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Hello all. I am doing some reseach into the wreck of the steamship Lady Elgin, which sank in Lake Michigan off of Winnetka, Illinois, in 1860. A couple...
I sort of look for these around the Chicagoland area, and I wasn't aware of one in Winnetka. Since must of the passengers were from Milwaukee, and most of the...
Calvary Cemetery contains a monument dedicated to the approximately 430 people who died with the sinking of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan in 1860. Most of...
Wow, I didn't expect the enthusiastic response that my post received. Thank you for the interest, and for those who are willing to have people look into this,...
Why don't you give the Winnetka Historical Society a call. See http://www.winnetkahistory.org/. Alan Gornik Trustee Western Springs Historical Society ...
This is what I have. (Not to sound like I don't have anything better to do -- I've been investigating the Cherry Mine disaster and why I can find so few...
I was told that I have a Great Uncle and Aunt buried in St. Boniface Cemetery on Clark St ,in Chicago but that they couldn't find any surviors so they...
Have you posted this to interview_taphophile@yahoogroups.com? It's (my group) and the group for www.TheCemeteryClub.com. I believe someone in the group has...
No, I haven't, but I will. I didn't know about that group ; ) The 100th anniversary of this disaster is coming up in November. All bodies were eventually...
Tracy, If you're interested, I would love to run an article about this in an upcoming issue of Epitaphs Magazine. Would you be interested in writing one? Let...
thank You for the info , a phone call sure beats driving into chicago ... From: Alan Gornik <adgorn@...> Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Re: Mass Grave...
yeah I'm a country bumpkin and I drove on the 330 expressway last summer. I just prayed I'd find my way out of there. i do not know hwo they do it. it was...
Hello again. I want to thank all of you for your replies and suggestions. They are all appreciated. But I especially need to thank the person who suggested...
Jim: Many years ago, gravesites at St. Boniface and other cemeteries, including Bohemian National Cemetery were "term" graves. If the deceased's family...
Thank you so much for that information .My relations were buried way out in back by the south east corner .I can just remember seeing their graves when I was...
According to the Tribune, there was a fatal road accident today, in which a pickup truck rolled into Free Sons of Israel Cemetery (West Suburban Chicago),...
Did the crash happen at the Gate or where exactly? Must have broken the fence. Linda L ... From: Matt Hucke To: MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
... They've updated the article to say the truck "plowed through a chain-link fence" and several "large headstones" were "completely destroyed". But it looks...
IF YOU GO TO THE JEWISH WALDHEIM CEMETERY WEB SIGHT THEY HAVE A LITTLE SECTION THAT GIVES A HISTORY.LIKE MOST PEOPLE COMING TO THE UNITED STATES THE JEWISH...
Darn it. I hate when monuments are destroyed. He better have insurance. I hope there are photos so perhaps they could have them duplicated? Course if the guy...
here it is: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/03/pickup-rolls-over-into-forest-park-cemetery.html ... -- hucke@... - http://www.graveyards.com It...
I just wanted to say that I feel bad also that someone died. But I just wish people would stop drinking and driving. So sad. Thanks for posting the link, Matt....
Hello, In two of our cemeteries we have a conch shell on the grave. We have no info that these two buried people are related? Do you have any info about these...
Peggy, Where are the cemeteries located? ... Hello, In two of our cemeteries we have a conch shell on the grave. We have no info that these two buried people...