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McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society

 

Index to Death Notices Appearing in The Sentinel (Woodstock, IL), 1856-1894

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Surname Age Date of Death Date of Issue
EAKIN, Samuel 83 07 Mar 1884 13 Mar 1884
EARING, Samuel - 18 Sep 1878 17 Oct 1878
EARLEY, Mrs. C.H. (Henry) - 04 Dec 1856 25 Dec 1856
EARNGEY, Samuel L. 32 12 Dec 1893 21 Dec 1893
EASTMAN, — [daughter of A.] - 13 Aug 1894 23 Aug 1894
EASTMAN, Mrs. Amanda 65 04 May 1864 08 Jun 1864
EASTON, — [daughter of Louis] - - 1 Nov 1894
EASTWOOD, Martin -- -- 03 Nov 1881
EATON, Thomas - - 22 Feb 1865
ECKERT, — [child of Michael G.] -- -- 18 Nov 1880
ECKERT, — [dau of Michael] 3 -- 28 Oct 1880
ECKERT, — [son of Geo. F. - - 28 Apr 1892
ECKERT, — [son of Geo. F.] - 3 Oct 1894 4 Oct 1894
ECKERT, Amy 44 15 Oct 1888 18 Oct/25 Oct 1888
ECKERT, Chester Louis - 25 Sep 1891 01 Oct 1891
ECKERT, Dora 8 16 Jan 1864 27 Jan 1864
ECKERT, Henry 66 04 Dec 1892 08 Dec 1892
ECKERT, Michael G. 55 13 Nov 1893 16 Nov 1893
ECKERT, Michael S. - - 18 Oct 1894
ECKERT, Michael S. 62 17 Oct 1894 1 Nov 1894
ECKERT, Willis G. 1 05 Nov 1871 16 Nov 1871
EDDY, Cora A. 4 26 Oct 1884 30 Oct 1884
EDDY, Harry Lewis 1 20 Oct 1859 23 Nov 1859
EDDY, James 80 07 Mar 1888 15 Mar 1888
EDDY, John -- -- 09 Sep 1886
EDDY, May Louisa (Wicks) 71 06 Feb 1886 11 Feb 1886
EDDY, Robert 34 30 Dec 1859 22 Feb 1860
EDWARDS, Clark - - 30 Nov 1892
EDWARDS, Frank 2 - 08 May 1890
EDWARDS, Fred O. 32 -- 17 Oct 1889
EDWARDS, Jennie - - 28 May 1891
EDWARDS, Joseph 65 19 Mar 1882 20 Apr 1882
EDWARDS, Lulu 11mo. 03 May 1864 11 May 1864
EDWARDS, Mr. -- -- 23 Mar 1882
EDWARDS, Mrs. - - 12 Mar 1891
EDWARDS, Mrs. Alfred - - 21 Dec 1876
EGGLESTON, — [4 children of Oscar] - - 08 Feb 1877
EGGLESTON, Mabel E. 12 27 Oct 1889 07 Nov/21 Nov 1889
EHLE, G.L. 61 04 Jan 1880 29 Jan 1880
EHLE, Jane Ann 2 05 Mar 1866 15 Mar 1866
EHLE, Jane Anna 12 05 Mar 1861 13 Mar 1861
EHLE, John 76 28 Mar 1871 13 Apr/20Apr 1871
EHLE, Mrs. -?- - - 30 Sep 1869
EHRKE, — [child of Fred] - - 21 May 1891
EHRKE, — [child of Fred] - - 03 Sep 1891
ELDRED, — [child] - - 19 Nov 1879
ELKINS, Henry A. 37 -- 31 Jul 1884
ELLET, Eichard K. - 06 Sep 1876 14 Sep 1876
ELLET, John A. 53 13 Apr 1892 28 Apr 1892
ELLIOTT, — [child of Joe] - - 19 Feb 1891
ELLIS, Charles - - 12 Jul 1894
ELLIS, Joseph J. - 03 Dec 1863 23 Dec 1863
ELLIS, L.W. 83 - 13 Dec 1877
ELLIS, T.S. - - 28 Jun 1894
ELLIS, Thomas Jefferson 83 24 Jun 1894 28 Jun 1894
