November
1st thru
December 28th,
2010
ALLAMAKEE ALBUM
*Becker family album updated - from Paul Moritz
BIOGRAPHIES - Our Friends on the Acres
*Updated! Added the biographies of Mr. & Mrs.
Lloyd Pearson, Mr. & Mrs. Edwin M. Gass, Henry
Gericke, Edwin Gordon & Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph C.
Bugenhagen
CEMETERY RECORDS
*New database! 'Merged' Oak Hill Burials, combining
the Cemetery Log Book (1916-1939), Cemetery Plot
Book, superintendent burial cards, caretaker records,
and several other sources of Oak Hill burials through
November 2010 - from Paul Moritz
*Oak Hill map showing location of the cemetery
sections - from Paul Moritz
*Woodmansee notes, Gethsemane cemetery, added notes
for Francis Lucey, Rose Lucey, Gary L. Troendle -
from Connie Ellis
*Woodmansee notes, Cherry Mound cemetery, added notes
for Helen McCormick and Marie Henderson - from Connie
Ellis and Paul Moritz
*Woodmansee notes, Oakland cemetery, added notes for
the Hendricks family - from Paul Moritz
*Woodmansee notes, Wexford cemetery, added notes for
Mary Ann McNamara Crowe, Fanny & Patrick Bolger -
from Paul Moritz
*Woodmansee notes, Village Creek cemetery, added
notes for Lape (Andrew, Elizabeth, John & Louisa)
- from Paul Moritz
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)
*gravestone photos from Oak Hill cemetery - from Paul
Moritz
*gravestone photos from St. Joseph's Catholic
cemetery, rural New Albin - from Jeannette Nelson
*gravestone photos from Center Baptist cemetery -
from Paul Moritz
CHURCH RECORDS
*New! Photos of St. Ann's & St. Joseph's Catholic
(Paint Rock) churches, Harpers Ferry - from Betty
Palmer & S. Ferrall
*New! Rossville Presbyterian church history
1864-1994, includes photos - from Connie Ellis
*Added a vintage photo to the Wexford - Immaculate
Conception Catholic church page - from Betty Palmer
*Added the 1915 confirmation class to the St.
Bridget's Catholic church page - from S. Ferrall
*Salem Church, added the 1928 class to misc.
confirmation class records - from S. Ferrall
*Added the 1928 confirmation class to the Zalmona
church page - from S. Ferrall
HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc
*Towns - Harpers Ferry, added 3 vintage photos - from
Betty Palmer
LAND RECORDS
*All new! Early Land Transfers, Center twp (T98 R4W)
- from Constance Diamond & S. Ferrall
LETTERS & DIARIES
*1864 letter from Calvin A. Robey to his mother -
from Connie Ellis
OBITUARIES
*300+ obits have been posted to the Obituary Board in
November & December - from Mary Durr, Paul
Moritz, AdaMarie Kerndt, S. Ferrall, Connie Ellis,
Bruce Owens & an IAGenWeb volunteer
*Information added to the obits of: Jonathan Lewis
(originally posted in 2005 by Diana Diedrich),
Dorrene F. Grotegut (originally posted in 2005 by
Mary Durr) and Rev. Duane Schroeder (originally
posted in 2005 by Mary Durr) - from Connie Ellis
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Schuller-Boyer &
Swenson-Jones - from S. Ferrall
MILITARY RECORDS
*Updated the WWII Honor Roll, adding Leo J. Boese,
Dennis J. O'Malley, Harold Mohs & Robert R. Stong
SCHOOL RECORDS
*New! Russell school,
LaFayette #5 - 1934 attendence bookmark of
Anne Mullarkey - from Betty Palmer
*New! People from Allamakee co. who purchased courses
from The International Correspondence Schools of
Scranton, Pennsylvania - from S. Ferrall
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Lara Lynn Lane has added her surname
interest 'Candee' to the Surname Registry. She is
researching Asa Candee and his wife, Mary McAlpine.
