The History and Ancestry of the Richardson & Kimminau Families

Photo of Henry county, Illinois courthouse, June 19, 2003

Photo of Entrance to Pleasant View Cemetery, Kewanee, Illinois

Photo of Warren county, Illinois courthouse, June 13, 2003

Alfred Thomas Noakes taken in 1929

Vera Isabel (Lott) Noakes taken in 1929

Homer Spencer Richardson, circa 1928.

Homer, Ermine and son, Bob Richardson, taken August 18, 1916

Homer and Ermine Richardson, taken in the Summer of 1933.

Homer and Ella Ermine (Olin) Richardson circa 1940

Obituary for Homer Spencer Richardson from the Rock Island Argus.

Tombstone for Homer Richardson

Ella Ermine (Olin) Richardson

Charles and Martha Olin with nine of their eleven children outside the farmhouse, circa 1902-1905.

Ella Ermine (Olin) Richardson

Clarence Elroy Heaps, taken 16 May 1915

Clarence Elroy Heaps taken in 1913

Israel and Rhoda Heaps with sons Irvin, Clarence, Ross, Warren and Merrill, taken circa 1890

Israel & Rhoda Heaps 50th anniversary, including the boys and their families. Taken May 16, 1915

Israel Heaps and family, May 16, 1915

Clarence, Allie and daughter Virginia, November 1919 in their home in Moline, Illinois

Clarence Heaps obituary

Tombstone for Clarence Elroy Heaps

Alice (Brunquist) Heaps

Portrait of Tom Payne

Edward Noakes

Alice Maud Noakes taken in 1928

Charles and Martha (Cubbage) Olin

Charles A. Olin, April 6, 1922 in the Alexis Argus

Martha E. (Cubbage) Olin

Cubbage siblings-Left to Right: Ann Eliza, Ermine, Bill, Ruben, Martha and Louisa, taken April 4, 1919

Martha Ellen Cubbage Olin, June 24, 1937 in the Alexis Argus

Tombstone for Martha Cubbage Olin

William Fowler Richardson

Tombstone for William Fowler Richardson

Obituary for Homer Spencer Richardson from the Rock Island Argus.

Charlotte Adeline (Ryner) Richardson

Henry William Page Lott, circa 1910

Henry William Page Lott

Portrait of Constance Emily Minna Dyason, taken in February 1930 in Sheerness, England

Constance (Dyason) Lott, circa 1910

Alice (Igglesden) Noakes

Emma Pearl (Olin) Richardson

George S. Richardson and his wife, Emma P. Olin.

Tombstone for Urvan John Olin (sometimes seen as John Urvan Olin)

Everett Olin and his car in 1919

Tombstone for Catherine Gray Richardson McGuire

Tombstone for John B. Draney

Tombstone for Henry M. Richardson

Phillip Pearce

Aley Torr

Portrait of Elizabeth Jane Pearce

A portrait of Eden Stanford Richardson and his wife, Janet Ault

Owen Pearce Richardson wedding

Owen Pearce Richardson and wife

Josiah and Julia Ann (Paddocks) Ryner tombstone

Tombstone of William Warren Ryner, noted as William H. Ryner

Tombstone for James L. Ryner, taken June 1999

Tombstone for Ellen Ryner Laughead

Photo of James Cubbage

Tombstone for James and Mary (Hunter) Cubbage

Mary Elizabeth Hunter Cubbage

Tombstone for James Cubbage

Tombstone for Mrs. Mary Feather (her maiden name is unknown)

Closeup of the tombstone for Mrs. Mary Feather (her maiden name is unknown).

Tombstone for Mary Ryner Wallace

Tombstone for Jane Gibbs Richardson

Tombstone for Harry Richardson

Dora Lucy Richardson Ryner. She is sometimes referred to as Lucy Dora

Tombstone for Lucy Dora Richardson Ryner (sometimes noted as Dora Lucy)

