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Catalog Number |
2024.19.1 |
Object Name |
Book |
Title |
Schaumburg of My Ancestors |
Author |
LaVonne Thies Presley |
Summary |
Book, 281 pages, table of contents in front, index in back, chapter such as "Life Away from the Farm", images and illustrations, throughout, Bartlett is mentioned on several pages like page 187. Sophia Thies married H. William F. Pfingsten (p.5). The couple moved to Bartlett in 1903 and took over operations with Ben Schultz of the Bartlett Feed and Lumber Co. once located at the eastern end of Bartlett Avenue, today the Metra parking lot. He owned the lumberyard until his death in 1919 at the age of 58. Pfingsten is also credited with building the family's home at 139 S. Eastern Avenue, Bartlett, which is an octagon home. |
Published Date |
January 2013 |
Language |
English |
Publisher |
Self published |
Number of images |
1 |
Search Terms |
4-H Club Bartlett Forest Preserve District of Cook County Roselle Schaumburg Schaumburg Township Schaumburg Township Public School St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church WGN |
Relation |
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Subjects |
Banking Banks Church & education Churches Farm buildings Farm crops Farm equipment Farm houses Farm life Farmers Farmhouses Flowers Horses Mules Oxen School children School classrooms Schools Tornadoes Wagons World War I World War II |
People |
Pfingsten, H. William Pfingsten, Sophia Thies Thies, Frederick W. Thies, Heinrich "Henry" Thies, Maria "Mary" S. Pollworth |
Accession number |
2024.19 |