them. In town they would sell their milk, butter, and eggs, and
buy the few neccesary items they needed. On Sundays the whole
family went to church which v;as held in the schoolhouse.
When Ozma completed eighth grade, the year was about 1903,
and few farm children v;ent to any more school, but she went to
Saint Paul Normal College, in Saint Paul, Nebraska( this was a
common practice then, as education was on a lower standard) for
two years and then a few summers of summer school. In one of
her classes here, she met her future husband, Halbert Lew Mathre,
who v/as one of her teachers.
After her graduation, Ozma taught for five years in grade
schools in Nebraska. It was during those five years that H. Lew
Mathre returned from Oregon, where he had been teaching briefly
to court Ozma. Their dates consisted of Sunday strolls along
the railroad tracks and community concerts. On August fourteenth,
1912, they were married in Palmer, Nebraska.
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HALBERT LEW MATHRE and OZMA GRAHAM STERETT
H. Lew Mathre and Ozma Sterett were wed on August four-
teenth, 1912. The young couple settled down in Saint Paul, but
not for long. They moved to Chicago where H. Lew taught at the
Gregg School of BusinessCof Gregg shorthand fame). He was a
personal friend of Mr. Gregg. Three years later they moved to
Yorkville, where Lew taught for a year or two. Then they moved
to Lindenwood, Illinios, where Lew bought a grain elevator. He
quit his teaching proffesion then because he felt there was more
money in the grain elevator. They had previously had a daughter,
Lucille, born in Nebraska in 1915, and here in Lindenwood, they
had James Millard, born May sixteenth, 1922, and Helen Burdette,
born on November twelfth, 1923, In 192 7 Lew had a chance to buy
a grain elevator in Davis Junction, as he was only a partner
among many in the elevator at Lindenwood. Here in Davis Junction
the family lived for mr^ny years.
H. Lew Mathre was a man of great faith, and moderation.
He used to have a piece of licorice in his pocket on his suit,
and every Sunday, after dinner, he would take one bite off of it,
and then put the remaining piece back in his pocket, typifying
his great willpower. Ozma Mathre was a very serious and reserved
person who was always very interested in polf)tics and the world
situation. The Mathre family lived a fairly uneventful life. In
1938, the family took a months vacation out to Idaho to visit
relatives.
On April fourth, 1957, Halbert Lew Mathre died. In 1963,
Ozma Mathre moved to Rockford, where she presently lives, at
728 North Gardiner Avenue.
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HELEN BURDETTE MATHRE
Helen Burdette Mathre was born on November twelfth, 1923,
in her parent's home in Lindenwood, Ogle county, Illinois. She
was the third child of Halbert Lew Mathre and Ozma Sterett
Mathre.
When Helen was three years old the family moved to Davis
Junction, a few miles north of Lindenwood in Ogle county, where
her her father bought his new grain elevator. There the family
lived in a two story frame house on Illinois highway 72.
Helen went from first to eighth grades in a two room
schoolhouse in Davis Junction. For ninth grade, she went to Lin-
coln Junior High School in Rockford. She spent her sophomore
and junior years at Rockford Central High School and for her
senior yea,r she went to the newly built East High School, from
where she was graduated in 1941. Her parents chose the Rockford
schools over nearby Stillman Valley because a wider choice of
classes was offered.
The Mathres have always been a very close family. For
their children, they were firm believers of the razor strap as
a means of discipline, and they instilled such desirable qual-
ities as honesty, responsibility, obedience, and thriftiness.
When Helen was young she was given a nickel for an allowance
and of this, part went to church and part was set aside to be
saved. On Sunday the whole family went to Sunday school and
church at the Davis Junction Methodist Church. Helen had a few
jobs to do around the house and among them were to dust the
floors around the rugs and drying dishes.
For entertainment during the summer there were movies
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shown outside against a building every Saturday night. Once a
year there was a school Christmas program, and. at the end of
the school year there was the school picnic. These were both
major events of the small town, and were attended by just about
everyone. As for entertainment in the home, the family always
had a radio, and when Helen was very young the family bought a
piano, a luxury in those days. All the children took lessons.
Helen had many friends, and together they played dolls,
jacks, and made mudpies. Sometimes, she would go over to her
father's grain elevator and he would give them their favorite
blackjack gum.
After Helen graduated from East High School, she went to
Rockford College, from where she was graduated in 1945. She had
a major in english and a minor in music. After she graduated
she worked for a short time in Camp Grant as a secretary. After
that she worked at the Illinois Bell Telephone Company as a ser-
vice representative from 1946 to 1951. LVhen she started at the
telephone company, she lived at the YV/CA until her marriage.
While at the YWCA, she was active in the Coed Club, which spon-
sored swimming, dancing, volleyball, and bridge.
It was at a Coed Club dance one night that Helen met Allan
Anglemire. They started dating and about a year they got engaged.
Then, on September third, 1948, they were married at Court
Street United Methodist Church.
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ALLAN AMGLEMIRE and HELEN MATHRE ANGLEMIRE
Allan Anglemire and Helen Mathre Anglemire were married on
September third, 1948. They honeymooned in Wisconsin. They re-
sided briefly at three locations before settling down at their
present residence at 1115 Winthrop Lane, Rockford. In 1952,
their first child, a daughter, was born. She was Sue Karen,
born on April tenth. On November twenty-seventh, 19 54, a son
was born, Thomas Allan.
One of the family's many interests is antique automobiles.
Allan has owned 1911 and 1923 Model "T" Fords, a 1926 Dodge,
and a 1925 Lincoln. He presently owns two Lincolns, 1926 and
1928, one of which he is restoring. The family often took week-
end trips with antique automobile clubs in the area. In 1961
the Anglemires traveled three thousand miles to Washington, D.C.,
New York, and back through Michigan and the Great Lakes area in
the 1925 Lincoln, a credit to the durable old car.
When Allan was first married, he worked briefly at Barber-
Colman and at Sjostrom Construction, but he was soon working
for his father's delivery service, where he has been ever since.
In 1966, when his father died, he took over the business, which
is located at 117 South Madison Street.
Meanwhile, Sue and Tom were going to school. They went
from kindergarden to sixth grades at Bloom School, seventh to
ninth grades at Lincoln Junior High School, and tenth to
twelfth grades at Guilford High School from where Sue graduated
in 1970, and Tom graduated in 1972. At Guilford, Sue was in-
volved in the Pom-Pom Corps and the school paper, Valhalla.
Tom was active in the band and the wrestling team. After her
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graduation, Sue went on to Valparaiso University, from wh^cdi
she graduated in 1974 with a Bachelors Degree in journalism
and history. She If^TT'^ married on May twenty— fifth , 1974, and now
resides in Saint Charles, Missouri, as Ms. Kraig Kurtz. She
works as a staff writer for the Saint Charles Banner. After Tom
graduated he worked briefly at John S. Barnes Corporation, and
at Amerock Corporation. In 1974 he started college at Rock
Valley Junior College, having had two years off from school.
Also, during these two years, he did volunteer work at Contact,
a telephone listening service, where he completed two hundred
hours of active duty.
Helen keeps busy playing golf in the summer and is in-
volved with various church organizations. She also serves on
committees at the YWCAand with her golf clubCorganization ) .
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N ;i in e , ^ ■ ..'.■>-/,;/ / ' : I '- . .
Date of birth "-,43' ' \''' .■
D a t e o f d c a t h - -^ ' '
Kducation (number of years):
grade school high school
0 1: c u p a t i o n ( s )
1st p/^i^m\A;^
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re 1 ig ion . JiVq
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_ _ C u r r e n t R e s i d l- n c e ^.. EZ^ fi '^-i- p _____
P lace of b i r t h / QC^KTOAJ^ L LLlfy'OlS
Place of burial ^QC'^'^ON ; LL 'A^ 0 ]S
vocational
college
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Is t 1^ {yjl 'i! T/') fJ )LL. Dates
2nd_
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, a i r .
Place of marriage to your grandmother_
d a 1 1
ii x^ /o in
NOTE: If your mother was raised by a stepfather or ancjther relative (to
age 18) give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Or an dr.io ther (your mother's side)
Name —■-'■, f
-ij^
Date of birth_
Date of deat h ,_>' 'SO ' i'
Current Residence
Place of birth
'6V6/.V
_Place of burial f.,;Jk-'J7v, ;LL\./VOI-^ '
Education (number of years)
grade school_ high school vocational__ _col]ege
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
_2nd
3rd
4 th
PLACE OF RF.S I DI:NCE
(after leavln;', home)
Da I cs
Dal es
Dates
R e 1 1 g i o n '
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather •<., u C s rL f. 0 \ <-'-'. 'v C I ^S DaLi- __ .'uJ']
NOTi:: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relal ive (to
« i
gflve that d«-ta on the back of tliis page (D-:')
L-2 S cepgrandf a ther (your mother's side)
Name
Date of blr th_
Date oi death
Current Residence_
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school high school_
Occupation(s)
vocational
col lege
1st
2nd_
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
1st
2nd_
3rd_
Ath
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Da t es_
Dates
Dates
Dates
R e 1 i g i o n^
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother
D-2 S tepgrandraother (your mother's side)
Name
Date
Date of b i r th
Date of death
Current Residence
Place of birlth
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school
Occupatlon(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
high school
Da t es_
Dates
Dates
Dates
voca t tonal
•oil c'};e
1st
2nd
.3rd
4th
PLACE OF RKSIDKNCK
(after leaving hf)me)
Dates
Dates
Da tes
D .1 tes
R e 1 1 K i o n
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather
1) a t c
CHILDREN of A & B (or A-2 or B-2 ) - your father's nnme should appear below
Name {'ML-'^^IH- K • h/RA/PLp
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schoollng_
R e s i d e n c e CAA^C S Ul cL f M arital Statu s ] C:{^f.if:^\C L
Number of children « . Death )V;A P. . I'^'^iip
0 c c u patio n !JAUCA/J: f __
N '1 m e '\Lfi^^'7nAy f^P.NOU.
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
date
Res i d c n c e
Number of children
l£L
Marital Status
D e a t h
0 ccupatlo n_J^2!JLffi_/A2.
N a 111 e I
Lit K.
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schooling
Res i d e n c e "'■ -V ' ■— ^ , ' - - ■ M^r ital Status^
D e a t h
Occupa Lion
Number of childre n ' Jj^
Na iiu
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birth
d.ii
Number ol years of schooling_
Residence I" Dj f p "' - .
Number of children
0 (• c upa t I o n_
jL
Marital St ,i t u s /">1.a.Oj.? j FQ_
death ■ —
date
Name Z-LpV Zj frK' '■ ''"■ - j-L
1' 1 a c e of b i r t h
N umb (.' r o 1 years of schooling Oc c u p a t ion
Res i d e n c e - ; , '. ' .X v- l^, Marital Status ^''ljr_LJi_^_=_ _
Number ol children v? Death
Nam e f.'^ LP ^f ^ ^. ' A P. ITO N f)h ,V JLp
Place of birth
d a t e
Number of years of schooling_
Residence
Occupation
Number of children
Marital Status i
death
N a m e
P 1 a c I' of birth
Number of years of schooling
Resi dence
Nuiv.ber of children
date
Marital Status
death
Occupation
Name ____^_^_____
Plact! of birth
Number of years of schooling
R e s i d e n c e
Number of children
N a me
date
Marital Status
d e a t h
Oc c upa t ion
date
Place of birih ,
Nurib.r ol years of scliooling Occupal i (j n
Residence Marital Status _
N' umber of children dealii
N a me
P lace of b I r t h
Number of years of schooling
d a t e
_ 0 (■ (• u |i a I i () n
N mill
•hi 1 d r e n
Marital SI a t us
dea ill
CHILDREN of C and D (or C-2, D-2')-your mother's name should appear below
Name y,' ' -
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Number of children_
Name I , - ' ■; ■ r
death
Place of b ir th , r- . rf
date
Number of ^ears of schooling
Residence^; ."^ - Marital Status
Occupation_
Number of children
death
Occupation_
3 . Name j
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling^
Res idence_;
Number of children
date
Mar i tal S ta tus
death
0 cc upa t ion
Name
Place of birth
date
Number of vears of schoolinj
Res idence
Number of children
Marital Status
death
Occupation
Name
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schoollng_
Residence
Number of children
Marital Status
death
Occupatlo n
Name
Place of birth date_
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
N' umber of children
death
Occupation_
Name
Place of birtl-i
Number of years of schooling
Residence
Number of children
date
Marital Status_
death
Occupation
8. Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling_
Res 1 dence
Sumb<-r of children
date
Occupation
Marital Status
death
Same
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schooling^
Residence Marital Status
Number of children •.
Occupa t ion
death
;o
N'ame
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schoolinB
'K(Mldc-nre
"iiiiibi-r i>f children
Occupation
Marital Status
df.i Ih
Your Father
Name :-Lhrl vA^Pi."'jV nR'yp''-^^ Current Residence
Date of birth '',''.' Place of bitth
Date of Death
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
vocational
college
Occupation(s)
Dates
2 n d / j A C O [PA ii C 0) fOKt~ Dates
3rd Da tes
4th Dates
1st
2nd
3rd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
4th 6^L(J
Dates
Dates
Dates
/ i6 0
Religion JAT^CL
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your mo thery- r.
date
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that data
on the back of this page. (E-2)
Your Mo ther
NameF/;/-) 'l)4K^L',-i^
rl j'^rfCh riP
Date of birth
Current Residence
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school high;- s chool_
vocational
col lege ._
Occupation(s)
1st TtAchief^
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Da tes
Dates
Dates
1st
2nd
3rd /
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
4th i' ^ i-0
^U'--..L
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion CAT^QJ-''^^
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your father
date
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NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data
on the back of this page (F-2).
Stepfather
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Place of birth
Place of burial
vocational
college
_lst_
_2nd_
.3rd
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Da tes
Dates
Dates
Da tes
Religion
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your mother
F- 2 S t epmo ther
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Date
Place of birth
Place of burial
voca t lonal
college
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates
.2nd
3rd
Ath
Dates
Da tes_
Dates
Religion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
I'lace of marriage to your father
date
CHILDREN OF E AND F (or E-2,F-2) -YOUR NAME SHOULD APPEAR BELOW
Name
rc,iQi, OkT/olO Sfi
Place of birth ,•
Date of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence 1 1 ,^C"'' Marital Status
Number of children J. death
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Number of years of schooling
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Number of children
death
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Date of birth
Number of years of schooling
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Number of children
death
Name
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Number of years of schooling
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Occupation
Number of children
death
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Date of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Occupation
Number of children
death
Name
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Date of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Occupation
Number of children
death
Name
Place of birth
Date of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Occupation
Number of children
death
Name
Place of birth
Date of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence Marital Status
Occupation
Number of children
death
ASSIGNMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willing)
T hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and
administrative rights, to the Rock Valley College Family History
Collection, deposited in the Rockford Public F.ibrary, Rockford
Illinois
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INTRCDUCTIOT
I hfvs uncovero'"' r.;?.ry inters^tiing thinc;s fbout my fomily
history, especially on uy .aother's Ei:"e, I i-e.ve virtually no
information on my father *£, side except foi what I obtained from
talking with ::.y father's fsraily. several bits and pieces cf
inforvraticn are told without dates, bacausa dates are siivoly
un/.AOi«'n .
Jly ncth'sr's fr.nily on her father's side has been able to
trace ti'.air lir:a:;';e 'j:tCK to t: e iiayf lov;er , --'.s a young boy,
Thoruas CU."-''".N Sr,, ca,ac over on the .':"xyflov;er with his family,
ris mot:, ex died on the uay over and hi.'i father died durinc" the
first 'winter in. i-neric" . r.f ter his fsthar's death, he was
teken i'-. an^ r-iso'." b/ the '/liliaia i:.\..:.FC^:^ f^-iily. Because of
it's conirlexity , X h."'Ve typed a aaparate lineace chrrt fo" this
side of the fa;f\ily, Jhe line^ga has been traced Dack thirte n
generations frcr. ::\y son, hillia.a Ralnh A"k1v:0Ljj Jr. to Thoiaas
CJSHM..£ Sr. v;hiO ca.7;e to ;r.ir.eric<:. on the Mayflower.
My ;v.other's fai.iily o.-i her r:.Tther's side carae ever to the
J.merican Continer;; Jrcir. Laucerdaifc;, Gerwc-iiy durinc; the i-ii-ericsn
Revolution. Two brothers ventured to /.raerica v/hile on their
honeyraoons. Eecause ships didn't r^eturu back to Germany during
the Revel iticn, th-^y reuitined ^nd joined the r.nericcn side. One
brother died and the other oroth.sr came out of tre Revolution as
a General,
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LIST CF i.OUKC:^
Ralph C<?rlton .^RNOLD, ray frt'ier.
Eva Marqaret KKECII .-iRNOLD, my notber,
3, Jcr.rAe B, DCOCK fJU;r.L,l,, my avpt,
4, Diane Lynn ImLY ARriOLD, ny ^^rife.
5, Dru(ihtors of the ^-.maricrn Ravolu.tion,
LINE;.GE
1. T^illic-rn Ralph .ARNOLD Jr. born on Dec. 10, 1971 at Beloit,
Rocic, Kisc; son of "ivilliam Ral] h ^.kinOLD Sr, and his wife,
Diane Lynn Ki LY,
2. 'William Ralph ?.Rl\OLD Sr, born on Dec. 9, 1948 !-t Beloit,
Rock, Tv-isc; son of Ralph Ctrlton /iK^iOLD and his wife, Zva
Margaret MEiOCH. harried on Mar. 2, 1970 at Honolulu, Hawaii,
U.S.A. to Di?ne Lynn r->..uY born on Pel;, 26, 1950 at Chicago,
Cook, 111.
3. Eva Margaret MSECh born on Apr. 14, 192?' at Beloit, Rock,
VJisc; daughter of Ralph Lolton ill...:CH and his v;ife, i.gries h^i.TrT.RS ,
Married on 1 ov. 12, 1947 at Beloit, Rock, ^-ixsc, to Ralph Carlton
ARiviOLD born on Dec. 4, 19 26,
4. Ral^h Rolton ^lEECh born on i\pr, ''3, 1890 at Rockton, ICinn . ,
111., died on Jan. 27, 19b3 at beloit, Kociv, Msc; son of
Samuel B, isE'XK and his wife, i-3va i'u.si^ti. Married on Oct, 25, 1917
at Roc]:ford, Winn., 111. to i.gnes IiATKiLRS borrx on uune 21, 189 2 at
Beloit, Root, ..isc, ciiec on Juno 30, l-JGl at 3eloit, :\ock, V;isc,
5. Eva r.. RoH bcru on Dec. 20, 1055 at Roclcford, ';inn., 131.,
died on Oct. 7, lfi91 at Kockton, Vainn., Ill.j daughter of ;iverill
i'ii.RSh and his wife, b'r^inces Rc3j.i>iti0j.v . l-^arried en Junt; 21, 1884
at Rockford, ^\inii., Hi, to Samuel B. l^7:£Cn born on Se]t, 10, 1859
and uieol on Jan. 16, 19 3? at Beioit, Rock, V. isc,
6. Frances RCHIi:iiCi born on i>e->nt, 30, 1031 at Oxford, I'aine,
died on Mar. 17, 1898 at Rockford, winn.. Ill,; daughter of
Stephen ROBIWSOK and his wife, aopi-ironii CJ^iU'/. . carried on
Nov, 11, 1854 at Rockford, Winn., Ill, to /.verill I .vRSH.
7. Sophronia CUSHMAN born on June 20, 1804; daughter of Caleb
CUSIIFJ.rv and his v^ife. Folly FiUCII, iiarried en Cct, 2, ir;30 to
Stephen ROBINSON,
8. Caleb CUSii 7j;i born on Feb. 28, 1779 at Middleboroucjh, Kass.,
died at Buckfield, Maine; ion of Gideon CUGILV^.M and his vifo,
Ruth SH/.v. varried on Mar, 29, 1802 to Polly BUCH,
9. Gideon CUSHi-JU'I born on Nov, 21, 1750 at Plympton, iass.,
died on May 7, 1845 .. t Hebron, Maine; son of Caleb CUSTlii.Ji and
his wife, Sarah BARROWS, Married on Feb. 25, 1773 at Buckfield,
Maine to Ruth SHAW.
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10. Caleb CUSKHAN born on iiay 15, 1715; son of Benjeinin
CUl^IllIAN and his wife, Sarah i2..T0N. Meriieo on Ivov, 13, 174?
to Sarah BARRONS,
11, Benjamin CUSHi-iiJ>f born in 1691, and died et Plymton, .\:ass.,
on Cct, 17, 1770; son of Thomas CTJGI.r...w and his wife, Abigal
FULLER, Married on Jan. 8, 1712 to Sarah EATON.
12. T'.omas CUSKKAK born on Sept. 16, 1637 at Plyiaouth, liass,^
died on Aug. 23, 1726; 5 :)n of Thomas Cushman Sr. and his wife,
i-iary ALj_.:iiTOi;. Harried on Oct. 15, 1679 to ..bigal i'OLLEU born
in 1653.
13, i'l-onf s CUSPlvJV Sr. born in Feb. 1608 at England, died
at Plymouth, Mass. on Dec 11, 16^ . Married in 1637 at Plymouth,
Mass, to Mar/ :-J^L^ .TGJ^ born in 1609 at i-iyrr,outh, llasr^,, and'died
in 169S rt Plymouth, Mass,
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MY FAMILY ItlSTORY PROJECT
The LATHER'S side of the farpily, r^rerioninately hP"? j.rnri,
horr.es, and Ortiry cows, '±he t'uZiZCH side had land ann cattle,
along v/ith a menagerie of other ?nimals. .'here v;as a tiiue w^en
my Grandna I'EFCH aluior.t got a priir of buffolo during the Great
Degression, The U.ii. Governnent v/as giving the buffalo av.'ty from
Yellowstone Park for the price of fx'eioht. The only requirement
v/as that they have sone ^ort of cyclone-tyr»e enclopure. But
because he couldn't afford freight and new fencing, he v/as unable
to obtain = pair of buffalo.
Each aide of the fauiiiy h?c. their ovp t]-,rephing nachine and
steam engine that ran them because of the vast anount of land
they oxvned. both V. e LhT'-'ZRS ard ^:E!1C1 S were uv^per-nij.ddleclass
families vho lived in pi.ansion-type housec-, v/ith hized help, that
lived in tent-nt hot;se>;,
V.Y GH£7'T~GR"NDr;.RKC:TS L?.TF^RS
My Great-Grandpa LATi-jERG was a farmer and his wife v?as a
secretary who worked in a grain mill, and later came over to
America from England, 'Ihey both becriuC eccuaintod because they
were neighboring farmers, Great-Grandpa L7.THi:ks owned the first
automobile in Beloit, Rock, vise. He moved to Florida where he
had a plant ?tion and orange girove which he called "%iscon Villa",
The drivevv'ay was lined v/itli royal palias, and. he had two v;hole
families of colored help that had houcec in the grove,
Great-Grandpa LATHERS met the notorious Frank James vjhen
Frank and his brother Jessie were running from the Ipw, It setras
thrt Frank and JefEie split-up and a man showed up at my great-
grandpa's farm and aclccd to stay for bre.-Jcfast. It secrr.ed odd to
all the other help that this r\an wore a lot of make-up and pre-
tended to wash his face. It wasn't until the next week when they
read ths paper, that tliey found out who their early i.iorning mystery
guest WES,
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MY Gri:/vT-GR/u:TDP;.RBI>iT.S .E'XH
My Great-Oranclos, Samuel D, i'lSKCK, had a real estate agency
and err dealership in Beloit, Rock, ..isc. He ovmed the Dodge and
Graham Agency at one tirr.e. Yoars ago, my Great-Grandna 1--.R.SH'S
family owned the cow pasture that i'xarsh Elonent. ry £jchool ^nd
Gilford Hich School are now built on,
MY GAil:DPjt J,I::ECK
My Grandpa, Ralph Ecltcn ::c:;CIl, v/as a iv.an of laany professions
\-j\-\o enjoyed helping everyone. He was one of four children born to
a Congregationalist farm family, Ke later chanq',rid to the Cptholic
religion. His laotht^r died uhen he -was lU years old, and he was
raised by l)is older sifter, Anna kSiJCi; Pi..va.
IIY GK^;aD^,/> MEECH
Ky Grandna, ^^gnes LI-ilH.';: •.w , wav one of seven children born to
a Catholic farm faTniiy. ::,be used to lell my mother he-/ she
remembered -.'hen the Indians caiue down Turtle Creek because it v/e s
the only naviqcbie route available. Once she found cannon balls
in the cov; pasture after th3y chasea Chief Blackhawk away,
AY GR. .l/DP/.REKTS HEiJCH
My Grandparents IF;ECH were f arraers v-o met at a oance sponsored
by my Graat-(-:randma L.:.Tiri;Ri> and her cjirlfriends. .?-fter they vjere
raarriad, they bought their own farm and ppent the. r-^st of their
life fnore. They both believed in strict disci:~jiine of their tliree
chiidien, Byron, lijva, and Esther, However, f ■ e children •v;3re
Eooiled un-uercifully by their grandparents.
Religion v;as very irra:>ortant to :: y Grandma MEjJCH and my tirandpa
was tolerant of her. He would drive her to church e'ld then r>?ti?ntly
waited in the car for her to return, reading The iVilv.-guk'^- Journ. 1.
He would give a cou'ole .f hundred dollars Po the cliurch v;] en they
held their annual drives.
Grandpa KSE'.ll would never go to t]-e bank in his f <: rrt clothes,
I.s a result, when tha banks closed tlieir doors during the Great
Deoression, he had $?2 in his wallet alorg vith 31800 v.'orth of
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wort:, less checks, Durino tl.e Degression the fi^ifiily lived off tl.e
money that ti-^e children bee- saved in their nigc y brnks,
Grandr-^a MEECK went to business College and for tl is x-eason
raed.e all tie business decisions for tl^a fai.iily. Grandpt. held
many ivciportant r^ositions in the c.oi'u.iunity , i- e v,as School Clerk,
Chair.'- an of the tovnehip for 77 years, a County J:>ocrd neraber fcr
21 years and Chairman for 4 yccrs, "iisconsin Strt.e Bo^rd of -.cjri-
culture, ]:-i orc.,cnized and wes President of the Rock County R^h,
State and County Board 'ssociation, Jiock County hic;h\7£ y Comi'ir -^.ici.
State .'jchool Bo?rd .iP'^ociotion, ..isconsin iSt~te ri':jbv f y Cowinission,
Deputy Sheriff, and a hotr.ry luhlic.
He lougl t tc have th.e bridge on Coui- ty vJ over Turtle Cres>k
built e-nd it w.- r, later dedicated to hii,.. The LiiTIi>J.lL' nbi e is oii
the bridge on hilw^u'iceG i^oad over Turtle Cre k as you cor,;e on to
^vhite /Venue in Beloit, .xOc;c, i.isc. ny 'brej.t-Unci ^ ■.ill's hefrse
was the first car to cross over the bridge,
Ti^e yljJ'ZC^ . fn/aily narne is now on the verge of extinction.
Most of my grandpri ' s male cousins were killed during a flu epidemic.
The only i''h]CI'; naiies left &rs lay Great-Aunt liary 'xl'.i :Cl: who was
ch.ilc'l-j^s, and r.y Uacl-.? Byron i-^iKiJCi- who lives in Jeloit, i^och , hisc.
alona v;itli his wife, hyena, c.nd their tx.'o u.nnarried driir<) ters , I- ary
and hartha,
^!Y hC'-i.'^ lid
Ihy nother, ^va Hargaret i'.i;;^Ch, v;ar born on /.vvjr. 14, ID?.' in
Beloit, Rock, v:isc, Che '.,u.g the r?occnd of three children. They
had re dioc T-zhen she was a child and enjoyed playinvi checkerr \.'ith
her fi^ther. They especially enjoyed rutting lightning hiicjs on the
arcVies of the crcauet hoops so thev coula v:ij.-.y ^t r:Xv;ht. i^he
remenb.^rs th..e far.ily jrindinj their o\:n gr. in dui-ing the ^'epression
and v/citing for tr:i.r?s to conie down the road fsh.inr to help with
the farm chores, her dad always said, "The best hired laan got a
dollar a day an.'.' dinner," during the i->e}'ression, her fa.i.ily got
groceries on their gooc fajiily aci.ie for th.eraselvos and all their
relia'jle neighbors.
l-.y mother v.'ould go to tox-'n en l^sturdf, - niqht to sa- Lsr
rjirlf risncs , Sh= hrd c. nickel to spend and had no fcc.r o^
viol'^nce in the ci' y of Beloit, Mock^ T:isc. rJhen she got her
drivirr's license at the • ge of 1? , she drove a nev; Grehrri car
fror.i fiilv.-. ukee. The nev; cars hnd cciv.e aciiss Lt.ke i'lichigrm on
a ferry, Remenl)er th.-.t her cjr iiidf tl tber owned the Dodge and
Grshara Agency in Beloit, Jiock, VJisc.
Every Sunday afternoon her father's side of tlie finily
would get together for :".co cream. The entire fr.vily voiild rjet
together for holids/s, .".ril birthdays, elections, family
reunions, v.e. 'dings, bantisms, and. funerals; especially yerrs
ago when the funerr.l.-- wero held in the fc-iaily home.
My wotler v;£;£ introduced to my father by one of lier friends,
i'iy mother recalls thrit her father h£.c. U^jlpl: Crrlton ^^.livOij.O picked.
out to be her husband long before she ever suspected.
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."Y G-w.J.I-)'-A ■,.iU:CL"0
i-.v- Grandpa, Karley rieiinald /.Ri-;oi:D, ^;as born on Fe]). 12,
1890 ?t lirodl-^ead, Grean, ivipc. He wns the baby of teii children
born tc n I ethodist farm feir.ily. His mother Gi^^d in b.is early
childlood, and he v/as raisod by r.n olclar ■ Sa-ster", trandnpi v/ac
a cattle cealor ard Lis f?nily rrn the stockyard auction in
Orfordville, Rock, uisc.
My Grandre , Grace ;'arie IU.LL, v/as born on Mar. 5, 1889 at
Minneapolis, i-'ini:, f'lie ■. ; n the only surviving child of a I'^^ethodist
farp. fai'iil''. /". brother died as a child. Grandma T;as a voll-
educated school "raarri" •, \ ho went to .;Tiitev;at2i- Moru-ial Sciiool, iihe
taught in n?ir >- Lor' ood ccliocls, Fari.i boys oily v.spt -co school in
the vjintar because t- ey v;;:re tie!i.cad at hoiue tha rest of t: e year.
Grandpa MEECK had school i'ecords that shov/eo. sev;ri-l teacher
contracts. In lc67, taachars got .'f^O for tsaching four months.
In I860, taeclu-rs got $92 for taacliing four ruonths,
I"Y Gi'U- Jg. .KC^.'rS r.il]\01jD
My Grandpare:i tK i.Ri:Or_D inove' '; to a far.'i in Ercchacd, Green,
'.vise, r, fter their iuarriage. 'J.'}:ey It ter laova-l to r farir. on riyinonth
Church Road near J-fton, Rock, ivisc. Vvhere thsy 3;:.'?nt tl.^a remainder
of their life. Grandma ancl Grandna .■.;\i'VCLL hr-ci six children, Chester,
Clayton, Ruth, Dorothy, Lioyd, and tlalph, tho youngast of V7hora is
my father.
Tl'iore v/ere five ftrius in the faiaily that accused /00-300 head
of cattle. 33caure nrandra was a cattle dealer, he v/as able to
oick ur> cattle from unfortunate famers during the bei-'ression,
ThresV.eries v/er'-:; a cor-.ion af/air as v/ell as barn-rai3inc;f;. tarn-
raisingr ''ere a neiyhborliood uruject. Ahei~e v/ere aiv;ays barrels of
beer and the vvomen cooked the food, .^fter the barn was coriDlcted
and before it v'-^i' filled v/ith c-ninals and hay, at leafit one barn
dance V7i>s alv;avs lield.
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My father, Ralph Carlton AKlTOLi), wap born on Dec, 4, 1926,
He enjoyed r. laying checker, doiiinoes, and a card game callerl
"T'liiich". 7- f?ivorite riastime x-.ts to bore ;: hoi'- in r. kernel of
corn, tie a string to it, let h cliickeu v9t:?11qu/ it, i-nC then you
were able to lead the chicken around by the strin< . Dad was quite
young durixig the Depression, but he re.-.eiabers driving cattle hoiue
from l-ianover, Rock, i'.isc. a distance of four iailes. His father
had bought th.e Ci^ttle for a p..:\n'." :. ^'cj'd, Sggs vere a nickel a
dozen, you paid 50<: for a stalk of bananas (approximately 50-60 lbs,),
and people Vvould bee to railk cov;s for 3upt>er in return.
»."hile iropt farn f r'niili-js didn't obtain electricity until the
early 1940 's, my father';? f . aiily h^d alectricitv tho ye^r he v/as
born. TVey bad tlieir ovm "j:'elco Plant", i. generating s stern which
was run by batteries,
BreakfoRt came ??arly, vary eirlv. Ka vjoS ut? nt 4:00 and h£d
breakfast ti'o to thr^^^^ hours before daylight. In 193G they had
tractors on the ffirrn. Cattle cost ^IP-ilS in 1933, :;50 in the
late 1930's, and ;sino in the 3arly 1940's,
when ray fi-ther v/as 16, his dad was i^nable to g.-^t him a car,
Becar."e of I.'orlO \;er 11, c.'.rp were si:uply unr v.- ilchle. ly Grandpa
ME.CCH, v^hu ;'ne\v- the "right connections", V7as able to get one of
two new cars fron Mr, Btid 'iSISER for r-y fj^ther, A Mr, Dl.YlilR from
Belcit, Rock, 'wise, bought the other c?r.
Before anti-freeze v;as intro'-'ucecl ir tht ir^JO's, nobody's err
\ould start when the cold v^eather ca:-*^. You eith'-r e' ji'yed striving
rionie or else you venturec out on foot or ',i7^ited jTor v/arpier weather,
IlY PPRnh-j'S
liy parents vTsre nsrried ir 1?47, They .•ecrll th?t you ccu.ld
buy a 1947 Fleetline 4-.nr. Chevy for $1500, or you could splurge
and buy an extravagant '"-'^illac for $3300. Pbey r~id $775 per hes^d
foi- cattle in the 1; te 1940 's and in the early 1950 's they paid
$300 par ho?d.
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They started out on a riEiiCK farm the spring after their
marri-:e, moved to Dad's brother Clr^yton's farm in the fall, and
in-co Dar"s brother Chet* e farm the follov?inn sorinr;. They then
lived with Dad's parentc for aw'iile, anc". Khon I w?."^- ons ^'ear old
v:e moved to our present f . rin.
A section of th^^ fpr*^ houne \<rss built before l'?isconsin
became b stste. In the 1330 's before a farm could be hoiuesteaded,
you had to build a house first. My parents bought the 150-acre
fcirm for :>lbO an acre, a grand total of 5^'*, 000. Today, the farm
is '."Torth over $l!"i'"'0 ■=" sr-re,
My parent «: had dairy cattle, pigs, and chickens. i-y dad
under^^cr.t brain s'jr'';ery i^^ 195->, a-.d rft^-^rvards f e ani/ials ware
sole because tr,y dad v7as no iou'^er able to farn. 2-iy •:)r.rents have
both had t'.'o heart a!:tac?<s. '>;y father no lonoer vorks because of
his liccith, and ny nother is an Engli.^h teacher at Beloit Memorial
Kiqh Schocl in Baloif, loc",. , TM -jc. '"lie rtarr.a--^ to co.llece when
she V33 fiip.o.st forty yoars old, and no-; has a Piaster 'p ^"^egree plus
12 credits, i:-j parents still live, on t; a f-r'i, hov.H-?ver, the farm
house is rented and '.ay parents li^ra in a nevj hoj.ie that they built
high on a h; 11 overloo'vin-'; the f-rn,
I, '.villiao.i R-f^lrrh ..■-J.vC'_.. 3i . , :-.'■ th' first cV-ild, and only son,
born to my oarents on Dec. 9, 1940 in Beloit, "^oclc, ^'isc, I have
tv'o sisters, Barbara .--gnas, an elei'iej: tf^ry teacher - 1 *i'^.=-tcn .School
in Beloit, Kocl' . Kisc., ncv. nerriec to .'ite-jhcij Ja: es ^-.'07 and
III f
Catherine Jua, a stuoent at X.'Mtew- tsi Universihy.
As a youngster, and uiitil this day, I erjc].^ hunt !nc; ar-^^ fishing.
One of rry fa.vorite pe^-ti-e.s is to ^ralk in the vcods end enjoy the
flora and fauna,
'ivhen I was in the seventh grade, I met a nev? stiicient ""'ho
transferred fron Chicsgo, Cook, 111, Unknovin'^.ly to -^e, ='he V7as
to become n.y \"ife. I "ttenaed Cliriton Cc.i^iuni^y SrP cclr ir. Clinton,
Rock, Misc. I lettered in wrestling during r^.y Freahman, conhoiuore.
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and Junior year, I '"e s the fir-t Freslvan in the school's
history to g:^t s letter on the varsity wr^i.^tling squad. In
Feb., 19G7 I stcrter! v.'or'.ing st the Chrysler As£er:bly I-lai-it in
Bel^ri.dere, Boone, 111. Ir; i-^y, 15:7 I :,rf:duc ted from Clinton
Ki'-rh School,
i^'iy frsedoi-a se med doomed to be short-lived, not thitt I didn't
vant it to be. I becr-ne engr.cfed in -May, 1968 to Diane Lynn rii-LI ,
She v/sR born on r'eo. 26, 1950 in Chica.,o, Coo".:, 111., tc Edir^rf
MA.T.y and Dolori=*s Mrri.e '^;r^;. C •■'-'■<. J. 5he t'^"^ th,=; second of five
children born to the Catholic f?niily, .'1 en she \'<s 12 years old,
her fa-..;ily voved to ■ frrr^ -■'e^.t of Clinton, Roc.';, ivisc. v/Lich
they hrd rurchassc? -i-nen she v;.-s tvo ysars clci.
On Feb. 1?, 1969 I v? r drrfte^-^ into the U.S. Army. The
Amy is one r-art ox ir.y life t>c.t I -rould just a seen forget.
Neverthslass , it is p> vital pprt of \\y life. I sarvecl six nonths
in the strtec traininc; znc- then X -was s;-.ip:ed overssns to Vietnam,
There I '^•pent one yetr of livinc; hell. ivhile serving in the Army
as an ar;nored perEonnel carrier driver (:ieche.ni2ed Infantry), I
v.'as av;?rded throe rur^-.le hearts r-nd f.irned dov;n tvo, txvo bronze
stprr, tv;o AriT.y Conu.endation i.-.odc'iio, and x.'ithin n.y first hour in
the field I earned the Coiab&t InrKntryn.an ' s Eaic-e. I £'erved v;ith
tv70 Divisions, tac Diq Tied One 1st Inf-.i.ry, and i;- on the Division's
withdrawal from Vietnam, I was transferrs-' to the iimerical Division,
Cn liar. ?, 1970 half-, ay through )\y tour of duty in Vietnaru,
I r,iet ^y fiancee' and ray rarents in ivoiolulu, KaTvrii, U.S.;.. where
I spent i:.y 'IC<R, 'Jhat evening at 6:3'/ ■ -i ■.<,sr3 mcrried in the
chaDel at Fort DeFcussey, ..c s;ent five da _, s tocother c.nc'. thsr. I
returned to finish iry tour.
In iiugust, 1970 I returned ststteside and spent the reiaaii'der
of my service at Ft. Hood, Texas, On Feb, 11, 1971 I received my
disch.srge fror.. the U.-j. hr-My, Th-^^t gart of ,:\y life vjas over and
done vith. but the i;>ci.:.c.i-ies \vill live on forever.
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I returned to v.'ork at tl-e Chrysler i.sseinbly Plant and in
April, 1971 we raoved to a rented farmhouse v/est of Clinton, Rock,
Wisconsin, It v/as about this tino thut ray v^ife foimd out th?.t
she was expecting our first child. In Sep-c., 1971 two months
before our baby was born, we laoved to aaother farnhou;3a r^bout a
mile west. It was right around the corner from iny in-law' s
farm, We felt this i;ould be r;n iflecl d.-c^: to raisa our fnnily.
Cur son, V.illiani Ralph ..Rl-fOLD Jr., was born on Dec. 10, 1971
at Beloit, Pvcck, ;-7isc, the day after •ny ?3rd birthday. Billy is
an extremely healthy child and seoioed to grow-up before our ayes.
It Wl s about this tiive that we started longing for a hone of our
own. In Cct., 1973 our new house wsf. under construction. On
Feb, 28, 1974 we moved into our new hone. It f -■It so yocd to
fin^xily r.-.ve a home yov cov.ld call your ovai!
The yes.rs v/ent by and V7e were kept busy v/ith our n&vj home,
Boforo long iiiv v/ife •.•'?.= *^x;^ectir>r; our second child. Ov.r uauyliter,
Corrinnc-. Lynn ._i<i>;OLL, v.'e.s born on Oct, ?.l, 1975 at Eyloit, Rock,
Uisc,
That about >)ringe ue vip to the prer(M)t. I'.y frmily has grown
conrriderBhly over tie ye.'rs. It no" includes ^ay vjife, Diane, wy
son. Hilly Jr., my clruc;!: tor, Cori Lynr , a Golden Lat^, VJoodie, a
Honey iecrlc. Pokey, -'^no nvr Intent pd; ition, a Vir Iker Coonhounu
tv-hoK we call Blazer, Eilly is almost 4^2 years old, Cori Lynn is
6 iuonthr. old, ;in<3 my vife and I are busy, hanpy, an:' tired, but
satisfied, V^e both look ahead to t.^o raany yerrs left ? nd hope
they vi'iJ.l be a satisfying to us as fiiv-^ sij' years ive hi;.ve had
together so far.
