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Caroline L. Richards 1859 – 1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Oct 1859

Birth Location: Chicago, Illinois

Death Date: 13 Oct 1944

Death Location: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois

Father: Fredrick Richards

Mother: Freidericka Nickles

Spouse(s): Henry Leeseberg

Children(s): George Leeseberg, Matilda Leesburg, Albert Leesburg, Etta Leesburg, Edwin Leesburg

In 1859, Caroline L. Richards entered the world in Chicago, Illinois, born to Fredrick Richards and Freidericka Nickles. Years later, Caroline L. Richards married Henry Leeseberg, and the couple became parents to George F. Leeseberg, Matilda Leesburg, Albert Leesburg, Etta Leesburg and Edwin Leesburg. Caroline L. Richards died in 1944 in Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois.

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Parents

Fredrick Richards
Birth Location: –
FR
Freidericka Nickles
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Henry Leeseberg
1856 – 1926
Birth Location: Addison, Ill
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Children(s)

George Leeseberg
1881 –
Birth Location: Illinois
GL
Matilda Leesburg
1891 –
Birth Location: Illinois
ML
Albert Leesburg
1895 –
Birth Location: Illinois
AL
Etta Leesburg
1897 –
Birth Location: Illinois
EL
Edwin Leesburg
1897 –
Birth Location: Illinois
EL

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 2 Oct 1859
    Event Place: Chicago, Illinois
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Year: 1940; Census Place: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: T627_840; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 56-6., Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Year: 1880; Census Place: Elgin, Kane, Illinois; Roll: 218; Family History Film: 1254218; Page: 278D; Enumeration District: 084; Image: 0358., Year: 1910; Census Place: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: T624_304; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 0123; Image: 450; FHL microfilm: 1374317.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Elgin, Kane, Illinois; Roll: 218; Family History Film: 1254218; Page: 278D; Enumeration District: 084; Image: 0358.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: T624_304; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 0123; Image: 450; FHL microfilm: 1374317.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois, United States
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: T627_840; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 56-6.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois
    Record Source: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 13 Oct 1944
    Event Place: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois
    Record Source: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 16 Oct 1944
    Event Place: Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois
    Record Source: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
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