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Calvary Cemetery

301 Chicago Ave
Evanston, Illinois

Information contributed for use in Cook County ILGenWeb by
Alice Rosenberger [[email protected]], Oct. 1999

Lot 13 Block 7 Section Q
05/07/1887 Ellen Rosenberger
09/14/1894 Emil Rosenberger-small casket
03/16/1910 George Rosenberger d 1886 age 74-buried at Graceland-moved to Calvary
03/16/1910 Christine Rosenberger d Oct 1908-buried Techney IL-moved to Calvary
01/13/1913 Mary A. Nolan
01/17/1917 Bernard Nolan
07/03/1943 Emil Rosenberger

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Information contributed for use in Cook County ILGenWeb by
Paul R. Rostowsky <[email protected]>, Sept 1999

Judith A. Rostowsky (Schliesmann)

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Information contributed for use in Cook County ILGenWeb by
Joan M Ross <[email protected]>, Aug 1998

Plot purchased by William J. BIGLEY July 15, 1889
Lot #65 Block 16 section O

Date of
Interment Name of Deceased (Relationship to Wm)
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11/7/1933 William Bigley Son
12/16/1937 Anna Bigley Daughter
5/27/1942 Elizabeth Bigley Daughter 1
2/17/1942 Edward B. Seidensticker Son In Law
02/14/1957 Rose Seidensticker Daughter
7/14/1960 Wm E. Seidensticker Unknown
8/31/1908 Mary C. Bigley Unknown
6/08/1905 William J. Bigley plot owner
3/5/1896 Joseph Ross Unknown
2/22/1988 Michael Granger Unknown
7/15/1889 2 Children of W. J Bigley & others
11/8/1982 Ruth Burkhart Unknown

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Information contributed for use in Cook County ILGenWeb by
Sue Anger <[email protected]>, July 1998

Thomas NORTON 2 April 1870
(purchaser of plot) Bridget Norton removed from old cemetery 1870
Thomas Naughton interred 8/20/1874
Infant of Thomas Regan int. 2/5/1881
Mary Naughton int. 12/30/1882
Infant of James Norton int. 6/20/1883
Denis Norton int. 8/28/1883 add. 125 Elk Grove av
widow Bridget RoachRose Stevens (6) int. 7/12/1894
James Stephens int 6/6/1899
James Norton int. 6/13/1892
Helen (Nellie) Norton, nee Lake int 9/10/1936
Thomas Norton int 8/17/1936
Mary Norton int 6/24/1935
Thomas Norton Sr. int 1/23/1933, 547 W 37th
widow NelliePatrick McMahon int 4/8/1917

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Information contributed for use in Cook County ILGenWeb by
Janice Koch ([email protected])

Calvary Cemetery owner: Charles Kelly date of purchase: Sept. 28, 1872
17 block: 11 section O file# 2201
Reimann, Charles 6/21/1939
Reimann, Gregory 8/29/1941
Reimann, Marie 11/10/1989
Reimann, Mary 10/29/1952 wife of Charles Donlin
Edward 11/7/1991 Donlin
Peter 9/2/1991 Donlan
Catherine 10/16/1884 Donlin
Patrick 9/28/1872

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Information contribued by Laurie McNamara Hahn ([email protected])

Calvary Cemetary, Evanston Illinois
Research done May 1 and 13, 1995

Apr 3 1875* McNamara, John 25 848 S. Clark Ireland
Jan 23, 1875 Consumption From Vault
Apr 3 1875* Callinan, Bridget 1-1-0 Wentworth Ave & 48th Town of Lake
Mar 21 1875 Convulsions/Influenza From Vault
Jan 1 1876 McNamara, Denis 87 848 S. Clark Ireland Jan

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Contributor: Paul R. Rostowsky [[email protected]] Sept 1999

Judith A. Rostowsky (Schliesmann)

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Contributor: Joan M Ross [email protected] Aug 1998 & Jul 2003

Plot purchased by William J. BIGLEY July 15, 1889
Lot #65 Block 16 section O

Date of
Interment Name of Deceased (Relationship to Wm)
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11/7/1933 William Bigley Son
12/16/1937 Anna Bigley Daughter
5/27/1942 Elizabeth Bigley Daughter 1
2/17/1942 Edward B. Seidensticker Son In Law
02/14/1957 Rose Seidensticker Daughter
7/14/1960 Wm E. Seidensticker Grandson
8/31/1908 Mary C. Bigley Daughter
6/08/1905 William J. Bigley plot owner
3/5/1896 Joseph Ross Stepson
2/22/1988 Michael Granger Unknown
7/15/1889 2 Children of W. J Bigley & others
11/8/1982 Ruth Burkhart Unknown

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Contributor: Sue Anger [[email protected]] July 1998

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Contributor: Janice Koch ([email protected]) Apr 2002

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Contributor: Laurie McNamara Hahn ([email protected])

