Index to Biographical Directories & Histories

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This database is an index that includes every name found in the fourteen biographical directories, county histories and town histories, listed below, pertaining to Kendall County, Illinois. You can use this information to lookup actual references in these source documents. They are typically avialable on microfilm through inter-library loans.  Please check with your local library.

Source CodeSource
BS Bateman, Norman & Paul Selby, editors. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois & History of Kendall County. With special authors and contributors. Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co., (1914) Two volumes, 1078 pages.
FA Farren, Kathy, editor. A Bicentennial History of Kendall County, Illinois. Yorkville, IL: Kendall County Bicentennial Commission, (1976) 314 pages.
GF Biographical Directory of Kendall County, Illinois. Chicago: Fisher & Co., (1876) 114 pages.
HI Hicks, Edmund W., Reverend. History of Kendall County, Illinois: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time. Aurora, IL: Knickerbocker & Hodder, (1877) 439 pages
JO Johnson, Oliver C. and Anna French Johnson. Atlas and History of Kendall County, Illinois. Maps and Plats, Biographies and Special Features. Elmhurst, IL: Friendly Map & Publishing Co., (1941) 112 pages.
KK Durant, Pliny A, et al. Commemorative Portrait & Biographical Record of Kane & Kendall Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Beers, Leggett & Co., (1888) 999 pages.
KW Genealogical & Biographical Record of Kendall & Will Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., (1901) 670 pages.
LP Shufelt, Mrs. John L. When Lisbon Was A Prairie. Yorkville, IL: Kendall County Record, (1917) 13 pages.
MC Rasmusen, Honor Brodie. History of the Millington Methodist Church and Community 125th Anniversary 1833-1958. Publisher not given, (l958) 48 pages.
NS Newark Sesquicentennial Committee. Newark's Sesquicentennial History: A Community Proud of Its Heritage 1835-1985. Yorkville, IL: Kendall County Record (1985) 139 pages.
OS Oswego Sesquicentennial Days Steering Committee, Roger Matile, editor. 150 Years Along the Fox: The History of Oswego Township Illinois. Oswego Sesquicentennial - 150 Years - 1833-1983. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., (1983) 191 pages.
PF Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers & Breeders Grundy & Kendall Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., (1917) 221 pages.
RL Lisbon Pioneer Days Book Committee. Roads To Lisbon…Past and Present, A collection of Biographical Sketches. Prepared for the 150th Anniversary of the settling of Lisbon (IL). Yorkville, IL: Kendall County Record, (1985) 112 pages.
YO Lucinda Tio and Kathy Farren, A History of Yorkville, Illinois 1836-1986. Published for Yorkville's Sesquicentennial, (1986) 220 pages.

 

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SurnameGiven NamePageCode
SurnameGiven NamePageCode
Lawson Mathias 854 KK
Hollenback Mathias John [John Mathias]? 955 KK
Rasmussen Mathidla 817 BS
Moenkemeier Mathilda (Schale) 1066 BS
Anderson Mathilde 25, 26 MC
Rasmussen Mathilde 943 KK
Alsager Mathis 81 PF
Lowell Mathre 48 NS
Anderson Matilda 807, 815 BS
Chase Matilda 948 BS
Chase Matilda 85E JO
Close Matilda 1004 BS
Close Matilda 256 KW
Coleman Matilda 126 PF
Davis Matilda 109 PF
Hage Matilda 990 BS
Hardekopf Matilda 85 PF
Holderman Matilda 63 HI
Holderman Matilda 256 KW
Hollering Matilda 102 PF
House Matilda 88F JO
Kahle Matilda 106 PF
Kinnett Matilda 976 KK
Kollmann Matilda 1015 BS
LeParle Matilda 361 KW
Lower Matilda 43 MC
Lyon Matilda 1009, 1023 BS
Ness Matilda 114 PF
Quame Matilda 126 PF
Schale Matilda 951 BS
Schale Matilda 112 PF
Young Matilda 1077 BS
Orton Matilda "Tilda" (d. Ole E. & Anna T.) 94 RL
Runner Matilda (Beattie) 48B JO
Norton Matilda (Chase) 948 BS
Norton Matilda (Chase) 85E JO
Quigley Matilda (Close) 1003 BS
Quigley Matilda (Close) 256 KW
Lyon Matilda (Davis) 109 PF
Bornemann Matilda (Hardekopf) 85 PF
Hoge Matilda (Holderman) 1003 BS
Hoge Matilda (Holderman) 256 KW
Holt Matilda (Hollering) 102 PF
Anderson Matilda (House) 88F JO
Mullen Matilda (Kinnett) 976 KK
Stumme Matilda (Kollmann) 1015 BS
Stumme Matilda (Kollmann) 126 PF
Normandin Matilda (LeParle) 361 KW
Moulton Matilda (Lyon) 1009, 1023 BS
Tesdall Matilda (Quame) 126 PF
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