Woodford County

PHOTOGRAPHS

Woodford Families and Homesteads

Frank and Angelina Grebner Family

Back: Isidor, Hilarius (Larry), Pauline, Josephine
Front: Lawrence, Frank, Herman, Angelina, Alfred
(this is before my father was born)

Frank Grebner Home

1912

Frank Grebner Barn

1912

 Farming in Worth Township Woodford County

I think this photo, hand colored by Arthur Grebner, is of his dad's (Frank Grebner's) farm.

Born: 23 Sep 1811 Germany
Died: 15 Feb 1890 Woodford Co IL
Burial: St. Mary's of Lourdes Cem, Worth Twp, Woodford Co IL

Johann Adam Müller, arrived in Worth Township in Woodford County in the Fall, about August, 1841 with Nikolaus and Nikolaus' son Michael Müller. Johann Adam married Marianna Peters (no photo) and she is also buried at St. Mary's of Lourdes Cem.

Born: 10 Jul 1845 Hörstein Unterfranken Bavaria Germany
Died: 20 Jan 1912 Peoria Co IL
Burial: St. Mary's of Lourdes Cem, Worth Twp, Woodford Co IL

Left Germany in May of 1846 with his parents Jakob Grebner and Barbara Gerst and the other children in the family: Eva, Friederich and Anna M (Maria Anna). Settled in Worth township in Woodford County as did many other families from Hörstein. Kilian married Veronica Mueller a daughter of Johann Adam Müller. Veronica is also buried at St. Mary's of Lourdes Cem.

Kilian and Veronica are my great grandparents.

Marjorie Grebner Welsch

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Donated by Marjorie Grebner Welsch

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John and Louisa Grebner Family
circa 1925

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Donated by Marjorie Grebner Welsch

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