When researching, have you ever found someone in your family tree whose information seems a bit off? Something doesn’t quite fit? A thin thread of nothing, which must be explored? Happens all the time to me. George Studier, son of Wilhelm and Dorothea (née Bohnsack) Studier, has been a source of interest for me for awhile….
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High School Graduates from Scales Mound, Illinois, 1924-1945
The Scales Mound American Legion Auxillary Unit #1058 compiled a list of Scales Mound High School graduate names, and published them in “Scales Mound High School Through the Years 1896-1993”. Graduates from 1924-1945 are listed. Class of 1924 Lester Berryman Myrtle Eversoll Laity Marcella Horan Huizinga Kenneth Hughes Camilla Miller Mahoney Eugene Miller Jessie Paquette Rodham Carl Schoenhard Myrtle…
High School Graduates from Scales Mound, Illinois, 1896 – 1923
The Scales Mound American Legion Auxillary Unit #1058 compiled a list of Scales Mound High School graduate names, and published them in “Scales Mound High School Through the Years 1896-1993”. Graduates from 1896-1923 are listed. Class of 1896 George Allan William Allan Josie Edge Vipond Elsie Kneebone Fred Lyne Fred Monnier Edith Stephan Allan [No Class of 1897…
A Letter from Mrs. LaVerne Schoenhard
While going through my late grandmother’s genealogy files, I found an issue of the Scales Mound, Illinois, hometown newsletter, The Weekly Visitor, from October 20, 1955. Published in the newsletter with a most intriguing letter from Mrs. LaVerne Schoenhard. It seems Mrs. Schoenhard made the hard decision to place her grandmother, Mrs. Lena Kilian, in…
Iran Hostage from Scales Mound, Illinois
Since Argo won best picture on Sunday night’s Academy Awards, I’ve been thinking about Colonel Leland James Holland. He wasn’t rescued; he was one of the 52 held for 444 days in Tehran. Col. Holland was a native of Scales Mound, Illinois, a town of less than 350 people. For anyone who regularly reads my…
Pictures of Me
So I was going through some of my grandmother’s pictures and found a few of me as a child. This was a good reminder to me that not all history is from other generations. It’s good to take a look at your own history. All pictures taken at the home of Grandma and Grandpa Davis…
Hazel Bausman Killed in Car Accident
Hazel Bausman was an aunt to my maternal grandfather, Stanley “Spud” Davis. She died in a car accident in 1929. I found the following article discussing her accident and published in the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) on November 20, 1929. I accessed the article at Google Newspaper Archives. I’ve read several articles on her death…
Louis Bausman
Louis Bausman was the ninth child born to Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman. The tenth child, Jacob, died in infancy. The youngest son to live to adulthood, I don’t know much about Louis, except for what I have gleaned from official records. Louis was a brother of Nicholas Bausman Jr, my maternal grandfather’s grandfather….
Lawrence Lincoln Bausman
Lawrence Lincoln Bausman was a younger brother of Nicholas Bausman Jr, my maternal grandfather’s grandfather. Lawrence was the eighth of ten children born to Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman. I learned quite a bit about Lawrence after meeting his granddaughter when I visited Steamboat Rock, Iowa. Lawrence was born 31 January 1862 in Guilford Township,…
John Bausman
John Bausman was a younger brother of Nicholas Bausman Jr, my maternal grandfather’s grandfather. John was the seventh of ten children born to Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman. He is the brother I know least about since John died when he was about 26. I knew he was born about 1859 and died about…
George Bausman
George Bausman was a younger brother of Nicholas Bausman Jr, my maternal grandfather’s grandfather. George was the sixth of ten children born to Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman. Most of what I know about him comes from official records. George was born 05 September 1857 in Guilford Township, Jo Daviess county, Illinois. He married Rachel…
Nicholas Bausman Jr
Nicholas Bausman Jr. was the fifth of ten children born to Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman. Nicholas Jr’s daughter Viola was my mother’s paternal grandmother. Nicholas “Nick” Bausman Jr. was born 02 December 1855 in Guilford Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Nick was raised Presbyterian. He married Catherine “Katie” Hebenstreit on 21 January 1886…
Charles Bausman
Since my previous post showcased the handsome sons of Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman, I thought my next few would give a bit of an overview about each of them, starting with the oldest Charles Bausman. Charles’ brother Nicholas Bausman Jr was my maternal grandfather’s grandfather. Charles Bausman was the fourth of ten children…
Obituary: Nicholas Bausman Sr
Nicholas Bausman Sr. is my ggg-grandfather. This past summer I had the opportunity to meet his great-granddaughter Janice who lives in Iowa. She’s a genealogy enthusiast and had a typed transcription of Nicholas Bausman Sr’s obituary, originally published in the Galena Gazette. The obituary lists his marriage to Mary Casper as occurring in 1849 in…
Marriage: Viola Bausman and Percy Davis
I found a newspaper clipping of a marriage announcement for my maternal grandfather’s parents Viola Bausman and Percy Davis while going through some genealogy files once belonging to Viola’s sister, Gertrude (Bausman) Schoenhard. I enjoyed reading the description of Viola’s wedding dress. I have a picture of their wedding (posted below next to the article…
Marriage Announcement: Viola Bausman and Percy Davis
A few months ago, I was going through some of the genealogy files I received after my maternal grandmother died in 2011. It was an unexpected pleasure to find the marriage announcement for my mother’s paternal grandparents Viola Edith Bausman and Percival Leland Davis. The announcement was in pristine condition, in an envelope addressed to…
Scales Mound High School, Class of 1933
This is a picture of my grandfather Stanley “Spud” Davis’ high school graduation class. He graduated from Scales Mound High School, Scales Mound, Illinois, in 1933. The Scales Mound Class of 1933 had eleven graduates. The photograph includes the graduates and the superintendent, W.D. Stephenson. Written on the back of photo: Stanley P. Davis Kenneth…
Viola Bausman’s oration from her 1912 Scales Mound High School Commencement
My great-grandmother, Viola (Bausman) Davis Hickman, was a teacher and educator. I discovered the oration that she gave at her Scales Mound, Illinois, commencement on June 7, 1912. She had written her speech in her graduation memory book. The Tercentennial of Henry Hudson by Viola Edith Bausman There was a time when Americans lacked distinction….
Discovering William Deininger Sr’s unknown daughter
Well, I was researching my family history and I discovered an unknown daughter of my 3rd great-grandfather, William Deininger Sr. He was my maternal grandmother’s great-grandfather. I was searching for Deininger information on FamilySearch.org – trying to figure out if there were any other Deiningers in the Jo Daviess county, Illinois, area between 1850-1900. Thought…
Marjorie Strelesky Journal, Part 6 of 6
Our mother’s [Ernestine (Sanders) Strelesky] body was sent to Dubuque for burial. I went with Aunt Norma – our mother’s wish. Our dad [Jack Strelesky] and Eunice, Alice and Herb went to Grandma Sanders [Josephine (Uhlrich) Sanders]. The flu epidemic was so bad everything was closed – schools, churches, department stores and all public buildings…
Forgotten History 