Bensenville (Our Little Red Book ) by Martha Kirker Jones 1976 The Bensenville Community Public Library has several circulating copies of the book. The call number is 977.324 JON. The following is the index for the book. Addison Street 2, 17, 18, 46. 47, 92, 99 Addison Township 2, 5, 6, 14 Airliner Crash 105 Andorf, Richard 44 Army Trail Road 6 Asche, William 12 Automobiles 35, 53 Bachelor, Lena 56 Bank 26, 30, 31 Baran, Mrs. Walter 121 Barron Street 54, 138 Bartells, H. W. F. 23, 24, 26 Baseball Team 45, 46 Bates, Fred 17 Baucke, Christian 2, 4, 17, 75 Bean, James 10 Beck, Victor 41 Bensenville Baseball Team 45 Bensenville Bible Church 139, 140 Bensenville Community Church 139, 140 Bensenville Community High School 82,84 Bensenville Depot 37 Bensenville Firemen’s Association 108 Bensenville Home Society 20 Bensenville Junction Miniature Golf Course 116 Bensenville Record 21 Benson, Rev. Norman E. 144 Bergstraesser, Rev. 126 Birk Brothers Brewery 38 Black Hawk War 6 Blackhawk Junior High School 87 Board of Trustees 70 Boldebuck, Ernst 41 Boldebuck, George 108, 103 Boske, William 10 Branigar Real Estate 123 Brauer, Rev. E. A. 125 Bremer, Edward 49 Brentwood 61 Brettman, Edwin 12 Brettman, Louis 11, 13, 41 Breutner, George F. 80 Brown, Carleton 80 Buchholtz, Henry 126 Buckhorn Tavern 12 Businesses 2, 3, 16-17, 19, 21, 33-39, 44, 46-49, 51-63, 65-67, 76, 82-83, 105, 107 Cachand, Ludwid 125 Cadet Program 94 Calvary Baptist Church 143 Capoot, Jessie O. 78 Center Street 2, 3, 17, 18, 30, 35, 38, 47, 54, 57, 59, 62, 92, 103, 106, 130, 135 Chabin, Joseph 108 Chicago Pacific Railroad 16 Christian Science 143 Church Road 1, 5, 7, 13, 16, 27, 54, 58, 61, 83, 94, 105, 122, 125, 126-130, 140, 141, 143 Churches 64, 107, 125--144 Churchville 125, 129, 130 Churchville School 3, 76 Civil Service 93 Cogswell corner 130 Cogswell, George 2, 4 Cogswell, Henry 2 Dean, Dorothy 52 Deer Park 123 Depression Years 47 Deutsch, Rev. William 144 Devon Avenue 116 Dierking, Henry 35 Dierk's Farmhouse 20 Douglas Aircraft 52, 56 Dr. H. W. F. Bartells' Home 23 Duerkop, John 57 Dunklee, Amy 7 Dunklee, Ebenezer 7 Dunklee, Hezediah 6 Dunklee, Julia 7 Dunklee’s Grove 125-126 Dunning, D. S. 10 Dunteman, W. F. 41, 46, 130 DuPage County Forest Preserve District 116 Early Settlers 7, 10 Ehlers Brothers 45 Ehlers, Edward 18 Ehlers, Erna 78 Eichhoff, Frederick 2 Electricity 40 Elfring, Fred 38 Elfring's General Store 19, 21, 37, 38, 39 Ellmore’s Fire 106 Elmhurst Quarry 17 Elmhurst Road, see York Road Ernsting, Henry 21 Ernsting, W. A. 81 Ervanberg, L. C. 125 Evangelical United Brethren 130 Evergreen Street 26, 43 Farms 1, 14, 16-17, 35, 40, 54, 56, 61, 99 Feller, Bill 103 Fensky, Max 35 Fenton High School 121, 140, 144 Fenton, Fred C. 78 Ferrell, Rev. Edward 144 Fillmore, B. F. 10 Fire Bell Tower 102 Fire Chiefs 114 Fire Department 41, 57, 96-114 Fire Engine 41 First Baptist Church 142, 143 First Church of Christ Scientist 141, 143 First Evangelical Church 132 Fischer, August 12 Fischer, Conrad 12 Fischer, Frederick 12 Fischer, Henry 10 Fische Woods 5, 7 Flax 13 Football team 82 Fort Dearborn Massacre 5 Franzen Bros. Bank 26, 31 Franzen Grindstones 118 Franzen, B. L. 4 Franzen, Barney 10, 46 Franzen, C. A. 2, 17 Franzen, Chester 49, 57 Franzen, George 30, 40, 41 Franzen, J. L.10 Franzen, John H.