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McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society

 

Index to Death Notices in the Marengo Republican 1881-1954

The following indexes represent a list of deceased individuals whose notice of death appeared in the weekly Marengo Republican newspaper. 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.  

Note that the years 1889, 1910-1913  are missing in their entirety and issues may be randomly missing within any given year, notably 1891.
 
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Surname Age Date of Death Date of Issue
ABBOTT, Jennie 59 30 Apr 1904 6 May 1904
ABBOTT, Julia 20 11 Dec 1887 16 Dec 1887
ABBOTT, Mrs. W.P. 74 30 Dec 1884 02 Jan 1885
ABBOTT, William P. 78 01 May 1890 09 May 1890
ABELL, William 67 22 Jul 1933 [sic] 6 Jul 1933
ABERNATHY, Emma 61 11 Feb 1933 16 Feb 1933
ABERNATHY, Harold R. 29 24 Jan 1937 28 Jan 1937
ABRAHAM Albert 92 16 Sep 1950 21 Sep 1950
ABRAHAM Emil C. 56 10 Feb 1954 18 Feb 1954
ABRAHAM George 33 05 Nov 1950 09 Nov 1950
ABRAHAM Hannah 90 03 Feb 1947 06 Feb 1947
ABRAHAM, Herman L. 57 26 Oct 1929 31 Oct 1929
ABRAHAM, Julius 66 13 Jun 931 18 Jun 1931
ABRAHAM, Max H.F. 25 13 Mar 1919 20 Mar 1919
ABRAHAM, Mrs. Julius 47 16 Nov 1917 22 Nov 1917
ABUREY, William 55 12 Nov 1907 15 Nov 1907
ACKEMANN, William 48 30 Jan 1901 1 Feb 1901
ACKER Roy H. 60 05 Jan 1952 10 Jan 1952
ACKMAN Emma L. 70 03 May 1949 05 May 1949
ACKMAN Roland 42 23 Aug 1954 02 Sep 1954
ACKMAN, Charles - 22 Aug 1917 30 Aug 1917
ACKMAN, Louisa 80 1 Oct 1934 25 Oct 1934
ACKMAN, Mrs. Wm. - 1 Apr 1932 7 Apr 1932
ACKMAN, Wilhelmine H. 75 5 Mar 1931 12 Mar 1931
ACKMANN, Wm. Henry 48 23 Dec 1928 10 Jan 1929
ADAMS Lorah 81 06 Nov 1949 17 Nov 1949
ADAMS, Agnes [twin] 9 mo. 13 Oct 1892 21 Oct 1892
ADAMS, George B. 67 02 May 1883 04 May 1883
ADAMS, John 66 08 Feb 1885 20 Feb 1885
ADAMS, John 30 27 Aug 1887 02 Sep 1887
ADAMS, John Q. 80 10 Nov 1922 16 Nov 1922
ADAMS, Lucy M. 13 26 Oct 1895 01 Nov 1895
ADAMS, Lucy R. 85 6 Jun 1909 11 Jun 1909
ADAMS, Mary C. 64 6 Dec 1916 14 Dec 1916
ADAMS, Olive 87 29 Mar 1934 5 Apr 1934
ADAMS, Zella 73 31 May 1936 4 Jun 1936
AGNEW, Georgia 26 11 Mar 1917 15 Mar 1917
AHLGREN, Henry 21 23 Oct 1909 29 Oct 1909
AHLSTROM, John A. 75 4 Mar 1929 14 Mar 1929
AHLSTROM, Mrs. John 76 17 Apr 1927 21 Apr 1927
AINGER, Jane 74 1 Feb 1914 13 Feb 1914
ALBEE, Mrs. Orin 70 10 Dec 1907 13 Dec/20 Dec 1907
ALBRECHT Marie 88 18 Apr 1951 26 Apr 1951
ALCOTT, A. 79 12 Nov 1887 02 Dec 1887
ALEXANDER, John C. 50 7 Nov 1937 11 Nov 1937
ALLBEE Orrin Alfred 73 04 Mar 1945 15 Mar 1945
ALLBEE, Orrin 84 10 Feb 1914 13 Feb 1914
ALLEN Dell 94 24 May 1952 29 May 1952
ALLEN, Caroline Coon 81 1 Jan 1920 8 Jan 1920
ALLEN, Egbert F. 56 26 Mar 1893 31 Mar 1893
ALLEN, Ellen 46 11 Jan 1890 17 Jan 1890
ALLEN, Inez 76 31 Dec 1922 18 Jan 1923
ALLEN, Martin 83 28 Mar 1896 03 Apr 1896
ALLEN, Mrs. Susan 89 27 Jan 1901 1 Feb 1901
ALLMAN, John F. 58 7 Jan 1936 16 Jan 1936
ALLYN, Orr M. 45 30 Oct 1931 12 Nov 1931
ALSTYNE, Elizabeth 96 3 Aug 1930 7 Aug 1930
ALTON, Emma 75 23 Apr 1939 27 Apr 1939
ANDERSON Christine 89 21 Jul 1952 24 Jul 1952
ANDERSON Claudia 3 da. 20 Jan 1951 01 Feb 1951
ANDERSON Marjorie 53 10 Sep 1947 11 Sep 1947
ANDERSON, Anna 21 13 Jul 1904 22 Jul 1904
ANDERSON, August 37 01 Jul 1897 09 Jul 1897
