Third Generation
Transcriptions for PETER
OLSON:
OUR ROOTS GO DEEP: Family Stories by Tom Applebee,
2000 edition
Page 69
"Peter
Oleson...d bef 7 Feb 1866 in the Civil War. His children became wards
of his brother-in-law, John A. Lock. Their family name was changed
to Alson."
Marriage Transcriptions
for HARRIET BROOKS and PETER OLSON:
Marriage License for Peter Olson and
Harriet Brooks
La Salle County Clerk, Vol C, LIC 46
"...Celebrate
the Rites and Ceremonies of Marriage, between Mr. Peter Olson and
Harriet Brooks of Said [La Salle] County...
La Salle County, Illinois
Dec 3rd 1858 - I, Alfred Lolhrope [sp?], a Baptist Minister, hereby
certify that on this day I joined in Marriage Mr. Peter Olson with
Miss Harriet Brooks..."
Marriage Transcriptions
for HARRIET BROOKS and JOHN HOGABOOM:
Marriage License for John Hogaboom
and Harriet Hogaboom [Harriet Brooks Olson Hogaboom)
La Salle County Clerk, 1867 Vol. LIC 1097
"I [illegible,
probably Justice Graham] a Justice of the Peace hereby certify that
on the14 day of Sept.1867 I joined in Marriage Mr. John Hogaboom and
Miss Harriet Hogaboom agreeably to the authority given in the above
license."
Marriage Transcriptions for
BURGESS BROOKS and CAROLINE LOCK:
Marriage License for Burgess Brooks
and Caroline Lock(e)
La Salle County Clerk, Vol C 1862, LIC 2104
"La Salle County,
Ill., Nov. 20th 1862 - I Livingston Jenks a Justice of the Peace hereby
certify that on this day I joined in Marriage, Mr. Burgefs [Burgess]
Brooks and Mifs Caroline Locke agreeably to the authority given in
the above License."
Marriage Transcriptions for
SARA BROOKS and HENRY MEADOWS:
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: the first husband of SARA BROOKS
was PETER B. VAN VALKENBURG. Peter's
aunt was Maria Van Valkenburg(h), step-mother to John Applebee. Sara's
aunt was Sally Brooks, first wife of John Applebee, whose sister was
Sara's mother.
Marriage License for Henry Meadows
and Sarah Ann Brooks
La Salle County Clerk, Vol D 1866, LIC 648
"Ottawa, La Salle
County, Illinois, December 31st 1866 - I Aaron B. Smith a Justice
of the Peace hereby certify that on this day I joined in Marriage,
Mr. Henry Meadows and Miss Sarah Ann Brooks agreeably to the authority
given in the above License."
Transcriptions for HALADINE
O. BROOKS:
LaSalle County Illinois Federal Census
of 1860
LaSalle County Genealogy Guild Transcription, Page 297 - Eagle Township
ALBERT, Jacob 26 M
GY laborer; Aldine 19 F NY; Theresa 3 F IL; William 1 M IL
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: This family was living near the family of John
and Mary Ellen Denton Applebee (uncle to Haladine nee Applebee Alberts)
and the family of Nathan Applebee (first cousin to Haladine Alberts),
eldest son of the same John and his first wife, Sally Brooks. Haladine's
mother, Hannah nee Applebee Brooks, was the eldest sister to John
Applebee.
Transcriptions for JACOB
W. ALBERTS:
THE FAIR DEALER, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS,
FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 15, 1905, Page
One
MAN'S CORPSE FOUND
Body Found By Farm Ridge Man Solves Disappearance of Alberts
The finding of the
badly decomposed corpse of a man, about 11 o'clock Monday morning
in an unfrequented piece of timber on the farm owned by Elmer Taylor
in Farm Ridge township solves the mystery surrounding the disappearance
of Jacob Alberts, an aged resident of that township, some months ago.
The body was discovered by Charles J. Brooker, who is employed on
the Taylor farm.
From the advanced
stage of decomposition, it is presumed that the body had been where
found for some considerable time. ...it was by the clothing that the
body was positively identified as that of Jacob Alberts. Alberts was
one of the best known residents of Vermillion township, and for some
time preceding his disappearance, had been brooding over the death
of his wife, from which loss he had never fully recovered. Suicide
was suspected when he disappeared but efforts to locate him proved
vain. The Vermillion river for miles in each direction was dragged
and dynamited but to no avail.
LaSalle County Illinois Federal
Census of 1860
LaSalle County Genealogy Guild Transcription, Page 297 - Eagle Township
ALBERT, Jacob 26 M
GY laborer; Aldine 19 F NY; Theresa 3 F IL; William 1 M IL
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: This family was living near
the family of John and Mary Ellen Denton Applebee (uncle to Haladine
Applebee Alberts) and the family of Nathan Applebee (first cousin
to Haladine Alberts), eldest son of the same John and his first wife,
Sally Brooks. Haladine's mother, Hannah Applebee Brooks, was the eldest
sister to John Applebee.