Calvary Cemetery, Evanston Illinois
Research done May 1 and 13, 1995

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Contributor: Beth Rasmussen [email protected] February 22, 2003

O’CONNOR, AUSTIN (husband) b. July 1830 in Co. Clare, Ire. d. April 14,1875.:
Interred at Calvary Cemetery first-Apr.15,1875, re-interred Jan 14,1881.
Body moved to new grave on orders of Susan O’Connor. age about 45 at death.
O’CONNOR, SUSAN O’CONNELL (wife) b . about 1828, Ireland, d. Nov 24,1896.
age 66 at death.
MULHOLLAND, MARY JANE O’CONNOR (wife) b Dec 20,1856 in Abington, Ma.
d. Mar 11,1927 age at death 70yrs 7 mo. 21 days.
MULHOLLAND, OWAN (husband) b Apr 1855, N.Y. d Sept 20,1900 age at death abt 65
O’CONNOR, JOSEPH J. ( husband )b July 16,1871 in Chicago, d Nov 17,1943
age at death 72 yrs 4 mo 4 days
O’CONNOR, MARY TRAINOR, (wife)b July 27,1875 in Chicago, d. Aug 30,1948
age at death 73 yrs 1 mo. 3 days.

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Contributor: Kathleen Berner Groll [email protected] August 2003

Calvary Cemetery
Evanston, IL
Purchased May 30, 1866 Owner G. Bernero
Bernero Vault

Lot 2 Block 2 Section L
10/22/1866 Catherine Bernero (6)
2/25/1868 Augustine Bernero (0-1-0)
3/28/1869 Child of Louis Bernero
5/12/1869 Waldo G.A. Gonilla (0-0-15)
4/8/1870 Vincent Bernara (0-1-18)
11/28/1871 Frank Bernero (0-0-14)
1/11/1872 Dominick Brogolan
1/18/1872 Teresa Batta
8/14/1872 John Longinatti (1)
9/30/1872 David Arado (0-10-0)
11/14/1872 Catherine Arado
5/30/1873 Louisa Bernero (0-5-0)
1/19/1877 Louisa T. Bernero (9-4-0)
10/8/1879 Louisa Arado
8/18/1883 Giovanni A. Bernero (0-2-4)
12/1/1884 Bartholomew L. Bernero (0-9-0)
5/2/1886 Emeline Biggio (0-6-0)
11/21/1890 John Bernero
12/9/1890 Baby Bernero
3/18/1891 Baby Bernero
7/12/1894 John Bernero (1)
3/7/1897 Salvatore Matracia (3 mos)
12/4/1898 Ida Bernero
2/3/1901 John Bernero
9/6/1910 Carmeli Bernero (Removed to Queen of Heaven Cemetery 4/9/1963)
10/18/1916 Louisa Arado
2/21/1918 Bartholomew Bernero
5/31/1919 Catherine Arado (Removed to Queen of Heaven Cemetery 4/9/1963)
5/10/1921 Francis Arado
11/15/1920 John Gazzola
7/26/1928 John Bernero
11/7/1929 Louisa Shields
7/12/1935 Frank Bernero
4/3/1936 Samuel Shields
5/13/1936 Catherine Bernero

Calvary Cemetery
Lot Owner Cella Bros. Date of Purchase 3/16/1893

Lot 15 Block 43 Section S

4/20/1909 Marie Bernero (60)
12/20/1911 Mary Cella (31-9-19)
7/10/1912 Frances L. Cella (7 mos)
12/31/1917 Baby Cella (still)
5/4/1918 Frank Cella (61-10-0)
12/15/1918 Dominick Badaracco (32)
8/8/1924 Irene Cella (13-11-10)
3/28/1927 Antonio Bernero (82-9-11)

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Contributor: Carole Demers ([email protected]) Dec 2004

Purchased by Catherine Hennessey, 3 September 1889, Lot N24, Block 35, Section U

Date of Interment Name of Deceased
6/9/1914 Nicholas Powers (47)–Brother of Thomas Powers
4/29/1937 Mary Dunne (77) nee Fox (daughter of Mary Hennessy & Robert Fox)
12/10/1937 Mary Elizabeth Brennan (66) (daughter of Timothy Hennessy & Grace Cronin)
11/13/1952 Joseph M. Nykiel (74)
11/24/1891 Michael Hennessy (16) (son of Timothy Hennessy & Grace Cronin)
3/2/1894 Nicholas J. Powers (9 mos.)
10/15/1896 Thomas Powers (32)..died of typhoid fever. First husband of Mary Fox Dunne
3/13/1897 Catherine Powers (1)
11/17/1900 Catherine Hennessey (76)
9/04/1904 Margaret Costello (6 months)
9/03/1889 Hannah Puma (48) nee Hennessy (sister of Catherine Hennessey)

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Purchased by William J. Donohue, 22 Aug 1882, Lot 33, Block 8, Section K

