Chapter 5 Bishop Hill and Leclaire, Illinois in several posts
Starting with some pages from Friends of Leclaire Pages
Bishop Hill and Leclaire, Illinois Chapter 3 Swedish Relatives Myrtengren Revised
I had to revise. Somehow my original was lost... Bishop Hill Architecture and Leclaire Home 840 Hale Avenue Built by Daniel Lindbeck and Sons. Bishop Hill, Illinois and Leclaire, Illinois Mom made the annual trip to Bishop Hill for Bishop Hill Days. Here’s a link to history and a Town suspended in time https://bishophillheritage.org/news-events/calendar/ One year I went with Mom. We visited the settlement and Historic buildings, a museum of a community. The Lindbecks settled here first, after arriving in the USA. Mom felt pride in being an ancestor of these independent minded Swedes. The communal life was idyllic, self sustaining, noble and sharing resources. Considering all the history of Bishop Hill, the Idyllic lifestyle was the most appealing. Grok re: our tree, some repeats from other chapters Your Swedish ancestors, as depicted in the family tree, trace their roots to the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Sweden, with many eventually emigrating to the ...
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