Greetings! I am looking for decendants of William Wesley Botkin (1820-1876) born in Ohio, died in Illinois. He married Susannah A Simmons in December, 1840, in Jerseyville. They had Sarah, John, Charles, Steven, an unnamed baby daughter, William, Catharine, James, Warren, and my gg-grandfather, Luther, born in Honeybend, IL in 1867. This family lived in and around Jersey, Pike, Macoupin, and Montgomery Counties. Luther married Bessie E Fiser, in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. (see the Fiser Group), and then later Carrie Jewells. He died in Montana in 1935.

Luther and Bessie's son, my grandfather, Warren Loring Botkin (b 1893 Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and died 1972 in Long Beach, California) was given away around the age of 2 years, to Frank and Fannie Stevenson. Warren married Lillian Marie Scales 25 Dec 1912 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. As he was a pastor in the Methodist/Episcopal church, Warren and Lillian moved around a lot. Any information you may have would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hello, happy to be here. I am researching the names of Garwick, Smith and Jefferis in Carrol Co. I have the history of the 34th ILL. from the Civil War if anyone needs any help there.

Hi! My maiden name is Dickerson; my paternal grandparents were from Illinois. Other IL surnames I'm researching are Leggitt and Konkler.

My Illinois ancestors came to Illilnois from New York and Massachusetts in the 1830s to Tazewell County. My 2nd ggf Palmer Holmes was one of the original settlers of Tremont, IL.
Names of Illinois ancestors: Kaufman, Kice, Hack, Holmes, Kipp, and a few others. They lived in Tazewell, Peoria, and Woodford counties.
I'm glad to share any and all information I have.

HI, All
I am new to the area. My link to the Illinois area centers around Joliet. My Grandfather's relations settled down there. My gf was Humphrey O'Leary, originally from Galion, Ohio. His brother, John O'Leary, also originally from Galion, Ohio moved around a little bit (they were orphaned early on) and eventually ended up in Joliet sometime around or after 1900. He had a son, also named John, who married and stayed in Joliet, raised a couple of daughters. On of the daughters married a person named Del Rose who was connected to a newspaper. Hoping this rings a bell out there somehow - might help get me past the " brick wall ".
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Hi, as a new member of the Group, I thought I should proivide the places in ILL. I am interested in by County: Crawford; Henry; Kewanee; Knox; LaSalle; Mercer; Perry; Quincy; Sangamon. I am also interested in Sandwich. The Surnames I research are Pease, Spilman, Dotson/Dodson, Shepherd, Morgan, Wilson there are several others as I have over 2000 names in my research charts, but these are the primary ones. Anyone also researching these places or Surnames I would like to hear form.

Some additional comment. I am looking for a great grand aunt of mine. She was born Hellen Elizabeth Holmes 28 Nov 1854 in Tremont, Tazewell Co, IL. Her father and mother died before she became of age and she lived her teen years with her 1/2 sister Ann Eliza (Holmes) Shaw and her husband Henry Shaw. She began using the name Ella Holmes before she was 18. When she became of age she sold the property that had been left to her and disappeared. I can't find her in any marriage records or census records using any manner of different names. Her former guardians moved to California along with their children although I have found no record of her there.

Any ideas?

Carroll -- Wow -- this is a good one. It seems unlikely that a young single woman would go off entirely on her own in that time and place. Were there other siblings? Where did they go? Any other associates that can be identified? Did she sell all the property (or does her parents' probate list more than what she sold -- i.e., did she come back to sell or use the rest, perhaps?)? Does she appear in any court records in Tazewell? If you have a fairly precise departure date, have you checked city directories for Peoria and Chicago and St. Louis, especially if the family had any connections in any such direction? Any luck with digitized newspapers? Good luck (and I mean it!) -- Harold

I am also new to this group. I am researching the Wolford - Wohlford family anywhere. My Wohlfords went to Stephenson Co. IL in 1843 from Centre and Clinton Counties in PA. Some more followed later.