-2, 13 Franzen, William-41 Franzen's Mill-13 Franzen-Schulz Farm-25 Fredericks, Leo-78 Freie, Edwin-41 Frey's Wagon Shop- 9 Frieden’s Church 133-134 Gallagher, T. A. 76 Gallun, Edward 143 Garry, Edward 46 Gary, Elbert H. 1,16 Geils, H. L. 41, 80 Geils, J. C. 33, 41, 81 Geils, John 108 Geils, Maxine 115 German Evangelical Lutheran Church 125 German Evangelical Orphan and Old People's Home 20-22, German Settlers, 10 Gilde Hall 12, 30, 40, 99, 130 Gjectsen, Mable 52 Goble, Jerry 108 Godfrey Yard 67 Grace Lutheran Church 142, 144 Grand Avenue 5, 12, 61, 116, 125 Graue, Frederick 10 Green Street 2, 4, 8, 16, 18, 30, 34, 35, 40, 49, 56, 81, 82, 123, 130 Green Street School 75-79 Greiman, ??? 75 Grishow, Herb 103 Gristmill 38 Grobe, Arnold 108 Grobe, Bill 103 Grobe, George 56 Grobe, Louis 41 Grothstruck, William 115 Grove Street 49, 54, 86 Grove, George 51 Gutsche, Gustav 19, 20, 21, 41 Haas, Rev. Carl 126 Hackmeister, Erna Ehlers 78 Hamilton Street 106 Hamm, William 49 Hauck, Kate 76 Heinrich, Ed 108 Heinrich, Martin 108, 109 Herr, Otto 44 Heuer, Emma-14 Heuer, Frederick 14 High School 54, 81, 121, 140, 144 Hoffman, Franz 125 Homes 2, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 20, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 57, 59, 64 Hornbostel, H. F. 26 Horseshoe Bend 26, 43 Hough, Roselle 14 Howell, Ralph 49 Hoyt, Demerit 10 Huffman, Lynn 83 Illinois- 5 Immanuel Church 26, 126, 129,131 Imwie, Roy 108 Incorporation 1, 2, 4, 14-16 Indian Background 4 Indian Life 5 Indian Tribes 5 Industry 46 Irving Park Road 13, 58, 83, 105, 121, 131 Jacobs, Vining 67 Jankers, Joe 46, 56, 82 Johnson, Wesley A. 81, 86 Kaler, B. 10 Kauth, Father Mathias 140 Kehoe, Walter 57, 62 Kennedy, John F. 61 Kidnapping 49 Kindergarten 85 Kindy, Owen 44 Kingston, Richard 10 Kinneman, Scott 62 Kirchoff, Karl 41, 43 Koch, Christian 17 Koebberman, Frank 44 Koebberman, Fred 44, 62 Koehler, Bernard 10 Koelker, Fred 41 Kolze, Al 108 Kolze, Delbert 108 Kolze, Harry 103 Korthauer Hardware Store 2, 3, 17 Korthauer House 32 Korthauer, Armin 54 Korthauer, Caroline 14 Korthauer, George 34, 40, 44, 103, 107 Korthauer, Henry 2, 4, 14 Korthauer, Herman H. 1, 2, 4, 26, 34, 40, 41, 75, 96, 98 Kraegel, Dietrich 2 Kraige, Frederick 10 Krempels, Rudolph 115 Kresnicka, Otto 57 Laho, Rudy 108, 130 Lamb, E. 10 Lamplights 18, 20 Land Owners 14, 64 Land Purchases 116 Lange, Lillie 38 Langguth, Horace 106 Lenc, Rev. Leonard 140 Leseman, Dedric 10 Lester, Edward10 Lester, John 10 Leubking, Irn 108 Librarian 123 Library Board Members 124 Library 121 Lincoln Street 32, 130, 132 Linden, Barbara 57 Lions Club 5 0, 56 Lions Park 117, 123 Luessenhop, Edwin 12 Luessenhop, Martin 140, 143 Luessenhop, Paul 103 Mahler, Al 103 Mahler, Ed 108 Main Street 3, 8, 16, 17, 32, 38, 46, 52, 57, 58, 61, 106 Mannerchor 26, 28 Map of Addison Township 9 Map of Bensenville 8, 64, 65 Map of DuPage County 15 Map of Landowners 64 Marckmann, Louis 17 Marshall, Henry 41 Martin, C. W. 10 Martin, Charles 17 Mason 38, 62 Maywood 7 McIntyre, Dayton 108 Means, James 56 Mechlinberg, Ernst 51 Memorial Road 62, 139 Mess, Fred J. 34, 40, 130 Michelski, Rev. A. J. 140 Miller, Herman 44 Milwaukee