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This page was updated August 1, 2010

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

OFF-SITE DATA added in July that will be of interest to Allamakee co. researchers (links open in a new browser window)
*Iowa Old Press has added more transcriptions from Allamakee co. newspapers. You can search the Allamakee co. section of Iowa Old Press from the 'Lil Bits page. Many of the other Iowa counties have Allamakee news, as do the scrapbooks and 'news from around the U.S. & world' so be sure to visit the website and do a complete site search as well.
*Clayton co. obituaries - 46 new obits were posted in July. Many Clayton co. residents had close Allamakee county connections
*Winneshiek co. obituaries - over 175 new obits were posted in July. Many Winneshiek co. residents had close Allamakee county connections

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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