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Spring 2018 Volume 50, No.3

Chicago Genealogist

Chicago Genealogical Society

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Chicago Genealogical Society Vol. 50 No. 3 Spring 2018

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Table of Contents

Officers, Directors, and Standing Committees ........................................................... 74

Chicago Public School Board of Education Archives Yearbook Directory

submitted by Mike Allenson ...........................................................…….….. 75

Clara Tederstrom and the 1898 Freshman Class of Augusta Hospital School of

Nursing, Chicago, Illinois by Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti…………….. ..................... 80

The Inhabitants of Chicago, 1825-1831, Part 1 A-J

by Ernest E. East ............................................................................................ 87

CGS Programs at a Glance, 2018 ................................................................................. 96

Chicagoans from the Past .............................................................................................. 98

CGS 20017-18 Writing Contest .................................................................................... 102

Surname Index ............................................................................................................... 105

CLAIMS FOR MISSING QUARTERLIES AND/OR NEWSLETTERS

MUST BE MADE WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF DATE OF ISSUE.

Copyright 2018 by Chicago Genealogical Society. All Rights Reserved

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any

form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the

express written consent and clear citation of the publisher. ISSN: 0093556

The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that the Chicago Genealogical Society is a tax-exempt,

educational and scientific organization within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1954. Consequently, donations in funds, and library books or other property

made to the Society, are deductible contributions for purposes of Federal Income Tax returns; and

testamentary bequests to the Society are likewise deductible for purposes of Federal and State of

Illinois Estate Tax returns. The legacy could be as simple as: “I give and bequeath to the Chicago

Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1160, Chicago, Illinois, the sum of _______ dollars.”

CGS Quarterly Editor: Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti

CGS Quarterly Proofreaders: Sharon and Wayne Weber

On the Cover

This picture taken in the 1930’s is looking north along Lake Shore Drive with Soldier Field on

the right side. Courtesy of the Chicago & Northwestern Historical Society.


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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) ....................... Craig Pfannkuche

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


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Chicago Public Schools Board of Education Archives

Yearbook Directory Submitted by Mike Allenson

The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education Archives located at 1 N. Dearborn, Suite 950,

Chicago, IL. Open for public viewing of yearbooks by appointment only, Monday – Thursday

from 10:00am – noon, with Friday possible via special request. The directory has been printed

with permission.

Chicago Board of Education Yearbook Directory

School Years Altgeld (Elementary School) 1995/96-1996/97

Amundsen 1939-1941, 1943, 1962, 1967, 1975, 1978-1980,

1982, 1985, 1987-1989, 1993

Arai Middle School 1980

Arnold (Upper Grade Center) 1970/1971

Austin (Closed, 2007) 1910, 1915, 1918-1920, 1923-1924, 1926, 1928-

1933, 1935-1936, 1938-1940, 1942-1943, 1944-

1947, 1949-1953, 1955-1961, 1965-1969, 1973-

1976, 1978-1980, 1982-1983, 1985, 1987-1996,

2000, 2003, 2005-2007

Big Picture 2007

Bogan 1965-1967, 1969, 1975-1983, 1985-1986, 1990-

1991, 1993-1994, 1997-1999, 2001-2003, 2007,

2010-2011

Bowen (Closed, 2006) 1923-1925, 1927, 1929-1935, 1937-1941, 1944,

1946,1952, 1954-1955, 1959-1960, 1962-1968,

1971-1976, 1978-1979, 1981-2003, 2006

Calumet (Closed, 2007) 1928-1933, 1935-1941, 1943, 1945-1951, 1953-

1955, 1962-1964, 1966, 1968, 1970-1974, 1977,

1979-1980, 1982, 1984-2007

Canter Middle School 2005-2006

Carver 1966

Chicago Military Academy –

Bronzeville

2001-2005

Chicago State University 1982, Chicago State University: A History 1867-

1979

Chicago Teachers College (The

Emblem)

1916, 1918, 1921, 1923-1927, 1930-1931, 1941,

1945, 1948-1957, 1959

Chicago Normal College (The Scarab) 1925

Chicago Vocational High School 1958, 1967, 1971, 1981-1982, 1990, 1992-1993,

2005-2008


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School Years Clemente 1995

Collins (Closed, June, 2009) 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2001-2004, 2006

Community Links 2007-2008

Cooley 1964

Cooper (Elementary) 1996/97

Corliss 1978, 1996-2001, 2004

Crane 1926½, 1931 (August),1940, 1941, 1977-1978, 1993,

2000, 2002, 2004-2007

Curie 1974-1994, 1996-2007

Curtis (Junior High School) 1928

Dunbar 1956, 1970, 1979, 1991, 1994-1995, 2008

DuSable (Closed, 2006) 1936-1947, 1949, 1951, 1953-1958, 1961-1965,

1967, 1970-1972, 1974-2001, 2003-2004, 2008

Dyett 2008, 2010, 2011

Englewood (Closed 2008) 1911, 1918-1921, 1923, 1925-1944, 1946-1952,

1954-1957, 1961-1963, 1965, 1967-1968, 1970,

1972-1973, 1975-1977, 1979-1982, 1984, 1987-

2000, 2002-2003, 2008

Englewood Evening High School 1926-1932

Farragut 1944-1946, 1954, 1985-1986; 1996

Farragut Junior HS 1927

Fenger 1912, 1917-1920, 1922-1956, 1958-1959, 1961-

1965, 1967-1969, 1972, 1975-1988, 1990-2000,

2003-2009

Flower (Closed June, 2003) 1917, 1923-1925, 1935, 1939-1943, 1945-1948,

1953, 1956, 1961-1968, 1970-1980, 1990, 1991,

2001

Foreman 1938, 1940, 1955, 1998, 2008-2012

Forrestville 1968

Gage Park (Icarian) 1943, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1961, 1968-1969, 1972,

1974-1975, 1976, 1977-1978, 1982-1983, 1988-

1999, 2002-2007

Harlan 1961-1968, 1970-1975, 1977-2010

Harper 1935 (Feb.), 1937-1938, 1943, 1949, 1951-1952,

1957, 1961-1967, 1969-1970, 1972, 2012

Harrison (Closed 1983) 1918, 1919, 1922-1925, 1928, 1929, 1932-34, 1938-

1943, 1945-1950, 1957, 1959, 1973

Hartigan (Elementary School) 2002/2003

Harvard (Elementary School) 1994/95, 1999

Herzl 1927, 1928


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School Years

Hirsch 1929, 1936-1940, 1942-194, 1951, 1958-1962, 1964-

1965, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1978-1979, 1981-1998,

2001-2009

Hubbard 1974-1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1991, 1993, 1995,

1997-2011, 2013

Hyde Park 1923, 1931 – 1934, 1936-1939, 1941-42, 1944-1946,

1948-1949, 1950-1952, 1955, 1963, 1965, 1969,

1971, 1975, 1982, 1984, 1995, 2001

Jones 1942-1951, 1953-1954, 1958-1962, 1965-1968,

1970-2008

Juarez 1980, 1993

Julian 1994, 2001

Kelly 1945, 1959, 1990-1992, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007

Kelvyn Park 1986-1987, 2005

Kennedy 1968, 1972-1975, 1978-1982, 1985-1986, 1988-

1992, 1994-2003, 2005-2008, 2012

Kenwood 1970, 1972, 1975-1978, 1980-1986, 1988, 2012

King 1972-1978, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000-

2002-2003, 2005-2008

KIPP: Ascend 2007-2008

Lake View 1874, 1926-1928, 1930,1931, 1933-1934, 1936,

1938-1941 (June), 1945-1952, 1961, 1974, 1982,

1987, 1988, 1993

Lane Tech 1919 (June), 1923 (June), 1929, 1934, 1935 (June),

1936 (Jan), 1938 (June), 1945, 1948, 1952, 1954,

1958-1960, 1963-2001, 2003-2008, 2010-2011

Lane Tech Evening School 1916

LaSalle (Elementary) 1985-1986, 1989, 1993-1995, 1997-2005, 2007-2008

Lincoln Park (Formerly: Waller High

School)

1980, 1982-1991, 1994, 1996-2010

Lindblom 1927, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1935-1936, 1939-1943,

1946, 1959-1961, 1982, 1986, 1996-1997

Little Village Lawndale Campus 2009

Manley (Junior H.S.) 1930 (February)

Marine Military Academy 2008

Marshall 1910, 1912, 1915-1916, 1919, 1921-1939, 1941-

1946, 1951, 1953, 1955-1957, 1972-1974, 1976,

1988, 1990-1996, 1998-2000, 2002-2004, 2009

Mather 1995, 2005

McKinley (Closed, June, 1954) 1928, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1950


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School Years McLaren 1973

Morgan Park 2002, 2008-2012

Near North (Closed, 2001) 1988-1991, 1993-1995, 1997-2000

Nobel (Elementary) 1998-1999, 2005-2008

North Grand High School 2005-2008

Northside College Prep 2000-2008, 2009-2012

Northside Learning Center 2000/01-2002/03, 2005

Orr 1986, 1991

Parker 1938-1941, 1943, 1944, 1975

Payton 2001-2002, 2007-2011

Peck School 2002-2003

Phillips 1906, 1924-1925, 1927, 1940, 1942-1943, 1945-

1949, 1951, 1953-1954, 1955, 1971-1972,1992

Richards Vocational HS 1970, 1972, 1974

Phoenix 2005

Rickover 2006-2008

Robeson (see Robeson) 1978-1980, 1991-1992, 1994-1996, 1998, 2001,

2006-2007

Roosevelt 1929 (June), 1931, 1932, 1946-47, 1959/1960, 1960-

1961, 1993

Sabin (Junior H.S.) 1931,1933 (See: Sabin Archival Box)

Schneider (Elementary School)

