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Subject: [ILMCLEAN-L] SOLON and ANDREWS families
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:40:15 EST

I am looking for the surnames SOLON/SOLAN and ANDREWS in McLean, Livingston
and Will counties in IL. I will share what I have so far on this SOLON family
to help you locate information about my ancestors.

My grandmother was
Evelyn Agnes SOLON
born 28 Dec 1898 in Graymont, Livingston County, IL.
She had the following siblings:
Florence Ruth,
Helen Marie,
Duane Leo,
Vincent "Bud",
Catherine Elizabeth "Cass",
Paul, and
Edward Jerome "Jerry".
Her father was
Joseph SOLON (born about 1869 in Cayuga, IL) who was
married 14 Aug 1893 in McLean County, IL to
Susan Elizabeth Andrews (born April 17, 1875
in Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL).
Joseph was the son of
Thomas Solon born about 1836 in Ireland who married
Sarah McGuire? born about 1835 also in Ireland.
The children in this family include:
Teresa (born 1862 Shirley, McLean Co., IL)
(buried St. Paul's Cemetery outside Odell, IL),
Nora "Nan" (born 1864 Lockport, IL),
Isabel (born 1865 IL),
Mary (born 1867 IL),
Joseph (born 1869 Cayuga, IL),
Agnes (born 1872 IL), and
Sarah (born 1878 IL).

(1880 census: Odell Twp, Livingston Co., IL)
(vol. 34, sheet 14, line 14, Ed 114)
This census lists the following family:
SOLON:
Thomas 44 born Ireland
Sarah 45 born Ireland
Teresa 17 born Illinois
Isabel 15 born Illinois
Mary 13 born Illinois
Joseph 11 born Illinois
Agnes 08 born Illinois
Sarah 02 born Illinois

This is as much as I know about the SOLON line from which I descend.

This mean that Joseph SOLON was married in this county in 1893 and his sister
Teresa was born in Shirley, McLean Co., IL in 1862.

Susan Elizabeth ANDREWS (born April 17, 1875 in Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL)
was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Evaline (BRADY) SOLON both were born
before 1855, but I am not sure when exactly or where.

Thanks for any help you can give.
Karen Beidelman

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