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Is This the Right Yorktown?
The Tampico Area Historical Society encompasses parts of Whiteside County and Bureau County in Illinois. Focus is on Tampico, Hume Twp., Hahnaman/Deer Grove, & Prophetstown in Whiteside County & Yorktown & Thomas in Bureau County.

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Anonymous Guest Sep 18, 2004 3:40 PM	Hi all - I have found my great grandfather, George Greenwood, listed in the 1880 census as being in Yorktown, Henry County, Illinois. Is this the correct town as you are now Bureau or Whitside county? This is the only Yorktown I could find in all of Illinois. He was married to Margaret and they had 3 sons, George Jr., Frank and Freddie - he is listed as a farmer and is #33 on page 5, district 3(?) ED 124(?). So far, I have been unable to find him in any ensuing census. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am really having trouble tracking dear George. Thank you...Carol
Administrator Denise 102 posts Sep 19, 2004 6:26 PM	Carol, I did some searching both on this site and on Ancestry.com. First, you have the correct Yorktown. It's one of those "funny border towns", technically in Henry County, part of a township in Bureau county - I don't really understand it myself. If you do a site search (bottom of Home page) you will find references to a Greenwood family, including a bio on Alfred Greenwood, but don't know if there is any connection to your Greenwood line. There is someone doing research on your family name and it seems to fit with the info you have given and what I found on Ancestry. The email listed for her is from 2003, so I don't know if it is still valid. I do not think that all of the info I retrieved is pertinent to your family line, but thought I would leave the detective work to you! LOL Here's what I found on Ancestry, and the IL Archives: IL State Archives http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html Last Name First Name Middle Name Sex/ Race Age Cert # Death Date County City Date Filed 8 records are displayed. GREENWOOD GEORGE M/W UNK 0020206 1919-05-22 ROCK ISLAND SOUTH MOLINE TWP 19-05-24 GREENWOOD GEORGE M/W UNK 0041330 1945-11-30 COOK PROVISO TWP - - GREENWOOD GEORGE B M/W Y-61 0000468 1941-04-28 PEORIA PEORIA - - GREENWOOD GEORGE E M/W UNK 0022412 1947-07-23 COOK CHICAGO - - GREENWOOD GEORGE F M/W UNK 0031598 1948-08-13 COOK NORWOOD PARK TWP - - GREENWOOD GEORGE H M/W UNK 0800170 1931-08-30 RICHLAND OLNEY 31-08-30 GREENWOOD GEORGE T M/W UNK 0010577 1947-03-25 FRANKLIN TYRONE TWP - - GREENWOOD GEORGE W M/W Y-68 0000064 1942-03-31 SHELBY CLARKSBURG TWP - - Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 Groom Bride Date Vol./Page License No. County GREENWOOD, GEORGE RENISON, MARGARET 05/20/1873 00C/0210 00008521 ROCK ISLAND -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: George GREENWOOD Age: 30 Estimated birth year: <1850> Birthplace: ENG Occupation: Farmer Relation: Self Home in 1880: Yorktown, Henry, Illinois Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: George GREENWOOD Father's birthplace: ENG Mother's birthplace: ENG Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Yorktown, Henry, Illinois; Roll: T9_213; Family History Film: 1254213; Page: 510A; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 0581. Illinois Marriage Records, 1851-1900 Name: GREENWOOD, GEORGE Spouse: RENISON, MARGARET Marriage Date: 20 May 1873 County: Rock Island State: IL You are here: Search > Census Records > 1910 United States Federal Census > Results 1910 United States Federal Census has 17 matches for: George Greenwood in Illinois Name: George Greenwood Age in 1910: 59 Estimated Birth Year: 1850 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1910: GOODE TWP, FRANKLIN, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Series: T624 Roll: 287 Part: 2 Page: 184B Year: 1910 Database: Peoria, Illinois Directory, 1890 Name: George Greenwood Location 2: 109 North Business Name: American Glucose Company Occupation: carpenter Year: 1891, 1892 City: Peoria State: IL Peoria, Illinois Directory, 1890 has 4 matches for: George Greenwood in Illinois About this database Directory listing for some 44,000 residents of Peoria, Illinois in 1890. More information below Name: George Greenwood Location 2: 100 North Business Name: American Glucose Company Occupation: millwright Year: 1890, 1891 City: Peoria State: IL New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891 Name: George Greenwood Arrival Date: 22 May 1856 Age: 6 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Destination: United States of America Place of Origin: England Ship Name: Bridgewater Port of Arrival: New York Line: 30 Microfilm Roll: 162 List Number: 362 Parents: Wm.