(Closed, 2011)

1998-2000, 2008-2011

Schurz (Schurzone) 1925, 1926 (Feb.), 1927 – 1935, 1936 (January),

1937-1947, 1948 – 1950, 1952-1954, 1956, 1960-

1964, 1966, 1971 – 1972, 1974-1975, 1980, 1989,

1991, 1996, 2011

Senn 1933, 1922, 1936, 1938 - 1939, 1944, 1952, 1953,

1955, 1967-1968, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983,

1985-1988, 1990-1994, 1996-1999, 2001-2009

South Shore 1941, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1962 – 1963,

1975, 1992

Southside College Preparatory

Academy

2000

Spalding 1943-1944, 1947, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976-

1999

Steinmetz (Silver Streak) 1936 (Jan. & Jun.), 1946-1948, 1965, 1974-1975,

1978, 1980, 1983-1985, 1989, 1992-2009


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School Years

Sullivan 1935, 1937-1938, 1941-1942 (June), 1945 (June),

1950, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1976-1978, 1993-

1994, 1997, 2005-2009

Taft 1996

Tilden 1936-1937, 1939-1941, 1943, 1945

Tilton (Elementary School) 1981, 2001, 2003

Tuley 1926-1928, 1931, 1938-1939, 1942-1943, 1947-

1949, 1951-1956, 1958, 1964-1969

Uplift 2006-2007

Von Steuben 1935-1936, 1945, 1946, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1985,

1986, 1989, 1994 – 1996

Waller (See also: Lincoln Park High

School)

1928 (June), 1937 (Jan. & June), 1938 (Jan. & Jun),

1942-1943, 1967, 1969-1978

Washington 2001-2008

Wells 1938, 1941, 1952, 1954, 1962, 1991

Westinghouse 1969, 1972-1975, 1979-1980, 1983, 1986, 1994-

1996, 2000-2003

Westcott 1929 (June and Regular)

Whitney (Eli) (Elementary School) 2001/2002, 2004/05

Whitney M. Young HS 2004

Wilson Junior College 1938-1939

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Clara Tederstrom and the 1898 Freshman Class of

Augustana Hospital School of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois By: Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti

Left to right:

Alfreda Billings, Emma C. Wahlberg, Josie M. Jacobson, Alma Johnson, Clara Tederstrom, Alma Borg

The year was 1898 and Chicago was starting to receive the attention of the medical field. Medical

schools, hospitals, training facilities, and the growing number of doctors, brought the practice of

medicine into a more modern time.1 The nurses in the pioneer hospitals during the second half of

the nineteenth-century were typically strong and tough women which regarded nursing as

unpleasant hard work. With the advances in medicine and the legacy of Florence Nightingale’s

contribution to the modern nursing profession, nursing was being seen in a new light by 1898.2

Augustana Hospital opened in Chicago on 28 May 1884, with Dr. Truman Miller as

Physician and Surgeon, Miss Lota Frejd as nurse and matron and one patient. The female patient

had come to the dedication of the hospital and broke her leg exiting the street car. The building

1 Thomas Neville Bonner, Medicine in Chicago, 1850-1950: A Chapter in the Social and Scientific Development of a

City. 2nd ed. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991), 84. 2 Cushman Haagensen and Wyndham E.B. Lloyd, A Hundred Years of Medicine (New York: Sheridan House, 1943),

21-26.

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was equipped for fifteen patients.3 By 1892, the hospital had reached a point it needed to expand

and construction started on a new building. The completed building was six stories, fireproof and

had the capacity of 125 beds. Patients were moved to the new hospital in September 1893 while

the Columbian Exhibition was in full swing. The hospital’s nursing school started the following

year, making the freshman class in 1898 the fourth nursing class.4 The hospital, conducted by the

Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Churches, was located at 480 Cleveland Ave with Surgeon A.J.

Ochsner and Miss Christine Blomquist as matron, when the 1898 freshman class members

arrived.5

Clara Tederstrom was born in Paxton, Ford County, IL, on 1 August 1879.6 Her parents were Hans

and Johanna, both Swedish immigrants. Clara appeared in the 1880 census age 9 months in Paxton

with her father Hans (50), a railroad laborer, mother Johanna (43), brothers Carl (17), John (14),

E. Hermon (2) and sister Ida (7).7 Her childhood was probably spent in Paxton because her family

was still living in the same town in 1900.8 Clara arrived in Chicago by 1898 at the age of 18 or 19

for nursing training. As a freshman or commonly referred as a “probationer”, she and her

classmates would have lived on the first floor of the hospital. Once completing the probationary

period, student nurses moved to the sixth floor.9 The 1898 probationers and their first year floor

assignments were:

Alfreda Billings – 2nd floor, two large wards (16 beds each) and two small wards, all men

Emma C. Wahlberg – 3rd floor, two large wards (16 beds each) and two small wards, all women

Josie M. Jacobson - 5th floor, private room patients

Alma Johnson – 6th floor, operating room and children’s ward

Clara Tederstrom – 3rd floor, two large wards (16 beds each) and two small wards, all women

3 Chicago Medical Society, History of Medicine and Surgery and Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago (Chicago:

Biographical Pub. Corp. 1922), 275. 4 Amy O. Schjolberg, compiler, A History of the Augustana Hospital School of Nursing 1884-1938 (Chicago: The

Alumnae Association of the Augustana Hospital School of Nursing, 1939), 9-13. 5 R. H. Donnelley, compiler, The Lakeside Directory of Chicago, 1898 (Chicago: Chicago Directory Co., 1898), 28. 6 Illinois Department of Public Health, death certificate no. 33308 (1965), Clara Tederstrom; Division of Vital

Statistics, Springfield. 7 1880 U.S. census, Paxton, Ford County, Illinois, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 114, p. 378D

(stamped), dwelling 226, family 238, Hans Tederstrom household; digital images, Ancestry.com

(http://www.Ancestry.com : accessed 10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

microfilm T9, roll 206. 8 1900 U.S. census, Paxton, Ford County, Illinois, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 68, p. 27B (penned),

dwelling 575, family 590, Haus Tederstron household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com :

accessed 10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T623, roll 301. 9 Schjolberg, Augustana Hospital School of Nursing, 14.

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Alma Borg – 4th floor, private room and semi-private room patients10

All six of the classmates appeared living together at the hospital in the 1900 census detailing their

place of birth, month and year of birth, occupation and marital status.11

Alma Borg graduated with the Nursing Class of 1901:

Augusta Bjork-Nelson Ida Nelson-Wright

Alma Borg Johanna Nelson-Hanson

Nanna Hallbom Josephine Oberg-Mattson

Carrie Larson Amanda Swenson-Schyles

Augusta Lindahl Celia Wiholm-Nelson

Beda Munson-Lundgren Mary Youngren-Elmquist12

The remaining five classmates graduated with eleven other women that made up the class of 1902:

Augusta Anderson-Sachrison Cecile M. Juhl-Thorndahl

Hanna C. Anderson-Kelly Rebecka Johnson Mellin

Alfrida Billings-Getschell Selma E. Lincoln

Agnes E. Danell-Eickson Frida S. Meyer-Lemair

Rosala W. Freeman-Lewis Anna C. Peterson

Mathilde Hjelm Julia A. Swanson-Eckhardt

Josie M. Jacobson-Iverson Clara Tederstrom

Alma Johnson-Christenson Emma C. Wahlberg-Westerlund13

10 Augustana Hospital School of Nursing Freshman Class photograph, 1898; privately held by author, [address for

private use,] 2018. Names of students and floor assignments are listed on the back of the photograph. Schjolberg,

Augustana Hospital School of Nursing, 14. Descriptions of each hospital floor. 11 1900 U.S. census, Cook County, Illinois, Chicago Ward 21, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 642, p.

9A (penned), dwelling 99, family 174, hospital; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com : accessed

10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T623, roll 271. 12 Schjolberg, Augustana Hospital School of Nursing, 285. 13 Ibid., 285.



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The graduation was held in May and they were the first nursing class to be honored by the Alumnae

and was given a banquet at the Stratford hotel, on the corner of Jackson and Michigan. Both Clara

and her classmate Alma Johnson took a post-graduate nursing class at the Chicago Lying-in

Hospital after graduation.14

After completing her final nursing program, Clara worked as a private duty nurse in Chicago for

several years, living with her classmate Alma Borg.15 She last appeared in the 1913 Chicago City

Directory as a nurse living at 4321 Kenmore.16 By September 1916, she moved to St. Peter,

Minnesota.17 Clara took the position of Preceptress for Johnson Hall at Gustavus Adolphus

College. She lived in the female dorm and used her skills of reading and writing in Swedish to

communicate with many of the girl’s families. The Gustavus Adolphus College Archives holds a

collection of Clara’s letters corresponding with parents.18

Clara may have had a strong connection with Chicago and possibly a group of nursing friends.