LaSalle County Illinois
Federal Census of 1900
Ancestry.com Digital Image Library - Farm Ridge Township
ALBERTS, Jacob W.
Head W M Feb 1833 67 M 44 Germany Germany Germany 1848 52 Nat; Aldine
Wife W F June 1840 54 M 44 12 10 New York New York New York; Fannie
Daughter W F Oct 1875 24 S Ill Ger NY
Transcriptions for MARIAH BROOKS:
LaSalle County Illinois Federal Census
of 1900
Ancestry.com Digital Image Library - Streator, District 44
LOCK, Maria Head W
F Aug 1843 56 Wd 8 7 New York New York New York; James Son W M March
1863 37 S Ill Ohio NY; Lydia E. Daughter W F Oct 1872 28 S Ill Ohio
NY; Ida M. Daughter W F Aug 1878 21 S Ill Ohio NY
1910 Federal Census
of La Salle County, Illinois
Enumeration District # 95, Page 19
Ancestry.com Image Library - Downloaded 05/23/2001
Partial transcription
LOCK, [sic] Mare Head
F W 66 Wd 8, 7 New York ... ; James Son M W 47 S Illinois ...
Transcriptions for JOHN A.
LOCK:
1870 Federal Census: La Salle
County
La Salle County Genealogy Guild Transcription
Vol. 1 Page 92, Eagle Township
LOCK, Jno. A. 43 M
OH farmer; Maria 26 F NY keeping house; Ellie 8 F ILL; James 6 M ILL;
Andrew 4 M ILL; Rosa 3 F ILL
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: John's father, Peter and family,
and John's brother, Noah and family, are living on nearby farms in
the same township.
1880 Federal Census:
La Salle County
La Salle County Genealogy Guild Transcription
Vol. 1 Page 160, Eagle Township
LOCK, John 42 WM farmer-M
OH OH OH; Mary 36 WF wife-M NY NY NY; Lucy 18 WF dau-school-S IL OH
NY; James 17 WM son-works on farm-S IL OH NY; Andrew 14 WM son-works
on farm-S IL OH NY; Rosa 12 WF dau-school IL OH NY; Lydia 9 WF dau
IL OH NY; John 7 WM son IL OH NY; Ida 1 WF dau IL OH NY
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: John's parents are still living
on a farm in Eagle township at this time, but his brother, Noah and
family, have moved to Vermillion township from Eagle since the last
census.
Marriage Transcriptions for
MARIAH BROOKS and JOHN LOCK:
STATE OF ILLINOIS - LA SALLE COUNTY
Affidavit to Marry December 22, 1860
"John A. Lock
being duly sworn, deposes and says, he is engaged to be married to
Miss Maria Brooks that the said Maria Brooks is under the age of Eighteen
Years, to wit the age of seventeen years, and that he is over the
age of Twenty-one Years. That Martin Brooks her father and Hannah
Brooks her mother have consented and are now willing that affiant
and said Maria Brooks be married."
Transcriptions for EDWARD
W. BROOKS:
1870 Federal Census of La Salle County,
Illinois
La Salle County Genealogy Guild Transcription, Vol 2, Page 323
Vermillion Township
PATTERSON, Samuel
30 M PA farmer; Harriet 24 F CT keeping house; Nellie 2 F IL at home;
Elizabeth 1 F IL at home; BROOKS, Edwin 23 M IL works on farm
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: on adjacent farms in the same
township are the families of George Fetzer, Stephen Patterson, and
John W. Fitzer. The farm of the family Isaac Lock is a bit more distant.
Marriage Transcriptions
for ANDREW BROOKS and SARAH HORNBECK:
Marriage Affidavit for Jackson Brooks
and Libby Hornbeck
La Salle County Clerk, 1870 Vol D , LIC 502
"In the Office
of the County Court of the said County [LaSalle County, Illinois]
Martin Brooks of the County of La Salle and State of Illinois, who
has this day applied to me for License of Marriage, being duly sworn,
deposes and says that Mr. Jackson Brooks has not arrived at the age
of twenty-one years and that Miss Libby Hornbeck has arrived at the
age of eighteen years...That said affiant is the father of said Jackson
Brooks, and willingly gives his consent to said Marriage. Sworn to
and subscribed before me this 26th day of Nov. A.D. 1870 [signed]
H. L. Mead [and] Martin Brooks"
Marriage License
for Jackson Brooks and Libby Hornbeck
La Salle County Clerk, 1870 Vol D , LIC 502
"I Rev H. J.
Heester a Minister...hereby certify that on the 1st day of December
1870 I joined in Marriage Mr. Jackson Brooks with Miss Libby Hornbeck
agreeably to the authority given in the above License..."