ASHTON, VICTORIA GRACE ANDERSONV 19^(5-
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Jrd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
1st
2nd_
3rd
4 th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home-)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
R » • 1 f g i o n
'olltlcal party, rlvll or social clubs, scjroritles, etc
Place of marriage- to your grandfather
Date
(,'. Grandfather (your mother's side)
N a 111 e U J I n I b n I u e h i H i p I fc y Current Residence
7j) Date of birth Jul v^ 30^ i'S'sl Place of b i r t h PQ , I I e.-j.-c c, I /e ^ Tt>
Date of death 0 d1. ^ I ^1 I f Place of burial Pcjo XM ■
Education (number of years):
grade school high school 1 A vocational l__ college I oi--^ f
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1 s t (llet-k D ate s \^10S- Is t 3e lo, -t Ic'.b. D ate s i96'6
2nd Una^wtuKer C'IcrK Da tes 1^<0^I - l^t i.^, 2nd C/hu'uy.Jn- Pat es ;^/d)g- I'iC'i
3rd Dates 3rd o t»- eu-t^.- HI Dates I'^'Q- n'P
4 th Da tes 4th ^Jigt-A \ <: Jt . IU o(4i^. Da tes I'VcV - /q/c juj
R e 1 i g i o n Q^eiWodi^t
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, e L c-
Place of marriage to your gr andmo th er tnr^; H e^,je u.' I)g ,JII- ^'^^^^CULt. .it^-lUM
NOl'l'', : If your mother was raised by a stepfather or another relative (in
age 18) give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Nam e L-^r^gfec Pl^cy S l^ov--} C urrent Residence RoC K hy <K ^ Tl I-
Date of birth Te b- U :i , i's'Sh' Place of birth Stet- I i n^ , J M-
Date of death Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school___ high school \ 3- vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF Ri:3IDKNCE
(after leaving, home)
] St \-lomf mt^keH Dates iSoS- \'i^S 1st Ch> to^^. Jjl-. - ''^ ^ cm /7cj- /"ic'l
2nd L r. g n d ^- y ___Pa tesj^^i^:^ ^ > _2nd SWcic^Ti^.^ Dale:; }^iici'ug
3rdJAiim.e^iriiLiVc^: Dates iSai- )S4-i- 3r dR,.,^^ 1^^ p. Ue,Oi^ Uhc.>,c.Da i e s i'ic^-/'>'c
4 th Ajdl.or... 1 Left * I4cu.<,f^-.k P ate s \^^x- I'l^c 4 th<'\, lUcJ.^c ^. Hf .1 M- D a t e s jfhi - Jjlf^_ _
Re 1 i gion Uni Ic A l3^c• thwc.^
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororiti(^s, etc. ^ ._ . _
P'lace of marriage tc/your g r a nd f a t h e rjT^ , \\f a.^L'u.'Mf, TH DateOdf ^S, i^O^
NOTi:: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relative (to
H\
gtvB th»t dAta on the back of this page (I)-:')
C-2 S t ep gr andf a the r (your mother's side)
Name
V-..n...-cJ O^orUvy
Current Residence
Date of birth Fc h ^1 T'l ^
Date of death A | Vr > \ "-' I 'i 6"1
Education (number of years)
grade school _high school
Occupation(s)
Place of birth '\u.: br. /. . -i
_Place of burial - Kv I > „,_, ^ Sll
vocational
col lege
Is t OVv^ h.'tN,- i.. p t r< t.,
2nd^
3rd
4th
Dates
Da t es_
Dates
Dates
1st
2nd_
-3rd.
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Da t es_
Da t es_
Dates
Dates
Re ligion
Political parties, civ
il or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmotherO"\>\\e(^.jcL.ntr. Til
D-2 S tepgrandmother (your mother's side)
Name
D a t c Sept- J3^
i
Date of bir th
Date of death
Current Residence
Place of birlih
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school
high school
vocational
1 cge
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd_
3rd
4th
Dates
Da tes_
Da tes_
Dates
1st
2nd
.3rd
4th
PLACE OF RKSIDKNCE
(after leaving home)
D a t c s
Da tes_
Da tes
D a t e s
R e 1 1 g 1 o n
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather
])a te
I)
_1_LDRK.N of A & B (or A-2 or B-2 ) - your father's name should appcnr below
Name ^ ^e ^- f ft X c: 1 ftnr^e^-Sc.-^
Place of birth RoaK-(c.-^ ^ ni-
Number of years of schoollng_ _,
R e s i d e n c eLot^c-b Pa>- k ^ in M a r i ta"i Statu:
Number of children '^ Death
d a t e_/j_j^^_^ 9 ^ ij_,_o
^ c c u p a t i o nP^H.^., u>-e ri_n, ;, A ,
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N a m e duc^i-a f4" ,_XLia. henec'
I' 1 a c e of b i r th f?o(iKf6rJ , III.
Number of years of schooling
Res i
. d a t e /tc L JlO ^ /9 I I
-i 0 c c u p a t i o nCtjKpc-ntch- dohsj^ ^ d f ^ . r, (1,> v^^, y,
Marital Status
Number of c h i 1 d r e n 3
N .1 m o fp Lten
Place of birth \^oAl<f.,.^^ Xil.
Number of years of schooling
D e a t h r'lui^e l^a ^
da ti
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R e s i dene e
Number of children
Name E:_^:j_C__iQ_j_j'h^J|
Placr of birth R,,o K-fcwJ , X 11
Number ot years of schooling_
Residence Rackfe;-J^ Jll, |
Number of children q
Occupation
Marital Status
Death _jjjjj
_ d . 1 t ( ■ Jll^ ^_ n, I9AQ
4_ 0 c (■ u p a t 1 o njvi^cA it. Lb.t_
Marital Statu s _ jnQ_
death
Name t^ p .'j^_l\6., Ph^^a
Place of birth W'oecns.rs date ri^lp ^ | ^ l^/aW
Number of years of schooling jS- 0 c c u p a t i o n 5 to H e n f
R e s i d e n c t> SGjLfcLiciti__^XJi Marital Status _Q _ _
NuinbL^r ot c h 1 1 d r e iT^ o Death
N a til (
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schoolinj
Res idence
Occupation
Number of children
Marital Status
death
Name
Place of birt h
Number of years of schooling^
Res i dene e
Number of children
date
Occupation
Marital Status
dea th
Name
Place of birth
date
Marital Status
dea til
Number of years of schooling_
Residence
Number of children
N a m e
P lace of h i r I h da t e
Number ol years of schoolinj;
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
_0 c c u p a t ion
Oc (■ upa 1 i <j n
Name
P 1 ace of birth
da t
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
N uml) !■ i- o 1 ch i 1 d re n dr.i I li
7
CHI
1 .
le should appear below
LDREN of C and D (or C-2, D-2)-your mother'
date ^ o h c' - . ,
•i Occupation )). . k Rcv ,).r- Sfertfi<i^^ A
; 0
Name Crr-..l (^.n.- t ■ i-.j, »t , .w ■ i - ;
Place of birth ^,ll.(..-^, J^4-L oklQhc;>v.da te Jj^he J'i, I'^ic'l
Number of vears of schooling
Bp^-id^nreO^,, ,.,^ Pel, i\. ■,..., Marital Status
Number of chilc^ren i death_
/M
NameU . \ma OVi r Kipley
Place of birth f>^|il^.l. r. lie Til date .].. ,^c ^^c i'\i^
Number of years of schooling U Occupa t ionFuK^ , ^^. ,; f,n>'^hn
ResidenceL;^j^^Ai^XiL__ " — ^^^^ «;..,„« n^
Number of children (^
Name Kchc->--t Lc'.n Vm p I e y
Place of birth 5Trfc; tc- Xi'
Marital Status
death
PI
_d a t e ^un J-G, )^\'^
Number of years of schooling_
Res idence^^r.oK f^H-:. .TH .^
Number of children 3
Marital Status 0_
death
Occupatio n 1 1- ug K df-iV^i-
Name O^-^^-.j., r-- ^ A I '^e ^ip 1^ -y ^ ^
Place of hirthP^, \;^j.,-,: 11^ Ti\ date^u_nfc M , I i 'a
Number of years of schooling W Occupa t lon^.^o^^.^K..- -J'^-. -llf'^
Rp.;-ldence <^^,> k FaiK lU Marital Status_0.
Number of children if
death
N ameOoriAU hutjend rxiple'V
Place of birthm:iieL-j.-v.. Me .IM
Number of years of schooling_
Res i dence <^te*-\ > r^c^ , I
_d a t e \^f b ^ ^ , i^l^^
0 ccupatio n f^'^asKh S^f. - fi^'n\|
Number of ch i ldren__ii_
Marital Status
death
Name ^ut-na^ O^a^ Plot-lg'j
Place of birth Stf^l.K.^, Xll-
Number of years of schooling
Residence (?^^kWJ, 111 Marital Status_H/
N' umber of children 3
date OlaKfi K ^ l'l>-^
Occupation Ccck
death
Name (^f^^^ .^^ [j\i it. P'^orku
Place of birth 'Si^.. i,^.^ T/l
?;umber of years of schooling.
Res i d e n c e 5-k ^ I > r. c^ , X I '
Number of children- ^
date f»^c^,^-t U i.*; I'i^ ^
"ii 0 ccupatio n_qu?ruii
Marital S t a t u s___£!Q_
death
Name V^ e \ h f I Lt.fhaiAfc Quibble -^
Place of birth 3tf >■ 1 1 >.c^ III
N'unber of years of schooling lu
Res 1 dence Sie >- K nt-j , 111
Number of children 4
d a t e (\jc\y J-iz , I 'I^S
Occupatio n (,-;<'<<, . U)6, (^^^
Marital Status /T\
death
9. Same ^'\(ki (Mgy-h-U f^f>«-lf-j
Place of birth S»t ► i , ...^ , 1 1 1
Number of years of schooling \1
Residence K6('>^C.. U, 7|l .__Marltal Status ^
Number of children •■ .b' death_
Drcupation fnvfr..^^ (V<k\>t'i.^i ^^^
S a me Lecr.c^J Dtk If f^o^)f^
Place of birth ^t>>r J . ^. r, I/'
Number of yearn of sclioollng lo . '-"-'
H.Hldcnce Roc Kic. J l_l L Marital StatuH fTL.
b ,• r of c h f I d r e'K' _:a- d i^" '» I *»
_datc f))ficf >. ■:?o, /^yJ!/
Occupatio n ^tuc 1^ ^>.'-i;ti±:
"i II n
rJ, ...
Rfr«arch -.> i<^n'y^>c.^o,vli> /^^.ek JM , i'h^ '..vr.to,,TM
d
Your Father
Name ^ vet- t flyel /-/r\ j e fSfc n . Current Residence U-6-' K<fS FlAhk T- I
Date of birth A PM \ '^ ^ \'^\^' Place of bitth KoLrKfc^c4 JM-
Date of Death
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school Jj high school
voca t ional
college
Occupation(s)
1st 5 k I P \ U i"*^ i-'' c r
2nd Tuhni ioi
Dates \'lX"i
Dates IHX^ ' I'l'^^
3rd fT"\a.eh i o i^ +
Dates HWv^^ |'W(^
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st fl'oo K4c.-ci^ III DatesrW.iJi5V.
2nd Lot/e'-o |'ai-k^ XI \
_3rd
4th
^thVairr,, i-ur-c F.^iihi^'j Dates 'i -1 U - I'l'l^
Religion L- lj f [i g ^^^ ^,,
Political parties, cS.vil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Dates 1
9 5^-
i77i,
Dates
!
Dates '
b' Place of marriage to your mo ther-(^o(»,K4^t:rJ^ Z M date dul^j J-L ^ \^^S
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that
on the back of this page. (E-2)
d a t a
Your Mother
Name
Date of birth Z[inf. 20 . \^\\0
Current Residence L o l' c" S i fi t- h I M
Place of birth I'M i ll g d^^ e; L ,' I fe Xli
^j^j — i^ ^ — i_fc
i^ Date of death
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school high;-' s chool
Occupation (s)
1 s t__U)aj_lji£jD'i
vocational
college
Dates \^?.1'\'^^S 1st
2 n dmadc Vr>v,- m^ehM-ie- -jlTop D ate s I S ?? ^ 2 n d_
3rd S e L'> n-i .-s -y V- ^ ^ 'J Dates Hj? 3rd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving hcjme)
Dates
4 th^ut-y,, -vi^,-^ Vu,^h
m^
Dates \Hr>o- \'^'l3' 4 th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re 1 i g i o n Seven- D^y /-) d L/ c t ) 1 1 •-)t
I'olitlcal party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your father f^oo y^AC *- J . TH-
late ,^u I vj ^L^ )^>y3>
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that
on the kack of this page (F-2) .
data
S tepf ather
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupation (s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Place of birth
Place of burial
vocational
college
_lst_
_2nd_
_3rd_
Ath
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Dates
Dates
Dates
Place of marriage to your mother_
F- 2 Stepmother
Name
Date
Date of birth
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupation (s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Place of birth
Place of burial
voca 1 1 onal
c (J 1 1 e B e
PLACE OF RESIDENCE 1
(after leaving home) I
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Da Les
4 th
Dates
Re 1 i g 1 o n
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
»' 1 r3 r f of m a r r 1 .1 g t to your father
date
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CHILDREN OF E AND F (or E-2,F-2) -YOUR NAME SHOULD APPEAR BELOW
Name V id-tohuo (^hggf. /-Inrlei'Scn
Place of birth f?QaK{". >-J ^ TIL Date of birth CC'1 M /^/-^r
Number of years of schooling 1^, Oc cupa t ion Hc;:7;;ri:v. - .......
Residence Lobc-a rgr< JTiJ. Marital Status /Vl
Number of children ^ death
Name \j^\~cjn^iu. f)n (]e\.-^o>^
Place of birth f^oc K-T^i-J ^ I I I Date of birth f^'\^ >, J2 ,1, 1IJI
Number of years of schooling Occupation QUhsv, g,,^..
Residence 'i?&c K-Tof-J, T < I Marital Status i^\
Number of children "S death
Name l\>^ bai-^, j-] nn 1^ hH e rs,-^r>
Place of birth i^jq.k -fcT J . Ti\ Date of birth Fc b ^X ;9^^'
Number of years of schooling j Occupation ,^^r.c■s g.cc
ResidenceUiVe^- n,c,< ^^\>i. Marital Status t\\
Number of children ^ death
Name ^anu's bi-LH-^ Hhde^Scn
Place of birth f^pCL^t.^K-l ^ Z\\. Date of birth Dec] ^S 1 'l3l
Number of years of schooling I Occupation ba^c-^-
Residence ls,floK(o>-j . Tli Marital Status |^\
Number of children 3 death
Name Lov^-c-u^^^ I'U-. j n- S ,-. ■>
Place of birth KonkfohJ , Tli Date of birth 3u I w 1 ["i-BS
Number of years of schooling ^ Occupation UonNc o.., k.- k
Residence d 1 1 H^ich X.,.. ..■ Mari tal Status pi
Number of children s death
Name 'I'^onc^l c^ UKuhieb Hy^(iei-s>cn
Place of birth^K'odk-fov J _ X/|, Date of birth Feb., jH, l<A^O
Number of years of schooling \\^ Occupation tKuek d^iptr-
Res i dence y^t.llKU^cJ^ T/l Marital Status m
Number of cliildren q. death
Name )[yo>^0- V Li n <ii 1-^
Place of birth y^ooku-rj Jtl Date of birth Cat. 1^ )9^-3-
N umber of years of schooling |X Occupation M ^ ,y, e n-,f . k 0 h-
Resi dence y^cC K fcr J . Ill Marital Status fn
Number of children / death
Name ^at-iide .Tunc Olgppcr
Place of birth Jj^q^k R.-IU : Date of b i r t h ;L 0 0 , '^ ^ 1 '"i ^ i
Number of years of schooling \\ Occupation hjlr„-i,-^ u,.,v,^o
Residence KoeKfoi-J. -I I I Marital Status ih
Number of children ^ death
ASSIGNMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willing)
I hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and
administrative rights, to the Rock Valley College Family History
Collection, deposited in the Rockford Public Library, Rockford
Illinois
Signed -^Ldlt(^Ua C^'ltnL.
11
9. Name Donna Maxine Clapper
Place of birth Rock Falls, 111. Date of birth June 3, 1934
Number of years of schooling 10 Occupation furniture factory
Residence Rockford, 111. Marital Status M
Number of children 6
10. Name Sharon Lynn Clapoer ;
Place of birth Pock Falls, 111. Date of birth July 7, I938 i
Number of years of schooling__I3__0ccupation manafrement '
Residence Rockford, 111. Marital Status M
Number of children 3
11. Name Leslie Ross Clapper
Place of birth Rock Falls, 111. Date of birth June 3, 19kl
Number of years of schooling 9 Occupation T.V. Repair
Residence Kankalee, 111. Marltgl Status M
Number of children 3 ?
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12. Stanley Gene Clapper B. March 26, I936-D. Jan. II, I957 %
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2.
LIST OF SOUPCES
Evert Anderson - Loves Park, Illinois
v;ilma (Eipley) Anderson - Loves Park, Illinois
Eric Anderson - Pockford, Illinois
Axel Anderson - Anna Peterson - "trunk"
Mr. ?< Mrs. Ernest Brown - Fockford, Illinois
Oleta (Spencer) Depuy - Sterling, Illinois
Marilyn Hanson - Kenai, Alaska
Futh (Ripley) Hunt - Pine River, Minnesota
Geraldine (Fipley) Jenkins - Corning, California
Grace (Short) Morley - Rock Falls, Illinois
Fobert Fipley - Fock Falls, Illinois
Mr. & Mrs, Ernie Sandquist - Pockford, Illinois
Posella (Anderson) Sciacca - Pockford, Illinois
Helen Spencer - Port Byron, Illinois
Margaret (Fipley) Ulrich - Fock Falls, Illinois
Carroll County Clerk
Ogle County Clerk
Winnebago. County Clerk
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5.
PPEFACE
My only thought as I began ray family social history was to do
it 'vith enough thourouf^hnesc to get a good gi-ac'e in I4r, Schou's
American History class. I soon became obsessed and found myself
doing it more for myself, my children, and the rest of my fa:?;ily
than for a grade, American history be,':an taking shape v/ithin my
ov/n family. The early settling of this land became more real as I
realised rr>.y relatives were some of those settlers. The Great Depres-
sion took on more meaning v/hon I listened to tlie experiences of my
parents,
I felt a deeper sense of understanding as I listened to ay
family's joys, troubles, dreams, and realities. The generation gap
becarae smaller and snaller as I journeyed through the ?^ast with thea,
I discovered and canie to knov; relatives I never knew existed, I
became acquainted with relatives v/ho in the past were only a nar.o
and rediscovered relatives I had known,
I began remembering every second with my grandparents and
parents as I could. The warmth of a hug, the twinkle of an eye,
and the tone of a voice took on new importance. I lost myself in
memories that had been pushed to some dark corner of my ;aind.
As I compiled all this information the iaraigrants kept -00]}-
ping out at me. Why did they come? What did they hope to gain for
themselves and their farr.ilies? Hov; did they feel leaving their hcine
and fi;oing to a strange land? IVhere did they get the courage? I be-
gan to appreciate their gift to us: our American heritage.
.: r
Axel ARDFFSON
His parents in Sweden
A, P. AMPEPSSON
Carolina HANSON
children
David (Sweden)
Olga (Sweden)
Axel (United States)
B. June 13, 1887
D. Feb. II, I97I
Anna Victoria PETIIiSON
Her parents in Sweden
(city-Vingaker state-SOdersanland)
Alf PETT!CRSSON
B. May 2k, I86if
Johanna ERICKS-^'N
3. Oct. 26, I860
children
Carl (United States)
B,
Anna Victoria (United States)
B. Nov. k» 1887
D. May 17, 1945
Erik (Sweden)
B. July 22, 1890
Kjalmar (Sweden)
B. June 6, 1893
Oskar (Sweden)
B. Sept, , 1895
Elsa (Sweden)
B. Dec. 25, 1896
Axel ANDERSON
B, June 13, 1887
Goteborg, Sweden
D. Feb. II, I97I
Kockford, Winn., 111.
K. July 10, 1909
Rockford, Winn., 111.
Anna Victoria PETERSON
B. Nov. if, 1887
S?/eden
D. May 17, 1945
Pockford, Winn., 111.
children
Evert Axel
B. April 9, I9I0
Gustaff Clarence
B. Nov. 20, I9II
D, June , 1956
Swen
B. I9I5
D. I9I6
Eric Alfred
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Axel ANL EPSON, son of A. P. ANDEPS30N and Carolina HANSON,
^^as born in Goteborg, Sweden June 13, 1687, Axel came to Fockford,
Winnebago, Illinois in 1901+ at the age of I? yrs. His uncle, John
Anderson, had previously iamigrated to the United States and was
living in Fockford in 190^, John Anderson assembled pianos at
Hadorf Piano Co., Railroad Ave., KocVrford, 111, Axel didn't like
his middle name and droriped it v/hen he came to the U.S.; one S in
his last name was also dropped (originally Andersson), Military
training was required in Swedish schools. Axel left Sweden because
of the draft.
He couldn't spea-k English when he came to this country and
later talked of how nean Americans were to foreigners. Saying he
felt like a slave (at first) and was called a greenhorn. He also
talked of the animosity between Swedes and Italians,
Axel got his first job in Fockford on a farm owned by John
Stolberg on East State St, After he worked there for about a year
he got a job running saws at Chair Factory A where he lost his little
finger. He then v;ent into construction and C3J?penter v/ork.
Axel ANDERSON married Anna Victoria PETETJSOK on July 10, 1909
in Rockford, Winn,, 111, They were both lutherans and became married
at Zion Lutheran Church, Axel was 22 yrs, old and Anna was 21 yrs,
old. Axel and Anna met on an excursion steamboat called the ''City
of Rockford" that made pleasure trips up and down the Rock River.
The boat had demcinfe on board and would stop at an Amusement Park
and an open air dance hall,
Anna Victoria PETERSON, daughter of Alf PETTERSON and Johanna
ERICKSON, Sas born Nov, 2f, 1887 in Sweden (possibly Vingaker,
Sodermanland ) , Anna ca.rae to Rockford, VJinn,, 111, in 1906 at the
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age of I9yrs. Her last name was changed from P:3TTEESS0K to PETT^PSON.
Her brother, Carl Peterson, had previously immigrated to the U.S,
and she moved in v/ith hi;ii. She got a job knitting at llelson Knit-
ting Co. and V'orked thrre until her aarriagc in 1909.
Axel and Anna had five children: ITvert Axel born in I-lockford
April 9, I9I0, Gustaff Clarence born in Fockford ITov. 2.0, I9II -
died in r:ockford June, 1956 of heart trouble at the age of if5 yrs,,
Swen born in Fockford I9I5 - died in Fockford I9I6 of diphtheria
at the age of 2 5'rB., Eric Alfred born in Fockford I'.eiy 17, 1920,
Eoeella Anna born in Wisconsin May I, I92i}.,
After their i.rjraigration Axel and Anna spent the rest of their
lives in and sjround Fockford, except for six years in Wisconsin. The
following were some of their addresses and the years they lived at
the addresses: I9I6, 3'^(> Sixteenth Ave./ I920,2"2if I^th Ave./
I92O-I926, Deerbrooh, v^is. (nearest large city-Antigo)/ 192.6, 1026
7th St,/ 1927, II07 7th St./ 1928, I2I0 21 Ave./ I929-I932, F. I
Barnuia Pd./ I935-I936, Ft. 7 Fockford/ 1938, Ft. I Fockton, Axel
built their own home at 602 Fitch Fd, in Fockford in I9't2 with the
help of his sons. Axel v/as 55 yrs, old,
Anna spent the rest of her life taking care of her faaiily alter
her ruarriage in 1909. She didn't like the U.S, in the early years
of her life here and had dreanis of moving tack to Sweden, She died
in Fockford at the age of 57 yrs. May 17, 1945 of cancer anri is
buried at the Scancinavian Cemetery. Anna Victoria Peterson never
had the opportunity to return to Sweden.
Axel was versatile and held rr^any different kinds of .jobs:
farmer, laborer in construction, carpenter, machinist, night watch-
man and milk driver. After Anna's death Axel r.oved into a roon in
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his daughter's (Vosella) hone at 2816 Huffman Blvd. and lived
there for nineteen yeari?.
Axel visitsd Sweden tliree tlr.ee sfter Anna's death. He retired
at the age of 62 and r.'as a night watch;n,-in for a T^hile durin." his
retirement. He fot his first car in 1922: a I9I'i Ford. He was a
isember of the Vestgota Club and spent tine thore for recreation. He
made weekly trips to a bakery on 7th St. for rye broad and took ,food
care of his fa-ailie's graves at the Scandinavian Cemetery. Axel
Anderson died Feb, TI, I97I in Pockford, Winnebap-o, Illinois at the
age of 83 yrs. He is buried at the Scandinavian Cemetery*
FOLLOWINCt PAGl^S
A-I A history of the steamboat, "City of ^ockford", where Anna and
Axel did much of their courting,
-Money Axel sent to his son, T>rert, on one of his trips to
STiJeden,
A-2 Axel Anderson and Anna Peterson-marriage license.
The naaes of Anna and Axel's rjarcnts v;sre unknovm to any of
their children or grandchildren living toi'ay until I acquired
their marriage license from the Winnebago County Clerk in
March, 1976* Their names are listed on the health record on the
back of the narriae license,
A-3 Marriage license- application.
A-4 Page fro-n Axel's r.achinist union book.
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Axel -naid rsonthly dues in the miion froT. Oct, I9I7 to May, I9I9.
He worked at the Mechanic Machine Co, in I9l6.
A.xel Anderson brought a trunk v/ith hiia from flweden. Axel and
Anna stored aany of their valuables in the trurJ^: clothes, baby sh0es,
baby teeth, newspaper clippings, letters, pictures, negatives,
I collected a lot of inforraation about their live?; froni these items
and I also got a peak at some of their thoughts -nd e-otions.
A-6 Anevvspaper clipping fron; the Vfisconsin Farmer, Jan. I':, 1920,
(trunk) Axel and Anna lost their baby son, S'^en, in I9I6 at
the age of 2 yrs. I feel this clipping was saved because it
mirrored their feelings s.bout that loss.
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A-7 Newspaper clir;pings - roe'cs (trunk)
I don't know if these clippings were written by Axel
Anderson or sent in by him, '-Ir.Scf-Irs, Ernest Brown of Pockford
gave me a general verbal translation of the poems. The poems
are in the process of boinft completely trrnslatec- by ^^r.^.-r-rs.
Ernie Sandquist of Fockford, Both BrnestBrown and Krnie Sand-
quist are Sv/edish irn?ai£;rants.
The poem titled "Arna Barn" is about a Swedish girl cotning
to the U.S. thinking ahe vjould never forget S-.'^'eden. Lr.ter find*
ing she has forgotten much is trying to vnrite a letter to her
mother, but her mother is dead.
The poem titled "Kriget" voices opposition to using guns
in sar instead of t-lking about differences.
I found a packet of 26 letters in the trunk fro.'a Anna's family
in Sweden dated frora I9I6 to 1938. All the Totters -vere from Vin-
gakev, Sodermanland, Sweden, Vingai-er is an old city about 72 miles
south'sest of Stockholm. Erne.-t Brown gave ae a general verbal trans-
lation of 5 of the letters. The letters tell Anna of the activities
of the fa;nily in Sweden, These lettc-rs are in the process of being
conpletely translated by Mr.S'Mrs. Ernie Sandquist.
A-8 Letter fron Anna's sister Elsa (I9I6) giving names, ages, and
birthdates of Anna's mother (no narae), father (n§ name), sisters,
snd brothers still in Sweden, Elsa also writes of not being
able to believe Evert (prj father) is in school all ready.
A-9 Letter from Anna's ruother. She coaplains of having arthritis
and v;ants Anna to write more than once a year saying that's
too long to wait.
A-IO Letter from Anna's sister Klsa, (1937)
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A-I2 Letter from Anna's brother Oskar. (1920)
A-I5 Letter from Alf Pettersson: Anna's father. I92I
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A-I4 Back of A-Ii|. Letter from Alfrid Pettersson (relationship
uncertain)
A-I5 ?age from Axel'.i passport.
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A-I7 " '* receipt of payment for trip to
Sweden,
A-I3 Postcard sent from Axel to his son, Evert, on one of his trips
to Sweden, Axel tells Ij^vert the picture on the front is the
place he started out 43 years ago. It is from LeruB, Sweden,
Axel listed his brother's nane and address on his passport:
Pavid Andercson
Taskogen fack 90
Lerura, Sweden
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David is dead now, but he has a daufnter, Britt, still living
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A-I9 Newspaper clippings: Anna f^eterson-obituary, Axel Anderson-
obituary, Swen Anderson-obituary, Card of Thanks.
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By TOM WARTOnSKI
I -nd sakcs alive, shipmate, a long-lost Irca-
-Tr has surfaced from Iho Rock Rfvcr.
(Is a boatload of memories called (he "City
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The City of Rockford was a 12S-foot sleam-
''-11 that used to run pleasure rides up and
■'wn the river during the early lOflOs.
II was destroyed by fire in 1924 and sank near
fhe VMCA. •
Tiirre it was to stay, a hidden reminder of an
'rn ot fun long gone by — but for work being
•'"le at the Fordam Dam which has lowered
■■-:'' Rock to record shallowness.
To the casual observer what has surfaced
'"''s like a pile of junk: Rotted planks,
"="rled cast iron pipes and blocks, and a
■^^llection of bricks.
That sounds like the hull where the steam
c.^"m was," said Milton Mahlburg, director of
''■r Burpee Museum of Natural History who
fi-.-ncmbcrs the boat.
"It used to be called the "Illinois" and took
cruises up the river six or eight niiles to'
Hiirlcni Park," Mahlburg added. '-
"There was an orchestra on board and danc-
ing. On Sundays, thei' held picnics at the'
park."
Yellowed news clippings recall the boat as •
"an institution on the Rock . . . slowly wending
Its way around the green-mantled bends and
Uulgcs of the river
". . . With paddle wheels gleaming in the'
fading sun and dceply-hucd smoke spurting
from her twin stacks, the ','City of Rockford"
made a vivid impression upon all who saw and ''
remembered her." ,
One old-timer who remembers the City of
Rockford well is Joseph Schmidt, who spent
"most of my life on the Rock River."
"I remember a lot of good times," the 82-
year-old retired commercial fisherman said.
"It was a good way to spend time with a young
lady. They had an orchestra on board and so
you could dance as the boat paddled along
"On a hot summer night you couldn't find a
better way to spend your time."
Schmidt remembers the fire, too.
"It was tied up there by Ruttledge (just south
of Whitman Street bridge) for a couple years It
hadn't been used except by kids and drunks
Then one night (March 3, 1924) it caught fire —
burned right Aovm to the hull. They never found
out what caused the fire.
"They dragged it out by the 'YMCA and sunk
it. The government came along later and made
them pull the junk out but I guess they didn't
get all of it."
Schmidt says the river is lower than h€ s
ever seen it before. And, according to a Com
monwealth Edison spokesman, it's going to
stay that way for another 90 days.
"It's going to take that long to finish the
construction work," said Donald Lindvall.
After which, the gates will be closed and oper-
ated by a sensing control.
This photograph of the "Citv of Rockford" nas taken in the early 1900$ when the
popular excursion boat took thousands of persons on pleasure rides on the Rock
River.
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NUDSOMMAR.
Drca. r-n snind om foacerjor'lea.
Sveas bam. i deona kvaH!
S^nd iin. ticie iem till Nonien.
Laadei. oieliaa sk^r och fjaJl.
T>ar Eu socmarfesier iiras
Ocii med bjorkiof prydlis^ siras
rbrren oil det IflU yall.
rwanna sail coll d53sa ^iacsTi
Orli i ivall z:sd ?iada 3 inn en.
Dar iorhoopouisea ar gast. .
Omirlng lofgrydd 5tln? 5ig samM
" Soin dar he'rama, unga. gam la , \
Till 23 sTeHi-i laidaoaziarfsat. ^
Dar.vld tocren Caiman crilar
■ . SV;!!! en , iiar och skon ki^nod-
' Mildt dec gy^ne Sors^t strllar
Sc!=. on d?C"Tir trdjd ior3D3d.
I Sirfsn iis ?4 afstdni staHar.
L DA ai i7C^5 scolcie'- svaiisr . j.
Falaen £ Tirt.frisia blod.
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-X^arfor, spalnjaiu. staai Colec. 'J
* Sp«iS n?9 till man'-c" dacsv "
V Ttoctes ej nil "crsonsoleii
)^ Sander es s:n nya glana' -;
iC Gcssa.. STarr- din egsn- fUoia. -i
*;.Dj!rpC;i 'aUs ogon bUcia -]
T::ier lofvens =:rona krana! .'
' . P. Modln,
■;;- ARMA SARNt ' \ X. - /
""Jas sis' sa visa en juniirall J: -■s,
Ai 'Anna Lisa" i "Fria ord",
Dar ^'I'l ajdng om mamma Ttd splselsa.
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Dna ainnen frln !i5mniEt3 jord.
Aci. bamiomsniiinen. de aldrig da.
Ze I5r da Cesta e:^ skzmmer s^a
Pi HfTs'j toirura stisl
13* Toro- enkla, da rader smi,.
Sod Tilda ilcmncr Ttd Ti^ens rand.
?-l9a andi ^ara. ty ■'1 forsia
Kca tanit tj4. "aeEzzns!: ocii iienibygds-
strand;
P4 -iar cc'a. mor och ?4 nordana lander.
Diz T-«w>atv iii- i stilla stnnder
Cch. fiaaer >ivi!a oci ro.
Jag mott ~i fUc^a, s& sot cch !inld.
Som gldmt sltt iem bort pi Sveas-
Hsu glomt iSn mcder t5v flans cci
yald,
GlSmt iTsnska apriist, hTartenda ord;
Gdmi ArtV!a. >o:an. dar fiadt hon leite,
Gldmt omma '::and9r som lienne smei--
ts,
Och^bennss namn dst ar: Arma bam.
Da TiTia. T§n uppA rllse stlg.
Ja? ber si raniift. tnyt banden iter!
Ditt mo<iersmil kan »j siada dig.
Skrif dn till mamma, iion kans'ss gri-
Fop bamst aitt, nti ildems host.
Som vandrar tjarran i vlrld'en. —
Snarr skaii den tystna. din moders
rest.
P.cckiord. m. Axel A — n
K R I G E T.
Det dnndrar i oster
och luften ir mattad
Eied rok och med damin.
soiE blixtrar pi fiist^t.
Granatema frasa,
krevera i leden,
dar hares drar fvum,
Kanonema bnimma
;^ om valdet, om. makten
sitt dja\-tL[3ka l^ud
Och bak efter trossen
ses prastema ika
De sucka oeh bea-'a ^
om hjalp ifrin Gud^
Och truppema laga ^
i andlosa leder
med doden till mal — .
Utsvultna som vargar
de mota^ i stride n,
de halsa varand'^
med bl7 och med stau
Xn gamaraa friisa
av liken pk falter
dar slaktningen stod_ \
De ligga dar sprdda
med bortslitna lemmar^
och nejden den luktar
av krut och av blod.
De doda d? ka^tas
i gravar oeh gropar
med paekning och allt.
De rakade ropa,
de barma : de bedja
pa faltet,i natten - . 1' '-'.'- '
det blAser si kallt! '"•'
Se'n spndes kring jorden
med kabiar och tridar.
att virLsten blev god
man stnlit en fana
fran fiendeharen,
och-mArken valsiamas,
dar massmordet stod.
Axel il — i
MtDSOMMAR.
Drnca en stund om i03terjor'ien,
Svoas barn, i deniia kvall!
Sand din lanke hem till Norden.
L-andec mellan skar och fjall
Dar nu sommariester firas
Och. med bjorklbf prv-dllgt slras
Dorren tUl det lilla tjall.
I>enna se4 och dessa minnen I
iro da vi aJska meat.
Och 1 lcva.Il med glada ainnen, ;.'
Dar forhoDoninsen ar gast, '
OiQkring IbiQrydd sting 3ig samlil
"" Som dar he'mma, unga, gamla \^
Till en svensk midsommarteat. ;
Dar Mi toppen tlaggan prilar
,'. ?om' en.klar och skon kJ^nod.
' Mildt det gyllne korset str^laj-
,. aom om d^t'var frojd foralod.
I* Sorgsa sig pi afstdnd staller,
.j^ D& af lyciilig stolthet svaller ; .;
>" Pulsen i virt.friska blod.
-Darfdr, spelmaa, stam floleii, '/':
* Sp«i3 upp till munter dans.
. Trottna ej till morgonsolen
Ki^ Sander ut sin- nya glana!
^ Gossa^.avang din egen- fllcka, .
/ ;.Djnpt.l blAa. ogonblicka ,-i,
• ■♦Coder lotvens grbna krans! ,'
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'-. •' JARMA BARNl ' .. -- /
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Ja« Big ea visa en Junikvall }\ --l
At "Anna Lisa" 1 "Fria ord",,
]Dar ^'"i ajbng om mamma vtd aplaelaa
hall,-
Oia minnen tr±n hemmeta jord.
Arft, bandomsmlnnen, de aldrig do,
De lor da fiesta ett skimmer strb
Pi Ufrets tomiga stigl
Da Vorcr entla, de rader smi.
Eom vilda blommor Tld va^ens rand,
J.Ien and4 kara, ty yf forsLa
Hoa tankt vk hemjnet och hem.bygds-
strajid ;
P4 fax och mor och p4 nordans lunder,
Dit tankan liar i stUla sttuider
Och. flnaer hvila och ro.
Jag mott 9tt flicka, b& sot och htild.
Som glbmt sltt hem bort p^ Sveas
jord.
Hon. glbmt stn moder for glans och
guld,
Glbmt srsnska spraket, hvartenda ord ;
Glbmt enkla kojan, dar gladt hon lekte,
Glbmt bmma bander som henne smek-
te,
Och hennes namn det ar: Arma barn.
Du lilla van upp& vllse stlg.
Jag ber s^ vanligt, knyt banden &ter!
Ditt modersm^l kan ej skada dig.
Skrl? dn till mamma, hon kanske grS,-
ter
For barnet aitt, uti ildems host,
Som yandrar fjarran i varlden. —
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MRS. AXNA ANDERiJON
Mrs. Anna Victoria Anderson, 602
Filch road, died last night in St.
Anthony hospital, she was 57 years
old.
Mrs. Anderson had lived in Rock-
ford ever since coming to the Unit-
ed States in 1906 from- Sweden,
■where she was bom on Nov. 4, isst!
She was married to Axel Anderson
on July 10, 1909, in Rockford.
Surviving are iier husband; a
daughter, Mrs. Roseila Sciacca, Be-
loit. Wis.; three sons, Everett An-
derson, Rockford; Cpl. Clarence An-
derson, in. the Philippines, and Eric
Anderson, army technician, fifth
grade, now home' after serving over-
seas; a brother. Carl Peterson,
Rockford, and other brothers and'
sisters living in. Sweden.
Funeral arrangements are being
made at the Long-Klontz funeral
home, 428 Park avenue.
ANDERSON — Axel Anderson, 83, 2814
Huffman Blvd., aie<l ' a m. Tfiursday,
FeO. 11, 1?71, In Swedish-American Hospi-
tal ctfer o brief Illness. Born June 13,
1637 in GorentKitg . Sweden. Lived 62
years in Rockford,. coming hers from
rie<] toltie
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terson in RocKtordJjuly 10, 1909. tm-
ploved OS o millc driver b/ Slondord
Dairy Co. tor many years. Member of
V'^stoola Club. Survivors Include; a
dougnler, Mrs. Roseila Saloccd. RocK-
ford, two sons, Everel A. and Eric A.
Anderson, Dotn or Rockford; a sister.
Miss Olqo Anderson,' in Sweden; nine
grcmdcflildren and Z3 greot-grond-
Ctlildren.
Services ot 10; 30 o.m. Monday, Feb. IJ
In SUND8ERG FUNHRAL HOME, 215 N.
6tfl SI. witn the Rev. Dr. 0. Gortteld
Beckstrond II postor of TMnifv Lutfieron
Cfiurcti offlcialing. Budol in Scandtna-
vion Cemetw. Ttiere will be no visitotlon.
iDlPHTH£RlA_!S FATAL
I Sveni the two-year-old son of Mr.
I and Mi-s. Axel Anderson of 32H Six-
I ceenth avenue, died this morning from
I diphtheria. Private funeraH services
will be held Thursday morning at ^
i o'clock from the home. Rev. G. E.
, Heradahl will officiate and burial will
take place in the Scandinavian ceme-
, tery. The- parents and trwo brothers I
i survive. ... , , )
'H- Card of Thanks. <r '' ';'•■' .
