1918 Farmer's Directory for Kane County, Illinois
U Surnames
©Transcribed by Kim Torp
|
Name (Owner of land or tenant) |
Maiden Name of Wife |
Children |
Name of farm (in quotes) & Post Office of farm |
Year became Resident of Kane |
| Ufland, Fred | Mary Herzog | Anna, Bertha, Virginia, Freddie, Mary | Pingree Grove | 1908 |
| Umbdenstock Bros Joe, John |
Mary Umbdenstock, mother | Hampshire | 1869 | |
| Umbdenstock, Frank | Tillie Vogel | Francis | Hampshire | 1878 |
| Umbdenstock, Mike | Emma Grolleman | Mike, Elizabeth, Edward, Frank, George, Isabelle | Genoa | 1867 |
| Umbdenstock, Nick | Helen Kienlen | Frank, Helen, Emma, Andrew, Alfred, Teresa | Elgin | 1887 |
| Umbdenstock, William | Emma Schlick | Caroline, Lorena, Williams, Raymond, Anthony, Morris | Genoa | 1874 |
| Underwood, Roy A. | Ida Lasher | Lemar, Jeanette, Frances | Elburn | 1890 |
V Surnames
©Transcribed by Kim Torp
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Name (Owner of land or tenant) |
Maiden Name of Wife |
Children |
Name of farm (in quotes) & Post Office of farm |
Year became Resident of Kane |
| VanAuken, A. | Lizzie Patterson | Ernest, Hazel | Elgin | 1897 |
| Vanderhoof, Frank | Kate Hawley | George, Grace | Wasco | 1856 |
| Van Dervolgan, Lloyd | Anna Olsen | St. Charles | 1888 | |
| Van Dusen, Frank | Clara Wier | Robert | Elgin | 1900 |
| VanDusen, Will | Stella Solomon | Edith, Gladys, Evalyn | Burlington | 1896 |
| VanFleet, Ralph | Ida Flynn | Lester, June, Janette | Sugar Grove | 1914 |
| VanOrden, G.E. | Abbey Wright | George, Grace | Elgin | 1874 |
| Vanthournout, Romain | Mary Vonck | Arthur, Emma, Henry, Maurice, Albert, George | St. Charles | 1902 |
| Van Vleet, Benjamin, Sr. | Frances Smithing | George, Benjamin, Ruby, Lloyd, Hazel | Hampshire | 1852 |
| Van Volkenburg, Charles | Lizzie Murphy | Hazel | Big Rock | 1865 |
| Van Wambeke, H.T. | Alberta Larson | Evalyn | "Cherry Farm" Wasco | 1918 |
| Vaughn, Alfred R. | Eliza Brace | Alfred | Oswego | 1868 |
| Verner, Carl | Carrie Johnson | Harold | "Burr Farm" St. Charles | 1903 |
| Vierig, August | Lizzie Kiehmke | Fred, Freda, Artie, Edith, Leonard, Lydia | Burlington | 1906 |
| Vogel, Henry | Agnes Toben | Elgin | 1885 | |
| Vogel, Joe | Mary Burns | Helen, Anna, Joseph | Elgin | 1885 |
| Vogle, Edward | Fannie Solomon | Earl, Irene, Ralph | Burlington | 1871 |
| Vogel, Frank | Josie, Clara, Allie | Dundee | 1877 | |
| Volkening, Fred | Pearl Westcott | Hazel, Bernice, Harold, Lucy, Everett | Hampshire | 1882 |
| Volkening, Mrs. Sophia | Fred, Ida, Menda, Lucy, Emma, Lena, Herman, Edwin | "Prairie View Farm" Hampshire | 1881 | |
| Volpp, Gustave | Maude Haygreen | Burlington | 1890 | |
| Volstorff, Henry C. | Jennie Anderson | Elburn | 1878 | |
| Voltz, H.R. | Ida Fischer | Harold, Elmer, Melvin, Verna | Plato Center | 1874 |
| Volz, John | Minnie Prieguitz | Paul, Emma, Martha, Alma, Emil, Helena, Rosa, William | "Mineral Spring Farm" Dundee | 1915 |
W Surnames
©Transcribed by Kim Torp
