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Category: Chicago Daily News

  • 1892 Obituaries: April 13

    The following names were listed under “deaths” on page 9 of the April 13, 1892 edition of the Chicago Daily News: Johanna Christopher Bartholomew James Donahue Herman Fromhold Edward McEwen John D. Morrison Mary E. O’Connor See image in this post to read each obituary.

  • 1892 Obituaries: April 18

    The following names appeared in the “deaths” column of page 9 in the April 18, 1892 issue of the Chicago Daily News: Dagmar Anderson Josephine Albertz (nee Bond) Mary C. Becker Charles Blakeley Mary A. Carten Charles Cochrane Mary A. Carten Mary A. Carten Margaret Carroll Louisa Clemens G. Washington…

  • Divorce 1883 Style

    We often think of our ancestors living in a “simpler time”. But in many ways that simpler time was pretty similar to life today. From page 1 of the June 9, 1883 issue of the Chicago Daily News; “The Bonds of Wedlock. Broken for a Large Number of Mismatched People…

  • 1892 Obituaries: April 21

    From column one of page 8 of the April 21, 1892 issue of the Chicago Daily News: Marriages – John A. Gunn/Carrie Fuarey Deaths – Edmund K. W. Blake Anna Gertrude Cartan John J. Dougherty Grace Elizabeth Drake John Eizinger William Gallagher Jennie Gunn Johnnie Griffen Christian C. Garber Joseph…

  • 1892 Obituaries: April 27

    The following names appeared on page 8 under “deaths” in the April 27, 1892 issue of the Chicago Daily News;  Charles Artingstall, Asa Bradley, Frank J. Beilman, William Crone, Nellie Fuller Fielder, Henry Heidel, Henry Hirchbein, Matthew Harvey, Anna Kerstine Johnson, William Krueger, Capt. John Keelin, F. H. Little, Mrs.…

  • 1892 Obituaries: April 30

    The following death notices appeared in one column on page 6 of the April 30, 1892 issue of the Chicago Daily News; F. A. Bird, Paul Grantham, Lizzie C. Kennedy and part one of James Kilroy: James Kilroy’s death notice was continued in the next column and Mrs Mary A Benson…

  • 1894 Obituaries: December 20

    Deaths reported on page 7 of the December 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News included Mary Ann Adams, Belinda A Brookes, John Cadigan, Eddie Cashion, Elizabeth Carroll (nee McLeanan), Margaret Carey, Bridget Coffey (nee Murphy), Marie Cleary (nee Prentergast), John Flahterty, Fannie Freese, Patrick J. Hogan, Honora Kennedy,…

  • Unexpected Deaths in 1894 Chicago

    P. McCondelle died in the county hospital after falling from a Blue Island Avenue cable car. On the same page the death of a 62 year old man named Leonard (is this his first name? his last name?) also died unexpectedly.  

  • Batavia News Travels to Chicago

    I found it interesting that news from Batavia (roughly 30 miles west of Chicago) was reported in the Chicago Daily News via Elgin Illinois. It’s a reminder to thoroughly search ALL the newspapers in a wider geographic area when I’m on the trail of an elusive ancestor.  

  • 1894 Obituaries: December 15

    John Fitzgerald died of pneumonia in Idaho as reported on page 2 of the December 15, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News. More deaths were chronicled on page 6 of the same paper; Julia Beattie (nee Hogan), John Bermingham, Josie Brown, Mary Ann Cahl (nee Slattery), John Patrick Coan,…