Monthly Archives: March 2022

The Schlicks and Schneiders of Burlington: 1880s to 1930s Part 2

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

This post will provide a brief genealogy of the Joseph and Mary Anne Schlick children. In part three I will primarily be using Hampshire Register newspaper extracts to reveal more about this family. Some of this information was from Loretta … Continue reading →

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The Schlicks and Schneiders of Burlington Illinois: 1880s to 1930s Part 1

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

This three part posting will provide details of the Joseph Schlick and his sister Maria Schlick Schneider life, work, farming activities, civic contributions, and connections to the Village of Burlington in Burlington Township, Kane County Illinois. Both the Schlicks and … Continue reading →

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Remembrance of Things Past: Grandpa Casper’s Home on Mack Road

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

I can still remember as a child when I was still in elementary school in Winfield visiting my great- great Grandfather Casper Schlick’s home and farm on Mack Road. From my recollections, to the best of my current memory, my … Continue reading →

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Michael and Susan Daleiden: Use of Death Records in Research.

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

This week I visited the Kane County Clerks Office and their Vital Records Department. I needed the Death Certificates for Michael Daleiden and his wife Susan (nee Kurns) Daleiden. I was curious to find out what were the circumstances of … Continue reading →

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Germans in America: New Book by Walter D. Kamphoefner

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

I just received this book yesterday in the mail. It offers a great overview of German immigration to America and in particular during the nineteenth century when the Schlicks and Daleidens immigrated to the country. I will post my reading … Continue reading →

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REVISED: Property Tax Rolls for 1864 Reveals Property Ownership for the Daleidens.

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

Property Tax Rolls are another source for genealogists to tap into for family history research. The Dupage County Tax Accessors Office, for example, has all Tax Roll records available on line at this link. I turned to the Tax Roll … Continue reading →

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The Pleasant Hill Settlement of the Armbrusts: A Ghost Town of Dupage County.

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

The Armbrust family of Bloomingdale and Wheaton in DuPage County Illinois have contributed a great deal to the development and business life of the City of Wheaton Illinois. The family is intermarried with the Schlick family many times! Mary Anne … Continue reading →

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German Family Naming Conventions: How Many Caspers, Williams and Marys Can One Family Have?

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

In the course of my research many questions keep coming into my mind. One article I read online this past month is titled “German Naming Traditions Genealogists Should Know by Diane Haddad on the Family Tree Magazine website. The one … Continue reading →

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What Is In a Name? Schlick

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

This past week I was at the Wheaton (Illinois) Public Library poking into their genealogy print collection. At one time the Wheaton Library was known as having one of the best genealogical collections of any public library in the Chicagoland … Continue reading →

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German Immigration to American: Historical Context of the Voyage Part 1

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Schlick Daleiden Families - DuPage and Kane Counties of Illinois

The Daleidens arrived from the port of Antwerp in Belgium in the late 1850s to New York. According to Genealogist Steve Szabados in his book German Immigation to America: The Who, Why, How and Where ( 2020), “. . . … Continue reading →

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