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Emil William Buehler

Male 1912 - 1998  (85 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Emil William Buehler was born on 15 Dec 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of William John Bill Buehler and Marie Johanna Staack); died on 23 May 1998 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3533 Mozart (Marie's parents at 3527); age 7; at school
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2452 60th Street; age 17; not at school; occupation: none

    Emil married Magdalene Elizabeth Mattes on 17 Jan 1944 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Magdalene (daughter of Charles H Mattes and Elizabeth (married Mattes)) was born on 15 Oct 1918 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in Jan 1995 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Cook County File Number 1801554; Elma Lehmann gives date as 12 Feb 1944; St Brendan Church; Marquette Road & Racine Ave

    Children:
    1. Living Buehler
    2. Living Buehler
    3. Living Buehler
    4. Living Buehler
    5. Gerard Francis Buehler was born on 2 Jan 1955 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Aug 1998.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William John Bill Buehler was born on 14 Jul 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of Fred Buehler and Anna Hannah Katz); died on 6 Jun 1973 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried after 6 Jun 1973 in Grayslake, Lake, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Organizations: Elma Lehmann: was Secretary for the International Molders & Foundry Workers Union Local 233 for a number of years; went to conventions in St. Louis, MO & Birmingham, AL
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3533 Mozart (Marie's parents at 3527); Renting; age 29; Carpenter in Building trade
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2452 60th Street; age 11; Renter for $67.50 per month from Andrew Stucker; age 39; age at first marriage 21; Manufacturing of Vases in Store
    • Occupation: Bef 1933, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: worked for cartage co with horse wagons; salesman for Air*Way vacuum cleaners; then "Buehler & Jacobs" 6022 S Western Av cement bird baths, benches, vases, landscaping - lost in Depression
    • Occupation: Aft 1933; Elma Lehmann: drill press operator for C. H. Milles Foundry at 35th & Bell in Chicago; worked there 21 yrs & retired at 70
    • Residence: 1942, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWII Draft Reg: living at 3540 S Damen; contact: Marie at same address; Employer: Charles H. Milles at 2522 W 35th St
    • Residence: Abt 1947, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: bought 2 lots & chicken coop at 1323 W Hawthorn Dr from Marie's sister Henrietta & Walter Johnston who needed to sell for money; Henrietta & Walter hlped make it a beautiful home where Marie & Bill lived 23 years; Bill sold when Marie died
    • 50th Wedding Anniversary: 3 Jun 1961, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: at the VFW Club at 1205 Grub Hill Road (now called Fairfield Road). Elma's uncle Louis Abraham played his concertina that evening.
    • Residence: 1970, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: after Marie died, Bill sold their house at 1323 W Hawthorne and came to live with his daughter Elma & Gerhard Lehmann, who lived next door

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Elma Lehmann: Avon Centre Cemetery; Rte 83 & Shorewood; Grayslake, IL; son Emil Buehler who owned Buehler Memorials on Rollins Road in Round Lake designed the grave marker

    Died:
    Elma Lehmann: Waukegan Pavilion Nursing Home

    William married Marie Johanna Staack on 3 Jun 1911 in St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. Marie (daughter of Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack and Katherine Schaumburg) was born on 15 Oct 1893 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Oct 1970 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried after 5 Oct 1970 in Grayslake, Lake, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Marie Johanna Staack was born on 15 Oct 1893 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack and Katherine Schaumburg); died on 5 Oct 1970 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried after 5 Oct 1970 in Grayslake, Lake, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Talents: Elma Lehmann: "Mother loved to crochet, tate, and many more things it would be a list a mile long."
    • 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; 3533 Mozart (Marie's parents at 3527); age 27
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2452 60th Street; age 36; age at first marriage 18
    • Occupation: Bef 1933, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: worked for Libby & McNeil & Libby Co at the Union Stockyards at 43rd & Halsted; then for Stein Garter Co at 35th & Ashland; then husband started own business & she did the office work
    • Occupation: Aft 1933, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: after husband Bill lost business in Depression, she went to work for Lerner Co at Canal & Van Buren downtown; she retired from there
    • Residence: Abt 1947, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: bought 2 lots & chicken coop at 1323 W Hawthorn Dr from Marie's sister Henrietta & Walter Johnston who needed to sell for money; Henrietta & Walter hlped make it a beautiful home where Marie & Bill lived 23 years; Bill sold when Marie died
    • 50th Wedding Anniversary: 3 Jun 1961, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: at the VFW Club at 1205 Grub Hill Road (now called Fairfield Road). Elma's uncle Louis Abraham played his concertina that evening.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    383 Hastings Street; 3rd child of mother; father occupation Carpenter; father birthplace Spantekow Prussia -- name on certificate is Minnie

    Buried:
    Elma Lehmann: Avon Centre Cemetery; Rte 83 & Shorewood; Grayslake, IL; son Emil Buehler who owned Buehler Memorials on Rollins Road in Round Lake designed the grave marker

    Died:
    Elma Lehmann: Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan

    Notes:

    Married:
    see image in Media Gallery; Elma (Buehler) Lehmann: Bill met Marie through her brother John, Bill's boyhood friend. Bill lived at 3537 Mozart & John at 3527 Mozart.