*Darrel K. Waters has added surname 'Downes' to his
list of research interests. He is also researching
the Waters family.
*Edith Schaefer has updated her email address in the
Surname Registry for 'Cummens'. She is interested in
hearing from anyone related to Joseph Cummens who
lived in Waukon starting in 1865. He moved from
Morgantown, West Virginia with his family - wife
Margaret Stillwell, Children: Rebecca, Margaret,
Louisa, Elias W., George, Peter T., Mary &
Jeremiah.
*Anne Marie Spehar has updated her email address for
'Mooney'
*Marie Irons Nelson has added her surname interest
'Irons' to the Surname Registry. She has done
extensive research on this family in the New Albin
and French Creek area & has primary sourced
records to share with others.
~*~*~
August 1, 2010
thru October 31, 2010
Autumn is in full color, the harvest
is underway.... our contributors wanted to make sure
there was a new crop of information to gather about
your ancestors. Check
it out! Thanks go out to the
following contributors: Paul Moritz, Sharyl Ferrall,
Janice Sowers, Bill Waters, LA, Mary Durr, Aradia
Paganus, AdaMarie Kerndt, Erin Wilker, Cara Murphy,
Connie Ellis, Tammy L., Brian
Theiler, Tammy O'Hare Kuhn and IAGenWeb
Volunteers
ALLAMAKEE ALBUM
*Becker family album updated
*Dr. Thomas J. Murphy album updated
*New! Leo & Mary O'Hare album
BIOGRAPHIES - Our Friends on
the Acres
*All New! In most cases, these interviews include
ancestral family information as well as historical
land ownership. The researcher will find many
surnames and lots of information in these terrific
articles!
BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources
*Gilbert H. Eadie and John Pearl Ellis -
each has a photo
CEMETERY RECORDS
*New cemetery added! Miner Farm Cemetery, Waterloo
twp. This cemetery was not included in Woodmansee!
*Woodmansee notes, Oak Hill cemetery, added notes for
Deremore, Barthel, Brooks, Fitscher, Fredrick,
Frierich, Glynn, Goetel, Gruber, Kehr, Lytle,
Markley, McMann, Rothermen/Rothermal,
Rud, Severson, Smith, Wilde/Wild
*Woodmansee notes, Old Oak Hill cemetery, added note
for Eliza J. Dermo
*Woodmansee notes, Gethsemane cemetery, added a note
identifying Mary Hanley
*Woodmansee notes, Village Creek cemetery, added a
note identifying Mary E. Rose McMillan/McMillin and
correcting the surname spelling
*Oak Hill updates, adding burials of Anable, Morgan,
Markley, Gaulthier, Hostert, Cole, Larson, Leppert,
Love-Steiber, Kermeen, Glynn, Roeder, Sweat, Aird,
Bailey, Papistella, Johnson, Campbell, Scheppele,
Spellum, Slindee, Smith, Roggensack, Yeoman, Riek
& Clark and updating the entry for Barbara Beise
*Oak Hill Log book, updated Katherine Gerkey, Selma
Haas, Peter Campbell and Catherine Fry entries. Added
Clara Haas, Amanda Hemenway, Charles A. Darling, Mary
S. Darling, Jane Larson, Ire E. Larson, Lena Marti,
Alia Moen, George H. Olson, Infant Spores, Robert
Spores, Sara E. Otis, Henry Reah, Morrill &
Elizabeth Godfrey, Cath. Wagner, Sam'l Fuiks, Olaf
Haroldson, Sevie Simonson, John & Nora Helgheim,
Ferne & Mary Bensch, Marie Nachtwey & Marie
Strong. Added burials of Auger, Aspland, Arnot,
Arnold, Angell, Albert, Hoerer, Patterson, Fetketter,
Glynn, Smith, Moellermann, Vier/Veir, Henry, Aschom,
Frederick, Wilson, Hazelton, Spores, Ritter, Dobbs,
Johnson & Mix.