ANDERSON, Augusta 41 14 Jan 1909 15 Jan 1909
ANDERSON, Edla Charlotte 68 7 Feb 1925 19 Feb 1925
ANDERSON, Edward 82 27 Jan 1934 1 Feb 1934
ANDERSON, Emma 74 29 Jun 1933 29 Jun 1933
ANDERSON, John A. 58 11 Jul 1921 14 Jul 1921
ANDERSON, Mrs. A. - 04 Jan 1892 08 Jan 1892
ANDERSON, Oscar 66 19 May 1933 23 May 1933
ANDERSON, Ray Harold 1 22 Feb 1895 01 Mar 1895
ANDERSON, Richard 28 27 Jan 1935 31 Jan 1935
ANDERSON, Rose 53 15 Feb 1937 18 Feb 1937
ANDERSON, S.A. 88 25 Jun 1936 2 Jul 1936
ANDREAS, Christian 50 29 Sep 1908 16 Oct 1908
ANDREAS, Ernest 49 6 Feb 1932 11 Feb 1932
ANDREAS, Francis 17 20 Oct 1935 24 Oct 1935
ANDREWS Mary 86 05 Dec 1951 13 Dec 1951
ANDREWS, Ella May 38 5 Nov 1923 15 Nov 1923
ANDREWS, Frank 18 09 Feb 1883 16 Feb 1883
ANDREWS, Luman V. 66 5 Feb 1926 11 Feb 1926
ANDREWS, Margaret - 23 Sep 1928 17 Jan 1929
ANDREWS, Mrs. J.J. 44 13 Apr 1924 17 Apr 1924
ANGLE, Mrs. Mary P. 54 16 Sep 1881 30 Sep 1881
ANNIS Horace 63 12 May 1950 18 May 1950
ANTHONY Roland E. 57 22 Sep 1949 29 Sep 1949
ANTHONY, Carson 72 6 Feb 1929 21 Feb 1929
ANTHONY, Emma 55 17 Mar 1917 25 Mar 1917
ANTHONY, Helen 27 20 Dec 1930 25 Dec 1930
ANTHONY, John 59 21 Jul 1927 28 Jul 1927
ANTHONY, Mary 80 10 Oct 1908 16 Oct 1908
ARGALL, Edna 57 6 Jul 1938 14 Jul 1938
ARLINGTON, -?- [dau. of John] 1 28 Apr 1885 01 May 1885
ARLINGTON, Edward 28 6 Aug 1914 14 Aug 1914
ARLINGTON, Frederick C. 30 8 Aug 1917 16 Aug 1917
ARLINGTON, John W. 69 24 May 1921 26 May 1921
ARLINGTON, Mary Ellen 10 mo. 12 Dec 1926 16 Dec 1926
ARLINGTON, Nellie 20 1 Mar 1914 13 Mar 1914
ARNOLD, Gordon A. 35 6 Jun 1919 12 Jun 1919
ASHELFORD William 17 11 Sep 1952 18 Sep 1952
ATKINSON, Charles D. 36 06 Jan 1888 27 Jan 1888
AUSTIN, Agnes Purves 81 1 Mar 1931 5 Mar 1931
AUSTIN, Clara 30 11 Jul 1894 13 Jul 1894
AUSTIN, Jerome Q. 46 23 Feb 1893 24 Feb/10 Mar 1893
AUSTIN, Mrs. Evaline 74 07 Apr 1893 14 Apr/21 Apr 1893
AUSTIN, Richard F. 65 6 Feb 1919 13 Feb 1919
AUSTIN, Rufus 72 30 Oct 1922 2 Nov 1922
AVERILL Ida 92 21 Aug 1943 26 Aug 1954
AVERILL, Frederick 58 25 Apr 1935 2 May 1935
AVERILL, Maria L. 89 9 Feb 1929 14 Feb 1929
AVERILL, William 62 16 Sep 1934 20 Sep 1934
AVERY Mrs. Louis 81 10 Nov 1949 17 Nov 1949
AVERY, Viola 9 16 Feb 1922 23 Feb 1922
AVERY, William 71 16 Nov 1896 20 Nov 1896
AXTELL, Anna 72 10 Jul 1885 17 Jul 1885
AXTELL, H.U. 77 06 Apr 1888 13 Apr 1888
AYER, Mary D. 82 12 Mar 1895 22 Mar 1895
Research Note:
The Marengo Republican was started in 1867 and was originally published in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois. In 1868, its offices were moved to Marengo, McHenry County and the name was eventually changed to the Marengo Republican News. The newspaper flourished as a weekly for over a century—catering primarily to residents in the villages and townships of Dunham, Harmony, Marengo, Coral, Riley, Union and Huntley—before being purchased in 1987 by the Northwest Herald newspaper group.

Microfilmed and hard-bound copies of the newspaper are owned by the Marengo Public Library, 200 South State Street, Marengo, IL 60152. Call ahead to confirm availability of the films and the working condition of the microfilm reader.  MCIGS is unable to fill requests for obituaries from Marengo newspapers at the present time.  
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