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.
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 Coughran Joshua Culp Paul Dietrich…
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 To-Day. The crowd of divorce…
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 Hickey Margaret Hannan Samuel O.…
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. John V. McAdam, Christopher Mahoney,…
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 was remembered: The following obituaries…
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, Caroline Koerner, John J. Murphy,…
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.
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.
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, Marrio Cuneo, Adolph James Dittenhoefer,…
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