Other Events:

• Residence: 1930, La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA; 320 South Madison Avenue; age 7; at school
• Residence: 1993, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; 1734 Cloister Dr, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260-0301 (1993)

Dorothy married William Edward Drewes on 12 Jun 1945 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. William (son of Herman George Henry Drewes and Henrietta Etta Neu) was born on 7 May 1917 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 18 Mar 1988 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living Drewes
2. Living Drewes

Other Events:

• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 971 West 21st Place; at school
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2140 West 21st Place; Stock Man at Mail Order House
• Residence: 5 Jun 1917, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWI Draft Registration; living at 2140 West 21st Place; Employed in transmission of mail by US Post Office; Single; medium height & build; blue eyes; light hair; not bald
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2541 Argyle Street; age 26; no occupation given; Harry & Bertha are living with his parents
• Residence: 1930, La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA; 320 South Madison Avenue; age 37; age at first marriage 26; Owns home valued at $7,500; has radio set in home; Postal Clerk in Post Office
• Residence: 1942, La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWII Draft Registration; living at 320 S. Madison; contact: Bertha Gelis at same address; employed at Money Order Division of US Post Office at New Post Office in Chicago

Notes:

Birth:
date of 9 Feb is from WWII draft registration

Harry married Bertha Ann Burkhardt on 28 Jun 1919 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Bertha was born on 9 Apr 1899 in Illinois; died on 24 Feb 1988 in La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2541 Argyle Street; age 20; Harry & Bertha are living with his parents
• Residence: 1930, La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA; 320 South Madison Avenue; age 31; age at first marriage 20;

Notes:

Married:
by Theo F. Siemon, pastor, 2116 West 21st Street -- see image in Media Gallery

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]

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

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]

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

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]

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.