My SOLOMON family migrated to from Kentucky to Marshall, Clark County in 1825 and lived there until the 1880's. James A. SOLOMON son of Peter D. SOLOMON, moved his family from Clark County to Moultrie County (Jonathan Creek Township). In Cass County, I have the HOBROCK and THRON families who immigrated from Germany through the Port of New Orleans in 1846. The lived in Beardstown and Arenzville up until about 1900. Then last but not least is my James SHEERN family and the LESEURE family who lived in Paris, Edgar County and Danville, Vermillion County from 1818 until about 1830.

Tazewell County has one of the better G&Hs around. Have you contacted them?

Harold, yes she had the half sister who moved to California. My ggf, her 1/2 brother, had died in 1863 and her brother Dudley Holmes had enlisted in the 8th Illinois Vol. Infantry and had been killed at the storming of Ft Donelson, TN, in 1862. Her other siblings had died in childhood, her mother in abt 1865. She did have one slightly older brother who apprenticed as a machinist in Peoria but he left, married a girl from Pennsylvania and ended up in Bay City Michigan. I have estabished contact with his only surviving Holmes family there. So, when she was released from her guardianship in about 1871-2, she appeared to have sold everything she had.
I did not find her in Michigan and did not find her anywhere else. I have looked at the guardianship papers and probate and land sale records but so far I haven't found anything except that she started using the name Ella. It is shown on some of the old property maps of Tremont and surrounding area of the time.
I haven't had any luck with newspapers yet. I don't think enough Pekin papers have been digitized.

Yes, I am a life member.

Carroll -- I'm just having a lot of trouble getting my mind around her taking off on her own -- in the 1970s, yes, not in the 1870s. I see the statewide marriage index has an Ella Holmes marrying in 1872 in Hancock County, and a Sarah Holmes marrying in 1872 in Tazewell. Of course these are long shots but looks to me like we're in long shot territory. How about more distant relatives, either Holmes cousins or cousins on her mother's side? Or would she have known her sister-in-law's people in Peoria before their move to Bay City? Any church connections -- could she have gone to be a missionary somewhere? -- Harold

You may have hit it. I had just ran an inquiry on Illinois marriages and decided on the David H Grove as the most likely candidate. I tried to trace it out and found him living with his father in St Mary's, Hancock county in 1870. I can find no further data on Ancestry. I'm going to try some other services.
I think just the process of going through this again let me try searches I hadn't done for a long time but this time with different results.

I did find a gedcom for her probable husband although it does not mention her. The groom's name is Donal Hertel Grove born 3 Aug 1848 in Illinois.

Thanks, everyone. I have been looking for her for almost 20 years.

I was in LaSalle Co., IL last year and found that the best and most complete records were maintained in the Genealogical Society. Since then I have been in contact with several county Genealogical and Historical Socities through the US.

Sheri, I am a genealogist from Edgar County, IL. I have a small amount of information on the LESEURE family. There were some living there as late as 1880.

Ny ancestors lived in Pontiac from 1910 to 1945
FREESTON, Edwin and Ethyl,
He worked for Alton and Chicago RR as a tower operator
Emigrated from Boston England with my Mother Doris and other siblings in 1904
They started in Lincoln then Bloomington then Pontiac
They were members of Grace Episcopal Church

Researching:
Holmes, Rogers, Andrews, Alford - Peoria County.
Mostly from 1845-1880's.

I am researcing the son of a cousin who appears only once on the 1910 census for Cook County IL. His name was Foy/Fay BURDON/BURDEN and he was born about 1893 according to the census in IL. His mother was Canadian. I have found the burial site for his parents in Oak Woods Cemetery, but no sign of Foy there or in the database. I have searched on Ancestry for any other sign of him but nadda. OUr family was unaware of his existence till I found the 1910 census. Any help appreciated.

