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Tree: Bumbery
Notes: Timeline

1673—Louis Jolliet and Father Marquette arrive in Illinois

1699—Cahokia, the oldest town in Illinois, is founded

1717—Illinois becomes part of French Louisiana

1763—England receives Illinois at the end of the French and Indian War

1778—George Rogers Clark captures Kaskaskia from the British

1787—Illinois becomes part of the Indiana Territory

1809—The Illinois Territory is created

1818—Illinois becomes the 21st state

1832—Indians leave Illinois after settlers win the Black Hawk War

1863—Emancipation Proclamation

1871—Fire consumes much of Chicago

1886—The Haymarket Riot in Chicago

1900—Completion of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

1959—The St. Lawrence Seaway opens

1992—Carol Moseley Braun becomes the first black woman in the Senate

1998—The Chicago bulls win their sixth NBA championship
In 1673, French explorers canoed down the Mississippi River, the western boundary of what is now Illinois and eventually northward on the Illinois River. Other expeditions followed and in 1675, Father Jacques Marquette founded a mission at the Kaskaskia Indian Village near present-day Ottawa.

Cahokia, the first permanent settlement in Illinois, was a fur-trading post established in 1699. A few years later, the town of Kaskaskia was founded. In 1717, France placed Illinois into the Louisiana Colony.

The end of the French and Indian War gave all land east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain in 1763. Many of the French settlers in Illinois moved across the river into Iowa. Only missionaries, fur traders, a few settlers, and English soldiers remained in the Illinois region.

During the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), George Rogers Clark of Virginia and a group called the “Big Knives” raided English forts in Illinois. They captured Kaskaskia and Cahokia and made Illinois part of the county of Virginia. The land was given to the U.S. government and later named part of the Northwest Territory in 1787.

In 1809, the Illinois Territory was created. Hundreds of settlers began moving to Illinois from Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland. Indians, angry with the settlers for taking their lands, sided with Britain in the War of 1812. Many settlers were massacred as they attempted to leave Fort Dearborn near the mouth of the Chicago River.

Illinois became the 21st state on December 3, 1818. Construction of the Erie Canal in 1825 provided easy transportation to the Midwest. Hundreds of people from the eastern states and Europe rushed to settle the new state. The federal government forced Indians living in the state to cross the Mississippi River into Iowa. In 1832, the Sauk and Fox Indians fought state militias for their land. The Black Hawk War ended that same year, and all Indians were forced out of Illinois.

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for the U.S. Senate. Lincoln’s stand against slavery during several debates in Illinois, gave him national attention. He lost the election, but became president of the United States two years later. Six southern states seceded from the Union and the Civil War (1861-1865) began after Lincoln’s inauguration.

Ulysses S. Grant, general of the Union Army, and 250,000 soldiers fought from Illinois during the war.

After the war, industry boomed in Illinois. Railroads were expanding, bringing immigrants to work factories in Chicago, Joliet, and Rockford. Chicago led the nation in grain and meatpacking production. On Oct. 8, 1871 the city of Chicago was destroyed; the Great Chicago Fire burned for almost two days killing over 300 people.

During the late 1800s, unrest swept throughout the nation’s farmers and factory workers. Farmers were paying high prices for land and farm equipment while receiving low prices for crops. Factory workers were paid low salaries in unsafe working conditions. In 1886, a riot occurred in Chicago’s Haymarket Square, killing eight policemen and several bystanders.

The early 1900s brought great reform in Illinois. Laws were passed to help workers, especially women, and a state board established to help settle strikes. Laws were also passed banning the manufacturing and selling of alcohol. During the years of Prohibition (1920-1933), Al Capone’s mob and other mafia gangs selling illegal liquor caused much violence and killings while in gang warfare.

Industrial expansion greatly increased in Illinois until the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. Manufacturing slowed and thousands lost their jobs. The federal government began construction of roads and waterways. This and the discovery of oil in southern Illinois provided many with jobs and helped the economy begin to recover in the late 1930s.

Illinois produced hundreds of aircraft and ammunition during World War II (1939-1945). The first controlled nuclear chain reaction, a major step in the development of the atomic bomb, also took place at the University of Chicago. Since the war, many new laboratory and research centers developed nuclear technology in Illinois. Other industries, such as chemical, steel, and auto production, have also expanded.

Recently, Illinois is striving to decrease the air and water pollution problems in the state. Taxes were raised to create needed public services and a state lottery was adopted in 1973, to help raise money for education. Industries are continuing to grow and expand.
State/Province : Latitude: 40.6331249, Longitude: -89.3985283


