Winter 2018 Volume 50, No.2 Chicago Genealogist

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Table of Contents

Officers, Directors, and Standing Committees ...... 38 California Obituaries with a Chicago Connection by Caron Primas Brennan ….….. 39 Sunday School Picnic Horror by Craig L. Pfannkuche…………………………...... 42 Saint Patrick High School, Class of 1959, Part 2, Me-Z compiled by Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG ...... 49 CGS Programs at a Glance, 2018 ...... 57 A Railroad Superintendent Visits Chicago by Craig L. Pfannkuche ...... 58 Chicagoans from the Past ...... 62 Book Review ...... 66 CGS 2017-18 Writing Contest ...... 67 Surname Index ...... 70

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On the Cover The building in the photo is the Chicago and North Western’s Madison Street Station, circa 1928. Madison Street goes west to the left of the photo and Canal Street goes north at the right of the photo. The Chicago Daily News Building has not been built yet because there is no walkway over Canal Street. This site is now occupied by the Ogilvie Transportation Center. Courtesy of the Chicago & North Western Historical Society.

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Chicago Genealogical Society Board of Management P.O. Box 1160 Chicago, Illinois 60690

e-mail address: [email protected] Website: http://www.chicagogenealogy.org

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – OFFICERS President ...... Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti 1st V.P. / Program Chair ...... Julie Benson 2nd V.P. / Membership Chair ...... Ginger Frere Treasurer ...... Wayne D. Weber Recording Secretary ...... Caron Brennan Corresponding Secretary ...... Jill Weiss DIRECTORS To June 2018 ...... Terri O’Connell To June 2018 ...... Thomas Mackowiak To June 2019 ...... Joan M. Billingham To June 2019 ...... Sydney Shaw

EX OFFICIO Immediate Past President ...... Julie Benson

The Board of Management consists of the Executive Committee and Chairpersons of Standing Committees STANDING COMMITTEES – CHAIRPERSONS Ancestor Certificates (Pioneer, Rebuilder & Progressive) ...... Terri O’Connell Archivist/Historian ...... Wayne D. Weber Cemetery Project ...... Vacant Conference Exhibits…………………………………………………… .... Joan Billingham Hospitality ...... Thomas Mackowiak Mail Distribution ...... Jeanne Larzalere Bloom Newsletter Editor ...... Marsha Peterson-Maass Nominating……………………………………………………………...... Karen Stanbary Publication Sales ...... Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti Publicity ...... Juliana Szucs Quarterly Editor ...... Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti Webinars…………………………………………………………………….Jill Baumeister Website ...... Terri O’Connell 38

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California Obituaries with a Chicago Connection By Caron Primas Brennan

At the CGS Board meeting of the CGS Board in June 2017, then-President Julie Benson told the Board that an envelope of obituaries clipped from southern California newspapers had been received from Eleanor Borkenhagen in California. The obituaries are of folks who died in California but have ties to Chicago as mentioned in the obituary. The Quarterly Editor at the time, Leslie Schramer, had previously received a packet of them from the same person. After some discussion, the Board agreed that it would be good to scan them for preservation and then index them for the Society publications and/or web site databases.

I volunteered to take them on as a project. There were two envelopes full of obituaries cut out of the local printed newspapers. There was no note from the person who sent them, just the Borkenhagen* return address on the envelopes. All the small clippings were organized and paper-clipped together alphabetically. Some are no more than a few lines. Others ran the length of the newspaper or had pictures of the deceased. All the obituaries mentioned a Chicago link –the person might have been born in Chicago, went to school or had family in Chicago. Most of them are dated between 2013 to 2016.

I have been testing to find the best way to scan all these bits of newspaper and then transcribe them. I do not want to have to manually transcribe them all! If we want to be able to offer a scan of the original, it seems a JPG is in order. There will also be a transcription of the item, which will be helpful for some of the hard-to-read small print. The transcriptions are currently in Microsoft Word, but will probably end up in a PDF format. One thought is to have the image and the transcription in the same PDF.

Some methods were tested to find the “right” solution:

• I scanned the item on a flatbed scanner and then transcribed it while the scan was alongside my open Word document on the screen. It worked, but was too time consuming and a very manual process. • I tried CamScanner on my phone to scan then transcribe the items using the OCR functionality. The scans were serviceable, but any editing of the document had to be completed on the phone as there is no CamScanner for the PC. • There was some OCR software that came with my flatbed scanner, but that did not do a very good job of transcribing the item.

After researching free and paid scan-to-OCR software, I found Readiris™ “a powerful OCR software designed to convert all your paper documents, images or PDF into editable and searchable 39

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digital text (Word, Excel, PDF…).” This product works with my flatbed scanner, delivering a TIF of the newspaper clipping directly to my computer. It also converts the item to a Word document using OCR. With some non- newspaper test pages, the translations were near perfect. Because of the nature of the clippings (wrinkled, folded, or smudged), I have had to do some manual editing of the documents. Since I can use this software for other things, I did not mind spending the $99 for it. For more information about Readiris go to the website: (www.irislink.com/EN-US/c1462/Readiris-16-for- Windows---OCR-Software.aspx)

For the Obituary Index I am planning to document the name of the person, the date and place of death, the date and place of birth, parents’ names, any other surnames listed, and the newspaper the obituaries were published in. Everything beyond name and death date will be based on whether they are in the obituary. In some of them, there are siblings and children listed, as are schools and locations of homes, which will not be included in the index.

One of the things I had to research a bit was the proper citation format for the newspapers. The clippings have handwritten notes indicating the publication and the date. I must assume they are correct. There are no page numbers or sections listed.

In traditional citations for newspapers Elizabeth Shown Mills’ book Evidence Explained shows author’s name, section, page, column. Obituaries generally don’t show an author or byline, so I have none of these. I did find just one example for an obituary that needs no author, etc. in Evidence Explained, so that is the one I have opted to use. The format uses: “Name of deceased,” obituary, Newspaper Name (Location), obituary publication date. For example: “Carol Beth Attebery,” obituary, Los Angeles (California) Times, 23 Sept 2012.

It has been very interesting working with the obituaries and reading about the people, many are from the “Greatest Generation.” I have always been a lover of biography and a fan of obituaries in genealogical research, so this project seems made-to-order for me! I am including some examples of the obituaries here for Bernard Adelman, Shelley Ames, Carol Attebery and Mary Kay VanderMolen.

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*Who Is Eleanor Borkenhagen? Eleanor Borkenhagen is not a member of Chicago Genealogical Society. Various internet searches returned the following information about her. She lives in Huntington Beach, CA and seems to be in her nineties. She does the obituary clippings from her local California newspapers, gathering them into collections geographically, and then mailing them to the corresponding genealogical societies. Several societies have posted an online index to the collection she mailed them and call them the "Eleanor Borkenhagen Obituary collection.” It looks like she has been doing this for many years and is something of a genealogy legend. Thank you, Eleanor, for sending these to us!

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Sunday School Picnic Horror By Craig L. Pfannkuche

The following was not researched and written because the author enjoys wallowing in death caused by a variety of disasters. It is written for two other reasons. The first is that there is marvelous family history value in looking through old newspaper stories for family history data which might add to an expanded understanding of one’s family history. Often, interesting and informative family history is lost when family members fail or refuse to remember what happened to relatives in years past. Wreck and disaster history found on the pages of old papers can add much to the knowledge desired by genealogists.

Secondly, as to why the author delves into such events, is the esoteric philosophy that the deceased do not really die until the moment when every living person forgets that the deceased once existed. Edgar Lee Masters’ superb work, SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, touched on this issue when he wrote about the spirits of the deceased who sat waiting on their grave stones for people to come to the local cemetery. While waiting, those spirits gossiped about the various unremembered or hidden truths about themselves and their community. Masters tells their stories in a way in which it is hoped by this author that genealogists would want to.

For those who were returning on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad passenger train from Momence, Illinois on the afternoon of Wednesday July 13, 1904, many were relaxing from a wonderful day. They may have remembered that exciting day, weeks earlier, when Isaac H. PEDRICK, the superintendent of the Doremus Congregational Church’s Sunday School located at 3035 Butler (now – Normal) in the city announced that a sojourn for the neighborhood’s children to a rural picnic grove outside of Momence, Illinois was being sponsored by the Church. The Doremus Church served the Bridgeport neighborhood, the laboring heart of Chicago’s south side. For the area’s children, an escape from the stench which rode the southwest summer winds which blew across the neighborhood from the Union Stock Yards and the acrid wisps from area smoke stacks, would make a wonderful highlight to an oppressively hot summer.

