Index to hard copy of  Bensenville
(Our Little Red Book)
by Martha Kirker Jones 1976

 

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Addison Street   2, 17, 18, 46. 47, 92, 99
Addison Township  2, 5, 6, 14
Ahlborn, Henry  79
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
Basketball Team  83
Bates, Fred  17
Baucke, Christian  2, 4, 17, 40, 75
Bean, James  10
Beck, Victor  41
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 Newspaper  21
Benson, Rev. Norman E. 144
Bergstraesser, Rev. 126
Birk Brothers Brewery  38
Black Hawk War  5-6
Blackhawk Junior High School  87
Black Sea  1
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, 140
Brettman, Edwin  12
Brettman, Louis  11, 13, 41
Breutner, George F.  81
Brown, Carleton  80
Buchholtz, Henry 126
Buckhorn Tavern  12
Businesses 2, 3, 12, 16-17, 19, 21, 33-39, 44, 46-49, 51-53, 57, 59, 60, 62,

       65, 76, 83, 105-107, 123, 125
Cachand, Ludwid 125
Cadet Program  94
Calaboose  40, 92
Calvary Baptist Church  143
Capoot, Jessie O.  78
Capoot, Lowell  60
Center Street 2, 3, 17, 18, 30, 35, 38, 47, 54, 57, 59, 62, 92, 103,
      106, 130, 135
Chabin, Joseph 108
Christian Science 143
Church Road 1, 5, 7, 13, 16, 27, 54, 58, 61, 83, 94, 105, 123,
        125-130, 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
County Line Road  35
Dean, Dorothy  52
Deer Park 123
Depression Years  47
Deutsch, Rev. William 144
Devon Avenue 116
Dierking, Henry  35
Dierking, Herb   60
Dierk's Farmhouse  20
Douglas Aircraft 52, 56
Dr. H. W. F. Bartells' Home  23
Duerkop, John  57, 59
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, 81, 130
DuPage County Forest Preserve District 116
Earhart, Charles  82, 83
Early Settlers 7, 10
Ehler Brothers 45, 129
Ehlers, Edward  18
Ehlers, Erna  78
Eichhoff, Frederick  2
Eichleman, Reinie  82
Electricity 40
Elfring, Fred  38, 79, 96
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, Laura
Ernsting, W. A.  81
Ervanberg, L. C. 125
Evangelical United Brethren  130
Evergreen Street  26, 43
Farms  1, 14, 16-17, 26, 35, 40, 54, 56, 61, 99
Feller, Bill  103
Fensky, Max 35
Fenton High School  86, 87, 121, 140, 144
Fenton, Fred C.  78
Ferrell, Rev. Edward  144
Fillmore, B. F.  10
Fire Bell Tower  102
Fire Chiefs  114
Fire Department  40, 41, 57, 93,  96-114
Fire Engine  41
Firemen 110-114
First Baptist Church  142, 143
First Church of Christ Scientist  141, 143
First Evangelical Church  85, 132
Fischer, August  12
Fischer, Conrad  12
Fischer, Frederick  12
Fischer, Henry  10
Fischer Woods  5, 7
Flax  13, 118
Football Team  82
Fort Dearborn Massacre  5
Franzen Bros. Bank  26, 31
Franzen Grindstones  118
Franzen, Barney  4, 10, 46, 75, 130
Franzen, C. A.  2, 17
Franzen, Chester  49, 57
Franzen, George  30, 40, 41
Franzen, Hattie  79
Franzen, Irvin  79
Franzen, J. L.10
Franzen, John H. 2, 13
Franzen, Oliver  83
Franzen, Vernon  82, 83
Franzen, William  41
Franzen's Mill  13
Franzen-Schulz Farm  25
Fredericks, Leo  78
Freie, Edwin  41
Freie, Lily   79
Frey, Julius  79
Frey's Wagon Shop  9
Frieden’s Church  130, 133-134
Fulton Market  38
Gallagher, T. A.  76
Gallery, Ed  82
Gallun, Edward 143
Garry, Edward  46
Gary, Elbert H.  1, 16
Geils, H. L.  41, 80, 130
Geils, Herbie  79
Geils, Harry  78, 79, 81
Geils, Leonard   79
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, 76
Gilde Hall  12, 30, 40, 99, 130
Gjectsen, Mable  52
Goble, Jerry  108
Golf Course 116-117
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, 75, 81, 82, 123, 130
Green Street School  75-79, 85
Greiman, ???   75
Grishow, Herb 103, 108
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
Gutnick, Eugene  82
Gutsche, Gustav  19, 20, 41
Haas, Rev. Carl  126
Hackmeister, Erna Ehlers  78
Hamilton Street 106
Hamm, William  49
Hardware Stores  2, 3, 17, 62
Hauck, Kate   76
Heinrich, Ed  108
Heinrich, Martin  108, 109
Hench, Mr. 79
Herr, Otto  44
Heuer, Emma  14
Heuer, Frederick  14, 85-87
High School   54, 81, 121, 140, 144
Hoffman, Franz  125
Holt, Charles H.  12
Homes  2, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 20, 21, 23, 25-26, 29, 31, 38,  57, 59, 64, 68
Hornbostel, H. F.  26
Horseshoe Bend 26, 43
Hough, Roselle  14
Howell, Ralph  49
Hoyt, Demerit  10
Hueber, Otto  79
Huffman, Lynn  83
Illinois Indians  5
Immanuel Church  26, 107, 126, 129, 131
Imwie, Roy 108
Incorporation  1, 2, 4, 14-16
