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TAHS Website Updates for Sept. 2007
TAHS Website Updates for Sept. 2007
Oct 2, 2007
Happy Fall Ya'll! This is my favorite time of the year. Hope the weather holds for our 3rd annual Yorktown Cemetery Walk, held Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007. Weather permitting, we'll meet at the cemetery at 2 p.m. After presentations, we will go to the YT Community Bldg. for refreshments. If the weather is bad, we will meet in the YT Community Bldg for the presentations. Three folks are being represented: Carol Fox will enlighten us on her ancestor, Clinton F. Greenwood who worked on the Hennepin Canal. Lorraine Gaskill will tell us of her ggf, Andrew Berge, an early resident and farmer of Yorktown. Joan Johnson will speak on Lovina Booth who donated the land for Booth Park in Tampico. We still have some questions about this lady, so if you have any info to contribute, please contact one of us. We are particularly interested in a marriage to Wm. McCombs in 1912. The evening will be hosted by Betty Glassburn. If you have any questions, please contact Joan Johnson, 815-438-7581, garyjoan@thewisp.net, or Denise McLoughlin, 815-438-2065 or tahs@thewisp.net. Hope to see you all there! Many thanks to Denise Mickelson and all of her help with filing and organizing the Family History Library/Research center. She managed to find the elusive "Island School" ledger book that someone had asked about 3 or 4 years ago. No one knew where it was. .. but, Denise found it in a stack of books upstairs!!! Also, "Thank You" to Jerrie Schindel for designing the Hennepin Canal window display for the Hennepin Centennial Celebration on Sept. 8. She also volunteered to work all day at the Historical Society that day, so I could be with my daughter at the fishing derby.(She won first prize-biggest fish!) Our programs have been quite interesting this year. We have had a representative from each church in town come and tell us the history of their church. In August, Steve Moser gave and excellent presentation on the Hennepin Canal. The canal theme continued with our September meeting, with Betty Marchon, author of Diaries of Fred Honens. Here are the latest entries on the website for September: NEW ENTRIES FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 For a direct link to all of the new entries, go to http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/Whats_New.html OCTOBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/page/page/22558.htm Oct. 1, Monday, COMMUNITY CLUB @ Dutch Diner 12 noon Oct. 4, Thursday, 6 p.m. - Domino Night @ Community Bldg Oct. 7, Sunday, - 3rd annual Yorktown Cemetery Walk Oct. 7, Sunday 2-6p - VanGo Ventures - 3rd Annual Open Barn MESSAGE BOARDS http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/Message_Board.html Tampico Historical Society - great resource, submitted by Sandi Hartnell Website Fiasco AGAIN!!! Where is that? William Savage of New Brunswick Dale/Spargo Family Sadie Klobes Obituary Help Save the TAHS Museum Burch Family Burials Browning Family Rogers/Darnell Truman Johnson Prophetstown Cemetery? Power/Curran Family Lovina Booth Wish List! Island School Ledger MARRIAGES & ENGAGEMENTS http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/Marriages_Engagements.html 1952 - Donna Fritsch - Lawrence Calsyn, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1956 - Patricia Tornow - Gary Fritsch, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1955 - Audrey Lane - Warren Curry, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1955 - Donna Fritsch - Henry Roth, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Bette Jane Hollis - Lawrence Deets, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Mildred Elmendorf - Louis Balika, Submitted by Melva Taylor OBITUARIES http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/Obits.html 1952 - Florence L. Woodworth, submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Agnes W. Hermes, submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - August Pearson, submitted by Melva Taylor 1956 - Ada G. (Furry) Cain, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1956 - Mrs. Lauren Gerber & Children David & Ruth Ann, Submitted by Melva Taylor 2007 - Sean P. "Wolfy" Staelens 1940 - Johanna Leahy 1956 - Harry L. Wetzell, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1956 - Anna Zinser, Submitted by Melva Taylor 2007 - Ruby Maes 1955 - Guy J. Elmendorf, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1955 - Patience (Howlett) Fullerton Emery, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1955 - Elmer F. Hasselman, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1955 - Ralph Leroy Teach, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1955 - Arthur "Pete" Overholser, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1953 - David Fitzgerald, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1953 - Margaret Bauer, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1953 - George A. Edsel, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1953 - Oscar Teach, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1953 - Freida Ramsey, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1953 - Mrs. Elmer Sollenberger, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Nellie Mae (Cooper) Hatten, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - George E. Van Dusen, 'Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Martha Sager Hoover, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Lidge McNitt, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Norma Jeane Eade, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Mrs. A. A. Bentley, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1943 - Lovina Booth 1940 - James Thompson, Submitted by Patty Taylor 1944 - Carrie Thompson 1952 - Leoris Gertrude (Frank) Conery, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Mrs. Carl Blum; Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Fred Stewart - Subitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Pierce Simon Moore, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Mrs. Ida Yonk, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Mrs. Ida Yonk, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Alexander Wilson, (Nelle Reagan's brother), Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Elsie M. (Bowden) Campbell, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Karl McDougall, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Bertha Engel, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Albert H. Jacobs, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - John C. Keil, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Jennie (Glafka) Wallis, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Ernest Unholz, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - W. Karl Palmer, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - William Pritchard, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1952 - Mrs. Oliver Heisler, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1953 - Thomas Regan, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1953 - Margaret C. (Drom) Donaldson, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1955 - Albert Redell, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1958 - William Allison Brown, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1955 - George Fisher, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1955 - Ed Thompson, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1958 - Frank C. Elmendorf, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1958 - Nellie Evelyn (McKenzie) McCrea, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1950 - William Henry Henrekin, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1958 - Ida Lane, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1958 - Ernest Algot Johnson, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1958 - Ruth Ann (Klobes) Smith, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1958 - Bertha Evelyn (Nelson) Anderson, Submitted by Melva Taylor 1958 - Victor E. Pearson, Submitted by Melva Taylor Many more to come - just haven't gotten them posted yet! FAMILY HISTORIES http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/FamilyHistories_GenCharts.html Descendants of Nancy Booth, Submitted by Barbara Chandler 1885 WHITESIDE COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/Whiteside_Co_1885_Biographies.html Added portrait to Levi Bressler bio ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/Articles_Local_History.html Injured in Action (John Wayne Glassburn) 1927 - Residence Property Sold Last Week (Minerva Lyon) 1927-Booth Family Reunion 1942- Donor of Booth Park at Tampico, Mrs. Lovina Booth Will Be 92 Next Sunday BIOGRAPHIES - Bureau County 1885 http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/Bureau_Co_Biographies_1885.html A. T. GALER Neal McArthur W. H. Saunders Calvin Cooper LOTS of special "Thank Yous" this month: A big thank you to all of you that have commented in support of our request from www.hamburgerhelper.com for a grant to get our roof repaired. Winners will be announced on Nov. 15, so keep your fingers crossed! Another special thank you to the Conners family (hope I have spelled their name correctly) for their generous donation of $500 towards our roof repair! Thank you to Gail Anderson, who has become my "techy guru"!(And to Brian Sanders, who has offered to be a "back-up") Thank you to the Village of Tampico for paying for another year for the website! And what would we do without Melva??? If you are in the area, the guest speaker for our Nov. 27th meeting is Harold Wright. He will be speaking on the history of the Eclipse Lawn Mower Co. You may be surprised to learn of it's connection to Tampico! Please join us if you are able. If I can generate enough interest, I would like to have the Historical Society open one week night a week for genealogy research. The Family Library/Research Center is open to all with an interest. Members of TAHS will enjoy additional benefits, such as access to Ancestry.com I would like your feedback on this please. I'm thinking a Thursday evening. . Reminder, the Historical Society is open from April-Oct on Sat. & Sun. from 1-4 p.m. We are also available by appointment by contacting president Joan Johnson, 815-438-7581 or garyjoan@thewisp.net. You can also contact me. We are planning our Programs for 2008, which will include a combined meeting with Prophetstown & Lyndon Historical Societies for a special presentation by "Black Hawk." If you or someone you know would be interested in sharing some local history at one of our meetings, please contact me at 815-438-2065 or tahs@thewisp.net Have a wonderful month. Denise McLoughlin Family History Coordinator Tampico Area Historical Society http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com Mailing address: P. O. Box 154, Tampico, IL 61283
TAMPICO AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY - MUSEUM - FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY/RESEARCH CENTER 119 Main St., P. O. Box 154, Tampico, IL 61283 www.tampicohistoricalsociety.com tampicoareahistory@gmail.com We are an all-volunteer organization so your donations are always appreciated! Sign up to receive our e-newsletter. Thank you! Visit us on FACEBOOK.
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