Francis Sheridan Ryner

Tombstone for Frank Sheridan Ryner

Tombstone for Sophia Blanche Ryner Richardson

Tombstone for Samuel Laughead

Mary Louise Cubbage, taken April 4, 1919

Bill Cubbage, April 4, 1919

Sarah Ermine Cubbage taken in 1945

Sarah Ermine Cubbage taken April 4, 1919

Ann Eliza Cubbage taken April 4, 1919

Tombstone for Warren Olin

Tombstone for George S. Richardson

Tombstone for Edna Richardson Loquist

Tombstone for Elvane F. Loquist

Tombstone for Irvin R. Ryner

Tombstone for Roy R. Ryner

Tombstone for Myrtle Richardson

Tombstone of Remembrance Underwood Richardson

John W. Cubbage tombstone

James Ruben Cubbage, taken April 4, 1919

Cecil and Elsie Patterson, brother and sister, circa 1910

A portrait of Eden Stanford Richardson and his wife, Janet Ault

Captain Israel Green Heaps, taken 16 May 1915

Israel Green Heaps taken circa 1875.

Israel G. Heaps, taken January 1862. Sent to his sister for safe keeping during the war

Portrait of four generation of Heaps family members

Tombstone for Israel Heaps

Tombstone for Israel Green Heaps

Rhoda Ann Petteys Heaps, taken 16 May 1915

Rhoda Ann Petteys Heaps circa 1875

Tombstone for Rhoda Petteys Heaps

Irvin Petteys Heaps, taken 16 May 1915

Merrill Brand Heaps, taken 16 May 1915

Ross Delano Heaps, taken 16 May 1915

Ross Delano Heaps

Dr. Warren Tennyson Heaps, taken 16 May 1915

William Gladden Heaps circa 1895

Portrait of 4 generations of Heaps family members

Reverend Hiram Petteys

Tombstone for Reverend Hiram Petteys

Sarah Petteys, taken 16 May 1915

Tombstone for Sarah Petteys

Tombstone for Lillian V. Heaps

Tombstone for Christine (Stina) Olsdotter (sometimes shown as Olson) Brunquist Thompson. Taken June 18, 2003

Merle Thompson, notated as being of Rock Island, Illinois

Edward Brunquist, taken in Sterling...

Adrian Brunquist, taken in El Dorado, Kansas

Tombstone for Frank A. Springer

Tombstone for Ernestine Burnham Laughead

Tombstone for Clarence E. Laughead and his sister, noted as Infant Daughter

Tombstone for Clarence Laughead and his infant sister

Tombstone for Harry J. (Dick) Meeker

Tombstone for Sam Meeker

Tombstone for Ray Henry Richardson

Helen Sarah Heaps

Helen Sarah (Heaps) Leonhart, taken circa 1912 in Geneseo, Illinois

Tombstone for Harry and Hazel (Heaps) Thorngren

Tombstone for Idella James Springer

Tombstone for Annie M.

Taken circa 1900. Bernard and Anna Reining Kimminau family. Bernard is holding Theodore, Anna is holding Josephine. Leo is standing in the back, and Henry is in the front.

Tombstone for Anna and Bernard Kimminau. Inscription reads as follows:
Kimminau
Mother Father
Anna Bernard
1868-1929 1863-1930
Rest In Peace

Henry Kimminau

Leo Kimminau

Theodore Kimminau

Obituary of Theodore Kimminau, dated September 27, 1973, in the Lawrence Locomotive (Lawrence, NE).

Josephine Kimminau

Heinrich and Maria (Gretemeyer) Grabenschroer

Obituary of Theodore Schutte, dated October 14, 1937, in the Lawrence Locomotive (Lawrence, NE).

Henry Stephen Schutte

Stephen and Barbara (Krebsbach) Schutte on their wedding day, February 8, 1909

Barbara (Krebsbach) Schutte

Francis (Frank) E. Svoboda

The photo states that this was, "Barbara Kvasnica's farm". Apparently, this photo was taken after the death of her husband, Francisko (Frank) in 1922

Jerry and Lillian (Kvasnica) Suchonek

Stephen Krebsbach

Gertrude Brielman

Joseph Bartosek

Samuel D. Clark

Alfred Butcher

Thomas Butcher

Sidney Clark

Mary (Veatch) Clark

Mary (Edmunds) Butcher

Last Will and Testament of William Lucas

Adrian Brunquist, taken in El Dorado, Kansas

Edward Brunquist, taken in Sterling...

Helen Sarah (Heaps) Leonhart, taken circa 1912 in Geneseo, Illinois

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