Fourth Generation
Transcriptions for STEPHEN
WALLACE BROOKS:
1900 Federal Census of La Salle County,
Illinois
District 49, Grand Rapids
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BROOKS, Stephan Head
W M May 1863 37 M 8 Illinois New York Ohio; Lora Wife W F Feb 1864
36 M 8 3 3 Illinois Pennsylvania Pennsylvania; May Daughter W F May
1893 7 S ILL ILL ILL; [sic] Matie or Bertie Daughter W F March 1894
6 S ILL ILL ILL; Katie Daughter W F March 1897 3 S ILL ILL ILL; [sic]
GRAIG, David B-in Law W M Feb 1867 32 S ILL Penn Penn
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: descendent tree once produced by Warren Brooks
indicates that Stephen Brooks may have had a second wife by the name
of Ella Brooks. Though this census record indicates birth dates that
do not coincide with those dates indicated by other sources, there
is general agreement about birth locations. In addition, the Lora
of this census record had a brother by the name of David [sic] Graig.
Other sources indicate that the name of Stephan [Stephen] Brooks'
wife was Laura Ett Craig.
Marriage Transcriptions
for STEPHEN BROOKS and LAURA CRAIG:
Return of a Marriage to County Clerk
La Salle County, Illinois - Vol. 3, Page 98 - LIC 6020
Full name of GROOM:
Stephen Wallace Brooks
Place of residence: Grand Ridge, ILL
Occupation: Farmer
Age next birthday: 24 years
Place of birth: Farm Ridge, ILL
Father's name: Burgess Brooks
Mother's maiden name: Caroline Lock
Number of groom's marriage: 1st
Full name of BRIDE: Laura Ett Craig
Place of residence: Grand Rapids
Age next birthday: 24 years
Place of birth: South Ottawa ILL
Father's name: John Craig
Mother's maiden name: Mary Elizabeth Bute
Number of bride's marriage: 1st
Married at Grand Ridge in the County of La Salle and the State of
Illinois, the 14 day of April, 1891
Witnesses to marriage: Rev. F. R. Lord [and] Mrs. F. R. Lord
Marriage Transcriptions
for GRACE BROOKS and CHARLES MCMULLEN:
Return of a Marriage to County Clerk
LaSalle County, Illinois - Vol. 4, Page 250 - LIC 3244
Full name of GROOM:
Charles H. McMullen
Place of residence: Grand Ridge, ILL
Occupation: Farmer
Age next birthday: 29 years
Place of birth: Five [sic Fair] Mile, Ohio
Father's name: John McMullen
Mother's maiden name: Margaret Moore
Number of groom's marriage: 1st
Full name of BRIDE: Miss Grace Brooks
Place of residence: Leonore, ILL
Age next birthday: 18 years
Place of birth: Leonore
Father's name: Burgess Brooks
Mother's maiden name: Caroline Locke
Number of bride's marriage: First
Married at Grand Ridge in the County of La Salle and the State of
Illinois, the 7th day of Dec. 1899
Witnesses to marriage: Miss Grace [sic Ihrig] [and] Mrs. Robert L.
Campbell
Transcriptions for WILLIAM ALBERTS:
1880 LASALLE COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS
OF DEER PARK TOWNSHIP
Page 131 of LaSalle County Genealogy Guild transcription
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: There is a William Alberts
working as a farm laborer for Nelson Willey and family. This individual
was aged 21 and still single. He had been born in Illinois to a father
who was a Baden (Germany) native and a mother who was a native of
Pennsylvania. The farm of Nelson Willey was in the same township (Deer
Park) as the farm of Jacob Alberts, the father of a William, possibly
the same living eslewhere as a hired hand. In the 1900 census of District
45, Eagle Township, La Salle County, Illinois, there is a William
Alberts [aged 43, born in Illinois to parents from Germany, and single]
boarding with another family.