For the children, even the train ride home was exciting. On the way home, they and their parents had the use of the three cars located behind the locomotive tender; a baggage car, a combination baggage and coach car, and a coach. The children were still keyed up from their exciting day of sack races, hoop rolling contests, swinging on swings, wading along the shore of the Kankakee River, and eating that relatively new lunch treat called “hot dogs.” Many of the parents were willing to let their offspring run ahead to the baggage car where they had room to work off their excess energy before they would detrain after the 45 mile ride. Other children slumped exhausted on the laps of their parents in the train’s second car. Few were bothered at all as the train rocked gently as it switched from the normal northbound track to the southbound track because of some difficulty on the northbound track ahead.

As the joyous assemblage rode north, the crew of another train, a northbound coal train, were having a great deal of difficulty. Because of a grade and a heavy load, the coal train parted in the middle. The rear half of the coal train sat on the northbound track while the engineer who had been 42

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at the throttle for almost 16 hours, F. E. HOXIE kept the front of the train moving. For reasons not clearly understood even today, at Glenwood, Illinois, he took the front half of his train from the northbound track to the southbound track and pulled beyond the crossover. The agent at Glenwood, located north of Chicago Heights, screamed at Hoxie that the southbound track was already reserved for the fast moving “picnic special.” M. C. WANN, the head end brakeman of the picnic train, later testified that “We pulled onto the southbound track and were going along at a good speed when, at Glenwood, we saw the front half of the train on our track.”

It was 6:55 PM when the shriek of steel wheels skidding on steel rails from the picnic train locomotive heralded the horror to happen within seconds. Although the crash of the locomotive into the coal cars in front of it was not a high-speed crash, the first and second cars of the picnic train, filled with children and parents who, just seconds earlier, had been filled with joy and contentment, were crushed and mangled as the latter part of the picnic train’s steel underframe cars crushed forward like a battering ram, telescoping into the front two older wooden cars, destroying them almost completely. Death had come to Glenwood.

While over 85 people were badly injured in the crash, 18 parents and children, mostly children, died in that wreck. As they were extracted from the tangled wreck, the bodies were laid in a temporary morgue located at 2973 South State Street in Chicago. Below is a list of the dead culled from the Chicago papers as well as an exposition of what happened to the families in the years following the wreck.

BERLINGER, CARRIE – Carrie Berlinger, a daughter of Albert and Josephine “Josie” GALL Berlinger, was born in October 1895. The Chicago Tribune spelled the surname as “Bierlinger.” Carrie’s parents, according to the 1900 Federal census of Chicago, were both born in Berlin, Germany. Albert worked as a laborer in a tallow factory. In 1900, Carrie was one of the family’s five children. At the time of the accident, the Berlinger family was living at 2941 Union Street in the city. The 1910 Federal census of Chicago shows that two children were added to the family by that year; Mary born about 1902 and Lucy, born about the time of the accident.

Josephine Gall Berlinger died in Chicago on 5 March 1924. No data could be found concerning her burial site. Albert Berlinger died in Chicago in mid-March 1938. His death notice was found in the Chicago Daily News on 22 March 1938. He was living with his son, Ignatz, at 2922 South Union Avenue in the city at the time of his death. He was “the husband of the late Josephine, Nick [Ignatz], Joseph, Mrs. KENNY, Mrs. SWIGLISH, and Mrs. BEDLOWS; grandfather of eight.” He is buried in the St. Adalbert Cemetery. Ignatz “Nick” Berlinger died in Chicago on 28 May 1959. His death notice lists Joseph, Lucille SWIGLISH, Marie BEDALOW, and “the late Bessie TAYLOR as his siblings.

The Chicago Daily News lists the burial site of Carrie Berlinger as being in Chicago’s Mt. Greenwood Cemetery.

BERLINGER, JOHN – John Berlinger, a son of Albert and Josephine Berlinger, was born on 13 December 1893. The Chicago Tribune spelled the surname as “Bierlinger.” John Berlinger is

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probably buried with his sister. The Chicago Daily News lists the burial site of John Berlinger as being in Chicago’s Mt. Greenwood Cemetery.

CHERRY, MARY - Born in Ireland in August 1864, on 5 September 1880, Mary HARTIGAN married Maurice Cherry in Chicago shortly after arriving in the city. She and Maurice had three children; James born in 1884, Michael born in 1887, and Alice born in 1892.

Mary accompanied her daughter to the picnic. The family was living at 3007 Wallace in the city at the time of the wreck. Alice received a broken leg in the wreck having been thrown out of a window of a coach from which she was leaning when the crash occurred. Mary is buried in Chicago’s Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Maurice Cherry died in Chicago on 20 December 1940. He had never remarried. Maurice’s death notice in the Chicago Tribune on 22 December 1940 (page 18) stated that he had come to Chicago in 1875. He is buried with his wife in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. They had five grandchildren. James Cherry, a son of Maurice and Mary, died in Chicago on 28 July 1961. He had been a professor at Chicago’s DePaul University. He is buried with his parents. Michael Cherry grew up to become an attorney. Alice Cherry married a man named KRAMP.

GERINGER, FRANCES – Frances Geringer, a daughter of William and Louise Geringer, was born in Chicago on 5 September 1902. Her mother took her to the picnic to allow her to have a cool summer respite. She was living with her parents and four siblings at 3121 Union Street in the city at the time of the wreck. She is buried with her mother in Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery.

GERINGER, LOUISE – Louise WERNER was born in Indiana about 1867. She married William Geringer in LaSalle County, Illinois in March 1883. At the time of the wreck the family living at 3121 Union Street in the city. She is buried with her daughter in Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery.

William and Louise’s daughter, K(C)atherine, received a broken leg in the wreck. The newspapers listed her as being age eight in 1904. After Louise’s, death, William Geringer seems to have married once again, to an Emma HOPPENRATH, sometime before 1910. Emma Hoppenrath Geringer died in Chicago on 9 November 1938. She is buried with William in Chicago Oak Woods Cemetery. William Geringer died in Chicago on 20 June 1928. He is buried in Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery with his two wives and the two of his children who died in the wreck.

Born on 14 September 1885, William and Louise’s son, William, Jr., died in Hinsdale, Illinois on 23 December 1974. Their oldest child, Hattie, born 8 December 1883, married a man with the surname of DIXON. She died in Chicago on 28 December 1952 and is buried in the Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Catherine Geringer married Harry HUHN in Chicago on 20 November 1915. After living in Nekoosa, Wisconsin (1910 census) and Dolton, Illinois (1920 census), the Huhn family settled near Rensselaer, Indiana. She and Harry had five children. She died in Rensselaer on 19 February 1950 and is buried in Hebron, Indiana with her husband who died in 1964. 44

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GERINGER, WALTER – Walter Geringer, a son of William and Louise WERNER Geringer, was born on 9 January 1891. He is buried in Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery with his parents.

HIPELIUS, MADELINE – Madeline “Lena” Hipelius, a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth SCHAEFER, was born in Chicago in December 1889. Charles Hipelius came to Chicago in 1885 and took up his trade of cabinet maker. Charles and Elizabeth married in Chicago in May 1887. The family was living at the home that Charles owned at 3019 Wallace in the city. Madeline was their first child. All of the girls – Lena, Louise, Emma and Margaret had been taken on their picnic by their mother.

Madeline/”Lena” died in the wreck. She is buried in the Oak Woods Cemetery with her parents. Louise was badly bruised while Emma suffered a broken leg and Margaret had a broken arm.

The family continued to live at 3019 Wallace through the 1940s. Elizabeth Schaefer Hipelius died at the family home on 16 October 1940. Here death notice in the Chicago Daily News of October 17, 1940 (page 39) states that she was the mother of Louisa STONWELL, Emma COLE, AND Margaret WINTER as well as grandmother to June Stonwell and William Cole. She is buried in the Oak Woods Cemetery.

