Henry
County Illinois
Photo
Album
Our ancestors were not
just names and dates, they were real people with distinct features, personalities
and interests. Keeping with that, we've begun a photo gallery of
people and places related to the history and genealogy of Henry County
Illinois.
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Carl Filip
Beck and
Johanna Lovisa Anderson.
They came from Sweden
to America thru Ellis Island.
Johanna, known as Hannah,
came in 1884 and Carl came in 1886.
They married in Chicago
in 1893.
They had 1 child, Ellen
Marie Beck Stanley of Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois
Contributed by Janice
Mercer
Great Grandparents
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Ira
Stanley and Ellen Marie Beck.
Ira was born and raised
in Kewanee,
son of William and
Mathilda Peterson Stanley
Ellen was born in St.
David, Fulton Co, IL,
daughter of Carla and
Johanna
(Hannah Anderson) Beck
Her parents moved to
Kewanee when she was 3 years old and she spent the rest of her life there..
Ira served in WW I and
Ellen was secretary to
General Pershing and
General Bradley during the war.
After the war Ira worked
at the Walworth in Kewanee, retiring in 1958.
Ellen worked for the
Public Service in Kewanee
after the war.
They resided in the
house William Stanley built
on North Main Street
in Kewanee until their deaths; Ira at 78 in 1971 and Ellen at 90 in 1984.
Their daughter now
resides there.
They are the Grandparents
of Janice Mercer of Iowa who contributed
this photo. |
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County Photo Album
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