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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
O’BRIEN, Daniel 23 - 03 Aug 1871
O’BRIEN, John -- -- 18 Aug 1887
O’BRIEN, Mrs. Patrick 60 15 Feb 1889 28 Feb 1889
O’BRIEN, Sarah -- -- 19 May 1881
O’CONNOR, Daniel - - 07 May 1891
O’CONNOR, Eugene 45 22 Apr 1892 28 Apr 1892
O’CONNOR, John -- -- 23 Apr 1885
O’HARA, James - - 17 Feb 1876
O’HOLORAN, Patrick -- -- 04 Aug 1887
O’LEARY, Helen 20 - 30 Mar 1893
O’MALLY, Mrs. - - 2 Nov 1893
O’NEIL, Mrs. M. -- 02 Oct 1883 08 Nov 1883
O’NEIL, O. -- -- 22 Jan 1880
O’NEILL, Mrs. 84 - 12 Feb 1891
O’TOOLE, Dantel - - 01 Oct 1891
O’TOOLE, Patrick 70 18 Sep 1888 20 Sep/27 Sep 1888
OAKEY, Mrs. - - 23 Oct 1879
OAKLEY, Mrs. John - - 24 Aug 1871
OCOCK, Susan 44 18 Jan 1893 02 Feb 1893
ODELL, -- -- -- 13 Sep 1888
ODELL, Mrs. Abigail 96 11 May 1865 17 May 1865
OGBEN, — [mother of Wm.] -- 17 Feb 1882 02 Mar 1882
OGBIN, Sarah H. (JOHNSON) 63 11 Aug 1894 15 Aug 1894
OGBIN, Stephen 58 -- 14 Jul 1881
OGBIN, Wm. - - 17 Sep 1862
OLESON, -- 6 -- 15 Jul 1886
OLMSTEAD, — "Grandma" 87 -- 21 Jun 1883
OLMSTEAD, E.S. - - 24 Mar 1892
OLMSTEAD, Eleanor Maria (Marshall) 65 11 Sep 1887 22 Sep 1887
OLMSTEAD, Mrs. E.S. -- -- 15 Sep 1887
OLMSTEAD, Peniniah H. 88 16 Jun 1883 23 Aug 1883
OLMSTEAD, Silas 80 06 Jan 1870 20 Jan 1870
OLMSTEAD, William Raymond 14 3 Nov 1894 8 Nov 1894
OLSON, Matilda Wilhelmina 36 11 Apr 1891 23 Apr 1891
OLSON, P.C. - - 21 Dec 1864
ORMSBY, Earl G. 2 26 Aug 1859 07 Sep 1859
ORMSBY, Lucia L. (Bunker) 56 17 Jun 1885 18 Jun/25 Jun 1885
OSBORN, — [infant child of Dwight] - - 3 May 1894
OSBORNE, O.A. -- -- 15 Feb 1883
OSMAN, Elon Quincy 1 25 Jan 1866 01 Feb 1866
OSMAN, Mrs. Mary 94 12 Feb 1863 18 Feb 1863
OSTER, Philip - - 31 Jan 1878
OSTERHOUT, John -- -- 17 Feb 1887
OSTLER, Caroline (Edick) 56 21 Nov 1888 29 Nov 1888
OTIS, — [child of A.B.] - 05 Aug 1890 14 Aug 1890
OTIS, H.G. - - 05 Apr 1865
OTIS, Mr. - - 22 Oct 1891
OTT, -- - - 26 Nov 1891
OTT, Michael - - 27 Mar 1890
OUREDNIK, John - - 02 Apr 1891
OVEROCKER, Anthony 58 - 16 Mar 1864
OVERTON, Annie - - 13 Feb 1873
OVERTON, Mr. -- - - 06 Oct 1870
OVERTON, Ruthie 16 27 Jan 1880 05 Feb 1880
OVIATT, Elizabeth A. (Bailey) - - 20 Feb 1879
OWEN, Edwin M. 70 03 Dec 1891 10 Dec 1891
OWEN, Frank Lawrence 4 mo. 18 Aug 1860 19 Sep 1860
OWEN, Fred Butler 1 19 Apr 1863 20 May 1863
OWEN, Herman - - 21 Nov 1872
OWEN, Katie Lindsey 9 29 Mar 1875 08 Apr 1875
OWENS, — [child of Mrs. Effie] -- -- 01 Sep 1887
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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