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)
*gravestone photos from Miner Farm Cemetery
*gravestone photos from Oak Hill cemetery
*gravestone photos from Gethsemane cemetery
*gravestone photos from New Albin cemetery
HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc
*Towns - added "Dorchester Peaceful Valley"
- this news article includes several pioneer surnames
*New! Allamakee co. Creamery Directory, includes
photos
*Landmarks - Minnesota Bluff, a geographical landmark
near New Albin
*New Albin photos, pg 3, added a photo of Brenner's
Livery
*Waukon photos, pg 1, added a view of downtown Waukon
ca 1870's & business card of Huffman &
Barnard
*Waterville photos, added an undated general view
LAND RECORDS
*Our Friends on the Acres - All New! In most
cases, these interviews include historical land
ownership
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Vol 3, pg 10, Allamakee co. Marriage Register
*Added to compiled marriages: Corcoran-Cox,
Eadie-Sunderman, Feickert-Meyer, Kugel-Krumme,
Lennon-Haining, Nali-Schultz & Ruckdaschel-Henry
*Added to compiled license records: Aschim-Fagre,
Anderson-Hardin, Danaher-Buggy, Desmond-Lehman,
Fischer-Riser, Folkedahl-Gaare, Holmes-Gamme,
Groth-Kempka, Huffman-Wilson, Kelly-Ward,
McMaster-May, Misling/Mishing-Shattuck,
Phillips-Meier, Rhodes-Todd, Strub-Plein &
Tygeson-Peterson
*Added to compiled anniversary records: Mr. &
Mrs. Paul Topel, 50th (1940); and Mr. and Mrs.
Lysander Darling, 63rd (1967)
MILITARY RECORDS
*Updated the WWII Honor Roll, adding Daniel P. Kelly
& a news article about him; Urban L. Wagner &
photo, Clifford E. Soride, Francis C. Schott, Mark
Byrnes, Louis E. Johnson, Hartley H. Meyer, Kenneth
L. Evans, Ora Smith, James S. Morgan, Wayne L.
Donaldson, Robert Clark, Emil Schultz, Raymond
Schwartzhoff, Ivan Tippery, Milton F. Schlein, Robert
O. Back, Kenneth G. Amundson, Beacher E. Bollman,
Marvin Chevalier, Howard I. Hill, Donald G. Kermeen,
Harold Lang, Allen A. Leas, Wilbur T. Mark, Leo H.
Meyer, Jack A. Messler, Joseph T. Norton, Viola K.
Rouster Wiemerslage, Vivien F. Wiltgen and Mary Lou
Dasher Wiegand.
*Updated the WWII Honor Roll, adding links to the
obituaries of several other WWII veterans previously
found on the pages.
*Civil War soldier Thomas J. Murphy, photo &
brief bio
OBITUARIES - Allamakee
county now has over 7,000 obituaries!
*360 new obits (some with photos) were posted to our
Obit Boards in from Aug 1 - Oct 31! WOW
*A newspaper accounting of death was added to the
obit of David Dean Miller (originally posted January
15, 2009)
REFERENCES & LOCAL
RESOURCES
*The newspaper section was updated with
current information sent by Jason Meyer, owner of the
Postville Herald
*Added a link to the website of Our Savior's Lutheran
Church
SCHOOL RECORDS
*Harpers Ferry HS Class of 1942
*Postville HS Class of 1940
*Waukon HS, added Gertrude Hansmeier textbook, 1918
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Kathy Klocke Bunner has registered her
surname interests: Debner, Drew, Klocke/Kloke,
Liddiard, Nagel & O'Neill. She has information to
share on each of these families.
*Stephanie Schroeder Houston has registered surnames
Miller, Nise, Schroeder & Wegner. Researching the
ancestors of Carlton W. Schroeder, s/o William Henry
Schroeder and Clara Wegner Schroeder Miller. William
Henry Schroeder, emigrated in 1882, was s/o Ludwig
Schroeder, who emigrated in 1892. William Henry lived
and died in Postville (1912). Also researching Carl
and Christina (Nise) Wegner.
