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Comment by Donlyn Arbuthnot on July 20, 2009 at 5:16pm

I'm descended from the White, Jackson, and Morey families in Stark and Knox Counties. I would like to connect with others researching these families. I recently became a member of DAR though this line. I have many old photos that have not been identified, but all came from Illinois from the Jackson and White families.

Comment by Carol Robertson on July 20, 2009 at 10:39am

I'm new, here. Researching Robertson, Delp, Delph, Ford, Brumbaugh, Gunn, Tierney, Dooling, Davis,

Carol Robertson

Comment by Kate Steere on July 20, 2009 at 9:50am

Hi Dawn-
Were you able to locate John and Phoebe in 1900? I haven't been able to find them as yet-

Comment by Dawn Smyth Hicks on July 20, 2009 at 9:17am

I am researcing the son of a cousin who appears only once on the 1910 census for Cook County IL. His name was Foy/Fay BURDON/BURDEN and he was born about 1893 according to the census in IL. His mother was Canadian. I have found the burial site for his parents in Oak Woods Cemetery, but no sign of Foy there or in the database. I have searched on Ancestry for any other sign of him but nadda. OUr family was unaware of his existence till I found the 1910 census. Any help appreciated.

Comment by George Holmes on July 19, 2009 at 6:16pm

Researching:
Holmes, Rogers, Andrews, Alford - Peoria County.
Mostly from 1845-1880's.

Comment by Robert Hamilton on July 19, 2009 at 4:37pm

Ny ancestors lived in Pontiac from 1910 to 1945
FREESTON, Edwin and Ethyl,
He worked for Alton and Chicago RR as a tower operator
Emigrated from Boston England with my Mother Doris and other siblings in 1904
They started in Lincoln then Bloomington then Pontiac
They were members of Grace Episcopal Church

Comment by Tracy Galentine on July 19, 2009 at 1:54am

Sheri, I am a genealogist from Edgar County, IL. I have a small amount of information on the LESEURE family. There were some living there as late as 1880.

Comment by Georgie Trammell on July 18, 2009 at 10:25pm

I was in LaSalle Co., IL last year and found that the best and most complete records were maintained in the Genealogical Society. Since then I have been in contact with several county Genealogical and Historical Socities through the US.

Comment by Carroll Nichols Holmes on July 18, 2009 at 8:23pm

You may have hit it. I had just ran an inquiry on Illinois marriages and decided on the David H Grove as the most likely candidate. I tried to trace it out and found him living with his father in St Mary's, Hancock county in 1870. I can find no further data on Ancestry. I'm going to try some other services.
I think just the process of going through this again let me try searches I hadn't done for a long time but this time with different results.

I did find a gedcom for her probable husband although it does not mention her. The groom's name is Donal Hertel Grove born 3 Aug 1848 in Illinois.

Thanks, everyone. I have been looking for her for almost 20 years.

Comment by Harold Henderson on July 18, 2009 at 8:15pm

Carroll -- I'm just having a lot of trouble getting my mind around her taking off on her own -- in the 1970s, yes, not in the 1870s. I see the statewide marriage index has an Ella Holmes marrying in 1872 in Hancock County, and a Sarah Holmes marrying in 1872 in Tazewell. Of course these are long shots but looks to me like we're in long shot territory. How about more distant relatives, either Holmes cousins or cousins on her mother's side? Or would she have known her sister-in-law's people in Peoria before their move to Bay City? Any church connections -- could she have gone to be a missionary somewhere? -- Harold

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