Index to Death Notices in the

Nunda (Crystal Lake) Herald 1896-1900

The Herald newspaper was originally called the Nunda Herald and occasionally the Algonquin Herald. On 11 June 1908 it became the Crystal Lake Herald.

The following indexes represent a list of deceased individuals whose notice of death appeared in the weekly Herald newspaper. Information was gleaned from obituaries, death notices, police reports, and newspaper articles and is not necessarily limited to residents of Crystal Lake and/or Nunda Township. It was not unusual for a death notice to appear months and even years after the event, particularly in the case of war dead. Researchers should scan several indexes when searching for the name of a specific individual and look for variant spellings within each index.

Copies of the obituaries can be obtained by writing to the Illinois State Historical Library, Old State Capitol, Springfield IL 62701. There is a charge; please contact the library for more information.

Microfilm of the original newspaper can be obtained on inter-library loan from the Illinois State Historical Library—contact your local library for further information.

 

The following is for surnames starting with B.

NAME

AGE

DEATH DATE

HERALD ISSUE DATE

BABBET, Cynthia E. [Tyler]

-

-

09 Jul 1896

BABBET, Timothy H.

-

10 Sep 1891

09 Jul 1896

BABBIT, Solomon M.

-

03 Sep 1897

16 Sep 1897

BACHMAN, Mrs. George

58

-

12 Oct 1899

BACON, Elma C.

34

01 Jun 1897

03 Jun/10 Jun 1897

BACON, James S.

-

13 Jan 1896

23 Jan 1896

BACON, James T. [Civil War Veteran]

-

23 Dec 1895

02 Jan 1896

BACON, Willie

-

04 May 1896

07 May 1896

BAILEY, Thomas

-

-

11 Nov 1897

BAIRD, Colin

35

28 Feb 1898

03 Mar 1898

BAIRD, Elizabeth (McAlester)

75

06 Apr 1900

12 Apr 1900

BAIRD, James

84

11 Apr 1900

12 Apr/19 Apr 1900

BAKER, -?- [infant son of George]

-

17 May 1898

19 May 1898

BALASTRY, Charles

43

26 May 1896

04 Jun 1896

BALDWIN, James

84

24 Jan 1899

26 Jan 1899

BALDWIN, John Fraleigh

46

15 Nov 1897

18 Nov 1897

BALDWIN, Louisa (Ford)

79

31 Mar 1896

02 Apr/09 Apr 1896

BALDWIN, Sebrean

83

08 Jan 1896

16 Jan 1896

BALESTRY, Patrick

78

20 Apr 1898

21 Apr 1898

BALLARD, Julius F. [Civil War Veteran]

47

05 Aug 1897

12 Aug 1897

BALLARD, Webster

-

25 Mar 1900

05 Apr 1900

BANGS, Mark

86

18 Jun 1899

22 Jun 1899

BARBER, -?- [mother of John N.]

-

-

11 Nov 1897

BARBER, Julia

-

18 May 1898

26 May 1898

BARBER, Oretta

76

-

15 Apr 1897

BARBER, Rachel

-

-

18 Feb 1897

BARBIAN, Joseph

80

28 Nov 1896

03 Dec 1896

BARNARD, George

-

12 Nov 1899

23 Nov 1899

BARNES, Mary (Hansmann)

-

29 Oct 1897

04 Nov 1897

BARNES, Olive (Green)

-

21 Dec 1898

22 Dec 1898

BARNES, Pelona (Clothier)

78

09 Apr 1896

16 Apr 1896

BARNET, Alex

69

02 Jan 1897

07 Jan 1897

BARNETT, Maude

-

31 Jan 1899

02 Feb 1899

BARR, Eliza J.

-

-

04 Jun 1896

BARROWS, Elvira F.

78

-

02 Mar 1899

BARRY, Helen

-

14 Jun 1898

23 Jun 1898

BARTA, Martin

50

-

14 Oct 1897

BARTELLS, -?- [son of Charles]

5

-

05 Jan 1899

BARTELLS, Myrtle

9

11 Nov 1897

18 Nov 1897

BARTELS, Charles

51

-

31 Aug 1899

BARTLETT, Clark

-

09 Apr 1896

16 Apr 1896

BARTLETT, James

88

-

31 Dec 1896

BARTLETT, John

80

-

30 Sep 1897

BASINER, Joseph

-

-

26 Mar 1896

BATES, Mrs. J.N.