Transcriptions for FRANK
C. MAYFIELD:
1920 Federal Census of La Salle County,
Illinois
Enumeration District # 101, Page 1 - Eagle Township
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Partial transcription
MAYFIELD, Frank Head
O F MW 65 M Ohio Ohio Ohio Farmer Farm ... ; Mary Wife FW 59 M Illinois
Germany New York none ...
Marriage Transcriptions for MARY ALBERTS and FRANK
MAYFIELD:
Return of a Marriage to County Clerk
LaSalle County, Illinois - Vol 1 - Page 99 - LIC 1279
February 4, 1880
Full name of GROOM: Franck C. Mayfield
Place of Residence: Deer Park
Occupation: Farmer
Age next birthday: 27 years
Place of Birth: Ripley, Ohio
Father's name: Matthew Mayfield
Mother's maiden name: Sephrine [sic] Morris
Number of Groom's Marriage: 1st
Full name of BRIDE: Mary L. Alberts
Place of Residence: Deer Park
Age next birthday: 20 years
Place of birth: Eagle Township ILL
Father's Name: Jacob W. Alberts
Mother's maiden name: Oldine Brooks
Number of Bride's Marriage: 1st
Married at Parents' home Deer Park in the County of LaSalle and the
State of Illinois, the fourth day of February 1880
Witnesses to the Marriage: Burgess [sic] Brooks and William Alberts
Marriage Transcriptions for MARY ALBERTS and GEORGE
WEIDKNECHT:
Return of a Marriage to County Clerk
La Salle County, Illinois - Vol. 1, Page 115 - LIC 1489
Full name of GROOM:
George Weidknecht
Place of residence: Ottawa
Occupation: Farmer
Age next birthday: 30 years
Place of birth: ILL
Father's name: Jeremiah Weidknecht
Mother's maiden name: Emile [sic] Scheidisker
Number of groom's marriage: 1st
Full name of BRIDE: Tillie Alberts
Place of residence: Deer Park
Age next birthday: 19 years
Place of birth: ILL
Father's name: Jacob W. Alberts
Mother's maiden name: Aldine Brooks
Number of bride's marriage: 1st
Married at Ottawa in the County of La Salle and the state of Illinois,
the 4th day of July, 1880
Wittnesses to marriage: [sic] William Weidknecht [and] Sophia
Transcriptions for MINNIE MYRTLE
ALBERTS:
Ottawa Free Trader November 18, 1871
Page unknown: Entire Notice Repeated
DIED
November 11, in Vermillion
Township, Minnie Myrtle, daughter of Jacob and Oldine Alberts, in
her seventh year.
Transcriptions for NELLIE K.
ALBERTS:
1880 LASALLE COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS
FOR DEER PARK TOWNSHIP
Page 131 of LaSalle County Genealogy Guild transcription
ALBERTS, Jacob 45
farmer-M HA HA HA; Oldine 38 wife-M NY NY NY; Lilly 17 Dau-home-S
IL HA NY; Eliza 11 Dau-home-S IL HA NY; Hattie 10 Dau-home-S IL HA
NY; Sarah 6 Dau-S IL HA NY; Fannie 4 Dau-S IL HA NY; Walter 2 son-S
IL HA NY; John 2/12 [May] son IL HA NY
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: The age of the Nellie Alberts
of the 1870 census was related by Dr. Bruno to be two months old.
The HATTIE listed above has an age of 10. The names may be for the
SAME person, but simply mis-read by transcribers of the two census
records.
Email Attachment to Message from Dolores Wediknecht-Young,
February 5, 2001
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: The attached descendents report
for Jacob W. Alberts lists seven children for Jacob and Oldine Alberts.
The third eldest child is stated "HEALTIS
ALBERTS, b. Bet. 1869 - 1870, LaSalle County, Illinois; d. Unknown."
How possible is it that the Nellie K. listed in the 1870 Census
of LaSalle County and the Hattie listed in the 1880 Census of LaSalle
County is the same person as the HEALTIS listed in the report sent
from Dolores?