(?) and Mary Siblings/relatives: Thomas 7yr Martha 7yr Joseph 6yr Frances 28 yr Elizabeth 28y George 6yrs Ann 5yrs Francis (male) 3y Henry 11 months George 19yr Name: Frank Greenwood Age in 1910: 33 Estimated Birth Year: 1876 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1910: MADISON TWP, GREENWOOD, Kansas Race: White Gender: Male Series: T624 Roll: 441 Part: 1 Page: 123A Year: 1910 Name: Fred Greenwood SSN: 514-24-5756 Last Residence: 67203 Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States of America Born: 1 Dec 1879 Died: Mar 1969 State (Year) SSN issued: Kansas (Before 1951 ) This matches the birthdate given on 1880 census which was taken June 5, 1880. Greenwood County, Kansas, Families Entries: 17717 Updated: Tue Aug 19 11:43:06 2003 Contact: Betty Ralph bralph@hiwaay.net Primarily taken from "History of Greenwood County, Kansas" I have no further information. Please add corrections, additions, questions as post-ems. ID: I4098 Name: George Henry GREENWOOD 1 Sex: M Change Date: 07 OCT 2002 Birth: 12 AUG 1848 in Walden Stubbs 1 Death: 24 MAR 1930 1 Father: Francis GREENWOOD b: 1827 in SW of Heptonstall, Thorpe Audlin Mother: Elizabeth LOUND b: 1827 Marriage 1 Margaret RENNISON b: 02 MAR 1851 in Council Mill, IL Married: in Rock Island, IL 1 Children Fred GREENWOOD b: in Rock Island, IL Bessie GREENWOOD b: in Rock Island, IL Mamie GREENWOOD b: in Rock Island, IL Bill GREENWOOD b: in Greenwood Co., KS George GREENWOOD b: 1874 in Rock Island, IL Frank GREENWOOD b: 20 JUL 1876 in Rock Island, Henry Co., IL Lenonard "Len" GREENWOOD b: 26 SEP 1887 in Greenwood Co., KS Albert Eugene GREENWOOD b: 01 NOV 1894 in Greenwood Co., KS Sources: Title: History of Greenwood County KS Abbrev: History of Greenwood County KS Author: Greenwood County Historical Society Publication: Josten's Publications, Wichita, KS, 1986 & 1990 Page: Vol. 1 I apologize for any errors or typos. Please take the information as clues for further research.(This is from the researcher) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I searched Andestry for Fred Greenwood and it appears he went to KS, so the above seems to "fit" Hope this is helpful to you. ---------- Denise, Family History Coordinator Tampico Area Historical Society
Anonymous Guest Sep 20, 2004 7:56 AM	Denise, I can't thank you enough for all your wonderful "clues"! Many of them seem to fit and they certainly will give me a lot more to investigate. I'm pretty new at this and don't always know where to look for information. Again, thank you so much!! Carol
RICHARD HINTON Guest Sep 20, 2004 11:23 AM	TYPICALLY IN THE 19TH CENTURY, ADDRESSES WERE GIVEN BY TOWNSHIP OF RESIDENCE. YORKTOWN THE TOWN IS IN FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP OF BUREAU COUNTY, WHEREAS YORKTOWN THE TOWNSHIP IS IN HENRY COUNTY. One could live in the town of YORKTOWN and be from FAIRFIELD, or one could live in HOOPPOLE and be from YORKTOWN. Yorktown township starts just a mile west of YORKTOWN the town, so the locality is fundamentally the same and the Greenwood name is popular here... If this is confusing, I could tell you about the people who come to Yorktown looking for the shopping center..
wolfeyes 3 posts Sep 20, 2004 2:12 PM	I would like to say,i cant believe the old general store is opening up again. Lots of good memmories there in yorktown...My grandparents lived there.JENNY HARRY MARTIN....Boy i just couldnt wait to get to grandmas house to go buy 1 cent candy and finally i can take my kids there and do the same....There is no place like yorktown....Oh what about the horse shoe anyone remeber that,that was so fun to ride our bikes around it...Oh the most facinating theing was going to the bathroom in the out house,(that was cool)we helped grandma do dishes in a wash tub and even rinsed and put away....who does that now days....Grandma and grandpa did finally get runnng water in the house thanks to my step dad DALE TRACY and my UNCLE KENNY thats my grandmas and granpas son and only son,then i had my mokm SANDY MARTIN (SELLS) NOW,THEN MY AUNT NORMA HATTEN,VERLA BASDEN,VERY SPEACIAL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE AND I ONLY HAVE 2 LEFT. But i can say my mom looks like my aunt BOO as i called her and all the other kids...and cooks like my grandma martin brains like my uncle kenny,and at times omg looks could kill like my grandpa,everyone says i get my talking all the time from my aunt norma,yes i love to talk and shop...thanks aunt norma if you read this... I am sandys oldest daughter,she has 3 girls and 1 boy,,, well i am gonna get off if anyone remebers the martin family they were very much liked...my grandpa would sit on the porch waving to everyone...very fine man he was....
sandssells 4 posts Feb 16, 2005 2:38 PM	this is to the Carol that is inquiring about the greenwoods could you please e-mail me and let me know what your last name and your age is k.sells@insightbb.com

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