Birth

Matches 1 to 25 of 995

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID   Tree 
1 ADAMS, Charles F.  1869Illinois, USA I20596 Bumbery 
2 ADAMS, Glenn  1894Illinois, USA I15261 Bumbery 
3 ADAMS, Unknown  Est 1870Illinois, USA I15260 Bumbery 
4 AGEMA, Effie  20 Sep 1889Illinois, USA I17780 Bumbery 
5 AKER, Wallace B.  1890Illinois, USA I13439 Bumbery 
6 AKIN, James Forgy  1831Illinois, USA I16388 Bumbery 
7 AKIN, John  1826Illinois, USA I16392 Bumbery 
8 AKIN, Marshall  1833Illinois, USA I16389 Bumbery 
9 AKIN, Robert McLean  6 May 1822Illinois, USA I16394 Bumbery 
10 AKIN, S. M. J.  1842Illinois, USA I17900 Bumbery 
11 AKIN, Thomas S.  1840Illinois, USA I17899 Bumbery 
12 AKIN, W. M.  1830Illinois, USA I16393 Bumbery 
13 AKIN, William J.  1821Illinois, USA I16402 Bumbery 
14 ALLEN, Alice Louisa  Aug 1884Illinois, USA I19802 Bumbery 
15 ALLEN, Calvin  1834Illinois, USA I8324 Bumbery 
16 ALLEN, Henry  1853Illinois, USA I19809 Bumbery 
17 ALLEN, Mary Nelson  1843Illinois, USA I1548 Bumbery 
18 ALLEN, Ollie Millie  1861Illinois, USA I19810 Bumbery 
19 ASKEW, Alva R.  1901Illinois, USA I8287 Bumbery 
20 ASKEW, Charlie H.  1892Illinois, USA I8285 Bumbery 
21 ASKEW, John R.  1897Illinois, USA I8286 Bumbery 
22 ATCHINSON, Lola M.  27 Mar 1892Illinois, USA I12270 Bumbery 
23 AXTELL, Elvira Ann  1847Illinois, USA I20719 Bumbery 
24 AYDT, Ferdinand  6 Sep 1875Illinois, USA I7958 Bumbery 
25 AYDT, Gergold  1878Illinois, USA I7959 Bumbery 

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Died

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Died    Person ID   Tree 
1 COOPER, Caleb Witt  6 Jul 1887Illinois, USA I19777 Bumbery 
2 FERGUSON, Ray  25 Nov 1922Illinois, USA I7375 Bumbery 
3 FITZSIMMONS, Thomas Edward  20 Feb 1963Illinois, USA I8355 Bumbery 
4 PENDLEY, Eulis  13 Apr 1932Illinois, USA I6615 Bumbery 
5 PILE, Daniel  14 Jul 1871Illinois, USA I19258 Bumbery 
6 SADLER, Arzelda M.  Bef 1900Illinois, USA I7082 Bumbery 

Military

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Military    Person ID   Tree 
1 CATLIN, Mariah Elizabeth  24 Feb 1864Illinois, USA I13345 Bumbery 
2 CLAYPOOL, Elisha C.  14 Jul 1865Illinois, USA I13640 Bumbery 
3 CLAYPOOL, Elisha C.  14 Jul 1865Illinois, USA I13640 Bumbery 
4 CLAYPOOL, Elisha C.  20 Nov 1882Illinois, USA I13640 Bumbery 
5 COALTER, Isabell Katherine  15 Jul 1864Illinois, USA I10014 Bumbery 
6 CROCKER, Abel Edward  23 Sep 1861Illinois, USA I12843 Bumbery 
7 CROCKER, Abel Edward  23 Sep 1861Illinois, USA I12843 Bumbery 
8 CROCKER, Louis Phillip  30 Jul 1861Illinois, USA I12796 Bumbery 
9 CROCKER, Louis Phillip  25 Sep 1861Illinois, USA I12796 Bumbery 
10 CROCKER, Louis Phillip  18 Oct 1862Illinois, USA I12796 Bumbery 
11 DEHART, Nancy  9 Jul 1898Illinois, USA I10145 Bumbery 
12 ENGLISH, Sarah Elizabeth  12 Apr 1886Illinois, USA I11157 Bumbery 
13 FORCE, Susannah  3 Apr 1883Illinois, USA I11183 Bumbery 
14 KYGER, Charles  13 Aug 1862Illinois, USA I11133 Bumbery 
15 KYGER, Charles  3 Sep 1862Illinois, USA I11133 Bumbery 
16 KYGER, Daniel  7 Mar 1861Illinois, USA I11134 Bumbery 
17 KYGER, Daniel  1 Sep 1863Illinois, USA I11134 Bumbery 
18 KYGER, Henry  3 Sep 1862Illinois, USA I11137 Bumbery 
19 KYGER, Henry  2 Feb 1880Illinois, USA I11137 Bumbery 
20 KYGER, Tilmon Dwight  12 Jul 1862Illinois, USA I11145 Bumbery 
21 KYGER, Tilmon Dwight  21 Aug 1862Illinois, USA I11145 Bumbery 
22 MILLER, Washington Harvey  10 Apr 1864Illinois, USA I10144 Bumbery 
23 MILLER, Washington Harvey  4 Oct 1864Illinois, USA I10144 Bumbery 
24 MILLER, Washington Harvey  15 Jun 1865Illinois, USA I10144 Bumbery 
25 MILLER, Washington Harvey  17 Nov 1887Illinois, USA I10144 Bumbery 

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Occupation

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Occupation    Person ID   Tree 
1 BORDER, Samuel M.  5 Jun 1917Illinois, USA I12262 Bumbery 
2 BURROWS, Robert G.  Bef 12 Jan 1879Illinois, USA I785 Bumbery 

Residence

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Residence    Person ID   Tree 
1 YOHO, James  1850Illinois, USA I10981 Bumbery 

Married

Matches 1 to 8 of 8

   Family    Married    Family ID   Tree 
1 BAHR / WANGLER  6 Apr 1875Illinois, USA F2645 Bumbery 
2 BEAVER / WILLMORE  1906Illinois, USA F4277 Bumbery 
3 HAYES / UNKNOWN  Est 1882Illinois, USA F4668 Bumbery 
4 JOHNSON / UNKNOWN  1883Illinois, USA F532 Bumbery 
5 PETTYPOOL / JACOBSON  Est 1903Illinois, USA F4359 Bumbery 
6 SCHMIDT / UNKNOWN  Between 1860 and 1870Illinois, USA F2629 Bumbery 
7 TUEL / STYER  1907Illinois, USA F3669 Bumbery 
8 VINCENT / SADLER  22 Feb 1917Illinois, USA F1919 Bumbery 

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