|
Name (Owner of land or tenant) |
Maiden Name of Wife |
Children |
Name of farm (in quotes) & Post Office of farm |
Year became Resident of Kane |
| Wackerlin, Jacob | Eliza Kubler | Jacob, Nellie, Mabel, Elmer, Florence | Sugar Grove | 1899 |
| Wagner, Frank L. | Veda Von Ohlen | Big Rock | 1871 | |
| Wagner, Henry | Reka Klahn | William, Alma, Rose, Walter | "Fair View Farm" Dundee | 1887 |
| Wagner, John | Carrie Boltd (sic) | Ernest, Martha, Frank, Bertha | Elgin | 1899 |
| Wagner, J.T. Secretary & Treasurer Milk Producers Association | Mary Nickels | Agnes, Margaret, Libby, William, Ernest, May | Aurora | 1871 |
| Wagner, Theodore | Louise Rabitzki | Carrie, Anna, Charlie, Adolph, Rose, Harry, Theodore Jr, Walter, Elmer | Gilberts | 1868 |
| Wagoner, George | Batavia | 1857 | ||
| Waite, Dewitt C. | Margaret A. Houston | Paul A. | sugar Grove | 1866 |
| Waite, Don L. | Erma West | Arlene, Clarice, Ivan | aurora | 1881 |
| Waite, Percival M. | Laura Ann Paull | Laura Belle, Don L. | aurora | 1882 |
| Walker, F. Wilbur | Grace Van Orden | Velma, Florence | Elgin | 1879 |
| Walker, J.N. | Lucy J. Powell | Mabel L., Lulu M. | Burlington | 1841 |
| Walker, Mrs. Martha | Harriet, Clarisa, Kate, Bessie, Hugh, David, John, James, Charles, Tom | Hampshire | 1850 | |
| Walker, W.H. | Lenora Treman | "Fairacres Farm" Aurora | 1911 | |
| Wallace, Mrs. Mary | Burt, John, Edward, Maggie, Henrietta, Hattie | Burlington | 1858 | |
| Wallace, S.V. | Bessie Tripp | Elizabeth, Herschel, Vernon | Elburn | 1912 |
| Walsh, A.P. | Lillie, Agnes, Carrie, Margaret | "Cozy Dell Farm" Aurora | 1889 | |
| Walsh, John | Batavia | 1889 | ||
| Waltz, Joseph J. | Henrietta Warfel | Samuel, George, Ethel | "Fitch Farm" Aurora | 1914 |
| Warber, Lloyd | Maple Park | 1917 | ||
| Ward, C.J. | Minnie Marks | Phoebe, Frank, Horace | "Orchard Uplands", Elgin | 1912 |
| Warford, Charles | Fredereka Ramm | Laverne, Birdelle | "The Pines" Maple Park | 1862 |
| Warne, Glenn C. | dolly A. Snow | Sugar Grove | 1887 | |
| Warne, O. H | Jennie E. Hawley | Glenn | Elburn | 1865 |
| Warnely, Joe | Pater Rakene (?) | Alex, Joe, Lena, Charlie, Emma | "Oak Lawn Farm" Wayne | 1907 |
| Warrington, Walter J. | Mary Roesslein | Alvin Lester | Hampshire | 1889 |
| Washburn, Charles S. | Louise R. Johnson | Charles S. Jr, Harry S., Newton F. | Batavia | 1870 |
| Washburn, F.H. | Anna Forbes | Forbes | Batavia | 1865 |
| Washburn, Joseph S. | Harriet Scott | Charles | Batavia | 1862 |
| Washer, Fred F. | Anna Rudsinski | Clarence, Lydia, Florence, Clara, Louise, Freddie, Hattie | Elgin | 1877 |
| Washer, Henry C. | Rose Nesler | Elgin | 1907 | |
| Watermann, August H. | Rose Witt | Hazel, Vernette | Plato center | 1896 |
| Watermann, Chris | Mary Bierman | William, Henry August, Emma, Lucy | Plato Center | 1896 |
| Watermann, Henry | Letitia Marshall | Walter, Marvin, Alfred | Plato Center | 1896 |
| Watermann, William C. | Bertha Engelbrecht | Helen, Selma, Bernice, Wilbur, Dorothy | Plato Center | 1896 |
