Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:30:26 -0500 From: Brenda Subject: Re: [BECK] Ruth (Hepler) Schmidt, d/o Charles & Gertrude (Beck) This is SUCH a long shot.. but going by Chicago, IL and approx birth date: Something to check?? IL state marriages only go to 1900? http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html 1900 United States Federal Census about Gertrude Beck Name: Gertrude Beck Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois Age: 3 Birth Date: May 1897 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Ethnicity: American Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's Name: Ernest Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Name: Margaret Mother's Birthplace: Germany Marital Status: Single Residence : Chicago City, Cook, Illinois Ernest Beck 38 Margaret Beck 41 Willie Beck 10 Frank Beck 9 Kate Beck 8 Ernest Beck 6 Gertrude Beck 3