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Subject: Re: [ILCLINTO] Royal Neighbors of Beckemeyer
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 01:37:00 EDT
In a message dated 7/14/00 11:45:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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YES and double YES! thanks so much!! I live in TX and have to scrape long
and hard for the "flesh" on these guys!
Thanks for your interest and excitement! >>
LOL!
>From the Commercial Directory of Clinton County, 1920:
ZINSCHLAG Brothers
There is a story connected with the saloon conducted by the above named
brothers. It was started in 1900 by A.E. and Wm. ZINSCHLAG. In 1902 A.E. sold
out his interests to William and located in Frogtown and operated a saloon
and grocery there for 19 months. After the 19 months had passed he returned
to Beckemeyer and formed a partnership with Hy. STROATHIDE, and was connected
with him three months when he bought him out. He operated the saloon for two
years by himself, finally selling and embarking in the saw mill business with
Frank GINTER. In 1905 he went back into the saloon business again with
Richard PFEIFFER as a partner. After he sold out to him he bought out the
interests of C. BAYLESS, who was conducting a wet goods emporium in the
building he is now located in. He remained there eight months and closed up
the place and left for Carlyle, where he opened a saloon and stayed six
months. Then he came back to Beckemeyer and took in his brother, E.A., and
they have conducted the stand ever since. They are wholesalers and retailers
of wines, whiskey and cigars and have a large trade. They handle all the
leading brands of wines, liquors and cigars and make a specialty of selling
Lemps and Central beer. The saloon is the largest in the city and has in
connection a pool hall. A.E. has been a resident of Beckemeyer off and on for
over thirteen years while E.A. has only been living there for six years. A.E.
was born in the county in 1864 and received his schooling in its common
schools. He was married in 1891 to Elizabeth BECKEMEYER; from this union
three children sprang. After the death of his first wife he again married in
1902. His second wife's name was Jessie SHEPHARD; three children graced this
marriage. All six of the children are living. E.A. was born in the county in
1876 and was also educated in the county schools. A.E. has been township
commissioner and school trustee at different times and for a time handled
insurance as a side line.
End of transcription.
Hmm! Shephard? (That's the way it's spelled in the bio).
That's the bio. Now, let met explain that the Clinton site isn't "static".
No matter where you live (and I live in the boonies in Florida), you can
always check the website for information. If you haven't done a search via
SURNAME HELPER yet, I'd advise you to do so ... you'd be amazed at how badly
names were mispelled (to wit: Baumhueter = Beamheiter, Bamatur, etc.)
Databases of surnames are added as the Carol has time (she works outside the
home and has teenagers ... need I say more?) and databases are constantly
being created from sources found, copied and supplied by Genie-ologist,
Dorothy.
Me, I'm just the transcriptionist. Everything I just gave you came from info
supplied by the woman who digs stuff out to put online! :) I just type!
Now, also, I should tell you, that this area of the midwest is known (even in
some places on the other side of the pond) as the German Belt. And there was
a large immigration from what is now Germany into Clinton County between 1860
and 1920. Many of those immigrants settled in the "German Belt" in the
midwest, but many went to Texas directly from New Orleans.
In other words, if they went to Texas via New Orleans in that time period,
and they were from Prussia/Germany, they probably had Illinois roots
somewhere along the line! And we just proved it! :)
Laura
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