| Watson, Charles | Clara Tanner | Robert G. | maple Park | 1892 |
| Watson, R.G. | Mary Coombs | Charles, Gladys, Marion | Maple Park | 1856 |
| Watson, Stewart | Olga Cutter | "Bonnie Mailen Farm" Lafox | 1887 | |
| Watts, John | Louisa Tysh | John, Fred | Gilberts | 1916 |
| Waughon, John | Emma Fackley | Ruth, Patrick, Lydia, John | Burlington | 1865 |
| Weaver, H.H. | Florence Emmett | Ray M. | Batavia | 1869 |
| Weber, Peter | Hattie Kautz | Ernest ,Laura, Philip, Raymond | West Chicago | 1902 |
| Weberpals, John | Kunigunda Oppei | Mary, Margaret, Adam, Andrew | Burlington | 1906 |
| Wehrhan, Louis | Anna Lanz | Harry, Ella, | Dundee | 1904 |
| Wehrle, Charles | Mary Kinlen | Magdalena, Carl, Albert, Helen, George | Gilberts | 1892 |
| Weidert, Charles | Pearl Kunes | Eva, Myrtle, Edward | Maple Park | 1915 |
| Weintzen, John | Maple Park | 1885 | ||
| Weintzen, N.D. | Margaret Reuland | Maple Park | 1877 | |
| Weitl, George | Mary Bircheneder | Maple Park | 1917 | |
| Welch, David J. | Catherine A. Moor | Frances J., Joseph R., David J. Jr., Ameldia L., Celia V., Evelyn V., Alice C. | "Plain View Farm" Elgin | 1871 |
| Welch, W.M. | Catherine Mathias | Nellie, Lewis, Gladys | Elgin | 1859 |
| Weller, John E. | Mary Kendall | Margaret, Helen | Elgin | 1873 |
| Weller, Michael | Sarah Bowen | Marie, Lawrence | Big Rock | 1909 |
| Welter, frank U. | Josephine Hoenner | Irene, Urban | Maple Park | 1897 |
| Welter, John | Clara Kubatc | Erna, Harry, Richard, Oveda | Maple Park | 1883 |
| Welter, Nick | Maple Park | |||
| Welter, S.J. | Susan Schieder | William, Adaline, Frank, Elnore Joe, Marie, Loretta | Virgil | 1907 |
| Wenmoth, R. | Carrie Snowdon | Francis, Muriel, Kenneth, Hedley, Clara, Wilfred, Joyce, Mary | Batavia | 1904 |
| Werrbach, A.W. | Katherine Bode | John, Frank, Edward, Samuel, Emma, Anna, Minnie, Lydia, George | Elgin | 1865 |
| Werrbach, Henry Edward | Eva Baldwin | Henry, Arthur, May | Elgin | 1898 |
| Werrbach, Samuel | Elgin | 1882 | ||
| Werthwein, Percy C. | Alice Bruner | Carl, Dwight, Roger | Hampshire | 1882 |
| Weseman, Henry | Minnie Weseman | Henry, William, Fred, August, Lizzie, Richard, Lena, Frank | Hampshire | 1891 |
| Weseman, Henry Jr. | Dora Graftenstein | Walter, Irene, Florence | Hampshire | 1907 |
| Wesemann, Carl | Minnie Rornke | Herman, Edward, Emma, Carl, Alvina, Anna, Mabel, Harry | Hampshire | 1900 |
| Wesemann Richard | Mary Meewan | Wilhelmina, Forrest, Beth, Ruth | Hampshire | 1892 |
| West, Earl D. | Effie Finley | Roberta | Sugar Grove | 1882 |
| West, B.C. | Nancy D. McDole | Bruce, Carrie, Wallace, Earl, Erma | Sugar Grove | 1843 |
| Westerbeck, Erick | Alvina Walsberg | Anselm, Felix, Carl, August, Herbert,Yulanda, Milton | Plato Center | 1912 |
| Westphal, Charles | Josephine Schund | Margaret, Helen, Mabel | Elgin | 1813 |
| White, Jerrie | Margaret Wagner | Frank, Margaret | Aurora | 1867 |
| Westphal, George | Elburn | |||