While living in Minnesota, she would visit Chicago during the summer months and then travel to

Michigan to visit her brother J.A. Tederstrom.19 She moved back to Illinois by 1930 and lived with

her brother and niece in Ford County where she was a nurse in the public schools.20 Clara would

become the Ford County public health nurse with duties being to contact all homes in which

tuberculosis was reported, to make periodic school checks and to carry out a county wide

immunization program.21 By 1956 she moved back to Chicago.22 Perhaps she made the move to

be close to her sister Ida Boyer and her family who lived at 10505 S. Eberhardt Ave.23 Clara would

live her last 8 ½ years at the Augustana Home for the Aged.24 The Home was located at 7540

14 Schjolberg, Augustana Hospital School of Nursing, 40-41. 15 1910 U.S. census, Cook County, Illinois, Chicago Ward 25, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 1065,

p. 6B (penned), dwelling 67, family 202, Clara Tederstrom; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com

: accessed 10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T624, roll 268. 16 Reuben. H. Donnelley, compiler, The Lakeside Directory of Chicago, 1913 (Chicago: Chicago Directory Co., 1913),

1335. 17 Minnesota Public Library Commission, Library Notes and News, Vol V, 1916-1918 (Minneapolis: The Commission,

1918), 35. 18 Correspondence Concerning Student Life in Johnson Hall, 1910-1921; box 1, folder 2-4; Gustavus Adolphus

College Archives Collection 122, St. Peter, MN. 19 “Personals”, Ironwood Daily Globe, (Ironwood, Mich.), 5 August 1920, p. 3, col. 3; digital images,

newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/: accessed 10 April 2018). 20 1930 U.S. census, Ford County, Illinois, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 14, p. 4B (penned), dwelling

130, family 136, Clara Tederstram; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com : accessed 10 April

2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T626, roll 515. 21 “Hire County Nurse”, Pantagraph Newspaper, (Bloomington, Ill.), 13 December 1940, p. 5, col. 2; digital

images, newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/: accessed 10 April 2018). 22 Illinois death certificate no. 33308 (1965), Clara Tederstrom. 23 Illinois Department of Public Health, death certificate no. 74949 (1959), Ida J. Boyer; Division of Vital Statistics,

Springfield. Ida’s parents are listed on the death certificate as Hans and Johanna Tederstrom. 24 Illinois death certificate no. 33308 (1965), Clara Tederstrom.


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Stony Island Ave and had the capacity for 140 residents.25 Clara died 13 May 1965 in Chicago at

the age of 85.26 No marriage record could be found in Illinois or Minnesota.

The Augustana Hospital School of Nursing freshman class of 1898 came from many different

places and backgrounds to learn the new modern day field of nursing. They would spend three to

four years together. Their paths after graduation would not mirror each other. Some stayed in the

profession and some did not. Some stayed in Illinois, some reached the western seaboard. One

women served her county in WWI.

1898 Freshman Class:

Alfreda (Alfrida/Alfrieda) Pearson Billings-Getschell – Alfreda Pearson was born on 12

October 1877 in Starby, Skane, Sweden. At the age of thirteen, she departed from Liverpool,

England, on the ship Majestic and made the journey to New York, arriving on 7 September 1891.27

By 1898 Alfreda had married a Mr. Billings and was in Chicago to start the nursing program.

Alfreda last appeared in the 1903 Chicago City Directory, living at 2774 N Seeley Ave.28 She was

living in Tacoma, Washington, working as a nurse at the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association

Hospital by 1910.29 On 11 November 1918, Alfreda enlisted in the US Army Nurse Corps

supporting the United States efforts in World War I. She was honorably discharged 9 April 1919.30

She became an US Army Reserve Nurse and was assigned to the US Army Base Hospital, Camp

Lewis, American Lake, WA, later that same year.31 By 1930, she had married George Getchell,

Juneau, Alaska’s chief of police.32 Alfreda died 12 June 1954 at the age of 76 and is buried with a

military headstone honoring her service in the Evergreen Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska.33

25 “Augustana Home Gets Ready,” Chicago Tribune, (Chicago, Ill.), 23 June 1963, p. S5, col. 2; digital images,

proquest (www.proquest.com : accessed 10 April 2018). 26 Illinois death certificate no. 33308 (1965), Clara Tederstrom. 27 Declaration of intention (1912), naturalization file no. 3274, Alfreda Billings; digital images, Ancestry.com

(http://www.Ancestry.com : accessed 10 April 2018); United States District Court of Western District of Washington.

Citing National Archives microfilm M1542, roll 7. 28 Reuben. H. Donnelley, compiler, The Lakeside Directory of Chicago, 1903 (Chicago: Chicago Directory Co., 1903),

286. 29 1910 U.S. census, Pierce County, Washington, Tacoma Ward 4, population schedule, enumeration district (ED)

251, p. 15A (penned), hospital, Alfreda Relling; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com : accessed

10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T624, roll 1664. 30 Application for Headstone for Alfreda Billings Getchell, 17 March 1955; digital images, Ancestry.com

(http://www.Ancestry.com : accessed 10 April 2018); Headstone Applications, 1774-1985; Records of the

Quartermaster General’s Office, Record Group (RG) 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C. 31 The American Journal of Nursing, Vol 19, Issue 4 (Rochester, NY: The American Journal of Nursing Co., 1919),

313. 32 1930 U.S. census, Juneau, Alaska Territory, First Judicial District, population schedule, enumeration district (ED)

20, p. 8A (penned), dwelling 87, family 97, Alfreda Getchell; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com

: accessed 10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T626, roll 2626. 33 Application for Headstone for Alfreda Billings Getchell, 17 March 1955; Headstone Applications, RG 92, NARA,

Washington.

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Emma C. Wahlberg-Westerlund – Born in Moline, Illinois on 15 September, 1876, Emma was

the daughter of Karl M. Wahlberg and Mary Swenson.34 Once Emma graduated from nursing

training, she promptly married Dr. Joseph Emanuel Westerlund of Cambridge, IL on 10

September, 1902, in Moline. Emma died on 14 January 1927 in Cambridge, IL at the age of 50.

She is buried in Rosemary Cemetery in Cambridge.35

Josephine (Josie) M. Jacobson-Iverson – Josephine was born in Jackson County, Wisconsin on

20 September 1877. Her parents were Thomas Jorger Jacobson and Petra Swanson.36 A year after

she graduated from the nursing program, she married Engvald Iverson on 16 June 1903 in Wausau,

Marathon County, Wisconsin. Engvald was a minister of the gospel.37 Josie and Engvald lived in

Wisconsin at least until 1926.38 By 1930 they had moved to Medford, Jackson County, Oregon

and had one daughter.39 Josephine returned to visit Chicago during the World’s Fair in 1934.40 She

died on 25 August 1952 in Jackson County, Oregon at the age of 74. She is buried in Siskiyou

Memorial Park, Medford, Oregon.41

Alma Otilia Johnson-Christenson (Christensen)- Born in Kansas in July 1879, Alma was the

daughter of Swedish immigrants Gust and Blenda M. Johnson.42 She attended a post-graduate

nursing class at the Chicago Lying-in Hospital with her classmate Clara.43 She did not remain in

Chicago after her post-graduate studies because the final time she appeared in the Chicago City

Directory was 1903 living at 528 Garfield Avenue.44 Alma married Frederick Waldemar

Christensen on 1 September 1909 in Osage County, Kansas.45 Fredrick’s employment moved the

family around. They lived in Pennsylvania in 1910.46 By 1913 they were in New Mexico where 34 Illinois Department of Public Health, death certificate no. 1085 (1927), Emma C. Westerlund; Division of Vital

Statistics, Springfield. 35 “Mrs. Westerlund Passes,” The Galva Newspaper, (Galva, Ill.,) 20 January 1827, p. 6, col. 3; digital images, Galva

Illinois Public Library (www.galvalibrary.org : accessed 10 April 2018). 36 Oregon Board of Health, death certificate no. 8801 (1952), Josephine Iverson; Oregon Vital Records, Portland. 37 Marathon County, Wisconsin, 3:258, marriage record no. 151 (1903), Iverson-Jacobson; Wisconsin Historical

Society, Madison. 38 Wright’s Eau Claire City Directory, 1926 (Milwaukee: Wright Directory Co., 1926), 200. 39 1930 U.S. census, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 44, p. 8B

(penned), dwelling 212, family 218, S[J]osephine Iverson; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com :

accessed 10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T626, roll 1944. 40 “Mrs. Iverson to LaClaire,” Medford Mail Tribune, (Medford, Or.,) 23 May 1934, p. 3, col. 7-8; digital images,

newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 10 April 2018). 41 “Obituary Josephine Iverson,” The Medford Mail Tribune, (Medford, Or.,) 26 August 1952, p. 11, col. 5; digital

images, newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 10 April 2018). 42 1880 U.S. census, Osage, Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 36, p. 141D (penned), dwelling

202, family 224, Gust Johnson household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com : accessed 10

April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T9, roll 392. 43 Schjolberg, Augustana Hospital School of Nursing, 40-41. 44 Donnelley, Lakeside Directory of Chicago, 1903, 1081. 45 Osage County, Kansas, H:337, marriage license (1909), Christensen-Johnson; Clerk of the District Court, Lyndon. 46 1910 U.S. census, State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 41,

p. 6B (penned), dwelling 113, family 118, Alma J. Christensen; digital images, Ancestry.com

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two of their sons were born.47 They settled in North Dakota by 1918 where Fredrick was an animal

nutrition professor at the North Dakota Ag College.48 Alma died 9 February, 1972, in Washington,

DC, at the age of 92. She was buried in Union Cemetery, Osage City, KS.49

Alma Borg – The daughter of Larc Borg and Kajsa Monsdotter, Alma was born on 9 October

1866 in Skaraborg län, Sweden.50 She immigrated to America in 1870.51 After graduating, she

probably spent her adult life living in Chicago. In 1910 she was living as head of household with

eight other nurses including her classmate Clara Tederstrom running a private nursing business

with each nurse listed as a business partner.52 By 1930 she was living at the Augustana Lutheran

Missouri Home on Pine Grove.53 She was an active member of the Augustana Hospital Auxiliary.54

No marriage record could be found in Illinois. Alma died on 22 June 1937 at the age of 70 in

Chicago. She was buried in New Swedish Cemetery in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa.55

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(http://www.Ancestry.com : accessed 10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

microfilm T624, roll 1326. 47 1930 U.S. census, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 43, p. 3A

(penned), dwelling 51, family 62, Alma O. Christensen; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com :

accessed 10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T626, roll 1733. 48 “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com

: accessed 10 April 2018), card for Frederick Waldemar Christensen, serial no. 4818, Local Draft Board, Fargo, Cass

County, North Dakota; United States, Selective Services System. World War I Selective Service System Draft

Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington D.C., National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, roll

1819406. 49 Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 April 2018), memorial 49862996, “Alma Johnson

Christensen,” 17 March 2010, by “Butterfly Rose,” and Alma Johnson Christensen gravestone (Union Cemetery,

Osage City, Osage County, KS), digital image, 26 April 2011, by Jean Pinick. 50 Illinois Department of Public Health, death certificate no. 18747 (1937), Alma Borg; Division of Vital Statistics,

Springfield. 51 1900 U.S. census, Cook Co., Ill., Chicago Ward 21, pop. sch., ED 642, p. 9A (penned), dwell. 99, fam. 174, hospital,

Alma Bjork. 52 1910 U.S. census, Cook Co., Ill., Chicago Ward 25, pop. sch., ED 1065, p. 6B (penned), dwell. 67, fam. 202, Alma

Borg. 53 1930 U.S. census, Cook County, Illinois, Chicago Ward 48, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 1825,

p. 30A (penned), dwelling 54, family 517, Alma Borg; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com :

accessed 10 April 2018); National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm T626, roll 492. 54 “Our Book” (Chicago: Augustana Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1926), 78; F.M. Johnson Archives and

Special Collections, Brandel Library, North Park University, Manuscript collection 37, box 12, folder 7, Chicago, IL.

