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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alice Gelis was born in Dec 1889 in Illinois (daughter of Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm - William Henry - Gelis and Johanna Kagels).

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 971 West 21st Place; at school; listed as Ellis Gelis
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2140 West 21st Place; File Clerk at Clothing House
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2541 Argyle Street; Bookkeeper for Mail Order Store
    • Residence: 1930, Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA; 510 North Catherine Avenue, living with mother Johanna Gelis; age 40; age at first marriage 35
    • Residence: 1942, La Grange Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWII Draft Registration of Husband: they are living at 510 N. Catherine Ave.

    Alice married Albert Howard Eeles in 1926. Albert (son of Edward Eeles and Lillie) was born on 10 Feb 1894 in Illinois, USA; died in Nov 1968 in La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm - William Henry - GelisHeinrich Friedrich Wilhelm - William Henry - Gelis was born on 9 Jan 1850 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann); died on 12 Oct 1928 in La Grange Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 15 Oct 1928 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Baptism: 20 Feb 1850, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 11; attended school within the year
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 971 West 21st Place; Carpenter
    • Witness: 20 May 1902, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; witness with Rudolph Stegemann to horseshoe patent of Anthony Meisner - NOT CERTAIN THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT HENRY GELIS
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2140 West 21st Place; Carpenter in Car Shop
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2541 Argyle Street; Carpenter for Street Cars

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    First St. Paul's Lutheran Church

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery - Section 7 Lot 66

    Died:
    Cerebral Hemmorhage (6 days) contributed to by Arterio sclerosis (years) -- see image in Media Gallery

    Heinrich married Johanna Kagels on 28 May 1876 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Johanna (daughter of John Kagels and (possible mother of Charles Johanna Frederika 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Johanna KagelsJohanna Kagels was born on 19 Jul 1857 in Dennin, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (daughter of John Kagels and (possible mother of Charles Johanna Frederika Kagels)); died on 15 Jun 1946 in La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 18 Jun 1946 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1872; in United States - per 1900 & 1930 census
    • Arrival: 1872; in United States - per 1910 census
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 971 West 21st Place; Mother of 5 children, 4 of whom are living
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2140 West 21st Place; mother of 5 children, 4 of whom are now living
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2541 Argyle Street
    • Residence: 1930, Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA; 510 North Catherine Avenue; widow; age 72; Owns home, valued at $6,000

    Notes:

    Birth:
    The birth record of her daughter Annie shows "Demin". It is not clear if she was from the town of Dennin, just NW of Spantekow or from Demmin, the main town of the Demmin district, a bit further NW of Spantekow.

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery - Section 7 Lot 66

    Died:
    Cook County Death Certificate #22647 [I do not have it.]

    Notes:

    Married:
    by H. Engelbrecht, pastor of German Evangelical Lutheran Matthews Church

    Children:
    1. (child died before 1900 Census) Gelis was born before 1879 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1900 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. William Louis Fredrick Gelis was born on 5 Dec 1879 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 2 Jan 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Anna Augusta Sophia Henrietta Gelis was born on 9 Feb 1884 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 20 May 1927 in Harrison County, Ohio; was buried after 20 May 1927 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. 1. Alice Gelis was born in Dec 1889 in Illinois.
    5. Harry Charles Gelis was born on 9 Feb 1892 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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 Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann on 26 Oct 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Sophie (daughter of Johann Heinrich Christoph Hasemann and Catherine Sophie Pape) was born on 15 Dec 1824 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 19 Jul 1854 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sophie Marie Dorothee HasemannSophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann was born on 15 Dec 1824 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany (daughter of Johann Heinrich Christoph Hasemann and Catherine Sophie Pape); died on 19 Jul 1854 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 25 Dec 1824, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
    • Emigration: 1846, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; Schaumburger Auswanderer #633: see details in Story
    • Arrival: 1846, America
    • Census: 1850, 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; over age 20 and cannot read nor write; her mother's maiden name was Pape, and there is a Henry & Caroline Pape (both 40) family 3 pages later in the census
    • Residence: 1852, Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; Schaumburger Auswanderer #633: see details in Story
    • Emigration: 1853, Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; Schaumburger Auswanderer #633: see details in Story

