I'm going to search for my own family first--largely because they will be easiest to find and I'm liable to find numerous other family members while searching for them (I'm probably going to read the entire townships for the first few). There's a reasonable chance I search Keene Township in Adams County, Illinois, for my Grandma Neill's brothers, but otherwise I'm going to stick to the locations I have and wait to find others until the index comes out.
My wife's 1940 people I'm likely to just wait until the index comes out to locate, with the possible exception of the ones in Linn County, Missouri. I'm curious to see Peter Verikios and Mary Williams, but if they aren't at the Bishop Street address, I'm probably going to wait until the index comes out to find them as well. If time allows, I may try getting city directories to help with locating a few others, but none are going to be so interesting that I'm going to spend days to find them before the index comes out. I am mildly curious about Ola and Anna Lake and hopefully they'll be easiest to find.
Comments--are for me and not really for readers. I know where I mean ;-)
Name
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Relationship
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Probable Location
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Comments--and link to image if found.
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Cecil and Ida Neill
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Grandparents--found
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Prairie Township, Hancock County, Illinois
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Should be at the "homeplace." ED 34-29--Prairie Township. Got ED from NARA website. Found them!
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Mimka, Tjode, and Dorothy Habben
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Great-grandparents and grandmother--found
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Prairie Township, Hancock County, Illinois
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At the "homeplace" west of Carthage.ED 34-29--Prairie Township. Got ED from NARA website. Found them!
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Fred, Tena, and John Ufkes
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Great-grandparents and grandfather--found
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Bear Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois
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At the "homeplace" east of Basco. ED 34-5. This family lived near the township line with Harmony Twp., but were in Bear Creek.Got ED from NARA website. Found them!
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Charlie and Fannie Neill
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Great-grandparents--found
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Village of West Point or perhaps St. Albans Township, Hancock County,
Illinois
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West Point ED is 34-33. St. Albans Twp. ED is 34-34. Got ED from NARA website. Found them!
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Anna Habben
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Great-great-grandmother--found
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Elvaston, Hancock County, Ilinois
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ED 34-19 or 34-27. Probably 34-27 which is the part of Elvaston in Prairie Twp. Got ED from NARA website. Found her.
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Ola and Anna Lake and daughter Nancy
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Wife’s grandparents and mother--found
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Marcelline, Linn County, Missouri
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ED 58-20 through 58-23 from NARA site. Found them.
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Wilbur and Grace Johnson
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Wife’s grandparents--found
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Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois
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1939 and 1940 Rock Island directories put them at 1715 13th Avenue. Found them.
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Joseph W. and Eva Mae Johnson
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Wife’s great-grandparents--found.
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Rock Island County, Illinois
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1122 1/2 6th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois--per 1940 Rock Island directory (Polks). Found them.
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Samuel O. Johnson
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Wife’s great-great-grandfather
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Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
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May have been in town or on farm outside of Galesburg.
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Henry and Caroline Mortier
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Wife’s great-grandparents--found
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Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois.
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In 1939 and 1942 Rock Island City directories indicate they had a home at 1207 19th Avenue in Rock Island. Found them.
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Peter Verikios
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Wife’s step-great-grandfather
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Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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Good luck. Probably at 6934 S. Bishop Street—start there.
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Mary Williams
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Wife’s great-grandmother
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Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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Good luck. Probably at 6934 S. Bishop Street—start there.
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Granville Lake
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Wife’s great-grandfather--found
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Linn County, Missouri
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Jennie Trask
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Wife’s great-great-grandmother
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Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois or Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
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I could make a much longer list--with aunts/uncles and cousins of various sorts. Given the large number of extended kin I have in some of these locations, I'll probably just read these townships manually as I have time:
- Prairie, St. Albans, Walker, Bear Creek, and Harmony Townships, Hancock County, Illinois
- Keene Township, Adams County, Illinois--maybe Northeast and Honey Creek as well.
Since the images will be totally online, maybe I can get my Mom to read through a few for me--she'll know the names from her side of the family for me--so that will shoot Bear Creek, Prairie, and Harmony.