Charles Hipelius died at the family home on 27 September 1944. His death notice in the Chicago Daily News of 28 September 1944 (age 31) states that he was the father of Louise STROMWELL, Emma Cole, and Margaret Winter. He is buried with his wife and his daughter, Madeline, in Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery.

HIRSCH, ADOLPH – Adolph Hirsch, a son of Carl HermanError! Bookmark not defined. and Frances DIMER Hirsch, was born in Chicago on 4 October 1886. His parents had married in Chicago in 1884. Both were German immigrants. In 1900, the family was living at 3001 South Canal in Chicago. Herman had to occupation of “saloon keeper.” Adolph received a skull fracture in the wreck. He lived for two days following the wreck. He is buried in Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery.

The Hirsch family moved to Benton, Michigan sometime after the death of Adolph. By 1920, the family was living in Coloma, Michigan. Carl Herman Hirsch died in Coloma, Michigan on 29 July 1946. He was a “retired farmer.” Herman and Frances’ son, Herman, became a “fruit farmer” in Berrien, Michigan. He died there on 7 June 1953. He is buried with his father in Coloma, Michigan.

Herman and Frances’ daughter, Charlotte “Lottie,” married in Benton Harbor, Michigan to Milo B. SELTER. She died in St. Petersburg, Florida on 30 July 1970 and is buried with her parents in Coloma, Michigan.

KRAMER, ANDREW – Andrew Kramer, a son of Reinder and Sietske VANDER MOLEN, was born in Holland on 16 March 1889. He was the eldest of the family’s three children when the family came to the United States in 1893. Besides Andrew, their children were Margaret, Wiebe, Annie, Hattie and Rosie, the last three of them born after the family arrived in Chicago. The family 45

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was living at 2851 Emerald at the time of the wreck. Andrew Kramer is buried in the Forest Home Cemetery.

Sietske Kramer died in Chicago on 20 September 1898. She is buried in the Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois with her son.

Reinder Kramer remarried to Dutch born Cornelia ALTHUSIUS in Chicago on 19 June 1902. Three children were born to Reinder and Cornelia; Elizabeth (b. 1904), Dorothy (b. 1905) and Agnes (b. 1909). One source says that Reinder Kramer died in Los Angeles, California on 7 March 1937 while another says that he died in Inglewood, California in 1939 and is buried there. Cornelia Kramer died in 1943.

LANDER, ELLEN – (A death notice for Ellen found in the Chicago Daily News of 16 July 1904 (page 11) gives Ellen’s surname as “LANDERS. The Chicago Inter-Ocean also uses the “Landers” spelling.) Ellen SPIKINGS, daughter of James and Marie FISHER Spikings was born in Illinois in May 1848. She married James Lander about 1866. From 1900 to the time behind the wreck, the family owned a home at 3207 South Canal in the city. Ellen and James had five children; Emma (b. 1868), Clara (b. 1872), Ella (b. 1873), William (b. 1876) and George (b. 1879). Ellen Lander is buried in Chicago’s Mt. Greenwood Cemetery in the south side of the city.

James Lander died in Chicago on 4 November 1914. His death notice in the Chicago Daily News of 5 November states that he was the “husband of the late Ellen; father of Mrs. Clara HUBER, Mrs. Ella BOURQUE, William J., and George.” He is buried in the Mt. Greenwood Cemetery with his wife. Another daughter, Emma, married a man with the surname of AURAND. She died in 1950 in Los Angeles, California.

Janes Spikings, Ellen’s father, died in Chicago on 18 March 1898. He is buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in Valparaiso, Indiana. His wife, Maria/Mary died only a few months after the death of her daughter. She died on 27 February 1905 and is buried with her husband.

MEYER, WILLIAM H. – William H. Meyer, based on newspaper reports, is said to have been born about 1890. The Chicago Tribune says that he was a son of John J. Meyer but no census data or city directory data can be found to confirm that. The Chicago Daily News reports that William’s parents were “Mr. & Mrs. Charles Meyer” but no Meyer/Fussey marriage data can be found.

The Tribune says that William had gone to the picnic with his “grandfather,” Joseph “FUZZY,” who was wheelchair bound. The TRIBUNE also reported that William was living with his family at 2330 Parnell in the city at the time of the wreck. The 1900 Federal census of Chicago says that Joseph FUSSEY (b. 1863 Canada) was living at the “Chicago Home for Incurables” at 56th and Ellis in that year. An entry for Joseph Fussey in the 1904 Chicago City Directory shows him to be living at 3330 Parnell in that year, the same address as given for William.

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A Joseph Fussey died in Evergreen Park, Illinois on 29 November 1934. He is buried at the St. Mary Roman Catholic Cemetery in Evergreen Park.

PALMER, EMMA – Emma Herbert, the only child of John and Cornelia SPIKINGS HERBERT, was born in November 1867 in Illinois. According to the Chicago Daily News of 18 July 1904 (page 3), Emma was a daughter of Ellen Spikings Lander who also died in the wreck. The Chicago Daily News states that Emma was a daughter of John and Cornelia Herbert. Emma Herbert married Edward Palmer, a warehouse foreman, in Chicago in 1892. They had a daughter named Learline who was born in Chicago in December 1893. In 1900, the small family as living at 35 West Argyle in the city. In the year before the wreck, they moved to 3207 Canal to be near to her family. Emma Palmer was one of the Doremus Sunday school teachers who went on the picnic.

Emma Herbert Palmer died in the wreck along with her daughter, her only child. She was buried in Chicago’s Mt. Greenwood Cemetery. Sometime after Emma’s death, her parents moved to Garfield, Nebraska where John took up farming. He died there sometime after 1920.

No data could be discovered concerning Emma’s husband, Edward, following the wreck. No Edward C. Palmer is listed as living at 35 West Argyle in either the 1904, 1905 or 1906 Chicago City Directories.

PALMER, LEARLINE – Learline (the Chicago Tribune said “Lorline”) Palmer, a daughter of Edward G. and Emma Herbert Palmer was born in Chicago in December 1893. She was their only child. She is buried with her mother in the Mt. Greenwood Cemetery.

PROBABA, CHARLES – Named on his death certificate as “Charles POBUDA,” who was age 5 when he died in the wreck, the Tribune named him as Charles Probaba age 14. (The Chicago Inter-Ocean says that Charles was age 11 when he died and that the surname was spelled “Pobuda.”) Charles was a son of Charles and Annie Pobuda. The Chicago Tribune reported that a “Mrs. Annie Pobuda” suffered a skull fracture in the wreck but survived. Charles, Sr. and Annie, both immigrants from Bohemia, had married in Chicago in early 1899. The family was living at 2852 Union Avenue in the city at the time of the wreck. The Chicago Inter-Ocean gives the family’s address as 2909 Emerald street.

No data can be found concerning what happened to Charles and Annie Pobuda after 1904. Charles Pobuda, Jr. is buried in Chicago’s Bohemian National Cemetery.

PROBABA, MAMIE – Named on her death certificate as “Mamie POBUDA,” the Tribune named her as “Mamie Probaba age 3.” She was a daughter of Charles and Annie Pobuda. Mamie Pobuda is buried with her brother in Chicago’s Bohemian National Cemetery.

SEVICK, THOMAS – Thomas Sevick seems to have been a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sevick. He was born in Chicago. The family was living at 3137 Canal Street in Chicago at the time of the wreck. The Chicago Daily News states that at his funeral “friends assembled in a little back basement room for a ceremony.” The Chicago Inter-Ocean states that the ceremony took place “at his mother’s home.” The casket was then removed to St. John Nepomueene’s Roman Catholic 47

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Church for a funeral mass. THE Chicago Daily News reported that John Sevick, a brother to Thomas, was a pall bearer. Neither the burial site of Thomas Sevick nor any information about what happened to the parents of Thomas can be located by the author.

SMITH, CHARLES – The Chicago Tribune reported that he was living at 6212 Marshfield at the time of the wreck. Charles Smith did not die at the wreck scene. The newspaper reported that his leg had to be amputated at the site of the wreck and that he eventually bled to death. The paper reported that he was 11 years old at the time of his death. Neither the burial site of Charles Smith nor information concerning his parents can be found by this author.