-

-

06 Aug 1896

BATT, Alice

6 wk.

-

20 May 1897

BAUMRUCKER, Martin

-

20 Mar 1896

26 Mar 1896

BEARDSLEY, Ency W. (Ellis)

94

24 Apr 1897

29 Apr 1897

BEARDSLEY, Sarah (Finney/Penny)

69

07 Apr 1897

08 Apr/15 Apr 1897

BECKER, Charles

2 wk.

-

29 Oct 1896

BECKLEY, Edgar

69

18 Nov 1899

30 Nov/07 Dec 1899

BECKLEY, Mrs. -?- (Fry)

-

30 Jan 1898

03 Feb 1898

BECKLEY, Willard G.

34

02 Jan 1898

06 Jan 1898

BECKWITH, Sophronia (Thatcher)

81

17 Oct 1896

22 Oct/29 Oct 1896

BEDFORD, John

70

12 Jan 1896

16 Jan 1896

BEEBE, Amelia (Bunker)

82

-

13 May 1897

BEEBE, E.D.

-

-

26 May 1898

BEGLEY, John

-

18 Sep 1896

24 Sep 1896

BEGLEY, Maggie

-

21 Mar 1897

01 Apr 1897

BEGUN, H.B.

40

28 Apr 1897

29 Apr 1897

BEHAN, Ella (Love)

36

-

09 Feb 1899

BEHLING, Mattie (Breed)

19

19 Nov 1900

06 Dec 1900

BEHRENS, Mrs. -?-

-

24 Jun 1898

30 Jun 1898

BELDIN, Henry W.

66

16 Jan 1896

23 Jan/30 Jan 1896

BELDIN, John

-

-

19 Mar 1896

BELDIN, Mary

80

06 Apr 1896

16 Apr 1896

BELLOWS, Sarah (Goodman)

38

-

01 Mar 1900

BENEDICT, Mary (Davis)

-

16 Feb 1896

27 Feb 1896

BENFELDT, Charles

-

13 Aug 1900

23 Aug 1900

BENNETT, Al

-

27 Dec 1896

31 Dec 1896

BENNETT, Cynthia (Mulock)

63

-

23 Feb 1899

BENNETT, S. Fillmore

62

11 Jun 1898

16 Jun 1898

BENSON, Mary

97

-

16 Sep 1897

BENTFIELD, Joseph

-

26 Jun 1900

16 Aug 1900

BENTHUSEN, Charles

-

25 Feb 1896

27 Feb 1896

BERG, Mrs. John

-

21 Feb 1899

23 Feb 1899

BERLIN, Andy

6

08 Aug 1900

09 Aug 1900

BERLIN, Freda

17

06 Aug 1900

09 Aug 1900

BERNHARD, Philip

-

19 Dec 1897

23 Dec 1897

BESLEY, William

90

23 Dec 1897

30 Dec 1897

BETER, -?- [child of Mrs. Charles]

3 mo.

09 Jan 1897

14 Jan 1897

BEYER, Charles

3 mo.

-

21 Jan 1897

BIESENTHAL, William

34

30 Jul 1896

06 Aug 1896

BIGGS, Lilly

17

25 Dec 1897

06 Jan 1898

BINNIE, George

-

-

26 May 1898

BISBY, Hattie (Mead)

-

06 Nov 1900

08 Nov 1900

BISHOP, Jacob [Civil War Veteran]

59

21 May 1898

26 May 1898

BISHOP, Matilda

-

09 Mar 1897

18 Mar 1897

BISSELL, A.D.

-

03 Apr 1898

14 Apr 1898

BLACK, Charles

-

29 Jul 1898

04 Aug 1898

BLAISDELL, Andy M. (-?-) Webster

85

22 Jul 1900

26 Jul/02 Aug 1900

BLAISDELL, Lowell A.

48

06 Sep 1897

09 Sep 1897

BLAKE, Elizabeth

76

28 Jan 1897

11 Feb 1897

BLAKE, Peter

76

-

01 Mar 1900

BLANCHARD, William

-

-

26 Mar 1896

BLAZER, Fritz

-

-

26 Mar 1896

BLIDE, -?- [ son of Wm.]