Augustana Hospital School of Nursing yearbook. 55 Illinois death certificate no. 18747 (1937), Alma Borg.




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The Inhabitants of Chicago, 1825-1831 (Part 1 A-J) By: Ernest E. East

Note - This article was originally published in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

Vol. 27 No. 2 June 1944 p. 131-163. Transcribed exactly as appeared in original publication.

Permission has been granted to reprint.

Chicago, now second city in the United States with a population of more than three and one-third

millions, was a hamlet of 100 or fewer inhabitants in 1825. During the six years preceding 1831,

the village, with the sparsely settled area surrounding it, was attached by law to Peoria County for

purposes of county government. Nearly half of the inhabitants were French or French-Indian in

1825. Here on the shore of Lake Michigan near the outlet of the Chicago River, site of the second

Fort Dearborn, the United States maintained an Indian agency. The fort was garrisoned for thirty-

one months in 1828-1831 by two companies of the Fifth Infantry. Civilian inhabitants, from the

time of the organization of Peoria County under act of January 13, 1825, to the erection of Cook

County under act of January 15, 1831, were engaged chiefly in the Indian trade.

The names of 155 inhabitants of Chicago of that period are preserved in the records of Peoria

County. Commissioners of the county defined the boundaries of Chicago precinct for election

purposes, appointed and paid judges of election, appointed constables, granted ferry and tavern

licenses, and levied taxes. Estates of deceased persons were administrated under authority of the

probate court of Peoria County; divorce actions were filed in the circuit court; taxes were collected

by the sheriff; and marriages were recorded by the clerk of the county commissioners’ court.

Early poll lists and other document files of the commissioners’ court have disappeared from the

Peoria courthouse. They were stored in the dome until a janitor found a good market for paper

some time after 1900. However, Chicago voters’ lists of 1826-1830 were obtained by John

Wentworth who mentioned them in lectures delivered in 1875 and 1876, which were published in

the Fergus Historical Series. These records were examined by David McCulloch whose address

to members of the Chicago Historical Society, Early Days of Peoria and Chicago, was also

published. Book records and other document files of 1825-1831 are preserved.

Dates of birth and death in the appended list of inhabitants were obtained mostly from published

works or family data. Tazewell County and its attached territory embraced areas on the left banks

of the Kankakee and Illinois rivers for a limited period in and after 1827, and a few records relating

to inhabitants of Chicagoland are found in the courthouse in Pekin.

Parentheses are used to enclose variant spelling of names which appear in more than one form, the

preferred form being printed first.

Brackets indicate the corrected or probable spelling of proper names misspelled in the record.


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A key to symbols used to indicate sources follows:

CR – Peoria County Commissioners’ Court Record “A”

PR – Peoria County Probate Court Record, 1825-1835

PF – Peoria County Probate Files

MR – Peoria County Marriage Records, 1825-1832

CCR – Peoria County Circuit Court Records, 1825-1832

CCF – Peoria County Circuit Court Files

Below is the list of inhabitants of Chicago in 1825-1831:

A

ACAY, Gabriel. Voted, July 24, 1830.

AMENT, Edward. Voted, Aug. 7, 1826. Removed to Newark, Kendall County.

ANDERSON, Joseph. Voted, Aug. 7, 1826.

ARNWAISKIE, Theotis. Married, May 20, 1826, to Daniel Bourasan [Bourassa], Justice

John Kinzie officiating (MR).

AYRES, Thomas. Voted, July 24, 1830.

B

BAILEY, Jonathan N. Voted, July 24 and Aug. 2, 1839. Paid $50 for rent of house to estate

of John Kinzie, Jan. 20, 1831 (PF). Postmaster. Bailey’s daughter became the wife of John S.C.

Hogan.

BATES, Sophiah [Sophia]. Married, Nov. 7, 1830, to Bernard H. Laurton [Laughton], the

Rev. William See officiating (MR). She was a native of Vermont, and the sister of Mrs. Stephen

Forbes.

BAUSKEY (BOUSKIE, BAUSKES), Joseph. Bought one lot of old kettles for 63 cents at

sale of W. H. Wallace estate, April 27, 1827; jointly with Antoine Ouilmette gave note for $10.39

to Wallace estate (PF). Voted, May 11, 1828. Married, Nov. 5, 1828, Deborah Watkins, Justice

John B. Beaubien officiating (MR). Voted, Aug. 2, 1830. Died of cholera, 1832.

BEAUBIEN, Jean Baptiste [He signed “John B.”]. Appointed election judge, Dec. 8, 1825

(CR). Assessed on $1,000 personal property, 1825. Appointed election judge, June 5, 1826 (CR).

Voted, Aug. 7, 1826. Allowed $1.00 election service, Sept. 6, 1826 (CR). Made affidavit as “clerk

to the American Fur Co.,” concerning his claim of $11.25 against estate of W.H. Wallace, sworn

before Justice John Kinzie, April 30, 1827; receipted for $8.00 on account of service in taking

inventory of Wallace estate “at the Laframboise settlement,” May 11, 1827 (PF). Allowed $1.00

for election service, June 5, 1827; recommended to governor for justice of peace, June term, 1827

(CR). Bondsman of A. Wolcott, admr., estate of John Kinzie, April 11, 1828; appraiser, Kinzie

estate, April 22, 1828 (PR), wrote Isaac Perkins, admr., estate of W.H. Wallace, asking payment

of $11.25 claim, May 20,1828 (PF). Appointed judge of election, July 7, 1828; allowed $1.00 for

election service, Sept., 1828 (CR). Judge of election, voted, May 11, 1828; judge of election, Aug.

4, Aug. 20, and Nov. 3, 1828; sworn in as justice of peace, Sept. 10, 1828 (supplement, CR). John

B. Beaubien before himself, Justice Beaubien, testified concerning claim of Antoine Ouilmette for

$91 against Wallace estate, Oct. 14, 1828; took affidavit of Cole Weeks on note held by admr. of

Wallace estate against Antoine Ouilmette, Oct. 14, 1828 (PF). Allowed $1.00 for election service,


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Dec. 1, 1828; appointed trustee of Section 16, Township 39 North, Range 14 East [school land],

Dec. term, 1829 (CR). Voted, July 24, Aug. 2, and Nov. 25, 1830. Bondsman of David Hunter,

admr., estate of John Kinzie; appraiser of same, Dec. 17, 1830; admr., estate of Francois

Laframboise, Dec. 17, 1830 (PR). Took depositions of Lovisa B. Caldwell and David McKee,

witnesses for complainant, Emily v. Archibald Caldwell, divorce, Oct. 2, 1830 (CCF). Beaubien

went to Chicago as employee of the American Fur Co. about 1819. He married (1) an Indian

woman; (2) Josette Laframboise; died at Naperville, Jan. 5, 1863. Beaubien performed the

following marriage ceremonies: Joseph Bauskey and Deborah Watkins, Nov. 5, 1828; Joseph

Pothier and Victoire Mirandeau, May 24, 1828; Samuel Watkins and Mary Ann Smith, April 15,

1830; Michael Walsh [Welch] and Elizabeth Wilmette [Ouilmette], May 11, 1830; Alvah L.

Gardner and Julia Staly, May 18, 1830.

BEAUBIEN, Josette. Second wife of J.B. Beaubien and daughter of Francois Laframboise.

She received $253.04 ¼ as share of Laframboise estate, July 31, 1831 (PF).

BEAUBIEN, Mark. Licensed, June 9, 1830, to keep tavern (CR). Voted, July 24 and Aug.

2, 1830. He was a younger brother of J.B. Beaubien, born at Detroit, came to Chicago 1826, and

died at Kankakee, Ill., April 16, 1881.

BEAUBIEN, Medard (Madore, Medart). Son of J.B., born about 1809. Voted, July 24,

Aug. 2, and Nov. 25, 1830. Allowed $1.00 for service as clerk and 37 ½ cents for stationery at

election, Sept. 6, 1830 (CR). Went west with the Potawatomi.

BELLAIR, Louise. Bought one old tent for $5.00 at sale of W.H. Wallace estate, May 10,

1827; Isaac Perkins, admr., May 11, 1827, certified that Bellair had balance of $22.31 due from

Wallace estate (PF). Mrs. Kinzie, in Wau-Bun, mentions Bellaire, a Frenchman, who beat his wife.

