Cook County family index

Families of Cook County, Illinois, from the County Histories

588 people from the county histories of Cook County, Illinois: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.

From Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois : with portraits (1900); History of Cook County, Illinois. From the earliest period to the present time (1884); The great revolution; a history of the rise and progress of the People's Party in the city of Chicago and county of Cook, with sketches of the elect in office (1874); Portrait and biographical record of Cook and Dupage counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with biographies and portraits (1894). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

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Everyone in the Cook County index, A to Z (588)

Abrahams

Ackhoff

Adams

Albee

Allen

Alsip

Amberg

Amick

  • Pleasant Amick (b. 1834); child of Jacob Amick and Rachel (Corron) Amick

Andersen

Anderson

Andresen

Andrews

Apfel

Arnold

  • Moses A. Arnold; child of John Arnold and Marie (Blackwell) Arnold; married Mary Lane

Austin

Bacon

Bailey

Baker

Baldwin

Barber

Barnard

Barry

  • James C. Barry; child of Hezekiah A. Barry and Laura M. (Sergeant) Barry

Barton

Bass

Beckett

Beecher

Behrens

Bell

Benson

Birkeland

Blaul

Boberg

  • Charles M. Boberg (b. 1831); child of Hendrich Boberg and Anna Louise (Ponsbach) Boberg; married Anna Nelson

Boesenberg

Boldenweck

Bollmann

Borglum

Brach

  • Peter Brach (b. 1828); child of Johann Peter Brach and Susanna Elizabeth (Berlges) Brach; married Mary Brust

Brand

Bremner

Brennan

  • Patrick Brennan (b. 1825); child of Edward Brennan and Mary (Byrne) Brennan

Brown

Brust

  • Peter Brust (b. 1833); child of Mathias Brust and Anna Marie (Meurer) Brust; married Anna Elizabeth Brach

Bryan

Buck

Buckley

Budde

Buettner

Buhl

Burlingame

Burnside

Caldwell

Calkins

  • Allen C. Calkins (b. 1823); child of William Calkins and Rosalinda (Craig) Calkins

Cameron

Camp

Campbell

Cannon

Capron

Carlson

Carman

Carney

Carpenter

Carr

Carrington

  • Starr Carrington (b. 1816); child of Henry Carrington and Susan (Starr) Carrington

Carroll

Case

  • E. W. Case; child of Samuel Case and Susannah Case

Castle

Chapin

  • Newton Chapin (b. 1821); child of William Chapin and Lucy (Day) Chapin

Chavett

Childs

Christensen

Clark

Clausen

Cleary

Cleveland

Code

Colby

Collins

Colvin

Cooley

Cox

Craig

Crain

Crawford

Cullerton

Curtis

Cushing

Custer

Danielsen

Darrow

Dearlove

Delsing

Derby

Dickinson

  • John Dickinson (b. 1855); child of Philander P. Dickinson and Mary A. (Feeney) Dickinson; married Mary Alice Johnson

Dieterle

Dillon

Dixon

Dollinger

Doppler

Dorsett

Downing

Doyle

Driggs

  • George Driggs (b. 1846); child of Elias Driggs and Sarah (Rowell) Driggs

Ducat

Dunklee

Dunn

Dupee

Dye

Dymond

Eberhart

Egan

Eisel

Enander

Esch

  • John Esch (b. 1836); married Loretta Ernestine Weiss

Escher

  • H. Escher (b. 1866); child of Hieronmans Escher

Esterquist

Evans

Evendorff

Fehn

  • John Fehn (b. 1835); child of John Fehn and Margaret (Neubauer) Fehn; married Margaret Sauermann

Felton

Fenton

  • Joseph Fenton (b. 1858); child of Henry Fenton and Ann (Rudd) Fenton

Ferguson

Field

  • Sargent Field; child of Nathan Field and Hepzibah Field; married Charity Elizabeth Hudson

Fieldse

Filbert

  • F. J. Filbert; child of Jacob P. Filbert and Catharine Filbert; married Eva Kraas

Filkins

Fitch

Fleming

Flood

Foelsch

Foley

Fonda

Foot

Forrest

Forsyth

Foster

Fox

  • George M. Fox (b. 1829, Kullan County); married Harriet Frances White

Fraser

Fuller

Gage

Gallagher

Gardner

Gary

Gates

Gebert

Gehrke

Geudtner

Gilbert

Gipp

Glambeck

Goode

  • Thomas Goode; child of Thomas Goode and Maria (Head) Goode; married Ellen Colpus

