James SOLON (Msgr)


Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950

Last	First	Middle	Sex/			Death					
Name	Name	Name	Race	Age	Cert#	Date	   County   City		
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SOLON 	JAMES  	A	M/W  	UNK  	0000266 1940-09-25 DE KALB  DE KALB 	
James SOLON (Msgr) Died Sept 25, 1940 age 84 (from Watson Bible)
Submitted by Marilyn Yezek:
Msgr. James is one of the Ivesdale Solons.  He is the son or of John
and Ellen Grant Solon.  He's on the family gravestone at St. Joseph's
Cemetery in Ivesdale.  I think his name is inscribed on an altar in
one of the churches in Champaign.

Census Extractions for Rev. James A. Solon
(son of John from Champaign County, IL)

1860 Census:
Town of DuPage, Will County, IL (taken 28 Jul 1860)
SOLON,
John   30  M  Farm Laborer (PP $200) born Ireland
Ellen  25  F  born Ireland (Neither she or John can read nor write)
Thomas 10  M  born England (school in year)
James   3  M  born Illinois
Michael 1  M  born Illinois
(page 219, dwelling 1698, family 1614, lines 34-38)

1880 census:
Colfax Twp, Champaign Co., IL (FHL Film 1254179 Page 81A)
SOLON:
John	55	born Ireland   Farmer
Ellem	50	born Ireland   Keep House
Michael	20	born Illinois  Farming
John J.	14	born Illinois    "
Edward	13	born Illinois    "
Francis	12	born Illinois    "
Mary	07	born Illinois
{Note: James is not with his family now, he would have been 23 years old}
1900 Census
SOLON James        33  b Oct 1866 Illinois         DeKalb Co., IL V81 ED6 Sh 7 Ln65
	Note: Irish parents, single, occupation preacher 
1910 IL Census MiraCode
Solon James Head W 41 Illinois DeKalb DeKalb City 112 0019 0159   
~~~~ 	1 non-relative - - - - DeKalb DeKalb City 112 0019 0159 
1920 Soundex for Illinois
SOLON 	J. A. Rev. Head W Un Illinois 	DeKalb DeKalb 15 21  7 14 321 Pine   
BLACK 	Alice J.   (HK)   Un NR 	DeKalb DeKalb 15 21  7 14 321 Pine   
1930 Census for Illinois
CENSUS YR:1930 TERRITORY:IL COUNTY:DeKalb DIVISION:2nd Ward PAGE:7-A/102
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LAST  FIRST RELATION	AGE	S/M/W/D BIRTHPLACE	OCCUPATION INDUSTRY 
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SOLON John  Head  	65 	Single  United States	Priest Catholic Church  
BLACK Alice Housekeeper	50 	Single  United States	Housekeeper Private Home
(taken 8 Apr 1930)



James was educated at the University of Notre Dame.
This is a letter that was sent with one of his tuition payments.


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