6/19/1888 Timothy Hennessey (76) – b. Lisvernane, Glen of Aherlow, Tipperary
7/30/1914 Jerome V. Grimes
1/20/1924 Irene Murphy
8/14/1925 Edward Gannon
7/15/1926 Anna Donohue
2/25/1937 George Donohue
5/23/1939 Mary Donohue
5/2/1952 Wm. J. Donohue
5/2/94 Nellie Dolan nee Donohue
8/14/92 Mary Donohue (5)
12/17/01 William Donohue
2/27/03 Anna E. O’Connor
9/16/89 Richard Van Lent

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No Record of Owner, Grave 55, Block 18, Section V

12/30/1884 Grace Hennessy (54) Wife of Timothy Hennessy (native of Ballylanders, Limerick)
5/27/1872 Bridget Hennessy (1-0-2)

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Contributor: Anne Sellers [email protected] Jun 2005

Owner Ellen Donovan
Date of Purchase Dec 30, 1897
Sec X Blk A Lot 2
James Donovan (21 days) April 15, 1913
Grandson Bridgit Donovan (56) Oct 20, 1914
Sister Ellen Donovan (70)
Sept 8, 1924 Owner Dennis Donovan (64)
Mar 2, 1938 Son Charles Donovan (45) Dec 30, 1897
Husband Ellen Donovan (10 days) Aug 13, 1902
Mary Donovan (8 days) Aug 11, 1902
Mary Donovan (2) Jan 15, 1907
Daniel Mellon (36) July 31, 1999

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Contributor: Anne Sellers anne-sellers@ comcast.net Jun 2005

Owner James Byrne
Date of purchase June 6, 1866
Sec A Blk 6 Lot 43
James Byrne (54) June 6, 1866 Owner
Mary Byrne (78) Dec 29, 1892 Wife
Owen Byrne July 18, 1941 Son
Rose Byrne Nov 16, 1929 daughter in law
Mary Duffin Dec 31, 1925 grand daughter
Thomas Duffin April 21, 1942 grand son in law
Loretta Duffin Stephens Sept 14, 1938 great granddaughter
Irene Griffin Jan 15, 1966 grand daughter
James Griffin May 31, 1963 grandson in law
Elizabeth Byrne 1953 granddaughter
Thomas Byrne (Burns) 1884 son
Nellie Byrne 1885 granddaughter
Edward J. Byrne (20) Dec 31, 1906 grandson
Loretta Byrne (4) Jan 19, 1893 granddaughter
Thomas Byrne (7 mo) Apr 11, 1888 grandson
Charles Aloysius Donovan, Jr (6) Nov 21, 1915 great grandson
Anna Donovan (s.b.) June 25, 1920 great granddaughter

Cady Cemetery

Palatine township, Cook County, Illinois
The cemetery is located on Ela Road, just south of Dundee Road, (IL Route 68).

The inventory was made in 1972 by David H. Koss, Louis D. Melnickand, and Michael A. Melnick.
The cemetery was in a neglected condition and many stones were scattered and some were broken. All available stones were copied, questionable material is indicated by brackets. For ages at death, years, months and days are indicated by Y, M and D. A surname rendered in capital letters designates a single stone.