Transcriptions for SARAH
ALBERTS:
LaSalle County Illinois Federal Census
of 1900
Ancestry.com Digital Image Library - Streator, District 44
NARAMOR [sic], Chester
A. Head W M Oct 1865 34 Wd Illinois New York Ohio; Gilbert Son W M
Sept 1897 2 S Illinois Illinois Illinois; ALBERTS, Sarah Servant W
F Jan 1874 26 S Ill Ger NY; [ALBERTS] John Servant W M Apr 1880 20
S Ill Ger NY
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: those remaining in father's
household [of Sarah and John] living in Farm Ridge Township at this
time; see notes for Jacob W. Alberts; Sarah soon married Chester Naramor
on December 25, 1900
Transcriptions for CHESTER A. NARAMOR:
LaSalle County Illinois Federal Census
of 1900
Ancestry.com Digital Image Library - Streator, District 44
NARAMOR [sic], Chester
A. Head W M Oct 1865 34 Wd Illinois New York Ohio; Gilbert Son W M
Sept 1897 2 S Illinois Illinois Illinois; ALBERTS, Sarah Servant W
F Jan 1874 26 S Ill Ger NY; [ALBERTS] John Servant W M Apr 1880 20
S Ill Ger NY
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Chester's future wife [and
her brother, John], Sarah Alberts, was living in his household in
1900; they married December 25, 1900
Marriage Transcriptions for SARAH ALBERTS and CHESTER
NARAMOR:
Return of a Marriage to County Clerk
La Salle County, Illinois - Vol. 4, Page 309 - LIC 4009
Full name of GROOM:
Chester A. Naramor
Plac of residence: Kangley, ILL
Occupation: Farmer
Age next birthday: 36 years
Place of birth: Eagle Twp. La Salle County
Father's name: Elisha Naramor
Mother's maiden name: Sarah R. Holderman
Number of Groom's marriage: 2nd
Full name of BRIDE: Sarah Elizabeth Alberts
Place of residence: Farm Ridge, ILL
Age next birthday: 27 years
Place of birth, Lowell, ILL
Father's name: Jacob Alberts
Mother's maiden name: Oldine Brooks
Number of Bride's marriage: 1st
Married at Kangley in the County of La Salle and the State of Illinois,
the 25th day of Dec. 1900
Witnesses to marriage: Miss Fannie Alberts [and] Ralph [sic Elfried]
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: it is very likely that the
female witness was a younger sister of the bride.
Transcriptions for WALTER ALBERTS:
1910 Federal Census of La Salle County,
Illinois
Enumeration District # 98, Page 18 - Grand Rapids Township
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Partial transcription
ALBERTS, Walter Head
M W 33 M1 3 Illinois Ger-Germany Ger-Germany ... Farm laborer ...
; Elizabeth Wife F W 27 M1 3 2, 2 Scot-English Scot-English Scot-English
1883 ... ; Wannetta Daughter F W 2 S ILL ILL Scot-English ... ; Lnydon
Son M W 3/12 S ILL ILL Scot-English ...
1920 Federal Census
of La Salle County, Illinois
Enumeration District # 101, Page 3 - Eagle Township, Kangley Village
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Partial transcription
ALBERTS, Walter Head
O F MW 42 M Illinois Germany Ohio Carpenter ... ; Elizabeth Wife FW
36 M 1883 [?] Scotland Scotland Scotland None ... ; Wahneeta Daughter
FW 12 S ILL ILL Scot... ; Lyndon Son MW 10 S ILL ILL Scot ... ; Kenneth
Son MW 8 S ILL ILL Scot ... ; Nellie Daughter FW 6 S ILL ILL Scot
... ; Novetta Daughter FW 4&7/12 S ILL ILL Scot ... ; Lavina Daughter
FW 2&6/12 S ILL ILL Scot ...
Transcriptions for JOHN ALBERTS:
THE FAIR DEALER, OTTAWA, ILINOIS, FRIDAY,
AUGUST 26, 1904
MORTUARY RECORD -
Mrs. John Alberts, of Peru, died on Tuesday, August 16th, of acute
tuberculosis.
