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  • 1894 Obituaries: January 10

    The following death notices appeared in the January 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 9: “BAILEY-WILLIAM F.D., beloved husband of Elizabeth Bailey, aged 66 years. Funeral from his late residence, 1151 W. Superior-st., Thursday at 7:30 a.m., to Portage, Wis.” “BALLEN-At Dubuque, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1894…

  • Raymond Carl Johan Tolf 1891-1973

    I started climbing my family tree in 1986 after reading an article in the Chicago Tribune. Raymond C. Tolf’s name was in the article. Everyone in my family referred to Raymond as Unkie. He was my maternal grandmother’s paternal uncle, the brother of Harry Tolf. Unkie and his sister outlived Harry…

  • Carl Tolf 1768-1827

    My 5th great-grandfather Carl Tolf was born on this date in 1768 (246 years ago!) in Svenarum, Jönköping, Sweden. Here’s  a brief pedigree for the cousins following this line: Carl TOLF (1768-1827) married Helena Jonasdotter WIDERBERG and they had a son named Carl Jonas; Carl Jonas TOLF (1795-1833) married Maja Lisa…

  • Front Page News – January 5, 1894

    While doing 19th century research at the local university, I got caught up in the lives of three couples. Do any of the people that appear below also appear in your family tree? The following stories appeared on the front page of the January 5th, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News:…

  • 1894 Obituaries: January 5

    From the January 5th, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 7: BAIRD-FLOSSIE L., daughter of L.W. and Minnie Baird, and granddaughter of M.C. ??? (Nuveen maybe? text is hard to read), aged 8 years and 26 days. Funeral from parents’ residence, 2396 Selwyn-av., Irving Park, Sunday, Jan. 7,…

  • Tying Up Loose Ends

    Using the calendars in Family Tree Maker as a tickler file is helping tie up loose ends in my family history research. On this date in 1900, Clara Antoinette Joehnk was born in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Her parents were John and Clara nee Biedinger. Clara Biedinger’s parents were Nicholas and…

  • A Second Look at December

    Organizing one’s family history research is practically a full time job, isn’t it? I already have a full time job, so I have to get (and stay!) organized to make the most of the tiny windows of time I have available to actually do research. December first I began scanning records…

  • Front Page News December 31, 1903

    Chicago is no stranger to fires. After the Chicago Fire of 1871 burned a large portion of the city, much attention was paid to the construction of new buildings. The Iroquois Theater was billed as being fire proof, much the way the Titanic was said to be unsinkable. This new venue,…

  • 1903 Obituaries – December 30

    The following articles and death notices appeared on page 12 of the December 30, 1903 issue of the Chicago Daily News; “FINE FOR MOVING DEAD WOMAN. Night Watchman Punished in Mrs. Rosa Ganka Suicide Case. Spencer Cayson, night watchman of the Saratoga Hotel, who, with Manager Paschal Hicks, was arrested…

  • Merry Christmas 1951