ABBOTT, Ethan B., d. Jan 26, 1855, 32Y, 6M, 1D.
ABBOTT, Thursey Ann, d. Oct 23, 1847, 16Y 8M, wife of Bela H. Abbott.
ADAMS, Francis T., b. Nov 19, 1818, d. Mar 31, 1882, father.
BELLOWS, Warren L., d. July 10, 1854, 32Y, 7D.
BOGART, Sarah V., d. Mar 16, 1866, 10Y, 8M, 7D, dau. of P. & C. Bogart
See also Vanderbogart.
BOOTHMAN, George, b. Mar 28, 1811, d. Apr 2, 1883,
Hannah, b. June 3, 1811, d. Mar 3, 1899.
BOOTHMAN, Mary, dau. of George and Hannah (Hardwick) Boothman,
was b. 24 Sept 1841, Whitgift Common,nr. Goole, Yorkshire,
and m. Joseph Wilmer of Barrington, Ill.
BOYCE, Robert O. (or D.), d. Sept 11, 1863, 27Y, 11D. This stone was in eleven pieces,
which were found scattered throughout the cemetery.
BRYAN, See Burrill.
BURRILL, Richard, b. 1817, d. 1864
Nancy Bryan, b. 1822, d. 1910
William, their son, b. 1858, d. 1910
Susan Burrill Daniels, b. 1848, d. 1909
Laura G., her dau., b. 1869, d. 1871.
CADY, Ezekiel, d. Oct 1, 1873, 82Y, 5M, 12D
Adeline, d. Aug 9, 1881, 82Y, 26D, wife of Ezekiel Cady
CADY, Arad A., d. Corinth, Miss., Sept 4, 1863, 44Y, 10M, 8D,
son of Ezekiel and Adeline Cady.
There is army information, but it is mostly illegible.
Pension file WC 20-744 shows he was in Co. E, 113th Reg. ofInfantry Volunteers.
He was b. Oneida Co., NY, and m. Nov 4, 1860, Miss Evelina Johnson
(who later m. Daniel Benedict) at Palatine,
and had Nellie Adeline Cady, b. Sept 12, 1861,
and Albert Arad Cady, b. May 26, 1863
CADY, James M., d. O(ct) 18, 1848, 18Y, 8M, son of Ezekiel and Adeline Cady.
CADY, Wilbert, b. 1824, d. 1841.
This cemetery was started with this burial.
CARLEY, Hannah, d. Jan 15, 1846, wife of A. Carley (nee Covey, mother of Adeline Cady)
(CASTLE), Fred, d. May 1, 1863, 2Y, 2M, 12D, son of L. D. and L. A.(Castle)
CATLOW, Elizabeth, d. Oct 12, 1861, 17Y, 2M, dau. of J. & E. Catlow.
CATLOW, John, b. Dec 10, 1822, d. Mar 2, 1905 Elizabeth, b. Dec 7, 1823, d. Apr 2 1897
CATLOW, Leroy, b. June 8, 1892, d. Mar 2, 1894, son of Daniel & Melissa Catlow
COLLEN, Charlotte, d. July 8, 1892, 56Y, 10 M, wife of J. Collen
DAHL, Heinrich, geboren 1 Marz 1827, gestorben 23 Oct 1881
DANIELS, see Burrill. ED…, Feb 2 ….., AE 61. Small fragment only. Could be Edgerton?
EDGERTON, Isaac, d. July 8, 1848, 81Y.
He was born in West Simsbury, CO (The American Genealogist, Vol 44, p 123).
EDGERTON, Martha Lord, d. Apr 4, 1883, 77Y, 8M, 11D, formerly wife of S. B. Hunewell.
EDGERTON, Sarah, d. Oct 3, 1843, 13Y, 1M, 7D, dau of I. & (J) Edgerton.
EDGERTON, Sarah, d. Sept 16, 1851, 84Y, wife of I. Edgerton.
EDGERTON, Zebina, b. July 25, 1791, d. Apr 2, 1883.
ELVIDGE, (Jo)hn, d. Aug 29, 1850, 39Y, 5M.
ELVIDGE, Lawson, Co. H, 39 Ill. Inf.
ELVIDGE, Lawson F., b. July 26, 1848, d. Sept 18, 1906
Martha, b. Oct 13, 1849, d. Sept 13, 1898, wife of Lawson F.Elvidge,
Cynthia, b. June 1875, d. Aug 1875
Nellie, b. July 1882, d. Nov 1882
James, b. Mar 1884, d. Jan 1885
Grant, b. July 1885, d. Jan 1887
FOSKET, Adelbert, d. Feb 13, 1858, 6Y 2M, 3D, son of (A. H.) and L. M.Fosket
The stone for Adelbert Fosket is signed: Pierce, St. Charles.
FOSKET, Alta C., d. July 25, 1860, 1Y,
dau. of Milton and Fannie (Cady)Fosket
FOSKET, Frank, d. Sept 9, 1848, 3Y, 1M, 18D,
son of Milton & F. M.Fosket
FOSKET, John, d. Feb 15, 1843 (or 1842), 56Y, our Father.
FOSKET, M., only the base remains; the stone is missing.
FOSKET, infant, b. Sept 29, 1862, 1M, 11D, son of Milton and Fannie Fosket.
FRAAS, (Eli)zabeth M., d. Apr 28, 1866, 44Y, 5M, 6D, wife of L. J. Frass.
FREEMAN, Chas., d. Nov 9, 1860. Much of the stone is missing.
FREEMAN, Eliza, b. 1810, d. 1893.
FREEMAN, Esther Ann, d. Sept 12, 1862, 9Y, 4M, 27D,
dau of C. & E. Freeman
FREEMAN, Mary, d. Jan 29, 1863, 12Y, 8M, dau of W. & C. Freeman.
FREEMAN, Samuel, d. Dec 16, 1849, 61Y. The stone is broken off under the age at death.
