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Ferdinand Knack

Ferdinand Knack

Male Abt 1854 - 1894  (40 years)

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  1. 1.  Ferdinand KnackFerdinand Knack was born about 1854 in Preussen, Germany; died on 27 Jun 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Jun 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1876, , , Illinois, USA; Arrival in Illinois per 1894 death certificate statement of residence for 18 years in the state

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth year estimated from age 40 at death in 1894

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery (not actually in Chicago) Section 5 Lot 698

    Died:
    age 40; occupation Carpenter; in Illinois 18 years; born Germany; place of death 25 Julian Street, Ward 14

    Ferdinand married Karoline Caroline M Carolina Carrie Simon about 1882. Karoline (daughter of (father of Carolina) Simon and Anastasia (married Simon)) was born on 25 Jun 1859 in Berlin, Germany; died on 15 Nov 1934 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 19 Nov 1934 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. (first child of Caroline Simon) Knack  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1883; died before 1900.
    2. 3. Edward Knack  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Mar 1885 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 17 Oct 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. 4. Helene Auguste Bertha Helen Knack  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1887 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. 5. Emma Knack  Descendancy chart to this point was born about Oct 1888 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died about 1913.
    5. 6. Alma C. Knack  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jul 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  (first child of Caroline Simon) Knack Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ferdinand1) was born about 1883; died before 1900.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Caroline Simon as Caroline Gelis in the 1900 census is shown as the mother of 6 children with 4 living; Edward had died in 1897, and Helen was indicated as the third child. So there must have been another before Helen who had died by 1900.


  2. 3.  Edward KnackEdward Knack Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ferdinand1) was born on 26 Mar 1885 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 17 Oct 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    488 Paulina Street - spelled KNALL in record

    Died:
    age 12; Cook County Death Certificate 10101 -- source: http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html -- KNACK, EDWARD Certificate #10101


  3. 4.  Helene Auguste Bertha Helen KnackHelene Auguste Bertha Helen Knack Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ferdinand1) was born on 10 Apr 1887 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 8 May 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois, USA; 122 Coblenz Street; Apr 1886; age 14; seamstress
    • Residence: 1910, New Trier, Cook, Illinois, USA; Fair View Avenue; age 23; married 2 years;
    • Residence: 1920, Evanston Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2610 Central Park Avenue; Renter; age 32
    • Residence: 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2708 Lincolnwood Drive; age 42; age at first marriage 20; Independent Laundress -- census
    • Informant on Death Certificate of Fred Gelis: 29 Mar 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; as Mrs. Albert Procknow (or Prochnow); living at 2708 Lincoln Wood Drive (which is in Evanston, Illinois)
    • Residence: 29 Mar 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; living at 2708 Lincoln Wood Drive (which is in Evanston, Illinois) -- informant at death of Fred Gelis
    • Residence: 19 Aug 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2708 Lincolnwood Drive -- at time of probate of estate of Frederick Gelis
    • Informant on Death Certificate of Caroline Gelis: 15 Nov 1934, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; as Mrs. Helen Procknow (or Procknow); living at Evanston, Illinois
    • Residence: 15 Nov 1934, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; informant on death of Caroline Gelis at Helen's home in Evanston (2708 Lincoln Wood Drive)

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Third child of her mother; 68 N. Reynolds St. -- She was born Helen Knack, but she was called Helen Gelis after her mother remarried to Fred Gelis.

    Baptism:
    First Bethlehem Lutheran Church on LeMoyne Ave

    Helene married Albert Prochnow on 24 Aug 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Albert (son of father of John and Albert and Anna Prochnow and mother of John and Albert and Anna Prochnow) was born in Jun 1880 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Living Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Living Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 9. Living Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 10. - stillborn - Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. 11. Raymond Albert Fridrich Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jul 1909 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in Aug 1966.
    6. 12. Milbert Samuel Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Apr 1913 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Dec 1963.

  4. 5.  Emma KnackEmma Knack Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ferdinand1) was born about Oct 1888 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died about 1913.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 963 West 13th Street; boarder, attending school; home of William and Hannah Witt (no relationship known) and his grandmother Mary Meyer

    Notes:

    Birth:
    1900 census has birth Oct 1887 - 1910 marriage has her age 22 - I cannot find a birth record for her. -- when her mother remarried to Frederick GELIS in 1898, all of the children took the surname GELIS

    Died:
    Probate of Frederick Gelis estate says she died at age 25, wife of John Lang, leaving no children

    Emma married John J. Lang on 23 Feb 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. John was born about 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Alma C. KnackAlma C. Knack Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ferdinand1) was born on 6 Jul 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois, USA; 122 Coblenz Street; Jul 1889; age 10; at school
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2235 Coblentz Stree (same as Fred Gelis family); age 20
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 35, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1723 North Spaulding; age 30
    • Residence: 1930, River Grove, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2503 Hessing Street; age 40; married 20 years - at time of census
    • Residence: 19 Aug 1930, River Grove, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2503 Hessig Street - at time of probate of estate of Frederick Gelis

    Notes:

    Birth:
    see image in Media Gallery

    Alma married Samuel W Smith on 16 Oct 1909 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Samuel was born about 1887 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Living Smith  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Living Smith  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 15. Living Smith  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Living Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (4.Helene2, 1.Ferdinand1)

  2. 8.  Living Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (4.Helene2, 1.Ferdinand1)

  3. 9.  Living Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (4.Helene2, 1.Ferdinand1)

  4. 10.  - stillborn - Prochnow- stillborn - Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (4.Helene2, 1.Ferdinand1) was born before 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Stillborn

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery (not actually in Chicago) Section 5 Lot 698


  5. 11.  Raymond Albert Fridrich Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (4.Helene2, 1.Ferdinand1) was born on 2 Jul 1909 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in Aug 1966.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1910, New Trier, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Evanston Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2610 Central Park Avenue; Renter; age 10; attended school within year
    • Residence: 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2708 Lincolnwood Drive; age 20; Truck Driver for Retail Department Store


  6. 12.  Milbert Samuel ProchnowMilbert Samuel Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (4.Helene2, 1.Ferdinand1) was born on 13 Apr 1913 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Dec 1963.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1920, Evanston Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2610 Central Park Avenue; Renter; age 6; did not attend school within year
    • Residence: 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2708 Lincolnwood Drive; age 16; attending school
    • Arrival: 28 Sep 1945, New York, New York; Return from ETO on Queen Mary, staging from Camp Lucky Strike [St Valery-en-Caux, France] as member of Company E, 254th Inf Regt [63rd Inf Div]; Rank: Pfc; ASR Score: 93; ASN 36029077; MOS 521 [Basic]
    • Residence: 31 Jan 1946, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Post-WWII Enlistment for Hawaiian Department

    Notes:

    Birth:
    second child of mother -- see images in Media Gallery


  7. 13.  Living Smith Descendancy chart to this point (6.Alma2, 1.Ferdinand1)

  8. 14.  Living Smith Descendancy chart to this point (6.Alma2, 1.Ferdinand1)

  9. 15.  Living Smith Descendancy chart to this point (6.Alma2, 1.Ferdinand1)