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9 years ago
Bette Page
Have there been any for the Union Victims of Andersonville ?
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10 years ago
Bette Page
My family grew up in th orignal Gemantown Near St Michael's in old town. They had a townhouse on the Larrabee-clybourn-Division triangle next to the Isham YMCA. Post WWII, the Irish-Daly political machine made a concerted effort to remove any white ethnic enclaves they couldn't control. They used Emminent Domain to condemn entire neighborhoods and my grandparents' of old town was one of them. (
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10 years ago
Bette Page
Well, as someone with ancestors at St. Bon - Germans were not allowed in the other grounds (Graceland and Rosehill, and the now moved North Ave) and had to start their own. Of course once the city grew around it, space became scarce and they reserved it for their family members. They are both full now and you can only be buried in an existing family plot.
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