FREEMAN, Wm., d. Aug 6, 1856, aged (74…).
FULLER, Louisa, d. Apr 25, 1855, 15Y, 9M, 9D, dau of Alvah and Louisa Fuller,
“….sleeps our sister….”.
GALPIN, Fannie, d. Jan 1, 1863, 1 week, 1D, dau Homer B. & M. J. Galpin
GALPIN, MaryJane, d. Sept 24, 1864, 30Y, 6M, 18 D, wife of H. B. Galpin,
dau of Ezekiel and Adeline Cady.
GEARY, John, b. June 11, 1813, d. Oct 26, 1893, Father
GEARY, Julia, b. Dec 11, 1814, d. Sept 26, 1894, Mother
GEARY, Theo. G., Co. E, 113…Ill. Inf.
GEARY, T. (G.), Co. E, 113…Ill. Inf.
HA(LL), John A., d. July 20, 1857, 18Y, 1M, 29D, son of G. & E. Ha(ll).
HALL, …., Born in England. A badly eroded stone. Illegible.
HOUGH, Carrie L., d. July 20, 1857, 18Y, 13D. dau of Warren and L. M. Hough.
Hunewell, see Edgerton.
HUNEWELL, Samuel B., d. Jan 16, 1853, 53Y
JAYNE, ……, d. Dec 27, 1871, 26Y, wife of S. C. Jayne. Top of stone missing
KITSON, John, b. Aug 16, 1819, d. Feb 15, 1895, 75Y, 5M, 29D.
Ann, d. Dec 18, 1876, 56Y, 10M, 24D, wife of John Kitson,
Mary J., d. Oct 24, 1855, 1Y, 11M,
Fanny, d. Oct 25, 1861, 5Y, 7M.
KITSON, Lloyd R., b. 1887, d. 1864, beloved Father.
Ether Kitson, sister of Lloyd, is also bur. in this cemetery,
but no stone was erected.
MILLER, James, d. Oct 14, 1846, 25Y, 2M.
MIX FAMILY, fenced in area, individual stones; Lurenda, b. July 6, 1782, d. Oct 23, 1850
Ira, b. Feb 9, 1819, d. Nov 21, 1879
Elizabeth, b. Apr 26, 1825, d. Oct 20, 1861
Harriet, b. Oct 10, 1852, d. Aug 10, 1853
Milton, b. Sept 19, 1842, d. June 4, 1846, on same stone with –
Lois, b. July 20, 1848, d. Oct 15, 1849
Lurenda, b. Apr 26. 1844, d. Oct 19, 1871, wife of J. Wallace.
Warren, b. Aug 21, 1850, d. Apr 24, 1897
MOORHOUSE, Joseph, d. Feb 1, 1877, 86Y.
MOORHOUSE, Willie L., d. July 16, 1864, 1Y, 10M, 28D, son of W. & C. Moorhouse.
PAGE, George, b. Feb 14, 1802, d. Oct 3, 1879
Ann, b. Oct 11, 1802, d. Sept 26, 1884
Betsey, b. 1833, d. 1876
Thomas, b. 1836, d. 1862
George W., b. 1842, d. 1866
PAGE, Lilly May, b. Jan 8, 1879, d. Sept 27, 1883
ROBERTS, Ge(o…), d. Feb 19, 1855, 7Y, 2M, son of H. & C. Roberts.
The stone is signed: C. E. H., St. Charles.
ROLLINS, John T., d. Jan 25, 1856, 20Y
SAMAR, Lena, b. 1916, d. 1942
SIMONTON, Claude J., b. Sept 12, 1908, d. Sept 26, 1949
SUTHERLAND, Frances Marrion, d. Aug 18, 1848, 1Y, 8M, 18D,
dau of Sidney and Julia A. Sutherland.
SUTHERLAND, Plinn, d. Apr 12, 1846, 1Y, 2M, 21D,
son of Sidney and Julia A. Sutherland.
The year is probably 1846, but 1840 is a possibility.
SWICK, Thomas, b. Sept 14, 1809, d. Aug 14, 1887
Catharine, b Nov 19, 1814, d. Feb 4, 1905
SWICK, John, d. Mar 14, 1865, 68Y, 1M, 4D.
SWICK, Sarah, d. (Ja)n 11, 1858, 60Y, 5M, wife of John Swick
SWICK, Sarah E., d. June 10, 1870, 20Y, 6M, 27D, wife of H. L. Swick
SWICK, Wm. Osker, d. mar 7, 1855, 6M, 10D, son of M. & C. T. Swick
also see Vanderbogart.
VANDERBOGART, Peter, d. May 18, 1888, 69Y, 3M, 13D
Carloine Swick, b. Mar 8, 1823, d. Aug 7, 1894, wife of P. Vanderbogart. See also Bogart.
VAN VALKENBURG, Ann, d. Jan 11, 1858, in her 85th year, wife of Wm. Van Valkenburg.
Wallace, see Mix.
WIARD, Darius A., d. Oct 31, 1848, 16Y, 1M, 11D, son of Jeremy and Hannah Wiard
WIARD, Jane A., d. Oct 31, 1848, 14Y, 1M, 8D, dau of Jeremy and Hannah Wiard
WILSON, Adelia, d. Jan 24, 1857, 36Y, 5M, wife of Thomas F. Wilson
WILSON, Coraet. (Thus!), d Dec 15, 1856, 5Y, 1M, dau of Thomas and Adelia Wilson.
WILSON, Hannah W., d. Sept 20, 1861, 60Y, 6M, wife of J. Wilson
WILSON, (Na)ncy, d…4, 1869, … and 6M, wife of …F. Wilson. Fragment.
WILSON, …….., Thomas F. Wilson, d. June 28, 1850, 35Y, 4M.
Only a small part of of the stone was found; it is doubtful that this is a stone
for Wilson himself; it may be the stone for a wife of Wilson.
WILSON,…, (Wi)fe of ….. Small fragment only. (———-), ….. Nov 26, 1859,
(or 1850 or 1853), 63Y. There is no namepresent on this small fragment.