Railroad Women’s Clubhouse 48, 143 Milwaukee Railroad 36, 40 Mohawk Country Club 46, 61, 63 Mohawk Subdivision 57, 68 Mueller, Lillian 67 Mundelein, Archbishop 140 Municipal Waterworks 44-45, 60 Murphy, Pat 44 N.O.I.S.E. 66 Nichols, Robert 115 Northrup, Virginia 122 Oehlerking, Louis 57 O'Hare Field 52, 64, 105 Olhaber, Mr. and Mrs. Walter 67 Ort, Frank 17, 92 Ortega, Chip 62, 86 Paddock 56 Pallbearer's Wagon 33 Park District 115-120 Park Street 26, 43, 97 Parsons, D. 10 Peace Church 130, 135 Peck, William 54 Peterson, Edna 78 Pierce, S.D. 10 Plank Roads 13 Plattdeutsch Gilde Hall 12, 30,40 Plaza, Dan 119 Plentywood Farm 49, 51, 123 Police Department 92-95 Poor, Wesley 54 Population 1, 52 Post Office 38 Postwar Development 57 Primera Iglesia Baptista 143 Public Service Building 94 Pumphouse 45 Railroad Avenue 99, 103 Railroad 2, 13, 16, 36-37, 40, 42-43, 49, 55, 57, 59, 61, 67, 92, 105, 116 Ramseyer, Conway E. 140 Redmond, William 56 Reid, Elynor 57 Rockwood, Florence 49 Rockwood, Fred 49 Roddins, T. R. 14 Romme, Martin 57 Roosevelt Road 16, 38, 92, 99 Rose Street 136, 140 Rotermund, A. D. 130 Roundhouse 40, 42,107 Route 83 126, 142, 143 Runge, George 81 Runge, Harold 108 Rural Fire Protection League 101 Salt Creek Forest Preserve 7 Sandhagen’s Saloon-35 Scheppele, Wayne H. 115, 121 Schmidt, Dorothea 122 Schmidt, Frederick 126 Schmidt, Henry 130 Schmidt, J. H. 10 Schmidt, Louis 125 School History Committee 86 Schools 1,18, 49, 64, 75-91 Schroeder, Lewis 4, 17 Schulz, Ernst 41 Schwardtfeger, August 2, 35 Scott, Winfield 6 Senne, H. F. 35 Seybert, Bishop John 130 Sisters of St. Agnes 143 Sisters of St. Francis 140 Smith, Mason 7 Smith, Robert 56 Social Hall 82 Social Life in 1900 26 Soden, Ray 56 Sprandel, Ed 45 St. Alexis Church 136, 137, 138,140 St. Bede’s Episcopal Church 144 St. Charles Borromeo Church 141, 143 St. Johanne’s 125-126 St. John’s Church 126, 128, 130 Stresen-Reuter 49 Struckmann, Dedrich 14 Struckmeyer, William 17 Stunckle, Frederick 10 Superintendents of Schools 91 Suter, Francis 49, 54, 56 Suter, Louise 56 Swenson, A. D. 17 Sykes, George 78 Telegram 24 Telephones 30 Theatre 47 Thieman, Henry 41, 100 Thiemann, Clarence 121 Third Avenue 27, 83, 130, 141, 143, Thomas, Richard D. 116 Thomas, Thomas H. 10 Tiedemann, P. T. 4, 17 Tioga 140 Tioga School 83 Tonne, Fred 2 Train 36, 55 Treaty of Chicago 6 Tree Towns Water Commission 60 Turner, Vivian 87 United Methodist Church 130,135 VanMol, Gust 115 Varble Park 13 Varble, John D. 115 Veterans Park 115, 116 VFW 56, 61 Village Beginning 1, 14 Village Boundaries 14, 64, 65 Village Hall 40, 61, 81, 99, 102 Village in 1884 17 Village Marshal 92, 95 Village Officials, 18, 54, 59, 66, 69-74 Village's Name 14 Volberding, F. H. 21,41 Volunteer Fire Department 41, Warnecke Home 29 Warnecke, E. A. H. 26 Warnecke, George- 7 Webb, Celia 67 White Pines 57, 117 Williams, Thoma 10 Wimsett, Esther 143 Wolkenhauer, Frederick 38, 40, 41, 96 Wood Street 13, 35, 62, 136, 138, 140 WoodDale 10 Wooden Sidewalks 18 Wooley, Gertrude 85 World War II 52, 54 WWI Recruits 44 York Road 1, 2, 12, 16, 17, 26, 34, 35, 44, 46, 49, 56, 59-61, 81-83, 87, 99, 104, 139, 140, 142 Zion Lutheran Church 127
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