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Wilhelmine Frederike Henrietta Kagels

Wilhelmine Frederike Henrietta Kagels

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Wilhelmine Frederike Henrietta KagelsWilhelmine Frederike Henrietta Kagels was born on 15 Oct 1881 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Charles Kagel - Kagels - and Louise Auguste Henriette Etta Gelis).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Kagel - Kagels -Charles Kagel - Kagels - was born about 1850 in Demmin, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (son of John Kagels and (possible mother of Charles Johanna Frederika Kagels)).

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 15 Oct 1881, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street - birth of daughter Wilhelmine Frederike Henrietta Kagels - occupation: Laborer - age 31
    • Voter Registration: 1890, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 84 West 13th Street

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth location from 1881 birth return of daughter Wilhelmine Frederike Henrietta Kagels - It seems very likely that Charles Kagels who married Elizabeth Gelis was brother of Johanna Kagels who married William Gelis. But I have not been able to verify this.

    Charles married Louise Auguste Henriette Etta Gelis on 26 Oct 1879 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Louise (daughter of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Elisabeth Louise Pagels) was born on 25 Apr 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died after 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Louise Auguste Henriette Etta Gelis was born on 25 Apr 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Elisabeth Louise Pagels); died after 1894.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 12 Jun 1859, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; listed as Yetta; age 3; did not attend school during the year
    • Residence: 15 Oct 1881, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street - birth of daughter Wilhelmine Frederike Henrietta Kagels; her second child

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Louise Auguste Henriette - born 25 April 1858 - baptized 12 June 1859 - I am assuming the baptismal record has the wrong year. So I am using 25 Apr 1859.

    Baptism:
    Louise Auguste Henriette - born 25 April 1858 - baptized 12 June 1859 - Parents: August Gelis & Louise, born Pagel - sponsor: Louise Halter - baptized by J. A. G. W. Mueller [First Immanuel Church]

    Notes:

    Married:
    by Louis Hoelter Pastor German Ev Luth Immanuels Church, Chicago

    Children:
    1. 1. Wilhelmine Frederike Henrietta Kagels was born on 15 Oct 1881 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Kagels was born in Sep 1824 in Germany (son of (father of John and maybe of Maria Stegemann) Kagels).

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1872; per 1900 census
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 758 West 19th Street; Widowed; Capitalist

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth month and year from 1900 census

    John married (possible mother of Charles Johanna Frederika Kagels). (possible was born in in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  (possible mother of Charles Johanna Frederika Kagels) was born in in Germany.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Johanna Kagels married William Gelis. Charles Kagels married Henrietta Gelis. Widow Frederika Young and widower August Stegman (wife was Maria) lived with William & Johanna Gelis in 1910 Census.

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles Kagel - Kagels - was born about 1850 in Demmin, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    2. Johanna Kagels was born on 19 Jul 1857 in Dennin, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 15 Jun 1946 in La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 18 Jun 1946 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Frederika Kagels was born in Jul 1865 in Germany.

  3. 6.  Friedrich Carl August GelisFriedrich Carl August Gelis was born on 26 Mar 1823 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany (son of Georg Moritz Gelis and Florentine Wilhelmine Rinne); died on 28 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 5 Apr 1823, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
    • Census: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; In 1850, the South Division of Chicago included Wards 1-4 (all south of the Chicago River to the city limit at 22nd Street) and Ward 5 (from Randolph Street south to 22nd Street, west of the Chicago River) - see chicagology.com/population/ward-map-1847
    • Residence: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Laborer; Real estate valued at $2,000; age 20 and cannot read nor write
    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 38; Farmer; real estate valued at $300
    • Census: 1870; I cannot find the August Gelis family in the 1870 census, despite going through all 576 pages of ward 8, where his brother Charles is found & also where August's daughter Minnie & husband Adam Schaumburg (as "Chambourg") are found.
    • Residence: 1880, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street; Milkman; age 57

    Notes:

    Birth:
    9PM, father was a tenant (information from the 21 Dec 1852 birth record of his daughter Justine Wilhelmine Friederike Gelis at Deckbergen #5)

