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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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VANDENBOOM, C. A., of the firm of Vandenboom & Blomer, pork packers, cor. of 10th and Broadway; residence, 129 N. 10th; born in Prussia, 1818; located in Cincinnati 1848, and in Quincy, 1851. He married Gertrude Lessing in 1848. She was born in Prussia. Their children are: Henry, Louisa, Joseph, Lizzie, August, and Paulina. Mrs. Vandenboom died in 1861. He married Elizabeth Ellers in 1862. Six children by this marriage: Mary, Bernard, Gertrude, William, Annie, and Katie. He was Alderman of this city for eight years. He has been in the pork packing business since 1870, and was in the furniture manufactory eighteen years preceding.
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