VOLKSTORF, THOMAS – Thomas Volkstorf, a son of Charles and Alberta TYKALSKY Volkstorf, was born in Chicago in December 1887, one of eight children. The family was living at 2909 Emerald Street in the city at the time of the wreck. Thomas is buried in Chicago’s Bohemian National Cemetery.

Thomas’ brother, Joseph, was injured in the wreck. His sister, Barbara (b. 12/1891), had both her legs broken.

Charles and Alberta (listed as Elizabeth in the 1910 Federal census) Volkstorf continued to live at 2909 Emerald Street following the wreck. Charles died in Chicago on 31 October 1926. His death notice in the Chicago Daily News of 1 November 1926 (page 23) states that he was “the husband of Elizabeth, father of Charles, Edward, Joseph, James, Marie, Anna HITNEY and Barbara BLAHA. Burial at Resurrection Cemetery.”

Elizabeth Tykalsky Volkstorf died in Chicago on 26 January 1946. Her death notice in the Chicago Daily News of 28 January 1946 states that she is buried with her husband in Resurrection Cemetery.

Barbara Volkstorf Blaha is said to have died in Los Angeles, California on 9 January 1977. She had a daughter named Lucille. Joseph Volkstorf was born in Chicago on 15 September 1888. He married Frances NEMEC. He died in Oak Lawn, Illinois and is buried in the Resurrection Cemetery southwest of Chicago.

And so, they were buried, some in graves now unknown and unremembered. Screaming headlines concerning the wreck quickly faded to be replaced by news of widespread violent activities in the city’s Union Stock yards where a strike was taking place. Powerful memories faded as well, leaving no one alive with living memories of the wreck or its effect on the survivors and relatives.

If anyone does happen to hold information concerning the above-mentioned individuals, such would be gladly received by this author.

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Saint Patrick High School, Class of 1959, Part 2 Me-Z 5900 N Belmont Avenue, Chicago Complied by Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG

Last Name First Name Nickname Entered From Ambition Meehan Thomas J. Spung St. Ignatius To be a success. Mele John J. John St. Mel High To be a success in School whatever I do. Mendlik Edward W. Nose Quigley To be a success with the Preparatory help of God and my School parents. Mesh David G. Dave St. Edward To have my own flower shop. Metz Ronald A. Ron St. Thecla Sheet metal engineer.

Migliorisi Emanuel L. Louis St. John Bosco Mihalo Michael J. Mike Maryville To be a success in Academy everything I do. Mikulski James W. Jim St. Peter Interior Decorator. Canisius Milota William John Will Harriet Beecher To become a lawyer and Stowe to legalize the other part and other form. Mitchell Thomas J. Tom St. Eugene To make a success of my life in business. Monson Robert L. Bob Quigley To enter into the Preparatory business world. School Moran Francis J. Frank J. St. Pascal To become a success. Moritz George C. Smily St. Philomena To be successful and attain eternal happiness. Mortell Richard A. Rich Lead a good Christian life. Mule Leo F. Slug St. Celestine To be a success.

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Nash Francis W. Frank Resurrection To get ahead in this world. Neis John H. Jack Our Lady of Become a doctor. Victory Nering Gerald W. Pupsey St. Williams To succeed in life. Neurauter Joseph H. Joe St. Veronica To be a success. Newman Dennis J. Alfred E. St. Viator Be a disc jockey. Niccolai Robert J. Nick St. Angela To be a happy and successful businessman. Nosal Eugene A. Gene St. Wenceslaus Physicist. Nosko Ronald R. Ron St. Constance To succeed in life. Novak James S. Jim St. Celestine To be a successful in life. O'Connell William J. Willie St. Angela To attend college and study marketing. Okerblom Neal F. Oke St. Robert Electrical engineer. Bellarmine Olszewski Albert F. Buddy St. Francis To have my own Borgia business. O'Neill Francis J. Frank St. William To enter the married state and be a good Catholic husband. Orsolini Raymond J. Horse St. Williams To be successful. Oschger Raymond T. Ray St. Edwards To be a roving engineer. O'Shea Michael J. Mike St. Ferdinand Be rich.

Osowski James A. Ozzie Pacholski James S. Herman Our Lady of To make my parents Victory proud of me in whatever I do. Pagano James J. Jim Mount Carmel To own a Cadillac. High School (California) Pascente Christopher B. Mad St. John Bosco To be the first to reach Greek the moon.

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Passi Vincent P. Vince St. John Bosco Die in the state of grace and own my own business. Pasterz Ronald W. Loui St. Philomena To be a success. Pauselli William E. Bil St. Monica To have my own business. Peeters John N. Pete St. Viator To be a success. Pellico Frank J. Frank St. Eugene Musician (Teacher) Peplowski Kenneth J. Peppy St. Ferdinand To be a success in all I do. Pero David M. Nick St. Gertrude To own a business. Pietrosante Peters James L. Jim Immaculate To make money. Conception Peterson John L. Pete St. Tarcissus Electrical engineer and open "Pete's" Cycle Shop when I graduate from college. Petrando William E. Bill St. Viator To be a success in this life and in the next. Petrine Kenneth J. Ken Our Lady of To make money. Victory Picciuca Sebastian Benny St. John Bosco To join Brother Cyprian's volunteers and fight the second battle of Shiloh. Pocias Edward W. Ed St. Francis A family with about nine Borgia children. Poczatek Robert E. Bob St. Viator To make good in anything I do. Power Frederick M. Fred St. Gertrude To be a success in God's eyes. Prena Michael E. Mike St. Gertrude's To be a success. Quaid Daniel F. Dan St. Ferdinand To make my family proud of me. Quinn Roger P. Bones Immaculate Lawyer. Conception Ratajczak Joseph W. Joe St. Philomena Bookkeeper.

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Last Name First Name Nickname Entered From Ambition Realmo John G. Junior St. Procopius Journalist. Rebmann Robert J. Bob Resurrection Bond's man. Renspie Richard W. Dick Our Lady of To be a success. Victory Reynolds Thomas P. Parrot St. Angela To graduate. Ricci George M. Red St. Ferdinand To lead a good Christian life. Rimas Leroy J. Lee St. Procopius To be a Social Academy Psychologist. Rochford Michael J. Mike St. Viator To be a success. Roder Raymond R. Ray St. John Bosco Graduated from Christian Brothers' Preparatory Novitiate. Rogers Dennis Richard Useless St. William Automotive designer. Ronne Richard D. Dick Portage Park To make money. Rosenmayer Daniel L. Rosey St. William To live a good life. Ross Robert M. Bob St. Ferdinand To get to Heaven. Rotella Louis M. Louie St. Celestine To be a good Catholic. Rumps Norbert A. Norb St. Francis To be a success. Xavier Rupp Gerald V. Jerry St. Ferdinand To live a good Catholic life. Ryan Dennis P. Rock St. To be a success in the Bartholomew eyes of my parents, in whatever I do. Rzeszutko Frank W. Frank St. Monica To be a go-getter. Salvo Raymond F. Ray St. Angela To be a beautician. Sandstrom Ronald C. Ron St. William To leave them wondering. Scavone James P. Jim St. Ferdinand To be a success. Schaefer Russell E. Russ St. Veronica To be a success with the help of God and my parents.

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Schaeffer Joseph M. Joe St. Priscilla To lead others closer to God by a teaching career. Schmall Raymond L. Ray St. Francis Business man. Xavier Schmidt Taymond J. Jack Viator To get married and have family. Schultz Donald F. Schwartz Immaculate To make a lot of money. Conception Schultz Norman J. Schultzy St. Ferdinand Commercial artist. Schultz Robert S. Bobo Our Lady of To go around the world. Grace Schumacher Robert R. Shoes St. Ferdinand Master electrician. Schumack Thomas A. Tom Our Lady of To conquer the world. Victory Schwarz Walter H. Wally Immaculate To be a success in Conception everything. Schweik Harold H. Hal St. Pascal Technical Architectural drafting. Sienicki Dennis J. Sneaky St. Viator To stay ambitious and be happily married. Sinnott Michael J. Chunky St. Ferdinand To gain heaven. Slowik Donald M. Don St. Ferdinand To be a success. Smith Robert F. Smity St. Priscilla To go to Max Kurland's wedding. Smorynski Peter K. Pete St. Francis To be an auto mechanic. Borgia Staab Leonard J. Len Quigley To be a success in life. Stanke George D. Stinky St. John Bosco Electronic Engineer. Starzyk Russell M. Russ St. Veronica To be a success in life. Staszkiewicz Robert A. Bob St. Pascal Accountant. Steinbronn Richard E. Rich St. Ferdinand Criminal law leading to politics. Steiskal Allen O. Al St. Gregory C.P.A. High School Steyer Robert J. Bob St. William To be a success.