Transcriptions for JAMES
B. FETZER:
1900 Federal Census of Grand Ridge
Township, La Salle County, Illinois
Partial transcription of file from Ancestry.com
FETZER, James Head
W M Nov 1856 43 M 20 Illinois W. Virginia W.Virginia; Etta Wife W
F Oct 1862 37 M 20 2 2 Illinois Ohio New York; Lida Daughter W F May
1883 17 S Illinois Illinois Illinois; Louis Son W M July 1885 14 S
Illinois Illinois Illinois
1910 Federal Census
of La Salle County, Illinois
Enumeration District # 87, Page 6 - Deer Park Township
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Partial transcription
FETZER, James B. Head
M W 54 M1 30 Illinois Virginia Virginia ... ; Etta B. Wife F W 48
M1 30 2, 2 Illinois Ohio New York ... ; BOZMAN, Lida Daughter F W
27 M1 3 ILL ILL ILL ... ; Thomas Son-in-law M W 32 M1 3 Tennessee
Tennessee Tennessee ...
1920 Federal Census of La Salle
County, Illinois
Enumeration District #225, Page 4 - Streator, Ward 2
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Partial transcription
FETZER, James B. Head
MW 64 M Illinois Virginia Virginia None ... ; Etta Wife FW 58 M Illinois
Ohio New York ...
Residence: 212 North Fourth Street, Streator, Illinois;
PERSONAL NOTE: the family of Etta's aunt, Sarah C. nee Lock STUDEBAKER,
is living at 702 North Fourth Street, Streator, Illnois, at this time.
Transcriptions for ANDREW
JACKSON LOCK:
1900 Federal Census of Farm Ridge Township,
La Salle County, Illinois
Partial transcription of file on Ancestry.com
LOCK, Andrew C. Head
W M Aug 1866 34 M 8 Illinois Ohio New York; Sarah E. Wife W F Aug
1868 31 M 8 6 5 Illinois Pennsylvania Ohio; Orando Son W M Aug 1893
6 S Ill Ill Ill; Minnie E. Daughter W F Sept 1895 4 S Ill Ill Ill;
Arthur A. Son W M Nov 1896 3 S Ill Ill Ill; Lillie M. Daughter W F
Nov 1897 2 S Ill Ill Ill; Thomas R. Son W M Dec 1899 5/12 S Ill Ill
Ill
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: on the adjacent farm of John
Giere, Hiram Huss, first cousin of Andrew Lock's wife, is working
as a "servant"
1910 Federal Census
of La Salle County, Illinois
Enumeration District # 133, Page 25 - Vermillion Township
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Partial transcription
LOCK, Andrew J. Head
M W 44 M1 17 Illinois Ohio New York ... Farmer ... ; Elizabeth Wife
F W 41 M1 17 11, 10 llinois Pennsylvania Ohio ... ; Orlando Son M
W 16 S ILL ILL ILL ... laborer ... ; Minnie E. Daughter F W 15 S ILL
ILL ILL ... ; Augustus A. Son M W 12 S ILL ILL ILL ... ; Lillie M.
Daughter F W 11 S ILL ILL ILL ... ; [sic] Rollen T. Son M W 9 S ILL
ILL ILL ... ; Milo B. Son M W 7 S ILL ILL ILL ... ; Mabel E. Daughter
F W 6 S ILL ILL ILL ... ; Sylvia Daughter F W 5 S ILL ILL ILL ...
; Mildred E. Daughter F W 3 S ILL ILL ILL ... ; Leonard H. Son M W
8/12 S ILL ILL ILL ...
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: on a nearby farms at this time
lived the families of John Lock, a first cousin of the Andrew J. Lock
mentioned in this census entry, and also, on an adjacent farm, that
of Mortimer S. Huss, a first cousin to the wife of Andrew J. Lock.