We wtsh to thank all our aeighbors
md friends who so kindly assisted
as in our late bereavement in the
ieath o£ our little soa, Swen, also
iviah to thanlf those who sent flowers
md the employee of- the Mechanic |
Mafthine Co.
.Mr and Mrs. A^cel Anderson.
.Clarence aJid Everett Anderson,
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Evert Axel ANDEPSON
B. April 9, I9I0
D.
xM. 1st April 9, 1927
Violet Anderson
B. iMay 2, 190?
D. I96_
M. 2nd July 26, 19^5
Wiliaa Mae EIPLEY
B. June 20, I9I0
D.
children
(first 6 to 1st aarriare)
(seventh to 2nd marriage)
Virginia
B, May 28,
1927
Barbara Ann
B. Feb. 22,
1929
Jaiaes Evert
B. Dec, 25,
I93I
Lorraine
B. July 7,
1938
Ronald Charles
B. Feb. 19,
19^0
Nancy
B. Oct, 19,
19^2
Victoria Grace
B. Oct, 12,
1945
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Evert Axel ANDEPSON, son of Axel ANDKPSON and Anna Victoria
PET!iRSON, was born April 9, I9I0 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois.
Evert was born premature and weighed 5^ lbs.; an oven was his
incubator. Evert 's first language v;as Swedish, He began learning
English when he started grade school, but the two languages caused
problems in school.
When he v/as 8 yrs. old he and friends rode on the rods under-
neath the boxcars of a train for recreation. It made a water stop
by a viaduct on Rroadv>ray. They rode it frc:n Broadway to Camp Grant
on Kishwaukee St, They stold guns and rifles from the trains at
Camp Grant and hid ther.i under the board walks.
Evert' s mother, Anna Peterson, wanted to get her faJ.ily away
from the city. Evert moved with his family to a rustic log cabin
in northern Wisconsin in I9I9. This was the first ti^ne he rode on
the inside of a train. The cabin had a feerbrook address. The largest
city close to thesi was Antigo; Doring was six iniles a-nay and the
closest neighbors were 2 niiles away. After the train ride they rode
to the cabin in a bobsled. They later r:ioved to a more modern home
near Deerbrook,
When Fvert started school in ?^isconsln he \vas put back into the
2nd grade. He quit school at the beginning of 6th grade at the age
of 12 yrs, because he ?/anted to go into the woods with his father.
Axel Anderson, and because of mean teachers. His father was cutting
logs and farming for a living.
When Evert was 10 yrs, old he hauled wood to the city of Por-
ing alone. While coming 'nack in the dark wolYes came close to the
wagon and scared the horses. The lights of his home were a welcome
sight.
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Evert joined a lumber camp when he v/ac I/j yrs, old. He made
$1^3 a month skidding Iocs to the railroad tracks; the logp were
loaded onto hoy cars. He never caw civili7,ation and slept in a bunk
house. The bunk house had 15 bunks and I belly stove. He fot up at
iftOO /),M, , fed, brushed, and harnessed the horses, ate breakfast
and was going to work by 6:00 A.M. He ate lunch in the v/oods and the
daiy ened at 6:00 or 7:00 ?,M, Kvert spent one winter in the lumber
caiap. The men in the canj^; chev'ed tobacco, didn't take a bath, and
wore the sane clothes until spring. In the spring they took a bath
and bought clothes at Deerbrook,
Dancing was Evert 's main source of recreation. He had the
pleasure of dancing to Lawrence Welk's band in its early years.
Evert and his family were terrified by a tornado in I925« It
became as dark as night and they heai'd the av/ful rumbling sounds.
They took refuge ffin the basement v/hen they saw it coming. Trees
were flying and roots of trees 10 feet v/ide v;ere pulled out of the
ground. Evert 's mother, Anna, refused to stay in Wisconsin bec^ause
of it.
Evert 's father, Axel, casie back to Pockford alone to make
preparations for the family to return. Later Evert joined hir: for
a fev; months until the whole fainily came back to Eockforc, 111,
Upon his return to Pockford at the age of 15 yrs. Evert got a
job at Landstrora's Furniture Co., I6th Ave, and Ilth St., making
65i^ an hour. He dipped chair seats into stain and put flov;ers on
furniture. He stayed at Landstrom for 7 yrs. He worked in furni-
ture factories in Pockford until 19^2. During World War II he
'.^rorked at a machine shop for'^90 a week running radial drills that
made sirens for ships. After ?/WII he returned to furniture fac-
tories until his retirement at the age of 62 yrs.
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Evert was 15 yrs. old. v/hen he £0t his first car. It was a
192^ Model T Ford touring cair v/ith side curtains to keep the rain
out. He and his brother, Clarence, were confirmed at Calvary Eng-
lish Church March 27, I926
Evert Anderson married Violet Anderson April 9, 1927. They
moved in with his parents until their first child, Virginia, was
born Hay 28, 1927. Violet's parents, Charlie and Lena Anderson,
helped them buy a house on Sawyer Pd, and a car. They had their
second child, Barbara Ann, Feb, 22, 1929 and their third, James
Evert, Dec. 25, I93I.
During 1932 Evert was working at Rockford Peerless Furniture
Co, He started at S7»50 a day for a full day. The employers cut his
pay to 362 an hour and cut to 2 or 3 hours a day. He asked them to
lay him off so he could go on welfare. Eelief canie froQ the County
?;elfare, but he wasn't allowed a car or a license. He v/alked from
Brooke Pd. to Water St, to get groceries with the relief slips.
They lost their horae on Sawyer road during the depression because
they couldn't corae up with S6 worth of taxes. They and their three
children moved into the garage of Evert 's parents home on Barnum
Ed, for the summer and then moved to a horae at 7th St, and 8th Ave,
They had the rest of their children: Lorraine, July 7, 1938,
Ronald Charles, Feb. 19, 19^0, Nancy, Oct. 19, 1942. Evert and
Violet became divorced in 19^2.
Evert Axel .Anderson married Wilma Mae Eipley July 26, 1943
in Pockford, Winnebago, Illinois. They were both 33 yrs, old and
were married by the same minister that confirmed Evert in 1926.
Following Pages:
Evert Anderson's Birth Certificate
" " Baptism
" " Calvary Kews-Confiraation Class-first 2 names
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STEREOPTICON PICTURES SUNDAY NIGHtI
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The following class of thirty-six members will be confirmed at
Calvary Church at 11 o'clock Sunday morning:
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BOYS
Clarence G. Anderson
Evert Axel Anderson
Rudolph Hulgar Bergstrom
Arthur Buskie
Richard Albert Buskie
^Wilbur- E. Carlsra
Howard Edward Dibert
Harold A. Fridell
Charles D.HedlundF' .
John Lawnduski
'Roland E. Leaf ''
Joseph J. Malcomson,
Jacob Pippel
Howard Powers
Alfred W. Riverdahl
EUsbury George Sederquist
Kenneth Lloyd Williams
GIRLS
Florence V. Anderson
Mildred Eleanor Anderson
Angeline E. Bacilek
Karla E. Bacilek
Mary Bacilek
Gladys Sophia Carlson
Helen Erickson
Eva Rowena Jervis
Helen Bemice Larson
Camelia V. Malmstrom
Edna Lucille McCartney.
Emert Ohman
Doris Nadine Powers
Elva Maxine Powers
Lois Powers 1
' Eva G. Rockman
Margaret Seashore
Violet B. Stcne
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The inforaation on ray ancestors from Nicholas Knapp to Pebecca
Knapp was copied from the NICHOLAS KIIAPP GENEALOGY. It was done by
a genealogical expert. I received it from Marilyn Hanson, Kenai,
Alaska, (my third cousin-also a KIPLEY-KNAPF descendant.)
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Nicholas KNAPP, Iraniigrant ancestor. Parental?;© unknoiim, • .'•
B. In l-oigland. Exact place unknown. ;■-'
D, April 16, 1670, Fairfield, Conn.
M, 1st Elinor . She (iied June or Aug, l6, 1658, Fairfield,
Conn. ?nd Unica (Unity) Brown, March 9, 1659.
All children born to first marriage. All children born at
Watertoivn, Mass. except Lydia. ;
B-I Jonathan
B-2 Timothy
B-5 Joshua
B-k Caleb
B-5 Sarah
B-6 Puth
B-7 Hannah
B-8 Moses
B-9 Lydia
SECOND GENEPATION >- ^ ^ t
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Caleb KHA?P,eon of A-I* Nicholas and Elinor ( ) Knapp.
B. Nov, 20, 1636 or Jan, 20, 1637. Watertown, .Mass*
D. Before March li, I675» when his inventory was taken. His will
dated Pec* 2, 167^.
M. Hannah SMITH at Stamford, Conn, about I660 and lived there.
She died June, I685> was daughter of Br. Henry Smith, of Stam-
ford and his Ist wife, name unknown, son of Thomas SMITH of
London > England,
C-I Caleb
C-2 John
C-3 Moses
C-lf Saauel
THIFD GENERATION '.u.. '....^ Vl\.'-Uw
Samuel KNAPP, son of B-k* Caleb and Hannah (Smith) Knapp,
B. 1668, Stamford, Conn.
D. 1739, Danbury, Conn,
K. 1696, Hannah BUSKKELL, daughter of Francis BUSHNELL and wife
Hannah (SEAMHR OF SEYKOtTR).
Hannah BUSHNELL was born at Norwalk, Conn. Aug. 22 ^ 1676.
- Died 1722/23.
2nd marriage June 18, 1726, Phoebe, daughter of Janes Lock-
wood, of Norsalk,
Children are to first aarriage. - , . .
D-I Joshua
D-2 Saauel
D-3 John
D-if Francis
B-5 Abigail
D-6 Caleb
B-7 Mercy
B-8 Aaxon
B-9 Hannah
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;hl Two Samuel Knapps lived in Dsinbury at the same time. Both
died in 1759. This makes the tracing of their life activities
difficult and confusing,
C-4. The above Sarauel was known as Lieut, Sarauel, He was an
Ensif^n in the Train Band in I7I3« Lieut, in tho Train Baind and
Representative in the Assembly in I7I6-I72I-I722. He was a weaver
by occupation. Moved to Danbury before 1700, probably as early as
1685 as he was among the first eight families that settled there.
The Allef:;heny County, Pa, History, p. 7B5, says of Samuel Knapp:
"Tradition says that he was commissioned by the King of England to
locate and survey the Town of Danbury and settle thereon a certain
number of families in a certain lensth of time, and if he did this,
he was to have a certain tract of land for his services," This
cannot be verified for the Danbury records v.'ere destroyed in the
burning of Danbury by the British in 1777. Vairlous accounts differ.
He was in Danbury after I69I snd as early as 1697 and probably
earlier, for Thomas Lawrence of Stamford, in his will of July 26,
I69I calls him "son-in-law Samuel Knap," He was really his stepson
and not his son-in-law. Perhaps he lived in Stamford at that time.
See Fairfield Probate Recorcs, Vol, I689» page if8. Thomas Lawrence
Aug, 16, I79I, Fairfield Probate Pecords, Vol. I689-I70I, page 172,
says: "Samuel Knap of Danbury appeajrcd in Court this 2 of Nov. and
gave oath to the truth of the above inventory of the estate of
Francis BUSHNELL of Danbury, deceased Oct. 1697." The Conn. Gen-
eral Assembly held in New Kaven confirmed him as Exsign of the
Train Bsuid in Oct, I7I3. He was promoted to Lieut, in May I7l6, by
the General Sssembly held at Hartford, He v/as a Deputy to the Gen-
eral Assembly held at Hartford May 10, 1716 and May II, I72I. Fair-
field Probate Pecords, Vol. 172/^-17^0, page 3klt give the inventory
of the Estate of Lieut* Samuel Knap, of Danbury, April ky 17^0,
John Knap being administrator. The index gives his name as "Sr".
Francis Bushncll was one of the eight original settlers of Danbury
as appears in the Norwalk Land Pecords, Vol. IV, page if38. "March
I, I712 Samuel Knap, weaver, and Hemnah Knap, his «ife, of Danbury,
with 10 others, convey their interest in the land at Norwalk, as
heirs of Francis Bushnell, deceased, of Danbury." (Land Pecords of
Danbury)
FOURTH GIINEFATION
D-3
John KNAPP, son of C-4, Samuel and Hannah (Bushnell) Knapp.
B. 1700, Danbury, Conn.
D, 1758, on shipboard on Lal<e Erie and buried in the lal^e.
M, 1724, (Margaret?) Taylor, daughter of Daniel TAYLOP, who in his
will mentions his dear daughter, wife of John Knapp, of Danbury,
John had k sons in the Devolution. Lived in Danbury,
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E-5 Zadock "'";. E-II Joseph *■"
E-6 Zephaniah
D-3» John KTTAPP, "A man of standing-. Officer in the French and
Indian "/ar," He was killed or died on shipboard on Lake Erie and was
buried in the lake. He v/as appointed guardian of Samuel (iiephew) Apr.
ky I7';0. He took inventory of the estate of Stephen Curtis who died
in I74I» the husband of his sister Abigail. He v/as appointed by the
Probate Court of Danbury as Guardian, Adainistrator and Executor,
John*s brother, Francis, aarried Deborah Taylor, daughter of Caniel
Taylor, and from later inforaation it is believed that John married
her sister, Mary, but some think John's wife's name was Rebecca.
•■■' ■"■'•.'■■-. FIFTH GETfEPATION
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Elijah KNAPP, son of I)-3. John and (Taylor) Knapp.
B, 1733/36, Danbury, Conn,
D, Oct, 17, 1823, Glenville, N, Y. where he last resided, in his
87th yesir. Kis grave record says he died in 1825* D.A.P, says
he died in 1823.
M, 1st October, 1769, at Norfolk, Conn., Pachel Barden. (Pecorded
in Church of Christ, Norfolk.) 2nd 1779 Sarah or Phoebe Watkins,
Basking Pidge, N.J» She died Jan., I823» daughter of Joseph and
Frances (SPINNING) WATKINS, 3rd Irene Ferris. No children. (We
are not sure 'shich child belongs to v/hich wife. Some of the
dates of birth cannot be explained.) Probably the first three
children belonged to Pachel Barden.
F-I John F-7 Elizabeth
F-2 Margaret ■ ■■ - y-5 Amos
F-3 William M. . '' ' ' F-9 Daniel
F-4 Cavid ■ ■ F-IO Phoebe
F-5 Frances or Fanny F-II Sarah Ann
F-6 Eli. 1 ah. Jr.
E-/f, Elijah Knapp* s Last V/ill and Testament follov/s: "I, Eli-
jah Knapp, of the ifth Ward of the City of Schenectady, considering
the uncertainties of this mortal life and being of sound mind and
memory, blessed be Alaighty God for the saae, do make and publish
this my last ?;ill and testament in the manner and form following:
that is to say: First, I give and bequeath unto my beloved u'ife,
Irene, two feather beds and bedding aJid a suitable set of household
furniture for keeping house and the use of ray best roOiTi in my house
so long as she remains ay widow: and also one cov;, the same to be
kept on the farm where I now reside, except my said wife shall
otherwise agree, and also I give to sy said wife I50 weight of good
pork, six bushels of good wheat, 2 bushels of good corn and k bushels
of potatoes and a sufficient quantity of fire-wood cut and ready for
one fire, all caid articles to be furnished annually by ray Executor
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hereinafter named, so long as she remains my v;idow. Also, I give
and bequeath unto my son John Knapp, SIO.OO. Also, I give and be-
queath unto .Tiy son William Knapp, f»IO,00, Also, I give and be-
queath unto my daughter, Margaret Underhill, wife of John 'Jnder-
hilljSIO, 00, Each three several su:as of SIO.OO to be paid in one
year after rny decease, I also give and bequeath unto my 5 sons and
if daughters hereafter named, ray farm where I now reside, to them,
their heirs and assigns forever together with all my personal pro-
perty not heretofore disposed of, to be divided in the Banner fol-
lov/in^, that is to say: to my son Elijah Knapp, 2 shares, To ray
son I'avid Knapp, tv.'o shares, to my son Daniel Knapp, 2 shares, to
my son A;aoB Knapp, two shares, to my son John ''■', Knapp, two shares,
to my daughter Fanny Glenn, v/ife of Alexander Clenn, One share,
to my daughter Betsey Knapp, one share, to .Tiy c'aughter, Phebe
Sea-an, wife of Joshua Seataan, one share and to "ly daughter
Sarah Ann Knapp, one share, so as ^hen it is divided m;^ 5 last
mentioned sons to have each a double share, to my last mentioned
daughters a single share. And lastly I appoint my son, Tavid
Knapp, and my son, Elijah Knapp, true and lawful executors to
this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills
by :;ie made. In witness whereof I have hereto set ray hand and seal
this 15th day of Tiecernber, 1820. Signed, sealed and declared by
rae, Elijah Knapp, to be ray last will and testiiraent, in the pre-
sence of 'lostcome Potter, John Lawsing and Lydia Drew, Signed,
Elijah Knapp, (L.S.)." Vill ad-itted to Probate before Giles F.
Yates, Surrogate, Jan, 21, I82f^. Pecorded in V,ill Book, 3, page
21, County of Schenectady, W.Y.
From Elijah Knapp* s War record, he was living in Bernards-
town, !',J, in 1791) and Schenectady, N,Y, in 1820, He v/as a pew
holder in the '^esbyterian Church at Basking Kidge, N,J» between
1783-86 and I787-I792. He served with the Conn. Troops. His Cart.
was Titus V.stson, also of Norfolk, who moved before or during
the Revolution to Ralston, K.Y, He was pensioned for services as
a private in Conn, troor^s under Co], Hcn-an Sv/ift. Elijali is listed
as a Freeholder in Bernards Township, Somerset Co., N.J, in 1790,
At least two of his children, Amos and Elizabeth, were born in N,J,
The pension office states he v.'as living in "Bernardstov/n" (Ber-
nard Township probably) in I79if» The 183^ list of pensioners in-
cludes Elijah in the Saratoga Co. disability list with the note
"Transferred from M. Jersey Hch. i) , 1795." Despite the Saratoga
Co. listing- he was actually in Schenectady Co, just across the
line and about midway between Clenville and Charlton, He was
buried in the 1st Pefornied Dutch Church graveyard, Glenville,
David G, Kna-ip says his tombstone bears the following inscrip-
tion "Elijah knapp died I7th Oct. 1823 in the 87th year of his
age,"
Another account reads:
"Little haa been learned of the earljT Connecticut life of
Elijali Knapp, He is said to have servec in the French and Indian
War, and at the outbreak of the Pevolution we find him in raiddle
life at Norfolk whence he enlisted early ana served as private,
conoral ana sergeant of the Connecticut Line, He was wounded at
the Battle of Green Spring (Virginia) July 6, I78I, He and Jo-
seph Watkins helrl ajoining pews at the Presbyterian Church in
Basking Eidge immediately aftjr the revolution and evidently
owned their homes there (being included in a list of freeholders
of the period). About 179'tt Elijah Knapp removed with his -rowing
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the Fourth Ward of the City of Schenectady) not far irorn the
Charlton boundary line. There he remained and propered as a
farmer and householder, livin£ to v;itness the participation of
his own children in the westward expansion that followed the
establishment of peace and security. Hie final resting place is
a hilltop grave amid those of hes fa.nily and neighbors in the
village center churchyard (FirRt Peforiied) overlooking the scenic
Glenville countryside."
^: SIXTH GENERATION
Elijah '<IIAPP,Jr., son of E-4. Elijah and ^hoebe (WATKINS) KNAPP.
B. Jan. 23, 1786, Glenville, N.Y.
r. May 6 or 16, I8i+0, Glenville, (or Apr. I6^ 18^+0),
M. 1st DeWitte.
2nd Rachel Randall Johnson, B.April 3, 1798. D. Nov. 18,
I836, Aflisberdara, N.Y, She M. 1st Levi Paulding or Pawling
who died Oct. 22, I82I. She was daughter of John and Pebecca
(V/itherell) Johnson,
G-I Margaret Ann G-6 Abbie Ann
P G-2 John Johnson a-7 Eliza Sarah
o G-3 Pebecca Witherell G-Q Sally
rV] G-k Thornas Collins 0-9 Mary
i-^- G-5 Elijah F. G-IO Phoebe Susan
"-■ '-: SEVENTH GMERATION
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Pebocca Witherell KNAPP, daughter of F-6 Elijah KNAPP, Jr. and
(-. Pachel Pandall JOHNSON.
l:\ B. Oct. II, 1825
r: B. ATDril 19, 1928 Fairmont Ceiaetery, Polo, Ogle, 111.
l^ M. 1st T!ov. 16, 18^+2, Addison M, PIPLEY, who died Sept. 2, 1859.
'-'' She married 2nd and 3rd Samuel Middleton, June II,
1876. All children from first marriage.
H-I John "lelvin H-3 >^hebe Anna
(died in prison during E-k Simeon Elijah
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H-2 Pachel
,:• '.: -o ^' EIGHTH GENERATION
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Addison M, PIPLEY.
B. r-ec. 13, 1857 children
D. Oct. 8, 1899 Alice Pebecca
M. Nov. 15, 1882 '.^'illis Albert
Margaret Elraira SPENCER Olive Puth
B. June 9, I864
D. Sept. 28, 1955
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Michael SPENCER and Amy EliGECOMBE had six children:
1. Waaman
2. Isaac-settled in South Carolina-no record
3. Zacaharri-lived in New Hartford, Conn, ' --
-- his children: Alvin, ^vrif^ht^ Zacaharri, Henry, Polly Ann,
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If, Chloe-no record
5, Pelia-no record ;
6. Luraan - married Payrevelia Puck - their children:
Isaac, Ed son, Lovina,
2nd marriage-Loreva Phillips or Phelps-one son-
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Kaaman SPH'ICEP, Sr,
B. April 13, 1790
D. Jan. 3, 1873
M. July II, I6II
Diantha BENHAM
3. Nov. 10, 1794
D. Sept. II, I86I
children
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Fannie
Alanson
Allen Benham
Lucinda) tisrins
Lucebia)Apr, 21, I82I
P. M%rch 12, 1822
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Piantha
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B. Feb. Zkt 1824
D. Jan. 15, I9I4
K. 1845
Julia Ella Baldwin HUNT
B. May 9, 1830
P. Sept. 5, 1865
children
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Jehial
Elias
Alanson
Charley
Margaret Elr-iira
2 boys died in infancy
The following SPENCEP-BENHAM summarized history was v/ritten
by Bertha Bailey (3. Dec. 5, 1887 D. May, 1975) wife of Frank
Spencer, (Naarnan,Sr. , Kaaman, Jr. , Jehial. Jehial is Frank's
father) Frank and Bertha (Bailey) Spencer's daughter, Oleta
Depue, Pt.2, Sterling, 111., is the pr-sent SPENCER-3E1THAM his-
torian.
There are references to Eagle Point, 111. in the summarized
history. Eagle Point is a township in Ogle County situated be-
tween Milledgeville, Carroll, 111. and Polo, Ofile, 111. (see map
last page)
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20.
:.i Naaman Spencer, Jr. was born in Hartford, Conn, and came to
Illinois at the age of fourteen. When he was tv;enty-one years old
he raarried Julia Ella Baldv/in Hunt, she was only fifteen. After
twenty years of r^arriage and givins birth to ei^ht children,Julia
Hunt died at the age of thirty-five at Eagle Point, Ogle, HI. At
the time of her death her oldest child was twenty and her youngest,
Margaret Elraira, was 15 months old,
on Aug. 28, 1966 Naaman Spencer, Jr. married Fannie Johnson.
She was born July 22, 1825 and was the widow of Ashel Johnson:
cou.^in of Naaman Soencer, Jr. She had one son, Chas. Surfer
Johnson. The Johnsons were from the BENKAM line. Naaman,Jr. and
Fannie never had any children together. Fan: .e Jo^anson died Anril
8, 1903 at the age of 78. Kaaman Spencer, Jr. died Jan. 15, I9Iif
at Eagle Point, Ogle, 111. at the age of 90.
Marrarot Elaira Spencer, daughter of Naaman Spencer,Jr. and
Julia Hunt, was born June 9, 186/, at Eagle Point, Ogle, Illinois.
She :noved to Milledgeville ^hen she was 6 years old and finished
growing up there. On Sov. 15, 1882 she married Si:neon Elijah
Pipley. He was born in Nev; York City, H.Y., but it is uncertain
when he came to Milledgeville. On their .carriage license they
both listed their residence as Wysox, 111. Milledgeville is in
the township of Wysox. After their marriage they ..oved to Polo,
Ogle. Illinois Where Si.eon Pipley was a blacks.ith. he became
ill and auit blacksmithing and began studying undertaking, which
is what he did until he died Oct. 8, 1899 at the age of h2 of
heart trouble. They had three children: Alice Pebecca. Willis
i*n. .r.e: -.-: xi«o 8B, sria ,ia«H nl*bX*a »LDl elJui, bolrxBir eri
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21.
I Albert, and Olive Puth.
Hargsxet Klmira Spencer married Gabriel Sarber March I7»
I9O8. (B. Hay I5, I87ii -. Nov. 23, I%0) He had three children
from a previous marriage that she helped raise: '."esley, Ina, and
Gertrude, She died Sept. 28, 1955 at the age of 91. She v/as ex-
plained as beinp very strong willed and good humored.
The following four pages: :-. / :-" .' ';
' .; ,>llKargaret Elaira Spencer and Simeon Elijah Pipley: ;■ - .
,/,*^^ marriage license
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.; .^-',; G. E. RiT3ley ; ' ., :
/ 4 -v7'~i; ■-'-' ^ ^ ^ Local Agent ,:....
Note on Christmas card from Margaret ^lisira Spencer sent to
her granddaughter (Wilma Pipley) and family on Tec. I6, 1950.
She ■was 86 years old,
. Margaret Flmira Spencer-obituary ;
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Dies In Californi^5 a
Local Services Pending
Local ■'*=' j^y^. Elmlra
Icalii- . ,rin be Held- In i
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^-iU be brought to^°^ ^^
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later. daughter of Naa-
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she waa SIX T^f ^ °;^ that time es-
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survivors are two^^^^^^ Cor-
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22.
Willis Albert PIPLEY, son of Margaret Elmira SPENCEP and
Simeon Elijah PIPLEY. Born in Milledgeville, Carroll, Illinois
July 30, 1867. (see map last page) He was originally named V'illie,
but he later changed it t o V.'illis because he thouf;ht it sounded
better in business. Willis grew up and went to school in Folo,
Ogle, Illinois. As a boy he raised pigeons and did well in school.
His father died when he was 12 years old. He continued to live with
his mother, but spent a lot of time with his grandmother, Febecca
KNAPP, After high school he attended Beloit College, Beloit, Wis-
consin, (uncertain how long) On Oct. 5» 1908 iVillis married his
Bweetheart of four years, Grace May SHOPT,
(Grace Hay SHOPT's family history and life follows.)
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Grace May SHOFT's Ancestors
23.
Paternal
children
David SHORT
came from England
Harried
Sarah CAPEY
came from France to
New York State
John Wesley
Walter
Maternal
Thomas M. BPOYLES
B, Aug. 31, l823(Fjiglish)
K. April 2, 1856
at Bedford, Indians.
Elizabeth Murry GEYGFP
B. Sept, 27, ie29(Enslish)
Ella Ikes
Delia
Thomas L.
Julia Inn
Grace May SKOPT's Parents
John Wesley SHOFT
B. 1855 Polo, OfCle, 111,
M. 1877
Julia Ann BPOYLES
B, 1857 Clay City, 111.
D. Nov, If, 1888
Mary Olive
B. Dec. 3, 1878 D. 1972
David Edwajd
3. Pec, 20, 1882
D. Sept. 27, 1939
Mlliajn
B. July 6 or II, 1885
Grace May
B. Feb. 22, 1888
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Grace May 3H0ET
B. Feb. 22, 1868
Sterling, Whiteside, 111,
r..
M. 1st Oct, 5t 1908
Willis Albert PIPLEY
B. July 30, 1887
Milledgeville, Carroll, 111,
D. Oct. 2, I9I8
Fairraont Cemetery, Polo,
Ogle, Illinois
M. 2nd Sept. 2J., 1 921
LeonsLTd Morley
B. Feb. 3, 1898
D, April I/+, 1957
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children
Geraldine Virginia Eipley
B. June 29, 1909
Wilffla Mae Kipley
B. June 20, I9I0
Robert Leon Kipley
B. Jan. 26, I9I2
Margaret Alice Eipley
B. June 19, I9I5
Alberta Evideine Eipley
B. March 31, I9I7
D. March Zkt I9I8
Donald: Eugene Eipley
B. Feb, 23, 1920
Lorna May Morley
3. March 2, 1922
Bernice Olive Morley
3. March 18, 1923
Bethel Lorraine Morley
B, Nov. 26, 1925
Max Herritt Morley
B. Feb. 27, 1927
Leonard Dale Morley
B. March ZO^ 1929
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25.
Grace May SHORT, daughter of Julia Ann Rr.OYLES and John
Wesley SHOPT, was born in Sterling, '.Vhitcside, Illinois (see nap
last page) Feb, 22, 1838. Julia died nine .nonths after Grace's
birth of acute tuberculosis* She had arranged for her half-sister,
Sarah Ann Geyger, and her husband, Jacob Kart,to take baby Grace
after hsr death, Sarah could not take Grace until after the birth
of her youngest child, Nellie* l^Tien Grace was 21 months old she
was taken in by tlie ilart family. Her sister and tv;o brothers stayed
with her father.
Grace had a happy childhood with the Haxts: Mother Sarah,
Fathar Jacob, and their children John, Arthur, Mary, and Nellie.
She was always taught as one of their ovm, possibly better. It
was a quiet life thero on the farm four and a half miles southwest
of Milledgeville, Carroll, Illinois, (see nap last page) She
filled her days following the men folks around the farm. Once,
after throwing a corn cob at a horse it kicked her in the face.
A doctor came out to the house and placed her head in his lap to
sew the wound,
Grace loved to read and would cliab apple trees for privacy
while reading her books, leaving Nellie (foster sister) down be-
low, Grace always seeraed to get what she wanted as the Harts had
plenty of money. They got their first telepho:;e when she was five
or six years old and made yearly trips to the State Fair;
In grade school she attended a one room school house. When
she ■vas 15 yrs. old the Harts retired to Milledgeville, Turing
high school a choice of German or Latin were required. She re-
ceived four years of study in the German language. Grace and her
classmates had social parties where they played games and had a
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social limo for recreation. She gradua-ttid in I907» Her uncle,
Tom BROYLES, paid her &ay to Clay City, 111, to goo her grand-
father, Tom ^IvOYL'^iG, for t'^.e first ti.rie as a graduation present.
In ,'iarch of 1976 at the age of 80 she rv-jftrred to her education,
"Could have had nore education, but thought I kne%' enouerh, OhlKyi"
On Oct. 5, 1906 after going \7ith Willin Albert PIPT^v for four
years, they became carried in i-:iiledf evill e, Carroll, Illinois.
She v/as 20 and a United Brethicri; he was 21 and a Methodist,
Grace's uncle, Thomas L. Broj'le?j, and her foster sister, Nellie
Hart, v;era witnesses to the marriage.
Eight after their marriage they traveled to Chicago, 111,
where V/illis v/ent to e-nbaliaing school frora Oct., 1908 to April,
1909, His srand'.other, Febecca KKAPP, paio the tuition. They then
went to Bartlcsville, Olkahoma. They witnessed ten oil wslls on
fire at once and there first child, Geraldine Virginia, v/as born
o^une 29, 1909. After staying in Oklahoma for about a year they
returnee to ;>illedgeville. 111, where their second child, Wilina
Mae, was born June 20, I9I0, Next they tioved to Streaior, 111,
(see map last pa.c:.e) where V'illis -.vorked at au establish-^ient doing
undertakinj;, selling pictures, and making fra'r.ss. On Jan, 26,
I9I2 their third child, T'obert Leon, wa? born in Streator, Grace
caae home to Milledgeville for the birth of their fourth child,
Margaret Alice, June 19, 1915 3Jid then returned to Streator.
Their fifth child, Aibei'ta Evideinc, was -'-/orn March 31, I9I7.
3etvveen I9I2 and I9I8 firctrucks ware hauled by horses and
the streetcar ¥.'as electric. ' he streets v.ere brick and they saw
their first electric autcr.obile in I9I2. Airplanes were new to
thea in I9I8 and it v/as a Grand experience to r-o out and watch
them.
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For rocioation Willis and Grace went to care parties and
dances. At hone they and their younc family v/oul.' father around,
the piano and aing as Hrace tilayed, Grace and Willie becaiie
exuberant about their garden; Willis had crcaii.e of being a farmer.
One of Willis's Jobs wae to ciscipline the children. If they
were naughty in the morning Grace v;ould tell his when he came
hone for lunch and he v/ould gi-.'e them a spanking. He would line
them up: Geraldine, ?.ilrna« and Bob and give them a choice of
razor strap, yard stick, or hand. Needless io say, they chose
the hand, each would tuen take their turn. Bob ran off so much
they had to tie hirr: to a oost so he couldn't ret past the porch.
People would ^o by and say how mean his p.^:irentp were.
Before I9I5 Grace suffered severe rnigj aine headaches and
Willis •s'ould help in caring for the children, giving baths and
the like. They also had hired help to do laundry and housed eaning.
Later V.'illis would suffer from ulcers £Uid was put on a raw efg and
ruilk diet. He was supposed to go to the hospital for surgery v-ith
the ulcers, but when trmy carae for him he refused to go. "Villis
?/as sanitai-y about everything, About once a r.-onth he gave thp
children a physical exariination; checking their hair, eyes, ears,
and teeth,
'Villis began speaking in fri^nt of groups and to ■'^.ractice
pronunciation he read a huge book of Vashinrt n' s life.
Before their daughter, Margaret, was a ysar old she had
kidney trouble. In I916 Dob and Margaret had polio: Rob v.as four
years old and Margaret was one year old, A sign was nut on the
house that quarantined tner. for a long time, since they weren't
exactly sure when they v;ere v/ell. They didn't know how to treat
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polio then and they were trylnr different t'^in^^s around the
State.
On March 2kt I9I8 one year old Alberta Evideine died of
acute pneu.iionia.
Military troo^^s came to Streator from the Great Lakes to
entertain for Labor Tay, This event was to con^iletely change the
lives of this young far-iily and the lives of those to come. For
they broUfj,]it Ihe flu with tlieia and Streatoi" becaiae included ia
the great flu epidemic of I9I8. People were fainting and dying
in the streets.
On Oct. 2, I9I8 Fillis Albert PIPLEY died of the flu and
pneuronia at the are of 51 years. He v/as buried on his and Grace's
lOth v.'edding anniversary. This v/as the end of the happiest 10
years of her life. She carne home fro.r the funeral sick and dis-
oriented, Her and Her son, Bob, v/ere put in the hosT)ital with the
flu and pneumonia. A Seven-Pay Advontist nurse took care of the
other children at home. Bob v/as in the hospital about tv/o v/eeks
and Grace three weeks. Grace said of that flu in Feb., I97G,"I
{•;uess we were lucky, in some far.ilio:. "-oth parc'nt.- 'Liec! leaving
the children all alone, in others, v/hole fa'nilies were wiped out."
Grace as a child was totally dependent on her foster parents;
then as a v.'ife dependent on her husband. She v/as nov/ left with
a young fa?nily and about 1,000 dollars. Upon her return from the
hospital she inusediately moved her farnily to Sarah Hart's (foster
mother) home in Milledgeville, She stayed there from Nov., I9I8
to March, I9I9, After all Sarah had done for her she felt she had
to be in a home of her ov.-n. She then took her family and ;noved
into a home in Mllledjjeville owned by Mary Hart (foster sister)
and paid $12 a nionth rent. She stayed there from March to August
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of I9I9* While there she took in five boarders who were working
on a sewage plant in Milledeeville. She no sooner finished cooking
anfi washing dishes fro'n one -neal and it was time for another. She
did this for about five -aonthG,
In Aug, of I919 she moved to another home in Milledgeville
owned by Sarah Hart, Sarah v;anted her to stay tl-iere for notiiing,
bu.t Grnce insieted on paying ^--10 a month. They stayed in this hocie
from I9I9 to I92I. While there she did ten waahings and three iron-
ings a v/eek to su-oDort her far^dly. She did these washinfts with a
gas engine machine that had two tubs and one wringer, it was
latf.'r converted to electric notor. As much as slie hated cooking,
"A'ashing dishoB, laundry, and ironing she felt extremely proud
of boinj- s-ble to sup;>crt her family on her own.
On Sept, 23} I92I Grace married Leonai-d :.orley and i-imed lately
moved the family to Sterling, '.'/hiteside, Illinois. They rented a
house on I^ith Ave*, but instead of electricity it had gas lights.
Leonard sold the electric motor from the '.^ashing machine and
bought shoes for the children, V.'hen the great deprfcssion of the
1930 's hit it didn't seera to >r,ean a great cha/ige for them since
they had alregd-. hit rock bottoni financially. It v;as an uphill
struggle to suprort their growing family from I92I to I9'^f2»
Grace sewed clothes for the far:;ily and would ssake new clothes
out of old ones. She did receive soine noney fro.- the Hsxt estate
and soLne frora a Knapp estate in California, Eventually the piano
had to be sold,
Grace and Leonard were divorced in 19k2., Grace ,„oveo to
Fockfora, Winnebago, Illinois tnd lived v/ith her daughter, Mar-
garet, in a trailer on Brook Foad, She began v/orking at National
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Lock and soraetimes did housework for a livinf. Then ca'ne a series
of moves in and around Pockford and back and forth between Pock-
ford and Sterling, She moved to Coloina Courtc in Fock Falls,
?-hiteside, Illinois (see :aap last page) in the late 1950' s.
After staying there for many years she noved to a high-rise at
809 Civic Plaza, Pock Falls, 111, v/here she now resides. Living
there with other senior citizens they have dances for recreation.
She enjoys her children, always wishing she could have done ;:;orc
for them. She has 10 children, 32. grandchildren, 59 great /grand-
children, and 7 great great grandchildren living at the present
tirae.
She has 'vitnessed a g-ood portion of tliis nation's j-rowth,
Froa the horse and bug-gy to auto.rohile, to airr-lanes to astro-
nauts walking on the Tioon; Changing roles for men and women,
industry, and wars. Now at 88 years of age she fives a refreshing
air of '.visdom and humor.
The follo'A'ing questions were asked of her in ''arch, 1976.
I2er age at the time of the event will be after the Questions,
0. Bo you remember any talk about the S^^anish-Aaerican War?
1698 (10 years old)
A. Yes I remember about the Spanish-American V/ar. In just these
incidents: I remember the ship Maine being sunk and that
Admiral Pewey took an A.merican fleet out and destroyed Spanish
fleet. I reaember Teddy Foosevelt at this tine being a rough
rider.
Q. nTaat do you rerr.ornber and what did you think about V/orld V'ar I?
War started overseas in I9I^» Ui. S, entered I9I7. (26-29 yrs. old)
A. Everyone v/as all up in arms and excited. v;e were rationed with
so much: sugar, I lb, a ruonth for each onefamily. So much of
rice flour, corn meal, graham flour, and v/hole wheat flour.
Our coal was rationed too.
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Q, What did i'-'illis think about !"orld IVar I?
A. Willis was quite patriotic. He volunteered, but v/as turned
down because of a physical defect. He followed the :7}overaents
every day. V'ar ended Nov, II, I9I8; Willis died the 2nd of
Oct. I9I8.
Q, What were your thoughts on Women's Suffrage? Passed I919 (age 31)
A. I don't remember as I gave Woman Suffrage much thought. I was
at that time to busy with chilr'ren,
Q, V-Tien was the first time you voted and v/ho did ycu vote for?
A. My first vote was cast for ''.'oodrow Wilson in I9I6, (age 28)
Then my baby, Alberta, and my husband both died in I9I8,
In 1904 Teddy Poosevelt carae campaign parading through the
streets v-ilth torches of fire, (age I6)
0« V'hat were you doing and what did you think v;hen Pearl Harbor
vvas bombed? Pec, ?, I94I (age 53)
A. I was alone nov/ struggling to support ray family. Very much
excited at the beginning of V/orld War II,
Following tivo pages:
Grace May Short's birth certificate
Grace Short and V'illis Pipley marriage license
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B. Nov, 3, I93I
Donna Maxine Clapper
B. June 3, 1934
■Stanley Gene Cla~^per
3. March 26, 1936
D. Jan. II, 1937
Sharon Lynn Clapper
B. July 7, 1938
Leslie Ross Clapper
B. June 3, 1941
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Wilma Mae PIPLEY, daughter of \TilliE Albert PIPLEY and Grace
Mae SHOPT, was born June 20, I9IO in MilledgGville, Carroll, 111.
Shortly after her birth the fai'.ily moved to Streator, Illinois.
(see map last page) She lived on Court Street about tv/o blocks
from the streetcar track. Her family later moved to a larger house
in Streator to accommodate the growing family.
She grew and played childhood games, r.iost often with her sis-
ter, Geraldine, and brother. Bob, until the death of her father
in the flu epidemic of I9I8. Her and her family moved to Milledge-
ville, Carroll, Illinois about a month after her father's death.
Because of her father's death and the move Wilna v/as put into
second grade instead of third. This bothered her, but she began
catching on quickly.
While staying at her foster grandmother's home in Milledgeville
from Nov., I9I8 to March, I9I9 her and her sisters and brother
filled their days playing records on the phonograph in the par-
lor, singing songs on a player rjiano, and roller skating.
