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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 ...
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 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...
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...
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...
Wikipedia Roosevelt University is a coeducational, private university with campuses in Chicago, Illinois and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university is named in honor of both former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The university's curriculum is based on principles of social justice. The university enrolls around 7,000 students between its un...
Cook County Cemetery at Oak Forest This is the “daughter” cemetery of Cook County Cemetery at Dunning. (Also known as: Oak Forest Cemetery, Cook County Potters Field) Location: 159th and Crawford on Grounds of Oak Forest Hospital Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois 60452 Bremen Township Section: 22 Township 36 Range: 13 Latitude/Longitude: 41°57'19.8"N 87°47'28.6"W Cemetery records at: Oa...
With over 38,000 burials spanning some seventy years, it served as an institutional cemetery for the Cook County institutions. These consisted of the County Poor house and farm opened 1854, the Insane Asylum opened 1869, the infirmary opened 1882, and the Consumptive hospital (TB), opened 1899 and was the official Cook County potters field serving the poor and indigent of the county. The cemete...
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 ...
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 Co...
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 Columbia College Chicago is a private college specializing in arts and media disciplines and located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, it has 5,928 students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.[5] It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Columbia College Chicago is the host institution of several affiliated educational, cultur...
Wikipedia =Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting research university located in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design and law. It traces its history to several 19th century engineering and...
Bohemian National Cemetery (Czech: Český národní hřbitov) is a cemetery at 5255 North Pulaski Road on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. The cemetery was established by members of Chicago's Czech community in 1877. The community had been outraged when a Czech Catholic woman named Marie Silhanek was denied burial at several Catholic cemeteries in Chicago because she supposedly never made her ...
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...
A Brief History of Christ Church Churchyard (1836 – Today) by E. Smith Evidence suggests that, what is today Christ Church Churchyard, has been used as a burial ground for close to 200 years. The first known burials which occurred on this site were those of Erastus and Lucia Patterson, father and daughter, who, along with Erastus' wife, Zeruah, were the first white inhabitants of the area in ...
Wikipedia =Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public state university located in Chicago, Illinois. NEIU serves 10,000 students in the region and is a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution. The main campus is located in the community area of North Park with three additional campuses in the metropolitan area. NEIU has one of the longest running free form community radio sta...
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (The Chicago School) is a private university with its main campus in Chicago, Illinois. It has more than 5,700 students at campuses across the United States. The university offers more than 30 academic programs in a variety of professional fields such as psychology, business, health care, health services, education, counseling, and nursing. Wikipedia
The cemetery is located on 11333 South Central Avenue, Oak Lawn, Cook County, Illinois. It's also known as Sleepy Hollow Memorial Garden . Find a Grave
Central YMCA College was a college operated by the YMCA in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was founded prior to or in 1922. and was accredited in 1924. It was closed in 1945 after the university president and a large majority of the faculty and students left to form what became Roosevelt University. Central YMCA Community College opened in the fall of 1961 and operated until June 1982. It...
This cemetery has existed since about WWI and was originally a Masonic cemetery. It is very well maintained and still active, with a funeral home on the property. One very unique fact about this cemetery. It is surrounded by a wrought iron fence, with deer and ducks within the cemetery. Any time you visit you can see deer roaming the grounds, and there is a pond for the ducks. Address: 12540 S...
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...
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...
The cemetery is located on 430 Brushy Creek Church Road, Adel, Cook County, Georgia. Find a Grave
Owned and operated by the City of Elgin, Bluff City Cemetery is a nonsectarian cemetery that has provided the final resting place for area residents since 1889. Bluff City Cemetery’s 108-acres of well maintained grounds, bordering fen and butterfly garden provide a beautiful and peaceful setting for visitors to remember loved ones. Address: 945 Bluff City Boulevard Elgin, Cook County, Illinois...