Goodrich

Gordon

  • Dennis Gordon; child of Dennis Gordon and Frances A. (Chandlee) Gordon

Goudy

Gough

Grady

Gray

Greenebaum

Grennan

Gross

Gund

Haas

  • Lee Haas; child of Solomon Haas and Henrietta Haas

Hageman

Hall

Hallock

Halsey

Hamilton

Hammer

Hammett

Hammond

  • E. G. Hammond; child of David S. Hammond and Laura A. (Barnard) Hammond

Hann

Hannahs

Hannis

  • George W. Hannis (b. 1832); child of Thomas W. Hannis and Mary Ann (Stow) Hannis

Hansen

Hanson

Harlev

Harper

Harris

Harrison

Harwood

Haskell

Hatch

Haven

  • D. N. Haven (b. 1811); child of Samuel Haven and Lydia Haven; married Rnchael Claflin

Hawley

Hayes

Head

Heath

Heckler

Hemingway

  • Allen Hemingway; child of John Hemingway and Lucietia Hemingway; married Manetl Lind

Henderson

Hendrickson

  • M. D. Hendrickson (b. 1841); child of John Hendrickson and Marv Hendrickson; married Louisa Rosenkrans

Hervey

  • Robert Hervey (b. 1820); child of Alexander Hervey and Elizabeth (Gibson) Hervey

Hewson

  • William Hewson (b. 1824); child of William Hewson and Eleannr Hewson; married Susanna Murfitt

Hickey

Hildreth

Hill

Hinsdell

Hockert

  • Axel Hockert (b. 1838); child of Gustav Hockert and Marie (Hammarstrom) Hockert; married Johanna Lof

Hoffman

  • Mathias Hoffman (b. 1825); child of Peter Hoffman and Susannah (Saul) Hoffman; married Barbara Harsom

Hoffmann

Holden

Holdt

Hollen

Hoops

  • E. B. Hoops; child of Joseph Hoops and Anna Hoops; married Mary L. Comford

Hopkins

Horslev

Horton

Howard

Howarth

  • William Howarth; child of Abraham Howarth and Ksther Howarth; married Sophia E. Rose

Hoxie

Hubbard

Huey

Humphrey

Huntington

Hurd

Hush

  • Lewis Hush; child of John Hush and Prudence Hush; married Mary Rit

Hutchings

Hutchinson

Ingraham

Jacobs

Jacobsen

Janssen

Jensen

Jenson

Johansen

Johnsen

Johnson

Johnston

Jones

Jorgensen

Kallum

Kane

Kaufmann

Keeler

Keith

  • Edson Keith (b. 1833); child of Martin Keith; married Betsey French

Keller

Kellogg

Kelso

Kennedy

Kestol

Kienzle

Kiest

Kimbell

Kimmey

Kingsley

Kipley

  • Joseph Kipley; child of Charles Kipley and Catherine (Waller) Kipley

Kirchhoff

Kleinman

Klokke

Knauer

Knudsen

Knutsen

Koker

Kolze

Kommers

Kosche

Kotz

Kotzenberg

Kozlowski

Kreft

  • H. Kreft (b. 1859); child of Henry Kreft and E. (Hecht) Kreft

Kroeck

  • Philip Kroeck (b. 1837); child of John Kroeck and Katherine Elizabeth (Rinu) Kroeck

Krueger

Kummerow

Kussel

Kuyper

Lacey

  • Edward D. Lacey (b. 1835); child of Edward DeWitt Lacey and Martha C. (Pixley) Lacey

Larimore

  • James W. Larimore (b. 1834); child of Joseph Larimore and Mary Jane (Wilson) Larimore

Larrabee

Larsen

Lawson

Lengacher

Leonard

Lewis

Lieb

Lindemann

Long

  • Eugene C. Long (b. 1834); child of James Long and Cerusa (Conant) Long; married Elizabeth Jones

Loveless

Loyce

Lund

Lunt

Lyons

MacAuley

Mahon

Mahr

Manz

Markham

Marks

Marley

Martens

Martin

Mathiesen

Maxson

McCarthy

Mcclory

Mcconnell

Mcdaniel

Mcdole

Melcher

Merki

  • John Merki (b. 1854); child of I John Merki and Agatha Merki; married Emma H. Pauly