BENEDICT, --------. Carried letter, dated Nov. 12, 1827, from Alexander Wolcott, Jr., to

Probate Judge Norman Hyde at Peoria (PF).

BENEDICT, Sarah. Married, May 23, 1827, to Henley Clybourn, the Rev. Jesse Walker

officiating (Tazewell Co. marriage register).

BERSIER, Jean Baptist. Signed, by his mark, at Detroit, Aug. 22, 1826, an engagement to

serve W.H. Wallace at Chicago until June 1, 1827, for $80; signed also by Wm. Brewster; Isaac

Perkins, admr., on April 26, 1827, certified that Bersier had balance of $49.49 due from Wallace

estate; made affidavit, April 29, 1827, before Justice John Kinzie concerning claim of Jos.

Laframboise for wages against Wallace estate (PF).

BLOW, Lewis. Voted, July 24, 1830.

BOLE, William. Bought, May 12, 1827, one castor hat for $2.94 at sale of W.H. Wallace

estate (PF).

BONNET (BANNY), Augustin (Austin, Augtin). Voted, Aug. 7, 1826. Bought for 25 cents

on Scotch cap at sale W.H. Wallace estate, April 27, 1827 (PF). Voted, July 24, 1830.

BORDINOIS (BORDENOIS, BORDINON), Augustin. Signed, by his mark, at Detroit,

Aug. 3, 1826, an engagement to serve W.H. Wallace of Chicago until June 1, 1827, for $70; signed

by Wallace, witnessed by Wm. Brewster; Isaac Perkins at Chicago, May 10, 1827, certified that

Bordinois had balance of $49.62 due from Wallace estate (PF).

BOURASAN [BOURASSA], Daniel. Married Theotis Arnwaiskie, May 20, 1826, Justice

John Kinzie officiating (MR). Voted, Aug. 7, 1826.

BOURASSA, Leon. Receipted to W.H. Wallace for “one box containing sundries,”

witnessed by George Jurson[?]; receipted to Wallace for $7.77 balance on claim “pour voyage du

Detroit’ and “par des Verses” [Parc aux Vaches?], $13.44, less item, “Chicago, April 2, 1827,


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$5.67;” assisted in taking inventory of Wallace estate, April 4-5, 1827; received $15.50 from F.

La Framboise estate, July 13, 1831 (PF). Voted, July 24 and Aug. 2, 1830.

BOURBONNE (BOURONNAIS, BOURBONAIT), Francis, Sr. Indian trader on

Kankakee River. He came from vicinity of Peoria Lake about 1829. His wife’s first name was

Cattice.

BOURBONNE, Francis, Jr. Married Josette Alscomb who divorced him at Peoria. He and

his father were beneficiaries under Chicago Indian treaty of 1833.

BOURIE, John Battist. Bought one and one-forth boxes “Segars” for 63 cents at sale of

W.H. Wallace estate, April 27, 1827 (PF).

BOURISSA [BOURASSA?], John B. Listed as debtor to estate of W.H. Wallace for

$18.74 for six plugs tobacco, 1 keg of whiskey and other articles purchased Oct. and Nov., 1825

(PF).

BOWLES, James. Paid $6.50 for a silver watch at sale of Francis May estate, May 12,

1828 (PF).

BRADAIN, John B. Voted, Nov. 25, 1830.

BROWN, James. Voted, July 24 and Aug. 2, 1830.

C

CALDWELL, Archibald. Born April 30, 1806, at Pearisburg, Va. Married, 1827, in Giles

Co., Va., Emily Hall, the Rev. Thomas Kirk officiating (CCF). Voted, May 11, 1828. Purchased,

May 12, 1828, one “surtout coat” and five other articles at sale of Francis May estate (PF).

Licensed, Dec. term, 1829, to keep tavern (CR). Divorce defendant, June term, 1830 (CCR,

CCF). [See Emily Hall Caldwell. Wentworth and others were mistaken in saying that Caldwell

received $5.50 from Peoria Co. for ironing a turnpike scraper. The record reads: "Alexander

Caldwell." Alexander Caldwell and his brother, John W., were blacksmiths at Peoria.]

Archibald Caldwell appears to have lived thereafter with his Indian mate in the wilds of

Wisconsin.

CALDWELL, Billy (The Sauganash). Recommended to Governor by Peoria Co.

commissioners, Dec. 8, 1825, for justice of the peace (CR). [It is doubtful whether he

qualified.] Appraiser, May 25, 1826, estate of John Crafts (PF). Voted, Aug. 7, 1826.

Allowed $1.00 for service as judge of election, Sept. 6, 1826 (CR). Bought, April 27, 1827,

at sale of W.H. Wallace estate, 14 ornamented waist belts and other articles (PF). Voted,

July 24, Aug. 2, and Nov. 25, 1830. Caldwell was the son of Capt. William Caldwell, a native

of Ireland in the British service at Amherstburg and Detroit, and a Potawatomi woman.

Billy Caldwell was schooled in the English language. He died on the Potawatomi reservation

near Counci l Bluffs , Iowa Territory, Sept. 27, 1841.

CALDWELL, Emily Hall. Married, 1827, in Giles Co., Va., to Archibald Caldwell,

the Rev. Thomas Kirk officiating; complainant in libel for divorce, June term, 1830; court

found defendant resided out of state; he was directed to answer at Oct. term; order of

publication in Western Observer [Jacksonville, Ill.]; bill filed by Attorney A. W. Cavarly

stated that complainant married defendant in fore [sic] part of 1827, and became a resident

of Peoria Co. the latter part of the next year; charged husband in the spring of 1829 “took

to himself an Indian woman by the name of Josette with whom he has continued to live

;" complainant made affidavit, June 8, 1830, before Justice Simon Reed at Peoria that

Caldwell was in the Territory of Michigan; Lovisa B. Caldwell testified by deposition


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before J u s t i c e John B. Beaubien that she at tended marriage of Emily Hall and A. Caldwell;

David McKee t es t i f i ed , also by deposition, that he went with Emily Caldwell to the

wigwam of a "squaw" and there saw defendant and an Indian woman and child; Beaubien

certified that he took depositions at house of Samuel Miller; Thomas Morris of Tazewell

Co. was summoned as a witness (CCR, CCF). Final disposition of case not recorded at

Peoria. Wentworth said that Emily Caldwell became the wife of Cole Weeks.

CALDWELL, Lovisa B. Witness, Emily v. Archibald Caldwell, divorce, Oct. 2, 1830

(CCF). Married, Nov. 1, 1830, to Willis Scott, the Rev. William See officiating (MR).

CATIE, Joseph. Voted, Aug. 7, 1826.

CHAPEAU, Jacque. Purchased, Dec. 14, 1826, one hat for $4.00 of W.H. Wallace

(PF); listed as debtor to Wallace estate in sum of $2.58, Aug. 3, 1830 (PR).

CHAVELIE, Peter. Voted, Aug. 7, 1826.

CHEVALIER (CHAVELIER), Catherine. Married, Sept. 28, 1826, to Alexander

Robinson, Justice John Kinzie officiating (MR). Currey said that she was the daughter of

Francois and Mary Ann Chevalier.

CHEVALIER (CHAVELLEA), John Baptiste. Bought for $23.12 1/2 one "bai

horse paid by John Kinzie, Senr.," a t s a l e of W. H. Wallace es ta te , April·27, 1827 (PF).

CLARK, John Kinzie. Born, June, 1792, near Fort Wayne, the son of Elizabeth

McKenzie and a Scotch trader, Alexander Clark. Assessed on $250 personal property, 1825.

Voted, Aug. 7, 1826; allowed, Sept. 6, 1826, $16 for service as election clerk and returning

poll list to Peoria (CR). Bought two bags of vermilion for 50 cents at sale of W. H. Wallace

estate, April 27, 1827 (PF). Appointed constable, June term, 1827 (CR). Married, July 22,

1829, Permelia Scott, the Rev. Isaac Scarritt officiating (MR). Defendant, Oct. 12, 1829,

Perkins v. Hall et al. (CCF). [See D. Hall, Jr.]. Voted, July 24 and Nov. 25, 1830. Clark married,

first, Madaline Mirandeau by whom he had one or more children.

CLERMONT (CLAIRMORE), Jerry. Assessed on $100 personal property, 1825.

Voted, Aug. 7, 1826. He was employed by American Fur Co. for trade on Iroquois River, 1821.

CLYBOURN (CLAYBOURN, CLAIBOURNE), Archibald. Son of Jonas and

Elizabeth McKenzie Clark Clybourn. Appointed constable, Sept. 6, 1825; reappointed, June

2, 1826 (CR). Voted, Aug. 7, 1826. Allowed, Sept.6,1826, $1.00 for service as clerk of

election (CR); clerk of election, received 13 votes for justice of peace, Aug. 20, 1828,

Alexander Doyle being elected with 20 vo tes . Allowed, Sept. 1, 1828, $1.00 for service as

clerk of election. Licensed, May 2, 1829, jointly with Samuel Miller, to keep a tavern at

Chicago. Licensed, June 2, 1829, jointly with Miller, to operate ferry across Chicago River

at the lower forks near Wolf Point (CR). Married, June 9, 1829, Mary Galloway, the Rev.

Isaac Scarritt officiating (Tazewell Co. marriage register). Appointed, Dec. term, 1829,

trustee for Section 16, Township 39 North, Range 14 East [school land] (CR). Voted, July

24, 1830, at which time he was unsuccessful candidate for justice of peace, receiving 22

votes to 33 for John S. C. Hogan; voted Nov. 25, 1830. He was born Aug. 28, 1802, in

Virginia; died in Chicago, Aug. 23, 1872.