Moving to Sterling, ^.Tiiteside, Illinois (see map last page)
in I92I after her mother (Grace Short) remarried ^';ilma started at
Lincoln School and then v.-ent to Central Jr. High School for 7th
and 8th grade. She was at the to- of her class out of 75 students.
Having such good frades made up for not having any money and being
a year older- than the other children.
Her mother v/as busy -ffith babies, but '.''ilma was never refused
anything she laight want to do and she wasn't expected to wash
diapers, When she needed clothes for school functions her mother
made them, V.'ilma became angry v/hen a new brother or sister was
due. Her mother would let her name the babies in an attempt to
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console her, 'Ailraa named these sisters and brothers: Eernice,
Bethel Lorraine, Max Merritt, and Dale*
During adolescence (I922-I927) V'ilma was very athletic. She
played forv.'ard on the basketball leasts and overcame her fear of
v/ater and learned to swia in a bayou near her home. She loved to
roller skate and would try to go every v/eekend.
At the a£e of I6 yrs. (1926) Vi'ilma felt she needed money and
g"ot a job at a canning factory. She rot tho Job just before she was
to start Ilth grade; she quit school, V'hile v;orking at the canning
factory she helped her brotiier, Bob, and her sister, Nfargaret,
financially: buying shoes and books for school.
At the age of I? Wilma v.ent to Brovm's Business College in
Sterling. She completed courses in bookkeeping, typing, and busi-
ness letter writing. While at business college she aioved into her
own room because she didn't get along with Leonard, (step-father)
She was waiting on tables in a hotel from 12:00 p.ni. to 1:00 p,ni,
and 5tOC p,tn, to 8:00 p,!a, to pay for her room, business college,
and other expenses, While walking fron; the hotel to her room she
had to pass a dress shop and began spending money on clothes and
hats, Leonard Morley (step-father) came to her room asking her to
come home and told her Grace (mother) wasn't happy with her away.
She went back home, but occasionally moved back and forth when she
had a fight with Leonard,
On June 20, 1926 (her iSth bitthday) when Grace (mother) came
to her room, Tilma told her, "I'm going to get married tomorrow."
Grace v;as shocked, "TomorrowJ Who tol Can't you wait a little
while? We'll buy you a dress,"
Wilma replied, "No. I'll wear one I've got."
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ft-slli Wilma married Francis Clapper on June 21, I9P8. After their
marriage they moved in with William and Mary Clapper, Francis's
parents, in Rock Falls, Illinois. They started buying furniture and
lived in one room of the house. In 1929 they moved into their ovm
apartment.
At the age of I9yrs. Wilma became a Seven-Pay Adventist, She
drifted from the church in 19^1, but v/ent back to it and was baio-
tized again in October, 1968.
One year after V.ilraa and Francis were married the stock mar-
ket crashed. They didn't feel the effects immediately, but it la-
ter took its toll. They later began building a home on property
next to Meiry and Villiam Clapper, but they didn't make it any
farther Ihan one room. They lived in that one room.
They went to Florence Pope joy's (Francis's uncle's wife)
home for the birth of their first child. With Florence's help,
Janice June was born Nov, 5» I93I» Florence Popejoy later helped
with the birth of the rest of their children. After Janice's birth
Vt'ilma was hemorrhaging. She was not moved or cleaned all night:
by doctor's orders. She was kept in bed for 10 days and became
weaker instead of stronger.
By I93I the depression had taken hold, Francis was getting
some money selling tires and rewinding generators. For eight months
in 1952 Wilma made boxs at Lawrence's Machine Shop four days a
week for I50 an hour.
During the depression Wilma canned food from a large garden
she had planted. She canned green beans, applesauce, and potatoes
to feed her family. These canned goods also helped feed neighbors
and both her and Francis's parents and their farnilies. Bread was
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selling for 5(2 a loaf, but that was tvoo expensive. Wilma r.ot <51.50
a week fron welfare and used it to buy flour, sufar, yeact, and
oil to bake her own bread. The meat mrrket gave liver and soup,
aade from scraps and vegetable, away for free.
On June 3» 1934 their second child, Donna Maxine, was born.
Their third child, Stanley Gene, was born March 26, 1936.
In 1936 (age 26 yrs, ) Wilraa started doing piece work at a rar-
inent factory and would go iiome at noon and nurse her baby, Stanley.
She was stitching the fly onto one pant ler. The employers v/anted
her to start stitching the fly on both pant lefs for the same
aiaount of pay. This meant handling twice as many for the same pay.
She quit.
When Franklin P. -oosevelt fook office the federal governaent
began giving av/ay material for home sewing and also gave surplus
food. In 1937 Francis began driving a truck for the "VPA forf'35
a week.
Their baby, Stanley, hadn't been a healthy baby. He had breath-
ing problems and wasn't growing well. During a spell of troubled
breething Wilma took him to the doctor, but the doctor didn't
know v/hat it was. He said it wasn't a cold, Stanley died thst night,
Jan, II, I937» Wilma hac wanted an autopsy, out her mother-in-law
didn't. An autopsy wasn't made and V/ilma was never to know what
caused his death.
Their fourth cliild, Sharon Lynn, was born July 7, I93Q snd
their fifth child, Lesley Ross, was born June 3» 19^1 • "^hey came
to Fockford, Winnebago, Illinois on Aug. 30, 19^1 for work. Wilma
filed for divorce Oct. I, 13kP-; it became final in May, 1943.
In 19/43 v;ilma v/as v/or^ing at National Lock running a drill
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press, grinding drills and as time keep for the drills,
V/ilma Mae Eipley married Evert Axel MDFPSON on July 26,
19^5 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois. They were both in the midst
of custody battles for their children and had hopes of caking a
home for them. They moved into a trailer and started getting some
of the children. Later in I9if3 they moved into a larger trailer to
accommodate their growing family.
In March of 19^^ they noved into a two bedroom apartment in
the Victory Homes, The Victory Homes was a low-cost housing devel-
opment off of Harrison Avenue on Rockford 's southeast side. It had
two streets. Senate and Congress Dr,, and consisted of one story
buildings housing two apartments each. The buildings were in rows
up and dov/n the street and were situated in half squares on each
side of the street. Each half square had four buildings surrounding
a court, Wilma quit work in March of 19'+^ because rent in the
Victory Homes was cheaper if the wife didn't have outside eraploy-
aent. The rent was %k9 S- month.
By I9'+5 Wilma and Evert had six of their ten children: James
Anderson, Lorraine Anderson, Fonald Anderson, Janice Clapper,
Donna Clapper, and Sharon Clapper.
Wilraa and Evert had their only child togetiier, Victoria Grace,
on Oct, 12, I9^5« The only child born to V.'ilraa in a hospital.
Following four pages:
Wilma Mae PIPLET - Birth Certificate i
Wilma PIPLEY - Evert AIJDEESOH - Marriage Certificate '
Wilma FIPLEY - Evert AilPEPSON - Marriage Certificate
Invitation SPENCER-BENHAM Reunion-Spencer Coat-of-Arras letterhead
(Victoria Grace ANDERSON'S life follows)
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B. Oct. 12, I%5
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M. May 9, 1964
Eichard Lee ASHTON
B. Nov- 2, 1943
children
Fena Lynn
B. July 6, 1966
Einelle Leigh
B. July 24, 1969
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I, Victoria Grace AKCEPSON, dauf.hter of Evert Axel ANDERSON
end V'ilma Mae PIPLEY, was born Oct, 12, 19^5 in Kockford, Winnebago,
Illinois, My parents brought rae home to a two bedroom apartment in
the Victory Hoaes, 80 Conercss Dr. I have 10 half-brothers and sis-
ters fron my iparents first marriages. 3ix were living in the house
in I9if5» I slept in a crib in the living ioom. My parents slept on
a sofa bed in the living roonu My brothers, James and Ponald, slept
in one bedrocn and my sisters: Janice, Donna, Sharon, and Lorraine,
slept in the other bedroom. Shortly after my birth Jaaes left and
the sleeping arranrements changed. My parents and I in one bedroom,
ray sisters in the other, and Fonald in the living room. And so it
went as brothers and sisters came and went. Sleeping arranpements
changed depending; on who and how i-aany were there. I slept in a crib
until I was 7 yrs. old anu then moved in v.iih ay sisters.
All the faiuilic;:- in the Victory Homes were pretty iauch in the
same boat financially: lov/ incorae. I had plenty of neiborhood chil-
dren to play v/ith, V.'e played in a field behind t!:e Koiaes or at the
Victory HoEes school playground or in the courts in front of our
houses. The school was in the center of the Victory Homes, I attended
first and second grade there and -.vent to Nashold School for third.
All the children in the Victory HoTxes were v/hite. Nobody seeaed
bery different froK anybody else. One pirl went to a Catholic
school sind the children teased and called her names relentlessly.
The Victory Homes were a community within a community, I often v.'ent
to a nearby grocery store for goodies and a movie was shown in the
school building once a week.
Throughout my childhood I made many trips to Sterling, 111.
and nearby farias to see relatives. I explored the farms and wan-
dered t^e countrysides with my cousins. Ve often picked rasberries.
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We ate them as we picked and took buckets full back tc the house
and ate thc-m with milk and sugar.
My mother, 'Vilraa Fipley, took an outside job at a furniture
factory when I was 5yrs, old. She thought she would ^o to v/ork long
evough to buy a sev.ang machine, typewriter, and dishes, ^ur standard
of livinp rose v/ith the two incomes and the job became permanent.
She vnrked at Fockford Peerless Furniture Co, until her retirement
in 1975.
The Victory rioraes went co-op. That cieant my parents could buy
the aDartraent. They had to put ■■50 do?m to hold it, but if they
bought it they 7/ould have to pay maitenance and insurance forever.
My mother saved ^1,000 between 1953 a^^f^ 1954 to bpy a new house. In
July 1954 iiy parents, ray brother (Ponald), iriy sister (Sharon), and
I moved to 419 Pennsylvania Ave,, Loves Park, Winnebago, Illinois
(see map last page). This raove was considered a stop upward. It was
a br-3nd nev? 2 bedroom home. They bought the house for '^9,200, They
paid 1t65 a rnoiith, not including taxes and insurance, "e also got our
first television and telephone in 1954, I Vfas 8 yrs, old,
I began 4th grade at Loves Park Grade School and graduated from
Harlem High School in 1963. My brother and sister remained with us
for one year and then moved back to Pockford, Konald ;aoved in v/ith hfcs
brother, James, and Sharon moved in -.vith her sister. Donna. Loves
^ark was much different than the Victory Homes, The children in
Loves Park had many different backgrounds and financial situations.
They seemed to group according to family incoraes.
During grade school I played v;ith neighborhood children. Y's
played ball, croquet, v;ent to movies, and went swimming in the Pock
Piver. In Junior High and High School I made friends from a larger
area of Loves Park. V.'e went to movies, dances, and parties.
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Since I was the only child still hone and my parents financial
situation had improvod, I got all the material things I wanted.
V/hen I ?.'as fourteen I v/aitod on tables for a few v/eeks at a rec-
taurant on Kishv/aukec St, in lockford, V'hen the customers began
teaching rae how to count change and nobody was drinking the inalts
I madfj, I decided the restaurant business wasn't for me. I quit.
When I was 15 1 taught children beginning accordion lessons in a
studio where I had been taking lessons, I took lessons for 2 years,
I was relieved of teaching after about a iaonth. The parents of the
children complained to ay teacher about my teaching Eethods, I
worked in the cotton candy stand at Kiddie Land the auiaiiier before
my Ibth birthday, I quit before the season was over because it
interfered with ;ny social life, I worked part-time at Kockford
Dry Goods in Loves Park when I v;as 16 and 19. I v/as a sales clerk,
Easter Bunny, and bookkeeper. All the :aoney I made v.ent for cldthes,
I quit that Job when I graduated from high school. I wanted to
worli in an office and aake sore money.
I began job hunting and iinaediately felt the effects of my lazy
yeare in high school. The only things I v/as concerned with in high
school v/ere ny social life and graduating '^ith as little effort as
Tiossiblt, I got a Job at a loan company doing general office work, I
didn't like the loan co. and they didn't like rae. The Job lasted 3
wee':s, I got a job in the office at Seaurs in Sept., I90« I took
home ^ikO a week, I got a nickel raise every six --aonthf, but every-
ti:ae it carna I get another benefit like insurance and nevo-r saw the
money, V'hen I first started the Job I did filing, later I advanced
to bookkeeper for 'chc revolving charge accounts. The first things
I bought v.erc a car and contact lenses. The cor was a 1953 Chev-
rolet four door, I borrowed $550 from luy parents to pay for the
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car and pait? them back in weekly inntallments.
On May 9, I96'i- I married Pichard Lee Ashton 5.n Loves Park,
V.'innebaco, Illinois at rt, Bridrett'c: Cs,t>-olic Church, ?'o had been
going together four yearp. An ? child I hart gone to church occasion-
ally at the Free Evanfolical Church in Fockford and Loves Park, I
went thrcu^^h all the classes and war baptized a Catholic before we
were married. My parents were against my becoming a Catholic, My
husband and I later beca'iio discontented with the Church and left
it in 1970. We are now r:;enbers at Living Christ Lutheran Church on
N, Alpine Pd, in Loves Park,
"Tien we vrcre first married ny husband had just started a /f yr,
sheet T.etal a-nnrenticeship. He was bringr'.nf: home ^55 p- week and I
was bringing home *ff5 a r/eek, We had put our furniture on lay-av/ay
a year before out laarriage, ""e moved into a two br5droo?n upstairs
apartiaent on lOth Ave, in Pockford. V"e paid ?!:fiO a nonth,
I v;as experiencing a grov7ing hatred for office rork and I
thought I v;as v;orth more money, I finally got up enough nerve to
ask for a raise. The boss didn't see^ to think I should get more
than Sif5 a week after 2 years. I nuit anr rot I-J weeks vacation nay
and $60 from profit sharing, I becarae a full time housewife.
Our first child, Fena Lynn, v>'as born July 6, I966 and our
second child, Pinelle Leigh, v/as born July 2Zf, 19^9.
In Jan, 1967 v/e moved into a house ?/e had rented at 7525 Ca-
det Pd, in North '-^ark, I hated the house. V'e took every cent we had
and bought a throe bedroom honie at 760i^ SuffieSd Pd. in Loves Park.
??e Tioved into the house Sept.. 1967 and are residing there nov/. We
bought the house for'jI9,200. We put 'il^OO down in cash and painted and
raked, 7.'e took a 50 year mortgage at 6^ per cent interest for
18,500.
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V.'hen we were first married we were unable to take a honey-
moon because the sheet i-ietal union went on strike a week before
our wedding, We had been promising ourselves one every year, bu^
something always came up and v/e couldn't f.o. In May 1972 (8 yrs,
after wedding) v.'e v/ent to Las Vegas for a four day holiday. V'e
flev/ in a 747 jet. It v;as the first time I had flown and the first
time I had been out of the midwest. In Aug, 1972 we took an auto
trip to California for 3 weeks. Hy children and I saw the ocean
for the first time, I saw mountains for the first time on our
vacation through 3. Dakota, "'yoiriing, and Colorado in 1975*
My husband, Eichard Ashton, finished his sheet nsetal appren-
ticeship in 1968, He nov; makes H.II.IO an:!hour. In the fall of
1975 sjy youngest daughter started going to school all day. The
quiet and freedom were nice at first, but I soon became lonesone.
I decided to iiaprove ayself eind prepare for an occupation, I started
attending Rock Valley College in Jan, 1976 v?ith elementary educa-
tion as ray goal, Colleg is more time consuj2ing and more difficult
than I thought it v/as going to be. I am going to continue v.ith two
subjects a semester until I feel moi'e comfortable with it and un-
til I can take more without talcing too much ti;.ie av/ay from my fam-
ily, I have no idea how long it will take rae to get through college
at this pace, Vhile elementary education is my goal at this tine,
I still have an open .Tiind. I would change my roal if I found I
v/as better suited for something else.
My parents have retired in the same horae they bought in I954»
The house is paid in full and they receive 3518 a :nonth from Social
Security,
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rtificate o^^compSfshment
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ADVENTURING WITH CHRIST
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The ^^ing's ^dv8ntur8!ancl
Department of the
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For Go^ is my King of old. working saUaiion
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Psalm 74:12
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BAINBRIDGE, BARBARA LYNNV 1955-
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F^EASE USE INK; PLEASE PLACE THESE SHEETS AT THE FRONT OF THF SECOND COPY OF YOUR
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Date of form ,j^.^ ,; ^ gr.^ * (ID H )
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A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name Stanley S-^ith Bainbridr-" Current Residence
I f dead, date of death died 'Isrcb . ! " J
Place of birth ocVfovA^ "^lllnoJs Date of Birth FebruarA^ ?U, 1 QOU
Education (number of years):
grade school high school y vocat ional college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
IstAmerlc n Railway Fxp. Dates__ - 1st ;■ ■ ;■- Dates_
2nd " ■- I- - r- Dates 2nd "arris or Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates_
kxM Dates 'ith Dates
Re 1 i g i on Protestant - "lethodi' s t
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. 'asonic Lodge meTib-
Fir. of Faprn Burean, charter mem, of Fockton Fire Pr^tpci""'on Distr'^'c
Place of Marriage to your grandmother Rcckf ord . ^xi-ino:'? date-, v. ~^
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-l)
B. Grandmother (your father's side)
Name F 1 s i e '1^ r o u ■^' r 5, t e "I '' c h o ^ ■" ' Current Residence c^oVfrs-rr'^ Illir.oif:
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth :-.ockford. Illirioi; Date of birth Ser)te"-:r - '■ ^'- ^ 1 Q07
Education (number of years):
grade school ^ high school U vocational col lege
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
XO (after leaving home)
1st , ; -'?trand .ridding ''p ph^'ngPates o'^-?'7 1st ■ . ^ • ■ • Dates i coy
2nd ;ji1 1 pvs '='.- ' Dates - , ^ 2nd Dates
Home
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
^th Dates '4th Dates
Re 1 i g i on Protestant - Me thoc' '" -
I Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. - ' C•^.lfl.r\ Cont^'r C>-;i]rc^
Place of marriage to your grandfather --,-■- ^ ;, r- - , '''-■■ ■,- - -• DATIT
'^"^^^ ih^HatPSf!»fhl^^Baf^'§?^|l,f? pigi^^A-^)! stepmother or another
relative give
A- I Slepgrandfather (your father's side)
N^iny Current Residence
I f dead, dale of death
Place of birth^ Date of Birth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
i
1st
2nd
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
i^th
_Dates
Dates
3''d Dates 3rd Dates
i»th
Dates
Re 1 i g i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother ~ ~~ Ta?t
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
^^"^ Current Residence
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth Date of birth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
'^f Dates 'st__ ^Date:
2"«^_ Dates 2nd__ ^Dates
3''d_ Dates 3rd ^Dates
Re I i g i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather Date
Grandfather (your mother's side)
Name Harry Ravjiond Stultz Current Residence nci'ton. Tllinois
I f dead, gate of death
Place of bi rth ^ , , '^ "• -: nci s Date of birth "■'-■■ptember 10. IQQl
Education (number of years):
grade school high school ^ vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Macn^ne ^perator Dates i^?c- 1st "^i vpn . ~ ' "' 'r-:' :: Dates
2nd ^Dates 2nd '^' l-'aukee , '^I'l'^'nois Dates
3 rd ^ Dates 3 rd ^.ockton, Illinois ^Dates_
'ith ^Dates ^^ith ^Dates
Rel i gion -^^ : :^ " • r~
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. '^'.'-'n^'c Iprlgp rrip.Ti^-'pg. ,.
yo -----'^'''^''r ^' v^' '■'■'' Fr" { '-'"c':" :r:\ ■-[-■-^'±'^r c^ £'-' '^ool .board
Place of marriage to your grandmother r- ■" t-i -, • . date
Note: If your mother was raised by a StBp '^t^B^ OT anbtfier relartve (tO age ]B) '
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
^T^''j''/" ^Vr^L ^"'■''^"^ Residence ockton. Ill inn-:.
If dead, date of death
Place of bi rth ^Date of bi rth -.riT-j 1 1^^ T OQ"
Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st T^'-nv. ^ 'llinoi; Dates i
2nd ^Dates 2nd "i I'oaukpe . "^llinol.- Dates -
3rd ^Dates 3rd Rockton, Illinois Dates
Rel i gion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. "Old Stone Church". Rock'ton
Place of marriage to your grandfather 1 "" 'on. "^ " - ' date Sg^r"- ■-"o-r ~"
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relative (to age 18) 1922
give that data on the back of this page (D-2)
C- I S tepgrandfather (your mother's side)
Name
I f dead, date of deatli ~~~
Current Residence
I'l.K.- ..I l,i , Ih
F 'liii .1 1 i ' in (riiinil))- r .if ye , i , 1
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'"•"''• •••'""•' l'"|l> •.(l.-.ol voction,,! oolleqe
Occupation(s) PL;^^-^ OP RESIDENCE
, (after leaving home)
'5t Dates 1st
Dates
2nd
^rd Dates 3rd
'4th
D'Ttes 2nd Dates
Dates
Dates /4th Dates
Re 1 i g i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother ~~ " 3ate
0-2 S tepqrandmother (your mother's side)
^'^"^ ^ Current Residence
If deaa, date of death "~~ ~~ ■
Place of hirt^ Date of birth
Education (number of years) """ — ____
grade school high school vocational college
)ccupot ion (s)
'■•f Dates 1st
Occupation(s) PL^^E OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
2nd
^"""^ Ddtes 3rd
Dates ^2nd ^ Dates
Dates
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I hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and adunnistrati vc
rights," to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection, deposited in the
Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Illinois
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^';AP OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
•■'■>i-h no proof has been found, it is likely that the Bainbridge
• r:iritn landed at Philadelphia; as they seemed to first settle
i 'Tinnylvania. Charles settled at Tamaqua , where his first son
^-orn, v/iliiam worked for awhile in Pottsville before traveling
'-"ird, r.:argaret stayed in Pennsylvania, in the Reading area.
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*•'/' ^neir proximity to each other. It is easy to see that in the
-^/■T before automobiles, it was quite a journey to visit relatives.
1st Generation in America
CHARLES B. BAINBRIDGE* - born November l8, l802 in
Middleton-in-Teesdale, Durham County, England
died December lU, ISCG
k(son: John & Peggy) Married to Ann Deighton*
born in Bough .-'estr^.or eland County, England
November 21, I803 (tombstone)
Nove:aber 5, IS07 (Fanily Bible)
died December 22, 1836
bur: Both in Fairplay Cemetery
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Fairplay, .Jisconsin
Charles lived in Pennsylvania when he first came to America. VJhether
he and Ann were married in England or in this country, we do not know.
Their first son was born in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, v;hich is not very
far from Pottsville where his brother, .'/illiam, lived for awhile v/hen
he first came to America. Tam.aqua is also close to Reading, v/here his
sister, Margaret, settled and where her descendants lived.
In 1839 Charles brought his family to Fo Daviess County, Illinois,
probably Vinegar Hill, since his second son was born there early in lo^+l.
Later in iSU], they moved to Fairplay, /iisconsin, which was just across
the State bo'aiidary line. It would appear that he made his living by
farming, since he is listed in the I850, IS6O, and I87O census as a
farmer. The census records also tell us the correct year of Ann's
birth is l503, as found on her tombstone, rather than the date recorded
in the Family Bible. No other information has been found on Charles
and Ann; but is is felt that a story lies in their death dates which
ell us that Ann passed away 8 days after her husband's death, very close
o Christmas in I006.
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Children:
1. John Deighton Bainbridge* - born November 3» I836
died June 22, 1917
2. Charles Williari Bainbridge* - born February 13, iS^l
died larch 19, 1921
Inform^ation Sources:
Harley Bainbridge
Genevieve Bainbridge
Tombstone in Fairplay Cemetery
Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison
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1st Generation in Ar^^rica
WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE* - born August 29, l8l3; Durham County, England
Newcastle or Middleton-in-Teesdale****
(son: John £: Peggy) died December 26, I896; Kifflin, V/isconsin
Married in 18^+2 to Mary Clayton
born July 15, I82O; Derbyshire, England
died April 20, l83l; Mifflin, V/isconsin
Occupation: Miner, Miller, and Farmer
Residence; Mifflin, './isconsin
bur: Doth in Mifflin Cenetery
William's father died when he was nine, and he left home to support him-
self at the age of 16. In I832, when he was 19, he joined the great
throng of people going to America. He first stopped in Pottsville,
Pennsylvania, and was employed there in the nines. He cane to Galena
by flat boat on the Mississippi River, landing there in the spring of
183'+. He remained in Galena a short tine working in the nines. Follow-
ing this he worked in mines at Dubuque, Iowa; East Fork and Vinegar
Hill, Illinois. In I836 he settled in IJew Diggings, '.Vis., and engaged
in Mining for './illiam Champion, a very extensive and prosperous m.iner.
He met Mary Clayton, who had come from England in 1839; and they were
married in I0W2. He purchased a grist mill in l8'+9 which had been built
by Joel Clayton in IS^+S. It was through the acquaintance of his wife's
brother, Joel, that he first came to Mifflin, where he finally located
in the spring of 1353' He engaged in the milling business which proved
to be a lucrative business; and continued in it until about the year
1875 when the wheat growing industry in that locality becamie alr.ost
extinct. He then turned his attention to farming and mining which proved
remunerative. He and two pertners bought the abandoned I'ifflin Mines
and made them a paying investment. He continued to hold interest in the
nines up to the tine of his death. He owned property in town as well as
920 acres of farm.land with a fine house.
William was the last of his family. As a business man, he v;as successful
far beyond the ordinary. He devot'^'-'; his life to duty, to family, and
to country. He commanded respect of all men; and was a patient, toiling
man of sincere convictions and of absolute reliability. He was elected
as Chairm.an of the Board of Supervisors of his town several tim.es. _ He
also served as a Trustee. His religion was Primitive Miethodist. m
politics he v;as a Henry Clay whig until the organization of the Republican
party, of which he advocated their principles with enthusuasr.. He was
an honored mem.ber of the Masonic fraternity for 33 years. He first
received his degree from the Mineral Point Lodge in 1863; and when the
Mifflin Lodge was organized in lS65, he was one of the original charter
members. At the first election after receiving its charter in lc66,
he was elected its first treasurer. He was re-elected at every succeed-
ing election for 31 consecutive terms. There v;ere about 100 i:asons in
the line of march at his funeral on Monday, Decem.ber 28, I896. His 5
sons and 1 grandson served as pallbearers. His funeral v;as one of the
largest ever held in that neighborhood. He was a m.an who was well known
and highly esteemed.
***+Son Charles' death certificate names Newcastle, England as the
k birthplace of his father (.'/illiam). However, there is a good possibility
'that this is incorrect and that he was born in Middleton-in Teesdale.
His grand-daughter remem.bers being told that !:iddlGton was the b'rthplace
and also remembers receinlng a card from I'iddleton, v;hea her undo
visited there.
W-1
Shildren of Mary and 'Jillian Bainbrid^e
1. Margaret Ann Bainbridge*
"Maggie" (Ilarker)
2. Marry Ellen Bainbridge*
"Ella" (Johns)
- born lo^-^; died 1913
(descendants page V/-3)
- born Io^d; died 1923
Married to John JOHNS
born 18^5; died 1917
Occupation : ?''ethodist Minister
They had no children
Residence: Falr.-.yra, Nebraska
Platteville, Wisconsin
bur: Both in Greenwood Gem., Platteville
Elizabeth Ann Bainbridge* - born 18^9
"Lizzie" (Jones) r.arried to Mr. JONES
Residence: Cass County, Iowa
k. John VJ. Bainbridge*
5. Charles C. Bainbridge*
6. Thomas B. Bainbridge*
7. George '//. Bainbridge*
8. V/illiam E. Bainbridge*
- born May 6, 1350
died N'overiber 25, 1932
- born September 29, l852
died January 5, 1939
- born Sertember 17, 135^^
died January 2^, 1929
- born February 26, lo56
died DeceT.ber 9, 1932
- born 1862
died A:oril 17, 1909
The Mifflin Lodge Obituary on Vlillian Bainbridge states that there were
10 children, two of which died in infancy. There are no head stones on
the family cemetery plot for these two infants, but they may be there
in unmarked graves.
The i860 census tells us that there was a child, Louisa, under a year.
The 1970 census makes no mxention of Louisa.
The IS70 census lists a Jane Read, age 5, with the iilliam Bainbridge
family^ and
The luoO census lists Eliz. Jennie Reed (a), age 16.
It would appear that Jane and Eliz. Jennie are adopted by the family.
Information sources:
Obituary by Mifflin Lodge 153 A.F. and A.M. (co-urtesy of Glyndon Lynde)
V/isconsin Historical Soc. (xensus records)
History of Iowa County
Greenwood Cemetery, Platteville, records
Gravestones in Mifflin Cemetery
Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Council Bliiff, Iowa, records
Grant County Rec v.v;-- • of Deeds
Clara Smith
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1st Generation in America
GEORGE BAIIiBRIDGE* - born January 6, lol6 (tombstone) Durham Co., England
January 6, lolG (family record)
(son: John u Peggy) died August iS, 1377; Elizabeth, Illinois
l.'arried in England to
Elizabeth Robinson*
died July 21, lo97; Elizabeth, Illinois
Occupation: Farmer and Stage Coach Driver
Residence: Elizabeth, Illinois
. bur: Both in Elizabeth Cemetery
George and Elizabeth were married in England. Elizabeth was the
daughter of Thomas Robinson and Ann Sinks of Yorkshire. Her father
was an Inn Keeper by trade and a Quaker by faith.
V/hile in England, Heorge earned his living as a miner. They immigrated
to Aiiierica with their two youiig children, arriving June 1^, 15^0. They
came to Elizabeth from. Balena by ox cart and wagon, fording the Apply
River at what was then known as Georgetown. They settled on ^0 acres
at land near Elizabeth; and when this land came into mark.vt, Heorge
purchased it from the United States governrr.ent. The fort**** used
during the Blacl-diav;k ..'as was sutuated on a hill overlooking a spring
on the southeast side of his farm. He tore down the fort and used the
logs to build a barn for his stock. His youngest daughter could rem.en-
ber finding bullet holes in some of the logs as a result of the Indian
attack in 1332. George farmed his land and also operated a stage coach
run between Galena and Chicago. He was a devout I'.ethodist and very
determined in his belief. Ten more children v;ere born to this union
after they came to this country, m^aking a total of twelve children.
George died suddenly, comiing hor^e ill one night frori Galena. Death
v/as caused by cholera morbus. He was 61, and at least five of the
children were still at hom:e.
Elizabeth was quick to help her neighbors in tir.e of sickness and
trouble, but kept busy at hom.e taking care of her large farrlly/ She
had miOre than her share of sorrow, for she lost two of her daughters
in their early twenties within four years after her husband's death.
Being of pioneer strength, she carried on and taught her remaining
daughters to be capable homem:akers. She was bedridden toward the end
and was cared for iivingly by her duaghter, Victoria, in the old
family home. She died of dropsy as she approached her 7(-th birthday.
**** The Apple River Fort was used by the earl:/ settlers during the
battle with^the Indians on J'one 2^+, lo32. About 20 men were inside
the crude frontier structure, together with a nurr.ber of women and
children. A sr.all group of women worked along with the r.en molding
bullets. The battle lasted ^-5 r.inutes, and one man was killed. He was
buried on land that was later George' s property. There were also
num.erous Indian mounds where bones and relics were found.
Information Sources:
The Bartons
Evalena Ililler
^ Rockford IIev;spapers
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gnd Gonpr"-! t.i on lr\ Ampr5^o a
C'hlldren of Gporee and -Elizabeth 5^. jnbrld j^q
1. John Robinson Bainbridge* -
2, Nancy Bainbridge**
(McCallum)
3. Elizabeth Bainbridge*
"Lizzie" (Bade)
k, Thomas Bainbridge*
5. Ruth Am el ^a Bainbridge*
(Eelcher-Luke;
6. George William Bainbridge*-
born November I836 in England
(See biography - Pare G-3 )
born December 16, I838 in England
(See biography - Page _-^-
born May 19, 18^1
(See biograDhy - Page G-^)
born August 6, l8^3, Elizabeth, 111.
died November 25, I8U3 (3fmonths old)
bur: Elizabeth Cem.etery
born February 5, 1°^^^
(See biograiihy - pT?e G-7
born March 9, 18^8; Elizabeth, 111.
died July 10, 1?A8 (h months old)
bur: Elizabeth Cemetery
7. Margaret Marcella Bainbridge*- born in I850
"Maggie" (Hill-Crummer) 1st marriage - Mr. Hill
2nd marriage - Mr. Crummer
child: May Hill Residence: Iron Mountain, Michigan
Missoula, Montana
It has been difficult to find information on Magrie. She v/as
|ii single at the time she stood up with her sister, Nancy, vhen whe was
married in I868. At the time of her mother's death in 1897, the
obituary/ lists her as Margaret Hill of Iron Mountain, Michigan, As
Maggie Crummer, she was a "fashionable dressmaker" according to a
calling card in the keepsakes of one of the family. She and Mr.
Crumm.er are supposed to have lived in Missoula, Montana.
8. George Sidney Bainbridge* -
9. Mary Bainbridge*
born August 3, 1852
(See biograohy - Page G-8
born July 22, l855^ Elizabeth, Hi.
died July 17, I878 (23 years old)
death due to tuberculosis
bur: Elizabeth Cemetery
10, Violet Victoria Bainbridge*- born Novemjber 19, 1858
(See biograt)hy - Page _-9
11* Caroline Almeda Bainbridge*-
12. Evalena Bainbridse*
(Millr-r)
born July 1, i860; Elizabeth, 111.
died April 17, l8'^l (Easter Sunday)
20 years-death due to tuberculosis
bur: Elizabeth Cemetery
born S-.-nt '
(See biol:
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1st Generation in Ar.erlca
MARGARET BAIITERIDGE* - born in England
(Birkbeck) died in 1 ennsylvania
Married V.v . BIRKBECK
(dau. John £: Feggy) Residence: Pennsylvania
Children:
1. Victoria Birkbeck* - born around I838
(Conrad) Married Phillip CCIjRAD*
(his parents were born in Ger^iany)
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Residence: Reading, Pennsylvania
As far as I know, Margaret only had one child, Victoria.
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2nd Generation in Aruericti
(son: George &. Eliz.)
JOHN ROBINSON BAII^IBRIDGE* - born Novei^ber 1836 in England
died July 2?, 1897 (Fanily Bible)
July 29, I097 (U.S. Civil Jar Records)
Married December 23, 1869 to
Ann Sparks, born l8'+5
died !;n.rch 2h, l899; .'/illiaTS, Iowa
bur: Jillians, Iowa
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Fairplay and Jamestown, V/is.:
Galena, 111.; and Silverton, Colorado
John was born in England and cane to the United States with his parents
when he was four years old. During the Civil '.Jar he served in Captain
Burton's Company, 30th Regiment, V/isconsin Infantry. He enlisted for
duty on August 21, 1862 in Kineral Point, ./isconsin; and v/as mustered
in October 21, lS62 in Madison, ./isconsin. He served as Private and
Corporal and was mustered out September 20, I865. -ie applied for a
disability pension September 15, IS9I; and at that tim^e he was living in
Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado. Ironically he died six days after
his mother kied. The cause and place of his death was unknowu.
Children:
1. John Walter Dainbridge* - born February 9, IS7I
died December 19, 190^^-
2. George .;illiamx Bainbridge* - born February 17, IS73
died September 2^, 19''+9
3. Ben Franklin Bainbridge** - born July 1^, 187^+
di-- July 2, 1957
h. Lydia Bainbridge*
- born March 7, I877
died January 9, l£95 of tuberculosis
Information Sources:
Family Bible
National Archives
Recorder of Deeds-Grant County,
The Bartons
(IS.
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2nd Gep.eratlon in A'neric^
NAHCY BAIi:3RIDG2* " ^o^n Decenber 16, 1838 in England
(IlcCalluTu) died August 27, 191^^5 Dubuque, Iowa
Married June 10, i860 to
(dau. Geo. ci: Eliz.) Archibald I'.cCALLU;:*, b. ^ug. 3, iSU^t-, Scotland
died r.arch 10, 1912, Dubuque, Iowa
Occupation: Ship-Carpenter in Dubuque
Residence: Dubuque, Iowa
bur: Both in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque
Nancy was born in England and cane to ^Inerica with her parents when
she was two years old. She lived in Elizabeth, Illinois, until her
marriage, following which she and Archie made their home in Dubuque.
Nancy was a typical little English lady, devoted to her home and
flowers. She was a fine seamstress and was a member of the Third
Presbyterian Church in Dubuque. She was a good neighbor and had
many friends.
Archibald v;as born in Coat Bridge, Scotland, and came to Am.erica
with his parents at the age of eight or nine. He grew up on a farm
in Wisconsin and served in the Civil V/ar before his marriage.
Children:
1. Albert James KcCallum* - born Decem.ber 2, I87O
died December 10, 1951
2. Mary Elizabeth McCallam - born July 29, lo73
died October 19, 195^
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2nd Generation in Anerica
ELIZABETH BAINBRIDGE* - born Kay 19, iS^l; Elizabeth, Illinois
"Lizzie" (Eade) died July 1930; F'ark Rapids, Kinnesota
!!arried Samuel EADE*
(dau. George cc Eliz.) born I836; Land End, Cornwall, England
died 13855 Elizabeth, Illinois
Cccuration: liining in the V/est
Residence: Elizabeth, Illinois
bur: 3oth in Elizabeth Cerietery
Vlhile Elizabeth raised the fanily in the town of Elizabeth, Sain
earned the living for his fanily by nining in the ./est. He died of
cancer of the bov^el when he was only '+9. Elizabeth was widowed at
the age of hh years and v/as destined to live on for another ^+5 years.
As the children grew older and r.iarried, she turned her attention to
the next generation. She helped at least a dozen of her grandchildren
into the ^rorld; and her ability as nid-wife put her in demand by other
far^ilies in town. She had a tip-top standing with the "ladies in
waiting". She also worked as a housekeeper for different families, and
cooked and prepared lunches fcr traianen who picked up their food on
regular stops in Elizabeth at the Long's Hotel which was located close
to the depot.
She was a fine looking, dark-haired vraman with a rather heavy build.
Lizzie was a pleasant person to be around. Of a friendly nature, she
enjoyed talk, laughter, and argi;:';.ent v;ith all. Although she didn't
have as fine a singing voice as so;'.e of her sisters, her lullabies
will never fade from the ;.-e:.-:ry of her grandchildren. '/.zr would they
have traded their grandm.a's home for anyone elses; for she had a v;hat-
nct unequaled anywhere, Cn it were puff balls, mild-v;ee"-: fluff, red
velvet cushions stmied into English walnut shells, bottles packed
with sands of many colors, boxes covered with curiously shaped tiny
shells in an age v/hen Florida was as far away as the Fordan River; and
there was even a bottle of water from, the Jordan. A small china pot
or rose petals, spiced and preserved, is still treasured by her eldest
grand-daughter. Ker front room had linen towels with fring attached
to chair backs v/itih metal holders; and there were hair flowers m.ade
fror.; the hair of her children and relatives and fram.ed to decorate
the wall. She loved to v/ear a favorite string of beads brought by
friends from, the Holy Land; and she enjoyed clothes of a fancy type,
especially one special white dress with a lace insertion at the neck.
Beautiful thick, dark hair was her pride and glory.
One affliction she had - deafness;
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Children of San and Elizabeth Bainbridge - Eade
I
1. Jose;:h Chester Eade* - born Dece-ber 1, iSoO;
died I'-arch 19, 1916
, 2. Ida May Eade* - born in Elizabeth Illinois
' (Smith)
3. Lorena Eade* - born October 1, 1565
(Pimley) died September 1937
h. Albert Eade* - born February 23, I87O
died June 2^+, Freeport, 111.
5. George Eade* - died in infancy.
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2nd Generation In Anerica
RUTH A::aLIA BAIIBRIDGE* - born February 5, 13^5; Elizabeth, Illinois
(Luke) died July o, 1931; Iron r.ountain, Kichigan
1st riarriage - I'arion BELCHER*
(dau. George a Eliz.) 2nd riarriage - Richard LUIvE*
Residence: Elizabeth, 111.; Mifflin, V/is.:
Conmonwealth, ./is.: u Iron Mountain, Mich.
Amelia's early married life with Mr. Belcher was spent in Elizabeth.
That is where her daughter, Gertiude, v/as born and^ had her early schooling
with Cora Eo\man as her first teacher. (Cora later became Mrs. George
Sidney Bainbridge, a sister-in-law of Amelia's). It is not known what
brought about the term.ination of her marriage to Mr. Belcher.
Mjt. Luke v;as a miner in the tin mines of Illinois and the iron mines
in the area of Iron Mountain, Michigan. They lived in Commonwealth before
moving to iron Mountain. V/e do not knew just when it was necessary for
Amelia to take on the responsibility of her family's support; but her
son, John, was v/orking at the early age of 1^-.