    Children:
    1. Marie Buehler was born on 26 Oct 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 26 Oct 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 27 Oct 1911 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. 1. Emil William Buehler was born on 15 Dec 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 23 May 1998 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    3. Mildred Buehler was born on 16 May 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 16 May 1917 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried after 16 May 1917 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. Elma June Buehler was born on 31 Oct 1918 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 22 Feb 2003 in Bristol, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Fred Buehler was born about 1861 in Germany.

    Other Events:

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

    Fred married Anna Hannah Katz. Anna was born about 1865 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Anna Hannah Katz was born about 1865 in Germany.

    Other Events:

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

    Children:
    1. Living Buehler
    2. Emma Buehler was born about 1887 in Illinois.
    3. Fred Buehler was born about 1888 in Illinois.
    4. 2. William John Bill Buehler was born on 14 Jul 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Jun 1973 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried after 6 Jun 1973 in Grayslake, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    5. Elsie Buehler was born about 1899 in Illinois.

  3. 6.  Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz StaackFriedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack was born on 3 Aug 1865 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Vorpommern, Germany (son of Friedrich Christian Staack and Caroline Sophie Dorothee - Sophia - Fitzdam); died on 19 Mar 1935 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Mar 1935 in Forest Park, 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]


  4. 7.  Katherine SchaumburgKatherine Schaumburg was born on 22 Jul 1868 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Adam Schaumburg and Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis); died on 5 Feb 1934 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 8 Feb 1934 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    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

    Children:
    1. John Bennett August Staack was born on 28 Dec 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 29 Jun 1957 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 3 Jul 1957 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Friedrich Herman Hinrich Fred Staack was born on 3 Feb 1892 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Nov 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 16 Nov 1894 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. 3. Marie Johanna Staack was born on 15 Oct 1893 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Oct 1970 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried after 5 Oct 1970 in Grayslake, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    4. Wilhelmine Ottolie - Wilhelmina - Minnie - Staack was born on 4 Feb 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 24 May 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 27 May 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Anna Wilhelmine Staack was born on 27 Apr 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Aug 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Aug 1897 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    6. Henrietta Minnie Martha Caroline Etta Staack was born on 16 Nov 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 31 Mar 1965 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    7. Viola H. Vi Staack was born on 23 Jan 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 12 May 1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Friedrich Christian StaackFriedrich Christian Staack was born on 7 Jan 1819 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (son of Christian Friedrich Fritz Staack and Anna Dorothea Rost); died on 6 Apr 1879 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    baptized at Spantekow 27 Jan 1819 -- see image in Media Gallery

    Friedrich married Caroline Sophie Dorothee - Sophia - Fitzdam on 13 Apr 1846 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Caroline (daughter of Carl Christian - Carl - Fitzdam) was born on 21 Oct 1822 in Teterin, Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 27 Jun 1896 in Barrington, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Jun 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Caroline Sophie Dorothee - Sophia - FitzdamCaroline Sophie Dorothee - Sophia - Fitzdam was born on 21 Oct 1822 in Teterin, Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (daughter of Carl Christian - Carl - Fitzdam); died on 27 Jun 1896 in Barrington, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Jun 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • 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: 27 Jun 1896, Barrington, Cook, Illinois, USA; Wunders Cemetery burial card shows her address at death as Barrington, probably living with or visiting her son Rudolph Staack

    Notes:

    Birth:
    age 24 at marriage in 1846; birth date from Wunders Cemetery grave stone -- I am using Teterin as her birthplace, since sponsor of her 1848 dau was Friederike Fitzdam from Teterin - I do not know where she really was born, but she is not in Teterin baps

    Buried:
    Wunders Cemetery - Section 2 - Lot 312 - buried with Rohn family of her daughter Bertha's first husband (Bertha is also buried there)

    Died:
    death date from Wunders Cemetery grave stone -- death location from Wunders Cemetery lot card: apparently living with or visiting her son Rudolph (who is buried in Barrington)

    Notes:

    Married:
    == [archion.de] Norddeutschland: Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-Luth. Kirche > Kirchenkreis Pommern > Spantekow > Trauungen 1836-1857, image 17 == http://www.archion.de/p/54af8a94ce/

