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This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Chicago, Illinois. This project is in the Cook County, Illinois project. The name "Chicago" is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, known to botanists as Allium tricoccum, from the Miami-Illinois language. The first known reference to the site of the current city of Chicago as "Checagou" was by Robert ...
This project is for those who were born, lived, and died in Cook County, Illinois. Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the second-most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County, California. As of 2015, the population was 5,238,216. Its county seat is Chicago , the largest city in Illinois and third-most populous city in the United States. More than 4...
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Chicago. Jews came to Chicago from virtually every country in Europe and the Middle East, but especially from Germany and Eastern Europe. Unlike most other immigrant groups, Jews left the Old Country with no thoughts of ever returning to lands where so many had experienced poverty, discrimination, and even sporadic massacres. J...
Homewood Memorial Gardens is comprised of several older cemeteries and burial grounds. Holland (Mount Holland) Cemetery was the burial place of the early Dutch settlers from nearby South Holland, Illinois and saw its first burials in the late 1850s. The other early cemeteries included Fremont Holbrook Cemetery , Oak Ridge Cemetery , and the Doepp Estate Plot . By the early 1900s all of these ce...
The University of Chicago ( UChicago ) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. In Fall 2021, it enrolled 18,452 students, including 7,559 undergraduates and 10,893 graduate students. The university is composed of an undergraduate college and five graduate research divisions, which contain all of the...
Oak Woods Cemetery is located in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. It is a private cemetery owned and operated by Dignity Corporation, and is not affiliated with any church denomination. It is one of the more significant historic cemeteries on Chicago's south side with burial sites of renowned figures like Mayor Harold Washington, civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, and Olympian Jesse Owens. Th...
Wikipedia =The Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) is a 4-year private optometry college located in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Graduating approximately 160 optometrists a year, it is the largest optometry college in the United States and is the oldest continually operating educational facility dedicated solely to the teaching of optometrists. The College complex incorporates more than 366,0...
Wikipedia =Loyola University Chicago (often referred to as Loyola or LUC) is a private American Catholic university located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Jesuits, today Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the nation and a major contributor to Chicago's economic and cultural capital. Loyola's professional schools have educated generations of local business and ci...
Graceland Cemetery is one of Chicago’s finest hidden treasures. On the North Side, amongst the everyday hustle and bustle, lies a serene yet vibrant park-like cemetery. Located between two major Chicago cross streets, Clark & Irving Park, Graceland Cemetery is the final resting place to many prominent Chicago figures, including athletes, politicians, industrialists and many of the finest archi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cook County, Georgia. Official Website The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 30, 1918, and ratified November 5, 1918. It is named for former Civil War general Philip Cook of the Confederate States Army. Adjacent Counties Tift County Berrien County Lowndes County Brooks County Colquitt Cou...
Oakridge Cemetery and Glen Oak Cemetery were once two cemeteries, side-by-side. They are now one single cemetery with combined names. The cemetery is located on 4301 West Roosevelt Road, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois or Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA: Find a Grave German Waldheim Cemetery , previously known as Waldheim Cemetery , was originally founded in 1873 as a non-religion-specific cemetery, where Freemasons , Romani, and German -speaking immigrants to Chicago could be buried without regard for religious affiliation. In 196...
This project is for those buried in Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. Mount Greenwood Cemetery was established in 1879 and the first burial was Apr 01, 1880. This cemetery is owned by the Mount Greenwood Cemetery Association, which is private stockholders. Find a Grave Interment.net Chicago Tribune Article - December 13, 2020 The Beverly Review Article - July 21, 2020 Hist...
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Elgin, Illinois. Official Website Elgin is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of Illinois, United States. Elgin is located 35 miles northwest of Chicago, along the Fox River. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 114,797, the sixth-largest city in Illinois. History The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Blac...
Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary (G-ETS) is a private seminary and graduate school of theology related to the United Methodist Church. It is located in Evanston, Illinois on the campus of Northwestern University. The seminary offers a number of masters and doctoral-level degree programs in the theological disciplines and promotes a wide range of programming through its academic Centers ...
Concordia Cemetery, founded in 1872, is operated by an association of several Lutheran congregations in Chicago. The Des Plaines River runs along the cemetery's western side, and the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) marks the southern boundary; the expressway's construction in the early 1950s necessitated the relocation of several thousand graves in the cemetery, as was also true of Forest Home Ce...
Wikipedia =DePaul University is a private university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1998, it became the largest Catholic university by enrollment in the United States. Following in the footsteps of its founders, DePaul places special emphasis on recruiting first-generation stud...
Siia projekti kogume kõik eestlased kes on Chicagos või selle ümbruses elanud mõnda aega, tegutsenud eesti organisatsioonides ja osalenud eestipärastel üritustel. Nende hulgas:Chicago Eesti Maja (Estonian House of Chicago)Chicago Eesti SeltsPõhja Illinois Eestlaste KoondisEELK Chicago Esimene KogudusEELK Chicago Pauluse KogudusKesk - Lääne Eesti Noorte Koondis (KLENK)Chicago Eesti SegakoorPõhja...
Rosehill Cemetery (founded 1859) is an American garden cemetery on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, and at 350 acres (1.4 km2), is the largest cemetery in the City of Chicago. According to legend, the name "Rosehill" resulted from a City Clerk's error – the area was previously called "Roe's Hill", named for nearby farmer Hiram Roe. He refused to sell his land to the city until it was promis...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cook County, Minnesota. Official Website The first inhabitants of this area were the Ojibwe people. The first non-indigenous people to see the area were French fur traders, a few of whom settled in the area (by the 1830s the French population of this area was a few dozen). In the 1830s, settlers began arriving from New England and f...
The Jewish Graceland Cemetery project began in the 1980s. Norman Schwartz provided the early inspiration, essential guidance, and much of the original work. JGSI volunteers spent many hours at the cemetery recording gravestone information and locations. This information was indexed and recorded in an off-line database which has helped many people over the years. Jewish Genealogical Society of...
National Radio Hall of Fame=The National Radio Hall of Fame is a project of Bruce DuMont, CEO of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, and is described as a museum dedicated to recognizing those who have contributed to the development of the radio medium throughout its history in the United States. The Hall of Fame is slated to be housed in a wing of the Museum of Broadcast Communications bui...
Irving Park Cemetery is located at 7777 West Irving Park Road, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Irving Park Cemetery performed its first interment in July 1918. Some of the victims of the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre are buried at Irving Park Cemetery. Kay Armen – (1915–2011), singer and actress Carmel Henry Carfora – (1878–1958), bishop of the Old Catholic church Fred Goetz –...
Consecrated in 1893, Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery was established to serve the growing Polish community in the southeast Chicagoland area. Located in Calumet City, Illinois, the Cemetery spans 141 acres and has over 99,000 interments (as of 12/31/22). In 1983, the Garden Mausoleum crypt complex was opened, which features outdoor above-ground burial spaces for full-body and cremated remains. ...
Original Cemetery donated to the village by Joel Wood. The earliest gravestone dates to 1854. The Hillside Cemetery Association was formed in 1946 and Palatine Township took over the cemetery in 1996. The gate opens on Smith Street north of Colfax Street. There was formerly another, smaller opening south of the main gate, now closed off with the fencing. The first 18 plots are to the left of ...