*Janet Koozer has added Hirth to her list of surname
interests.
*Cara Murphy has registered surname O'Mara / O'Marra.
She was previously registered as researching surname
Murphy. She is researching Thomas Joseph Murphy and
his wife Sarah O'Marra in Lansing, Allamakee co., and
David City, Nebraska.
*Connie (Kelly) Ellis has registered surnames Bray,
Dunn, Ellis, Franck, McShane, Taylor, Kelly, Hawkins,
Dresser, Webb, Owen, Robey & Schlitter
~*~*~
July 2010
Allamakee co. researchers will be
pleased to find lots of new information and photos
added to the website in July. The new additions to
our Cemetery records are Wonderful!
Thanks go out to the following contributors: Tammy
O'Hare Kuhn, Paul Moritz, Cheryl Cachampis, Mike
Peterson, S. Ferrall, 'Gemni', Peter R. O'Brien, Dean
Groth, Dennis S. Thompson, Errin Wilker, Mary Durr,
'LA', AdaMarie Kerndt, Dorothy, Betty J. Palmer and
Karen Muchow.
ALLAMAKEE ALBUM
*Added to the Allamakee Threshers page, Frances Burns
steam thresher & crew
*New! Becker family album
BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources
*Guluk O. Blakestad family (and photo), Adam
Cavers, Hiram A. Brisbin, J.B. Clark, Martin
Lockwood, Bjorn Svenson Loken aka Bennett Swenson
family (and photo), F.W. Mattoon, J. McNutt, John
Riesche, Wm H. Tuttle and Joseph J. Watson
BIRTH and BAPTISM RECORDS
*Added to user-contributed records: John &
Michael O'Brien
CEMETERY RECORDS
*New! Oak Hill Cemetery Log Book, 1916-1939
*New! Oak Hill Cemetery Plot Book
*New! Brief history of Sixteen cemetery
*New! Original Sixteen cemetery quit-claim deed &
survey, 1898
*New! Sixteen cemetery plat & survey, 1945
*New! Sixteen cemetery - Lot map and burials by
section & lot number
*Woodmansee notes were added to Oak Hill cemetery,
surnames Ackerberry/Ackerberg, Brockhausen, Cole,
Dawson, Gules/Guler, Hale, Haroldson, Irle, Kelly,
Pape, Peterson and Scholt/Schott
*Woodmansee notes were added to Old Oak Hill
cemetery, surname Whitey
*Woodmansee notes were added to Old East Paint Creek
cemetery, surname Larson
*Burials of Delores M. Krumwiede and Harriet Ugland
Proctor were added to the current Oak Hill updates
page J-P
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)
*Several gravestone photos from Gethsemane cemetery
*Several gravestone photos from Waterloo Ridge
cemetery
*Candee gravestone photos from the Postville cemetery
*Several gravestone photos from Mt. Olivet cemetery
CHURCH RECORDS
*Mt. Hope Presbyterian church, added a brief 1951
newspaper clipping about the church
*St. Joseph Catholic church, New Albin, added 1965
confirmation class & a clipping about Father
Edgar Kolfenbach's 20th ordination anniversary
HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc
*Added name & photo of Marshall Loren Bellows to
the Allamakee co. Peace Officers page
*Orphan Train Riders page, added brothers Gilbert
& Walter Eadie
LI'L BITS
*Elmyra Reynolds 100th birthday, 1934
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*User-contributed marriages: added
Hutchinson-Mitchell
MILITARY RECORDS
*Indian War records updated, adding Charles Guy
*Updated the entries of John Dundee & Albert Held
on the WWI casualty page
OBITUARIES
*95 new obits (some with photos) were posted to our
Obit Boards in July
*The Allamakee co. connection for Barbara Beise's
obit was not apparent. A note that should clear up
the mystery was added (obit originally posted
8/22/2007)
SCHOOL RECORDS
*French Creek schools updated with a photo
ca1914-1918
*Pea Ridge-Patterson Creek schoolchildren
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Dennis Schildhauer has registered surname
Duff. He'd like to connect with any decendants of
Issac Duff (b. 1833, Ontario Canada, d.1917 in
Winneshiek co.) and his wife Emeline A. Knight (b.
