Family/Spouse: Living Willingham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Elaine Abraham. Elaine (daughter of Louis Gust Abraham and Viola H. Vi Staack) was born on 7 Sep 1925 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 23 Jul 1983 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: Abt 20 Sep 1925, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3651 S Lincoln St; age 4 6/12
• Occupation: Abt 1963, Deerfield, Lake, Illinois, USA; info from Elma Lehmann's records: worked at Kleinschmidt in Deerfield, IL then own business called Chain of Lakes Amusements
• Residence: Abt 1963, Grayslake, Lake, Illinois, USA; info from Elma Lehmann's records: they lived in Grayslake, IL before moving to FL; 235 Swiaha; Grayslake; then 113 4th St in Bradenton Beach, FL then 5732 W 24th SW in Bradenton, FL

Notes:

Birth:
Soc Sec Index has birth in Jul; all other sources have it as 7 Sep 1925

Baptism:
info from Elma Lehmann's records: godmother was Elsie Wagtaske

Died:
info from Elma Lehmann's records: died of yellow jaundice at hospital in Bradenton, FL while living at Bradenton Beach next to her parents; cremated at Bradenton

father married mother of Sherman and Doris Anderson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Chicago Draft Board #11
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWI Draft Reg Card
• Baptismal Sponsor: Abt 28 Dec 1924; information from Elma Lehmann's records: godfather of niece Clara Vandre
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Talents: 1961; information from Elma Lehmann's records: he loved to play his concertina at family gatherings; played it at 50th anniversary of Buehler-Staack marriage (Elma's parents)
• Occupation: Abt 1965; information from Elma Lehmann's records: "He worked for my father as a salesman" then went to work for Goldblatt Brother Dept Store on State St; was a foreman in the shipping dept & retired from there
• Residence: 11 Aug 1973, Bradenton Beach, Florida, USA; information from Elma Lehmann's records: celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary

Notes:

Buried:
info from Elma Lehmann's records: Avon Centre Cemetery; Rte 83 & Shorewood by MacGillis Funeral Home; 222 N Rosedale Ct; Round Lake, IL, by Rev Frank D Piepers - post-funeral meal at Brass Wheel; 302 Cedar Lake Rd; Round Lake, which burnt down 1980's

Died:
Social Security gives last residence as Bradenton Beach, FL, but Elma Lehmann says that he died at his son Charles' home in Midlothian, IL

Louis married Viola H. Vi Staack on 11 Aug 1923 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Viola (daughter of Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack and Katherine Schaumburg) was born on 23 Jan 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 12 May 1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Owner of Staack Family Plot in Waldheim Cemetery: Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; info from Elma Lehmann's records: She was owner of the Schaumburg & Staack plot in Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park, IL, where her parents are buried.
• Baptism: Abt 1 Feb 1906, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart (Fred & Katherine are renting to their daughter Minnie & George Vandre and living down the street from Katherine's sister Mary & Otto Kluth at 3513 and their daughter Marie & William Buehler at 3533); age 12; at school
• Membership in North American Benefit Association: Abt 1922; info from Elma Lehmann's records: "Has been a member since the age of 16 with the North American Benefit Association. Her affiliation is with 'Review' 20 years."
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Occupation: Apr 1956, Deerfield, Lake, Illinois, USA; info from Elma Lehmann's records: In April 1956 went to work for Kleinschmidt (County Line Rd; Deerfield) for 12 years, retired 28 Jan 1968. First worked on the assemlby line, then in packaging dept. Honored with lovely buffet luncheon & cake by her dept.
• Residence: 11 Aug 1973, Bradenton Beach, Florida, USA; information from Elma Lehmann's records: celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary
• Residence: 1983, Bradenton Beach, Florida, USA; info from Elma Lehmann's records: lived next door to dau Elaine; both her dau Elaine & her husband Lou died in 1983
• Residence: Abt 1987, Midlothian, Cook, Illinois, USA; information from Elma Lehmann's records: living with son Charles Abraham's family

Notes:

Birth:
3527 South Mozart; 7th child of mother, 5 of whom are living; father's occupation Carpenter

Baptism:
info from Elma Lehmann's records: godparents were her uncle Henry Schaumburg & aunt Viola Schaumburg

Notes:

Married:
information from Elma Lehmann's records; had 59 anniversaries before Louis died

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1880
• Arrival: 1882
• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA

Julius married Mary (married Abraham). Mary was born in Feb 1873 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1891
• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA

Other Events:

• Baptism: 6 Aug 1865, Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Confirmation: 28 Sep 1879, Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; see Wesley Johnston's hand-written copy made about 1981 from the original then owned by Viola (Staack) Abraham
• Baptismal Sponsor: 22 Mar 1881, Beseritz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; sponsor at baptism of sister Caroline Staack's son Bernhard Friedrich August Konsoer
• Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1900 census
• Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1910 census
• Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1920 census
• Departure: Bef 17 Apr 1882, Hamburg, Germany
• _ORIG: Bef 17 Apr 1882, Prussia
• Arrival: 17 Apr 1882, New York, New York, USA; Mother Sophie & children Bertha & Fritz (Fred) Staack arrive in New York on the Silesia, which sailed from Hamburg -- see images in Media Gallery
• _DEST: 17 Apr 1882, United States of America
• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 977 West 21st Place
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart (Fred & Katherine are renting to their daughter Minnie & George Vandre and living down the street from Katherine's sister Mary & Otto Kluth at 3513 and their daughter Marie & William Buehler at 3533); age 53; Nat'd 1887; Carpenter
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 8817 Euclid Avenue (son John at 8819, dau Henrietta Johnston at 8823); owns home of unknown value; does not have a radio set; age 65; first married at age 22; arrived in US 1884; Naturalized; occupation: none

Notes:

Baptism:
sponsors: 1. Carl Pagels, Statthalter (foreman) in Spantekow 2. Friedrich Wascher, coachman in Drewelow 3. Henriette Schultz, girl in Spantekow -- see image in Media Gallery

Buried:
Waldheim Cemetery -- Section G Lot 9

Died:
8817 Euclid Avenue

Friedrich married Katherine Schaumburg on 4 Jun 1887 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Katherine (daughter of Adam Schaumburg and Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis) was born on 22 Jul 1868 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Feb 1934 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 8 Feb 1934 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 977 West 21st Place
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart (Fred & Katherine are renting to their daughter Minnie & George Vandre and living down the street from Katherine's sister Mary & Otto Kluth at 3513 and their daughter Marie & William Buehler at 3533); age 51
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 8817 Euclid Avenue (son John at 8819, dau Henrietta Johnston at 8823); age 63; first married at age 20;

Notes:

Buried:
Waldheim Cemetery-- Section G Lot 9

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses: August Schaumburg [her brother], Fina Blohm, Hermann Konsoer [Fred's sister Wilhelmine Caroline Staack had married Carl Konsoer about 1874], August Gohr -- see image in Media Gallery