| Westphal, John O. | Anna S. Swanson | Marian, John Jr | "Platt Farm" Elburn | 1884 |
| Wettering Bros, Fred Jr and William L. | Hattie Schnadt, wife of Fred | Hampshire | 1882 | |
| Wettering, Fred L. | Lena Muller | John, Marie, Louise, Fred Jr, William, Emma | Hampshire | 1872 |
| Wheaton, Walter | Lottie Meredith | Arthur, Robert | Aurora | |
| Wheeler, Dan V. | Mabel Noach | David, Alice | Sugar Grove | 1862 |
| Wheeler, Harry H. | Daisy M. Young | "Larchmont Stock Farm" Maple Park | 1902 | |
| Wheeler, John | Sugar Grove | 1864 | ||
| Whildin, Ira | Edith Lewis | Wayne, Harlow | Big Rock | 1880 |
| Whildin, J.C. | Alice, Mae, Merritt, Otis, Leslie | 'The Homestead" Big Rock | 1848 | |
| Whildin, Oliver | Marguerite Close | Laverna | Big Rock | 1888 |
| White, Frank | Annie Wolfe | Helen, Edward,Herbert, Jacob | Elburn | 1871 |
| White, Frank | Annie Wolfe | Helen, Edward, Herbert, Jacob | Elburn | 1871 |
| White, George P. | Catherine Ries | Sugar Grove | 1891 | |
| White, John P. | Mary Kettinhofen | Sugar Grove | 1897 | |
| White, Martin L. | Kate Kartiser | Susie, Lillian, George, John, Martin Jr, William, Mary, Elizabeth | Aurora | 1861 |
| White, Peter F., Jr | Mary Mettel | Alois, William H., John B., Jeannette, Lucy | Aurora | 1873 |
| White, William W. | Laura, Goldie | Burlington | 1864 | |
| Whitlock, David L. | Anna Belle Gates | Mabel, Eva, John, Florence, Ralph, David Jr., Anna | aurora | 1916 |
| Whitney, Daniel | Mertell, Merrill, Merritt | "Pleasant Knoll Farm" St. Charles | 1840 | |
| Whiney, John | Dickie, Max | "Whitney Homestead Farm" Wasco | 1847 | |
| Whitney, S.A. | Olive Minick | Louise, David, Ethel | Big Rock | 1916 |
| Wickizer, L.E. | Mertell Whitney | Pearl | "Pleasant Knoll Farm" St. Charles | 1895 |
| Wickman, Henry E. | Annie Strausberger | Norman | Sugar Grove | 1917 |
| Widmayer, Frank W. | Jennie Grimes | William, Harold, Ida, LeRoy | Hampshire | 1883 |
| Wieier, August | Augusta Schula | Harry | St. Charles | 1891 |
| Wier, John Sr. | Minnie Baumann | Lena, Anna, Clara, John R., Martha, Henry, Arthur, Alma | Hampshire | 1889 |
| Wier, John R. | "Muirhead Homestead" Plato Center | 1890 | ||
| Wiesbrock, Fred | Mary Feldott | Patricia, Dorthia,Helen | Batavia | 1912 |
| Wiesbrook, Henry | Florence Cassell | Harold, Wilber, LaRue, Delmar, Gladys | Gilberts | 1915 |
| W--? Herman | Emma Waybeck | Elgin | 1913 | |
| Wilcox, Joe | Florence Kelly | Albert Owen | Maple Park | 1912 |
| Wilcox, Joe | Florence Kelly | Albert Owen | Maple Park | 1912 |
| Wilcox, L.B. | Mary Beith | Elma, William, Sarah, Mary, Jennie | Dundee | 1876 |
| Wilderspin, Albert | Minnie Dorsey | Frank, Albert Jr, | Geneva | 1914 |
| Wiley, R.V. | Charlotte Helson | Herbert W., Flossie W. | "Health & Homestead farm" Sycamore | 1880 |
| Wilkie, Fred | Carrie Miller | Gilberts | 1876 | |
| Wilkin, C.A. | Emeline Kupitz | "Round Bar Stock Farm" Pingree Grove | 1915 | |
| Wilkinson, Ray A. | Sadie J. Maxfield | Keith, Isabelle, Viola, Irene, LaVerne, Ruth | Elburn | 1917 |