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Stopper Jerome P. Jerry Immaculate To graduate from Conception college. Sweeney James M. Jim St. Francis Borgia Szpajer Michal J. Mike St. Monica To lead a happy life. Szpak Casimir R. Casey St. Gertrude To get to Heaven. Szwed Kenneth J. Ken St. James C.P.A. Taney William J. Bill St. Ladislaus To be as successful as my father. Tatton Thomas A. Red Quigley Electromotive engineer. Taviani Paul A. Paul St. Ferdinand Millionaire. Thompson Michael E. Moon Immaculate To be successful both Conception spiritually and in business. Tisinai Robert L. Bob Immaculate To be a dentist. Conception Toenings John E. Legs Our Lady of To become an Victory undertaker and own my own place. Tomaszewski John J. Jack St. Priscilla Biochemist. Tomaszewski Joseph G. Doodles St. Priscilla Business man in Siberia. Topolinski Kenneth P. Topo St. Tarcissus To be a success in future life. Trochowski Allen F. Polak St. Wenceslaus To lead a good Catholic life. Uzarski Gerald T. Jerry Quigley To serve God the best I can through my life. Varga Robert V. Bob St. Go to college. Bartholomew Vergen Frederick G. Fred St. Priscilla To work and get married. Vitellaro Carl A. Vit Our Lady of Medical profession. Mercy Vitullo Robert L. Coug St. Peter To get out of St. Pat's Canisius and go to college. Voss Charles J. Chuck St. Philomena To be a success.

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Waldhier Daniel E. Doone St. Tarcissus To be a good Catholic doctor. Wallace Thomas J. Serra Our Lady of To get through Victory Pharmacy School. Walsh Raymond B. Brian St. Gertrude To be a successful purchasing agent. Walsh Ronald J. Wishy St. Angela To be a credit to God and my parents. Walters James W. Jim St. John Bosco Lawyer. Weber Ronald L. Ron St. Edward To make money. Wedgbury Donald E. Wedgy St. Viator To be a successful Catholic Research Scientist. Wendt William E. Willie Quigley Hit ninety in first. Wenzel Donald G. Don St. Angela To avoid the army. Werderitsch Anthony W. Buggs or St. Philomena To become and architect Tony and build a pool for St. Pat's. Wielgus Kenneth Wiggls St. Ferdinand Electrical engineer. Wiggerman Roger A. Rog St. To be a success. Bartholomew Wilkins Malcolm J. Mal St. Matthew To be a success in the eyes of God. Wilson Joseph F. Joe St. Eugene To become a Math teacher. Wilson Raymond John Ray Epiphany Teaching. Wirth Edward D. Ed. Hartford High Happiness. School Wittig Neal T. Stick St. To be a plumber. Bartholomew Wizceb Ronald W. Ron St. To be a good Catholic. Bartholomew Wojnicki John J. Pollock Quigley To be a success in whatever I do. Wolshon Raymond E. Ray St. Tarcissus To be a success in whatever I do. Wonsil Thomas R. Tom Quigley Auto mechanic. Seminary 55

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Woodworth Robert H. Woody St. Angela Graduate from High school and attend college. Yetter Robert E. Bob St. Sylvester Beautician. Zarembka Terry A. Tiger St. Ferdinand Electrical engineer. Zawila Daniel S. Sawalla Our Lady of the To become a man. Ozarks Zehentmaier Bernard A. Bernie St. Veronica To be a D. M. (Doctor of Motors). Zimmerman James J. Zim St. Viator Professional magician. Zych Andrew J. Zeak St. Sylvester To be a big success, no matter what I do.

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Upcoming CGS Programs 2018

February 3

DNA: A Power Tool in the Genealogist's Tool Box

Our speaker will be Karen Stanbary, CG. DNA test results are so much more than ethnicity pie charts. Using real-life case examples, Karen will explore the practical applicability of DNA tests to everyday genealogical problems.

Karen Stanbary, CG, holds the Certified Genealogist credential. She lectures locally and nationally on the use of DNA test results in genealogical problem-solving, always within the framework of the Genealogical Proof Standard. She is a Trustee for the Board for Certification of Genealogists and chairs that organization's Genetic Genealogy Standards committee.

Join us at the Swedish American Museum, 5211 North Clark, Chicago at 1:30pm for this program. Our program is free and there is complimentary parking at Foster and Ashland museum parking lot, Pay to Park on both Foster and Clark or CTA Foster Bus 92 and Clark bus 22. Check out the museum’s website for more details on the location and transportation. http://swedishamericanmuseum.org/2.0/

You may wish to come early and visit their outstanding exhibit “The Dream of America: Swedish Immigration” which follows immigrants from the journey to the new world to building a life and community in Chicago. Note: exhibit fee is Adults $4; Children/students/seniors $3. The museum is open 11:00am to 4:00pm on February 3.

March 3

The Chicago Genealogical Society Meets South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society

We are visiting SSGHS at Hazel Crest Municipal Center, 3000 West 170th Place, Hazel Crest, and having a joint program. Enter the door by the flagpole. The meeting will be held in the Village Boardroom. Program, tour and research time are all free. Society’s website http://ssghs.org/wp/

10:00am – “Show and Tell” program. Bring an item of your ancestors or a special document you have found and would like to share. Or come and hear what other people have found. It could help break down your brick wall.

11:00am – Tour of the Society’s non-circulating library with many regional sources and learn about the Pullman Collection. The SSGHS was organized in 1968 and focuses on south Cook and east Will Counties.

11:30am – Stay and research in the library. Open until 4:00pm.

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The first railroad station built in Chicago located on the west side of Canal Street just south of Kinzie Street. Photo courtesy of the Chicago & North Western Historical Society. Printed with permission.

A Railroad Superintendent Visits Chicago By Craig L. Pfannkuche Isaac HOWE was an important railroad superintendent. A son of Abijah and Martha BRIDGMAN Howe, he was born in Northfield, Vermont in 1827. As a young man, he went to work for the Vermont Central Railroad. He gained the notice of investors who were developing western rail lines both because of his knowledge of how to run a railroad as well as because of his invention of a rail lock which would hold the ends of rails together as trains passed over them. He travelled west to Iowa in 1859 to inspect a developing rail line, the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad, where he was quickly hired on to become its superintendent. To get to Clinton, Iowa, he had to pass through Chicago. Finding himself in Chicago in early 1859, he described the growing community to his fiancé, Hanna GOULD, back in Vermont as “a Hardscrabble town covered with dust if not with honor.” His unhappiness with the city was a result of the fact that passenger trains from the east could not, as they cannot in the 21st century, pass directly through the city. Trains, then as now, terminated at one station and did not leave until the next day necessitating an overnight hotel stay or a day 58

