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Married
June 25, 1890 in Longpoint, Illinois
Merton Perry Brumbach -
Harriet Eliza Brockway
Grandson of Joseph Brumbach who emigrated
from Luray,
Virginia to LaSalle County, Illinois in 1832
Contributed by Harry Brumbaugh
Note: Another photo from Harry
Brumbaugh was unrecoverable. The caption read:
This is a very early
photo circa 1865 of Joseph Brumbach. Joseph and his wife, Mary Polly (PARR),
from Licking County, Ohio, arrived in Manlius Twp., LaSalle County August 3,
1832. He purchased Federal land and built a cabin there. He later acquired
more land and built a large house, barn and other buildings. His neighbors
very appropriately called him Patriach Joseph, as he had nineteen children
and eight step-children." (Source: "History of LaSalle County" by Elmer
Baldwin, pub. 1877) Two sons, Samuel Judson and Newton Warner Brumbach
served with Company L, 15th Cavary, organized in LaSalle County, during the
Civil War. Both where wounded and recovered.
Frank
Wesley Hogue and Marietta Henderson Hogue. They are
approximately in their 40's. The picture was possibly taken in Marseilles.
Contributed by Melanie Smith
The man in
the picture is George Alexander Markle who was the Markle of "Markle &
Farnsworth." He was my great-grandfather. The Markle family came to Ottawa
from Westmoreland County, PA, in 1857 and lived there until 1880 when they went
to homestead in Nebraska. Labeled on the back: "This is an 1870 model
Trans-Am, styled by Markle & Farnsworth Co. of Ottawa, Ill."
Betty
Markle Marsicek
This
photo “The Melody Family – out to Pat’s”, was taken in LaSalle Co. in the
1920s. Patrick J. Melody is the gentleman in the center back, his two sons,
Thomas J. and Francis J. are to the right. His wife, Bridget, is center
front. The other three gentleman are Melody brothers, in front being Jim
Melody, my great-grandfather and his wife Matilda, the other two are named
Stephen and Martin; their father was Christopher Melody. These three
brothers had a fourth brother named Pat, but this isn’t him (he lived in
Iowa and never married.) the Pat in the photo was born in March 1866, in
Ireland, father James Melody.
Becky Forschler, Milwaukee, WI
Austin H.
Dougan & Charles P. Adams c. 1875
Contributed by Dave & Liz Ogle daveandlizogle@att.net
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These photos came in a box of Ryan Family Photos that I received from my
grandfather's cousin in South Dakota. Mathew C. Ryan arrived from Ireland
abt.1848 and lived in PA, Conn and then Wisc where he died and his family
then moved on to South Dakota. The box of photos had many old tin type and I
believe some were taken in Ireland. Some of the photos had date of 1880 and
had towns listed in Illinois. Do any of these people look familiar to you?
If so, please contact me.
Contributed by Lyn Ryan Johnson LRyan50@yahoo.com
My g.grandmother was Theresa "Daisy"(Stager) Stratton. She was born 1871 in Peru, IL. Her parents were John and Theresa "Gracie" Stager. Her siblings were Frank, John, Paul (died at 16), Mary (Stager) McCollum, Elizabeth (Stager) Franklin, Marcus, Nick, George and Anna (Stager) Hunt. They were all raised in Osage Twp, Wenona, LaSalle Co., IL. The 2 men in chairs are most likely Stager brothers, just not sure if they are Nick, Marcus, George or John. The man in the cropped corners pic is most likely my g.uncle Frank Stager. The women pics are either Stager or Dullar sisters.
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We are not positive of the identity of these pictures, we only think they
may be of my Stager family.
If anyone can identify these people,
email Rick at rwe38133@yahoo.com
Unidentified
wedding photo that was taken in Streator around 1900. Photo was found in
Sharon's ZEIGLER family collection. Possible surnames of the photo - FINK,
WILHITE, MORTLAND, BROWN, LABAW, EITNER, DEFENBAUGH, etc.
Contributed
by Sharon Dorland
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