1840, Ontario, d. 1872). He has statistical
information on the family and would like to locate
photos of Issac and Emeline.
*Paul Moritz and Cheryl Cachampis have registered
surname Becker, both are researching the J. P. Becker
family
*James J. Henderson has registered surname Henderson.
Researching his father, William F Henderson
(deceased), son of Forrest and Mabel Henderson
(deceased) of Volney and his mother, Diane C.
(Palmer) Henderson (deceased), daughter of Glenn and
Ethel Palmer (deceased).
~*~*~
June 2010
The June contributors gave up many
hours of their springtime to transcribe, share and
help researchers from all over the world find
information about their ancestors! Thank-you!
The June contributors were: Paul Moritz, S. Ferrall,
Erin Wilker, Jan Miller, Delores Bakkum Nolan, Mrs
Richard J. Troendle, Mary Durr, Ada Marie Kerndt,
Judy Moyna, Don Kudlewski, Phyllis Peterson, Cindy
Bray Lovell and several anonymous contributors.
CEMETERY RECORDS
*Oak Hill records have been updated. Fritz (2),
Weymiller & Back were added
*Woodmansee Notes were entered for Oak Hill, New
Albin City and Old West Paint Creek cemeteries,
surnames Wittbecker, Rieth, Darling, Smith &
Gerkey
CHURCH RECORDS
*Added a news article containing a brief history of
St. Mary's Lycurgus church
HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc
*Added the 1929 HS graduation photo of William
Robbins, aka Theodore Piederit, to the Allamakee co.
Orphans page
*Allamakee Landmarks, added the 'Alberta House' photo
& news clipping
LI'L BITS
*Old cabin landmarks: John Blake cabin & Hwy 13
cabin
*1905 New Albin Advertisements
*1951 New Albin businessmen photo
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriage records: Bakkum-Larson,
Gammon-McLaughlin & Stewart-Hill
MILITARY RECORDS
*The WWII records have been completely redone and
lots of new info. added.
*New information was contributed for Donald Olloff
& the Schulze brothers (Harris, John &
William)
OBITUARIES
*48 new obits (some with photos) were posted to our
Obit Boards in June
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Nicholas Romereim has registered surname Lier
~*~*~
May 2010
A big THANK-YOU to the following
people contributed to the Allamakee co. website in
May - Mary Durr, Ada Marie Kerndt, Dorothy Gosse, S.
Ferrall, Connie Bottolfsen Loftus, Paul Moritz, Dean
Groth, Tammy Kuhn, LA & 'Gemini'
BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources
*Jesse P. Prescott
*Links to the following biographies of people with
Allamakee co. connections have been added to the
miscellaneous biography index (these biographies are
all located on the Biography Boards of other IAGenWeb
county websites): Beetem, John T.; Benson, Elias;
Curran, Henry (2 bios); Drake, S.H.; Goodykoontz,
T.J; Helgeson, Andrew; Hendrickson, Hinchon, John W.;
Iver; Johnson, Lewis G.; Lewellyn, Asa; Marston,
Jasper E.; Miller, Leroy F.; Nierling, William F.;
Regan, Rev. C.S.; Roe, Carl O.; Rosier, Lawrence;
Swan, H.M.; Tillmoney, J.J. & Winter, William P.