    Baptism:
    St. Petri Church (information from 21 Dec 1852 birth record of his daughter Justine Wilhelmine Friederike Gelis at Deckbergen #5)

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery Section 5 Lot 244 - GELIS family members in Section 5, Lots 244, 431 and Section 7 Lot 66

    Friedrich married Elisabeth Louise Pagels on 1 Oct 1854 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Elisabeth was born about 29 Aug 1825 in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; died on 29 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elisabeth Louise PagelsElisabeth Louise Pagels was born about 29 Aug 1825 in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; died on 29 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 38; listed as Lisa
    • Residence: 1880, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street; listed as Susan

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Her maiden name is given as PAGEL on the 1859 baptism of her daughter Louise GELIS and as PAGELS on the 1861 baptism of her son Friedrich GELIS.

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery - Section 5 Lot 244

    Died:
    age 66 years 7 months; House Keeper; in Illinois 40 years; died at 708 W 14th St (9th Ward) of La Grippe and Bronchitis; burial at Concordia Cemetery; widow (husband August died the day before)

    Notes:

    Married:
    First Immanuel Lutheran Church -- the first marriage at the church when it was founded -- Info from Missouri Synod website re Chicago Churches: First Immanuel was established in 1854 at 12th St., just W of Blue Island

    Children:
    1. Henry Gelis was born about 1855 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Jan 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. 3. Louise Auguste Henriette Etta Gelis was born on 25 Apr 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died after 1894.
    3. James Gelis was born about Aug 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1870.
    4. Friedrich August Albert Frederick - Fritz - Gelis was born on 2 Feb 1861 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 29 Mar 1930 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 1 Apr 1930 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Anastasia Gelis was born on 20 Nov 1863 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    6. Johann John A. Gelis was born on 19 Dec 1865 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Mar 1923 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Mar 1923 in Park Forest, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  (father of John and maybe of Maria Stegemann) Kagels
    Children:
    1. 4. John Kagels was born in Sep 1824 in Germany.
    2. Maria Mary Kagels was born in Oct 1834 in Germany; died on 10 Apr 1909 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  2. 12.  Georg Moritz GelisGeorg Moritz Gelis was born on 18 Sep 1790 in Ostendorf, Schaumburg, Germany (son of Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Gelis and Sophie Christine Wegener); died on 5 Feb 1878 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.

    Georg married Florentine Wilhelmine Rinne on 7 Mar 1813 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany. Florentine (daughter of Carl Ludwig Rinne and Wilhelmine Charlotte Hohmeier) was born on 18 Mar 1795 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Oct 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried on 31 Oct 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 13.  Florentine Wilhelmine RinneFlorentine Wilhelmine Rinne was born on 18 Mar 1795 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany (daughter of Carl Ludwig Rinne and Wilhelmine Charlotte Hohmeier); died on 28 Oct 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried on 31 Oct 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 22 Mar 1795, Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Children:
    1. Christine Wilhelmine Gelis was born on 19 Jul 1813 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died in 1826 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    2. Georg Wilhelm Gelis was born on 1 Jul 1815 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 15 Jan 1862 in Wickbolsen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    3. Justine Wilhelmine Gelis was born on 2 Dec 1817 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 27 May 1834 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    4. Friedrich Carl Charles Gelis was born on 21 May 1820 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Nov 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. 6. Friedrich Carl August Gelis was born on 26 Mar 1823 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    6. Georg Heinrich Gelis was born on 20 Nov 1825 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    7. Ernestine Caroline Gelis was born on 4 Nov 1828 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    8. Friedrich Moritz Gelis was born on 1 May 1831 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died in 1832 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    9. Heinrich Wilhelm Gelis was born on 24 Nov 1832 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    10. Elise Charlotte Mathilde Tillie Gelis was born on 26 Mar 1835 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Oct 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 31 Oct 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    11. Wilhelmine Philippine Charlotte Gelis was born on 18 Apr 1837 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany.