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