South Suburban Genealogical
and Historical Society
Hazel Crest, Illinois

Serving south Cook and east Will counties, Illinois
    including Chicago's Roseland/Pullman neighborhoods

Established 1968

Park Forest, IL Research Project

DO YOU HAVE ANCESTORS WHO

SETTLED IN BLOOM, RICH OR MONEE TOWNSHIPS?

In conjunction with the Park Forest Historical Society, we have undertaken a project to collect information on the early settlers of the area now known as Park Forest , IL .  Based on plat maps of the area from 1860-1861, we have determined the following land owners associated with the area:

Rich Township

J. H. Batchelder

John Blattner

Joseph Blattner

Michael Blattner

J.W. Cole

J. Ledoux.

H. Marker

Johannes Marthaler

Johannes Metzger

W.H. Newton

J. Robel

A. Scheide

M. Smith

Michael Weishaar

Bloom Township

J. H. Batchelder

A. Caskey

Wm. Caskey

F. P. Weishaar

E. Roberty

Monee Township

John Blattner

Joseph Blattner

H. Helman

W. H. Newton

A. Scheide

H. Stuenkel

J. M. Wolff

Young

If you are researching any of these families, we would like to hear from you.  We are looking for family histories, old photos and individuals who remember the area when it was still farmland.  Contact Kathy at ssghskathy@aol.com or 708-957-7958.

  SURNAMES IN ST. ANNE CEMETERY

  A description of the cemetery and a reading of the cemetery can be found at http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/cook/cemeteries/stannepf.txt

Behrens

Berg

Berney

Biehn

Blattner

Blettner

Bock

Buselmeier

Bush

Campe

 

Carroll

Christopher

De Benedetto

Di Fiore

Einhorn

Emmerich

Engels

Fazzini

Foley

Furhmann

 

Gender

G--horn

Gorman

Gusselmeier

Hayes

Illgen

Isoylt

Jurkewicz

Kehoe

Kehoe

 

Keilman

Kelley

Kelly

Ketel

Klawitter

Klein

Koebele

Ledoux

Lennon

Lorig

 

Lustig

Lux

Mahan

Merk

Metzger

Morgan

Nussbaum

Ohmer

Petersens

Pfeifer

 

Pierceall

Polignat

Powers

Radtke

Scheidt

Schirra

Schroeder

Soelker

Steinhaus

Stephen

 

Tilton

Tucker

Turrellns

Vehrs

Weber

Wehren

Weishaar

Wolf

Wolff

  Copyright 2009, South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
 3000 West 170th Place, Hazel Crest, IL.  60429 - 1174
Telephone: (708) 335-3340
E-mail to: ssghs@usa.net

   Last update 1 September 2009