CLYBOURN, Henley (Henly). Son of Jonas and Elizabeth McKenzie Clark

Clybourn. Bought 1 half-axe at sale of W. H. Wallace estate, April 27, 1827 (PF). Witnessed,

April 27, 1827, note of D. Hall and o t h e r s in favor of Perkins, admr. (CCF). Married, May

23, 1827, Sarah Benedict, the Rev. Jesse Walker officiating (Tazewell Co. marriage register).


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Elected constable, May 11, 1828. Clerk of election, Aug. 3, 1828. Elected constable, Aug.

20, 1828. He was born Aug. 5, 1805; died Dec. 9, 1867.

CLYBOURN, Jonas. Came from Pearisburg, Giles Co., Va. Assessed on $625 of

personal property, 1825. Voted, Aug. 7, 1826. Bought one piece of blue calico for $6.72

among other articles at sale of W. H. Wallace estate, April 27, 1827 (PF). Defendant, Perkins

v. D. Hall, Jr. et al., Oct. 12, 1829 (CCF). Voted, July 24 and Nov. 25, 1830. Died July 24,

1842, at Westville, Ind.

COCHRON, William. Bought 168 gallons of high wines for $67.20 and other goods

at sale of W. H. Wallace estate, April 27, 1827 (PF).

COUTRA, Louis. Assessed on $50 of personal property, 1825.

CRAFTS, John. Bachelor trader. Conant & Mack of Detroit employed him in Chicago

trade about 1817. Settled first at Hardscrabble. When the American Fur Co. acquired Conant

& Mack's interests, Crafts moved to company's warehouse near Fort Dearborn. He was

assessed on $5,000 of personal property in 1825, but this doubtless was company

merchandise. Crafts at Detroit, June 1, 1825, made his demand note to Alex. Wolcott, Jr., for

$500 with David Stone as guarantor. At Chicago, July 16, 1825, Crafts made his demand note

to Wolcott for $300 (PF). Died before Sept. 20, 1825 (Detroit Gazette). Wolcott, on April

24, 1826, made application and received from Probate Judge Norman Hyde at Peoria letters

of administration upon showing Crafts died intestate (PR); date of death not stated.

Personal effects of Crafts sold June 1, 1826; items listed but names of purchasers not given;

proceeds of sale, $504.01; appraisement bill estimating value of estate at $322.25, and sale

bill, filed Nov. 20, 1826; admr.'s notice printed in Sangamo Spectator [Springfield, Ill.], Sept.

12, 1827; certificate of Hooper Warren, publisher, filed Oct. 31, 1827; admr’s account filed

April 11, 1828, showing receipts of $9,966.67, and disbursements of $7 ,612.26, including

transfer to Phineas Henderson, attorney for heirs, three notes of David Stone, and one of

Shubael Conant amounting with interest to $2,679.67; d i s t r i b u t i o n o f a balance of

$1,454.25 ordered (PR, PF). Crafts was born in Walpole, N.H., Oct. 3, 1789, of John and

Esther Sartwell Crafts.

D

DAVIS, John L. Voted, July 24 and Aug. 2, 1830. Wentworth said that he was an

Englishman and a tailor.

DEBIGIE, Simon. Voted, July 24, 1830.

DISPLATES, Basile. Voted, Aug. 7, 1826.

DOYLE, Alexander. Appraiser, estate of John Kinzie, April 22, 1828 (PF). Allowed,

Sept. 2, 1828, $1.00 for service as election clerk (CR); judge of election, May 11, 1828; clerk

of election, Aug. 4, 1828; elected justice of peace, judge of election, Aug. 20, 1828. As

justice of peace took affidavit of Antoine Wilmet [Ouilmette] concerning indebtedness of

W. H. Wallace to Alexander Robinson; took also Robinson's affidavit (PF). Doyle on July

14, 1829, wrote to John Dixon, clerk at Peoria, forwarding "judgment" he entered against

James Kinzie for selling liquor without a license in quantity less than one gallon,

contrary to Illinois statute, to Francis Laducia (record published by Peoria Herald

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E

ENGLE, James. Voted, July 24, 1830. James Engle of New Jersey was second

lieutenant at Fort Dearborn.

F

FORBES, Stephen. Voted, elected justice of peace, Nov. 25, 1830. Appraiser,

estate of Francis Laframboise, Dec. 17, 1830 (PF). He was born in Wilmington, V t . ; came

to Chicago in 1829; taught early school; sheriff Cook Co., 1832; died in Chicago, Feb. 11,

1879.

FOSTER, A. Voted, July 24, 1830. Amos Foster of New Hampshire was brevet

second lieutenant at Fort Dearborn.

FRIQUE, Peter. Voted, July 24, Aug. 2, and Nov. 25, 1830.

FURCOS, A. M. Received $10 from estate of W. H. Wallace, May 19, 1828 (PF).

FURHARTZ, John. Witnessed signature of Alexander Robinson to receipt for

payment from estate of John Crafts, Oct. 25, 1826 (PF).

G

GALLOWAY, James. Came from Ohio, 1826, and after brief residence in Chicago

settled in the present La Salle Co. Voted, July 24, 1830. Blanchard said that he died in

1864.

GALLOWAY, Mary. Daughter of James. Married, June 9, 1829, to Archibald

Clybourn, the Rev. Isaac Scarritt officiating (Tazewell Co. marriage register).

GARDNER, Alvah L. Married, May 18, 1830, at Chicago, Julia Staly, Justice John

B. Beaubien officiating (MR). Wentworth called him Alvin Noyes Gardner and said that he

moved to Blue Island.

GAROW, James. Voted, July 24, 1830.

GLECEN, Luther. Bought 5 Indian awls and 100 needles for 21 cents at sale of W.

H. Wallace estate, May 10, 1827 (PF). Luther Gleason was a trader. Mrs. Kinzie, in Wau-

Bun, located him later at Lake Puckaway.

GODFREY, Peter. Received $54.86 from estate of W. H. Wallace, May 19, 1828 (PR).

Made affidavit on above account, Feb. 15, 1828, before P.[?] Abbott, justice of the peace,

County of Wayne, Mich. Ter. (PF).

GUNDAY (GOUDAY), Lewis (Louis). Voted, July 24 and Aug. 2, 1830.

H

HALL, David, Jr. Bought 6 1/4 dozen scalping knives and many other articles at sale

of W. H. Wallace estate, April 27, 1827; receipted for $27.80 for services as clerk and

"scribe" in administration of Wallace estate (PF). Allowed, June 5, 1827, $1.00 for service

as election clerk (CR). Isaac Perkins, admr., estate of Wallace, by Jonathan H. Pugh,

attorney, brought suit, Sept. 24, 1829, for $313.91 against Hall, James Kinzie, Jonas

Clybourn, and John K. Clark on note; Hall as principal and others as guarantors gave note

dated April 27, 1827, for $1,095.38, payable in 12 months, Henley Clybourn witness;

indorsements indicate that Hall made payments of $1.20, $700.00, and $116.70; summons

served on Jonas Clybourn and Clark; judgement entered, Oct. 12, 1829; execution Dec. 1,

1829; execution "satisfied" Jan. 13, 1830 (CCR, CCF). Hall was the half-brother of James


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Kinzie, son of Margaret McKenzie, first mate of John Kinzie, afterward the wife of

Benjamin Hall of Giles Co., Va.

HARTZELL, T. Bought chintz shawls at sale of W. H. Wallace estate, May 10,

1827 (PF). Thomas Hartzel was a trader who operated on the Illinois and Kankakee rivers.

HAWLEY, Caroline. Married, July 22, 1829, to Willard Scott, the Rev. Isaac

Scarritt officiating (MR). She probably was the daughter of Pierce Hawley who came from

Vermont and settled in Fox River precinct of Peoria County.

HEACOCK, Russell E. Lawyer and carpenter. Came from Litchfield, Conn. Mrs. John

H. Kinzie said that he lived at Lee's Place, or Hardscrabble, four miles up the south branch

of Chicago River. Voted, July 24, Aug. 2, and Nov. 25, 1830. A l l ow ed , S ep t . 6 , 1830,

$1.00 for service as election judge. Licensed, Dec. 7, 1830, to keep a tavern "5 miles from

Chicago" (CR). He died of cholera, 1849.

HELM, Lina T. [Linai Taliafero]. Defendant in bill for divorce, Oct. 1, 1829. [See

Margaret McKillip Helm].

HELM, Margaret McKillip. Wife of Lieut. Linai Taliafero Helm. Bill for divorce

filed Oct. 1, 1829, through John L. Bogardus, Peoria attorney. Complainant recited that

she was married to defendant in 1810; that they had one son, Edwin, aged about seven years;

that Helm deserted the complainant; that he had been guilty of "sensual intercourse,

lewd behavior and adultery with other and divers females," and that he had indulged in

habitual drunkenness for more than two years. Complainant's bill continued: "Your orator

further states that the said Lina may have property come into his possession to a large

amount as she understands and believes as well in the state of Verginia [sic] as New York

now in litigation-to the amount of from ten thousand to one hundred thousand dollars."

Asks custody of child and alimony. Summons dated Sept. 26, 1829, directed to the sheriff

of Clay County; indorsed: "The annexed writ and notice was served by me on the said

Lina T. Helm by leaving a copy of the annexed writ with the said Lina T. Helm and

explaining the contents to him on the 2nd day of Oct., 1829, for James L. Wickerham,

Sheriff Clay County, by John Summers, Deputy." (CCF); hearing, Oct. 12, 1829, Judge

Richard M. Young, presiding; decree (CCR). Fee bill amounted to $9.05}1, including

summons to five witnesses who are not named (CCF). Margaret McKillip was born in 1794

near Colchester, Ont. Married, June 10, 1810, to Lieut. Linai T. Helm of the Detroit

garrison; came to Fort Dearborn, 1811. Married to Dr. Lucius Abbott of Detroit, Jan.,

1836; died in Detroit, Oct., 1844. Her mother, Eleanor,_ was married to John Kinzie. On

Oct. 18, 1830, she witnessed the will of Alexander Wolcott (Liber I, p. 10, records of

Mackinac Co., Mich.). She was awarded $800 under the treaty of Prairie du Chien, July 29,

1829, "for losses sustained at the time of the capture of Fort Dearborn in 1812 by the Indians.”