Hi Dawn-
Were you able to locate John and Phoebe in 1900? I haven't been able to find them as yet-

I'm new, here. Researching Robertson, Delp, Delph, Ford, Brumbaugh, Gunn, Tierney, Dooling, Davis,

Carol Robertson

I'm descended from the White, Jackson, and Morey families in Stark and Knox Counties. I would like to connect with others researching these families. I recently became a member of DAR though this line. I have many old photos that have not been identified, but all came from Illinois from the Jackson and White families.

My gr gr grandfather immigrated here in the 1850's and I find him living first in Adams County. I'm looking for his naturalization record. Does anyone have any idea where they might be?

Hi Kate,
No I haven't found John and Phoebe in 1910. I tried MN as Phoebe's sister lived there and tried Ontario thinking perhaps they had gone home for a while, but nothing at all.

Hi,
Is anyone doing research in Washington County (Nashville area) or Montgomery County? Surnames: Williams, Reeves, Ayers

Looking for the Cox family, Sangamon County, ILL in the mid 1820's. William Cox married Jane Hohimer in 1829 then in 1831 they moved to Southern MO. William had a younger brother who also married a Hohimer girl (Susan) and followed his brother to MO. I am trying to find the parents of William and Henry, I am not sure how long they were in ILL.

Looking for my GGF's sister Johanna Sofia Persdotter (perhaps Anna Peterson in America) who immigrated from Sweden in 1875 and lived, for a time at least, in the Rock Island, IL vicinity.

My Quinns and McKnights settled in Cumberland Co.,Illinois. Both families were Scotch-Irish. The McKnights emigrated from Chester Co.,Pennsylvania,and the Quinns from Pennsylvania via Ohio.

It's very difficult to follow a conversation on the wall. May I suggest you start a discussion by county or by surname so others can find it and perhaps provide more help?

I am researching the DOWNES and LAWSON familes of Rock Island County. Also included would be ABRAHAM, JONES, CHASE, RUGH, CHANEY, CAVERLY, BRANDON and ALEXANDER families.

any records on a kenneth erwin married to a winifred bredt in the 1940's

I just want everyone to know that the ladies in the Montgomery County Court House (County Clerk's office) are the best! I spent the day there yesterday, going through records in their vault, making copies, looking for things, and one of the ladies (Debby) even gave me a lead to a LIVING relative that I didn't even know existed. I was able to travel to Irving, Illinois to a cemetery to see where 2 of my great aunts and uncles are. What a great experience! Thank you to the Montgomery County, Illinois, County Courthouse ladies!

Researching surnames: DEAN, BROWN, FOWLER, HARMON, AND GANT

I am researching the following surnames: primarily Simpson, and associated names of Hunsaker, Veach, Whiteside, Murrie and Kuykendall, all of whom lived in either Adams or Johnson county, IL from the early 1800's onward. My best known ancestor is William Simpson who came from Kentucky in about 1805 when IL still was a territory and is credited with being the first white settler family in southern Johnson co. around present day Vienna. I believe Simpson township & Simpson Hill were named for this family and they were among the founders of the Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church in that area. William and other family members are buried in the Double Bridges cemetery. Simpsons intermarried with all the families previously mentioned. Are there other Simpson researchers in this group? G. Sawyer

I am looking for any information on rhymers in Union and Alexander co. in
Illinois, and originating from North Carolina. Names of interest are Henry
Rymer and James K Rymer. Name was later changed to Rhymer.

These are the surnames and counties of my main Illinois lines
Adams Co. - ALLEN, CRUTTENDEN, LEWIS
Coles Co. - BENCE
Cook Co. - IRVING
DeWitt Co. - MORRIS, WARD, WELDON
Edgar Co. - MAYNARD
Grundy Co. - ELDRED
McLean Co. - WELDON
Morgan Co. - ALLEN
Moultrie Co. - BENCE, DECKER, MAYNARD
Shelby Co. - BENCE, DECKER, MAYNARD

Hello. I am researching Wilkinson and Taylor in Pike and Adams Counties before the Civil War. I am also interested in the surname Pigg before 1900.