ELLISON, Nelson - 26 Feb 1862 12 Mar/19 Mar 1862
ELLSWORTH, — [child of Henry] - - 24 Sep 1874
ELLSWORTH, Charles L. 39 29 Aug 1884 18 Sep 1884
ELLSWORTH, Daniel -- -- 05 Jul 1883
ELLSWORTH, Edith -- -- 13 Dec/20 Dec 1888
ELLSWORTH, Emily - - 01 May 1890
ELLSWORTH, Lewis -- -- 17 Feb 1881
ELLSWORTH, Mrs. -- - - 13 Mar 1873
ELLSWORTH, Phoebe (Brunson) 37 13 May 1888 17 May/07 Jun 1888
ELLSWORTH, Willie 2 27 Jul 1875 29 Jul 1875
ELLWOOD, Reuben -- -- 02 Jul/09 Jul 1885
ELSTON, Anna -- 17 Jan 1883 25 Jan 1883
ELSWORTH, Barbara - 27 Jan 1872 08 Feb 1872
EMMEL, — [child of Peter] - - 14 Jul 1892
EMMONDS, -?- [child] - - 01 Oct 1868
ENDERS, Thos. O. - - 26 Jul 1894
ENGEL, Mrs. Margaret - - 30 Aug 1894
ENGLAND, Anna (Gilbert) 67 - 15 May 1890
ENNERSON, A. - - 16 Aug 1893
ENO, Dell - - 16 Oct 1873
ENOS, Eben -- -- 07 Apr 1881
ENOS, P. Brink - 07 Apr 1872 18 Apr 1872
EPPEL, George 18 7 Dec 1893 14 Dec 1893
EPPEL, Laura 11 9 Dec 1893 14 Dec 1893
EPPEL, Mr. -- - - 10 Apr 1873
EPPEL, Mrs. A.M. 86 - 11 Sep 1890
ERCANBACK, John R. - - 18 Mar 1863
ERCANBRACK, Catherine 72 16 Dec 1883 20 Dec 1883
ERCANBRACK, Ernie 7 24 Feb 1886 01 Apr/29 Apr 1886
ERCANBRACK, Frankie 9 19 Feb 1886 01 Apr/29 Apr 1886
ERCANBRACK, George 19 9 Oct 1893 12 Oct/19 Oct 1893
ERCANBRACK, Ray 1 30 Jan 1886 04 Feb/01 Apr/29 Apr 1886
ERICSON, Mrs. -- - - 19 Mar 1874
ERKENBRACK, — [son of Charley] - - 17 Apr 1890
ERKENBRACK, Virtue 91 04 Nov 1876 09 Nov 1876
ESPLIN, Elizabeth 71 16 Jul 1880 29 Jul 1880
ESUS(?), Roswell 70 08 May 1858 12 May 1858
ETTLESON, John -- -- 06 May 1886
EVANS, John D. - - 30 Mar 1871
EVANS, Mrs. - - 27 Mar 1879
EVEREST, Anna Mary (Foot) -- 02 Mar 1885 26 Mar 1885
Research Note: The Woodstock Sentinel is the oldest extant newspaper in McHenry County. The first issue was published on July 17, 1856, a single sheet containing no local news and only four columns of advertisements. As its popularity grew, the editors added local news, including death notices and marriage announcements. Not a single birth notice appears in the issues from 1856 through 1869. Researchers should be aware that obituaries, as we know them today, were very rare in the early issues of this newspaper. Instead, death notices were published—usually a line or two providing the name, age, death date, and sometimes the names of parents or a spouse. These early issues are extremely difficult to read; variant spellings and misspellings of names were frequent.
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