CEMETERY RECORDS
*Updated listing of the burials in Sixteen cemetery
as of April 2010, as well as corrections and
additions to the 1986 Woodmansee list
*Oak Hill records 1986-2010 were updated with the
burial of Raymond M. Cole
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*Gravestone photos from Waterloo Ridge Lutheran were
contributed
*Gravestone photos from Oak Hill were contributed
CHURCH RECORDS
*Old Stone church, Watson, page updated with
historical articles
HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc
*Waukon Commercial Club, 1917
IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION
*Added a link to 'Irish marriages in Hogsback Canada
in 1820-1847', a data-base that may be of interest to
researchers of the Irish in Allamakee co.
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Baily-Childress,
Bakewell-Schulte, Stutzman-Daubenberger &
Webster-VanWey
*Added to compiled anniversaries: Mr. and Mrs. M.W.
Eaton, 50th, 1934
MILITARY RECORDS
*WWI Casualty page, added several additional names
and photos
*Spanish-American war page, updated entries of Wm. S.
Hart, Ross A. Nichols & Albert G. Stewart
OBITUARIES
*82 new obits (some with photos) were posted to our
Obit Boards in May
*A 1934 photo of D'Estaing Harrington was added to
the obit originally posted in 2003
*A more complete obit for Idamae Witt Leppert was
added to the obit originally posted in 2005
SCHOOL RECORDS
*Waukon Junior College, updated with a very brief
history
*1934 Harpers Ferry graduating class
*St. Patrick's School, Waukon, 8th grade graduates,
1934
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Eric M. Torgerson has updated his email address for
surnames Bellows & Conkey
*Bernard St.Clare Butler, Jr. has registered surname
Butler
~*~*~
April 2010
Kudos & thanks to the following
people who shared photos, obituaries and other great
information for the Allamakee co. website in April:
Jacie Thomsen, Janet Koozer, 'Gemni', Loy Frisk
Simmons, S. Ferrall, Judy Neff, Mary Durr, Chris
Smithson, ‘LA’, Shirley Taylor, Dan Zoll,
AdaMarie Kerndt and a volunteer gravestone photo
contributor.
ALLAMAKEE ALBUM
*Moore family album - new!
*Wendel family album - new!
CEMETERY RECORDS - Gravestone Photo Project
(GPP)
*Many photos of gravestones in Sixteen cemetery
*Gravestone photos from Oakland cemetery, Waukon
CENSUS RECORDS
*1895 Iowa State Census, Hanover twp.
CHURCH RECORDS
*Brief histories & a photo of St. Pius Catholic
church, Cherry Mound
LI'L BITS
*Almost 1000 Years At Dinner (Capt. E.B. Bascom &
others)
*Saw Two Eclipses (Mary E. Minert)
*How to Hold a Milk Pail (J.T. Bailey)
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Compiled marriages: Chapee-Riser, Davidson-Showers,
Davis-?, Garner-Turnipseed, Sink-Streitz &
Swenson-Miene
*Divorces: Laughlin, 1931; Rahilly, 1934 &
Headington, 1936
MILITARY RECORDS
*WWII Honor Roll - Allamakee co. servicemen &
women (pg 3), updated with notes & a photo of
Stanley M. Teslow
*Spanish-American War page updated for veteran R.A.
Nichols & adding Frank B. Parsons
*Misc. Military News & Letters, added enlistee's
article (1957)
*Charles L. King, Civil War Widow's Pension &
Minor Children's claim
OBITUARIES
*62 new obits (some with photos) were posted to our
Obit Boards in April
SCHOOL RECORDS
*1933 Waukon Junior College graduating class
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Tony Danaher has registered surname Danaher. He is
researching the Danaher family from the Dorchester
area.
*Jacie Thomsen has registered surnames Cassidy &
Moore.
*Dennis Danaher has updated his email address for
surname Danaher.
~*~*~
March 2010
Thank-you goes out to the following
people who generously shared photos and other
information for the Allamakee co. website in March:
Tammy O'Hare Kuhn, Janet Koozer, Mary Durr, S.