Indians  4-5
Industry  46
Irving Park Road  13, 58, 83, 105, 121, 123, 130
Jacobs, Vining  67
Jankers, Joe  46, 56, 82
Johnson, Wesley A.  81, 82, 83,  86
Kaler, B.  10
Kauth, Father Mathias  140
Kehoe, Walter  57, 62, 108
Kennedy, John F.  61
Kerch, Royal  83
Kidnapping  49
Kindergarten  85
Kindy, Owen  44
Kingston, Richard  10
Kinneman, Scott  62
Kirchoff, Karl  41, 43
Koch, Christian  17
Koebbeman, Frank  44
Koebbeman, Fred  44, 62, 83
Koebbeman, Hattie  79
Koehler, Bernard  10
Koelker, Fred  41, 83
Kolze, Al  108
Kolze, Delbert  108
Kolze, Harry  59, 103, 108
Konech, Mrs.  30
Korthauer Hardware Store 2, 3, 17
Korthauer House  32
Korthauer, Armin  54, 108
Korthauer, Caroline  14
Korthauer, George  34, 40, 44, 103, 107, 108
Korthauer, Henry  2, 4, 14
Korthauer, Herman H.  1, 2, 4, 26, 34, 40, 41, 75-76, 96, 98, 130
Korthauer, William  96
Kouzmanoff, Tommy  82
Kraegel, Dietrich   2
Kraige, Frederick  10
Krempels, Rudolph 115
Kresnicka, Otto  57
Kuehn, Alvin  79
Laho, Rudy  108, 130
Lake Street  7, 81
Lamb, E.  10
Lamplights  18, 20
Landmeier, Richard  79
Land Owners  14, 64
Land Purchases 116
Lange, Lillie  38
Langguth, Horace  106
Lenc, Rev. Leonard 140
Leseman, Dedric  10
Lester, Edward  10
Lester, John  10
Leubking, Irn  108
Librarian  123
Library Board Members  124
Library  121
Lincoln Street  32, 130, 132
Linden, Barbara  57
Lions Club  50, 56
Lions Park 117, 123
Luebking, Irn  108
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, 93
Martin, C. W.  10
Martin, Charles  17, 96
Mason Street  38, 62
Maywood  7
McMurry, Dr.  35
McIntyre, Dayton 108
Means, James  56
Mechlinberg, Ernst  51
Memorial Road  62, 139
Mess, Fred J.  34, 40, 130
Meyer, Rose  79
Meyer, Clara  79
Michelski, Rev. A. J.  140
Miller, Herman    44
Milwaukee Railroad Women’s Club  48-49, 143
Milwaukee Railroad  36, 40
Mohawk Country Club  46, 61, 63
Mohawk Subdivision  57, 68
Morse, Roger  82
Morse, Russell  82, 83
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, 57, 59, 64, 105
Olhaber, Mrs. Walter  67
Olhaber, Walter  57, 59, 67, 81, 83, 108
Ort, Frank  17, 92
Ortega, Chip  62, 86
Owens, Steve  82, 83
Paddock  56
Pallbearer's Wagon  33
Park District  115-120
Park Street 26, 43, 97
Parsons, D. 10
Parks 13, 83, See Park District
Peace Church  130, 135
Peck, Mrs   52
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   30, 59, 92-95
Police Chiefs   95
Poor, Wesley  54
Population  1, 52, 78, 85, 93, 94
Post Office  38
Postwar Development  57
Primera Iglesia Baptista  143
Prohibition  38, 44
Public Service Building  94
Pumphouse  45
Raack, Albert   93
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
Ranceker, Matt  79
Rasmussen, Leonard  82, 83
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, Benjamin H.  81
Schmidt, Frederick  126
Schmidt, Henry  130
Schmidt, J. H.  10
Schmidt, Louis  125
Schmidt, Luch  79
School Boards  88-91
School History Committee  86
Schools  1, 18, 49, 64, 75-91
Schroeder, Lewis  4, 17
Schulz, Ernst  41
Schwardtfeger, August  2, 35, 99
Scott, Winfield  6
Senne, H. F.  35
Seybert, Bishop John  130
Sidewalks  18, 30, 76
Sisters of St. Agnes 143
Sisters of St. Francis  140
Sizer, Orville  82
Smith, Mason  7
Smith, Robert  56
Social Hall
Social Life in 1900  26
Soden, Ray  56
Sprandel, Ed  45
St. Alexis Church  60, 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
Stellman’s Pond  35
Stresen-Reuter  49, 59
Struckmann, Dedrich  14
Struckmeyer, William  17
Stunckle, Frederick  10
Superintendents of Schools  91
Suter, Francis  49, 54, 56, 60
Suter, Louise  56
Swenson, A. D.  17
Sykes, George  78
Telegram  24
Telephones  30
Tett, Walter  94
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, 96
Tioga  140
Tioga School  83-85, 140
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, 52, 54, 59, 66, 69-74
Village's Name  14
Volberding, F. H.  21,41
Volberding, Rose  79
Volunteer Fire Department   41, 97, 100, 101, 104
Warnecke Home  29
Warnecke, E. A. H.  26
Warnecke, George  47, 79
Water  44-46, 58, 60, 94, 97
Webb, Celia  67
White Pines  57, 117
Wilkinson, George  59
Williams, Thomas  10
Wimsett, Esther  143
Wolkenhauer, Frederick  38, 40, 41, 96
Wood Street  13, 35, 60, 62, 136, 138, 140
WoodDale  10
Woodruff, Henry 21
Wooley, Gertrude  85
World War II  52, 54, 57, 85
WWI Recruits  43-44, 78
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  125-127