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♦ Mancel Lyerla is the 2x Great Uncle of member: Kathy Contreras
♦ Marjorie Dal Canton is the Great Aunt of member: Cheryl Chapman
♦ Jacob Lyerla is the 2x Great Uncle of member: Kathy Contreras
♦ Catherine Schwartz is the Other - (See Note) of member: Sarah Lindemann
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Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois

  • March 30

  • Ann Tindall Jeff, grave photo #39023 for Homer Bramel is a duplicate in Ware's Grove Cem. Thanks.
    about 2 months ago
    • Jeffrey B. DunnI removed that listing. I linked a few of the Bramel family members together. This listing has the wrong photo. http://history.montgomeryco.com/Def...;tabid=981 Do you have a copy of the correct photo that you could add?
      7:28 PM March 31
    • Ann TindallThanks. Yes, I changed the photo although there is no death date for Jerald.
      8:32 PM March 31
    • Jeffrey B. DunnI wonder if he's still alive and I should hide his listing. He would be 94 years old.
      9:10 AM April 01
    • Ann TindallThis may be him; there may be an obit in the newspaper:
      Social Security Death Index
      Name: Jerald B. Bramel
      Last Residence: 38016 Burlison, Tipton, Tennessee
      Born: 5 Apr 1918
      Died: 14 Jun 2011
      State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)

      Source Citation: ; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
      5:58 PM April 01

  • March 29

  • Penny Williamson Looking into the Williamson's that lived in Montgomery County, Illinois in early 1800's. A John Williamson who moved to Cuba, Fulton County, Illinois. Any help at all would be wonderful.
    about 2 months ago

  • March 28

  • Sharon Misdea Hello! I am trying to help a group of people (including my cousin) in New Caledonia locate the family of a Hilary Stauder, who served in New Caledonia during WWII, as my grandfather did. Hilary created an etching ("trench art") which this group would like to give to Stauder descendants. The etching is marked "Hilary Stauder, Nokomis, IL." I've located an enlistment record for one Hilary H. Stauder, as well as a headstone photo for Hilary H. Stauder on this site. However, I need to locate an obituary, newspaper article, or some other record that puts Hilary H. Stauder in New Caledonia during WWII (as you may know, most of these records were destroyed in a a NARA fire in the '70s). Hilary H. Stauder is listed in 1920 and 30 census records as from Witt. I am also hoping an obituary might identify family. I've searched online obituaries identified through Google and Ancestry.com. I've also contacted the owner of a Stauder family tree on Ancestry, with no luck yet. It strikes me that "Hilary Stauder" may be an unusual enough name that "Hilary Stauder" from Nokomis, in New Caledonia in 1942, may be the same person as "Hilary H. Stauder" from Witt who enlisted the year or so before. Any suggestions? Perhaps other searchable newspaper databases in the area? A local VA facility? Thank you! sharon at twocaledonia.net
    about 2 months ago
    • Jackie KingSharon - I can find two obits for him on genealogy bank. Neither mentions his military service, however, I am certain you have already found the enlistment date of 29 Apr 1941 for the Montgomery County Hilary.
      8:09 PM March 29
    • Sharon MisdeaHi Jackie - Thanks so much for this. I've reached out to descendants mentioned in the obituary. Again, thanks!
      5:16 PM April 01

  • Jane Drake Hi, I am just interested in learning more about my mother's family. Mom is Leona Paden Adams who was born in 1921, raised in rural Hillsboro, and now living in Robinson, Illinois. ~Jane Adams Drake, Robinson, 618-546-5299 or janedrake62454@yahoo.com
    about 2 months ago

  • March 27

  • Marjorie Bailey Zayna Cline: Hello. Harry E. Paddock b. Feb. 18, 1873-d. Dec. 15, 1948, mar. 1st Mary Frances Harrison, mar. 2nd Maude Haynes. Five children. Had a grocery & meat market in Fillmore. Buried in Liberty cemetery, Fayette Co. IL. Reference obit.
    about 2 months ago

  • Stephen White I found that my Great Grandmother worked at a Almshouse in Montgomery County in the 1930's. Where would that facility site have been? The 1930 census shows east fork township.
    about 2 months ago
    • Marjorie BaileyHello. I believe that would have been the County Poor Farm. It was in East Fork Twp Section 19 and Hillsboro Twp Section 24. Highway 185 runs through there now and Graham Correctional Center is on the south side of the highway.
      4:31 PM March 27
    • Stephen WhiteThank you for the reply. Are there any existing pictures or drawings of the old facility? Just wondering.
      8:56 AM March 29
    • Jeffrey B. DunnI can't find any photos of the Montgomery County Poor Farm. I'm kind of surprised. There is a cemetery on the property with burials from the 1880's to the 1940's. That means the facility was around for at least 60 years. There just isn't any information on it.
      7:17 AM March 30
    • Stephen WhiteThank You.
      7:51 AM March 30
    • Linda Barricklow-CollinsIs the cemetery still there? Some say yes, others say no.
      6:22 PM March 31
    • Jeffrey B. DunnThe cemetery is still there. I went to the courthouse on Thursday and got good mapping info. We went by there today. It’s on County owned ground that Jason Anderson farms. We still have to let the prison know before going onto the property.
      7:15 PM March 31

  • Larry Howe Researching the Howe family in Illinois
    about 2 months ago

  • March 26

  • lorraine martinez I am the mom of a student who is studying Alice Abbot.
    about 2 months ago

  • March 23

  • Marjorie Bailey louise heindl: Hello. Gustavus F. Coffeen b. June 19, 1820 in Watertown, Jefferson Co. NY d.May 6, 1894, mar. Nov. 9, 1846 Mary Adelia Bell, 3 children, Frederick H., Mary A. & Clotilda Bell. Mary A. (July 4, 1854-Apr. 6, 1922) mar.1876 John McLean (1845-1934). They had three children: Gustavus, Donald and Franklin. John & Mary are bur. in Mausoleum at Oak Grove cemetery, Hillsboro, IL. Info on mausoleum on this site. John McLean's brother Duncan is my g-grandfather.
    about 2 months ago

  • Ann Stoddard A special thank you goes out to Robert G Allen of Kildeer, Illinois. Robert has a passion for genealogical and historical research, and he has offered to share photographs and information about many of the early settlers in East Fork and Grisham. Robert has complied 40 Family Books of families that lived in this area from the early 1830's through the 1980's. I will be adding this information to the site over the next few weeks. Thanks Robert!
    about 2 months ago

  • March 22

  • louise heindl Searching for the grave of Mary Adelia Ball-Coffeen, b Feb 2, 1827, New York. She was the wife of Gustave Fred Coffeen, he b 6-19-1820, NY, d May 6, 1894, Coffeen, IL, bur McDavid Point Cem. Are there still relatives living in the area. Their son, Fred Hall Coffeen, Dr, moved to Yamhill Co, Or 1882, married here/died here. Louise, volunteer YCHS, gene65wies@frontier.com
    about 2 months ago

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