Category Archives: Maps Dupage County

“Roosevelt Road Dedicated” 1920 Newspaper Account

Roosevelt Road (Illinois State Route 38) runs from Chicago near the shores of Lake Michigan west to the City of Geneva and to points further west. It is one of many commercial transportation routes for the suburbs. During my research … Continue reading

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Mack Road: Anecdotes on the “Mother Road” for the Schlicks and Daleidens

We all take many things for granted in our lives. We take for granted that many of us own a car or take public transportion to travel to work and to run our errands each day. Our ancestors up until … Continue reading

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Burlington, Hampshire, Winfield and Wheaton Illinois: Towns with Connections to the Schlicks and Daleidens

In researching the Schlick and Daleidens family lines in DuPage and Kane County we begin to see strong patterns and interconnectedness of these people and how certain town names keep appearing in this research: Winfield Illinois in DuPage County and … Continue reading

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

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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Schlick Family of Beecher Street in Winfield

My grandparents Frank J. and Mae C. Schlick build a home at 27w356 Beecher in Winfield Illinois Winfield Township Winfield Illinois. My mother Louise (nee Schlick) Davis was only three years old when the U.S. Census was recorded on 6 … Continue reading

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1904 DuPage Atlas Reveals Michael and Christopher Daleiden’s Farms on Mack Road

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The Mack Road Homestead Farm of the Daleiden and Schlick Families- Revealed in Photos

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Daleiden Property Revealed in 1904 Atlas of DuPage County Illinois

The 1910 U.S. Census provides information that Christopher (Chris) and his wife were living in the Village of Winfield Illinois. He is a ‘retired farmer”. The 1904 Atlas of DuPage County shows the main downtown lots and sections of Winfield … Continue reading

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