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From: "Janet Flynn" <>
Subject: Re: [ILJERSEY] Former mayors of Jerseyville, IL
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 11:29:35 -0500
References: <20050709154423.2551.qmail@web40701.mail.yahoo.com>


No, I haven't tried it, but I will. Thanks for the suggestion.

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From: "Genie" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [ILJERSEY] Former mayors of Jerseyville, IL


> There is an article on the county rootsweb site
> reporting on Robert Flynn's draft registration
> for WWI but no accompanying picture. Have you
> tried Google's Images? It's a long shot but
> maybe worth a try ...
>
> Genie
>
> --- Janet Flynn <> wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me if the Jerseyville City Hall
> > or any other building (or book) in town has
> > pictures of former mayors? I need to see a
> > picture of my Dad's uncle, Robert Flynn. I
> > remember Dad telling me that his Uncle Robert
> > was a mayor of Jerseyville at one time and that
> > he married Josephine Wagner whose father owned
> > a store in town. They had no children.
> >
> > The reason I need to see a picture of Robert is
> > to help me identify individuals in old pictures
> > I inherited. My aunt, Hazel (Flynn) Schneider
> > (born in Jerseyville) recently died at age 93
> > years and while cleaning out her basement I
> > found a large box marked "Flynn pictures" poked
> > away in a corner. Not a single one of them had
> > names on them. If only I had found the box
> > BEFORE she died! I know what my Grandpa Flynn
> > looks like and I know what his brother, John
> > Talty Flynn, looks like, but there were 8 boys
> > and I have no idea what the other 6 look like.
> > However, several of the men in the pictures
> > look so much like Grandpa & John Talty, that
> > they have to be brothers. If a picture of
> > Robert is hanging about Jerseyville, I'll know
> > what he looks like so I can identify him on
> > these pictures.
> >
> > The majority of the pictures in the box are
> > from Jerseyville studios. Names of the studios
> > are: Whitehead & Alexander, Decrevel Bros.,
> > Block & Co. Other possible names of
> > individuals in the pictures are: Heffron,
> > Kelly, Maher/Meagher/Mahon, Middendorf,
> > Kanallakan, Egelhoff, Kadell, Wheaton.
> >
> > The Flynn brothers were born between 1886 and
> > 1890. Robert was the youngest. There were 9
> > boys (8 lived to adulthood) and 1 girl in the
> > family, all born in Jerseyville. Most are
> > buried in St. Francis Xavier Catholic cemetery.
> >
> > Thanks very much for any help or suggestions.
> > I really appreciate it.
> > Janet Flynn
> >
> >
> >
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