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In 1856 ( the same year that Johann and Kristina Strickert emigrated from Weggun, Germany to Logan, Perth County, Canada), Charles Strickert emigrated from Felmelten, Courensen, Prussia, to Blue Island, just south of Chicago.  See the Charles Strickert 1895 Biography.

The Strickert family is mentioned numerous times in the book by John H. Volp,
BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS (N-Z) 1835-1935
Cook County, Illinois.  The following list of names comes from the index
(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilcook/info/cities/BI_NtoZ.htm)

PAGE      NAME                 DATE        DESCRIPTION
116       Strickert, Amelia      NR             Child of Charles Strickert Sr. & Katie Schardt
116       Strickert, Amelia      NR             Married Charles Brummer
32        Strickert, Charles      NR             Home Location
90        Strickert, Charles      1862           Civil War/Co. B, 82nd IL Infantry
90        Strickert, Charles      1862           Civil War/Taken Prisoner/Libby Prison
90        Strickert, Charles      1862           Civil War/ March 25, 1865/Andersonville Prison
381       Strickert, Charles     1905           Died 11/12/1905/Civil War Vet
116       Strickert, Charles Jr. NR            Child of Charles Strickert Sr. & Katie Schardt
116       Strickert, Charles Sr. 1838         Born Felmelten, Courensen, Prussia 1838
116       Strickert, Charles Sr. 1860          Arriv Amer. 1856/Arriv. BI 1860
116       Strickert, Charles Sr. 1866          Married Katie Schardt 12/23/1866
143       Strickert, Chas.         1880-1881    Street Supt.
116       Strickert, Clara          NR           Child of Charles Strickert Sr. & Katie Schardt
116       Strickert, George       NR           Child of Charles Strickert Sr. & Katie Schardt
116       Strickert, Katie          NR           Child of Charles Strickert Sr. & Katie Schardt
116       Strickert, Katie          NR           Married Charles Ostendorf
116       Strickert, Lillian         NR           Child of Charles Strickert Sr. & Katie Schardt
116       Strickert, Lillian         NR           Married Laurence Klenk
116       Strickert, Martha       NR           Child of Charles Strickert Sr. & Katie Schardt
116       Strickert, Martha       NR            Married John Hochheimer
381       Strickert, Mrs. Catherine  1920    Died 8/12/1920/Age 74/Wife of Charles
116       Strickert, Theresa        NR          Child of Charles Strickert Sr. & Katie Schardt
116       Strickert, William         NR          Child of Charles Strickert Sr. & Katie Schardt
116       Strickert, William         NR           Married Caroline Hollenbeck



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