Ajnelia was a small, wiry wom:an with lost of vim and vigor. Although
she seer.ed elderly with her long white hair, she m.oved quickly and"
never seemed to tire. She was "poor as a chiirch r.ouse" , but insisted
on naking her own way. fl a day was the giing wage; and she walked to
and from, work, regarless of hov^ far it v/as away - so:netimes the distance
woudd be as much as two .:iies. She earned her living as a washwo.-.an; for
housework or remarriage were about the only way a woman alone could
raise her family. Her r.ind v;as "shar,: as a tack", and she had an amazing
m.er.ory for dates. She was an individualist, and at times had a sharp
tongue; but she had many friends Amelia loved pretty dishes and had a
line collection of china. Her duple::, located across the street from her
daugh.ter's home was alv;a^s very neat; and her bookshelves held various
volumes of interesting books with which the grandchildren occupied them.-
selves on their visits. r.s Ai.ielia grew older, her youngest grandson was
delegated to sellp at her house, so she wouldn't be alone in case of
sudden illness. lie was sort of a "man Friday", chirping vocd, ^carrying
out ashes, shoveling snow, and cultivating her small garc'en. In her
later years she m.ade a habit of attending every funeral in town, whether
or not she knew the deceased. A:nelia v;as bothered a great deal v/ith
rheumatism, which m.ay have been aggrivated by her life of hard work.
She was ailing a great deal the last seven years of her life. Eear the
end she developed pneimionia; and although she v/as getting better, she
never fully recovered from it when death caiae.
Children:
1. Gertrude Belcher (Hooper)* - born March 6, l86p
died June 26, 19^3
2. 'Jilliam Lolce - born in IS7C, died December 1913
3. John Luke - born M.ay IC, l3o3, died April 27, I960
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2nd Generation in .Vmerica
GEORGE SIDIIET BAiilBRIDGE* - born August 3, 1352; Elizabeth, Illinois
died December 1, 1933; Kockford, Illinois
(son: George i bliz.) Carried on September 26, IS77 to
Cora Ellen Bowman*
born April 23, 1353; died Mov. 20 1932
Occupation: Farming and Milk Route
Residence: Rockford, Illinois
bur: Greenwood Gem., Rockford, Illinois
Both George and Cora grev/ up in Elizabeth and were married there. They
sang in the i:ethodist Church choir in 1575-1S76. and she was the local
" school" ^marm" in the little country school nearby. Their first son was
born in i^lizabeth. Believing there were better o^^portunities near
Rockford where Cora's aunt lived, the young couple took their 9-month
old son and r.oved their belongings by horse and wagon to the village of
Harlemi, north-east or Rockford. Here they farmed until l5c9, at which
time they sold the farm and moved to Rockford. They m.ade their horie in
the west end; and with the profits m.ade on the sale of the farm, George
invested in the Diam.ond Furniture Co. where he worked as forem.an. This
venture did not prove to be the good investm.ent he had hoped for, and he
decided to return to farmiing. He rented farmland about h blocks fuom
their hom.e, and he had a fine herd of about 30 dairy cov/s. Every m.orning
Heorge and his sons vrould have the herd milled by 6:30 and George would
deliver his dairy route. His famiiliar milk wagon was drawn by a fine
team of I-:organ horses. He carried the mild in 32-quart cans; and as the
customers would cor.e out to the v;agon for their r.ilk, George would ladle
it 'into their containers with a long-handled dipper. He loved horses and
took great pride in the anir.als he owned. "Flossie" was out of Dan Patch,
the famous race horse. She was later replaced by "Prince", a black
stallion. George enjoyed raising and training beautiful horses and
gained quite a recutation for his ability to "bre'::.k" horses. Later he
bought h.is own 20 acre farm, nearby vhere he had a smaller dair^'' herd ana
sold the r>ild to a local dairy. This fram had a fine orchard of cherry
trees, a large strawberry patch, and a nice vegetable garden. Besides
his horses, he raised hogs and chickens. George, seated behind Old Flossie
in his Der;Ocrat wagon v;as a familiar sight as he delivered strawberries
and cherries around the neighborhood. He was a tall, stately r.an of 6
feet or m.ore, and carried hiriself erect. He had a rich bass voice, and
in his younger days he sang with his sisters at entertaii-L-ments in Eliza-
beth. He also played a horn in the Elizabeth Band. After the mae to
Harlem, he die? cted the church choir in which Cora sang, both being
mem.bers of the Harlemi Methodist Church. The whole family enjoyed music.
and the children were all given piano lessons. Cora was a very energetic
ambitious little woman; a good planner and organizer. .-.1 though it m.eant
more owrk for her, she often kept boarders to supnlemient her husband's
incom.e. She was an im.maculate housekeeper, good cook, and did beautiful
needlework, knitting, and crocheting. She played the piano and had a nice
alto voice. Failing health caused George and Cora to m.ove in v/ith
their daughter and famaly on the farm. Cora passed quietly in ner sleep
two m.onths later, and George died of hardening of the arteries a year
later.
Children:
!• Frank Alvin B-iinbrld:-;e* - born July 9. l'"'" (bicrraphy page G-1'
2. kpvr:; -ilydo . ainbr.' dge^- - born .-Ipril 2'~ , l^^O (biograrl;y page '.;-2)
3. Jeanette Noola Balnbridge* - born Sept. 27, l3o2 (biography page 0-3)
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2nd Generation in America
VIOLET VICTORIA BAIIIDRIDGE* - born November 19, 185C; Elizabeth, 111.
(Barton) died April 25, 1939 of a stroke
Married in March 1393 to
g (dau. George i Elizabeth) Henry Charles BARTOII*, b. Aug. 26, l895
Ed: ! Monmouth College graduate
d, Septe-aber 9, 1922 of a heart attack
Occupation: I'.erchandising and Faming
Residence: Elizabeth, Illinois
bur: Both in Elizabeth Cemetery
As a young girl, Victoria, with her sisters, Mary and Carrie, and her
brother, George Sidney, were knov/n as the Bainbridge quartet in the
Elizabeth 'Methodist Church choir. They also sang for other activities.
She had a lovely soprano voice. She took voice lessons in Rockford,
about 60 miles away, and appeared in a solo performance at a recital
there. She was an excellent seamstress and did the fine finishing
work for Mr. John Ilagie, 3r. in his tailoring shop in Elizabeth. She
met Henry Barton at choir practice. He had come to Elizabeth to
operate a general store in partnership with his brother. Victoria and
Henry were r.arried at her home and lived in the Bainbridge ho.-estead
where she took care of her bedridden r.other until her mother's death.
From 1397 to 1901 the couple lived in town, after which they m.oved
back to the Bainbridge farm v;hich Victoria had purchased from, the estate
The original home was m^oved to a m.ore desirable location along the
main road and was rem.odeled with additional rooms added. This rem.ained
the home of the Bartons until the spring of 19'-i-2 when it was sold.
Victoria was a r.ost energetic person, keenly interested in world affairs,
I She v/as an excellent cook and alv/ays m.aintained a fine vegetable garden.
She also raised many flowers, and flowering shrubs r.ade the hcr.e very
attractive. Like most wom:en of her period, she did not have zhe oppor-
tunity to attend college; but she planned and managed so all cf her thre^
daughters could have a college education. She had a keen in'--" ' ■
travel,; and even in her late seventies, she was still enjoying trips
to Yellowstone, Quebec, ilew England, and Florida.
Children:
1. Bessie Ruth Barton - born Novem.ber 5, l39^
2. Carrie Robinson Barton - born Septem:ber 22, lo97
3. Dorothea K. Barton - born October 9, 1902
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2vA Genor^.t'lon "^r. A'r!^rJc"\,
EVA LENA BATM3RTCGE''
(Miller)
(dan, Geo, & Eliz.)
born Snptemb^r 1'^, l°'6i(-; Eli"-ibeth, 111,
died I'^obruary "! , 19"^" ; lialpna, Tlllno::^
Married Mov. 7, iSPS -'n Grnnt , Tlebraska to
George Jason MILLER*
born August 25, 1866; died Mar, 15, 1929
Occupation: ^arming
Residence: Woodbine, niinoij
bur: 2oth in Elizabeth, Illir
is Cemetery
In l8S5 George and his half-brother, Fran> ''jent to Elsie, Nebraska to
"Homestead" a plot of gourd. At the age of 2m-, Evalena joined hi":; and
they were married. They lived in a sod house, and Evalena gathered dried
buffalo chips for fuel. Their first son was born in Madrid, Nebraska.
After almost two years of crop failures, they decided to return to Elizabeth,
wh'=re they had both been born. They drove a team of horses hitched to
a tarp-co^''ered wagon, carrying their only possessions. It ^'^as a tedious
trip with their sickly baby. They returned to the old Bainbridge
homestead, where a few months later the baby died. In du^ time, they
moved to bavanna, Illinois, where Geor?e work-^-d in the furniture and
delivery business ■•:ith -"-.is cousin. They later mo'^^'ed to Stockton where
they leased and operated a hotel and restaurant. . -After three years in this
business, they bought a farm northeast of V/oodbine, which became their per-
manent home.
'teri
rh ^loo""" heslth, Sh'
Evalena, being a rioneer woman, was g?
sm.all in stature and ■■•ras an a-'bit^'ous, hard-'^ropving woman. She '-'as
gifted with a Ic'ely alto voice and sang in the church as well as
aro'ond the home. She was a willing helper in church affairs and always
took time to hel:: a sick neighbor or friend. She '-as one of the oldest
charter mr-mbers of the Home Bureau. A le-tter written by E^-alena 29 years
ago furnisVied valuable inf ormat''-on for this articl'-.
Besides his farm '.-.'•ork, George was a rural m.ail carrier for 2^+ years; and
Evalena was his assistant for over 1? years. They used a horse and
bugiry for their 35-niile trek. George died of a stroke at the age of
62, and Evalena cassed away at the are of °3 of h-'^art failure, being the
last of her large fa-^ily If 12 children.
Children: Hollis, Bessie, George Reuben, Blanche, Alta, Florence,
Ralph, and Eugene.
L« l''_S'J ] j^ J: r on Mi 1 1 o r '
n 1
fn'r-d t'ljly ^. , 19')7: ■•Jnorlbl rv^ , ^n'nr.is
ililP-LllV: :^'''';i'. 'T. jMill'^r - horn 'Jay i "^^ , l'^*"")': .J1' on]- ' rn , "^"i " ■ n^'l r
■)p?1 Hr >-:co 5 riarrlpT! '"'rov'-^ . ^; , 1 -' 'V. -'n-i n
ZJ-DSrJ?- ""'"Idr-'^ri MiTlor - born .'"')ly .^''■, 1'"'0'^: ^'ll i - - r^- i.h . "'''1i::0-ir
( 'ho'nnf^nri) I'l^s'i ri'''nc'o : I'H i vn'ortv |-,]i Til'noi:
'' S t r-> o T o ^
(''/io^o^s) ■■I'^r; i 'loner : "'n"''''n'!, "^""linoi-^
^iljph Ray-onri Miiler -born "'-r-oh ^'1, IooiT; Woo-'b'ir^ . "n^r.o'n
;-loF:i (ience : 3l'.oc'^*'.on and ^^i i '^■> i-r 1 h , Tllino"':
F.iT'on'-', Jj'dnoy Miller - born ■'^v'^y 'i , 1 <^07 : '•Joodb"' n^^- , "^"'.I'^nois
''lesidonce : '"Woodbine, '''l]'no:5K
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3,rd Generation in Anierica
FRkm ALVTN BAINBRIDGS* - born July 9, IB78; Elizabeth, Illinois
died April 7, 1951; Rockford, Illinois
(son: George and Cora) Married on Fpbruarj'- 19, I903 to
Martha Smith, born March 2?, 1882
Occupation: Farming and Butchering
^lesidence: Rockford, Illinois
bur: Greenwood Cemetery: Rockford, 111,
Frank v:as born in Eli-abeth, Illinois; moved to the Rockford area whith
his parents when he was about nine months old. His next ten years were
spent living on farms in Harlem tovmship, and the family moved into Rockford
when he was 11, Following grade school, he attended Rockford Business
College, from which he graduated in I897, The next six years he helped
his father run the farm and handle the d-'iry route. Both Frank and
Harry were promised a horse on their 21st birthday if they refrained from
smoking and drinking. They both received this reward of their own horse.
When Frank and Martha were married, they moved to a farm south of the
city where he farmed for three years. Following this, they moved back to
tovm; and Frank went to \\rork for Schnauss Meat Company where he devel^ed
his skill at butchering. Several years later he returned to farming on a
farm at Harrison, Illinois, where the family lived about four years. Frank
then opened his ov.oi meat market, Eddy and Bainbridge, on V/est State Street;
and the family moved back "into tovm. After four years, he sold this
business and becam.e cattle buyer for the slaughter house, Carty-Dever.
In 1918 Frank and Martha bought their om farm of 120 acres on Tate Road,
where they lived until Frank's death, Frank would occasionally be called
on to bu'f'cher by different markets in tox'/n, and was often asked by
neighboring farmers to butcher for them.. In return for his help, he would
often be given heart, liver, tongue, etc. of the animal he v;as working on.
During the depression years, this was very welcone. He served as O^en
To'.'.T-ship Assessor for 22 years and was a Charter Member of the Farm
Bureau. He was actively engaged in farming up until his death, which was
very sudden due to a heart attack,
Martha was a very caioable homemiaker and is reme'^.bered as a person who
was al-vays there to lend a helning hand when needed. She ^/as a Charter-
Member of the Home Bureau and was an active member in the G\^ren Center
Methoiist Church, ^fter Frank's death, she sold the farm to her grsdson,
Dale, and moved into Rockford. At 92 she still has a rem.arkable memory
and a great interest in others.
Children:
1. Stanley Smith Bainbridge*-born Feb. 2U, 190^
2. Sidney Frank Bainbridge *-born Feb. 1^, 190?
died AiDril 10, 1907 of Scarlet Fever
3. Paul Ashley Bainbrige -born Feb. 21, I908
t\vnns
h, Lucile Bainbridge -born Feb, 21, l^OB
5. Infant son -born Jan. 29, 1910; died Feb. 28, 1^10
HAx^_^Y CLYDE BAINBRIDGE*
(son: George and Cora)
born Auril 28, I88O; Rockford, Illino's
died January 27, 1972; Rockford, 111.
Married on June 9, I909 to
Zeruah Delnhine Steward*
born August 22, 18^2? Rockford, 111.
died September 2, 1926; Rockford, 111.
Occupation: Printer-Office Managrer
(Bliss Printing & Landmark
Residence: Rockford, 111. Prte,
bur: Both in Green:vDod Cemetery, Rockford
Harry was born on " farm in Harlem To^/mship, near Rockford. Following
his elementary school education, he took various courses at Rockford
Business College, He took his first job in I9OO and retired from working
in 1966, at the pge of 86. 61 years of this time were in the printing
business. He was blessed '-n'th good health un to the last four years
and started a new job at the "young ar;e" of 7^ with Landmark Printine.
He and Dell built a home west of Rockford in 1915, which served them
during their lifetime. In 192? they helped organize the Messiah Lutheran
Church. Harry was active in schook, church, and com-iunity affairs. He
loved music and sang in a local quartet (2C7ears), the church choir
(20 years), and the Rockford Men Singers (l9years). Many hours of pleasure
were spent at the piano with his family who all enjoyed music. He could
still play and sing a song for a suest sfter he passsed his 90th birthday.
He was a Mason and voted Reulublicano He took great pride in his "weedless"
garden where he raised vegetables that graced the family dinner table
long into the winter. He loved to share his produce with "riends and
neighbors, Harry was a kind, happy man and seldom spoke a cross v/ord. He
was practical and economical. He did not take on a job unles-s he planned
to do the best he could. A favorite motto of his was, "Plan you work
and work your plan".
Dell was born on a farm in Owen To'.mship. She was very talented in
both voice ani piano. She could play any sheet of music "on sight" and
had a beautiful high sonrano voice. She also sang in the choir and
v;as active in school, church, and cora'^^unity work. She was a very fine
v/atercolor artist, seamstress, and did beautiful embroidery work.
Tragedy struck quickly when Dell submitted to gall bladder surgery at
the age of hh and developed an infection which took her life within a
few days, leaving three children for Harry to raise. He took on the
task and devoted his life to keening his "little brood" together.
Although he attained many accomTolishments in his lifetime, nothing v/as
more important to him than his family. He vns ^6 v;hen Dell passed away,
and he lived another ^6 years vn thout her. V/ith the exception of the
last five week when he was hospitali.-jed for his illness, he lived out his
life of 91 plus years in the home he loved so much. His death was due
to hardening of the arteries.
Children:
1. Ronald Alvin Bainbridge - born July 9, 1911
2. El va Elsie Bainbridge - born Jan, y, 1917
3. Lorna Delle Bainbridge - born Oct, 5", 1922
^rd. Gpneration In Amerlc^a
JSANSTTE NEOLh BaTNBRIDGE* - born Sont.^n oo -, oo^ r,
„.T ^.4 ti ^eptemoer 27 1882: RocVforri. Til
^^^'^^^ dled;.larch P.; 197'f Rockford lU
Married October 25- 190=^ to
ll .^ p p - .^ ^oorge Walter BROV/N*
' ^'^^^^ ^^°^g^ " ^°^^^ born Octob^:^r 26, 1970: Rod-ford, 111.
Occupation: Livestock 'Farming
1 Residence: Rockford, Illinois
I bur: Both in Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford
Jeanette was born on farm in Harlem TovmshiD near Rockford Illlnoi- Tho
family moved to Rockford when she -..as 7. She inherited he^ pareS?s^love ?or
music She played the piano, had a pretty alto voice, and was activp in the
church choir. She came as a bride to the Maply Grove 'Farm, the ?arm ho^S ^^h^re
fn/J'y. "''''. ^^^JS' '■'^-'^' it 1°""*^^ °^ ^^- Main' Road. There they lived
together for 65 years, their entire married life. The archway over their
back walk is^the same archway under which they stood in the Bainbrid- home
to be marriea. .hey were both members of Court Street United Methodist
Church, where Jeanette worked faithfully. She was also active !n civic
affairs (Founder and Director of the Bie Sisters Or^anizat.'on: DSrecto?
and Vice-President of the Red Gross, and Director of the Tubprcuio^?3
Assn.; ^ne was a School Board Director for 30 years and worked dili^pntlv
JL"-^- vork at both local and county level. She made ouite a hobbv of'
her flowers and inherited her mother's ability for planning and organ^mg.
Her firs, concern and mam interest was her home and family. She was'
sweet and kind, soft spoken with a deep spiritual oualitv.^ Through' the
^w!n'i'?V^^^^r^^ many^difficulties with her ODtimistic philosor.hv,
^e 11 take each aay as it comes". She loved to" have guests "droo iA"
and was delighted if they would gather around her uiano for a "s^'ng
.along . ihrough the loving devoted care of her fa^nv, s>^e -'as =b^e to s^ = v
rin tne home she loved so much until the end. She died of c^n^-^^ti'-p "^
heart failure in the same room where her children "^i-sr c;o,.r t-ho'^i ic^v^^ of
day and where h--^r husband breathed his first an- ia<=t br-^^^he""'^ S'^^'^^-r-^s'
a most remarkable person and one the younger venerations "could wisely
pattern after. She had many friends. She died as this historv of "he^
family was being printed, and it is the sorrow of this wrUer" t^^at
Aunt Jettie was never able to hold in her hands a codv of th^'s arti-lo
that she had been so en'hused about .and had contribuT;ed so much to.
But that is life - and deathi
Gporge bought the home farm of 21^ acres from his parents in 1911 and
he was a prominent progressive livestock farmer, retiring at the'age of^
71. _ Stanton, who had been in partnershin with his father, continued
on with the farming; and George was very interested in all activitv
aroun" the farm until his death. George was a Charter Member of the ^a^m
Bur., and vras an active member of Maple Grove Grange, in which he served
as Master. He was a Road Commissioner of O^ren To'^mshin, School Trustee
and :3upervisor of Owen Toimship for 3^ years. He was alvravs interested'
and active in politics, a stauch Republican. He will be remembered for
his great sensr of humor that kent those aroimg him sm'^ling. Gooro-e
passed away the day following their 65th wedding anniversary observance.
As was his wish, he died in the sa-^ home (even the same room) in which^^he
was born. Death v/as attribued to hardening of the arteries.
^hltdren: Renoia, Bernard, Stanton, Mt.r, Cor.lne,
Hobort
, and Joyce
[. Zeovrr' RfMV\ld Rro'''n - born Jnly ''5, l^'O''-.: iiocl^forrl , "^IVinnlr
\ :ioraco Iifr?r:'.rii Brown- born Sort onib':^->r if', lOi^^t Roovrord, ^ll'nois
PlOS I donco t nor-'^rord , "'"IVnoir.
]. J_t_n p t on r ^' n^ Provm - born October 11, Vlf^: RooVford, Tlli^olr:
R'^ridenoo: Ro'-k'^ord. "Illinois
f. _i5JLlr."!" Scl'-'vn Brown*- born D^coTbor ?'i , 191-3: Rocl^Tord, ""'Vr^o-is
"~ ■ d-ic-d May 19, 19'^.0 of bronchi ■•■il pn-'H'Morp 3 (16-^- yr.)
bur: Or-^onv'ooi^ C'-'mot.nry, Roc'lcford, 'llinois
). £prxJne_lvrolyn Brown- born :inrch 7, 1'"'19: liocl-ford, Tn^.nois
Ror.i.dence: Roc'-'f'ord, THinoir-
5 Rohort Tv.---odore Brovm*born Janiriry lU. 19:'M : Rockford, ■^n^nois
"■ died Janu.'iry 28, 1921 (prcr--; ture
[ bur: Greenvrood Cemotery, lioc^'ford
?. Joyce Jeaneute Brown -born SeDtonibor 28, 1925; Rockford. Illinois
Residence: Connell, V/ashin^ton
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'■._JjY '"-''Til HalN'iRMiOfs"- -- }.,-,r'u "rbvir.ry ''', 1 OOl| ; ;^ocl-f^or', Tninn-'n
(co'"': !-T-r.il' PP/' '^'iT't.ha ) ''-^.-vir-ri "■,vr.\ '6. T<^"""' to
'^Ir.io TMc'-olTr:, h. '■■rpt,omy>,^r :% 1 "'07
Occupation: :';'rninf:
Mr^.'-i dencp : 'Oci'Trirf], Till no is
iJtan ;-:inr!t h"^ s p?.rTy yo'^rr; in locl^'forr], ''brn h.i^ v't; 1'+, Iv "-loved vp' th
bir. parent", to a V^m--^ north--o?t of HocV.f^ord In O-^'en Tovrnshlp. Dur-inj;
h-ln rchool years he helped hi r. fnthrT ■••1''.h th'^' favninp an'-'' 'H so '.ro?'V'^-d
for nc' ('h^-or'inf' fr'T'n'^rr; . '-'lu-n hn anf' Kl'-.te ■■•ore ^Ir.'^t •^-nrr'' ■■"'' , "'-hoy
l'-'.'--'d in nocl<.rord. H'^.-""s c-ri;ilo3'''^d h^'' i.h-'^ /imnr'^ cin Rnilv-iy ■'xD'^csr- Co,
for -nnny y'^'irs. url;oT' lio '^lOT'od h'.r fo.r'''^:' to r> f'wn n'^'^r ItT'ir-' :'^r:n,
rn-'n'->'"?. Thoy li.vod t.hei^e for oirht. yc "■ ''•nd thon mirch?ira:d i I'^O-
acv" '" .n nd.irc-nt to hlG Tathpr's f-ivT. 'Irnc h*" ^^IrMdrpn vfn-c)^ in
BCho-'"' . .Stan' rv-:r\''ed for o nu-nbcr of yearr, on thf- rchool bo-rd. He
;^'as a"^ ' ) a moTibTr o^ the '••'■inrobnr^o Connty '''arn -nreau and nerved as
a :.ivr'~ctor of tli^ ^''arm ^nr^aM ;'^--r-"--icc Co-ir ly. Ho vas a mernb'^-p of the
^a<-on-'c Lodpe of Rockton and a charter iip'^'^-.-r of the Roukton Fire
p'rotoction District, orp;anized in 19'i7. He served as their treasurer
until his siidden death of a heart attack. Stan had a hapay personality
snd ::;ood-natured smile. He vill be re";eT:bered by his friends and
aeishbors for his deep concern for others and his willingness to help
wherever he vas needed.
Elsie talks foundly of her childhood ';nd her thre^ brotVi'-^r:-, ''h-llir. ,
Rov 'and Glen, Her father lived in Enr:land until he was sirteen, then he
n:^vcd 'o A"^erica ('vi sconsin) . He worked in a lo'--ing c- nr^, th'vn took up
jfarM'^v. IClsie attended Ov;en Center Grade -chool, Rockfori* Hlrh w^chool
and Brown's business College. Che vras e-iployed by Gundstran.:'. Adding
I-Iachine until her marriage to Gtan. -^hc vras involved in school activities
v'hile her children attended school. Ghe vms active in the V/SCS of Cv:en
Center Methodist Church and held many offices in the Ho^^e I'-ureau. Her
pleasant personal itv and cheerful sm^'le are a --reat asset to the many
organ! 'nations shv; belongs to. She en.ioys gardening and '.'orV "nr^ in her
yard. She still lives on the farm sh'- and Stan rurchased in 19^2. ON
"the dav on Stan's nonth, he vras to sign papers for 80 acres of land
adjacent to their farm. Elsi^ went ahead with the purchase of the land
and h'-T son, Dale, now farms the acreage.
Children:
1. .-''dne-- Gene Bainbridge - born March 2'^ , 192^; Rockford, Illinois
2. Dn 1 p Alvin Bainbridge - born Jann.ary U, 1932, Rockford, Tlllnois
3. Hx-UJllJL '^ay Bainbridge- born August 16, 1933; Rockford, Illinois
(See biographies on pages 3-1, S-2, and S-3)
Tnf orma 1 1 on s oiir c e :
(Elsie Bainbridge
F-1
jjth Goners t Ion in America
Paul ASHLEY BAINBRTDGE
i (son: Frank & Martha)
born February ?1 , I90S (twin of Lncnie)
Ma-ried on Sentember 27, 1930 to
Margaret Burritt, b.Oct. 26, I905
Ed. Rockford College, Teacher's Cert,
OccuTDation: Livestock Farming
Residence: Rockford, Illinois
Paul helped his f-^ther on the home farm. As a young man, he enjoyed
singiri:. V/ith a friend .I'oJnin.T him to make it a duo and his sister
Lucil'i-e, at the Diano, thoy vere p-^-oular entertainment at local grange and
picnic programs, /-fter his marriage, Paul continued farming. He
purchased his first farm of 20<^ acres north of Roc'''ford on Rockton Avenue
in 19'f-O and added a second farm of 120 acres in 195^+. He has always had
great interest in marketing and the pr.. .'.otion of better marketing
practices of agricultural products, H? served on the Board of Midwest
Dairyman's Company for 9 years (2 yvs. as President), on the Board of
Chica-o Producev's Gomm. Assn. for 9 years (6 yrs. as President), as
Diredtor of National Livestock Producers, serving on the Executive Committee
which se-ved in an advisory c^''^acity to the Secretary of Aericulture, and
as a Director of the National Livestock Credit Corporation ( a loan agency
for both farmer and -"ancher). Locally, he served many yea-^s on the School
Boards .'^t both the elementary and high school level, as well as on the
Bo"rd '''^ T'rustees, Like his grandfather, Paul has alvrays found pride and
en,io;^.'^nt in o^^rriin?' a fine hors". He recei'-- ' >^' ~ '^■^^rst pony v^hen he was
in his esrly teens and has al^'^ayc; had ^"'I's 'n he -.j. He still rides o'^'^en,
much of it in connection H'ith the work on his farm. Paul has a gr~'-t
interest in the events o'!^ the dayo He is a Farm Bureau member and also
a member of the Masonic Lodge and Tebala Temple.
Mar^a"^et taught in the Rockford School system for s\x years. ?h" is
a nom''^'^^ '~'^ the Rockford cha^otp^ of ti^'^ Dau'^ht^ s C" th'= ^■'""^rican
Revolution and a former member of the Rock'^o^d ''.'oTan's Club. M-i^earet
is a si'ste^ to Bill Bur-^-'^t, who is married to Lucile, Paul's twin.
Both ^au''_ and Margaret ..:^,; 07 ^'olf as a hobby. In later years they built
a second h^me in Naples, Flor'^da where thry spend ■^.heir winters.
Children;
1. Marcella Anne Bainbridge
(Rogers)
born July 2^+, 1931: Rockford, 111.
Married May 25, 19"^? to
Joe W. Rogers, b. Sept. 23, 1^29
Occupation: Cattle Salesman
Residence: Yorkto'-m, Illinois
(1) Joe VJ. Ro.-ers, Jr. - born July 16, 1962
(2) Infant daughter - stillborn May 3I, l^f/]
(3) Casey Paul Rogers - born August 31, ^_'^6°
2.
-2-111 K^-V Eainbridee
(Elkins)
born January 25, 1935; Rockford, 111,
Married December 19, 1^'6'+ to
James Flkins, b. Ju^-.^ 2^. 1936
Occupation: Attorn^v
Residence: Naples, Flo:'ida
They have no children
Uth Qpneratinn In America
LUCTLE 3AINBRTDGS
(Burritt)
(dau. Frank & Martha)
born Fpbruary 21, 19^^ (twin to Paul)
Married Octobf^r 1?, 1Q29 to
R. William BlTrtRTT'^, born Mar. 20, 190q
Residence: Rockford, Illinois
Lucille enjoys music, and her piano Dlayinf^ has brourht enjoyment to
many. In the:!r teens, she and Paul w^re popular entertainment at
Grange and farm picnic pror^rams. She is a registered beautician and
followed this profession until after her marriage. She was employed
by the Rockford Board of Education for 1'+ years. For raanv years she
did volunteer v7o:*k, and is an active membe" of the Third Presbyterian
Church. She is also a member of the Rockford Woman's Club, She enjoys and
excels in the art of homemaking and enjoys lake life and fishing. She keeps
an ever vratchful eye out for her mother's vrelfare and happiness T Lucile's'
happy disposition and deep, rich laugh make her a joy to have around.
Bill worked hO years for Central Illinois Electric and Gas Company and
vms assistant Secretary-Treasurer and Controller, After the '-erger
with Comnonv/oalth Edison of Chicago, he served as Administrative
Manager of the Gas Division until his retirement in 1972, He is an
active member of the Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Co^jntry Club. Elks Club. Cham.ber
of Commerce, and the Y.M.C.h. Aro^jnd the home he ^ ■^ very handy --rith
tools. You name it - he fixes Iti He enjoys golfing and loves to
fish. They o-.m a summer home in the north woods in Wisconsin.
Children:
Richard William Burritt -
(1) Richard Roger Burritt
(2) I^avM Boyd Biarritt
(^) Sh"rvl. Sue Burritt
born May 25, 1°^-"': Rockford, 111.
Married August ':'^, 1952 to
Sharon Schroeder, b, Sept, 9, 1929
Occupation: Training Supervisor,
Ca'^ p^r -' " Tot.* "Tr"^ c ""or 'Co,
Rosld'^nc^: Morton, Illinois
born June 26, 1953
born June ?C, 1955
born ^lovember 1°, 1957
Louvrane Burritt
(Lvddon)
(1) Marth". Lou Lyddon
(2) Willi- ~i .^irnold Lyddon
(3) Kenae~.'"i Alan Lyddon
born May 17, 1932; Rockford, 111,
Ma- "led June 12, 1953 to
Forrest A.
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LYNDON," b. May 8,
Occupation: Consulting Engineer,
(Part ovmer of Earns -/or oh &. Wylle)
Residence: Bloom"'nton, Illinois
born April 21, 195^^
born Aur-u-.t 2^-, 1957
born October 31, 1959
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'■■I RTDGE - born "•■■v\ -"'i , 1^"''^^: "'o^-> •'or-i . "^ i i • no1 -
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.h' aca'nn, Hf' ri Lso pl.nyod F-ortn->11, in ''-•". '■' '•'*•*. ■^ '^
h f^ohool. li'-:^ ■•■••'•■3 tlio pr-^"'drn^ o'" '-ho frnt ■. r :■••■ ■-"ul -^ n ;-o club
i^pon rrodi)" 11 on for'n I'.'r;"'! :;oV;ool, ''Id mi'-'p'iMi-.-d ■- '"■'''1: ronto.
rn'ce, and th'^y ros^'dod in liarr'r-on, TlT'n'vi.G. •■1'": I'd'^n ron
r.nd '.•;or^''^d for pi r- f . ' ii '^ r , H'' I'v';"! '■'on- '> r f r. "-i "■• ij'.r "'or
-IT'". \.'o.-t_ of !'■■< ■^'"i f'On . 1'" ''-in T()-;'>ir.' ii p r>'-':-r"
;- r.-i r'Tiinr: vodtts, foT' tvn -•o-i-p::' . ■'i''' r"r"''d ^'
•:7\" term in '^h. lio r'^rr^od on •'■■■r'onn '":•'■'•) h-i
i-jo D'lTA (Dairy 'I'-rd ''Tn'ro-i.-ont Assoc^-tt' ^n"" ".n
-'n for tho Fnr'n bM^.->in. Ur> h':d r''ni.-ly "lo-'-i
. ilo thon mo'^^f^d to n t'-irn nort'i o'" ''1 nn-l''' ^o,
"'do of Harripon. Ho tlr^n nnii.o •"nr"i''nr.
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foi-* T!ob--.rt 'lar'nfactnjpUi^ Co'n)?.ny ar> Sor-'-'co "-n- '/•-■", Ho h-.s
nstee and Elder for sly yoars at tho Fir-'. Fp- r -y ^ irl an Church
lie served as president of the Fans Club '"or o?" - yar,
outdoors, andv'orkln:' on his horao, and he en,io;:s his fa^.^ly.
X. Pamela Jenn p.ainbridp;e - born Jnne 6, I'^'/O
Married Carl N'lLSON
i^vcsidenoe: V;iscons1n Rppids, '''iscorisin
2. '•.'illiam '^rank Bainbridpe- born D'^co'-nber 1?, 1951
Occupation: Landscaping
3. B-rb-ira Lynn Bainbridge - born May l8, 1955
DAI,:^ I\Vrj^l 3.\TMBRTDGE - born .Tannry ,^,T, 19,V'; ^wjr-iTpor'i , ''llinoi..-
:'n.rr!'-^d o.-nl-.r- ibor P.h , 1955 ho
Ett.a Col.'ur'-^. , h. "'nrcli 2r,, 19?r,
j) Occupa i:. -1 on : /'.Tfi'nr
is RosT'lence: RoclTfor'!, "''xiirioi.s
Daj.e entnreo tiie rnarin'^s in l'^5'^, nnH ^.'hn.n in V.ho r^o^'vic'^, ho ••ti:- stn ti.on'"'''!
jn JTp-'.n. Hln .ictnil vac to .irivo t^in lolonol of the outf'ite aroun^l.
V/hile in the -rirlncs ho met. Etta Colo'irin, alro a -navino fro'd Easton
Maryland, They married in Cambridr^o r.-ryl-md. Tlioy tbon cnn^-. b- ci: to
Rockford, where they rented his grand'notbor ' 3 fani and eventually bought
the farm. The farm is located on Tate road, north of Rockford, Dale
enioys his family and the outdoors,
'Children:
1. 7_erpy Dale Bainbridge - born Octob'^r 7, 195*^
2. S^acy Elizabeth Bainbridge - born February 9, 1959
3. fouglas Stanley Bainbridge - born "lovember 1, I96I
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ZldOl-lIii I'^-^"^"^ BATNrsRTDGIi; - born Aurunt 1 m , lo^^V, /.ncl-f o-d , TlUnoi.-
(Li fhtfoot. ) Marrieri B--.pf-,r,.viV,o!- \o ] o/'n to
RAY TJGHTFOOT, b. 'I'ly 7, 1^^^,
Residence: '^ockford, Til I no 1s
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nat.'irr^l daughter, our^y, nino TionMT- 1 at. or. ^''Irn'nla and -•y bo:'.!i '^nnoy
snnaro danc'n.f:, and square dance rmilnrly. Ray '•rork'''-l Tor B' rb-r
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:. 1 . -ILiT. i'yi^!' I.i<Thtfoot -born or II .28, 1970
.' 2. ousan Marie Llchtroot -born January 9, 1971
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GEORGE '.'/. STULTr^'
Chiridren:
1. George Stiiitr,*
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2. Frank F. v:itult.z*
3. Harry R^gyrond Stult:
hnr!i ln V'-'nn:■y^_v^■■x\' -^
M:trr1ocl F] or;^' May 'lichol.-
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RcnWlonnc: Op;le Conntv, C'r'.-.'on
born J lino 1^, l^^^or;
dlci Jf-,;-nKiry, V'2'?
Occurj;:.r,i on: P''irrn<-"~r >■*<■ imrl-rod at
Barbor Coliran (■] yoarr;)
born J'llv 10, V^)'/
diod 197^
Oc c- n n a *:. Ion: M;h c I'l 1 n (^ s t,
born Sori^oTibor in, 1901
(Sop b J cp ra nhy p;^ '■ o G-P *
I do not have the inf ornvnt i on on vhon ^ho Stult?' faTlly f''r::t carrie
to /i-mcrica; therefore, I will ca"" 1 this r-^nera ti.cn GET''P:(AT10i; 1
since it is the first of the frenor-'-tionri up to the pronont r^onerationr
that I know of.
KEY
Blue Paper - 1st Generation
V/hite Paper - ?nd Generation
Green Paper - 3rd, ^th and 5th Generations
Information sources:
Raymond and Ruth Stult z
Bernice Balnbridge
Shirley Carter
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Y RAV;-'0:in oTlTLTZ - hor-. Sr T,!:p-^h- r- 10, '901; ' ^o-nn, Tllinol.:^
Frponnn Chco ' 'icl.ory
'^pe ! ri PHco : Hookton, Tli^n'-^'r:
rno'''->d to
■V'^d to
T-!'-' h'd throe r'nildrcn In '.^■-jn, ri'irl "n--', ;\u1;hj -no Ihror-^.
Roc^jton, ••rhcrc ihcy m-i.do th^'- ijcrmnru—,' ro-i.-i^n--^. ■.- - -"w ■■-,;-,.i^., ...or
boiTi thrrc Thn Rnyninnd c-'miI'" fnm'ly •••>:• 1 nrrr; ;_ y^-t ,n''- '^ ' '
hn
dcrr^'H:^-^ on, ti -v ^-'ov^ ne^r.-^r ■■■•n', -,n rpMoi. Raym'md r. '•■'ny:- h'l ^-'orV, ^n^ '^
BuM-i yns ^i fuv" "lannor. i^jth ra'';od ch " c'Mnr. , and bad a la'T" .-rfden. They j
^re bot'n ptaunori rconbl 1 onr,5^ . ::nd i^nymond r-rcai-.ly ndnii rr-d Prf---'dont r.'oo-''°r. |
'¥h:ile i±x'ir children vlr^ro ' r\ school, t^^y vn-r- vnry nff;'Tr; ;' ■•; -fbo "Old j
Stone Church" -'n Rockton and nchool ac t ■ •' i t^ or, . P.ayiion 1 '•'•.'■ -; --r^.l--^ o"^ \
the""school board (socrotary) ^'or rnany ■-,■ rr. Raymond ••^. s a -..^-h-r -"'^ th^^ j
Mar-om'c i.odp:o (*or many y':\arr:. and obt-.in'-d hn-'hor^: position ar ■^■^a:- t^-r . He ,
.ioinod thr- "'•lockton -^o'litntoor ''i ro^nen in t>ip snrin?: of hi, and '■• '•"•-■d und-'-r i
fivo d--' r;"c?ro^^t flro chiefs. Ho 1:: rrtill an aoti've rad'o on' -■".tor for V'r-- j
firoT.cn. 'l'-'h'--n tho '•/ac^on h'hool bir-n^d in T9'i-3, /lay'Tiond was on '-Miy ,-il] n'pht |
(Christnas K"o) in below znro woa.th'^r. ri-yTond's hobby war ry,rr:r and !
Cribbaf^c. Ho v;a3 on Cribba^^ learruey, and •■.a:- the cha-pion. I
linth ' nrn'-tt J^t/nlt-^'s mother died when nho war: in her early t^--ir. Ghe h^.<^ !
ono'^i-t^r B.--ma, who dird of rh-n-i-tic f^M-er when -he --'ar. ^--^^-^.o^ year-
old, ^hen J.nvh kept house ^or her father. They we-i^e rarm^'V' ■- r th^ t.":--^^, |
snd P.utr fed all the r^ired holn, and help'^d h-r father on tt;r. ^-. -n-. ':'h-y^ I
■were H^'in'- -^ n Ohio-.then, h^r an^' her fatdvL^r moved '.o P^xon, '■■^-^-';- rhe -r.!; j
■Ravmond. hhe married Raymond, and her father has smico remar^^or!. -
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(Cr.nroy) - -OT-n ;.;-Trh "'^, I'T''^
^^ PT^.., .N,.- ..._ - born J->v^v}r Or, 1007
( ;>,"t; (.',•- •^W'' (^V--- bi '•■rr'iTihv pn '^"^ R-^, )
''Uo -I n >-■[•'! cl "^c ) ' OOP b'or'-apby p-iro R-'i)
- * ' " ' (See bio;'rapbv pa^R R-5)
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6 s^^' '-.b/iv Maj' - >^orn '1-iy 1, 193't
(Carter) (See binrraphy pageR-6)
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s Occupnl, ion: iVvnpMt-r Opfrr^tor
|- Kesidonco: Rockf oro , Til ^ riol s
f (T> ioVrt I^rvnn - born July lU, 1-^/', i-'loit ■.M,,.^nr--i
» (?) Gen- D^ane - V,orn i^nril I'* , 1970, Beloit 'hscon'.m
2 L^-da r.a.-lene- hnrn Septernbor <^ , 19'^3, Bel oit W^scon?^n
2- ^ -^^ '•^^- '^ Married Octob-r, 196^ to LavrencR R-^chnrdnon
born 19^fl
Rcsidenco: Rockton, Illino-is
(1) Michelle Lynn-born March 17, 1966
(2) Lavrrence Michael -born November 5, ivo/
Rebecca -born November ^, 19^^,, Beloit, Wisconsin
married November, 1970 to Steve Fir.zgerala (^"v..
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(?) ':';-;v1nr, J. C on r-v; , nv. ;■ • ^ o ,' * [,^ C . , 197'
Ociin'il-. i on: Chrj'sT'--'- Co-r,.
F' n ;-■ i li o p e P : f, o p^ q,"^ TI T 1 p ^' '• r?
DfLvTi vork'- '" Iv'o ,iob5.,dr!y :_\vA nirht. .'l'.,^ on.-loys spor!-,- of -'ny kind.
>ho kecpr h'^-'^' house snotloss and is an '-■yccHnnt cook with r-*'^? ns
ipr ST)oc"i al !"y ,
JhMdrpn:
L. Jack Wnyno
(1) lisa
(2) .lamp:
-Ir^orn Juno 1.0, T"'V''', "■< "Toi't, ''h* scon n in
rr^rTied J'ln-"-, l/"''" tr,"' ■ :;;.rol ijord , born Jnn. )/'''?
Occnpati on: Mock.anif!
Rfi^ifjonfo : Br.l.vW] '-ro , Tllinols
-horn !i-iy 1 , 196''
-born 1967
Mlchp.ol. R-iy"iond-born October ■^, 19'"^'- ^■'"''oit, '.'/i scon r. in
Married 1966 to Pcru'v F-kh'irt, born July :'5
Ocunati on: Mpc"*-' -■'c
Residence: Bolvidrro, rilinois
(1) John -lif '"ord-born Gontemlvcr 1"-',. 1966
(2) Rohb ':idv;ard-born Novemb^^r 17, 19?0
19^)8
:Lur,n -4.nn
-born -June 9, 19 '5B
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'.h Crrn'''r' ' 1 onr;
"Dora" (r.- tor'son)
H'^r.'idcncp : I'll wni:'"'" , '■'•' rv'-.r.:"' n
nr'oypd music, h»^r hoTie and farnPy, S!}.^ moT-od to Mj.l w.-inl-r r nhoi.it 195'.'^
aft.pr I'ixn'nr: hi Boloit, V/irsconr.ln tho firnt years of h^r nir iv in'-''.
h"' l.drcn:
1, Janis PuK
born -Tnn ^ ' ,'- '"^ , in' t o ^ Pr. t r. ' t , '■/ i r- c or, :• i n
KnrrU^l .(unn T/, 1970 l.o
Born !. e -Tn c 1 c •■: i , b . 1 9' • '"^
RcGidonco i 'i.i 1 vA'ji.il'ree , W1 -oonr ' •"
2. Peter Jobr.
born J:ily 2^ , T^)'52, Mllv-nbo'-, Vf ' :;.-ons1n
3F.i<inCE ?;:<.TDFjy.A STULTZ - born AT^r-' ' 1^', 1"^9, Mi] '•"-inkoo, '''Isr: -msln
( .q-jnb'^irip'e) Married on .Tumarv 29, 19't-9 to
Bprm'oe on.ioyp'i n]ny1n(^ h-.s-^nal 1 , 'inn croinot- rlnTinr h-^r chi 1 rlhooi'l , >^'he
jlny.-^d tho l.u m "in the school hanr]., rm'"] '''on f'irr.t plac<= in vnrionr, '^rr:rnh'\ ns.
3b'-^ en.ioyen rolV^r r.i^at.lnr. •'"■bo v/ar. on !"h'^ Rrri-in anrl '-ravm no'^i'^ty 1n hi p:h
5Ci"iOol. '■.'hllo in hirh school, i'.ornico '-.''is ono of a piroun ''Jho l.ri'od to rais'^
nonoy for th'"- ."'I'-ndent contor. V/hon shn vn^ a .^on"'or, ''anly '"nnH Co-many
is-''''d li'^r to ooaio and vork for thnni ar, a nor"ianr'nt officf^ i-'ori'o:". oho '•rorVod
for tho-n th"0'" y-'ars and mnrn'od :>id 1n 3 '"'''■9. '''hoy 1i^-'C in "■ ron.-'- in
FJfirri.son, ''"'"■no's. Th'^n ■'anif->1n -'ncA born, .Tnnc^ 6, 1^'^''''. "v. "' rol: 1951,
>lrl ::^t.ar i".'"d f^'i^minfT v7or.t O'" H-i.rr'i non , anri Bill •■'.nr. born ir ' ■ ■' y'l >':■.<:- , Then
5h':^v '^ov'^d !.o a. farm on liookton A^ronno, ■' n ')'^). T •■'n?- born '''"irr'') '-.fhlle they
fcho"'' '-.'or'^ li"''a.p; thoro. Sin miilo rnvininr ■'n l^'S^, and t.bo- ; on di';, a house
on .'.uburn rO'-id.
i'Jhi 1 o h'~''^ oh" "drop, vrp-'o in r-ohool , '^'^rnir>'-' '-.•ns rooroiary o^ ^ Vio I'.'^.A. of
El Tivood scho<^"'-, and vras a fb'-'' '"■^'a '--^ i:o t':'^ ''^i 1-i ona"" oon-'-^iit i '^n mi Cn'or-ro.
She dro"''e be"" children and fri''^nds to iT-iiy c-chool ovenir, ^i-' ■■'■-'"^t'lall ,
ChooT*l e;,' d ■' np" . etc. She ^■r'ir. r.ecrot.a ■""■,'■-'' rc'irnT'er o'^ ^',h<^- Ovnn ''.' i- n 1 r- p Sunday
School for fo^;!-" years. Sh'-^ w\5 ac•^.■ive in th'^ ■■';.;C'j of O-'fon C-nt-n- Church.
She was a meno-^r of the V' inaob'tr;o Coi.mty V.o'n"^ '^.nro^u. 'hr- ••'-..s an '.he County
board, "-"hich i ;3 v.he exten?'' on bet'-'-'-'en tho ";•!-.'■.■•-■ hij--cau 3nd fr-. ^r --^, bureau,
Tb-n r-h'i- rtari'ed vorkinr "^t "D*'",TZ" nusic store, vdiere rhe ■' - f^^cord and
mur.:'c denart'-nont manapi'-r . for one and a ho If yeaf's. She t>ien ^'or ■-'-'! at the
Psiil Bunyan rostai-ant as a vai tress for a '^ouplo of years. '•O"' ;-he is a
servicG reoresentabi ve at ■feniDOv.'er Scales Po^^'er. She is a r''-^■'f-^l - can, and a
believer in K'hat Nixon is trying to do. She likes to cook, '""ibroider, and
crevrel. She on.ioys her family.
Children:
1. Pamela Jo'in Bainbricsie - '"^orn .^i-n? 6, 19'3C
Marrio.i r. vl /PL. Oi^I
f Tlesidencf' : bMsconsin Papids, ■'sconsin
2. '•■'illiam FT^ank Bainbrid-^--- born D'^ceriber 1'', 1^51
Oc cuna t i on : La nd scaping
3. Barbara J^'iin Bainbridpe - born May l8, 19^^
R-'-r
^^^,.^^^_^^_ E,^p1 Shiiltz - ^orn Movrmbor V"', ''9"^^, Hocl'ton, Tllino^
"^Rav""' M'lr'-piod Auru:;!; 26, I^'IjB to
» Lois, born Mov-''nbr>r 1, lO'-'.n
* Occupation: Pharmacist
Ror;-i di^nco : M1lvauk<^e, V'1 r^consln
^ay >''is thp only boy ^-'ith fivo sisters. He has alv/ays been
Interested in snorts. In High School hr> was an oxcell ont student
and vas one of the top three in his pradimtinR class. He attended
BeloU, Collnpe and p;i'aduated as a Dharmacist from th^' Univ^rsny of
Wisconsin. He and Lois h^ve five sons and arc very Involveri In the
school and family affairs.
Dhildr.-n:
3.. Kent -born February 22, 19^9
2. Mark -born March 11, 1^60
3, Ron -born Feb. l'+, 1961
L, Dan -born December 9, 1967
5. V;esley -born April 17, 1972
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,,^_ ,,,^ c-^r:yT7; . Vnr^n -■■■■:■ 1. l''V'- I'nclcton, -^lUn'--:
Occnv ■•. ^ -^ "'h: '-l'-^ !'■':'
"il'T, i 'lonno : ;-:ooi"ton, THinnTn
(Shorty) vori',- for '.•Mnn-baro '•^rir o.-r-^^ico, ancl ..mri..,
■" r,b"'-it co'iv '.o th^ home,
Ch"i Tiron:
1. Yiin C-irt- r - oorn '\r)V^ \ t , , i- . •
2. Polly C^r'-'^c- born r.pptembcr '.'h , T^"''^'
3. 3cot.h Car''^r- torn F'^brnary 21, 19';5
U Susan Car^^r- born March l5, I960
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BAINBRIDGEV terry dale; 1956-
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III. ASSIGNMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willing)
I hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and
administrative rights, to the Rock Valley College Family History
Collection, deposited in the Rockford Public Library, Rockford
Illinois
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Elsi= Karf^-iarite Bainbridge: Interview and Bible.
Dale and Etta Bainbrid^e: Interview,
7/illi3 Leonard Coleman: Written comnunication. He collected and
interviewed relatives in Mar>^land.
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BAI^^BRID^,^ HISTORY
J"i-I?T BkH'.'^'^J^^-?.: lorn in Rno-lon(i. ^1=.^ ir, ]rr,-ianri abo'it 1822.
I,!arried:M^r--^aret "p^.-'-^r" j.oi-'-staf f .
Occupation: Lead l^'iner.
Residence: "iddleto" in Teesdale, England
Children:
Charles 5, EAnrBRIDG^: Pom Nove'^ber 18, 1802; Wid'ile in Teesdale.
In America, he settled in PairiDlay, V/i~.
Died Decp"iber 14, 1886 ~
William BArT^RIDC-E: :"om Augrust 29, 181^; Newcastle, En°-land,
In America, he settled in ».Tifflin, 7.'is.
Died December 26, I896.
Georpe EAITrBHTDGE: Pom January 6, 1816; Durham County, England.
In America, he settled in Elizabeth, 111.
Died Aufcust 18, 1877.
Marf-aret BAITpRIDC-E: No record of birth or d°ath. " '
In America, she settled in Pennsj/'lvania.
John BAITTBRIDrrE: No record of birth or death.
In America, she died in California.
Thomas SAITrpRIDGE: l^o record of birth or death.
Family records say he settled around }iifflin, Wis.
Ge?r:re BAI?r=RTDGE is -"y direct ancestor. I will concern myself with
him ^nd trace dcrnward to the present P'enera.tion,
3'en Arms & Stokesay.
Xhe John Bainbridge family lived in northern
England, in :he town of Middleton-in-Teesdale.
1st Generation in A-^eric?
GEORGE PATirBHTDGK: Bom January 6, 1816, Durhan, County, Sn.^land,
Died Au^st 18, 1877; Elizabeth, 111.
Married in Enp-land to Elizabeth Robinson.
She was bom July 28, 1621, in Ensrland and
died July 21, 1897, in Elizabeth, 111.
Cccupation: Parmer and Stage Coach Driver.
George and Elizabeth were married in England. Elizabeth was the ^
daughter of Thomas Robinson and Ann Sinks of Yorkshire. Her father
was an Inn Keener by trade and a Quaker by faith.
While in England, George earned his living as a miner. They immigrated
to America with their children(two) arriving June 14,1840. They came
to Elizabeth from Galena by ox cart and wagon, fording the Apole River
at what was then known as Georgetown. They settled on 40 acres of
land near Elizabeth; and when this land came into market, Georee
purchased it from the United States government. The fort used during
the Blackhawk War was situated on a hill overlooking a spring on the
southeast side of his farm. The Apple River Fort was used by the
early settlers during the battle with the Indians on June 24, 1832.
About 20 men were inside the crude frontier structure, together with
a number of women a'^d children. A small group of women worked with
the men -oliing bullets. The battle lasted 45niinuetes, and one man
w?3 killei. 7.e was buried on f'^e land that was later George's
■Dr~-erty. Tr.ere were also were also numerous Indian m.oiJTLds where
bones and relics were foimd. George tore down the fort and used the
loffs to build a bam for his st<ick. his youngest daughter coxild re-
membe-^ finding: bullet holes in some of the logs as a result of the
Indian attack in 1332. George farmed his land and also operated a
stage coach ran between Chicago and Galena. He was a devout iiethodist
and a very determined person in his belief. Ten more children were
bom to him and his wife after they came to this co'ontry, making a
total of twelve :hildren. George died suddenly, coming home ill one
night from Galena. Eeath v/as caused by cholera morbus. He was 61,
and at least five of the children were still at home.
Elizabeth 7/as quick to help her neighbors in time of sickness and trouble
but kept busy at home taking care of her large family. She lost two
of her daughters in their early twenties within foi^ years after her
husbands death. She was bed ridden toward the end and was cared for
by her daughter, Vivtotia, in the old family home. She died of dropsy
as she approached her 76th birthday.
Children; John, Nancy, Elizabeth, Thomas, Ruth Amelia, George 7/illiam,
Kargret, George Sidney, I.'ary, Victoria, Caroline, and Evalena.
2nd Generation in America
George Sidney BAINBRIDGE: Bom August 3, 1852;. Elizabeth, 111.
Died December 1, 1933; Kockford, 111.
Married on September 26, 1877 to Cora
Ellen Bo'TOian, she was bom April 23, 1353
and Died November 20, 1932.
Occupation: Farming and Milk Route
Residence; Rockford 111.
Both George and Cora grew up in Elizabeth and were married there.
They sang in the Methodist Church choir in 1875 — 1876. and she was the
l-:' = l"3chooi mare" in the little country school nearby. Their first
son '''as bom in '^lizabeth. Believing tr:ere were better opport'^onities
near Rockford where cora's aunt lived, the couple took their 9-^-o^th
old son and moved their belongings by horses and a wagon to the vil-
lage of Harlem, north-east of Rockford. They m.ade their home in the
west end; and with the profits made on the sale of the farm, George
invested in the Diamond Furniture CJ>T!pany where he worked as foreman.
Thisvehture did,. net prove to "be the :good"investment he . had-h&ped
for, and he decided to return to farming.
fie rented farmland about A blocks from their home, and he had a fine
herd of about 30 dairy C'-ws. Every morning George and his sons would
have the herd milked by 6:30 and George would deliver his dairy route.
His familiar milk v/agon was drawn by a team of f,'organ horses. He
carried milk in 32-quart cans; and as the customers would come out to
the wagon for their milk, George would ladle it into their containers
with a long-handled dipper. He loved horses and took great pride in
the anim.als he owned. "Flossie" was out of Dan Patch, the famous race
horse. She was later replaced by "Prince", a black stallion. George
enjoyed raising and training beautiful horses and gained quite a re-
putation fcr his ability to "break horses". Later he boagnt his ovm
20-acre farm nearby where he had a smaller dairy herd and sold the
milk to a local dairy. This farm had a fine orchard of cherry trees,
a large strawberr:/ patch, and a nice vegetable garden. Besides his
horses, he raised hogs and chickens. George, seated behind Uld Flossie
in his Democrat wag-on was a familiar sight as he delivered strawberries
and cherries around the neighborhood. He was a tall, stately nam of
6 feet or -ore, and carried himself erect. He had a rich bass voice,
and in his "rionger days he sanff v/ith his sisters at entertainments in
EMzabeth. ^-ie also played a horn in the Elizabeth Band. After the
movp to r>rlen, he directed the church choir in which Cora sang, both
being menbers of the Harlem Kethodist Church. The 7vhole family en-
joyed music, and the children were all gevea piajio lessons. Cora was
a v-ry energetic, ambitious little woman; a good planner and organizer.
Although it meant more work for her, she often lept boarders to sup-
plement her husband'? income. She was an imnaculate housekeeper, good
cook, and did beautiful needlesor-;, knitting, and crocheting. She
■nlayed the piano a-d had a nice alto voice. Failing health caused
George and Cora to move in with their daughter end family on the far-..
Cora TDassed quietly in her sleep two months lat r, and George died of
hardenin.? of the arteries a year later.
CMldren:
Frank Alvin BAtnt.rjdqe: I'om J-)ly 9, 1S78 — Died '.pril 7 1951
Harry Clyde Bainbridge: Bom April 281880 — Died January 2?, I972
Jeanette Neola Bainbridge: Bom September 27, 1832 — Died March 3, I974
3rd Generation in Anerica
FHAM ALYM EAIITBRIDGE: Eom J^ily 9, 1873; Elizabeth, 111.
Died April 7, I95I: Rockford, 111.
Carried on February I9, 1903 to
Martha S'lith, Born March 22, 1882
Occupation: Farming and Butchering
Reside-^ce: Rockford, 111.
Frank wi,s bom in Elizabeth, Illinois; and moved to the Rockford area
with his T3arents when he was about nine months old. His next ten
years he spent living on farms in Harlem township, and the family
moved into Kock*"ord when he was 11. Following gr.Tde school, he attended
Rockford Business C?lles-e , from ".vhich he p-raduated in 1897. The next
si:-: years he helped his father jpjn the farm and handle the dairy route.
Both Frank ard Harry were T)romised a horse on their 21st birthday if
they reframei from sniokin.-^ and drinking. They botn received this
reward ^ f their own horse. \Taen Frank and Martha v/ere married, they
rr.-vei to a f-Tm south of the city v/here he famed f.~r three years,
Fol.lov.-ins: zr.is, tney moved back to town: and Frank went to work for
Sch-auss '-'eat Company where he developed his skill at butchering.
Several years later he returned to farming on a farm at Harrison, 111.
where the familu lived about four years. Frank then opened his own
meat m.arket. Eddy and Eainbridge, on V/est State Street; and the family
moved back into town. After four years, he sold this business and
became cattle buyer for the slaughter house, Carty-Bever. In 1913
Frank and ?.:artha bought tneir own farm of 120 acres on I'ate Road,
v.'here the;/ lived until Frank's death. FranJc would occasionally be
called on to butcher oy different meat markets in t^-wn, ani was often
asked by neia:hborin^ farrr.ers to butcher for them. In return for his
help, he v.-oiild often be p;iven the heart, liver, tone,ue, etc. of the
animal he v/as v/orking on. L'urin^ the depressir.n years, this was very
welcome, he served as Cf-^ien To/mship A33essor for 22 years and was a
Charter Mernber of the Farm Bureau. Ke was actively engaged in farming'
UT3 until his death, which was very sudden due to a heart attack.
I.rartha v/as a very capable homemaker and is remembered as a person
who was always there to lend a helping hand when needed. She was a
Charter r'ember of the Home Bureau and w^.s an active member in the
Owen ','ethodist Church. After Frank's death, she sold the farm to her
grandson, DALE BAI2JBRIDGS,and moved into Rockfori. J.'.artha then moved
to Highview Nursing Home, in Rockford. I.lartha died at the age of 93
on j.'ay I4, ''975« She is remembered as a person with a remarkable
memory and a gireat interest in others.
Children;
Stanley Smith SAIIffiRIDGE: Bom Febuary 24 1904, died Larch 3, 1962.
Sidney Frank B'ainbridge: Bom Febuary 14,1905* died April 10, 190?
of Scarlet Fever
7aul Ashle- Bainbridge: Bom Febuary 21, I9O8
lucile ~air.:ridge: Bom Febuary 21, 1908. Lucile and Paul are twins.
Infant son: Born Jan. 29, I9IO; died Febnaary 23, I9IO.
4th Generation in America
STANLEY S.'ITH Br.Iir5RlDGE : Bom February 24, I904; Rockford, 111.
Died Juarch 3, 1962; Rockford 111.
Karried '.larch 26, 1927 to Elsie I.'.arguarite
Nicholls, Bom September 2, I907.
Occupation: Farming
Residence: Rockford, 111.
Stan spent his early years in Rockford. Tnen ke w iS I4, ^s moved with
his parents to a farm nothwest of Rockford in Cewn Township. During
his : chool years he helped his father v/ith the farming and also v/orked
for neighboring- farT?.ers. V.'wen he and Elsie were first married, they
lived in Rockford. He v;as employed by the American Railv/ay Express
C'-miDany for r.any years. Later he mcved his family to a fam near
Harrison, 111. They lived there for eight years and then purchased
a MO — acre farm adjacent to his father's farm. VHiile his children
were in school, Stan served for a number of years on the school board,
rie -.vas also a mem.ber of the V'/innebago Coxinty Farm Bureau and served
as a Director of the Farm hlireau Ser>/ice Company, He was a member
of the Masonic Lodge of Rockton and a charter member of the Rockton
Fire Protection District, organized in 1947. He served as their trea-
surer until his sudden death of a heart attack. Stan had a happy
personality.. ' ' .1 .
Elsie attended Cwen Center Grade School, Rockford High School and
BroATi's Business College. She was employed by Sundstrand Adding
}.'^ chine until her r.arria^re to Stan, .-.he was involved in school act-
ivities while her children attended school. She was active in the
77"CS of Cwen Center ^.'ethodist Church and held many offices in the
r;c-;e Bureau. Her residence to this day is on the she and Stan
•cur?has5l in 15.'2. 'O^ the day of 3'''an's death, he was to sign papers
f ^r 30 acres of land ad.iacent to tneir far-^. Elsie went ahead with the
■Durchase of the landt today her son DALE EAIIJBRIDGE O'^ms all of
tne -oroDerty his father had owned.
Children;
Sidney Gene Bainbridge: Bom March 24, 1928; Rnckford, 111.
DALE ALTUT BA.I:I3RIDGE: Eom January 51, 19^2; Rockford, 111.
Virginia Yay Bainbridge: Bom Augast 16, 1933; Rockford 111.
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Bainhridse
Plaque
In Fire Hall
Oar Area News Service
ROCKTON -Rockton fire-
mea have dedicated a new
plaque honoring. £ive deceased
members of the fire depart-
ment.
The plaque, tht Stanley Bain-
bridge Memorial, has been giv-
en a permanent place in Fire-
men's Hall here.
Bainbridge, for whom the me-
morial is named, was one of the
organizers and first trustees' of
the Rockton Fire Protection
District
Four others named on the
plaque are Richard Slmonds,
Lawrence McGonigal, Marshall
Jensen and Lester Roberts.
Bainbridge's wife, Elsie, two
sons, Sidney and Dale, and
daughter Mrs. Ray Lightioot,
are all Rockford jesidents.
KICHOLLS HISTORY
V.TLLIMI NICHOLLS: i.3om November 11, 1870, in Cornwall En-rland.
Med I'.ay 5, 1^42; Rockford, 111.
Carried to ?;ay Elisabeth Liddle.
Her birth date November I4, 1874, and she died
jTine 11, 1937; Rockford 111.
Occupation: Farmer
William came to America at the age of 18, and traveled to the Rock-
ford area and be^n to farm land on Owen Center Road. At the age of
20 he took as his wife an area v/oman by the name of May Elizabeth
Liddle. Her father had been a farmer also so she handled the resp-
onsibilities of a farmers wife very well. To supply his family
with the best he also worked for the railroads occasionally.
William and :.:ay Elizabeth had 5 children, two of their sons died both
in their early 20s from a sudden sickness. The surviving- dhildren
commented that because of the seclusion of the country the neighbors
made their own fun, with dances and area parties. Those days the
farmers worked tog-ether and shared the happy and the bad times to£;-ether,
this made the neiflrhborhood a close knit group.
Children
Chellis "illiam: Bom February 11, 1897, Died in his early 203.
Lvle Isabelle: Pom Decem.ber 3< ''899-
Roy Henry: ?om October 11, I9OO, Died in his early twenties,
Elsie I.Iari^uarite Eainbrid.^e: Bom September 2, 1907.
Glen Vivian: Eom December 29, 19'' 6.
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Azh Genera-tion in Anerioa
DrLK ALVIN B-M:ffiHTDGE: ?,orn Janua-r;/ t1 , 19'-^2, Rock ford, 111.
Karried September 24, 1955i "to
Etta i.';ar,-'~iJ.arite CoTenan, from ruceville,
i.iaryland, Eom on l.'arch 26, 1956*
Oocupation: Farmer.
As a child, his life consisted of helt)ins: his father on the farm and
he when to a snail rrade school on Harrison Road. Younfcs Grade School
7?as a ov.e root", hnildinfi: with 4 — 8 student depending: on weather or not
a child was needed at home to heln on the farm. Dale's father believed
that education was important so Dale went to Hononegah High School
in Rockton 111. He /graduated from there in 1950. T/^o years later
he decided to go into the Marines and travel. First he was stationed
in California, then to JaDah'and finiallv to Quantico, Virg-inia where
he meet Etta ?.^ar.^arite Coleman. Etta, a graduate from Easton His:h
School( The class of 1954 was the first Hi,";h school to ever ^to to
12th i?rade as a reauirement for sro.duation in the state of .Maryland).
In 1954, she .-^oined the Marine Corp. First she had ■basic trainine^
at Paris Island, South Carolina, then transfered to Quantico, Virginia.
At their first m.eetinf^ a spontaneous couple. They were married in
Grace L'ethoiist Church and theirs was the first weddine: of all her
-h--ldren Clara ha^ ever pone to. A^er hi.- discharge from the service,
nn Januar--- 1^, 1'^56 Dale a-d Etta arrived in Rockfo-d, 111. They
h-d -n arr-.^-ement with his fath-r of 3rds on the ^-round he helped
his father work. D=le hou-ht 120-acre- on Tate Road from, his Gra.nd-
-other, L-artha Eainbridi-. Lat-r after his. fathers d-th Dale w<:>nt on
v,,^,_.,3 ,.,it;n his mother as he worked the ground. January of 196? D-le
ho-Fht th- 80-acres which Elsie h-d si-ned for on the death of her
husband. J-nuan^ o^ 1976 Dale e-na^ded eve- -ore with then ownershir.
o- th- rest o^ the T.-or--ty that had b-°n his f-^ther'-. In December
1976 another ^ditim to the nro.-rtv was r,r led, ^O-arces rr. Vate Road.
Beth Dale --A Etta were invov-^ -ith tv. 4-H Gi-is -r^d Bo-- base '.all
rp^rjpY DAIS ■RAINPRTD^ri^: 'Pottx (^r-tober 7, 19'36.
gx^^^ Eli7s'b?th ^-inoridse: "Bnm F'^'Hruary 9, ''959
j)^„^lg,, Stanley 5ainbrld-:^e: Bom IIoveTi'ber 1, ^^G^
TE-HY DALE BAINPHID'E:
I an basicallv not one to concern -yself '-vith such a phort T^ast.
I a^ 20 years old -nd colle^re is -v career at this tiine of rry life.
I ar. a me-be- of PAL's which is - -rout) 'vhich deals -^ith youth.
The area Vnich I with be concentrating on in the future with be
Social Work.
I .^aduated from Honone-ah Hi^h School in 1975, on June 6th. During
school I was in many activities. At 13, I was able to vote and I'l-
T^roud to admit that I voted in the 1976, election. I am basically
a Republican but will vote for the best person. Though oux family
is Methodist I at this time follow no certain religion.
Vv favorite rememb'-rence is Christmas, mv tjarents made it a most sne-
ei.l event. I like Poetry and ev-ry ono- in a while write a few lines
-vself. 1 lnv= to dance and no-, am^ sr^orts activity I en.ioy.
I said before when you're 20 th-re just is'nt much histor^^ to
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COLEIviAN HISTORY
JOtC: '^SSLZY CnTET'AN: "Died An -t.s+ 18, 1925.
"arried: S?.ra THamer: Di^d J?.nuary ^0, I9I6
CccuDation: Farmer
Residence: 1^."j^e, Kp.r'/'l'^nd
Thi?' is all the information I r°^eived about my Great-prandparents.
So I will concern myself more with the information I -."Ps tciven about
my Grandfather.
E'^'VARI) LEE C0LE}'A2^i Son of John Mesley Cole-i^an, Bom April 4, 188?.
Pied December 27, I949.
Married: Clara Elizabeth Skipper.
She was bom October I9, 1894.
Occuoation: Farming.
HoTrard a-^d Clar^ were m.arried ?'arch 28, 1912, in Trappe, J.'aryland,
Clara, was the dauerhter of Leon Alexander SkipTier (Bom May 11, I860,
died Ausnst S. I922). My Great-prandfather "'as b^m in Ireland.
From Irela'^.d he traveled to America. He basically drifted from
r'ltimore to ?"7ceville and finially made a, home in Trappe, Mar^/land
•."i-h his -^'ir^e. Anne Rebec-^a Vir^-inia Le.vi-^( -irth ^^[ove'^ber 25, 1365,
a'^T di^d Jan^iary 1, 1^^^). Like the Colema'^s, the Skipoers had a
■^''' rm in --~ "r"''c^-'"^~r'^"ind, Mov/a.^-ri anrj c''ara had 1 ■^ "hildren ''nd in his
sear'^h for t''° best o-oTiortuniti^s for his f^mil.'^ the family shifted
bet^re^n Trane, 5riJiceville, Oxford, and Barber all in ?.'ar:^/'land.
■pi-nog T^"f.c.>-o hard but -oward kent the family to?'ether 'vith his
'-.Vaoj.fij] ■'t+itude. Thout^h farrin:~ wa.s his main ar^a of 77ork he
'>"te'^_ would "oick up ertra work -uch ^s , ni"ht w^-tchm^r in a
'"s.ctoT'r which b\iilt hatt] e-ships. .Mt^o he worked in a cannin.?
factor^.' as the boileir-an. "oth Howard and Cla.ra were jv'ethodists
and \'feT<= =>1pc strict De^^'^cr^ts, ''.l^v^ qico wor'<pd orJd io'h."? to ni'^k
iin extra raonpy for t-io fanil;". She wnr-Ved for p. oanni''~ factor^/
and him-" vail rar'=>r. but with ^~• '"hildren, ■■'other and ?io;i3ewife
was .iob enough. Ho7?=?.rd died a,t the riPS of 62, the cause v/as a
heart condition. Clara had a full responsibility but she nastered it
■■.veil. Her daue-hter Etta ''arsaiarite reflects with the tho-U-o-ht that
they were not iDoor, bec^-use somehow their mother alw;gys came through
with the nessesities. Clara must have be^^n a woman of g:reat strength
for she successfully raised 1^ children and since then has p-one throue:h
two ooperations. Today she finds life a little easier as she travels
to visit each of her children during the winter and quietly livec
in a trailer, in Bruceville, in the s^um-mer.
Children
Earl Christ"T)her; bom Iviarch 25, 1912
Clara Lee; bom :.;a-'- Izl, I9I4
Howard Lee Jr.: bom Sentember 1, 19181 died November 30, 1953
Sallie Virs-inia; bom July :1, I916
Rebecca "av: bom December 29, 1920
Charles ■^l~'=n: bom February 2^, 1923; died November 30, 1950
jt.-.o=! Ale--.; bom ''.'arch 21, 19"^"
Jn:.n "estl---t bom. July 2A, 19-6; died Au-jst ^0, 1967
Carroll A^istine; bom Decem.ber I9, 19^8
Willis Leonard; bom Au/rust 31, 1931
George '/Villiam; bom Januar^/ 21, 193^-
ETTA r.lARC-lT.RITE EAnrBRIDGE: rom March 26,1956
Eljier Carter; bom March, 1936, the twin of ETTA.
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PREFACE
Th.8 main problem I have had v/lth v/riting this paper
wa3 tha writings on my parents brothers and aiatars. My
fathers side of the family v/as the main problem since my
father refused to discuss in great detail about his
parents lives, his sisters lives and even his own life.
He and his sister, Margrette, refused to discuss their
immediate family. My mothers side of the family was
more than willing, however, I could not contact Molly
Green*
Source a
Ic Interviews with Richard J. Bardy,Jr.
Anna V<, Bardy
Joseph L. Golc,Jr»
Elisabeth Elder
Josephine Hornbach
Margrette Law son
2. Vital Records
3e Photographs
4, Map of Yougoalavia
5o Declaration of Intent
6. Family Bible
Richard Joseph Bardy was born on June 12, 1892 to
Frank and Margrette Bardy, immigrants from Vissey, Francao-
Frank was a sculpture whose talents were called upon by
the church to do statues in churches. Margrette was a
simple housewife in the town of Gincinati, Ohio, Richard,
however, didn't choose his fathers interest in sculpturing
but instead choose the trade of plumbing. Ha moved to Indian-
apolis, Indiana as a young adult of twenty-one where he lived
out the remainder of his life,
Richard met Fedelia Dixon and began courting her in
tha year of 1914. In the year of 1915- he approached hsr
mother and father and asked for her hand in marriage»Thay
v/ara married on November the 22nd , 1915<» Fedelia Dixon
had been born to Elmer ^ixon and Anna on September 25, 1896.
She grew up in an uppar middle class family in Indianapolis,
Indiana. She lived, married, had children and finally died
in IndianapoliSo When she was nineteen a Richard Bardy began
courting her and on November 22, 19.5 sha married him in
Sacred Heart Ghurcho T he very next year thair first child
arrived. She v.-as born on Septeriber 2, 1916 and given the
name Mary Francis « A second girl was born on August 22, 1919.
Sha was christened ^'^argretta «J'eano Their third child was
thair one and only boy. ^e was born on lia.y 26, 1924 and was
given tha name Richard Joseph Jr. 'Thair last child was born
on September 19, 1928 and was givan tha name Virginia Ann.
In 1955 thay celebrated their 46 th wedding anniversary
with the reason being she was having failing health and might
never see thair 50th. Ihey wera right bacausa on August 26th
In tha year of our Lord 1958 she died In har aleap „
Richard, with th6 absence of his wife, grew lass and
lass intarasted in his bualneaa. Because of thla his health
soon declined and on December 17 in the year of our Lord
1963 he died of a stroke and was burrled next to hio wife
in Calvary Gesiataryo
Ifery Francis Bardy was born ijn September 19, 19l6o
She reciaved ten years of foraal education and reciaved
additional education as a nurses aide. She worked as a nurses
aide for the rest of her life. On November 22,1937 she
married Charles G-ates, a plumber by trade o The union produced
six children^ one girl and five boys. Her first child and
only girl was Sharon, born in 1940. Sharon is married, a
housewife and mother of five; three girls and two boyso
Shelly is fifteen, Donald is twelve, Lisa is ten. Angle is
eight and Mark is six,
Mary Gates aeoond child was born in 19'^2 and was
christened Mike. Mike was married for eleven years and had
three children, but lost tham to his wife through a divorcoa
Mary Gates third child, Christopher, was born in 19A-8o
He is now married to a recant Immigrant from Scotland whose
nama is Halan^ They have two boys named Craig and Briano
Hary Gates fourth child was born in 1951. His nama is
Clifford and he is married and has two children, Jennifer
who is three and Jeffary who is one.
The last two boys born to Mary Gates was David in
1953 and Raymond in 1955. In August in the year of our Lord
1970 Charles, Mary's husband, passed away of a heart attack.
Margratta Jean Bardy was born on Auguat 22, 1919o Ghe
11V93 in Indianapolis, Indiana where she racieved twelve
years of foraal education and was married on November 22,
1940 to Charles Lawson whose trade was plumbing. This union
created three children, two boys and one girl. Their first
child was born on Febrtiary 28, 19A2. Hq y/aa ^Iven the name
Steven and is now married and has two childra, Douglas
thirteen and Laura eleven. The second child of this marriage
was born on Novenbar 8, 1945 and given the name Jeffery. He
is now married and has two children, Mike 8 and 3h6lly 6. The
third and final child of Margrette and Charles Lawson was
a girl born on March 10, 1950. Christina is not married but
involved in nursingo
Richard J. Bardy, Jr., was born on May 26, 1924o He grew
up with a Gurosity for horses and for his fathers trade „ His
fathers business being vary prosperous ha owned land in
Marion and JSnderson County, a cottage, a business building
and the house in which he lived. Vacations were spent at the
cottage fishing, swimming, hiHing and hunting, Richard and
Fedslia also ::ook trips to Florida to get away from the
business and children. However, the depression of the thirties
had caused his business to all but fold up. ^e lost every-
thing but the business building and his house. He wanted
desperately to buy a horse for his son, but instead of buy-
ing a horse he arranged for his son to work at a livery
stable in the County of Brownsbarg. The job was tough with
long hours but Richard Jr. was a hard worker with a goal In
mind. Towards the nlddle of the summer in 1938 he had enough
monay saved to buy a quarter horse and a few of the accesso-
rlea needed. Vftiat he could not afford he stole and in the
end ha had pieced togather all the enuipmant needed to par-
ticipate in the local rodeos, w'hen the summer ended he put
the horsa up ar the stables in which he had worked and re-
turned to Indianapolis. He returned to school being a Fresh-
man, but bacaae tired of school, quit and worked in a tomato
cannery. *^8 worked at this Job until 1942o \fhen he was
seventeen he entered the Navy. He finished his basic training
at Great Lakes Naval Training Station and was transported
overseas to the comnunl cation ship "Blueridge". On the ship
he had various assignments ranging Trim communication
personnel, ack-ack gunner and on to large gun personnels
His next a::d last assignment in the South Pacific was on a
rocket boat, similar to a P.T, boat but instead of having
torpedoes had rockets and a fifty caliber gun as its armament.
His Job was to pilot the craft through the shallow waters
of the islands and at the sane time fire the rockets at the
enemy supply barges. He had gone into war thinking it glorious
and came back with malaria and a few bad dreams. The malaria
bothered him for a few years after the war, but tlia dreams
even now plague his mind. After the war he began v/crking for
his father as a plumber and lived with his parents^ In the
y^ar of ig^^S Richard met Anna Victoria Golc, fell in love
and married her on March 19, 19-^9 in Saint Rocks Church,
Virginia Ann Bardy was born on September 19, 1928. She
lived in Indianapolis, Indiana until 1972 whan she moved with
her husband, Bud Kissenar to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. V/hile
in Indiana ahe recisved twelve ^/ears of fornal education
and aarrled on Novcmbar 22, 1950. This aarria^e oroduced -f'our
children, one slrl and three boys. Gathy, the oldest, was
born in 1951 and is not marrlsd. Frankie, the oldest boy,
was born in 1953. Virginia's next two boys, Billy born in
1955 and Tommy born in 1962 still live at home with their
mother and father in -^'lorida.
Joseph Lewis Ciolc was born March 14, 1894, lie was a
fannsrs son in the village of Polhov Grade, Yougoalaviao Ha
at the time was under control of the kingdom of Serbs, Groatea,
and Soveneso In Juna of 1913 at the age of twenty he had
acquired enough aoney to leave his villa^^e and travel to
Eranen, Germany where he boarded the vessel "Kaiser Wllhelra"
and was transported to the port of New York in the state of
New York, ne went through Ellis Island as thousands of Immi-
grants had done before him. He was accepted into America by
the authorities and with his voyage across the Atlantic over
he traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana to live with friends.
Ha made a Dalcaration of Intent from the Labor Department
and began his work as a mud packer. Working for thirty-seven
dollars and week he would pack mud around furnaces to keep
in the heat when they were firing. With his v/eekly income
he acquired a hone at 3015 V/est Tenth Street. With Krs, v;illiam
Saxsic and f^Ietalko an introduction was arranged and
a courtship began between Joseph Golc and Amelia Metelko,
Ameilia was born on December 28, 1900 in Raka, Yougoslavia,,
She was a daughter of a farmer and later inherited the farm
from her father which she in turn gave, to her older brother
whan she came to America, She and another brother went to
Trieste, Italy where they boarded the ship UoSoSo President
Grant, This happened in the year of 1918, She and her brother
landed in Maw York where they went through Ellis Island, and
than on to Indianapolis, Indiana to live with friends. In 1920
she mat Joseph Golc and on June 12 of that year they were
Joined togathar in Holy Matrimony. The marriage produced
five children, four girls and one boy.
ThG first child was born on March 28, 1922 and christen-
ed Aaeilia Maria. Their second (^Irl, Josephine Louise, was
born on June 30, 1923. Their third child and the only boy
was born on Aue^ust 20, 1925 and was given his fathers name,
Joseph Lewis. The third girl, Elisabeth, was born on Septem-
ber 25, 1927. The last child of this union was born on May
22, 1930 and was given the naraa Anna VlGtoria„
With Joseph's income being thirty-seven dollars weekly,
Araallia and the children working in the garden and raising
cows, the financial status of the family was middle class.
But the family had their nroblems as Joseph was a heavy
drinker and had the brewery truck stop at the house to deliver
at regular Intarvals, He for some unexplained reason was
considerably hard on the girls but at the same time was vary
lenient with hie only son. The final act of the marrlaga came
in 1931 whan he became very violent, started beating the girls
and finally lost control of his mlndo He was taken from his
home in chains and was put in Central State Mental Institution
until 19'^6 when he was released. After his release he worked
in a bowling alley doing general maintenance until 1957 when
he was returned to Central State Institution. He remained thara
until his death, due to a stroke, on July 16 in the year of
our Lord 1971.
