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Thomas Preston Jecks

Male 1857 - 1953  (95 years)


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  • Name Thomas Preston Jecks 
    Born 25 Dec 1857  McHenry County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Oct 1953  Rockford, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Oakland Cemetery, Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7738  Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2025 

    Family 1 Estella M. Wright,   b. 15 May 1864, Stockton, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1907, Woodstock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 3 Mar 1886  Woodstock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Ellis Preston Jecks,   b. 29 Sep 1888, McHenry County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1970, Carroll, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Elsie L. Jecks,   b. 18 Apr 1900, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1913, Croton Township, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2025 
    Family ID F17505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Clara Estella Thompson,   b. Dec 1869, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1935, Croton Township, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1910  Chicago, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2025 
    Family ID F17506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Dec 1857 - McHenry County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Mar 1886 - Woodstock, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Mar 1910 - Chicago, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Oct 1953 - Rockford, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oakland Cemetery, Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Thomas & Estella Jecks
    Thomas & Estella Jecks
    Thomas P. Jecks
    Dec. 25, 1857 - Oct. 10, 1953

    Estella M. Wright
    Wife Of
    Thomas P. Jecks
    May 15, 1864 - Feb. 1, 1907

    JECKS

    Census
    1900 US Census
    1900 US Census
    Woodstock, Illinois
    1910 US Census
    1910 US Census
    Woodstock, Illinois
    1920 US Census
    1920 US Census
    Croton Township, Michigan
    1930 US Census
    1930 US Census
    Croton Township, Michigan
    1940 US Census
    1940 US Census
    Croton Township, Michigan
    1950 US Census
    1950 US Census
    Rock Island, Illinois

    Obituary & Death Notice
    Thomas Jecks
    Thomas Jecks
    THOMAS JECKS
    Thomas P. Jecks, 95, of 3224 16th Ave., Rock Island, who farmed in McHenry County for many years, died at 9:50 this morning in St. Anthony's Hospital where he had been a patient since Sept. 14.
    Services will be at 1:30 Monday afternoon in Knox Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Arthur T. Clark, pastor of South Park Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Woodstock.
    Friends may call at the mortuary after noon tomorrow.
    Mr. Jecks was born Dec. 25, 1857 in McHenry, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis P. Jecks. He was reared there and married Estella M Wright, March 3, 1886, in Woodstock. She died in 1907. He married Mrs. Clara Boynton, March 28. 1910, in Chicago.
    In 1910 they moved to Newaygo, Mich. She died there in 1936 and in 1942 he moved to Rock Island to make his home with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis P. Jecks, where he since resided. Surviving is the son. Preceding him in death were his parents and a daughter.
    --The Dispatch, Moline, Illinois, October 10, 1953 Page 10