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long wait. His view of the city may have been tainted by the fact that Hannah would not come out west to be married. On a business trip to Chicago, Howe wrote to his new wife in Clinton on 22 May 1861, that he had seen near the city “apple and cherry trees in blossom and some fields of winter grain nearly knee high. I think that I shall remain here tomorrow and see Dr. WILLIAMS and GAULT.” Provable information concerning “Dr. Williams” cannot be found by this author. The 1866 Chicago City Directory does list a “colored” doctor by the name of “E.R. Williams” but this person cannot be found in either the 1860 or 1870 Federal censuses of Chicago. A later letter does give a first initial of “Dr. Williams as “E”. In a letter to his wife of 23 June 1861, Howe wrote “Dr. Williams and his wife will not let me stop at the hotel when I am in Chicago. One of Ms. Williams brothers was shot in St. Louis last week by the soldiers who fired upon the mob. He was a policeman and was killed unintentionally.” This statement probably refers to a 17 June 1861 event in St. Louis when a poorly trained company from a Union regiment, marching through the city, in a panic over a rifle shot, fired into the county court building killing a number of citizens including “a man named Burns of Chicago.” The person named Gault who Howe met with in Chicago was John C. Gault who was, at that time, the “Assistant General Superintendent” of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU). Gault and Howe were friends and associates on the Vermont Central Railroad in the early 1850s. Gault had come to Chicago in August 1859 where he became a leader with the G&CU and stayed with the Chicago and North Western Railroad when the G&CU became part of that system. He remained with the C&NW until April 1872, when Jay GOULD called him to manage the Wabash Railroad system west of the Mississippi River. After a number of years Gault parted with Gould because, as was noted in Gault’s obituary in the Chicago Tribune, “Mr. Gault did not agree with Mr. Gould’s business methods.” Upon retiring from railroad activities in the late 1880s, he came back to Chicago. He died in the city on 29 August 1894 and is buried with his wife, Dolly TILTON Gault, in Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery. Isaac Howe moved permanently to Clinton, Iowa, with his new bride by late 1860. Sadly, their first three children died within one and a half years of each other in Clinton. Isaac and Hannah had a child, Mary, born in Clinton on 9 May 1865. Hannah quickly moved back to live with her family in Vermont after the child’s birth and did not, despite a series of plaintive letters asking her to come back to live in Clinton, return until 1866. While continuing to superintend the activities of the Chicago and North Western Railroad across Iowa by 1867, Howe began dabbling in real estate and town building. He purchased three farms five miles to the east of Belle Plaine, Iowa, along the C&NW right of way and used the land to plat the community named Luzerne, Iowa, in late 1867. The railroad quickly set up a station there. On 23 June 1868, Howe spent $3,000 to acquire two lots in Chicago from Reuben and Harriet LAYTON and George and Sophie CLARKE. The lots were located in Block 8 of Walker and Stinson’s Subdivision in the west ½ of the Southwest ¼ in Section 2 of Town 38 North, Range 14 East. Those lots were along the west side of what was once Egandale Avenue now called Ellis Avenue at 4612 - 14 Ellis Avenue. The building no longer stands.

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Born in New York in August 1831, Reuben Layton came to Chicago near the end of the Civil War. He joined with George Clarke in the city to specialize in selling properties in the city located to the south of 22nd Street (Now – Cermack). They advertised in the Chicago Tribune of 11 October 1868 that there would be a sale of “property for sale along Cottage Grove which is high and dry and covered with trees. A dummy railroad [horse car line] to Hyde Park passes along Cottage Grove Avenue.” Both of Layton’s daughters had, according to the 1900 Federal census of Chicago, the occupation of “teacher.” Layton’s wife, Harriet NORTON Layton, died in Chicago on 30 August 1892. He died in Chicago on 21 November 1918 and is buried in Chicago’s Mount Hope Cemetery with his wife. Born in Ostego, New York on 22 February 1827, George Clarke came to Chicago in 1854. He associated with Reuben Layton to sell properties on the south side of Chicago. His first wife, Sophie RICE Clark died by 1871 and he soon married Sarah DUNN in Chicago. Sarah Clarke helped her husband to believe that making money in Chicago real estate was not a truly gratifying pursuit. By 1877, Clarke became a minister and began ministering to the many homeless poor and petty criminals who lived on the streets of the city because of the 1877 railroad strike and the following serious national depression. He was able to obtain a recently closed “Pacific Beer Garden/Saloon” located at Clark and Van Buren where many of the homeless had gravitated by 1880. Through his effort, he transformed the saloon into what would become Chicago’s famous “Pacific Garden Mission” which still serves Chicago’s poor to the present day. George Clarke died in the Morgan Park neighborhood on 21 June 1892. He is buried with his wives in Chicago’s Mt. Greenwood Cemetery. Following her husband’s death in 1880, Hannah Gould Howe, sold the north half of the property to an Emma CAMP on 6 February 1906. Emma Camp was the wife of a Chicago attorney, Arthur B. Camp, who was renting the property from Hannah. He died at 4828 Ellis Avenue on 17 April 1906 and is buried in Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery. Emma continued to live at 4828 Ellis until she died on 4 October 1920. She is buried with her husband. Hannah Howe sold the 4614 Ellis Avenue property to Alden P. WHITE at the same time as she sold property to the Camp family. Alden P White may have been an attorney who was living in Salem, Massachusetts. The author cannot be certain of this identification. On 9 August 1870, John Bice TURNER, a long-time leader of the C&NW, wrote to Howe asking him to find out who was behind the proposed construction of a railroad from Clinton to Anamosa, Iowa. John B. Turner came to Chicago before 1843. He is listed in the 1843 Chicago City Directory as being a “contractor” living in the Tremont House. Although he had railroad construction experience in the east, he had become a sheep farmer in the Chicago area. In 1846, he was asked by William B. OGDEN to help with the construction of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad. Turner became president of the G&CU in June 1851. It is said that Turner spent much of his free time in a cupola built above the first railroad station built in Chicago (located on the west side of Canal Street just south of Kinzie street) searching with a telescope along the tracks of the company for approaching trains. (Picture at the beginning of this article) In the early 1860s, Turner surrendered the presidency but remained as a company director of the C&NW, formed from the G&CU and other Chicago based railroads in 1864. Turner died in Chicago on 26 February 1871. He is buried with his wife in Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery.

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Isaac Howe continued as the C&NW’s superintendent of its Iowa Division until he was assigned by the North Western’s leaders to be the chief construction engineer for the Clinton to Anamosa railroad which became known as the Iowa Midland Railroad. Howe had non-railroad business interests in both Chicago and Iowa. He was heavily invested in a quarry operation at LeGrand, Iowa which had it main business office in Chicago where Silas STEINBECK managed that operation. The company (“Kirby & Howe Stone Manfg. Co. – 251 Putnam Street, Chicago”) letterhead points out that “although we make a specialty of the Lemont Limestones of Illinois and the LeGrand stone and marble of Iowa, we are prepared to furnish other stones at market prices.” Howe also opened a bank in Clinton. He turned to the president of the “Cook County National Bank” in Chicago, B.F. ALLEN for “correspondent” banking funds. Although listed as president of that bank, the 1871 Chicago City Directory says that Allen was actually a resident of Des Moines, Iowa. Allen wrote from Chicago that he and his bank were happy to help. Howe hand listed his assets on a sheet dated March 1876. Among other lands, besides listing two acres in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and a large number of “Wisconsin pine lands acreage,” Howe listed a “Chicago - Kenwood lot - $6,000.” Sometime in the late 1870s, Howe began to feel ill and decided to seek special attention from specialists in Danvers, Massachusetts. On February 5, 1880, he wrote to J. C. WESTON of the Clinton National Bank that “about my health I will say but little this time. I may get better but think that the chances are heavily against me. Please say nothing in particular about me just now in Clinton, as the family gets Clinton letters often.” Isaac Bridgeman Howe died in Danvers, Massachusetts on 23 April 1880. He is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Northfield, Vermont. His beloved wife Hannah “Annie” Gould Howe died on November 2, 1907 in Danvers. She is buried with her husband in Northfield, Vermont. The above information was gleaned from the Isaac Howe papers (1857 – 1880) held at the archives of the Chicago and North Western Historical Society, from the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 Federal Censuses, as well as from the on-line search Chicago Tribune site. *****

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Chicagoans From the Past

Ann Kraenke

This picture was taken by Melander, 206 East Ohio in Chicago. They were a very popular photographer of the 1890’s. There is only the name Ann Kraenke on the reverse side. A search of the U.S. Federal 1900 Census for the surname Kraenke in Chicago provided no results. A search for Ann Krae* in the same census located an “Annie Kraecer” born March 1891, age 9. She was the only child of Jacob and Mary Kraecer who were living on North Halsted. Her parents were born in Germany and they were living with Mary’s father Valentine Breich. The 1900 census search also found an “Annie Kranke” born January 1889, age 11, living in Detroit, Michigan, with parents John and Annie.

Ralph and Emily “Bertha” Ely

The photo of the husband and wife has written on its back " Mrs. A. Ely" 103 Bismarck Ct." The photo was taken at the Larsen studio 465 Indiana [Grand today] Chicago." They are Ralph and Bertha Thompson Ely. He was born in New York in January 1838. He married Emily "Bertha" Thompson in Chicago on 25 February 1880. He died in Melrose Park, Illinois, on 7 June 1916 but it is not known where he is buried. His death certificate records he was a railroad engineer and his father was Jebus Ely. Bertha died probably in Melrose Park on 4 September 1949. Her burial site is unknown.