Ferrall, Gloria Payne, Susan Meyer Goldstein, Daniel
Zoll, Paul Moritz, AdaMarie Kerndt, Wendy Wright, a
'volunteer' & LA
ALLAMAKEE ALBUM
*Photo of Mrs. Duffy & Mrs. O'Neil; do you
recognize these ladies?
CEMETERY RECORDS - Gravestone Photo
Project (GPP)
*Photo of Theodore Yeoman's gravestone in Sixeen
cemetery
HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc.
*Waukon photos, page 2, added a 1948 picture of the
Old Town movie theater
*Allamakee people: Orphans & Orphan Train Riders,
added a 1917 photo of Theodore 'Teddy' Piederit
Robbins
LI'L BITS
*Added Postville Herald news items from Dec 10, 1941
*Added Postville Herald news items from March 5, 1947
*Added to 1970's news: Which Was Worse -- the winter
of 1936 or 1979?
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Blanchard-Mitchell,
Bulman-Johnson, Cotton-Ebendorf, Davis-Wegner,
Franck-Owen, Hale-Robbins, Lane-Duggan,
Luebka-Jahnke, Niblock-Pearson, Palmer-Henderson,
Perry-Pope, Waters-Hein
*Added to Anniversary records: Mr. & Mrs. W.G.
Parker, 50th, 1898; Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Fisher, 42nd,
1927 and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bergh, 25th, 1933
*Added to Divorce Records: original notices for
Clark, Elsey, Evans, Fosdick, Harris & Vansickle
MILITARY RECORDS
*Misc. WW II News & Letters, added a poem written
about New Guinea by Private Dick Hale, 1944
*Short news article added to the Red Cross Pig Club
page
*Sp-Am War page updated with a brief news article
about the discharge of Albert Hagen
*Vietnam Casualty page updated
OBITUARIES
*120 new obits (some with photos) were posted to our
Obit Boards in March
SCHOOL RECORDS
*Added a photo of the 1946 New Albin basketball team
*Added photos of the 1948 Waukon Jr. High basketball
& baseball teams
*Added to Waukon class pictures: 6th grade class,
1949 and Mr. Tidballs 7th & 8th grade special
class, ca1950
*Added to the Minert school page: What Happened to
the Minert School House?
*Allamakee co. residents who attended Northwestern
University
*Rural school notes were updated with a list of 8th
grade honor students
SURNAME REGISTRY
*A researcher has registered surnames Jones and
Collins. Researching John & Sarah (Smith) Jones,
Arrived in Allamakee/Clayton Co. ca 1863/1864; and
H.C. (Henry) & Lucinda (Marshall) Collins family,
buried at Hardin cemetery.
*Brian Cunningham has registered surname Cunningham.
~*~*~
February 2010
Our thanks to the following people
contributed to the Allamakee co. website in February:
Tom Curtis, Errin Wilker, S. Ferrall, Beth Ebner,
Trina Brousseau, Darlene Johnson, Dan Zoll, Mary
Durr, AdaMarie Kerndt, Joyce Reilly, Dan Zoll, Tammy,
Marie, LA and anonymous contributor
ALLAMAKEE ALBUM
*Shaff family album
BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources
*Ray Mauss & photo, William Naum (2 bios), John
W. Conway, Harrison S. Nichols, Michael F. Murphy
& Hon. Richard 'Dick' Haney (2 bios & a
photo)
*Added a scan of his wedding invitation to the Edward
B. Everett biography
CEMETERY RECORDS
*A history of Sand Cove cemetery
*Woodmansee notes, May's Prairie cemetery, not
recorded in Woodmansee, a note regarding the burial
of infant Frantz Sales Ebner
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)
*Gravestone of Hulda Pettit, Rossville cemetery
HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc.