Hello all,

I am researching the family of Johannes TRAUTMANN b. 1827 and Katharina Margaretha 1829 of Ober-Kainsbach, Reichelsheim, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany.
Their children: Margaretha, Adam, Peter and Elisabeth all born Ober-Kainsbach.
Family arrived at NY on 11 Mar. 1872. They arrived also with a Conrad WEBBER who shows up in the household of the widowed "Catherine" Trautmann in the 1880 census of Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinios. Johannes d. bet. 1872-1880. I am descended from Peter who married Juliene FEICK abt. 1889, dau. of Georg Heinrich FEICK and Anna Catharine MADE/N of Wersau, Odenwald, Hessen-Darmstadt.
Margaretha m. Johann Leonhard RIPPER 22 Jan. 1880 Tazewell County, ILL
Elisabetha m. Charles Carl HEILMANN 19 Aug. 1886 Tazewell County. They were enumerated in Tazewell County for 1900, 1910 and 1920.
Adam m. Helena SCHREBE

Peter and family moved first to Columbia Twp., Knox County, NE and finally to McLean County, ND

I would like to hear from others researching the descendants of Johannes TRAUTMANN.

im also in a group for swedish ancestry. a large group of swedish and german settled in rock island county illinois. i posted on that group there is a college in rock island called augustana lutheran college. it has a research center devoted primarily to swedish immigration history. its called swenson immigration research center. in rock island and area there a lot of churchs with german and swedish in the title. they went to that area for jobs on railroad and john deere. they started going in that area 1841 but highest in 1860's.

I research the descendants of Joshua Reagan, born c.1804 Sevier Co., Tennessee; died 1874, Macoupin Co., Illinois. He married Jane Huskey. I descend from their son James M. Reagan, who married Susan J. Sullivan. They migrated to Missouri

I am researching Asbery B Thornhill b:22 Jul 1824 Tennessee and Mary Abbott b:5 Feb 1825 Illinois who married 13 Jan 1848 in Adams Co., Illinois. They went from Illinois to Kansas to Missouri to Oklahoma.

I am researching the following surnames from White County: MCDANIEL, MCDONALD, COZART, TUCKER, UTLEY, DARLING and others.

Would love to share info

I have a Cozart family from White County in my family tree.I don't know if it will help but Asa Cozart had a son Peter Harrison Cozart.Peter married Nancy Harvey.They lived in Carmi,Ill..

ASA is related to my line through NICHOLAS SAMUEL COZART and his wife ROXANNA WRIGHT. Their daughter MARTHA ANN COZARTmaried LEMUEL TUCKER in White County, IL, where large part of my line was from.

The Nicholas Cozart I have married Edith May Harvey.He was born in White County 1893-1969.There are so many Cozarts and Harveys it is hard to separate them all.I do not have a Martha Ann or any Tuckers.

I am interest in finding the descendants of John C,Whitfield and Rosetta Ernenputsch, They had 4 daughters, Mryna,Louise,Florence, and Beatrice. Their paternal Grandmothers name is Jane Whitfield b; 1810 England. I am compiling the Ernenputsch family tree. Rosetta Ernenputsch immigrated Nov.6,1895 and had 2 brothers, Hugo and Carl/Charles.

I just notice that I omitted that Rosetta Ernenputsch immigrated from Germany. The family lived in Chicago, Illnois.

I'm interested in anyone having information about one, Emma Louise Washabaugh, borne; 1853, place, unknown, married a George T. Wright about 1870, in or around,Rushville, Schuyler Co. Ill. died in Ind.in 1936.She was my grandmother and thats all Iknow.

Ray, you say that is all you know. I assume you should have the names of Emma and George's children, at least you parents first name. That would help us help you search. Thanks.