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Category Archives: Genealogy
The Scott County Unusual Sources Index
Back in the days of card catalogs, the Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society created a name index to a wide variety of items available in the Special Collections Center. Dubbed the Scott County Unusual Sources Index (SCUSI for short), it … Continue reading
Feathered Hats and Juliet Caps: the Glaudel – Petrik Wedding
Eugenie M. Claudel married Francis Aloysious Petrik in Sacred Heart Cathedral at 8 o’clock on June 30, 1914. According to their Scott County marriage record, Miss Glaudel was 27 years old, and Mr. Petrik was 29. According to the wedding … Continue reading
The wedding of Helen Kohn and David Gottlieb
Helen Josephine Kohn of Davenport married David Sticker Gottlieb of Tiffin, Ohio, on April 7, 1913, at the Outing Club in Davenport. According to the next day’s Davenport Democrat, the wedding was lovely. The Outing Club Ballroom was decorated with … Continue reading
A Gold Star – or Badge: The Davenport Police Department’s 175th Anniversary
We were excited to see an article in the January 16, 2014 Quad City Times about the Davenport Police Department’s 175th Anniversary. What a monumental occasion. In celebration, current officers are sporting badges reminiscent of those worn by their predecessors in the … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Local History
Tagged City Marshal, Davenport Police Department, George Colt, Police Badges, W. H. Patton
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Flowers in December: the wedding of Minnie Elliot and James Morgan Reimers
Our Hostetler Studio Photograph Collections, which we are in the process of adding to the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, include negatives from many local weddings. When we can match these images with the wedding announcements in our local … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Local History
Tagged Davenport Democrat, Genealogy, Hostetler Studios, James Morgan Reimers, Minnie Elliot, Weddings
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Save the Date! October Offerings: Intro to Electronic Subscription Databases for Genealogy
The Davenport Public Library subscribes to several electronic genealogy databases for our patrons’ research needs, including: Ancestry HeritageQuest Fold 3 Origins Genealogy Bank and Access Newspaper Archive You don’t even have to come down to our Special Collections Center to … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Library, Local History
Tagged Databases, Genealogy, library, Local History, Programs, Resources
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The Brilliant Wedding of Miss Lillian Hubers
Our September bride is Miss Lillian Hubers , daughter of William and Clara, who married William Edward Zuill in her parents’ home at 624 Scott Street on September 24, 1913. The bride’s father was the manager of the Rock Island … Continue reading
A Hayward Moment
In honor of National Grandparents’ Day, which is held the first Sunday after Labor Day, we though we’d share this lovely Hostetler Studio photograph of William Phelps Kimball with his grandparents, Major Eugene Hayward and Ellen Phelps Hayward. Eugene B. … Continue reading
Solving the Mystery of Rebekah Wentz
Sometimes in genealogy, it seems that people have disappeared into thin air. That appeared to be the case of Rebekah (Rebecca) McMurtrey Wentz, widow of Colonel Augustus Wentz. When we featured Colonel Wentz in our blog post of November 11, … Continue reading