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    St. Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Germany - Baptisms 1824 #40 (page 8) - Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann (born 21 Dec 1824 at 5:30 AM)

    Died:
    recorded in First Immanuel Church Burials as the second burial after the founding of the church in 1854

    Notes:

    Married:
    First St. Paul's Lutheran Church -- see image of church register in Media Gallery

    Children:
    1. Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 6 Jul 1912 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Johann Friedrich August Gelis was born on 18 May 1848 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. 2. Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm - William Henry - Gelis was born on 9 Jan 1850 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 12 Oct 1928 in La Grange Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 15 Oct 1928 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. Heinrich August Gelis was born on 5 Sep 1851 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 17 Feb 1852 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. (child born and died before 21 Dec 1852) Gelis was born before 21 Dec 1852; died before 21 Dec 1852.
    6. Justine Wilhelmine Friederike Gelis was born on 21 Dec 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died before 1860.

  3. 6.  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]


  4. 7.  (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. Charles Kagel - Kagels - was born about 1850 in Demmin, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    2. 3. 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.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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]


  2. 9.  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. 4. 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.

  3. 10.  Johann Heinrich Christoph HasemannJohann Heinrich Christoph Hasemann was born on 10 Jan 1782 in Lüdersfeld, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany (son of Johann Toennies Hasemann and Anne Engel Maria Wulf); died on 30 Dec 1861 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried on 2 Jan 1862 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Beckedorf Burials 1862: Johann Heinrich Hasemann, last a farm laborer from Beckedorf Number 1 died 30 December 1861 at 3 PM; married Katharine Sophie Pape (died 1848)

    Johann married Catherine Sophie Pape on 6 Apr 1820 in Lindhorst, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. Catherine (daughter of Johann Erich Pape and Anne Ilse Catharine Meyer) was born about 2 Apr 1786 in Wölpinghausen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 4 Apr 1848 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Catherine Sophie PapeCatherine Sophie Pape was born about 2 Apr 1786 in Wölpinghausen, Niedersachsen, Germany (daughter of Johann Erich Pape and Anne Ilse Catharine Meyer); died on 4 Apr 1848 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 2 Apr 1786, Bergkirchen, Niedersachsen, Germany
    • Confirmation: Abt 1801, Wölpinghausen, Niedersachsen, Germany; Father: Johann Erich Pape, Schaefer, Einlieger in Wolpinghausen and Ilse Catharine Meyers Sponsors: Cord Thuernau, Wolpinghausen Nr. 3; Hans Heinrich Thuernau, Wolpinghausen Nr. 12 and Ehefrau of Georg Schaper, Schaefer in Wiedenbrugge.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Her birthdate is not known. She was baptized 2 Apr 1786.

    Baptism:
    Karen Rowe found her baptismal date in her Wolpinghausen Confirmation record (see her confirmation about 1801 below).

    Died:
    e-mail Karen Rowe to Wesley Johnston: St. Godehardi Church - Mortuorum (Burial) Records - 6 April Katharine Sophie Hasemann, born Pape, died 4 April 8AM married Johann Heinrich Hasemann, day laborer, unlanded tenant Beckedorf #13 age 62 years

    Notes:

    Married:
    The marriage was proclaimed in both Beckedorf & Lindhorst & maybe in Iddensen. It took place either in Beckedorf or Lindhorst. -- see multiple images in image gallery (Yes, 2 children were born long before the marriage.)

    Children:
    1. Catharine Sophie Charlotte Hasemann was born on 8 Feb 1813 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    2. Johann Heinrich Hasemann was born on 8 Jul 1816.
    3. Engel Marie Sophie Eleonore Hasemann was born on 9 May 1820 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    4. Engel Marie Sophie Hasemann was born on 23 Sep 1821 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 17 Jun 1822 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried on 20 Jun 1822 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany.
    5. 5. Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann was born on 15 Dec 1824 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 19 Jul 1854 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    6. Catherine Marie Sophie Hasemann was born on 2 Jul 1826 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany.

  5. 12.  (father of John and maybe of Maria Stegemann) Kagels
    Children:
    1. 6. 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.