| Wilkinson, Stewart G. | Nellie Pyles | Lester, Ray | "Edgewood Farm" Aurora | 1882 |
| Wilkison, Willis | Louise Jones | Ralph, Rose | Maple Park | 1885 |
| Willaert, Philip | Ida Vermeesch | Mary, Madelene, Irene | Elgin | 1915 |
| Willard, Frank | Laura Tewhsbury | Charles E. | Richardson | 1871 |
| Willey, Frank | Jessie E. Hacker | Harry, George | Aurora | 1851 |
| Williams Bros. | Elburn | 1872 | ||
| Williams, Dave O. | Della Williams | Mabel, Dwight | Big Rock | 1883 |
| Williams, John D. | Martha Deckert | John R. Lyle, Louise David, Stella, Nina, Ruby | "Pinehurst Farm" Lilylake | 1900 |
| Williams, Maurice R. | Margaretta Harris | Mildred, Videlia, Richard, Derva, Floyd | Big Rock | 1865 |
| Williams, Otis | Lucinda Neville | Leslie, Floyd | Elburn | 1881 |
| Williams, William G. | Anna Pritchard | Big Rock | 1917 | |
| Williams, William W. | Alice Whildin | Marie | Big Rock | 1862 |
| Williams, W.G. | Big Rock | |||
| Willie, Fred H. | Mary Miller | Lillian | "Charter Oak Farm" Elgin | 1901 |
| Willis, John O. | Janie Thomas | Lloyd, Bernice, George, Harold | Big Rock | 1887 |
| Wilson, F.H. | Emma Tanner | "Twin Oaks Farm" Elgin | 1882 | |
| wing, E.W. | Esther Pierce | Claude, Judson, Helen, Allen, Raymond | "Parkside Farm" Elgin | 1859 |
| Wing, J.R. | "Parkside Farm" Elgin | 1892 | ||
| Wing, O.A. | Hattie E. Weld | Owen, Lyla | "Wildwood Farm" Elgin | 1900 |
| Winn, E.I. | Anna McKinnell | Harry, Grace | Elgin | 1898 |
| Winn, J.J. | Susan Clemens | Ruth, Mildred | Aurora | 1906 |
| Winters, John F. | Eliza Puley | Jessie, Oscar, Charlie, Fred, Robert, Clara | Maple Park | 1870 |
| Wiskur, John | Katharine Altringer | Margaret, Paul | Aurora | 1884 |
| Wiskur, N.J. | Anna Altringer | LeRoy | Aurora | 1893 |
| Withey, A.S. | Martha Grametbam(?) | Elburn | 1890 | |
| Withey, Martin C. | Emma L. Puley | Arthur, Alvah, Frank | Elburn | 1864 |
| Witt, Herman | Amelia Maier | Emma, Martha, Paul, Helmuth, Robert, Clara, Rosie, Elsie, Otto | Plato Center | 1896 |
| Witt, Paul | Ida Wessel | Ester, hazel, Clarence | Huntley | 1910 |
| Witt, Robert | Ella Lang | Helen, Viola | Huntley | 1889 |
| Wittry, Jacob J. | Josephine Kammes | Julia | Aurora | 1886 |
| Wittry, John | Barbara Wittry | Lena, Laura, John, Robert, Nick, Albert, Fred | "Rose Hill Farm" Aurora | 1860 |
| Wittry, Mrs. Margaret | Margaret Molitor | Barbara, Adam, John, Anna, Clara, Margaret, Peter, George, Mae | Big Rock | 1882 |
| Wittry, Nickolas | Lena Dockendorf | Jacob, Lena, Michael, Henry | Aurora | 1862 |
| Wittry & Co., J.H. | Maple Park | 1903 | ||
| Wolgast, Christ | Anna Hilger | Josephine, Bernice | Batavia | 1862 |
| Wolverton, S.M. | Nellie Marsden | Laurel, Edith | Batavia | 1879 |
| Wood, C.E. | Minnie Pase | William | Elgin | 1887 |
| Wormwood, Richard A. | Martha Gerdeau | Irene, Gladys, Blanche, Hazel, Albert, Eloise | Elgin | 1895 |
| Wright, Clarence | Alma Johnson | Huntley | 1868 | |
| Wyss, John Jr | Anna Wyss, mother | Hampshire | 1891 |