Contributed Dec 1988 by Judy Josephson

THORNUM, Peter J.

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Peter J. Thornum was my Great Grandfather.

I began my research into his past in July of 1992 when I took my first trip to Chicago where my early roots originated. Since that time, following his life and times has proved to be an entrancing and irrepressible and joyful voyage into the past..

Some of the substantiated facts I have learned concerning him are as follows:

Born in Ribe Denmark March 10, 1844 reared in the region of his birth until he reached the age of fourteen years and then was employed as a cook on a vessel, leading the life of the average seaman, until seventeen when he was promoted to mate. In 1862, he entered the United States Navy and continued there for four years. He served on the US ships of war the Princton and the
Mohican. In 1866 he sailed the Great Lakes between Buffalo and New York City and in that same year he located in Chicago, still continuing on the Lakes but making this city his home. In 1870, while mate of the vessel “Badger State” he was shipwrecked and the vessel was lost, though all the passengers were rescued. He continued sailing until 1871, when he was again shipwrecked
on the schooner “Levant”* which went down five miles from shore, everyone on board was lost except Peter who was picked up by a passing vessel the next morning. The vessel had left Chicago the day of the never to be forgotten conflagration (great fire) of 1871, the weather at the time being very cold.

He then abandoned life on the Lakes and followed the occupation of a painter doing contracting, and employing many men in his business. He continued to be thus occupied until 1884 when he located in Winslow, Jackson and Talman’s subdivision, erecting a residence on Seymour Street. In 1877 he moved his house to 704 West North Avenue. He was one of the first to locate on that street, and in 1880 while still contracting for painting, he was engaged as an agent for fire insurance. Transacting more insurance business than any other agent in that part of the city, he represented Germans of Freeport and the Milwaukee Mechanic’s Insurance Companies.

In August of 1869 he was married to Christina Jepsen, a resident of Chicago, but a native of Denmark coming to this country at the age of twenty. They had four children: Frederick, Emma, Selma, Thyra.

He always favored the Democratic Party with his influence, and had been the water and building inspector, besides holding various offices. In 1882 he was nominated for the office of State Senator as the opponent of William E Mason. He was an active member of The Danish Brotherhood, Wicker Park Lodge N0. 281, Independent Order of the Odd Fellows and went through all the chairs. He was vice president representing the West Side of the Democratic Central Committee at the same time that Charles Thornton was vice president from the South Side. He served on the executive committee of the Carter Harrison League in 1902.

In 1906 he died in his adopted country at the age of 66 years. Having resided in Chicago 40 years he now rests in Mt. Olive Cemetery surrounded by family.

* “Steaming Through Smoke and Fire 1871”, by James L. Donahue, published in 1990, page 91.

Contributed 17 Jan 1999 by Joyce Daugherty

PETRIE, Michael

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The name of Michael Petrie has a good sound in the business circles of Chicago. Mr. Petrie was born October 14, 1848 in Chicago. His parents were Philip and Catherine (LAUX) Petrie. The father comes from Neunkirchen, the mother comes from greater Losheim, of a province on the Rhine. The older Petrie served as an Ordnance Officer under Napoleon in 1835 and was married on February 7, 1838 and came to America with his wife. On August 24 of said year Philip and Catherine came to Chicago. On the 7th of February 1888 they were permitted to have a celebration of their Golden Wedding anniversary. Philip Petrie preceded her in death. She gave him eleven children. The widow died on 22nd of May 1898 at the age of nearly 80 years. When the Golden wedding celebration was held the bridegroom was 74 years old, and the bride was in her 68th year. Bishop Fehan attended the ceremony and at the end he gave a short message. On this occasion the bridal pair could claim six sons, fifteen grandchildren, and a six-week-old great grandson.

