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Tag: Chicago Genealogy

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 20

    The following deaths were reported in the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 3: Ernst Grotefend William Warder       The following deaths were reported in the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 6: Mamie Becker Mrs. Susan Smith Bennett Pauline…

  • A Final Resting Place for Jacob Mueller

    My second great-grandfather Jacob Koebe Mueller was buried at Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery one hundred and four years ago today. During our trip to Chicago last weekend, my husband and I had the opportunity to visit Oak Woods Cemetery and see Jacob’s grave site in person. I had called ahead to…

  • Hero’s Family Needs Help

    Charities of the past worked in much the same way they do today. In the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, a Bishop asks the public to help the family of a man who died saving children from a fire: The next two stories could also have…

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 15

    The following deaths were reported in the October 15, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 7: Mathias J. Becker Louisa Biagi Timothy Connelly (unnamed male) Conley Bridget Deely (nee Quirk) Mary Dinan Ann J. Finley Andrew Friederich Charles Gunderson Anton Franz Graf Margareth Gergen Katherine Goelz John Hagerty…

  • Suicide in Garfield Park

    The details of deaths by suicide appear in nearly every extant issue of the 1894 newspapers I have been transcribing this year. October 10, 1894 was no different: I didn’t have any luck locating Mr. Scherthe in the Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922, 1959-1994 records collection on FamilySearch. He doesn’t appear…

  • Twenty-seven Marriage Licenses Issued

    Fifty four names appeared in the “marriage licenses” column of the October 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News; do you recognize any of them?  

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 5

    The following deaths were reported in the October 5, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News on page 11: Edward Anglem Ada. M. Austin H. Baltzer Julia Busse (nee Dettmar) Margaret A. Castleberry, Mrs. Hugh Cunninghamh Peter Thomas Dasso Mary Downs (nee Mangler) Frances Doyle John Foley John Garrity John…

  • Automobiles in the Family Tree

    I wish I’d kept a list of all the cars I’ve owned since I started driving (illegally) 42 years ago. The last few are easy to remember. A precious few really stand out in my mind. Like the multi-shades-of-orange-manual-transmission Pinto. And the clunker I bought for $50 at a garage…

  • 1894 Obituaries: September 26

    This day in 1894 was a surprisingly light day for notices of death published in the Chicago Daily News. The following people were listed among the recently deceased: Willie Anderson Augustine Cudmore Agnes Dean Mrs. J. Everdon Henry Garrison Arthur Holmes Annie Heidbrink Joseph Kerwin Christian Leth William Milne August…

  • 1894 Obituaries: September 25

    Per page 2 of the September 25th issue of the Chicago Daily News: Judge Windes ruled on a lawsuit between Dion Boucicault and Robert Buchanan J. W. Brennan was injured on 61st Street (the street on which my 2nd great-grandparents lived!) John Myers was fined by Justice Kersten for breaking the…