Squires

Clarence and Mae Wakeline Squires.

--James Lossing Photo.  RIHG FB post April 2020.

Wakelin

Addie Hurst Wakelin and my grandmother, Della.  Della was born in 1892.

--Photo and info from James Lossing.  Email.  October 2019.

More Paxton Record Articles

--Paxton Record.  20 April 1882.  Page 8.

--Paxton Record.  27 April 1882.  Page 1.

--Paxton Record.  11 May 1882.  Page 1.

23 March 1882

--Paxton Record.  23 March 1882.

2 March 1882

--Paxton Record.  2 March 1882.

2 February 1882

--Paxton Record.  2 February 1882.  Page 1.

Hurst Wakelin Photos

Lady on left, Adelaide Hurst Wakelin. Lady on right, possibly Adelaide's sister, Mary Hurst Talbot. Lady in the middle not identified. Do you recognize her? James Lossing believes this photo was taken at the Wakelin home on East Green Street in Roberts.

Adelaide Hurst Wakelin on the right with Peanuts the dog.  Photo possibly around 1908. Anyone recognize the taller lady?  Again the location is probably at the Wakelin home on East Green Street.

So the Wakelin family home was behind where Jean Fox currently lives and where Louise Arnold used to live. This would be on the north side of East Green Street. "Church" on the corner, then looks like W. Shambrook, then W. L. Wakelin with a large lot.  Jean Fox notes on the RIH FB page about these photos with the Wakelin home that "Wakelin's house is Sara's home now..."

--Photos from James Lossing. 

Colteaux, Squires, Waldschmidt

From James Lossing:

Seeing on the blog the newspaper clipping of Wilfred Colteaux, I thought I would send these pictures of him in 1927 when their family was visiting Roberts people in California. I think the Colteaux family visited several times before they came to California to live for a while. 
In the long picture of the Roberts Reunion at Brookside Park, Wilfred is seated eighth from the left. His mother is seated third from the right and his sister seventh from the right. His father, John Colteaux is standing in the back fourth from the right. (Below)

The picture below must have been taken that same day because John is wearing the same clothes.  (Below)

The first picture below is with the Waldschmidt and Squires families.  Left to right Edna Colteaux behind Jeannette, Henry, Sadie, and Norman Waldschmidt in a column, Clara Vivian Squires, her parents Mae and Clarence (C. O.), Sarah Jane Ridge Squires (widow of Philip Squires), Wilfred and Glenn Squires.  Sadie Waldschmidt and Mae Squires are Wakelin sisters.

The second picture must have been takin in 1927 also.  It looks like another get together of Roberts people.  Wilfred is on the right in front, and his mother and sister are also sitting in front. Three of the Wakelin sisters are there: Genevieve Weaver, Sadie Waldschmidt, and Della Lossing.

--James Lossing.  Email.  October 2018.

Wakelins

 Married in Livingston County, Illinois.  August 10, 1871.

William H. Wakelin

 

Emma H. (Mahannah) Wakelin

 

--Photos and history provided by James Lossing.  FAG.  August 2018.

Wakelins

Adelaide & Thomas Walter Wakelin.

--Photo from James Lossing.  FAG Friend.  July 2018.

Another H. A Whorrall photograph.  Roberts, Illinois.

Wakelin Home????

Maybe the home of Thomas and Sarah (Whorrall) Wakelin.

--Photo from James Lossing.  FAG Friend.  July 2018.

Research.

Wakelin

Wakelin Homes.
First picture Mae, Sadie, Harvey, Adelaide, Della on rail, Genevieve and Walter.

Second picture Walter, Sadie, Mae, Della, Harvey, and Adelaide.  I understand that this house on the farm burned down and they moved to town.

House they built in Roberts after the fire.

--Photos from James Lossing.  FAG Friend.  July 2018.

Roberts, ILL. Society Reunion

I have read articles about this group of Roberts families that all moved to California and kept in touch. 
ROBERTS, ILL. SOCIETY REUNION BROOKSIDE PARK APRIL 3, 1927.
From James Lossing: "People who moved to southern California kept in touch and got together a number of times. This one in 1927 must have been a special occasion.
Most of the Wakelins are here, also John Colteaux and family."

