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Category Archives: Local History
Sequestration Frustrations
Frustrated with the sequestration? We are too! Due to the temporary shutdown of the federal government, the Library of Congress is closed to the public and researchers beginning October 1, 2013 until further notice. All public events are cancelled and web … Continue reading
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Davenporters of Note: Ernest Carl Oberholtzer
Ernest Carl “Ober” Oberholtzer was born in Davenport, Iowa on February 6, 1884. His parents divorced when he was six, and he and his mother went to live with his maternal grandparents, Ernest and Sarah Carl, at 126 East 6th … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Oberholtzer, Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive
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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
Posted in Genealogy, Local History
Tagged Davenport Democrat, Hostetler Studios, Lillian Hubers, Local History, Photographs, Weddings, William Edward Zuill, William Hubers
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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
Posted in Genealogy, Local History
Tagged Ellen (Phelps) Hayward, Eugene B. Hayward, family histories, Genealogy, Grandparents Day, Hostetler Studios, Photographs, William Phelps Kimball
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Labor Day Closing!
Our library will be closed this Monday, September 2nd, for Labor Day. If you were planing a Labor Day weekend trip to see us, we will be open Saturday, August 31st for your researching pleasure. You could spend the next two days … Continue reading
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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
Posted in Genealogy, Local History
Tagged Augustus Wentz, Civil War Widows' Pension, Franklin Wentz, Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Rebecca Jones, Rebecca Wentz, Rebekah Wentz
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Riverfront Development: August 5, 1912
The creation of the Davenport Levee commission in 1911 changed the face of the city’s waterfront. By 1912 sewer projects and a new levee wall were being installed. The above photo is dated August 5, 1912 and shows a sewer installation … Continue reading
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Tagged Levee, Levee Commission, Levee Wall, Main Street, Riverfront, Sewers
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Closing the three-year-gap: 1947 – 1949 Abstracted Names
As our regular patron know, one of our Center’s best indexes for early twentieth-century newspaper announcements is the set of Abstracted Names from the Davenport, Iowa, Democrat (SC 977.769 Abs) which covers 1898 to 1946. This resource was compiled by … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport Democrat, First Railroad Bridge, Marriage Announcements, Marriages, obituaries, volunteers
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