*Landmarks, Elijah Fish Log Cabin page, updated with
photos & a newspaper article about Dan Love
*Orphans & Orphan Train page, updated with
additional information
LAND RECORDS
*Henry Selberg Petition, 1875
*Correction of dates to the 1850's Troendle land
records
LETTERS & DIARIES
*Letter - written by Hugh Shepherd about early days
in and around Postville, ca 1935/1940
LI'L BITS
*News articles & items abstracted from the Waukon
Standard 1869-1875
*'Remember When' news articles from the Postville
Herald, Jan 16 & 30, 1952
*Daubenberger brothers reunited after 39 years
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Jones-Gallagher,
Sorenson-Anderson, Thornton-Henry,
Transaglia-Schneider, Mauss-Selberg,
Wittbecker-O'Dell, Petrehu-Marti
*Marriages 1849 -1860 (DAR compilation), spelling
note for the Kasper Ebner - Magdalena Troendle
marriage
*Added to marriage announcements & licenses:
Bulman-Verthein & Petrehn-Marti
MILITARY RECORDS
*Spanish-American War page updated, adding a link to
the obituaries of Ben Martindale & Albert Stewart
OBITUARIES
*56 new obits (some with photos) were posted to our
Obit Boards in February
SCHOOL RECORDS
*St. Patrick HS Class of 1950
*Hanover #4, photo of school children ca1930/31
*Luther College graduates, updated
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Dan Zoll has registered surnames Zoll, Ronan, Devitt
& Collins
*Tom Curtis registered surname Shaff
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January 2010
Our thanks to the following people contributed to
the Allamakee co. website in January: Bill Deter,
Matthew Whalen, Norbert Wurtzdl, Tara, Errin Wilker,
LA, Mary Durr, Tammy O'Hare Kuhn, S. Ferrall,
AdaMarie Kerndt, Linda W. Duncan, Henry Brainard,
Ellen Lott, Paul Moritz, Jack Andresen, & a
volunteer
ALLAMAKEE ALBUM
*James Sweeney family album
CEMETERY RECORDS
*Woodmansee notes - West Ridge cemetery, added a note
about the Mary Burke burial
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)
*Gravestone photos for Ebenezer cemetery
*Gravestone photos for Old East Paint Creek cemetery
HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc.
*Jury lists updated with Winter term 1892 U.S.
jurors, December 1902 U.S. jurors, 1909 Federal court
jurors
*Postoffices & Postmasters updated with lots of
New Albin info. & photos
LI'L BITS
*Newspaper articles, added "William P. Robbe
Murdered in California, July 1915"
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Marsden-Sweeney (and
certificate), Yarwood-Livingood, Cowan-Craven,
Calvey-?, Mausey-Helming, Strub-Beck, Gardner-Luther,
Moe-Camph, Tollefson-Knudtson, Wurtzel-Rosendahl,
Harrington-Prior, Cooley-Doleschal, Chase-Marugg,
Stillions-White, Beall-Stillions, Mizener-Martin,
Hoth-Klemme & Heins-Gullickson
*Added to Anniversary records: Mr. and Mrs. James
Orr, 50th (1905)
*Added to marriage announcements & licenses:
Gruber-Troendle, Jost-Flesch, Keller-Duncan,
Uebelhoer-Eberhart, O'Brien-Barnes, Froelich-Steiber,
Reynolds-Self, Gulsvig-Schroeder, Roeder-Dyhrkopp,
Lehn-Clauson, Notan-Troendle, Steele-Nick,
Siekmeier-Nagel, Deeny-Dougherty, McAneny-Redding,
Dahms-Kluss, Mizener-Martin, Sherman-Hewitt,
Young-Price, Hoth-Klemme, Stanley-Halsey,
Stillions-White & Beall-Stillions
MILITARY RECORDS
*World War I casualties, added the name &
information of Albert Held
OBITUARIES
*105 new obits (some with photos) were posted to our
Obit Boards in January
PERSONAL SITES
*Sean Ryan has a new URL for his personal website
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Steven G. Anderson has registered surnames
Henderson, Mitchell & Rush
*Ellen Hupp has registered surname Hupp
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