--Photo and information from James Lossing.  FAG Friend.  July 2018.

Wakelin Family Photos

 Adelaide Wakelin and her older daughters, Sadie, Genevieve, and Mae.



Wakelin children after Wesley died.

Della Wakelin, 20 month old.

 Della Wakelin and her mother.

 



Sadie, Genevieve, and Mae Wakelin.

Sadie, Genevieve, and Mae Wakelin.

Young Sadie and Mae Wakelin, maybe.

 

--Photos and names provided by James Lossing.  FAG Friend.  July 2018.

Thomas and Adelaide (Hurst) Wakelin Family

Children of Thomas Walter Wakelin and Adelaide Hurst:

1. Sarah Adelaide WAKELIN was born November 14, 1882, Roberts IL Died 28 April, 1954, Los Angeles, CA.  Married December 19, 1900, in Roberts, Illinois Henry Emanuel WALDSCHMIDT. b. 27 Jan, 1867, Peru, Illinois,  died 6 Sept, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. Three children.
 

1. Wesley Henry Waldschmidt, b. 24 Aug. 1904 Roberts IL, d. 16 July, 1967, Long Beach, CA.  m. 25 June 1940 Beatrice Beverly Olson, b. 20 Feb. 1908, North Dakota, d. 13 Feb, 1973, Los Angeles, CA. One child Wesley Henry Waldschmidt, b. 3 June 1941, d. 4 June, 1941.

 

2. Hilda Bernice Waldschmidt b. 28 Aug, 1908, Los Angeles, CA, d. 14 Jun 2000 San Diego, San Diego, California. M. 21 Mar. 1925, Dudley Glidden Beadle, b. 26 Feb, 1902 New York, d. 01/31/1996, San Diego, CA.  Two children.

 

3. Norman Eugene Waldschmidt b. 29 Dec. 1924, Glendale, CA, d, 08/11/1985, Los Angeles, m. 7 July 1948 Harriet (Terrry) Runge b. 28 Oct, 1924, Chicago IL. Four sons.     

 

2. Mary Genevieve WAKELIN was born April 11, 1884, Roberts, IL d. 11 Nov. 1971, Los Angeles, CA.  Married June 26, 1907, Los Angeles, Royal A. WEAVER, b. 24 Jan, 1882, Nebraska d. 27 Dec. 1962.
 

1. William Clarence Weaver b. 26 April, 1908, Madison, NJ, d. 24 Jan, 1987, Downey, CA, m. 29 Jan, 1935, Compton, CA Genevieve Helen Marshall, 6 May, 1915, d. 18 May 1999, Los Angeles Co. CA. Four children.
 

2. Glenn Wakelin Weaver, b. 19 Nov, 1912, Pasadena, CA, d. 13 Apr 1998, m 1. 27 March, 1936, Luene Huston Lucas b. 31 July, 1912 Jonesboro, Arkansas, d. 8 Nov. 1986 Glendale CA, m. 2. 1 Jan, 1989, La Crescenta, CA. Helen Cox.  Two children with Luene.
 

3. Florence Adelaide Weaver b. 27 Feb. 1918 Williams, Arizona, d. 30 Aug 1998, Arcadia, CA, Compton, CA Stanley Ray Arrowsmith, b. 24 July, 1913, d. 10 Feb 2005 Arizona, divorced. Two children. 
    

4. Ruth Claudine Weaver, b. 12 Oct. 1920 Los Angeles, CA, m 4 April 1940, Compton, CA, Ansel Glenn Creasser, b. 27 Oct. 1915, Los Angeles, CA, d. 6 Nov. 1987. Three daughters.     

 

3.  Harriet Mae WAKELIN was born November 28, 1885, Roberts, IL, d. 31 July, 1964. m June 28, 1905, Roberts, Illinois, Clarence Orville SQUIRES, b. 14 June, 1884, Roberts, IL, d. 28 May, 1961. Two children.
 