Amellla with her husbands absence had to raise tha family
with little or no help. She got a divorca from her husband a
year after his first admittance into the mental institution*
She grew harder on the children while trying to keep them and
the house. In 1935 a vary rich couple waro planning a return
f
trip to Yugoslavia. They had grown very fond of Kllsabeth
and Anna and wanted to adopt them and take then with them,
but Mrs. Golc would not accept their offer. In 193? Aaailla
got her citizenship with her daughter Anna serving as her
witness. Cn February 18 in the year of our Lord 19-^5 the
job of raisln=i a family had grown too much and she passed
away am: was burried at Saint Josephs Cemetery next to her
^ husband.
Amsilia Maria Golc, called Molly, was born on February
28, 1922 with the help of a mid-wifa, Mrs. Stevens. She
recieved ten years of education and then was married in early
1946 to an iiirfcrce Major. Her husband forced her brothers
and sisters to leave the house of their late mothers. After
this split in the family, Molly and her husband, Robert Green,
sold the house, gave the money to the children and moved to
Westfield, Massachusetts. Onoe there they had six children,
Robert took the position of a professor at a college.
Josephine Louise Golc was born on June 30, 1923 > She
recieved ten years of formal education and then at the age
of 23 in the year of 1945 she married Charles Hornbach, She
lived in Indianapolis, Indiana vilzh her husband until 195'5.
During this time she had six children, four boys and two
girls, Charles J. was born on June 16, 1946 and now works
for the state of IJew York as a computer programmer. Janice
was born on April 10,1948 and she now works for the state
of New York In Urban planning. John was born on December 28,
1949 and ha Is now a teacher on Cutty Hunk Island off the
coast of Massachusetts. He has six students and to get to the
mainland he must take a ferry. Thair fourth child, Thomas,
was born on May 22, 1951 and ic now living in Brazil. Carl
was born on October 4, 1953. His slater Nary Theresa was born
on May 13, 1955 and died July 26 In the year of our Lord 1955
due to crib death. The fanily then moved to Bchenectady, New
Yorko Once there four more children were born. Mary Louisa
on November 6, 1957. She is currenctly in her Sophomore year
at college o Paul uerald was born on March 19, 1959. Ellen
Ann was born November 1, I960 and their last child Michael
James was born August 1, 1964 „
Joseph Lewis G-olc, Jr., was born on August 20, 1925.
His earliest recollection of his father was when he went to
school for the first time. He pleaded with his father not to
make hia go, but his father was strict about education for
the children. If Joseph were not in school his jobs around
the house Included all heavy labor, going to the railroad
tracks to collect any coal that fell from the cars and any
loose railroad ties that could be used for the V:ltchen stove.
His Jobs away from the home included digging ditches by hand.
and picking beans for a penny a pound. His little passtima
was spent listening to the >Jllette radio fights and playing
a Slovenian game called Relieva, much like freeze tag. In
1942 he triec to enlist in the ar^y but because of an earlier
injury to the eye he was turned down. He later tried and was
accepted into the Sea Bees. Ho spent his enlistment in the
South Pacific where he met his sisters husband, Robert (Irean.
After the war he returned, met and married Doris ,
in 1946, Their first child was christened Joseph Lewis III
and was born March 28, 194?. He grew to be drafted into the
army in November 1968, was married on May 26, 1969 and died
in battle \n Septeaber of that saae year. Ke had baen
married to his wife, Brenda, less than four months. Joseph
and Doris's second child, Paula, wan born on July 13, 1949.
Paula continued her education to become a dental hygienist,
and married in August 1971 to '.vayne Ilott who later became a
dentist. He Joined the Air Force and is now a Cantain. They
had three children. The first was lost at birth, the second
was born in 197^ and named Brian. Christina was born just
six months ago. The third and fourth children of Joseph
and Doris Golc were twins named Jeanna and Jeffary. They were
born on July 16, 1955. ^aanna was married Decembar 18, 1971
and she and her husband, Virgil V/right, had three children.
The first two died at birth. The third. Rusty, \#aa born in
1976. Jeffery is now working on his Masters Degree at Indiana
iJ'nivsrslty in Business Administration.
Elisabeth Golc was born on November 25, 1927. Her earliest
recollection of her family life was when she played with her
sister, Anna, who was in the crib. Her basic job around the
house when she was young was to keep her little sister comp-
any while the rest of the family were at work, Elisabeth was
the only member of the family to graduate from high schoolo
On September 1, 1951 she married Jack Elder at Saint Rooks
church. They had six children, four girls and two boyso"
Their first born was a jirl on June 11, 1952 christened
Barbara who later married David Alldener on July 29, 1972,
'i'his marriage produced one child, Michael, born on September
25,19760 Jack and Elsie, as Elisbebh was often called, had
their second child, a girl born on March 9, 195-^ ^nd named
Ann. Shs currsntly has a Bachlor of Arts Degree In Buslnasa
MarV:etins. The third child of this union was the first of
two boys named John and born on July 16, 1956, He grew to
be a very large man standing six foot six Inches tall and
weighing two hundred thirty pounds. Hg plays football for a
large University in Indiana and is currently working on his
social degree at Ball State University. Elsie's next child
was a girl born on January 19, 1958 named Nancy. She is
currently working at Riley Hospital in tharapy and is en-
rolled in I.V. Technical Medical School. The next two child-
ren of Jack and Elsie Elder were both girls; Beth born on
August 30, 1959 and Sara born Bebruary 2, 1962. Their last
child was a boy born November 8, 1968 and given the name
Christopher.
Anna Victoria Golc was born May 22, 1930 at her hone as
were her other brothers and sisters and delivered by a mid-
wife, Mrs. Stevens, The last of four girls and the last of the
family of five she had to be looked after by her older sisters.
Her constant conpanion and playmate was her older sister Elisa-
beth. They being close in age would play togathar In the park
across the street and years later v/ould go to the clnama to-
gather. Tnsir main jobs around the housa were to keep each
other occupied and to transfer the family cows to different
vacant lots for feeding. In early childhood Anna was taken
ill with rheumatic fever which in later life caused heart
problems. Evan with her poor health she helped with such
chores as harva sting and storing the hay. She had eleven years
of formal education but in the absence of her father and the
death of her mother whan she was fifteen she quit Bchool In
order to get a J ob to support herself. She lived In her
deceased mothers house until 19''+6 when she and her sister
Elsie noved to V/est Drive, a very small distance from her
original birthplace. She lived v/ith her sister at this resid-
ence until 19^8 when she met Richard Joseph Bardy, Jr., fell
in love and was married to hln on March 19, 19''i9, The marriage
produced five children, three boys and two glr^a. Their first
child v/as a girl born September 29, 1949. The next child was
a boy christened Richard Joseph III born on March 30, 1951.
Their next child was a boy also, Patrick Michael born on July
18, 1955. Oarol Sue was their last t-ir-l born on May 15, 1956,
Their last child born on October 10, 1957 was christened
Dennis Jamas.
Richard J. dardy Jr. and Anna Victoria Jolc were
married on March 19, 19^9. Vic'.cle's friends had told her
to stay away froa him although he had come fron a much
richer family becauaa thay said he wan too old for her and
that they just didn't like him. However, they ware married
and lived with his parents. VHiile there they had their first
child. He worlced as a plumber for his father and she tended
the household duties, Thay remained there until 1950. They
then took up residence on '-'teward Street where they lived
until 1951. This house proved too small for their growing
family. They moved to a large apartmant on Thirtieth Street
and while living tliere Richard J. T3 was born on March 30,
1951. They remained there for four more years. V/hile living
there Richard Jr. began working for himself and continued
until 19'^6, when he dropped his Masters in plumbing and took
up his Journeyman. In 1955 the young couple began building
their own home on Eighteenth Street which was completed and
moved into for their third child to be born in. Patrick M,
was born on June 18, 1955. I^o more children v/are born in
this house; Carol S. on May 15, 1956 and Dennis J. on October
10, 1957. Also Richard Jr. business in plumbing had grown
to include two employees and four Apprentice, it was in this
house that Vickie's problems developed. She seamed to be in
and out of the hospital frequently. The main problem was a
weakened heart v/hich developed complications. Her problems
continued at tnair new home on Edgewood Avenue which had been
bought in 1966, It was at this time that she developed cancer
and was adautted Into tha hospital for three months where
she recleved treatnents and finally surgery. After her stay
in the hospital she returned home for two years. Then returned
to the hospital to have open heart surgery. This required
a shorter stay in the hospital but was a high^a^ danger-
ous and oompicated operation. She wac operated on and re-
covered, oha and her husband now are in the midst, of remodel-
ins their hoae and working in the family garden.
Ann Bardy was born on September 29, 19A9. She was a two
month premature baby and had to remain in the hospital for
two months until she was deemed healthy enough to bring home.
Her father had never ^Iven her a middle name baoauae he felt
since she was so small she should have a small name. Evan
today she is a very petite lady standing five foot tall and
weighing around ninety pounds .She was the only child to live
in the four different residences that the family had moved to.
Since she was the first of the children education and religion
were stressed. She finished twelve years of fcmal education
with a high grade average and is still Involved in the Catholic
church. She is the oldest and had to take on some of the chores
around tne house c Hsr main jobs were to take care of the young-
est children, wash diahes and dusting and occassionally sweep-
ing the house. As she grew older hsr mother was in the hospital
and her jobs increased to taking care of the entire household.
Because cf this when she graduated she had little or no
experience for a full or part time position. Luckily she had
taken secretarial training in hi.gh school so she got a job
as a secretary in a life insuranco company. In 1968 she met
a college student named Michael Hurley. He at the time v?as
goins to Purdue Oalverslty to get his degree In engineering.
He was almoGt two years her senior being born on December 13,
19-^7. -^hey were married in a small church in Morreaville on
March 29, 1969o The new husband and wife took up residence
in an old house recently converted into apartments. 'Hiey lived
in this apartment for three years and then in 1972 moved to
Michi,~an where her husband had his first angineering Job, In
May two years later they moved to Rlckton Park, Illinoi.s
where Mike had gotten another Job for a different firm, \7hlle
in this apartment an addition to the family caraa, Joanna was
born on January 9, 1975. The family then moved a^ain in
•January of 1977 to a house of their own in Frankfort, Illinois
and still live in this house today. She is a housewife and
mother and he an engineer.
Richard Joseph Eardy III v/as born on March 30» 1951. He
v/as a healthy infant taken from the hospital only days after
his birth. He was born v/ith blonde hair which later turned
coal black. As v/as his nature continually into mlschisf with
of against hie older lister. As he grew older he played in
sport3 as most kids did, but had a natural ability as a football
playero His f re nhman year at high school a swimming accident
pinched a nerve in his neck and stopped his life of athletics
all togather. It was feared that he would be paralyzed from
the neck down but he recovered with no ill side effects. Ha
finished his formal education of twelve years almost by force.
Ha was never intsrastad in academics befora, only enough to
get by. His teachers had informed him that unless be brought
his grade average up they would fall hin in his ssnior year.
He had been doirit^ poorly in almost every class and at the end
of his senior year iie graduated wltl-i a high "B" average proving
to his teachers arid himself that he only needed the desire.
After his graduation he met Laura Sayfried in early 1969. She
the youngest of four girls born on December 12, 1952. In 1970
on October 3o they were married at Saint Marks Church, he at
nineteen and she at eighteen. Their first residence togather
was in a small low rent apartment on Betsy Lane, This was all
they could afford since he was an apprentice plumber and she
was a sales girl for Sears, They lived in this apartment until
1972 wrien she was promoted to assistant manager. Because
of this pronotion and financial increase they moved to a larger
apartment in G-reenfield, Indiana. V/hila living in Greenfield
on June 11, 1975 they were blessed with a boy given the name
of Brian xRichard. They lived in this apartment until 1976
when they bought a small house in Indianapolis and still live
there today.
Patrick Michael Bardy was born on June 18, 1955. Almost
as soon as he could walk he became the Inseparable friend of
hia older brother as thsy still are today. He had triad to
follow his older brother's example in sports but he too was
injured and had to drop football as a sport. Ha had to drop
football but notathaletics entirely. He began to run cross-
country and track and was soon considered one of the best in
this sport, 'i/hsn he entered high school he lost his Interest
in sports and became interested in academics, pulling "A' a"
and "B's" all four years. After high school he took up
pluT/oin^ as a trade as his older brother, father, uncle and
grandfather had done. Ke works in an office as an eatlnater
for Ghaabauj^h Plumbing v/hile his father, v/orking for the
same firm, works as a supervisor in the field. He worked
for three years while also i:,oln^ to school for his journey-
man in pluabing. He lived at home until he was twenty-one
when he married Julie Looney. 3he was the oldest of eight
children and two years his junior bein^ born on September
21, 1956. They were married on May 21, I976 and s'jent their
honeymoon si^ht-eeeing for two weeks. He had purchased a
house before their marriage so they could return from their
honeymoon and move right in. They still live there today.
She is a secretary for the Prosecuting Attorneys Office
and he a plumber. The couple are expecting a baby in September
of this year 1977.
Carol Sue Bardy was born on May 15, 1956. She was a
very sickly baby but grew to be a healthy child and the
most beautiful of all the children. Also she grew to have
a great compassion for animals taking care of all the animals
in our L-uburban home. In her early school years it was found
she was retarde-l but in my estimation she may not have the
acadanlc skills but her skill with animals is unsurpassed.
No matter what the animal she seemed to know how to take care
of them. She was taking care of chickens, ducks, roosters,
rabbits, cats but her main love is dogs. It doesn't matter
the breed, size or color she loves all types and maybe be-
cause of her affection they return their affection. Today
and everyday she takes care of her current pets, two pedigree
beagles and one mutt. To her they are almost human. Ko matter
what trie weather or her health, every nie';ht she feeds and
waters her pets naking Ljure tliey are conrortable for the
nlghto One thing is agreed upon In the family, she is
their owner and aaster and no one dares speak har^^hly to
her when her dogs are present for if her dogs were to
sense an attack on their na.'jter the attacker would soon
bscoao the prey of the dogs. V('q all agree that the dogs
learned a lot of show tricks but also agreed they are
spoiled by her. One dog will not eat unless it ia hand
fed and that ta'.ces up to an hour to do. She Is contat to
stand for that time with her dogs_, pets and friends.
My only hope for her is that she continues to have
that fond affection for aniaals and I also hope that nan
although with his higher I.Q,. sees that she is the one
true Utopia,
I was born on October 19, 1957, the biggest and health-
iest baby of the family. I had coal black hair at birth
but as I grew older it became blond. Just the opposite of
my brother Richardso My -aost vivid iuage as a child v/as how
ay brot;".-3r3, Pat and Fuck, v.'ould scheme with me but mostly
e.gaia£t me. This has G:'.anged with time but tlisre is still
a slight barrier between us. I never had my brothers set
above me as examples but was able to set my cv/n liberal
standards. In school I v/as never interested in adademica
but 03 came interested in snorts. I have played every major
sport nossibla including baseball, basketball, cross-country
and track. My main love is wrestling and football, football
in ^articular. Football to me was f^xpressad as bair^ the only
sport for a person to release any feriliUii from agridsaion
to hate.Gne thlOi-^ I would stress to any high school athelete
v/ould be to protect youi' kneea at all cost. I didn't and
today I am plagued with crutches In the winter and arthritis
all year round. I also have the sa-ne interests in hunting
as ay father has, I bglievs that hunting sports, and now
me away at college has caused ray father and I to become
very close « He is not just a father to me but a companion.
and a dear friend. My mother was and even now as alviays
ccTiplaining about ray participation in sports and my liberal
views on such things as the government, the law, marriage
and religion. In the fuoure I have two interests: my main
one is to become a biology teacher and my second interest
is in politics. Although slightly different thay both
interest and intrigue me. Presently I am vary interested
in my academics since I enjoy the challangea of ny collegQ
classes.
PICTURED
Page 1 Picture 1
Richard and Fodelia Eardy on their forty-fi^th wedding
anniversary with their children. ^
left to right: Virsinla, Richard Jr., Margrette and Mary
Page 2 Picture 2
The entire family at Richard and Fedella Bardy's forty-
fifth wadding anniversary. Left to ritjht:
Front row; Clifford Gates, Chris Gates, Jeffery Lawson
Second row: Ann Bardy, Patrick Bardy, Richard Bardy III
Frank.ie Kisaenar, Sharon ^ates, David Gates, Cathy Kissenar,
Christina Lawson
Third row: Mrs. Vickie Bardy, Mrs. Vriglnia Kissener,
Richard Bardy 3r. , Mrs. Fedella Bardy, Mrs. Mary Gates,
Mrs. Margrette Lawson
Fourth row; Richard Bardy, Jr., Bud Kissenar, Mike Gates,
Steven Lawson, Charles Gates, Charles Lawson
Page 3
Richard Bardy Jr. 's First Gonmunion Scroll
Paga 4 Picture 3
PLlchard -^ardy Jr., in foreground on his horse "Toy" in
the Brcwnsberg Rodeo
Paga 5
Description of U„So5, "Bluioridge ", the ship Richard Bardy
jr. was stationed ono
Paga 5 Picture 4
Richard Bardv Jr. on leave in military dress blues
Page 6 Map
The yellow marked house and barn was Joseph and Amelia
Gates first and only house » Notice tha garden behind tha
house also in yellow. Any vacant lot in tha neighborhood
was used as a pasture for tha cows.
Page 7
The Declaration of Intent belonged to Joseph Golc Sr,
obtained in 1924
Page 8 Picture 5
Joseph Lewis Qolc and Amelia Metalko'a wadding picture
Page 8 Picture 6
Amelia Metelko on her Viedding day
Page 9 Picture 7
The Golc family in 1926. Anelia and Joseph and the children,
left to right; -^elia Maria (Molly), Joseph Jr., Josephine
Page 10 Picture 8
Amelia with her children in 1934. Left to right:
Josephine, -t-'lisbeth, Joseph Jr., Anna, Molly
Page 11 Picture 9
Molly and her husband Major Robert Green, an Air Force
pilot in the year of their marriage 1946
Page 12
A letter Molly wrote to Anna in 1977 in regards to her
trip to Yugoslavia
Page 12 Picture 10
Major Robert Green and his wife Molly in 1946
Page 13 Picture 11
Joseph Golc Jr. in 1932 the year of his communion. Notice
the •nickers
Page 13 Picture 12
Joseph Golc Jr. His military picture in 1943
Page 13 Picture 15
Robert Green and Joseph Golc Jr. met by chance on a South
Pacific Island in 1944
Page 14
Anna Victoria Golc's birth certificate
Page 15 Picture 14
Anna Victoria Golc at five years of age in har backyard
with her pet calf.
Page 15 Plcturs 15
Anna Victoria Golc at six years of age with her Shirley
Temple doll.
Page 15 Picture 1?
Anna Vici,oria Golc in 19'^'^*- wearing her brothers ailltary
issued blouse
Page 15 Picture 18
Anna Victoria Golc in 19-^8 just one year before her marriage
Page 16 and 17
Richard J. Bardy Jro and Anna Victoria Golc marriage
certificate
Page 18 Picture 19
Mr. & lira. Richard J. Bardy Jr. with the children. Left
to right: Richard III, Ann, Patrick in 1955
Page 19 and 20
Dennis J. Bardy ' s birth certificate
Page 21 Picture 20
Dennis J. Bardy at five hours old
Page 22 Picture 21
Dennis J. Bardy at 18 in 1976. This is his high school
senior picture.
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FAMILY HISTORY
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A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name
f"^ CAnj/i&/{,Af, m^^^jy /^/g.<rr current Residence JA^
f dead, data of death ^ Au&U<^j^ /9t/e^ ^
Place of bl rth (^^s<^ /Qj^/A/<;r U/>^C Data of Blrth_^^^^^^/^^^ //-/^
Education (number of years):
grade school 3. high school vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE Or RESIDENCE
^ (after leaving horre) /(f-?7
lst^^vl/^^^><^ S/^/2r Date»/>f7-/^^^ 1st /^^^^y^ . ^/^ /:> JatesTf^j,
3rd5^/^g/VW/u//C2?g»^s) Dates /^^^-/^JZX^- 3rd/^/»u^/»/p^^//Z/<°. ^^QPateg/^g-^jp
^th $7^,yp^ H/^/yA^(9^/? Dates /fj?i:>~ ^^ ^^^m^pnC^t J^^ • gf^ter/^^t^r^
Religion /6i/W/4Ay<<^7^^>^/-r
Political parties, civil or social clubs, f ratarnltles, etc. ( juhrAAJ rfol^^ ,
Place orHarrlage tp^/our grandmothar^^^^^^^^^r^^^y^ ^^^^/^ ^^'^yj/X^^f/^J
NOTE: If your father was raisad (to age 13) by a stepfather or another relative give
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J, Grandmother (your father's sida)
^^"« /l^ipM^, C/f^A/^ , currant Residence //^ ■
I f dead, data of daath VC^,^//^/V>b<fyg /^V<y^ .
Place of birth n/LJbou/^AJ ^A/;» ^/^tl^X^/>^te of birth 74 innp i«7S
Education (number of years):
grade school 5^ high school vocatlonal_ college
Occupatlon(s) PUCE OF RESIDENCE
/^ /C^97~/9w/ n (after leaving home) a^7
2nd/^/^aj7/7<^ ^Btz^H7'/9'/C 2nd ><W<^ ^.^^/JTC Dates/^jU-Jtr
^th Oata3_ ^t'r\ f^eepn^JJU- Dates/^^V^
Religion /^/4ycJ ^7^ ^?//r. i
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Political party, civil or social clubs, sororltfas, etc
Kjace Of marriage to your grandf.thar^^^^y^, ,.^^^^^^^^^aV.^ /^ jVUeT^^TT
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A- I SlepyranJfalher (your father's side)
N . inir
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Current Residence
Pl.Tcc of bl rlh
Ediic.ition (number of years)
grade school high 5Ch00l_
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Dates
2nd
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3rd
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^th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home]
Daces
j)ates
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Dates
Re 1 i q i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc._
Place of marriage to your grandmothar
date^
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your fathar's side)
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Place of bi rth
Currant Resldence_
Date of birth
Education (number of years):
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Dates
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Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
3.
Grondfather (your mother's side)
Name AhJJlOAJ /joIcl/(/ . ^Current Residence ^//^ .
I f dead, date of death ^<-^-y^^>yA^/S. /f ^^
Place of b\ri^//^UJJ^UA/fe, UJ igehaJJ<,/jLJ^^t^ of birth ^^ J^^U /fW,
Education (numoer or years; : -J
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Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
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^»t \X^nO^ CX.-etl}A Dates /g4<^^^i^ St ^^oU^ oOo€ ^ J U/^^g.. Dates/ffi^g^jjll^
2nd itK)^e.f^finjU ^boaei^ DatesT^OO^Mt02ndOA^Oi'p4. Hf dU Oates j^iQJllt
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Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. /w? k)ij\\Ur C^AJ? .
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Grandmother (your mother's side)
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NamerAAV^u (ujftU;2AJ//^K ) Current Residence,
I f deacj. dati of <itathjtr<:i>p¥^Hfk^i>/9if^ '
Place of bi rth/ffr n • 1 rtV_m fjL>i *gg<'fA'g iCU Date of birth /SJt^Kfe.f^S^ -
Education (number of years)
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2nd ^Datas 2nd/^jy<f/^.y^ c/ . Dates/Z/^y^//-
3rd ^Dates 3rd U^U^AU^^f. UJa C^ . Oates/^/^/U/^
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Itical party, civil or social clubs,
Pol 1 1 i ca I pa r ty , cTvl 1 or so c I a 1 clubs, sororities, etc. /V/V9 .
F^lace of marriage to your grandfather date
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3,:vc t^.o; Jet-e un me oacK or this page (D'2)
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Place of marriage to your grandmother date
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fl.icr .ff birih Date of birth
Education (number of years)
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Dates
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3rd
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Place of marriage to your grandfather Date
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FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT
PATERNAL GRANDFATHER
Christian Herman Bares, my paternal grandfather, was born to
Hubert and Barbara (Dolfen) Bares on 31 December 1875 in Cross Plains,
Wisconsin. Sometime during his early childhood, his parents moved
the family to North Dakota by covered wagon and farmed land there.
No information was passed down through the family regarding his childhood
so information regarding this time in his life is generally nonexistent.
It is known that he did complete the third grade, and by speculating on
the Dakota area, he must have grov/n up as any farm boy of the era.
Sometime before 1897 he met my grandmother, Antonia, and they were
married on 14 June 1897 in Parksten, South Dakota.
Christian and Antonia lived in the southern part of North Dakota,
in the area of Beach (Golden Valley county), Golva, and Berkie. They
first lived on acreage belonging to my great-grandfather. Eventually my
grandfather bought a General Store in Berkie where they resided until
they moved East to Wisconsin,
Because the relatives with whom I spoke were too young to remember,
there is very little information available about this time in their lives.
It is a fact that the family lived above the store in what could be described
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as average living conditions. They had no running water or plumbing.
A pump at the back of the store provided the water that was needed, and
they had an outhouse. This setup was an improvement, however, over
conditions on the farm where they first lived. There water had been
hauled from town because the farm's well was not deep enough.
All ten of their children were born in North Dakota,
My grandfather's General Store carried a little bit of everything.
During the early part of the century when there were continuous droughts
and locust infestations, many crops were lost. My grandfather lent much
credit, but received little payment. The First World War was at hand,
and my grandfather had little going for him. As a result of the problems
mentioned, my grandfather lost his store and moved his family to Argyle,
Wisconsin in 1922.
In Argyle, Christian Bares worked for Sanner and Bauchy Cheese
Factory. We would go to the farmers of the surrounding area and contract
their milk from them. His family lived in a frame house v/hich had no
plumbing.
In 1925 Christian decided to nnove his fan-iily to Blanchardville,
Wisconsin to take a ne-w job. He began work for Sexton Foods as a traveling
salesnnan. The same Sexton Foods that services many cafeterias today.
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Because of the size of the family, Christian's income was supplemented
by Antonia and the children. My grandmother did laundry with a gasoline
powered clothes washer for the barber shop in town and also baked cookies
that were sold by her sons around town.
Sometime during their stay in Blanchardville, my grandfather quit
working for Sexton Foods because of a need for money and bought a
cigar store-pool hall, which he operated until 1928.
In 1928 one of his older daughters w^as in a serious auto accident
and was brought to a Freeport, (Stephenson) Illinois, hospital. Because
the cigar store-pool hall was not doing too well, the decision was made
to move the family to Freeport to be closer to the injured daughter.
In Freeport their first home -was at 306 North Foley. My grandfather
ran another store in Freeport, but not much has ever been said about it.
The Bares family moved two more times. The first move was from
Foley to 206 West Elk Street and the second move was to a house on
Winneshiek Street. My grandparents lived in this house tmtil they died.
Christian died on 8 August 1945 and Antonia died little more than a
year later on 4 September 1946. They had been married 48 years.
PATERNAL HP AATnA^r^Trrrr_
Antonia KatheHna, „, „,ate„al g.anctaothe., was born to WUUan,
He^an an. Eva Kathe.^e .ScKUess.an, ..„. on Z4 ..„e ,373 .„ KH.on.n
Cty, Wisconsin, now teo..„ as Wisconsin Dells. Wisconsin. A.ain I
was unaMe to gather t..c. info^ation aboot He. cMldhooa. X .o Know
that her parents n,ove. to the DaUotas in covered wagons and she grew up
on a farm there. She completed the Hfth grade and used to tell my
the specifics of her tales have been forgotten.
My grandmother was a talented woman. She played the piano, sang
and wrote poetry. Much of her poetry was composed for her sons while
they were in the service and is evidence of her great love for her chUdren
MATERNAL GRANDFATHER
Both of my great-grandparents were born in Donzig, Poland.
Neither their childhood or how and why they immigrated to the United
States is known. Michael Andrew Dolski lived in the South during the
Civil War and later moved to Chicago where he met Anna Okonski and
married her. They bought 100 acres of land near Kewaunee (Kewaunee),
Wisconsin, and moved there to live. All of this occurred in the 1870's.
Their first home was a log cabin where they lived for 10 years
after which they built a frame house. Michael cleared his land like the
farmers of that day with oxen and dynamite and farmed with horse drawn
machinery.
Anton, my grandfather, was born fourth in a family of ten, on
22 July 1884 in Kewaunee (Kewaunee), Wisconsin. His father ruled the
household and his word was law!
Wliile he was growing up, Anton helped with the farm chores and worked
about the house. The family lived in a German section of the township
and in order to learn German, Anton had to walk five miles to the Catholic
school.
At the age of 15, he went to work as a clerk in a hardware store in
Kewaunee. Even though the store was a good distance from the farm, my
grandfather walked to work each day. At the end of the week each child
brought his wages honne and gave them to his parents. WThen Anton bought
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a bicycle with some of his earnings so he would not have to walk to work,
his father was outraged and told him to return the bike or leave the house.
Anton chose the latter, and at the age of 15 left home. He did not return
to stay until he was 25 years old.
During the 10 years in whcih he was away fronn his father's house,
he worked on the Lake ferries, attended a Milwaukee seminary, and
finally clerked in a Kewaunee store.
His education was complete at the 10th grade.
Returning to Kewaunee, he drove the city street cars and learned
to make cheese at a local cheese factory. He met my grandmother,
Mary Wawzniak in 1909 and married her on Z4 October 1911 at St. Hedwig's
Church in West Kewaunee (Kewaunee), Wisconsin.
The first two years of their married life, they resided in Kewaunee.
Anton worked at Manshek's Hardware Com.pany, and Mary stayed home
and ran the house. Gertrude, their eldest daughter, was born 19 January
1913. During this same year they moved to Daggett, Michigan and for the
next five years they operated a General Store and Post Office. While they
were in Daggett, Grandpa served as the Clerk of Lake Township for three
years.
It was also during this time that two sons were born, Joseph (1915-16)
and Anthony (1917). Anthony died shortly after birth and Joseph dieel when
he was about a year old of pneumonia.
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My grandfather was gone much of the time helping clear fields and
serving as township clerk, so my grandmother ^vas left in charge of the
store and the Post Office. She used to tell about how the Bohemians,
Czechoslovakians, and Indians used to come to trade at the store. She
learned Bohemian from the neighboring women who would come to buy
provisions, and she taught the Bohemian women Polish, This was done
by pointing to the item that was desired and repeating the word in Polish
after the women had used the Bohemian word for it. Imagine, a language
class in a General Store in the North Woods!
Indians were always fierce looking and feared especially when she
was alone.
The freight train ran directly in front of the store, butit only stopped
on special occasions. This meant that the mail bags had to be thrown
on to the train as it sped by. Quite a job for a woman as small as my
grandmother !
Finally, grandmother reached her limit. She wrote my grandfather
a note telling him, "I am going home to Kewaunee. If you want me and
your daughter, you can come and get us. " Then she packed hers and
Gertrude's belongings,, took the buggy to the train station, and boarded the
train for Kewaunee. Needless to say. Grandpa sold the Post Office and the
store and went to Kewaunee to claim his wife and daughter.
From 1918 - 1923 Grandpa farmed near Kewaunee. In 1923, he
bought a cheese factory in West Kewaunee (Kewaunee), Wisconsin.
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(Documents I and II, Certificates to Own a Cheese Factory and Be a
Cheesemaker. ) It was while my grandparents were farming after leaving
Daggett, Michigan, that my mother, Johanna Josephine, was born on
4 May 1920.
It was during the days of the Cheese Factory that the rest of the
Dolski family was born, Jerome, Alice, and another son named Anthony.
The family lived extremely well while my grandfather owned and
operated the Cheese Factory. They lived above the factory and had
indoor plumbing, a tiled bath, warm water, steam heat, and hardwood
floors. These were real luxuries for anyone living in a rural area at
that time. However, the one thing that made their home most unique
were the electric lights v/hich were supplied by batteries that were charged
by a gasoline motor.
During these years my grandfather was elected County Clerk and
Registrar of Deeds for Kewaunee County. He continued in this position
for Sonne 30+ years.
By 1937 Van Kamp's had begun to expand into Northern Wisconsin
and take over the cheese market. My grandfather sold the Cheese Factory
in 1937 and bought a farm because his eldest son had become interested
in farming. Jerome, therefore, managed the farm while Anton worked
at Leasey Aluminum Corapany as a night watchman and foreman. It was
while he \vas at Leasey Aluminum that he helped to organize a union. The
union improved the employees' wages, which had been as low as 50^ an
hour. Later on, he bought a second farm, 40 acres, where he and my
grandmother retired. Jerome then bought the larger farm from my
grandparents.
My grandfather, Anton Dolski, died on 5 September 1952 of cancer
of the kidneys and is buried in Holy Rosary Cemetery in Kewaunee,
Wisconsin.
After his death, my grandmother sold the small farm and moved
into Kewaunee. As she grew older, she felt that she couldn't live alone.
However, still hoping to maintain her independence, she bought a house
trailer and had it moved to the apple orchard at her son's farm.
My grandmother, Mary (Wawzniak) Dolski, died of a heart attack
on 25 September 1968 in Kewaunee (Kewaunee), Wisconsin. She is
buried next to her beloved Anton in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Kewaunee,
Wisconsin.
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MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER
Louis and Mary (Brusda) Malcjewski lived in the Warsaw, Poland
area. Their family included two sons and one daughter, my great-
grandmother, Anna. There is no information available about her childhood.
My great-grandmother, Anna, was married to Martin Wawzniak,
After her nnarriage, her parents, Louis and Mary Malcjewski, immigrated
to the United States and eventually moved to Kewaunee (Kewaunee),
Wisconsin, where they are buried.
Martin and Anna (Malcjewski) Wawzniak lived in Poland for three years
after their marriage, and then they, too, decided to immigrate to the
United States. Their first home was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where
they lived with two of Martin's brothers. It was during this time that
my grandmother, Mary, was born on IZ June 1895.
While living in Philadelphia, my great-grandfather Wawzniak
developed a high-fevered sickness. The sickness was long and eventually
terminal, and my great-grandmother had to provide an income. She
did so by working as a maid for the wealthy Polish families of the area.
After Martin's death, Anna took her daughter, Mary, and moved to
Kewaunee, Wisconsin to be with her parents. She lived with them and
worked in her father's inn where she met Martin Swifka.
Martin Swifka worked in the lime kilns in the area and owTied 100
acres of farm land. However, he did not have a house on his land; and
he lived at the Inn until he built one.
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Martin Swifka and Anna (Malcjewski) Wawzniak were married
sometime shortly after the turn of the centruy. Martin built their honae
and began to farna his 100 acres.
My grandmother, Mary, never changed her name to Swifka. She
retained her father's name of Wawzniak at her own request. Because
she did not change her name, she never felt that her step-father, Martin
Swifka, accepted her as a daughter.
She connpleted only the third grade, while her half-sisters continued
their schooling until the eighth grade. All of the girls in the family
were taught to cook on a wood stove, keep house, and run a family.
At the age of 14, my grandmother went to work for her grandparents
at their inn. She worked there for two years. It was while she was
working there that she met my grandfather, a man nine years her senior.
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FATHER
Raymond Francis Bares was born on 20 March 1919 to Christian
and Antonia (Arntz) Bares in Beach (Golden Valley), North Dakota.
He was the 12th child in a family of 13.
Ray's childhood was normal. The family moved five times, but
this was not harmful to his development. He rennembers the houses
he lived in as frame, lacking toilet facilities, but sometimes there was
city drinking water plumbed into them. The early Bares' homes were
heated by potbellied stoves or steam heat. It was not xintil they moved
to Freeport that they had a coal burning furnace. The houses v/ere
lit by kerosene lamps or electricity.
During his boyhood his time w^as occupied by household chores and
the adventures every boy takes. He remembers at age seven playing' in
corrals of wild mustangs. He recalls one of his older brothers bringing
home a runt pig. The pig soon became the family pet. Pete, as he was
called, was very smart and as Dad remembers, he used to beg for mice
that the boys had caught. Everyone vv^as very sad when Pete had to be
sold.
"When the Bares family moved to Freeport (Stephenson), Illinois, in
1928, Dad started fourth grade at Harlem Grade School on Harlem Street.
When, in 1929, they moved to 206 West Elk Street, he finished his
elementary education at St. Joseph's Grade School.
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High School was not too much different from what it is today.
Between school years he worked summer jobs. When he graduated
from Aquin Central Catholic High School in 1937, he was Valedictorian
of his class.
After high school he attended Brown's Business College in Freeport
(Stephenson), Illinois. He worked there as a janitor to pay his tuition.
From 1939-41 he worked part-time jobs and was time keeper at
Burgess Battery Company,
My father met Johanna Dolski at the "Bluebird Restaurant" in
Freeport. Dad took her dancing, to the movies and family events while
he was courting her. They were married in West Kewaunee (Kewaunee),
Wisconsin, at St. Hedv/ig's Catholic Church on 2 July 1942.
When Johanna and Ray were married, Ray had completed Officers
Cadet School and was on orders to report to his station in South Carolina.
They were married on Saturday and on Monday Dad left for his post.
Mom was to follow as soon as Dad had arranged some living quarters.
Their first home was at Wrightsville Beach, South Carolina. The
house was on stilts so the tide would not run in and there v/as a catwalk
connecting the sandbar on which they lived to the shoreline. My oldest
brother, Raymond Anthony was born here 26 August 1943.
Shortly after my brother was born, my father was reassigned to
a post in Georgia. My brother, Gregory Christian, was born in Savanna,
Georgia, 15 November 1944.
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Dad was then assigned to a post in Louisiana and to Camp Callan,
California. My mother, however, did not follow him to these stations.
She decided to stay with her mother lontil the war ended or Dad was
stationed at a permanent assignment. The war ended and Dad was
honorably discharged 30 January 1946.
After Dad's discharge. Mom and Dad moved to Float Street in
Freeport (Stephenson), Illinois. Dad joined his brothers in business
at the Mobil Service stations. At one time, they owned three Mobil
gas stations simultaneously. Eventually, the business proved to be too
spread out and was reduced to one station on the corner of Spring and
Chicago Streets. They have since sold the business, but it still carries
the name, "Bares Bros. Service".
On 22 February 1947 a third son, James Geoffrey, was born to
Ray and Joan Bares at St. Francis Hospital in Freeport (Steph. ),
Illinois.
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MOTHER
Johanna Josephine Dolski was born on 4 May 1920 in Kewaunee
(Kewaunee), Wisconsin, to Anton and Mary (Waszniak) Dolski. She
was the fourth child in a family of seven.
The early years of her life were without extraordinary events.
As a young girl, she worked in her parents' cheese factory and later
helped on their farm.
When she started high school, she joined the school bank and played
the alto saxophone. Her parents allowed her to manage her own life
and intervened only when they felt it necessary.
She tells many stories of the good times had at County Fairs,
Church bazaars and the like with family and friends.
Early in high school, she had decided to become a nurse, and
so when she graduated from Kewaunee High School in Jiine, 1937, she
enrolled in nurse's training at the Catholic hospital in Manitowoc,
Wisconsin. She attended classes there frora August 1937 to April
1938. In April of 1938 she left Manitowoc and moved to Freeport,
(Steph. ), Illinois, to stay with her sister, Gertrude, and help take care
of her cousin, Lee, who was seriously ill with pneumonia. When Lee
■was better, she entered nurse's training at St. Francis School of
Nursing in Freeport (Steph. ), Illinois. She graduated fronn St. Francis
in 1942 as a Registered Nurse. Copies of her certificates of Nursing for
the states of Illinois and Wisconsin are documents III and IV.
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My mother met my father in 1938 or 1939- He took her to such
places as the Circle, The Blue Bird Restaurant, and Teraqua Gardens.
Dad -would walk Mom on most of their dates, but if he was lucky, he
would borrow his older brother's coupe. Mother's curfew was 9:00
^ P. M. tlie first six weeks of training and J.2:00 P. M. thereafter, so
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r promptness w^as a necessity. They became engaged, and were married
« at St. Hedwig's Chruch, West Kewaunee (Kewaunee), Wisconsin, on
2 July 1942, the same church my grandparents were married in 3 1
years earlier.
My mother changed her name from Johanna to Joan during the
first year of their marriage.
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MICHAEL A. BARES
On 20 August 1949 the fourth and last child was born. Me ! My full
name is Michael Andrew Bares and I was born to Raymond and Joan
(Dol'ski) Bares at St. Francis Hospital, Freeport, (Stephenson), Illinois.
The fourth child was different from the three older children. He was
born with a super numiary cyst on his upper lip, which was repaired in
the delivery roonn. Due to poor care, the sutures sloughed away and
with them the t^'ssues of my upper lip. My parents were counseled and
received State aid to have the lip repaired at hospitals in the Chicago
area.
The first six months of my life were spent at Illinois Institute in
Chicago (Cook), Illinois. The doctors told my parents to leave me,
and they would contact them when I could come home. And so began
13 years of surgery, one operation every year sometimes two, not
even considering the frequent checkups. X-rays, and tests which
were necessary between each operation.
Despite being in and out of doctors offices most of my early childhood,
I had three older brothers that made my childhood as normal as the next
child. The defect did not hinder me frona playing, roughhousing, or
just plain fighting. It was only right after an operation that nny activities
were hindered.
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I attended kindergarten at Lincoln School beginning in 1954 and
began the rest of my elementary schooling at St. Joseph's Catholic
Grade School the following year. While in grade school, I was schooled in
catechism, the 3 R's and received the sacraments of Holy Communion
and Confirmation. Aside from my schooling, I participated in sports and
received the traditional "J" letter for superior performance. I graduated
from St. Joseph's in June of 1963. That same fall I entered Aquin High
School, the school my father graduated from 27 years earlier.
