Martin and Peter Armstrong, Kankakee County
Martin Armstrong (1867 - 1929) appeared in the 1880 census with the Thomas McLane family in Essex, Kankakee County. He was listed as...
Frederick Thumm, Thomas Hoagland and Harriett Milot, Kankakee County
Frederick Thumm was sent to Illinois in 1875 at age 11. He lived with Mrs. Grimes in Manteno, Kankakee County. After he had been there...
William F., Robert W. and Frederick Tallon, Kankakee, Iroquois & Will County
The Tallon brothers were born in New Jersey and their parents were from Ireland. They were sent to Illinois in 1879 at ages 13, 11 and 9....
Clara P., George, & Othelia Roth, Kankakee & Champaign County
Clara P. Roth (1863 - 1941) came to Illinois in 1879 and was place with the Reverend Cephas Williams. He praised her in his 1880 letter...
Annie Evans, Kankakee County
Annie Evans, although she had a warm home to live in, still pined for a family that loved her. She found a husband of her own in 1898,...
John & August Strickhorn, Kankakee County
John Strickhorn (1876 - 1961) came to Illinois in 1889 and was placed with the Patchett family near Norton, Kankakee County, Illinois. ...
