1. | Elisabeth Louise Pagels was born about 29 Aug 1825 in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; died on 29 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. Other Events:
- Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 38; listed as Lisa
- Residence: 1880, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street; listed as Susan
Notes:
Birth:
Her maiden name is given as PAGEL on the 1859 baptism of her daughter Louise GELIS and as PAGELS on the 1861 baptism of her son Friedrich GELIS.
Buried:
Concordia Cemetery - Section 5 Lot 244
Died:
age 66 years 7 months; House Keeper; in Illinois 40 years; died at 708 W 14th St (9th Ward) of La Grippe and Bronchitis; burial at Concordia Cemetery; widow (husband August died the day before)
Family/Spouse: Peterson. died before 1 Oct 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Elizabeth Carolina Lena Elise Eliza Elsie Lina Peterson - Pagels - Gelis - was born on 11 Jan 1854 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
Elisabeth married Friedrich Carl August Gelis on 1 Oct 1854 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Friedrich (son of Georg Moritz Gelis and Florentine Wilhelmine Rinne) was born on 26 Mar 1823 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 28 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Married:
First Immanuel Lutheran Church -- the first marriage at the church when it was founded -- Info from Missouri Synod website re Chicago Churches: First Immanuel was established in 1854 at 12th St., just W of Blue Island
Children:
- Henry Gelis was born about 1855 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Jan 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- Louise Auguste Henriette Etta Gelis was born on 25 Apr 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died after 1894.
- James Gelis was born about Aug 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1870.
- Friedrich August Albert Frederick - Fritz - Gelis was born on 2 Feb 1861 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 29 Mar 1930 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 1 Apr 1930 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- Anastasia Gelis was born on 20 Nov 1863 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- Johann John A. Gelis was born on 19 Dec 1865 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Mar 1923 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Mar 1923 in Park Forest, Cook, Illinois, USA.
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