1920 Federal Census
of La Salle County, Illinois
Enumeration District # 153, Pages 7/8 - Vermillion Township
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Partial transcription
LOCK, Andrew Head
OM MW 54 Wd Illinois Ohio New York Farmer General farm ; Minnie Daughter
FW 25 Wd ILL ILL ILL House Keeper At home ; Milo [sic]Milo MW 17 S
ILL ILL ILL Laborer Farm ; Mabel [sic]Mabel FW 16 S ILL ILL ILL none;
Sylvia Daughter FW 14 S ILL ILL ILL none; Mildred Daughter FW 12 S
ILL ILL ILL none ; [page 8] Leonard Son MW 10 S ILL ILL ILL none ;
Everett Grandson MW 5 S ILL ILL ILL none ; Eva Granddaughter FW 2&7/12
S ILL ILL ILL none
Ottawa Free Trader-Journal, November 5, 1920, Page
unknown
Headline - LOWELL FARMER FOUND DEAD HANGING FROM BARN RAFTER
Complete transcription
Andrew J. Lock, aged
55, was found hanging in the barn on his farm near Lowell this morning.
Lock was married and the father of several children. He disappeared
from home early today and when the members of his family went out
to search for him they found his lifeless body dangling from the rafters
in the barn.
Relatives were unable
to account for his action, unless he was suffering from some physical
trouble of which he had not informed them. They believe he took his
life while despondant over his physical condition.
Surviving he leaves
his widow and the following children: Orlando, Minnie, [Arthur] Augustus,
Lillie , Milo, Mabel, Sylvia, Mildred and Leonard.
The funeral arrangements
will be made later.
PERSONAL OBSERVATION:This article FAILS TO MENTION
the survival of a son by the name of ROLAND who did not die until
after 1968. The wife and child of Andrew Jackson Lock's son, Orlando,
had both died in the very near past, between 1919 and 1920. This may
have contributed to a decline in the health of this individual.
Ottawa Free Trader-Journal, November 11, 1920
Page unknown: HEADLINE - Suicide Left $13,500
Complete transcription
The estate of Andrew
J. Lock, the Leonore farmer who hung himself on Nov. 5, was filed
for probate today. Mr. Lock left a one-seventh interest in some Texas
ranching land, valued at $3,500 and personal property valued at $10,000.
He left no will and the property will be divided as prescribed by
the statutes of the state.
His children, Orlando,
Minnie, Arthur A., Roland, Milo, Mabel, Sylvia, Mildred and Leonard
are the heirs.
PERSONAL OBSERVATION: This article FAILS TO MENTION
the survival of a daughter by the name of LILLIE who did not die until
after 1968.
Marriage Transcriptions for ANDREW LOCK and SARAH
HUSS:
Return of a Marriage to County Clerk
La Salle County, Illinois
1891 - Vol 3, Page 134 - LIC 6476
Partial transcription
Full name of GROOM:
Andrew Jackson Lock
Place of residence: Eagle [Township, La Salle County, Illinois]
Occupation: Farmer
Age next birthday: 27
Place of birth: Eagle [Township, La Salle County, Illinois]
Father's name: John A. Lock
Mother's maiden name: Maria Brook
Number of groom's marriage: 1st
Full name of BRIDE: Sarah Elizabeth Huss
Place of residence: Lowell [Illinois]
Age next birthday: 28
Place of birth: Lowell [Illinois]
Father's name: Harvey Huss
Mother's maiden name: Margret Lock
Number of bride's marriage: 1st
Married at Grand Ridge in the county of La Salle and the State of
Illinois, 1st day of Dec. 1891
Witnesses to marriage: Mr. Ira Huss [and] Miss Liddie Lock
Transcriptions for ROBERT
A. ARMSTRONG:
1920 Federal Census of La Salle County,
Illinois
Enumeration District # 101, Page 19- Eagle Township
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Partial transcription
ARMSTRONG, Robert
A. Head O M MW 62 M Indiana Indiana Indiana Farm operator Home farm
... ; Lydia Wife FW 47 M ILL Ohio NY none ... ; LOCK, James Brother-in-law
MW 52 S ILL US US none ...