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Elise Charlotte Mathilde Tillie Gelis

Elise Charlotte Mathilde Tillie Gelis

Female 1835 - 1907  (72 years)

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  • Name Elise Charlotte Mathilde Tillie Gelis  [1, 2
    Born 26 Mar 1835  Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Arrival 1868  [1
    Residence 1900  Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 28 Oct 1907  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mathila (Gelis) Prack - Death-1907-10-28
    Mathila (Gelis) Prack - Death-1907-10-28
    age 72 y 7 m - born Germany - lived in Illinois 40 years - died 28 Oct 1907 at 11:45 PM - widow - occupation House Work - died at 5616 South Halsted Street (Ward 31) - burial 10 AM 31 Oct 1907 at Waldheim by Louis F. Johnson of 5851 Halsted Street - cause Chronic Mitral Insufficiency of 4 years duration, contributed to by Senile Myocarditis of 2 years duration
    Buried 31 Oct 1907  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Waldheim Cemetery
    Mathila (Gelis) Prack - Death-1907-10-28
    Mathila (Gelis) Prack - Death-1907-10-28
    age 72 y 7 m - born Germany - lived in Illinois 40 years - died 28 Oct 1907 at 11:45 PM - widow - occupation House Work - died at 5616 South Halsted Street (Ward 31) - burial 10 AM 31 Oct 1907 at Waldheim by Louis F. Johnson of 5851 Halsted Street - cause Chronic Mitral Insufficiency of 4 years duration, contributed to by Senile Myocarditis of 2 years duration
    Person ID I932  Zurück in der Zeit
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 

    Father Georg Moritz Gelis,   b. 18 Sep 1790, Ostendorf, Schaumburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1878, Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Florentine Wilhelmine Rinne,   b. 18 Mar 1795, Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1852, Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 7 Mar 1813  Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F74  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johann Georg John George Prack,   b. Aug 1834, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1910 and 1920, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 1861  [3
    • married 39 years in 1900 census
    Married 1861  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • married 39 years in 1900 census
    Children 
    +1. Catherine Elizabeth Lizzie Prack,   b. Jun 1863, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +2. Ferdinand Prack,   b. Feb 1864, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1943, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     3. Charles Prack,   b. 12 Oct 1872, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1910, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)  [natural]
    +4. George Washington Prack,   b. 4 Jul 1874, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1922, Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)  [natural]
     5. Tillie Prack,   b. 3 Mar 1876, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Oct 1907 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 31 Oct 1907 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    unnamed child (later named Tillie) Prack - Birth Register
    unnamed child (later named Tillie) Prack - Birth Register
    DEU-NS-A-00137-0002a Deckbergen Church Records - Georg Moritz (1790-1878)
    DEU-NS-A-00137-0002a Deckbergen Church Records - Georg Moritz (1790-1878)
    Husband's Full Name: Georg Moritz Gelis Birth: 18. Sept. 1790 Ostendorf, Schaumburg, Germany Christened: 22. Sept. 1790 ev. Luth. St. Petri church of Deckbergen, Germany Married: 7. Mar. 1813 ev. Luth. St. Petri church of Deckbergen, Germany Death: 6. Febr. 1878 Deckbergen, Schaumburg, Germany Burial: 9. Febr. 1878 ev. Lut. cem. of Deckbergen, Germany Places of Residence: Deckbergen #5 and #10 Occupation: farrier Church Affiliation: Luth. Other Wives: #2 Hanne Wilhelmine Louise Petermeier mar. 11. Nov 1860 d. 24. Aug. 1862 #3 with Friederike Sophie Koster 17 years old!! mar. on 17 May 1865 His Father: Friedrich Wilhelm Gelis Mother's Maiden Name: Sophie Christine Wegener 1st Wife's Maiden Name: Florentine Wilhelmine Rinne Birth: 18. Mar. 1795 Deckbergen #5, Schaumburg, Germany Christened: 22. Mar. 1795 ev. Luth. St. Petri church of Deckbergen, Germany Death: 28. Oct. 1852 Deckbergen #5, Schaumburg, Germany Burial: 31. Oct. 1852 ev. Lut. cem. of Deckbergen, Germany Church Affiliation: Luth. Her Father: Carl Ludwig Rinne mar. 2. Nov. 1794 in Deckbergen Mother's Maiden Name: Wilhelmine Charlotte Hohmeier Child 1 Child Name: Christine Wilhelmine Gelis Birth: 19 July 1813 Deckbergen, tenant, Germany Death: 1826 Child 2 Child Name: Georg Wilhelm Gelis Birth: 1 July 1815 Deckbergen, tenant, Germany Married: Justine Philippine Beissner 24 Jan 1841 Deckbergen, parsonage, Germany - 8 children Death: 15 Jan 1862 Wickbolsen, Germany Child 3 Child Name: Justine Wilhelmine Gelis Birth: 2 Dec 1817 Deckbergen #10, Germany Death: 27 May 1834 Germany Child 4 Child Name: Friedrich Carl Gelis Birth: 21 May 1820 Deckbergen, tenant, Germany (tailor - journeyman in Stadthagen) Child 5 Child Name: Friedrich Carl August Gelis Birth: 26 Mar 1823 Deckbergen, tenant, Germany (shepherd) Married: Dorothee Hasemann - 6 children Child 6 Child Name: Georg Heinrich Gelis Birth: 20 Nov 1825 Deckbergen #5, Germany (blacksmith - journeyman in Hanover) Child 7 Child Name: Ernestine Caroline Gelis Birth: 4 Nov 1828 Deckbergen #5, Germany Child 8 Child Name: Friedrich Moritz Gelis Birth: 1 May 1831 Deckbergen #5, Germany Death: 1832 Child 9 Child Name: Heinrich Wilhelm Gelis Birth: 24 Nov 1832 Deckbergen #5, Germany Child 10 Child Name: Elise Charlotte Mathilde Gelis Birth: 26 March 1835 Deckbergen #5, Germany Child 11 Child Name: Wilhelmine Philippine Charlotte Gelis Birth: 18 Apr 1837 Deckbergen #5, Germany
    Mathila (Gelis) Prack - Death-1907-10-28
    Mathila (Gelis) Prack - Death-1907-10-28
    age 72 y 7 m - born Germany - lived in Illinois 40 years - died 28 Oct 1907 at 11:45 PM - widow - occupation House Work - died at 5616 South Halsted Street (Ward 31) - burial 10 AM 31 Oct 1907 at Waldheim by Louis F. Johnson of 5851 Halsted Street - cause Chronic Mitral Insufficiency of 4 years duration, contributed to by Senile Myocarditis of 2 years duration

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1816; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 128.
      Birth date: Mar 1835
      Birth place: Germany
      Marriage date: 1861
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin
      Arrival date: 1868
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=73942613&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1816; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 128.


    2. [S36] Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Illinois, Cook County Deaths 1878–1922.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health. “Birth and Death Records, 1916–present.;).
      Birth date: abt 1835
      Birth place: Germany
      Death date: 28 Oct 1907
      Death place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fscookildeath&h=351105&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1816; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 128.
      Birth date: Aug 1834
      Birth place: Germany
      Marriage date: 1861
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin
      Arrival date: 1868
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=73942612&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1816; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 128.