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Louise Palmer

The photo of the woman has "Mrs. Louise Palmer, 464 West Adams Street, Chicago, Taken Octo 1st 1897” written on the reverse side. Louise/Louesa H. Parker was born in Vermont in March 1829. She was a widow by 1889. She had 7 children by 1900 with 6 still living. Her daughter Alice age 37 and son Albert age 35 were living with her in 1900. She died in Chicago on 24 March 1912 and is buried in the Rockford, Illinois, Greenwood Cemetery. Her death certificate records her parents as Noah R Parker and Lucy Barney, both born in Vermont.

Clara King

The reverse side of this photo is hand written “Clara King, age 10 ¾ years.” The photographer was Max Platz of Chicago. There are two Clara King candidates in the U.S. Federal 1880 Census living in Chicago:

- Clara, age 4, born about 1876 in Michigan to John and Mary King. Both parents born in Michigan. John worked in a boiler shop. This would date this picture 1886/87. - Clara, age 8, born about 1872 in Illinois to Philo and Mary A. King. Philo born in New York and Mary born in Ohio. Philo was a wholesale dealer in hats and caps. This would date this picture 1882/83. 63

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Christian and Marie Witte

The couple is identified on the reverse as "Dan's mother and father (Witte) Marie and Christian. The photographer is J.B. Scholl at 547 S. Halsted in Chicago. The 1885 Chicago City Directory lists a Christian Witte as a tailor and Maria Witte as a midwife living at 218 North Avenue. Perhaps they are the couple buried in the First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Alsip, IL. Maria Witte who was born 18 January 1824 and died 19 January 1902 (age 78) and Christian Witte who was born 8 February 1824 and died 3 June 1904 (age 80).

William W. Petrie

The photo of the boy has "W W Petrie, 142 Thomas, Chicago" written on the back of the Carte De Visite photo taken by Rider, 225 West Madison in Chicago about 1873. William Petrie is found in the Chicago City Directory of 1890 as a plumber. He was born in October 1861 in Scotland. William married Anne Bradish on 9 May 1887 in Chicago. He died in Chicago on 5 December 1951 at 7224 Ridge Street in Chicago and is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery. Mother was Agnes and father unknown. Agnes died in September 1917 in Chicago and is also buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. As of the early 21st century a son was still alive and living in Skokie, Illinois.

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Chicagoans From the Past

Walter and Caroline Ellis

Both Carte De Visite photos were taken at the same time (circa 1882/83) at the Hartley Studio 309 West Madison. Walter was born in England in August 1857 and came to the US in 1872. Caroline Peacock was born in October 1858 and came to the US in 1863. They married in Chicago in 1883. They had 4 children by 1900 (Frank, Edmund, Laura and Walter Jr.). Walter Ellis died in Chicago on 25 November 1927 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery without a headstone. His wife, Caroline Peacock Ellis died in Chicago on 4 November 1920 and is buried with her husband and at least two of her children.

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German Census Records 1816-1916: The When, Where, and How of a Valuable Genealogical Resource by Roger P. Minert

Family Roots Publishing Co., LLC. ISBN: 978-1628590777, Published 2016. 250 pages.

German Census Records? Are there such records? U.S. Federal Census records are a standard source for American research. There are U.S. state census records also. The state of Illinois conducted its own census several times during the 1800’s providing valuable information. So why would you be interested in finding allusive German Census Records in Germany? Odds are you may have Germanic ancestry in your tree. Germans who immigrated to America between 1820 – WWI totaled roughly six million people. By 1900, one in four people living in Chicago had Germanic ancestry. Finding a census record of your ancestor before they crossed the Atlantic Ocean would be a great find.

Mr. Minet had encountered a few German census records doing research over many years but wondered if there were more records. He “had never seen original census records in Germany and had never heard or read of them when dealing with archivists or researchers all over the German- language territory.” He decided to take upon this enormous task of identifying German census records by location.

German census records are not the same as what we are familiar with. However, they do change formats and what information is collected over time, much like we know. The book details the history of the German census records by time periods: the Napoleonic Wars (1815) to German Unification (1871), the census of 1867 – the Great Transition and the German Empire 1871-1918. This provides a great overview before you dive into a specific location.

The book also provides a break down by region providing the following information: I. Location – a description of the location and capital. II. Census enumerations in the location – history of the enumerations. III. Specific instructions to the town officials and enumerators – very valuable. IV. Content of census records in specific time frame – example provided. V. Accessibility of census – location or suggested places to inquire.

Nowhere have I found such a great source on German census records then this book. It is in an easy-to-read format with the history of the census, great detailed analysis by region and a very helpful appendix that offers information about communicating with archives regarding obtaining these records. A necessity on your bookshelf if you have Germanic ancestry and you want to learn When, Where and How to include this valuable genealogical resource in your family history.

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Chicago Genealogical Society 2017-18 Writing Contest Rules and Requirements

The Chicago Genealogical Society is pleased to announce its 2017-18 Writing Contest for original material on topics of interest to genealogists and family historians. The contest is open to members and non-members of the CGS. Hobbyists, transitional, and professional genealogists are welcome to submit entries. Submissions may include genealogies, family histories, and case studies that demonstrate use of genealogical methodology, techniques, and sources.

Entries will be accepted through September 30, 2018. Winners will be announced by January 1, 2019.

Goal: To encourage members to share their genealogical research: either a family history that covers three to four generations, or a personal history about life in Chicago.

Prizes: First Place: $500. Second Place: $250. Third Place: $100.

Requirements:

• Manuscript length: 750 to 5,000 words, including footnotes (3–10 typed pages). Manuscripts generated by a genealogical software program will not be accepted. • The history must have some connection to the City of Chicago. • A paper with multiple authors will be accepted if it meets the requirements of the contest. If a winning paper has multiple authors, the prize will be awarded to the lead author. • Original work not previously published and not submitted elsewhere for publication, with proper citation (for style, see Elizabeth Shown Mills, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. 3rd edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2015) • Submit with no author but with a cover letter (for anonymity). • The Author will retain all copyright to material submitted to CGS. The Author grants to CGS the right to publish the listed material electronically and in hard copy for the life of the society. • CGS Officers and Directors are not eligible to participate.

Evaluation:

The criteria for excellence in a paper rely heavily on how you demonstrate your research skills. You must show the ability to use and analyze a wide variety of original documents. It should not be just the summarization of the work of others. Tell a story, place your family in historical context, but make sure the historical aspect is really relevant to your family and make if brief. The emphasis should be on the original research you did to create the family history.

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If an entry should not meet all requirements, the manuscript will be returned with an explanation. All other contestants will receive comments on their entries after a winner has been selected by the judges.

Text formatting: • Font: Times New Roman • Size: 11 points • Color: Black only • Margins: 1 inch on all sides • File Format: Rich Text (RTF) or Microsoft Word

Images in electronic submissions: • Do not embed images into text document; images must be sent as separate files. • All images must be 300 dpi at a minimum size of 3 x 5 inches in JPEG or TIFF format. • Within the article, denote image placement as follows: Insert Image 1 (brief description of image). Provide a full caption for each image submitted. • CGS will not publish images that require copyright fees.

Method of Entry: Submissions may be made in hard copy or by email. Email contact information is required for all submissions.

Hard Copy: Print and fill out the “Chicago Genealogical Society Writing Contest Entry Form” and submit it with your entry. This sheet will be removed before submission to the judges, so there should be an inside title page without the personal information contained on the cover sheet. The title of the genealogy and page number must appear on each page. Notes and references should appear as footnotes. Package your entry, including the cover sheet and the manuscript with all pages in order. Don’t bind or staple the sheets because they must be photocopied. If you want to be notified that the manuscript has been received, enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard. As a precaution, place cardboard or poster board on top and bottom of the entry before packaging it. To ensure safe arrival, use a sturdy envelope.

Mail to: Chicago Genealogical Society Attn: Family History Writing Contest P.O. Box 1160 Chicago, IL 60690-1160

Electronic Copy: Fill out “Chicago Genealogical Society Writing Contest Entry Form” and send it as a separate attachment when you submit your entry. Send to [email protected]. Please write “CGS Writing Contest” in the subject line.

