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Elvira Clara Schaumburg

Female 1901 - 1937  (35 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elvira Clara Schaumburg was born on 28 Mar 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of John C. Schaumburg and Emma A Weidner); died on 2 Mar 1937 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 5 May 1937 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2740 Polk St; age 9; attending school
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2743 Lexington St; age 18; attending school
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 5252 W North Ave; age 29; single; no occupation

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth date from death record - she was probably named after her mother's sister Clara (Weidner) Potter

    Buried:
    Waldheim Cemetery, by Raymond Curran of 3619 West North Avenue

    Died:
    born 28 Mar 1901 - died at Belmont Hospital - residence 5252 West North Avenue - died from toxemia after operation for ventral incisional hernia (which may have been due to a prior surgery?)


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John C. SchaumburgJohn C. Schaumburg was born in Apr 1873 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA (son of Adam Schaumburg and Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis).

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1892, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 708 W 14th St (with parents Adam & Minnie at her father August Gelis's home); lather -- see Media Gallery
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 22, Cook, Illinois, USA; 520 N. Clark St; born Apr 1873; age 27; married 3 years; occupation: Express Business
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2740 Polk St; age 37; married once; current marriage 13 years; father of 2 children, both living; painter for painting contractor
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2743 Lexington St; owns home, free of mortgage; age 45; buyer for grocery house
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 5252 W North Ave; owns home valued at $32,000; has a radio set; age 57; age at first marriage 24; retail grocer, own store

    Notes:

    Birth:
    His birth is not recorded in the Brown County births.

    John married Emma A Weidner on 1 Dec 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Emma (daughter of father of Emma and Clara Weidner and mother of Emma and Clara) was born in Mar 1876 in Bremen, Germany; died on 16 Feb 1952 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Emma A Weidner was born in Mar 1876 in Bremen, Germany (daughter of father of Emma and Clara Weidner and mother of Emma and Clara); died on 16 Feb 1952 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1900 census
    • Arrival: 1883; in United States - per 1910 census
    • Arrival: 1886
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 22, Cook, Illinois, USA; 520 N. Clark St; born Mar 1876; age 24; married 3 years; no children
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2740 Polk St; age 34; married once; current marriage 13 years; mother of 2 children, both living; arrival 1883
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2743 Lexington St; age 42; arrived 1886; Naturalized 1891
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 5252 W North Ave; age 55; age at first marriage 22; arrived 1900; retail grocer, own store

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Birth in Bremen is from daughter Elvira death record

    Notes:

    Married:
    by C. E. Norse, minister

    Children:
    1. 1. Elvira Clara Schaumburg was born on 28 Mar 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 2 Mar 1937 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 5 May 1937 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Helen V Schaumburg was born about 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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]


  2. 5.  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. 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. 2. 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.

  3. 6.  father of Emma and Clara Weidner was born in in Germany.

    father married mother of Emma and Clara. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  mother of Emma and Clara
    Children:
    1. 3. Emma A Weidner was born in Mar 1876 in Bremen, Germany; died on 16 Feb 1952 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Clara Weidner was born in 1879 in Germany.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johannes Schaumburg was born on 5 Oct 1809 in Kerstenhausen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany (son of Joahnn Philip - Philip - Schaumburg and Anna Elizabeth Theis); died on 1 May 1866 in 1 1/2, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; was buried on 4 May 1866 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 8 Oct 1809, Kerstenhausen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
    • Occupation: 1846, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; Forstlaufer [Forest Ranger] - at time of birth of son Adam
    • Occupation: 22 Jan 1855, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; herrschaftlicher Forstaufseher - at birth of son Johannes Konrad

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth 10 Nov 1809 Kerstenhausen on death rec BUT birth/bap record shows 5/8 Oct 1809 == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Homberg > Kerstenhausen > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827, Bild 466

    Baptism:
    Gevatter: Johannes Martin aus Kleinenglis == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Homberg > Kerstenhausen > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827, Bild 466

    Buried:
    herrschaftlicher Forstaufseher, widower of Anna Gertrude Theis, wife Anna Katharinen Volze == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Beerdigungen 1830-1909, Bild 1403

    Died:
    "den ersten Mai" == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Beerdigungen 1830-1909, Bild 1403

    Johannes married Anna Gertrude Theis on 2 Apr 1838 in Bad Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. Anna (daughter of Johann George - George - Theis and Maria Elisabetha Kopp) was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; died on 5 Nov 1853 in 1 1/2, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany; was buried on 7 Nov 1853 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Anna Gertrude Theis was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany (daughter of Johann George - George - Theis and Maria Elisabetha Kopp); died on 5 Nov 1853 in 1 1/2, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany; was buried on 7 Nov 1853 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 9 Jul 1809, Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "nat d. 4 h" (born 4th of ???) between 9-10 AM, ehelich dau of Ackermann/Farmer George THEIS & Maria Elizabetha KOPP == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Niederurff > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827, Bild 1000

    Baptism:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Niederurff > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827, Bild 1000

    Buried:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Beerdigungen 1830-1909, Bild 1354

    Died:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Beerdigungen 1830-1909, Bild 1354

    Notes:

    Married:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Bad Zwesten > Trauungen 1830-1900, Bild 1080

    Children:
    1. Marie Katherine Schaumburg was born on 20 Dec 1840 in Hessen, Germany; died on 15 Jun 1915 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    2. 4. Adam Schaumburg was born on 6 Jun 1846 in Großenenglis, Hessen, Germany; died on 19 Feb 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Feb 1898 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Catherine Schaumburg was born about Apr 1849 in Germany.
    4. Conrad Schaumburg was born on 25 Jul 1852 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; died on 7 Sep 1852 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.

  3. 10.  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]


  4. 11.  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. 5. 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. 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.