Sum appropriated by Congress, March 25, 1830.

HELM, [William] Edwin. Son of Linai Taliafero and Margaret Helm. Custody

awarded to mother by divorce decree, Oct. 12, 1829 (CCR). Dr. Milo M. Quaife, ed., Mrs.

John H. Kinzie, Wau-Bun, The "Early Day" in the North-West, says that he was born on Oct.

18, 1821.

HOGAN, John S. C. Elected justice of the peace, July 24, 1830, receiving 33 votes

to 22 for A. Clybourn. Hogan apparently did not vote. He voted Aug. 2, 1830. He was born

about 1804 in New York City, came to Chicago about 1829; married daughter of Jonathan


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N. Bailey, Chicago's first postmaster. Hogan was the second Chicago postmaster. He died

at Boonville, Mo., Dec. 2, 1868.

HUBBARD, G[urdon] S[altonstall]. Receipted for $2.00 for services as clerk at sale

of John Crafts’s estate, Oct. 19, 1826 (PF). Hubbard was a trader on branches of the

Kankakee River. He was born at Windsor, Vt., Aug. 22, 1802; died at Chicago, Sept. 4,

1886.

HUNT, George. Assisted in taking inventory of W. H. Wallace estate, April 4-5, 1827

(PF).

HUNTER, David. First lieutenant at Fort Dearborn. Born, July 21, 1802, in

Washington, D.C.; graduated, West Point, 1822; brevet major general, March, 1865.

Hunter was president of the military commission that condemned to death and

imprisonment the conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. David

McCulloch said that Hunter married Maria Indiana Kinzie, daughter of John, Sept. 18,

1829, Justice Alexander Doyle officiating. The marriage is not recorded in licenses and

marriages of Peoria County. A letter of Gen. Hunter, dated May 24, 1879, reads: "I was

married in Chicago, having to send a soldier one hundred and sixty miles, on foot, to Peoria

for a license." He was elected constable, May 11, 1828, also elected constable, Aug. 20, 1828;

voted July 24, 1830. Hunter witnessed the will of Alexander Wolcott, executed Oct. 18,

1830 (Liber I, p. 10, records of Mackinac Co., Mich.). Hunter succeeded Alexander

Wolcott, deceased, as admr. of the estate of John Kinzie, Dec. 17, 1830. Bondsman of John

B. Beaubien, admr. estate of Francois Laframboise; appraiser, Laframboise estate, Dec. 17,

1830, but did not serve (PR). Wrote from Chicago, April 2, 1831, to Norman Hyde, Peoria

County judge of probate, on matters in estate of J. Kinzie (PF). Died, Feb. 2, 1886, in

Washington, D.C.

J

JAMBOE, Paul. Voted, Aug. 7, 1826.

JENEAUX (JUNIO, JUNIER), Pierre. Voted, Aug. 7, 1826. Isaac Perkins, admr.,

at Chicago, May 10, 1827, certified that Junier had balance of $62.75 due from W. H.

Wallace estate. Justice John Kinzie testified, May 12, 1827, that Jeneaux was "hireling"

of Wallace at $20 a month from July 1, 1826, to May 5, 1827; Claude Laframboise offered

supporting testimony (PF).

JEWETT, William P. Voted, July 24 and Nov. 25, 1830.

JOHNSTON, Samuel. Voted, Aug. 7, 1826, and May 11, 1828. Bought one light

casimere vest at sale of W. H. Wallace estate, April 27, 1827 (PF).

JOYAL, John. Voted, Dec. 24, 1830.

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Upcoming CGS Programs 2018

May 5 - Using Railroad Records in Family History Research

As the Age of Canals absorbed huge numbers of Irish and

other laborers in that time, such was also true to an even

greater extent in the “Age of Railroads.” Rights of way,

cuts and fills, and ditches and tunnels were excavated most

often by sheer muscle power. Ties were hand laid and

spikes to hold the rails in place were manually hammered

home. A massive infrastructure of stations, water and

coaling towers, round houses, section houses and a vast

array of other supporting structures were built and

maintained by hand. Rail cars were hand built of wood.

Miles of wooden trestles were erected and maintained.

Armies of section hands inspected and maintained many

thousands of miles of track. Agents, telegraphers and

signal maintainers worked to keep trains running on time.

Swarms of crossing guards kept watch over street and road

crossings. An almost uncountable number of clerks and

office workers filled out bills of lading and handled ticket

finances. Engine wipers, oilers, hostlers, coalers, ash pan

dumpers, water tenders, wick trimmers, carpenters,

painters, wheel knockers, and a wide variety of

blacksmiths and other metal specialists worked behind a

train’s engineer, fireman, conductor, and two or three brakemen to get it over the line. Switchmen

in huge numbers aligned switches to get trains to the correct destinations. Clearly, railroads were

the largest employer in the nation of workers, both male and female, of any industry outside of

agriculture in the 1850 – 1930 period.

Railroad companies were meticulous record keepers. Large amounts of family history data were

collected by the numerous railroad companies which spun their web of rails across the nation.

These records cover work done by millions of working men and women even up to the present

day. Much of this material survives and is a potential treasure of family history data to researchers.

You are invited to attend the Chicago Genealogical Society May program to learn about using

Railroad Records in family history research. Our speaker, Craig Pfannkuche, Genealogical

Archivist for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Historical Society, will discuss the type of

such records which exist, how they meet genealogical research needs and how to access them by

using the archives of the Chicago and North Western Historical Society as an example.

This FREE program will be held at the Newberry Library at 60 West Walton, Chicago, and begin

at 1:30 p.m on Saturday, May 5th.


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June 2 - Chicago in 1893 and the Columbian Exposition

People came from all over the world to explore the wondrous

Columbian Exposition in Chicago in the summer of 1893,

but what else might visitors’ take the time to see or do during

their visit? Like Paul Harvey, Donna Primas will tell you “the

rest of the story” about city life and the most popular and

amazing attractions that vied for tourist dollars (or quarters)

circa 1893 Chicago.

Our speaker, Donna Primas, has been giving tours of

Chicago in Spanish and English since 1983. In recent years

she has been combining tour commentary with fantastic

visuals to produce intriguing presentations that give a feel of

time and place while revealing little-known stories of

Chicago history. She will help us genealogists better visualize life just before the turn of the past

century in Chicago!

Please note: We will begin the June program with the Society’s Annual General Membership

Meeting with the Election of Officers.

This program is FREE and will be held at the Newberry Library at 60 West Walton, Chicago,

and begin at 1:30 p.m on Saturday, June 2nd.

July – No general CGS meeting. Summer break.

PLEASE NOTE: It is our policy not to publish the address of our authors. If you

wish to correspond with one of them, please email [email protected] and

put “Quarterly Editor” in the subject line. Detail your request and we will forward on

to the author.



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Chicagoans From the Past

Andrew Sturtz

The back of the photo says "A. G. Sturtz, 973 W.

Polk St., Chicago." The photographer, Merrifield,

was only at 151 East 22nd between 1893 and

1894. Andrew Sturtz is listed in the 1894 Chicago

City Directory with his mother, Emily, living at 77

Edgemont Street. Emily (Baltz) Sturtz died in

Chicago on 30 December 1906 at age 68. Her death

notice in the Chicago Daily News of 31 December

1906 lists a son named Andrew. She was buried at

Forest Home Cemetery. Buried there with her is

Andrew Sturtz born in 1871 and died in 1933 not

having married. It is not known what his band

uniform signifies.

Teresa “Thirza” Steven(s)

This photo was taken at Western Studio, 1140

W. 12th Street, Chicago. Written on its back

"Thirza Steven, age 6 years.” A search of the

1880 census for this name and Chicago,

returned no results. There was a “Terese

Stephens”, age 6, living with her parents Fred

and Mary Stephens in Chicago. Thirza can be a

nickname for Teresa. Fred (Frederick) was born

in Germany and died in Chicago on 9 February

1901. Mary (Lonergan) was born in Ireland and

died 1 January 1918. Teresa’s death certificate

records her birth 17 April 1875 and death 16

March 1947. Both Teresa and her mother Mary

are buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, IL.

This would date the picture about 1881.


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Helen “Heley” Derby

The back of this photo taken at the Roshschild

photo studio in April 1901 has in the reverse

"Heley Derby, 5 years and 3 months, April

1901." Helen Derby is found in the 1900 Federal

census of Chicago with her parents, Charles and

Elizabeth Derby at 6352 Parnell Street. Her father

died in Chicago on 1945 while her mother ("nee -

Johnson) died in 1958. Both are buried at the

Mount Hope Cemetery. Helen seems to have

never married. She is buried with her parents at

the Mount Hope Cemetery. Her stone has the

dates, 1896 - 1982. No newspaper death notice

for her could be found.

Frank Schwartz

Written on the back of this photo is “Frank

Schwartz” and you can clearly see his collar reads

“C&NW.” Passenger train brakemen wore such

uniforms whenever they were doing work on the

train. Every train had to have a “brakeman” on it,

held over from the early days when men actually

turned wheels on individual cars to help the train

come to a stop. Today they collect tickets. C&NW

Archivist dates this picture based on the uniform

about 1908-1914. The photo was taken at Barclay

& Wood, 77-79 So. Clark Street, Chicago. No

records have been found at the C&NW archives

yet for Frank Schwartz.


