Vernon Semon

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! CENSUS 1910 Illinois, Perry County, DuQuoin Pct., SD#16, ED#72, Sheet 9 B, line 51. Listed with father and mother, Henry and Minnie Seamon, age 6 .

SSN#541-03-2262, issued in Oregon. Died in California

Henry married Nina E. Wanek 31 Dec 1924, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. Nina was born 22 Sep 1906, Powhatan Township, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States; died 24 Dec 1932, California, United States; was buried , Valhalla, Orange, California. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 8

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! BIRTH Zweibrucken, Bavaria, Germany 4 Dec 1876 to Heinrich Simon and Ka tharina Jung.
! EMMIGRATION: "Germans to America" From Amsterdam to New York arrived 1 5 Sep 1882. Heinrich Simon, age 32, Catharine, age 33, Heinrich, age 5, A ugust, age 4, Katharine, age 2, Elisabeth, age .04.
! OBITUARY: the DuQuoin Evening Call on 1 Dec 1911. died from cancer of t he stomach, leaving his wife, August, Henry, Willis, Nicholas, and thre e daughters. Member fo the German Evangelical Church, buried at the Od d Fellows Cemetery.

Doc# 487. Letter of naturalization for Henry Semon, Perry Co., Illinois.

WWI Registration at ancestry.com

Henry married Minnie Julia Dieffenbacher 11 Apr 1900, Perry, Illinois, United States. Minnie (daughter of Austin Kirkpatrick and Julie Ann Dieffenbacher) was born 4 Mar 1885, Coulterville, Randolph, Illinois; died 28 Mar 1974, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States; was buried 2 Apr 1974, Scattered At Sea. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 9

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Family bible says year of birth as 1885, which would make more sense beca use family story says Julia died after giving birth to Minnie.
SSN #559-21-9067
Resident of Christopher, IL at time of marriage to Emerson Cook, 1913.

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Minnie lists father as Austin Kirkpatrick on marr. license

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!CENSUS: 1900 IL, Perry Co,. Vol 434, ED50, Sheet 15, Line 58. Film #1,24 0,335;Henry Semon, white male, b. 1851 age 48, married 25 yrs., B. Germay ,f. and m. b. Germany; Imm., 1882, Wife, Katie, age 51, b. Mch 1849 in Ge rmany mother of 10 children and 7 living, Children; Nicholas, so. b. 189 1 in
Missouri age 9, William, son b. 1893 in Missouri, age 7, Leena daughter b . 1888 in IL age 2.
!SOUNDEX: 1910 IL, Perry Co., DuQuoin City, 173, 73, 91. Henry Semon, Sr. , age59, Kattie, age 61, Children: August age 32 Germany, Nick age 19, Mi ssouri, Willie age 17, Missouri Film#1,370,232,
! BIRTH: Zweibrucken, Bavaria, Germany 6 Apr 1851 to Adam Simon, age 35 a nd Catharina Sutter, age 27. Witnesses were Heinrich Meyer and Philipp Ju ng.
! MARRIAGE: Zweibrucken, 30 Dec 1875 to Katharina Jung, age 26 years old . dauhter of Nikolaus Jung, age 55 residing at Cantwig and Elisabeth Woll , deceased. They have a child Heinrich who was born on 1 Apr 1873. Marri age announcements took place at Zweibrucken on 28 Nov 1875 and 5 Dec 187 5 and also at Niederauerbach on Dec 5 and 12, 1875.
! EMMIGRATION: "Germans to America" From Amsterdam to New York arrived 1 5 Sep 1882. Heinrich Simon, age 32, Catharine, age 33, Heinrich, age 5, A ugust, age 4, Katharine, age 2, Elisabeth, age .04.

Doc# 425. Address of St. John's United Church of Christ in DuQuoin, IL, w here the german church records are for the young and semon families.

Doc# 434. Death register of Perry co., IL, lists Katy A. Semon death at 1 1m 17d on 17 May 1904. Not sure who's child this is. Would have been bor n June 1903
Research: FHL#975,938 Perry Co., Illinois Naturalizations, p. 187 Henry S emon

Heinrich married Katherine (Katie) Jung 30 Dec 1875, Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany. Katherine (daughter of Johann Nikolaus Jung and Elizabeth Woll) was born 31 Mar 1849, Oberweiler-Tiefenbach, Bayern, Germany; was christened 9 Apr 1849, Evangelisch, Einollen, Pfalz, Baveria; died 3 Dec 1915, Duquoin, Perry, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

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IGI 1993 Edition Batch K982961 #193833
! EMMIGRATION: "Germans to America" From Amsterdam to New York arrived 1 5 Sep 1882. Heinrich Simon, age 32, Catharine, age 33, Heinrich, age 5, A ugust, age 4, Katharine, age 2, Elisabeth, age .04.
!CENSUS: 1900 IL, Perry Co,. Vol 434, ED50, Sheet 15, Line 58. Film #1,2 40,335;Henry Semon, white male, b. 1851 age 48, married 25 yrs., B. Germa y,f. and m. b. Germany; Imm., 1882, Wife, Katie, age 51, b. Mch 1849 in G ermany mother of 10 children and 7 living, Children; Nicholas, so. b. 189 1 in
Missouri age 9, William, son b. 1893 in Missouri, age 7, Leena daughter b . 1888 in IL age 2.

born near Wolfstein

Austin married Julie Ann Dieffenbacher NOT MARRIED. Julie (daughter of Martin Dieffenbacher and Elizabeth Polly) was born 17 Apr 1867, Illinois, United States; died 20 Mar 1885, Coulterville, Randolph, Illinois; was buried , Coulterville, Randolph, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

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DuQuoin Tribune, Thursday March 26, 1885
Coulterville News: "Miss Julia Daffenberg, of this place, died on Frida y last. A sad death, and should be a warning both to mothers and young gi rls."

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Birth - Date: 17 Apr 1867 Place: Perry, Illinois