Michael Petrie, whose picture accompanies this article attended St. Joseph School and the Ogden School. Later he attended the Saltman’s Business College. After he had served up to the year 1870 in the law offices of John mattock he became a junior partner of the law firm Mattocks, Mason and Company. Their office was located on the corner of Dearborn and Lake Streets. Before the year 1872 he founded the Alton Exchange (presently occupied by the Chicago Opera House) on his own property on 163 Washington Street where it remained for some 22 years. In the last seven years Mr. Petrie had his office in Teutonic Buildings on the corner of Fifth and Washington Streets. He had rooms 407,408,and 409 which offered him elegant and excellent facilities in order to carry out his work. There were many and varied duties, especially since he has so many responsibilities. In this connection he was made responsible for Seipp’s and Successors, and for Mrs. Pauline Bush and Heirs, widow of Valentine Bush, the holder of Bush Brewery and Company, for the lands of Mrs. Anna Bush and for the houses of Bush Brewing Company and Successors, and for heirs of Peter Schuttler etc. Mr. Petrie was as agent of the grounds and as long time resident of Chicago a precise knowledge of the value of pieces of property and an unfailing understanding of money matters. In the course of the years he has demonstrated this ability so that he has acquired the confidence of business people.

The fact is that Mr. Petrie has never attempted to live in the posh part of life. Although in the years from 1876,1877, and 1878 he did serve as assessor of North Town to which office he was elected. In the year 1896 when his brother Nicholas held the office of County Commissioner died and he served for the remainder of his term, That is for one and one-half years, (part of the line is not legible) till the beginning of the term of his successor. (Several lines to faint to read). He is a member of the Germanic Men’s chorus, a member of the Marquette Club, a member of the Bar hunting club, of the Rice fishing Club, a member of the Hesperio Lodge of St. Bernard Commando. One of his brothers Charles G. Petrie, was for 35 years a member of the local Fire Company, and Secretary Marshall of the same.

Mr. Petrie is not married. He is a good musician and at earlier time he sang in German Men’s chorus and assisted in the church choirs.

Contributed Jun 2000 by Joan Higgins

Source: Chicago and the German Influence, published 1897, translated by Noah G. Good in 1997.

MITCHIE, John Charles

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John Charles Mitchie enlisted as a private in the Illinois Infantry and fought on the Union side during the civil war. At the age of 17 on April 2, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, 12th Volunteer Illinois Infantry where he served 90 days. Then in the fall of 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 37th Illinois Infantry. He re-enlisted at Brownsville, Texas as a veteran after the civil war and was eventually discharged with his whole unit from the army in Houston, Texas, May 12, 1866. He fought in many significant battles of the civil war including Sugar Creek, Pea Ridge, Neoska, Netonia, Prairie Grove, Vicksburg, and Blakely (Alabama).

After the civil war, John Michie returned to Chicago where he worked in a bakery for eleven years. On November 26, 1868, he married Mary Susan Curtis. September 1877, John and Mary Susan homesteaded near Beaver Creek (Ravenna) in Nebraska. They had twelve children with seven surviving to adulthood (Margaret Michie Curran “Maggie” 1871-1950; John Charles Michie Jr 1873-1936; George Curtis Michie 1881-1930; Katharine McGregor Michie Hochreiter 1883-1968; David Francis “Dave” Michie 1886-1946; James Michie 1889-1958; Veronica Michie Cleveland “Ve” 1890-1984; and Joseph Esam “Ese” Michie 1892-1976).

John and Mary Susan Michie farmed near Beaver Creek, Nebraska. After a while, they sold their farm and moved into the town of Ravenna. John served his community well as justice of the peace, town clerk, school director, and as a Sherman County schoolteacher. Their children Margaret “Maggie” Michie Curran and Katharine McGregor Michie Hochreiter continued to live in Nebraska. Their son John Charles Michie Jr moved to Chicago, Illinois to work in the bakery business. Their daughter Veronica “Ve” eventually moved to California with her husband Grover “Pete” Cleveland. Three of their sons (James, Ese, and George) moved to Merigold, Bolivar County, Mississippi to work for their Bremner – Michie cousins in a cotton plantation business set up by Illinois Infantry 19th’s Captain David Francis Bremner — who married John’s sister Katharine Michie. David Francis Michie joined the Burlington Railroad and worked out of Alliance, Nebraska before transferring to Rawlins, Wyoming and eventually working for the Union Pacific Railroad, dying in 1946 in a train wreck in Sweetwater County, Wyoming near Rock Springs.

John was an active member in the G.A.R. Grand Army of the Republic after the civil war. He was said to have enjoyed talking about the days of the civil war with other veterans. When he went to Lincoln, Nebraska he would inquire as to where the civil war veterans would be so that he could visit. In his later years, the joke would be that he would be told that the veterans were all at Wyuka where upon he would ask where Wyuka was so that he could go there to visit. Wyuka, of course, was a cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Contributed May 2000 by Tawnya Michie Kumarakulasingam [Passed down from John Charles Michie to David Francis Michie to John Richard Michie to William David Michie to Tawnya Marie Michie Kumarakulasingam.]

