Short of getting on a plane and driving out to LaSalle County, Illinois, I've about exhausted current available records on the usual sites (Ancestry, Newspapers, FamilySearch) in looking for records on my 3rd-great-grandmother Bridget and family. In the meantime I've reached out to the Northern Illinois University archives and special collections, and contacted the Illinois Regional Archives Depository at NIU. I've tried this route in the past, but that may have been 20 years ago. Perhaps by the time I return from current travels, there may be an envelope waiting with some newly discovered records.
I have also contacted the Catholic Diocese of Peoria Office of Archives. One of the sisters responded, and directed me back to St. Patrick's Church in LaSalle. I called the church, and they've given me a contact at the parish office.
Here's what I'm hoping to find:
- Probate or guardian records following the death of Patrick Dooner and sons John and Hugh Dooner in LaSalle in July-August 1849. All three died from cholera. Bridget delivered her son Michael Dooner after the death of Patrick.
- Baptismal records on John and Hugh Dooner in LaSalle, between 1845-1847 (ideally mentioning Bridget's maiden name)
- Baptismal record for Michael Dooner between 1850-1851
- Any other reference to the Dooner family in the St. Patrick's records between 1844-1852
- Marriage record for John O'Brien and Bridget in LaSalle between 1850-1852
- Baptismal records for Anna Maria O'Brien (1852), Isabella O'Brien (1853), John O'Brien (1854), Agnes O'Brien (1858)
- Death record for Bridget O'Brien in 1859 LaSalle
- Other probate or guardian records mentioning the children prior to the placement of the girls with the Sisters of Charity convent in LaSalle in 1860.
- A record listing Bridget's maiden name prior to her marriage to Patrick Dooner (this would be genealogical gold)
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