1

-

12 May 1898

BLOCK, -?- [youngest son of Henry]

-

-

18 Mar 1897

BLY, Abner Franz Sigel

33

-

16 Sep 1897

BOCK, Florence

15

-

16 Dec 1897

BODLY, Sylvester

-

25 Nov 1891

15 Nov 1900

BOEHMER, Ray

-

29 Aug 1900

06 Sep 1900

BOGART, W.W.

43

-

02 Feb 1899

BOHL, Emma

26

11 Oct 1900

18 Oct 1900

BOLEY, Gottlieb G.

56

18 Sep 1900

27 Sep 1900

BONSLETT, Leonard

77

10 Sep 1896

17 Sep 1896

BOOMER, A.L.

58

27 Aug 1896

03 Sep 1896

BOOMER, Arthur

-

07 Oct 1900

11 Oct 1900

BORDEN, Mary

-

24 May 1898

26 May 1898

BORMAN, Charles

-

-

05 May 1898

BOSWORTH, Mary

82

07 Aug 1896

13 Aug 1896

BOURKE, James

77

22 Jul 1898

28 Jul 1898

BOURKE, Mary

69

-

28 Jun 1900

BOURNE, Andrew

80

04 Dec 1900

13 Dec 1900

BOWE, Mrs. J.P.

-

13 Sep 1896

24 Sep 1896

BOWE, Nellie

-

08 Mar 1897

18 Mar 1897

BOWEN, A.E. [Civil War Veteran]

-

08 Jan 1900

11 Jan 1900

BOXBERGER, Augusta (Hennings)

47

05 Feb 1896

13 Feb 1896

BOYLE, Martin

84

-

06 Apr 1899

BRAHA, Mrs. Frank

-

24 Feb 1896

27 Feb 1896

BRAMER, John

63

13 Mar 1899

16 Mar 1899

BRANDLOW, Mrs. Frank

-

15 Jan 1900

25 Jan 1900

BRANDOW, C.E.

76

21 Jul 1899

27 Jul 1899

BRATZLER, Charles

-

05 Mar 1897

11 Mar 1897

BRAZEL, Johanna Marie Dorothea (Roock)

-

29 Sep 1898

06 Oct 1898

BREED, Mrs. Ira

-

10 Jul 1896

16 Jul 1896

BREEN, Fred

15

-

19 Jan 1899

BREHERLY, Della (Humes)

-

-

23 Jan 1896

BREMER, Harry/Henry

71

12 May 1900

24 May 1900

BRENTS, Lucy

-

29 Jan 1897

04 Feb 1897

BREWER, Mary

-

03 Mar 1897

11 Mar 1897

BRICKLEY, John

87

05 Nov 1899

09 Nov 1899

BRICKLEY, Lottie

18

09 Mar 1899

16 Mar 1899

BRIGGS, Albert

-

15 Jan 1897

21 Jan 1897

BRIGGS, Mrs. William

20

23 Aug 1897

26 Aug/02 Sep 1897

BRINK, Hannah (French)

85

28 Oct 1896

05 Nov/03 Dec 1896

BRINK, Simon

-

07 Jun 1896

11 Jun 1896

BRINKERHOFF, Rachael

92

-

17 Sep 1896

BROEMMELKAMP, Florence

-

23 Feb 1897

04 Mar 1897

BROOKMAN, George

28

13 Mar 1900

22 Mar 1900

BROWN, Frances (Knight)

58

07 Aug 1897

12 Aug 1897

BROWN, Henry

-

16 Aug 1898

18 Aug 1898

BROWN, Josephine

14

05 Jun 1898

09 Jun 1898

BROWN, Louise/Louisa (Pierson)

88

02 Feb 1898

03 Feb/10 Feb 1898

BROWN, Louva

40

-

08 Oct 1896

BROWN, Mrs. A.H.

-

-

05 May 1898

BROWN, Neva A. (Patterson)

21

-

23 Jul 1896

BROWN, Newman Patterson

8 mo.

29 Mar 1897

01 Apr 1897

BRUNCHEON, George

-

18 Apr 1900

26 Apr 1900

BRUNSON, Libbie

39

09 Aug 1900

23 Aug 1900

BUCHOLTZ, Mrs. John

-

08 Feb 1899

16 Feb 1899

BUCK, Gideon L.

71

18 Jun 1897

01 Jul 1897

BUCK, Isabel

-

-

04 Jun 1896