1. Glenn Orville Squires b. 26 Sep, 1910 Roberts, IL, d. 28 Dec.1976, Riverside, CA, m. 25 Nov. 1936 Riverside, CA, Pansy May Banks, b. 11 July, 1914, Selah, Washington, d 6 Jul 2003, Riverside, CA. One daughter
 

2. Clara Vivian Squires b. 28 Dec, 1914, Roberts, IL, d. 23 Aug 2004 Puyallup, WA, m. 27 June, 1937, Upland, CA, Ewart Ward Robson, b. 11 May, 1914, Manzanar, CA, d. 24 Mar., 1984 Anacortes, WA. Three children     

 

4. Walter Wesley WAKELIN was born November 29, 1887.  Died January 9, 1895, in Roberts, Illinois .

 

5. Harvey Miles WAKELIN was born May 15, 1890, Roberts, IL, d. 4 June, 1930, Los Angeles, CA, m1. 1 April, 1911, Roberts, IL,  Jessie O. BOND, b. 15 July, 1889, Roberts, IL d. 10/01/1976, Los Angeles, CA divorce. Jessie m2 ___ Johnston . Harvey m2. Ruth ___ ? . Three children with Jessie.
 

1. Walter Earl Wakelin b. 10 March, 1912, Roberts, IL. d.  04/18/1985, Los Angeles, CA married and had children.
 

2. Donald Everett Wakelin, b. 30 April, 1916, Paxton, IL, d. 18 April, 1985 Sherman Oaks, CA, married and had children.
 

3. Leta Ann Wakelin, b. 14 March, 1918, Roberts, IL, d. 16 Jun 2004, CA, m Moorehouse, had children.

 

6. Della Melissa WAKELIN was born August 5, 1892 Roberts, Illinois, d. 20 Dec. 1979, Riverside, CA.  Married July 7, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, Lloyd Clinton LOSSING b. 24 Jan, 1892, Compton, CA,.  Died 2 July, 1965, Compton, California. One child.
 

1. Kenneth Lloyd LOSSING was born August 29, 1917, Los Angeles, California.

 

 Wakelin Family Portrait

 

--Photos and family history from James Lossing.  FAG Friend.  July 2018. 

Left to Right:  Mrs. Pettit, Della Wakelin, Sadie Wakelin, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Swanick, Amelia Waldschmidt, Lena Wakelin, Genevieve Wakelin.

From James Lossing: " In this picture, with the ladies sitting on the ground, can anyone tell me about Mrs. Swanick, Mrs. Roberts, and Mrs. Pettit? Della, Sadie, and Genevieve are my grandmother and two of her sisters. Lena and Amelia are Waldschmidt sisters. I don't know if that picture was taken in Roberts or California."

--Photo from James Lossing.  FAG Friend.  July 2018.

Roberts Creek?

Possibly "The Grove," not sure.

From James Lossing: 
"My grandmother was Della Melissa Wakelin, youngest daughter of Thomas Walter and Adelaide (Hurst) Wakelin.  These pictures are from her album and must have been taken around 1909, when she was in her teens."

--Photos and information from James Lossing.  FAG Friend.  July 2018.

Do You Remember

Away Back When in the spring of 1872, J. B. Meserve purchased a lot and had a home built in the Village of Roberts which was a new town being built on the Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railway? And do you know that the home he built then was torn down this week after having served its purpose for sixty-six years more than half a century of which it was known as the William Wakelin home? Thus is one more old land mark gone.

--Roberts Herald. 2 March 1938.

Roberts 1894

 

 

 

 

Photos were taken right after the fire of 1894, the reason so many people in the village.

From L to R: Meat Market, est. 1865; W. H. Wakelin (says dry goods * notions * ? * shoes * groceries * flour * salt); Next building says Groceries * Notions; next is a sign on post - Dentist; followed by R.B. Chambers; ? ; ? ; and finally Colteaux's Restaurant. After that was the school building on the corner.
The R.B. Chambers building is the current Schooney's bar. Of all the buildings in the photo, that is the only one that remains.
The school was on the corner where the bank stands today. That is the school bell tower.

--Posted photos and all comments by Jean Fox to the Roberts Illinois History Group FB page.