Millar

  • Alexander Millar (b. 1837); child of Alexander Millar and Isabella (Dick) Millar

Miller

Minard

Molbo

Moore

Morris

Mortensen

Mueller

Murphy

Murray

Musham

Naper

  • John Naper; married Augusta Catherine Dorothea Hufmeyer

Nate

Neuberger

Nichols

  • Clifford L. Nichols; child of David T. Nichols and Hulda G. (Barry) Nichols; married Mabel E. Frans

Nielsen

Norris

  • Joseph Norris (b. 1838, Kosciusco County); child of William Norris and Elizabeth (Knox) Norris; married Tessie Cleary

Novak

Nusser

Ollendorff

Ornberg

Orr

  • A. C. Orr (b. 1839); child of Samuel Orr and Jane (Hicks) Orr

Palmer

Park

Parker

Parsons

Paulsen

Payne

Pearsons

Peck

Pedersen

Peet

Peiffer

Pendergast

Peters

Petersen

Peterson

Petrie

Peugeot

Phelps

Phillips

Pickering

Pierce

Piper

Powell

Powers

Pratt

Preston

Price

  • Cornelius Price (b. 1819); child of Cornelius Price and Nancy (Maloy) Price; married Melinda Stoughton

Priestly

Prindiville

Pullman

Quirk

Ranney

Rasmussen

Reehoff

  • Edward Reehoff (b. 1860); child of Edward I Reehoff and Johanna (Jensen) Reehoff

Rehm

Reno

Rick

Roberts

Rodbertus

Rofinot

Rogers

Rohde

Rollo

Ruehl

  • Raul Gustav Ruehl (b. 1861); child of Gustav William Ruehl and Minnie Byanky (Remmy) Ruehl

Russell

Russer

Sauer

Savage

Schaffner

Schierding

Schmidt

Schnabel

Schnitzius

Schroeder

Schulenburg

Schweinfurth

Scully

Senger

  • August Senger (b. 1852); child of Ludwig Senger; married Paulina Maddhes

Sexton

Shaw

Shay

Shelhamer

Sherman

  • Michael Sherman (b. 1833); child of Matlhcw Sherman and Mary Sherman; married Alice Smith

Shortall

Singler

Skafgaard

Skinner

Small

Smith

Snow

Snyder

Son

Sorensen

Spahn

Spalding

Spohrer

Stafford

Stanley

Station

Steenbergen

Steinmueller

  • Philipp Steinmueller (b. 1832); child of Philipp Steinmueller and Katharine Steinmueller; married Erstina Bernhart

Stephens

Stephenson

Stevens

Stewart

Storms

Stout

Strong

  • George Strong (b. 1840); child of George Strong and Catharine Strong

Swain

Sweet

Symons

Tagney

Tanner

Taubert

Taylor

Telling

Tempel

Tes

Thalmann

Theobald

Thoma

Thomas

Thorsmark

Tiden

Toft

Toll

Tompkins

Topp

Trimingham

Turn

Turner

Tyler

Ubellar

Unold

  • John Unold (b. 1829); child of George Unold and Elizabeth (Brechiesen) Unold

Vassmer

Veith

  • Johann H. Veith; child of Behrend Heronomus Thaden Veith and Etta (Thaden) Veith; married Henrietta Fredericka

View

Voelker

Vogt

  • Charles Vogt (b. 1835); child of William Vogt and Catharine Vogt

Voltz

Vumren

Wadham

Wagenberger

Wallace

Ward

Warner

Warren

Waterman

Webb

  • Albert F. Webb (b. 1863); child of Francis Webb and Amelia (Wheeler) Webb

Weber

Webster

Weckler

Weeks

Wehrhan

Welander

Welfelt

Wells

West

Wheeler

White

Wiedinger

Wilken

Willard

  • Charles W. Willard (b. 1826); child of Hezekiah Willard and Sultana (Fisk) Willard; married Martha Ann Babcock

Willi

Wilson

Wingate

  • Albert Wingate (b. 1817); child of Paine Wingate and Mary (Page) Wingate

Winters

Withrow

Wolf

Wolseley

Wood

Young

Zeis

  • Andrew R. Zeis (b. 1833); child of John Andrew Zeis and Margareta Zeis; married Wilhelmiua Kuppen

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