HARBISON, Leslie Craig

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Mr. Harbison, president of Household Finance Corporation, was born in Batavia, Iowa, December 14, 1878. Son of Samuel Morrison and Cordelia (Quig) Harbison. He received his education in the public schools of Philadelphia and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His first position was that of an outside representative of Frank J. Mackey, Philadelphia, in 1897. Later he was transferred to their Cleveland (Ohio) office, where he remained from 1900 to 1905; as manager of the Washinton (D.C.) office from 1905 to 1908; and was in the middle-western branch offices in Chicago from 1908 to 1917. In 1918 the organization upon which Household Finance Corporation was subsequently built came into being and in 1925 it assumed its present corporate form. In that year Mr. Harbison was appointed president, and under his leadership Household Finance Corporation has become the largest organization of its kind in America, with 148 branch offices in ninety-one cities of twelve states.

Mr. Harbison is a member of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. His clubs are Chicago Athletic Association, Medinah Athletic, Bob o’Link, and Westmoreland Country. His favorite recreations are golf, hunting, and fishing.

He married Maude E. Bower, of Boston, Massachusetts, December 31, 1900. Their children are Gladys Irene (Mrs. John H. Lawson), David Samuel, Leslie Craig, Dorothy Maude, and Elizabeth Helene.

The hectic events and crises in these difficult years had gradually taken their toll of Leslie Harbison. He gave the appearance of being a robust and relaxed man, but actually he was not. He approached every problem with great intensity and he insisted on being kept informed of the most minute details, despite the growing multiplicity of company activities. He worked hard at everything he did, often staying long past the usual closing hours and always taking home a full portfolio. On the afternoon of December 22, 1933, he visited briefly in several offices in Chicago, then went back to his own office. He never emerged. The next morning his secretary, Mildred G. Seymour, found him on his couch. He had died of a heart attack while preparing to leave, for he was wearing his overcoat and on the desk nearby were his hat, gloves, and the inevitable portfolio. In its obituary, Personal Finance News called him “the father of the personal finance business” and offered apt assessment: “It was Mr. Harbison’s constant opinion that the personal finance business had much wider opportunities for service than had been realized. He devoted much time and unlimited energy to securing enactment of the small loan law in Illinois, notwithstanding the opposition of many of the leading small loan operators at the time. The position which he took then has now come to be accepted by the entire business, a fact which stands in tribute to his foresight.”

Contributed May 2000 by Cristy Thompson [Leslie Craig Harbison’s daughter Dorothy Harbison married Mr. William H. Hall 08 Oct 1938.]

Source: Lending is Our Business

BURNS, Bridget Ann

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Bridget was born 08 Jun 1890 in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. There the family had a farm so she had a lot of hard work. There were ten children in the family and over the years they all left except Bridget and her sister Teresa. The father took sick a couple of years before he died in 1919 and the two sisters took care of him. She never married. After his death, Bridget went to Glasgow, Scotland and opened a fruit store which she said was very successful. After a few years, she left Scotland and came to Chicago and lived with her brother and wife. She eventually got a job and her own apartment in Chicago.

She lived in Chicago for about thirty years before passing away 28 Feb 1959 at age 68 years. Bridet Burns was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery, 1400 S. Wolf Road, Hillside, IL 60162. Grave site: Grave #4, Lot North 8, Block 11, Section 25, with flat marker. The sad part about her death was that she died and no family members knew it until after the burial. There was no family in Chicago any more. One of the sisters at the hospital found where her brother lived in Arizona and told him. She also said the only visitors she had while laid out was a couple of the sisters from the hospital.

Contributed 17 Jul 1999 by Ed Burns

Gaw-O’Hara Envelope Company (1942)

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Edward Young, the contributor’s grandfather, and his best friend, Otto Schultz, worked at this company. Your help identifying any of those pictures would be appreciated.

Contributed by Christina Rehs

Boyle’s Black Devils (1927)

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1st row: Dave Jones, LT; William “Bill” Rasmussen, RE; John Johnson, Q and Captain; Edward Disch, C; Raymond Johnson, RH; William Colas, RT
2nd row: Henry Brede, RG; Steven Pickett, LG; Francis Thomas, RE; Arnold Rasmussen, Q; Arthur May, LH; Elmer Rasmussen, Q; Walter Kominski, F; Harry Tennisin, RT and G
3rd row: Benjamin Schmareck, RG; Michael Sullivan, C; Harold Miser, RT; Harold Leddin, LE; Peter Spoo, F; William Cody, LE; Ray Blank, LG; Clarence Zulpher, LG
4th row: George Haonover, LE; Joseph Jenoffe, RH; John S Boyle, Organizer, Coach, and Manager [John Boyle later became a Judge in the Chicago circuit court.]; William Masterson, RE; Leonard Shaw, LE

Contributed 23 Oct 2005 by Beth Rasmussen.

Grant Monument, Lincoln Park

Back of Postcard: The Grant Monument, the work of L. T. Rebisso, is an equestrian figure of colossal proportions mounted on a mammoth base of granite, and overlooking the lake from Lake Shore Drive

Contributed Oct 2003 by Columbia Historical and Genealogical Society, 225 Market St., PO Box 360, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-0360