    Children:
    1. Christian Wilhelm William Staack was born on 28 Dec 1846 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 27 Feb 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Ilinois, USA; was buried after 27 Feb 1895 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Friederike Marie Johanne - Mary - Staack was born on 14 Dec 1848 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 4 Oct 1929 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Oct 1929 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Johanne Marie Wilhelmine - Johanna - Anna - Staack was born on 1 Dec 1850 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 21 Aug 1913 in Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 23 Aug 1913 in Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. Wilhelmine Caroline Friederike Lena Staack was born on 6 Jun 1852 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 6 Oct 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried after 6 Oct 1915 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Sophie Marie Christine Staack was born on 7 Oct 1853 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    6. Friederike Wilhelmine - Fredericka - Staack was born on 8 Oct 1855 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 16 May 1920 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 18 May 1920 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    7. Carl Heinrich Joachim Charles Staack was born on 28 Dec 1857 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    8. Rudolph Carl Ludwig Staack was born on 17 Aug 1859 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 19 Feb 1928 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Feb 1928 in Barrington, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    9. Bertha Friederike Henriette Staack was born on 17 Aug 1861 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 2 Oct 1929 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 5 Oct 1929 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    10. 6. Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack was born on 3 Aug 1865 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Vorpommern, Germany; died on 19 Mar 1935 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Mar 1935 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 14.  Adam SchaumburgAdam Schaumburg was born on 6 Jun 1846 in Großenenglis, Hessen, Germany (son of Johannes Schaumburg and Anna Gertrude Theis); died on 19 Feb 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Feb 1898 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 18 Jun 1846, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
    • Departure: Bef 5 Jun 1866, Bremen, Germany
    • _ORIG: Bef 5 Jun 1866, Hesse
    • Arrival: 5 Jun 1866, New York, New York, USA; Adam (19 y 1 m, shoemaker) & Catherine (17 y 3 m) Schaumburg arrive in New York on the Europa, which sailed from Bremen -- see images in Media Gallery
    • _DEST: 5 Jun 1866, Illinois
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 24; shoemaker
    • Residence: 1871, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1871 Merchants Chicago Census Report: Shoemaker, residing at 177 Sampson, in Ward 8; 2 males, 2 females, total of 4; born Germany (see images in Media Gallery)
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA; next family is his half-brother John Schaumburg
    • Residence: 1882, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1892 voter registration shows him residing in county and state 10 years [after returning from living in Minnesota]
    • Residence: 1885, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1885 City Directory: Plasterer, house 711 West 14th Street (see images in Media Gallery)
    • Residence: 1892, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Chicago City Directory: plasterer, house at 708 West 14th Street (lathers August & John at same address) [see images in Media Gallery]

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "den sechsten Junnies Mittag zwelf Uhr" == [archion,de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Taufen 1830-1878, Bild 676

    Baptism:
    born Grossenenglis 6 Jun 1846 Noon, bap 18 Jun - son of Johannes Schaumburg, Forstlaufer und Ehefrau Anna Gertrude geb. Theis aus Niederurf -- Gevatter: Adam Scheidemann, Ackermann

    Buried:
    Waldheim Cemetery; 863 Des Plaines-- Section G Lot 9 -- Interment 24213 -- relative Mr HUNSCHE of Chicago [husband of half-sis Catharina Becker] -- J. Wolf undertaker

    Died:
    624 Paulina Street - cause Phthisis - age 51 y 8 m 15 d

    Adam married Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis on 20 Oct 1867 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Wilhelmina (daughter of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Wilhelmina Minnie GelisWilhelmina Minnie Gelis was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann); died on 6 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 6 Jul 1912 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 13; attended school within the year
    • Confirmation: 1861, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; First Immanuel Lutheran Church -- see image in image gallery and also see http://www.karensgen.com/buch/illinois/chicago/firstimmanuel/conf1855-1865.php
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Baptismal Sponsor: 4 Apr 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Immanuel Lutheran Church - double baptism sponsor of daughter Maria Schaumburg Kluth s child Louise Wilhelmine Kluth and daughter Katherine Schaumburg Sttack's child Wilhelmine Ottolie Staack
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; listed as Minnie Doerr; 3527 South Mozart; living with daughter Katherine Schaumburg's Staack family; son Henry Schaumuburg also living there

    Notes:

    Buried:
    age 65 years, 0 months, 0 days -- Waldheim Cemetery; 863 Des Plaines -- she was buried in lime in a sealed coffin, due to the smallpox that had killed her -- Section G Lot 9 -- Interment 40089 -- Rohn & Grahl undertaker

    Died:
    at the "Pest House" (the Chicago Isolation Hospital), due to contagious smallpox

    Notes:

    Married:
    First Immanuel Lutheran Church

    Children:
    1. 7. Katherine Schaumburg 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.
    2. Fredrick Wilhelm August August Schaumburg was born on 9 Apr 1870 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 3 Aug 1944 in Brookfield, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. John C. Schaumburg was born in Apr 1873 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    4. Maria C. Mary Schaumburg was born on 28 Dec 1874 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 15 Aug 1973 in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Adam Schaumburg was born on 13 Apr 1876 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 31 Oct 1877 in Brown County, Minnesota, USA.
    6. William Frederick Schaumburg was born on 3 May 1878 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    7. Henry Fred Schaumburg was born on 24 Jun 1882 in Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 12 Sep 1954 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Sep 1954 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.