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Chicago Genealogical Society 2017-18 Writing Contest Entry Form Send this form, as a separate attachment, with your entry Email entire entry to [email protected] with “CGS Writing Contest” in subject line

Contest Year:

Name:

Address:

City: State: Zip:

Email:

Title of Entry:

Word Count:

Author Signature: Date:

For complete rules, guidelines, categories, and awards, see the CGS website at http://www.chicagogenealogy.org/. Do not include your name on any page of the entry itself. If a subject in the entry has the same surname as the author, replace that surname with “Lastname.” Send images or charts as separate attachments, not embedded in the article, in JPEG, TIFF, or PDF format. Photos should be 300 dpi at a minimum size of 3 x 5 inches. Identify images and charts on a separate page at the end of the entry, together with suggested captions. Author is responsible for obtaining all permissions needed to use images. The Author will retain all copyright to material submitted to CGS. The Author grants to CGS the right to publish the listed material electronically and in hard copy for the life of the society.

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Index

Adelman, 40 Hoxie, 43 Nosko, 50 Allen, 61 Huber, 46 Novak, 50 Althusius, 46 Huhn, 44 O'Connell, 50 Ames, 40 Kenny, 43 Ogden, 60 Attebery, 40 King, 63 Okerblom, 50 Aurand, 46 Kirby, 61 Olszewski, 50 Barney, 63 Kraecer, 62 O'Neill, 50 Bedalow, 43 Kraenke, 62 Orsolini, 50 Bedlows, 43 Kramer, 45 Oschger, 50 Benson, 39 Kramp, 44 O'Shea, 50 Berlinger, 43 Kranke, 62 Osowski, 50 Bierlinger, 43 Lander, 46, 47 Pacholski, 50 Blaha, 48 Landers, 46 Pagano, 50 Borkenhagen, 39, 41 Layton, 59, 60 Palmer, 47, 63 Bourque, 46 Masters, 42 Parker, 63 Bradish, 64 Meehan, 49 Pascente, 50 Breich, 62 Mele, 49 Passi, 51 Bridgeman, 61 Mendlik, 49 Pasterz, 51 Bridgman, 58 Mesh, 49 Pauselli, 51 Burns, 59 Metz, 49 Peacock, 65 Camp, 60 Meyer, 46 Pedrick, 42 Cherry, 44 Migliorisi, 49 Peeters, 51 Clarke, 59, 60 Mihalo, 49 Pellico, 51 Cole, 45 Mikulski, 49 Peplowski, 51 Dimer, 45 Milota, 49 Pero, 51 Dixon, 44 Mitchell, 49 Peters, 51 Dunn, 60 Monson, 49 Peterson, 51 Ellis, 65 Moran, 49 Petrando, 51 Ely, 62 Moritz, 49 Petrie, 64 Fisher, 46 Mortell, 49 Petrine, 51 Fussey, 46 Mule, 49 Picciuca, 51 Fuzzy, 46 Muller, 49 Pobuda, 47 Gall, 43 Musial, 49 Pocias, 51 Gault, 59 Myrmel, 49 Poczatek, 51 Geringer, 44, 45 Nash, 50 Power, 51 Gould, 58, 59, 60, 61 Neis, 50 Prena, 51 Hartigan, 44 Nemec, 48 Probaba, 47 Herbert, 47 Nering, 50 Quaid, 51 Hipelius, 45 Neurauter, 50 Quinn, 51 Hirsch, 45 Newman, 50 Ratajczak, 51 Hitney, 48 Niccolai, 50 Realmo, 52 Hoppenrath, 44 Norton, 60 Rebmann, 52 Howe, 58, 59, 60, 61 Nosal, 50 Renspie, 52 70

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Reynolds, 52 Stanbary, 57 Volkstorf, 48 Ricci, 52 Stanke, 53 Voss, 54 Rice, 60 Starzyk, 53 Waldhier, 55 Rimas, 52 Staszkiewicz, 53 Walker, 59 Rochford, 52 Steinbeck, 61 Wallace, 55 Roder, 52 Steinbronn, 53 Walsh, 55 Rogers, 52 Steiskal, 53 Walters, 55 Ronne, 52 Steyer, 53 Wann, 43 Rosenmayer, 52 Stinson, 59 Weber, 55 Ross, 52 Stone, 61 Wedgbury, 55 Rotella, 52 Stonwell, 45 Wendt, 55 Rumps, 52 Stopper, 54 Wenzel, 55 Rupp, 52 Sweeney, 54 Werderitsch, 55 Ryan, 52 Swiglish, 43 Werner, 44 Rzeszutko, 52 Szpajer, 54 Weston, 61 Salvo, 52 Szpak, 54 White, 60 Sandstrom, 52 Szwed, 54 Wielgus, 55 Scavone, 52 Taney, 54 Wiggerman, 55 Schaefer, 45, 52 Tatton, 54 Wilkins, 55 Schaeffer, 53 Taviani, 54 Williams, 59 Schmall, 53 Taylor, 43 Wilson, 55 Schmidt, 53 Thompson, 54, 62 Winter, 45 Schramer, 39 Tilton, 59 Wirth, 55 Schultz, 53 Tisinai, 54 Witte, 64 Schumacher, 53 Toenings, 54 Wittig, 55 Schumack, 53 Tomaszewski, 54 Wizceb, 55 Schwarz, 53 Topolinski, 54 Wojnicki, 55 Schweik, 53 Trochowski, 54 Wolshon, 55 Selter, 45 Turner, 60 Wonsil, 55 Sevick, 47 Tykalsky, 48 Woodworth, 56 Sienicki, 53 Uzarski, 54 Yetter, 56 Sinnott, 53 Vander Molen, 45 Zarembka, 56 Slowik, 53 VanderMolen, 40 Zawila, 56 Smith, 48, 53 Varga, 54 Zehentmaier, 56 Smorynski, 53 Vergen, 54 Zimmerman, 56 Spikings, 46, 47 Vitellaro, 54 Zych, 56 Staab, 53 Vitullo, 54

Neither the Quarterly Editor not the Chicago Genealogical Society can assume responsibility for contributors’ errors of fact, and opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the Editor or of CGS. Proven errors of fact will, of course, be corrected.

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CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY ANCESTOR CERTIFICATES

The Chicago Genealogical Society will issue ancestor certificates to descendants of early residents of Chicago or Cook County. There are three categories of Certificates: (1) Pioneer – an ancestor who settled in Chicago or Cook County from the city’s founding in 1833 through 8 October 1871 (Great Chicago Fire), (2) Rebuilder – an ancestor who settled in Chicago or Cook County from October 9, 1871 to the end of December 1893 (World’s Columbian Exposition), and (3) Progressive – an ancestor who settled in Chicago or Cook County between January 1894 and the end of March 1933.

In documenting your Pioneer, Rebuilder, and Progressive ancestors, you will be helping to preserve the records of your family and the history of the Chicago area.

Applicants need not be residents of Chicago or Cook County or members of the Society. A certificate will be issued for each ancestor documented, and submitted as follows.

1. Complete the Application Form and Direct Lineage Chart as fully as possible. The Application Form and Direct Lineage Chart can be printed (or downloaded) from our website: http://www.chicagogenealogy.org, and obtained at our meetings. Please use maiden names where applicable. If unsure of any dates or information, place a question mark after them. 2. Submit proper documentation. You may include copies of census records, land records, birth/marriage/death records, church records and/or burial records (cemetery name and location), etc. Do NOT send the original documents. Family Group Sheets will NOT be accepted as proper documentation. All applications and copies of supporting documents become the property of the Chicago Genealogical Society. 3. The first certificate costs $25.00 and each subsequent copy of the same ancestor to various descendants is $15.00. Send your Application Form, Direct Lineage Chart, proper documentation for each Certificate, and a check for the total number of Certificates ordered to:

Chicago Genealogical Society Attn: Ancestor Certificates P.O. Box 1160 Chicago, IL 60690-1160

You may submit as much additional information about your ancestor as you wish.

Please consider sending a short narrative of how your ancestor arrived in the Chicago area (by wagon, train, water), first residence, or experiences during and after the Great Fire. We may publish your story in the Chicago Genealogist.

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