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Mary Rawle

This photo has on the reverse "Great grandma

Rawle (Mary Rawle)." This person is most

probably Mary Rawle, the mother of Edward

Rawle. Edward came to Chicago from Wales in

1882. He lived, according to the 1900 Federal

census, with his children and wife, Ann, at what

is now 512 South Halsted in Chicago. A death

date and grave site for Mary Rawle cannot be

found but Edward died in Chicago on 14 April

1902. Edward wife was Ann Butler. She died on

21 January 1929. Both Edward and Ann are

buried in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Louis Fiene

Hand written on the back of this card says "Born

1896, Louis Fiene, Son of Henry and Louise Fiene,

Married to Ina Kelly." Although the photo was

taken in 1899 in Chicago, the family was living in

York Township DuPage County in 1910. Louis

was born 23 January 1896 and had four sisters. His

mother, Louise, nee Haberkamp, died in Elmhurst,

Illinois in April 1947. She is buried in the Elm

Lawn Cemetery. Louis Fiene is buried in Elm

Lawn Cemetery also. Louis died in 1960 while his

wife died in 1977. They had two children.


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Captain Wilhelm Franze

The back of this photo says only "Captain Wilhelm

Franze." William Franze is found in the 1900

Federal census of Chicago living at 250 Clybourn

with the occupation of "Salvation Army Officer."

His passport application says he was born in

Schoenbeck, Germany in September 1871. He

came to the United States in 1896. His wife, Hulda,

was born on 1 March 1890. By early 1907,

William is found to be living in Zurich Switzerland

as a representative of the United Shoe Company of

Boston, Massachusetts. His two children, Hulda

and Willy were both born in Zurich. The family did

not seem to come back to Chicago.

E. Gustifson “Gustafson”

"Miss E. Gustifson [as spelled] 1295 W. Adams

St." is what appears on the back of this photo. A

search in the 1880 Federal Census of Chicago for

“E. Gustifson” or “E. Gustif*” returns no results.

However, there was a Emmely Gustafson, age 7

(born about 1873), listed living with her parents

G.F. and Hedda Gustafson at 104 Oak Street,

Chicago. In the 1880 Chicago City Directory lists

a Miss Edla Gustafson living at 149 Townsend St,

occupation dressmaker. Could this be the women

wearing the fancy dress in this picture?


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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:


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.

If you have questions, please contact [email protected].


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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:

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City: State: Zip:

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Title of Entry:

Word Count:

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For complete rules, guidelines, categories, and awards, see the CGS website at

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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

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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

Abbott, 93, 94 Acay, 88 Alscomb, 90 Ament, 88 Anderson, 82, 88 Arnwaiskie, 88, 89 Ayres, 88 Bailey, 88, 95 Baltz, 98 Banny, 89 Barclay, 99 Bates, 88 Bauskes, 88 Bauskey, 88, 89 Beaubien, 88, 89, 91, 93, 95 Bellair, 89 Benedict, 89, 91 Bersier, 89 Billings, 80, 81, 82, 84 Bjork, 82 Blanchard, 93 Blomquist, 81 Blow, 89 Bogardus, 94 Bole, 89 Bonnet, 89 Bordenois, 89 Bordinois, 89 Bordinon, 89 Borg, 80, 82, 83, 86 Bourasan, 88, 89 Bourassa, 88, 89, 90 Bourbonait, 90 Bourbonne, 90 Bourie, 90 Bourissa, 90 Bouronnais, 90 Bouskie, 88 Bowles, 90 Boyer, 83 Bradain, 90 Brewster, 89 Brown, 90

Butler, 100 Caldwell, 89, 90, 91 Catie, 91 Cavarly, 90 Chapeau, 91 Chavelie, 91 Chavelier, 91 Chavellea, 91 Chevalier, 91 Christensen, 85 Christenson, 82 Claibourne, 91 Clairmore, 91 Clark, 91, 93 Clayborn, 91 Clermont, 91 Clybourn, 89, 91, 93, 94 Cochron, 92 Conant, 92 Coutra, 92 Crafts, 90, 92, 95 Currey, 91 Danell, 82 Davis, 92 Debigie, 92 Derby, 99 Displates, 92 Dixon, 92 Doyle, 91, 92, 95 Eckhardt, 82 Eickson, 82 Elmquist, 82 Engle, 93 Fiene, 100 Forbes, 88, 93 Foster, 93 Franze, 101 Freeman, 82 Frejd, 80 Frique, 93 Furcos, 93 Furhartz, 93 Galloway, 91, 93

Gardner, 89, 93 Garow, 93 Getchell, 84 Getschell, 82, 84 Gleason, 93 Godfrey, 93 Gouday, 93 Gunday, 93 Gustafson, 101 Gustifson, 101 Haberkamp, 100 Hall, 91, 92, 93, 94 Hallbom, 82 Hanson, 82 Hartzel, 94 Hawley, 94 Heacock, 94 Helm, 94 Henderson, 92 Hjelm, 82 Hogan, 88, 91, 95 Hubbard, 95 Hunt, 95 Hunter, 89, 95 Hyde, 89, 92, 95 Iverson, 82, 85 Jacobson, 80, 81, 82, 85 Jamboe, 95 Jeneaux, 95 Jewett, 95 Johnson, 80, 81, 82, 85, 99 Johnston, 95 Joyal, 95 Juhl, 82 Junier, 95 Junio, 95 Jurson, 89 Kelly, 82, 100 Kinzie, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94,

95 Kinzie,, 95 Kirk, 90 La Framboise, 90


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Laducia, 92 Laframboise, 88, 89, 93, 95 Larson, 82 Laughton, 88 Laurton, 88 Lemair, 82 Lewis, 82 Lincoln, 82, 95 Lindahl, 82 Lonergan, 98 Lundgren, 82 Mattson, 82 May, 90 McCulloch, 87, 95 McKee, 89, 91 McKenzie, 91, 94 McKillip, 94 Mellin, 82 Merrifield, 98 Meyer, 82 Miller, 80, 91 Mirandeau, 89, 91 Monsdotter, 86 Morris, 91 Munson, 82 Nelson, 82 Nightingale, 80 Noyes, 93

Oberg, 82 Ochsner, 81 Ouilmette, 88, 89, 92 Pearson, 84 Perkins, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95 Pfannkuche, 96 Pothier, 89 Primas, 97 Pugh, 93 Quaife, 94 Rawle, 100 Reed, 90 Robinson, 91, 92, 93 Roshschild, 99 Sachrison, 82 Sartwell, 92 Scarritt, 91, 93, 94 Schwartz, 99 Schyles, 82 Scott, 91, 94 Smith, 89 Staly, 89, 93 Stephens, 98 Steven, 98 Stone, 92 Sturtz, 98 Summers, 94 Swanson, 82, 85

Swenson, 82, 85 Taliafero, 94 Tederstrom, 80, 81, 82, 83,

86 Thorndahl, 82 Wahlberg, 80, 81, 82, 85 Walker, 89, 91 Wallace, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92,

93, 94, 95 Walsh, 89 Warren, 92 Watkins, 88, 89 Weeks, 88, 91 Welch, 89 Wentworth, 90, 93 Westerlund, 82, 85 Wickerham, 94 Wiholm, 82 William, 88, 91 Wilmet, 92 Wilmette, 89 Wolcott, 88, 89, 92, 94, 95 Wood, 99 Wright, 82 Young, 94 Youngren, 82

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.

Chicago Genealogical Society Gravestone Photo Project

Summer 2018

The Chicago Genealogical Society announces a special gravestone photo project for members only. Let us take pictures of your family gravestones in Cook County, Illinois.

Members can request up to three gravestones. Requests are due by May 31, 2018. Requests will be compiled and the cemetery with the most requests will be selected first for photographs on June 30th 9:00am – 11:00am. Other requests will be photographed as volunteers are able to complete. Depending on the number of requests received, it may not be possible for volunteers to complete every one. Also, volunteers may not be successful in finding the requested graves. If the grave is located, you will be emailed photo(s) of the grave along with a transcription and a photo of the cemetery gate and/or cemetery sign. If you mark the person as a veteran, CGS will put a small U.S. Flag beside the gravestone. Member Name _________________________________________________ Member#__________________ Member Email Address ___________________________________________ Phone _____________________

Count me in to help on June 30th I can’t make June 30th but will help on other selected dates

Gravestone requests: THREE MAXIUM

1. Name _______________________________________________________________________________ If known Birthdate ________________ Death Date ___________________ Veteran_____ Cemetery ____________________________________________________________________________ Location of Grave (section, plot) __________________________________________________________



I understand the CGS volunteers may not be able to fulfill all requests and may not be successful in finding the requested graves. I also understand that if CGS is successful in finding the requested graves, they will load the pictures onto the website www.findagrave.com, publish the name and transcription in the Society’s quarterly Chicago Genealogist and post on the Society’s webpage to preserve this genealogical information. Member Signature___________________________________________________ Date _____________

Email completed and signed form to [email protected] with subject line “Gravestone Photo Project” or mail to CGS, P.O. Box 1160, Chicago, IL 60690-1160, Attn: Gravestone Photo Project. Must be postmarked by May 31, 2018.

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Make check payable in U.S. dollars to the: Chicago Genealogical Society and mail to: Chicago Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1160, Chicago, IL 60690-1160.

I / We wish to donate $ to The Newberry Library for its Genealogy Services. (This amount is an addition to membership amount.)

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Individual, society or library membership ($25.00) Family membership ($30.00 - all members must reside at same address) Contributing membership ($30.00 – provide extra support for CGS) Life membership ($250.00)

If you reside outside the United States, please add $10.00 to your membership dues.

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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:


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.

Chicago Genealogical SocietyP.O.Box 1160Chicago, IL 60690

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