At Aquin I was an average student, participated in sports and was
involved in the many social functions. I lettered my Junior year, and
w^as voted All-Conference Center for the Stephenson Conference by
a unanimous vote. During my Senior year, I was elected Vice President
of- our class. I graduated in June 1967.
For the next year and a half I attended St. Norbert College in West
DePere, Wisconsin. I dropped out of school in the fall of 1968 and
enlisted in the U. S. Army the following April.
I entered boot camp on 5 August 1969. Through boot camp I entered
Leadership School and v/as an acting E-6 and class leader for the next
eight weeks. I was stationed in Berlin, West Gernmany, from January 1970
to September 1970. During that time I became close friends with our
German chaplain who guided me through Berlin and its history. On
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20 October 197 0 I left for Da Nang, South Viet Nam. With an engineering
certificate, I was fortunate to be stationed in the rear eschelon. I was at
the Property Disposal Ordinance Company, commonly called the "junk yard. "
I repaired the heavy equipment needed to move the scrap. On 31 October 1971,
I returned to the United States and was stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado.
It was here I received my active discharge on 7 February 1972 and am
presently waiting for my final discharge.
After my active discharge, I was in a limbo. I was thrust into society
after the protection of the military. My one bright spot was the young lady
I had been writing to and visiting on leave. Peggy Vedra was a girl I
met in high school, three years my junior. I didn't notice her much at the
time, but while in service she was an emotional stabilizer. It seemed
whenever I was low, I would have a letter from. Peg. The first one I remember
reading in the middle of K. P. back by the trash cans, it got me through the
next 12 hours.
I began to date Peg seriously after my discharge and on 16 September 1972
I asked her to raarry me. Fortunately the answer was yes. We were
married on 15 September 1973 at 11:00 A. M. at St, Thomas Aquixias
Catholic Church, Freeport (Stephenson), Illinois, Since then Peg shows me a
way when I'm confused and prods me when I'm down. But most of all, she
loves me for what I am. May we be as strong as our ancestors in life and
our faith,!
^^ ^^^mi^dmki^i^ -iitfc-^jsi^.'^^^rfi^iv r^^f.^'Ms'' - ~^»t
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ANTON DOLSKl DIED -^
ON SATURDAY MORNINC
rhe late Anton. Dolski, 3vho Board in recogmtoin ol has iiany',
IS tc-.vn clerk of West Kewau- | years of service.-^ The ipreser.ta-l
e inore than 30 years, is shown I ^^^^ ^^3 ^^^^ ^ Chaiiman Vvr.:.
the right in this photograph. U ,■ , • '-,, t~^, , ■ j- j
the occasion of presentaHon P^^^^- , -^I^.- - Dolski died re-
a v.-atch to him by the Town|<;sntly after .a prolonged illness. '■'
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• Anton Dolski, « former Town
i'Clcrk and one of the town of West
'Kewaunee's most preeminent resi-
dv-iiU, . _: h'- b^.iiir in thafl
township on Saturday TTioi:;i;i» af4
' ter an extended illness. He "-q^
sixty four yearsof age. 1
' Mr. Dolski was born in the town
-.of West Kewaunee on July 22, 1884
;and with the exception of a five
ryear period, from 1913 to 1^18, he
.'spent his entire life in this com-
"munity.
On October 24, 1911 he was mar-
ried in a ceremony performed at
the St. Hedwig's Chuifch in West
-■Kewaunee to the former Mary
' Wawziniak and for the ensuing
few ye-rs they made their home
. in Kewauiiee, Mr. Dotski being
employed with the Mashek Hard-
ware Co. In 1913 they moved to
Daggett, Mich., where for five
years they operated a general store
and the post office and then they
returned to West Kewaunee to en-
gage in farming. ' ' .
;. He is survived by his widow and
five children, Mrs. Vernon (Ger-
trude) Ihlenfeldt of West Kewau-
nee, Mrs. Riy (Joan) Bares of
Freeport, I!L, Jerome of West Ke-
waunee, Mrs. Ray (Alice) Flaher-
ty of West Kewaunee and Tony,
a student at St Francis Seminary
at Milwaukee. Also surviving are
sixteen grandchildren and other
kin's^eople.
Tlie funeral services were held
"on Wednesday morning at the Holy
Rosary Church with the Rev. Mi-
chael Jacowski officiating and in-
terment was in the Holy Rosary
Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ed-
win Swtfka, Leonard Ihlenfeldt,
Lavern Koelpikowski, John Swif-
ka. Bob Nemetz and Ransom
Dolski.
Anton Dolski was an outstanding
farmer and good citizen. He wais
not only successful in agricultural
pursuits but he compiled a record
of public service seldom ea.ualled.
During his residence in Michigan
he served as Clerk of Lake town-
ship for a period of three years
and at'ter his return to Kewaunee
county he served his townspeople
in V.'est Kewaunee as their Town
Clerk for a period of thirty years
or more, providing such splendid
and conscientious service that he
was re-elected each term with fine
complimentary votes until he chose
to retire from public hfe a few
years ai;o. He also served as a
member of the school board of the
former Paulus district for several
years. He was a fine gentleman
who was friendly and cordial in
the innumerable happy associa-
tions which he enjoyed and his
friends were le^on. -_ They, will
mourn his passing.
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BATUTIS, DENNIS, 1954-
LEASE USE INK; PLEASE PLACE THESE SHEETS AT THE FRONT OF THE SECOND COPY OF YOUR
FAMILY HISTORY
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I. Your name pennis Batutis
Date of form May 6, 197^1 * (ID #
2. Your coll(-qe: Kock Va I iev (-Ol lege (ID // )
^oclcTorT, Illinois >•■•
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7. What ethnic and social groups are discussed in your paper?
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FAMILY DATA
A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name jAtth3L\tg -Battttls
I f dead, date of death
Current Residence
Place of birth LlthwnJft Date of BI rth^EahruarjtA-lfiSO.
Education (number of years):
grade school 3 high school - vocational - college
Occupat lon(s)
1st Miner
2nd
3rd
itth
Oates_
Dates_
Dates_
Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1 st Minersvliie, Pennayivaniia t e s ?_
2 n d Cherry, I^jonois
Dates lyuo
3rd Wilsonville, Illinois Dates 1921
^th Dates
Re 1 i g 1 on Roman Ca^noiic
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. Litnuanian
WorKers Alliance, Lithuanian Ailiaace
^tace of Marriage to your grandmother iipring valley, JJ.J.lnois
date Novanber c'\
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NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-l)
B. Grandmother (your father's side)
Name >iary Stankunas Current Residence
If dead, date of death March 14. 1971"
Place of bl rth
Lithuania
Date of birth July ly, loyu
Education (number of years):
grade school - high school
vocational
col lege
Occupat i on (s)
1 s t Homemaker
2nd
3rd
'♦th
Dates_
Dates_
Dates_
Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Same as above Dates
2nd_
3rd_
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re 1 1 g I on Roman Uithoiic
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. Litnuaiixan Aj„i-Lance
DATE' ^'*' ^^^^
Place of marriage to your grandf'ather ipfillg Valloy
Note
"' il^a^%ta^SP.»fhlS(^Sa£l'8?'^tl(^§ pa|i^^A-^)f stepmother or another relative give
A- 1 SlepgranJfather (your father's side)
N.iiiic Current Residence
I f <)i<.Td. cl.ilc of death
Place of birth Date of Birth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
lit Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
i^th
3rd Dates 3rd ^Dates_
itth Dates '♦th Dates
Re I i q i nn
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother date
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
Narrw Current Residence
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth Date of birth
Education (number of years): ■■ ir -^ i .
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st Dates
2nd ^Dates 2nd ^Dates_
3rd ^Dates 3rd ^Dates_
Re I i g i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather Date
3.
Grandfather (your mother's side)
Name Frank Inn lima Current Residence
If dead, date of death Nov. 1953 " "
Place of birth Date of birth 1889
Education (number of years): —————— ———_^—
grade school Yes high school - vocational - college -
Occupatlon(s) PLace OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
ist Bal<er Dates 1st Madison Date#S8 1913
2nd Fruit picl<er ^Dates 2nd Rocl<ford ^Dates 1920
3rd Contracter _Dates 3rd Dates
l«th
.Dates i»th_ Oates
Re I igion Roman Catholic
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Church fraternities
*lace of marriage to your grandmother T. TT ^ " ?»te — Tl 77 — TTTT
j«^-. ic ^u . -■ L Madjso.n. V/i scons in , aaie j^iy ]c ]o i,
<ote: If your mother was raised by a bCbpfdlllg?! Ul ailULriBr iBlailVH (ro age 18) ' — - — ' —
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Jrandmother (your mother's side)
tame Josephine LJcari I no lima ^Current Residence 72^ Auburn. St. Rcckford , ILL.
I f dead, date of death «;■
Mace of birth _Date of birth September 27, ]8Sk
:ducation (number of years) —————— —^-—_____
grade school ^ high school - vocational - college
»ccupation(s) PL^CE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
St Madp. Qui If; Dates 1st Madison ^Dates 191^
Rockford
'"^ Furniture Pol ■<;her Dates 19^0-50 2nd Dates 1920
'""^ .^ __Dates 3rd Dates
■e I I g i on Roman Cat hoi ic
'olitical party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. Church Societies
'lace of marriage to your grandfather Madison V'lscohs in date July lb, l^i^
lote: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relative (to age THl
give that data on the back of this page (0-2)
C-l Stepgrandf ather (your mother's side)
N.jine Current Residence
I f fif.id. (1.1 tp oF dprith
r-l.ic.- ..I Ml III I). lie (il hiillt
I iliii .1 1 i I III (miiimI)i' I mT ^yi- 1 1 ■. j
>l».iil»« •.( ( I lii(jli scliDol vocolii>n.il ^i:(>ll<M|<>
ntcup.U i<)n(«.) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Ibt Dates 1st Dates
?n(i Dates 2nd Dates
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
iith
3rd Dates 3rd ^Dates
^th Dates '4th Dates
Re 1 i g i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother date
D-? S tcpcjr.indmothi-r (your mother's side)
Nnme Current Residence
I f (Icod, 'i.jtr of death
Pl.icc- of birth Date of birth
Education (number oF years)
grade school high school
Occ'jpal i on (s )
l-,t
2nd
3rd
vocat ional
col lege
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
1st
Dates
Dates
2nd
Dates
Dates
3rd
Dates
Re I i fj i on
Political party , civil or soci al clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather Date
I.
2.
CHIJiDREN of A s B (or A- 1 or B-I) - your father's name should appear below
~~" date October 1?, 1910
Name Ann Navonis
Place of birth erir. lUii^^
Number of years of scaling iS Occupatlort aaeeb Aasembler
Residence umcoxn Ave. Ro ..^ ; u Harl tal TTaf ..< i-oa..^ >.
Number of ch I Idren 2 — -"
Name jj^j-Reuww Yavorski
Place of birth Cherry, Illinois
Number of years of schooling !T
Res i dence Alton. Illinois
Number of chl Idren T~
cJate May 25. 191^
_ Occupati6n J8-LC-emp.Loyed
Marital Status Marrisa " "
N ame William Batutis
Place of birth Cherry Illinois
Number of years of schooling TZ
Res I dence , ^ ^^^^
Number of chl Idren 5
date December 29, 1917
Occupation I'itmtilflist -
Ai...-uB iJT Marital Ttatus i'^^iTSr
Name
Place of bl rth "~
Number of years of school Ing
Residence
Number of chi idren
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooHng
Residence
Number of chl ldr«n
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of school Ing
Residence
Number of chi Idren
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence
Number of children
Name
Place of birth -
Number of years of school ing
Residence
Number of chi Idren
Name
Place of birth ""
Number of years of school ing
Residence
Number of chi Idren
Name
Place' of birth •*
Number of years of schooling
Residence -
Number of Lll? !llreri
Marital Status
date
7ccupatl6n
Marital Status
date
Occupation
"3a t<
Occupation
Marital Status
Marital Status
date
Occupatldn
'date
_^__^ Jccupatlon
Marital Status
Occupation
Marital Sta t us
date
Occupation
narltal Status
CHILDREN of (, and 0 (or (-1, C-n-your mother's namo should appo.ir below
N.iMif Anoeline Inalima Giolio
fl.i. .- ..r l.iiili ^adTson. V'isconsin d.itc October 1, 1916
Nuiiil.'f mI yr.ir . oT sdioolirui 9 ^OccupJlion ^tope tlerk
H.--. i.lrricf 20th St. Rockford Mar i taT"Status MarTTed
Niiinhrr fil cniTdron 2
N.iiix- ^ose Inalina Paluzzi
PLic- '>f >)irth Madison \.'isconsin date -^"W 2^, 1918
Numher n\ yu.irs of school i nq 9 Occupation Seamstress
Residence Deceased Marital Status Carried
Number of ch 1 I dren 3
Name Ann Inolir'a Jackalone
Place of birth '^ockford Illinois date ^^'^f]^^]^1'\^.
Number ot years of schooling lU Occupation ^'roce. y Cicik
Residence Stornway Dr. Rocktord Marital Status Harried
Number of ch i 1 d ren 2
Name Joseohine Innlina Batutis
p 1 .U.P ,,r ^!rt^. Madison. V.'isconsin date" l^ebruary k, 1922
Number of years of school ! nq I" Occupation SLuic Clci k
Res i dencc J<805 Ednewood H i I! s Marl tal Status ^a" ^^iJ
Number of rh I 1 dren '^
S. Name Joseph Inolina
Place of birth "adison date December 6, 192^4
Number of years of schooling ^ ^nfl Arwy sehOOMrui Occupation/^'-" McLlraniii
Res i dence ^''^"^'^"°^ Mar i taTTtatus ^^r.-^J -
Number of ch i 1 dren ^
^' ^'^"^' , Florence Inolima Merriott
Place of birth Ppckford date March 19. 1926
Number of years of schooling IQ Occupat iOrt V'a i tress
Residence 621 Cottaae Grove Ave. Rockford Marital Status Marrri^
Number of ch i Tdren
Nd^'C Sar Inql ina
Place of b! rtii Pockford date November 25, 1931
Numbpr of years of schooling 11 Occupation Assemb ler
Residence 72^ Auburn St. Rockford Marital Status binqle
Number of ch i 1 dren -
Name
P lace of b i rth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Res i dence Mari tal Status "~
Number of ch I 1 dren
Nane
P lace of b i rth date
Number of years of schooling Occupat lOrt
Residence Marital Status '
Number of ch i I dren
NaTte
P lace of birth ' "~~~~" date
Number of years of school i ng Occupat iOn"
Residence Marit'al Status \
Number of thi I dren
Your Father
Name
William Matthew Batutis
!f dead, date of death
Current Residence'*'"^ ^^'^^^^ ^^^« ^-
PJace of birth C'noix j , Illinois
Education (number of years) -—— — —
grade school o high school
Occupation(s)
Ist iio.ciijj.t.i.s'c Dates i^^^
2nd Dates
Date of birth December -cy, lyi,'
vocational
col lege ~
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st -x iw.owlton Dates 19^*^51
814 a. Winnebago
2nd odtes 1951-57
3rd
'Jth
Religion Roman Catholic
_Dates_
Dates
3rd ^805 Edgewood Hills Dr Pates 1957-
_'»th Dates
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Place of marriage to your rrother Koekford , Illinois — ^ u,^e -^ t^^—
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that data on the back
of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
Nanre Josephine Theresa Inglima
If dead, date of death
Current Residence ^805 Edgewood Hills Dr.
Place of birth Madison, Wisconsin
Education (number of years)
grade school 8 high school
Date of birth February ^■» 1922
_£ vocational ° col lege
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1st Seamstress
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(after leaving home)
Dates 19^-0-51 jgt Same as above Dates
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2nd accxo m.|^i unent J'Wittfew-eates 1962-7^ 2nd
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Re I i g i on Roman Catholic
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grade school high school vocational college
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Name Ryhf^.rf M irh^g;, ] R^flt'V
Place of birth Rockford 11 1 innts bate of birth February 8, 1952
Number of years of schooling ^h Occupat Ion Sheet Met.l Annr.ntir.
Residence /,80S Edoewood Hills Dr. Marital ^fTf. Sinafi
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Name Dennis Batutis
Place of birth Rockford:;" baTe of birthApril 26, 195^
Number of years of schooling 1 1^ Occupation' Student
Residence . ^805 Edgewood Hills Dr. Marital (.t;.tn<. SinnfF
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Name Penise Batutis
Place of birth Rockford 1 1 1 inois Date of birth April 26, 195^
Number of years of Schooling 12 — Occupation Secretary
I Residence ^805 Edgewood Hills Dr. Marital Stlu^T Single ''
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Name Steven Craig Batutis
Place'cTTTTtF Rockford. I I linois Date of birth October 28, 1956
Number of years of schooling 12 Occupation Student
Residence it805 Edgewood Hills Marital Status Single
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I hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and administrative
rights, to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection, deposited in the
Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Illinois
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I had stn -tod it many years ago, I havo only on« living grandparent,
so I was not able to go back as far into the past as I would have
liked to F,o,
For ny father's side of the fcmily, I intorviowed my father
and "■•;" oldest sister, Ann. % Aunt Ann rnmemborod some of the
incid: of her parents through chats v'th her mother, but Aunt Am
put it so beautifully when Ehe said, "Those are the things you never
think of writing down. You think that the same people vrill always
be aroun' to ask questions of, but life passes on, and the next
thing you know, your loved ones are gone,"
Ky r:othor's mother is my only living grcndparent and so I
was able to interview hor. She. however, dcos not spoak Liiglish,
so my mr/ -.or and mv "ncle Sam a'-te'^ as interpret or for me.
sho knev.' v«ry little about my grandfather' a life before ho came to
this GOV Iry,
I'r, r.orry that ray paper could not ctpiare all of the humor and
all of f. .3 warmth that I experienced in in terviavr.Lng my rplativoc.
I V. .3 exposed to a wealth of photogrr.phs in gathering infojTr.ntion
about P,- family, but in the interest of ttie reader. I tried to li:-it
my choico of photographs to an absolute minimum.
24atthius Batutis
Matthius Batutis, my paternal grandfather, lived his early life in
Lithuania, He went to school for three years, which was the equivalent of a
high school education. He could read and write in his own language and he,
along with his three brothers and one sister, were taught prayers by their
parents ,
Though ny grandfather's people were simple, they had their music
to take their minds off the burdens of overydigr life. Even the woods
resounded is what they use to ssy, when thgy would start to sing and dance
to their native folk songs. Matthius had a very nice voice and his brother
Charlie was a musician in the army. Mjr great grandfather made a violin
for ny great uncle, but there is no way of tracing this musical instrument.
Matthius and his family left Lithuania to avoid the Russian arny.
Most young men in Lithuania did so if they had the chance, Jlatthius'
brother Paxil had served in the Russian amy and all through his life
he ccaaplained of a bad straaach, which he claimed to have received in that
amy.
When they came to the United States, they got jobs in coal mines
in Pennsylvania, then Vfest Virginia, and finally they came to the small
town of Chevy, Illinois, where they settled.
Matthius was engaged to Ilary Stanukus and a big wedding was
planned for Novonber 11, 1090, The hall was raited and the wedding was to
last for about three diys, as was traditional for that time. However, a
mining disaster occurred and the mine burned, iiai^r men were killed,
and it was days before everyone had been found, Hatthius worked on the
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night shift and the disaster happened in the morning, so he was not
working at the time. % grandparents did not feel that it was right to
have a big celebration while all of their friends were in mourning. So they
were married in a quiet cei*«nony in the last week of November in 1909.
Because the mines of Ceriy were very low, my grandfather had a
back ache much of the time, and finally, he moved to Wilsonville,
Illinois, were the mines were higher and he could stand up to work, rather
than having to bend over.
Because toy grandfather had been educated, he used to read to my
grandmother, Ify aunt recalls that he would read in Lithuanian to her,
and after he had learned &iglish, he read to her "The Arabian i-nights'.' and
other classics.
He was a veiy matriculous dresser and my aunt recalls that one time
she was going to a movie in a dress which she liked very much, but she
had washed it and it shrunk just a little bit. My grandfather made her
go upstairs and change, because he wanted his children to look very nice
also.
Matthius worked as a coal miner all of his life, and was a
member of the United Mine Workers. When the U.M.W, went on strike,
Matthius came to work at National Lock for about six m«iths, or until the
strike aided. He did not like factory work, and while he was in Rockford, he
stayed with his daughter, who was married and living on Island Avenue.
% grandfather was regarded with much affection by my avmt and my
father. He was a happy-go-lucl^ type who, though he worked hard, knew how
to enjoy life.
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Mary Stankunas
%zy Stankunas, lay maternal grandmother, came to America to loarry
my grandfather >latthius Batutls. Her mother died when she was just seven
years old and she was raised by her Aunt £vra Gutnukis.
Maxy's life in Lithuania was that of a peasant girl. She
watched the pigs and cows and made sure that they did not get into the crops.
ProK what I gathered, it was sort of a communal life, in which every-
one was to do their share for the little reirards of a piece of black
bread, which on many days, composed their entire diet. She told the
story that she would get her piece of bread and she would alws^s eat it so
fast because she was so hungry, but when it was goie, there was no more.
'The (mly holidays that were celebrated were Christmas and ^ster.
However, being of peasant class, it is assumed that not much was done about
these holidays. There is really no evidence as to how the holidays were
spent. Iliere is indication that the Lithuanians of that day did observe
40 hours of devotion around the Easter season.
Indeed religion pla^red a very important part in the lives of
vsy grandmother's people. They wo\ild walk miles to the village each Sunday
to att«7d mass. During this time, they fasted, jl don't know how much
less they could eat, but grandmother is dead, so there is no way to verify
the daily diet.)
I'lary Stankunas came to imerlca when she was 18 years old. Her
aunt didn't want her to C(Kzie to this country, but it seemed that a widower
wanted to marry i'lary, and so, in choosing the lesser of two evils, Maiy was
sent to live with her sister, i'largaret BatutiSt who had coiae to the
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come to America, He got a job as a coal miner in West Virginia and then
in Cherry, Illinois. Once he was in Cherry, he sent for his wife ^Ja^garet
and their son Paxil. Once th^' had become established. Great Aunt iSva Gunukas,
in trying to prevent the marriage of her niece to the ■widower, wrote to
Paul and Margaret, asking than to send money for Mary's vpyage to the new
world, i^ry came to the United States, and after being here for a year, she
married Paul Batutis' brother, Ilatthius Batutis.
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Frank Inglima
Frank Ingliraa, my uiatomal grandfather, camB to the United
States from Saint Franciesco in Palermo, Sicily aroiind 1912. His father
owned a bakeiy and he worked for him. He also worked as a fruit picker for
part of his life, before coining to America. He left Italy to avoid the
draft, and once here, he worked as a contractor for the rest of his life.
He had one brother, Joseph, who oarae to America, but the rest of his
family remained in Italy. He married my grandmother, Josephine Licari on
July 15, 191^.
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Josephine Ldcari
Josephine Llcarl, my maternal grandmother, was bom on
Sept«nber 27, 189^+. (her birth certificate reads October because In
Italy, they did not register their children at the courthouse until about
a week later.) Her parents were Sam Licari and Rose I-larmina Llcarl. liie Llcarl
family lived in St. Uiuseppeito in Palermo, Sicily. She was one of seven
children, and they shared & two room house with a horse. % grandmother
mentioned that many people in their village slept with pigs and chickens
in the house, but they only had a horse. Nine people stayed in one room, and
the horse in the other.
This horse was a very important part of the family *s income. %
grandmother * s father, like his father before him, was a transporter of
goods. They would carry things from one point to another, with their
horse and cart. Also from this cart they sold wine, which they transported
in barrels. My grandmother went to school for about three years at a
local Catholic school. % grandmother was aajployed as a quilt sewer
before she came to America, Her family was considered of average income
in Sicily.
Religion played an important part in my grandmother's early life.
Most of the festivities, of her village, were centered around religious
holidays. Darring these holidays, there would be fireworks, picnics, bocchi,
or lawn bowling, and dances.
The key decisions were made by n^y grandmother's pajrents, jointly,
Ify grandmother never owned a car, but was the first on her block to have a
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brother, Sam, was the first manber of her family to come to America,
He, like my grandfather, came, to avoid the Italian Army. Then members of
her f&mlly came one at a time. First her father came, then her brothers
and sisters, and finally, about four years later, her mother came with
her youngest brother and sister, and the family was reunited.
Weddings were very big in Italy and many people joined in the all
day celebration, FWierals also involved the entire village, and the casket
was carried on the shoulders of the men, through the village. Both, along
with baptisms, were held in the church.
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Frank and Josephine
Josephine Licari cane to America in 1913 • When her father and
brother came to meet her at the train station, Frank InRlima was with them.
He decided that he wanted to ciarry Josephine, and the marriage was arranj^ed.
After living her© for a while, my grantimother's brother brought a fi*isnd
hone for lunch eveiy day. He too became very interested in Josephine.
Biat because Frar.k earns fron a family that was rather well to do in Italy, her
parents decided she should laarry Frank, \ihom. she would have chosen an3rway.
During their courtship, Frank would come and sit across the living
room from Josephine, and they would look at each other, while her father
looked on. Re would call on Josephine, and if no man was home to chaperone,
he would go away. She married hira without even as much as shaking his hand.
They were married on July 15. 191^ in Madison, VflLsconsin.
After they were married, they lived in Madison for six years,
th^ then moved to Rockford for two years, back to Madison for about three
years and then back to Rockford, whei^ they remained.
They settled in South Rockford, where many Italians lived. There
they spoke Italian and shopped in stores such as Zaimmito*s, Juliano's and
Ferris', in which they chained things and payed bills weekly.
Almost all of the social activities were centered around St,
Anthony's Catholic Church, which my grftndfatlier helped build in 1930.
In the summer there were carnivals and dances every weekend on the Church
grounds. Also included in the festivities were picnics, bingo, bocchi, and
venders soiling pumpkin seeds and chic peas.
During World War II, some Italians got the Italian P.O.W.'s
released periodically over night for a block party, for which entire blocks
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a mystery as to how these prisoners were released, even for a short time.
Also during World War 11, uy uncle Joseph was stationed in
Tennessee, as a raonber of the Anay Air C, --.s, and one treat they especially
enjoyed was receiving letters frcra hla- They said that the entire house-
hold would come alive with excitement when a letter would come.
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William I'iatthew Batutls
Wlllijan Matthew Batutis, bqt father, was bom in Cherry, Ulinois
on December 29, 1917. He was the only son, with two older sisters. When he
was just a year old, a flu epidemic broke out in Qierry. Many people died
and doctors were almost impossible to reach. Due to sc«ae influ«itial
neighbors, the Mills, the doctor came to care for ny father, after he
had taken care of the sick members of the I-tllls* family.
lFailiam»s family lived alone in a two story house in Cherry. When
the family moved to vaisonville in 1921, they stayed with friends until
their house was built. This was a white frame hcaae with a living room, a dining
room, a kitchen and two bedrooms . The only boarders were friends of ray
grandparents who had cane to ViBLlsonville to work in the mines. They
lived with the Batutls family for only a short time, and they ate their
meals and slept there.
l-!a3?garet, my father's sister, lived with her parents after she
was married, for about a year before she died, when she became to ill
to care for herself.
My father's family was considered to be average middle class. They
had what they needed, and th^ weren't aware that they could have more. %
grandmother v&s a very thrifty person, and she managed to save a great deal.
She managed the mcmey in ray father's household.
Most holidays were spait at home. %• grandmother and iriy father
would come to Rockford to visit vsy father's sister Ann or my grandmother's
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relative with a oar, or they would take the train to Freeport and th«i
the bus to Rockford, Ify Aunt Ann recalls that transportation to and from
Rockford was fs bad then as it is now. These visits would be made in the
oocasie»i of a wedding or funeral, usually.
Religion was learned in the Holy Cross Catholic Church of
VfiLlsonville. The children learned the catechism and other religious training
in church, Schooling was received by my father in the Wilsonville
Elanfflitar:'^ - hx)l, where he was valedictorian, and at Gillespie
COTiDiunity High School, a town about five miles from Wilsaiville. ify father
read a lot, tacause as his older sisters did their homework, ny father
was expected to be quiet,
Vftlliam was discuplined only by his parents, no other adults
helped in child rearing. Actually most of the disciplining was dcaie by
n^r grandmother, %• grandfather would handle the childrmi in this ^^ay. He
would s«y "If your mother can't handle you, I will, but if I do, you'll
remember it."
Jfy father never had a car until he left home and started working.
In 1938 he purchased his first car, a 1933 Plymouth, and later, in 19'''1 he
purchased a 1936 Chevrolet. The first radio that my father had as a child
was one that his sister bought after she had come to Rockford, around 192?,
It was an R.C.A, portable model and it was lost In the mail. It had
heen sent to W.lliainsville instead of Wilsonville, but it was finall ' recieved .
The community of ii<8J.SOTiville had about 900 people and about
four grocery stores. It also had a movie theatre, ^Alch my father attended
about aice a week and a large hall for rollar skating, which he also got
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baseball often, and swara in the cit3'^ resevoir. The cosnnunity also celebrated
Labor Day with many festivities, including a carnival and & parade. The ev^ent
covered the aitire three day weekend.
The houses in Wilson ville were not the most aodem in the way of
sanitation. There was no indoor plumbing, so a well was used to get all the
water, and an outhouse was used in place of an inside bathrocHo.
Jfy father left in 1935 "to come to Rockford to look for a job.
While here, he lived with his sister Ann at 503 Island Avenue, He first
went to work in a furniture factory. Then he worked at Greenlee* s from 1935
until 1938. Wien iiitler invaded Poland, International Harvester ireopened
one of its CMcago factories, and my father went to live at 2422 South
Troy Street in Chicago, with his married sister tiargaret. He worked there
for six months. He then went to work at National I-ock for eight months fran
1939- 19^0, He then went to work as an O.D, Grinder at Barber-Colaaan Ccanpany,
an occupation he still holds. He has not be^i an active member of the
union.
About the only spectacular thing that happened to vny father was that
as a member of the Gillespie Community high school basketball team, th^
were semi-finalists to the Sweet l6 tournament. Even though they did
not make it, thej had gone further than any other team in that anall
high school, so the school boiight tickets and sent thaci to the tournament
lAich lasted four four days in Chanpaign-Urbana,
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Jos- . ■'ijno Thoresa Ir;^3li->a, mj' mothnr, was born in I'iftfHr.cn,
Vi'isc.insir, <->n Fobruflr:,'^ '^» 1'}??., Sho veu the fourth of sev^n children,
and tho "• rth girl in hor fcrnily. 51^5 \:ckz nam-'d Jo3ophin« aftnr ^or
mot;.!?r, i-it bolng a favoritf of hor father, who called her his "iit.vlr.
Chiicr.dcd i" she was dubbod "C^dcki«^" and later Chick, which is th«
nar.o she -o.-cd all of hor lifo,
JoS';.,niir.o movfjd to R-: •'■ ."oi't^ ct ihn n.';^ of tv;o and lived at
sovoral t. ..'ferent locaticr... in Ibckfcrn. tUe noot rencmberc ' wis ."t
7l2 i31ak . 3troet. Tho livir,;; accci-oclati no vare adequate, 'itij C-i-i'li'
slept in u lo rocm» the boys in anothrr, tho p-orents in another, pl^3
there wa*; a living room, kitchen, and «i dinirj; room, used for spa-.:j.il
cc.Cf-sionc ^
Her firaily livod alcno, 'with no other rslativos. Aimoi;t all of
hor relet v OS lived in tho catiio pai-t of town, South Rockford, scr.-:-.
vltVin 9. block. Tho parcntr. v;ere tho only onos to dcscipl":no ir.cr.c-rs
of !.:y i\v .■■.■•r's ffwiily. In one insicnco, th<. v-lfo of riy raoihor'c L.oi'or
C£'V;ato li"''S viith ny grandparents vfid.le her \ia.'j\>::.\-id was in Ihii &:;iii^>-.
CLi.ar th-'ii thit, no other irurri«-d ffaailjr Ktixbcri; hove livcc with ti.e.ir
pax-eats. l-ij grandmother continues to live (rilh h«r ycun^''.55t scii,
who is v: irried.
liy !r-.th'.r«3 firat Job vas tt.V.on vlvm oho wus about 1?. £h.- wib
c cooka "i Ipor in tLa ditchon of Saiiit Tht^aiaa Catholic School fc;**
boys. Si worked at th)?.; J :b for alnost n yptir. Sho then .;- nt 1 o
vci-;. at i:'; n house in Rccli' i>i"d. Ilirre, she va.i i'-':plc.yed as a 8*'--n.;Lrt;ts.
Shr.n Hcaji h.'v.1 a unicn. I,;';. ' h-^re v i >i no sti-'iko;:-, and evf*rv'on© v'^s
or. t^ood t. :-T,r., Sho worked them frcoi 19^0 v.-itil 1.951. Sh" koft
hf-r Job :ii tbn hopi^s of rai • l:if^ a faiaLly, and abont a year later,
hfrr fjrtl ^ hild was bom. After h-r cbil-irtn vr-.ro in school, ehf>
vent bac'r lo work at Sparhon's D<-«j:artri»'nt S^ero, or. o port tiroc
cmployoo J.i the canh offico. Whon Sptirton'o wari boui.bt out hy
Arlr-n's r ;TartjnentStoro, sho stayed on as iVug Dopartjiient i'-finaper.
As a cliild, my mother 'a family wcs poor, and the money that her
fstbor na'la vas used to pay the bills and Vmy food. My mothor e*yo
that she I =id spagetti every night of the i.oek, in one hundred different
variations.
The only chores that my mother recalls doing are the regular
household chores of making the beds, washing the dishes, and cleaning
the house.
Most of the family gatherings were in the form of picnics in
the summer time. Because the families were getting larger, it was
hard to get all of ray mother's aunts, uncles, and cousins in one house
for dinner, so family gatherings were confined to sxunmer and parks.
Visiting was done by walkingto a friend's and relative's
homes since my grandfather never liad a car. % motht^ir recalls that
time an uncle from California passed throutsh Rockford, and he stayed
with their family, but otl<er than that she re calls no extended visits
to or fr>"" Rookford by any r>:lAtlvf!5.
Woddirf^o, funerals and baptif^ms wo» o hold in Saint Anthony's
Cr.urch, of which my mother's family wis a noTr.ber. Trie Church pl-'y-J
Rin inpor'nt part in my motlior's r.Tiily Tlfo. All of hor cLstrrc i^nd
brothers ".re educated at St. Anthony's Calholic School. Ky motfrr
vi3 a PIP..' or of th© young Ladies Sodality, a club for the u'lmArrlel
your.'; wo v n of the Parish, which met once each month for breakfast
and co.Tjr.u .^on.
Ky K other's parents made the major decisions together, Hor
3choolir.^ uas almost autcE^atically decided, because she would attend
the Cath.*'\c school which wis within walking distance of her ho7:3.
A3 far ar. .Qarriai;^e docisionri wont, the child pickM thoir spouso, ana the
parents i dd-d with thoir decision,
Ky r i^andmother handled the di^cipli -..Ing of the child;- ;n, vlien
it vas r.' eoc:;ai'y. No other rel?.tiyo3 h;.-T:.:-d vith child r_" .rinj.
Tho conflicts that occurred in my r.other's family wor-j ovor
money prvV-lcms, At one tirca ray gr<ind.r.othor had to take a job, zc
my moth-'-- was expected to bake tho brc d and wake supper.
Th- f was not much to dc as a child, in tho way of cnterts.ir.--.3nt,
but as i\ mother grew to dating ap;o, o\\o went to sono dancos which
were sp'' soi'od by the church or other socio biec^, or she would attend
a notic.- .picture at the Capital, Roalto, or Coronado Theatres,
Other o- nts in tho corrrunity wcro Church jvicnios and parr.des,
Ky moth 1- >iiont to hor first football gi^.-i «rter she had started
vorking a., St. Thomas'. W'.umi my fataor riovocl next door to lier, sh«>
Fie-t him a .i about six yenrs lator, thoy wore married.
Dennis Batutis
l^ nr..-io is Dennis Batutis. I was bom, alons with my twin nl^t«r
Denlse, on April 26, 195^. I have an older brother Robert, who va*?
bom on i bruary 8, 1952, and a younger brother Steven, who wao bom
on October 28, 1956. % parents are William and Josophine Eiatutis.
Until I was throe years old, my fanily resided at 8lU North
Winnebago St. in Rockford, This was an old, white, frame home ><!d-h
was owne-i by my parents, with an upstair-* apartment which they rented
cut. Thij heme had large rooms and was adrrquate vintil our family
started growlns up and more room was needad.
In 1957. ray parents built a hc.^io at 4805 Edgewood Hills Dr«
This blonda brick ranch-stylo homo is ny present residence. This
hems has three bedrooms, a ):itchGn, a living room, and a dining room.
It also h;.i3 a big yard, and is located across the street from Alpine
Park woods , Those woods provided a wonj^rful sotting for chlldhocd
oxperionc-3, along with all the. other t,l ;;hborhood kids. There slv^ays
seemed to be plenty of children in our neighborhood, \ilhon firjt va
Rovcd to this neighborhiid , my maternal r.randiiothor lived across tao
stroat fr cm us, but after a year, sho, along with hor son, Kovcd cut.
Our i'arally Is considorod average in income. Both of vsy parents
woi'kod !■ ordor to help uo live more cc;ra'ortabl;7, and each child
was expcfled to go to work, part time, to mcke his or her oi.-n spending
money whta ho turned 16, which was used for clothes and entortalruuont .
I vorkod £3 a bus boy and a tray carrlwr at Bishop IXiffot for $1.60 an hour.
Lstor, I b<5came a co-host on weekends, and I made $170 an hour.
I worked there for two years. I then went to work at K-Mart,
There, I was employed as a check-out operator for which, after being
there a year, I was receiving $2.00 an hour. All during this time, I
was still a student, and then I wont to work in Rock Valley College
ERC, while I was a sophonore at that College. For this Job, I
received $1.75 ^n hour and was on the work study program at R.V.C.
because the hours were Ideal, no nights or weekends, which was iriiat
I needed in order to work as a singer-dancer in a dinner theatre.
Ror this I was paid from $8.00 to $15.00 a performance.
Holidays were spent in some sort of a family gathering. Usually
several families of ny mother's relatives got together to spend
Thanksgiving and Easter. Christmas Eve was always spent at my maternal
grandmother's home.
Weddings in our family were held in Church, and visually a reception
was held in the evening, with a band. Very often, we were invited
to the wedding dinner of an extended family member. This was usually
held before the reception.
Baptisms took place in the Church. Members of ny immediate
family were all baptised in Saint Anthony's Catholic Church in Rockford.
After each baptism, a dinner was held by my parents for the grandparents
and godparents of the child. Other parties that were held for family
members were after First Holy Communion, Confirmation, and High School
and College Graduations. Thes« {>artle8 usually were made up of ham
cr sausage sandwiches, cake, and punch. They were attended by aunts,
vmcles, and cousins.
Religion played a semi-important roll in my life. Each of my
siblings and I received all of the applicable sacriments, i.e. Baptism,
PenAnce,, First Holy Communion, and Confirmation,
Most family decisions wore made by my parents, Jointly. The
first car that I remember riding in when I was small was our fanily
car, a 19 '3 Chevrolet, which ray mother won at a Saint Anthony Q-,urch
picnic. Wo bought a new Chevrolet in I963 and kept that until I
started d-iving a 196? Chevrolet which ray family purchased In I969.
Wo'vu had a television since I can remember and have always had
many radio 3.
I hav3 always been active in school activities, and in a scnso,
my school has been my community. I attended Gregory School from
Kir.dorgar-ion, when the school first opened in 1959, until sixth grade.
Vkliilo thore, I was a member of tho school"s Safety Patrol. I tht-;n
attended Jefferson Junior High, whore I w.ia a member of Student
Council, Svim team, and Drouaa Club. Jefforson was then treoisforaea
into a hi;:,"a school and I was a mcmbor of its first graduating clr,?.. ,
In high school, I was Senior Class Treaouror, Student Council Prorf-ient,
and Student Council Vico President, Yearbook Editor and Layout Editor,
a iTiGmbor cf the band and Stage Orchestra and was involved in all cf
our high r.chool musical productions. Because of my activities and
ay above average grades, I was votodixi as a Charter member of Jefforson
High School's firot National Honor Society. I then wont on to Rock
Valley College and there I was involved in a musical comody and in
ny sophomore year I joined the Chorus. I was on the Dean's list
each semester and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa,
Saint Joseph's Day-
Saint Joseph's Dajf is a holidaj^ celebrated by Italian
Catholics on I larch 19. Sone fanilies build alters in their hones to thank
St, Joseph for a special prayer that has been answered. My rrandnother has
had four Saint Joseph's alters.
These alters have every k5.nd of Italian food, fron smoked fish,
to bread, to churches TiSde from s^igar and (nitn drops. The preparation for these
alters starts about a nonth ahead of the scheduled holiday, with the
baking of cookies and other confections. The cooking and decorating goes on
for the entire laonth.
On Saint Joseph's Day, the alters are open to the public, and they
are announced in the nerwspaper. Anyone may corae and share in the feast of
spaghetti, bread, and pastries. The alter is blessed by a priest, and three
children, representing each member of the Holy Familj'-, are elected to
taste fron each dish on the alter. Since the alter usually covers the
entire living room, the dinner, ^jduch starts at noon, takes sorae time.
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