1. | Charles William Frank Schoelzel was born on 17 Apr 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (son of Karl Wilhelm Schoelzel and Emma Sophia Knuth); died on 31 Mar 2000 in Meridian Nursing Home, Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried on 5 Apr 2000 in Fairmount Cemetery Mausoleum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Called “Charlie Boy” by his mother. Loved baseball. Charles married Lona Rosella Balay on 25 Sep 1923 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Lona (daughter of Benjamin Elliot Balay and Wilda Lorena Addis) was born on 27 Jul 1904 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA; died on 9 Aug 1992 in Aurora, Adams County, Colorado, USA; was buried on 14 Aug 1992 in Fairmount Cemetery Mausoleum, Denver, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Notes: Marriage performed by A. N. Wolf.Children:
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2. | Karl Wilhelm Schoelzel was born on 30 Jan 1877 in Schneidemühl, Posen, Prussia (son of Ernst Wilhelm Schoelzel and Emilie Marie Peitscher); died on 5 Feb 1958 in Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried in Feb 1958 in Fairmount Cemetery Mausoleum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Emigrated to US with parents in 1887 (1900 census lists 1888). Family moved to Denver on July 4, 1919 (the day Jack Dempsey knocked out Jesse Willard to become the World Heavyweight Champion). Never naturalized, and generally lied about his birthplace. In the 1920 census, 1950 census, and in his Social Security Life Claim, his place of birth is listed as Wisconsin. Karl married Emma Sophia Knuth on 25 May 1901 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Emma (daughter of Charles E. Knuth and Anna Mary Oestmann) was born on 27 Mar 1882 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 2 Dec 1979 in Iliff Care Center, Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried on 5 Dec 1979 in Fairmount Cemetery Mausoleum, Denver, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Emma Sophia Knuth was born on 27 Mar 1882 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (daughter of Charles E. Knuth and Anna Mary Oestmann); died on 2 Dec 1979 in Iliff Care Center, Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried on 5 Dec 1979 in Fairmount Cemetery Mausoleum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Rather tall, with reddish blonde hair and blue eyes. Gregarious and sociable, and loved children. Very strict disciplinarian. Scared of mice and lightning.Involved with the activities of Corona Presbyterian Church in Denver. Did a great deal of baby sitting and attending of mothers with newborn babies. Notes: Family lived at 173 Crystal St., Chicago in 1902, 951 N. Hoyne Ave, Chicago in 1909, with Emma’s parents at time of 1910 census (2500 Monticello Ave., Chicago) and at 2709 Monticello in Chicago in 1918. Rented a house at 1462 South Clarkson, Denver in 1920 and 1808 S. Pennsylvania, Denver in 1930.
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4. | Ernst Wilhelm Schoelzel was born on 3 May 1837 in Peilau, Reichenbach, Schlesien, Prussia (son of Johann Gotfried Schoelzel and Susanna Helena Dinter); died on 19 Feb 1910 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Feb 1910 in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Served in the Berliner Garde in Prussia for 11 years. Served in the signal corps as a bugler during the Oestreich-German War in 1868, and in France in the Franco-Prussian war during 1870-71. Worked as a switchman on the railroad after leaving the military. Emigrated to America in 1887 with Emilie and three youngest children (August and Rudolph had emigrated earlier with their grandmother Susanna). Ernst married Emilie Marie Peitscher on 8 Jan 1865. Emilie (daughter of _____ Peitscher) was born on 5 Nov 1845 in Campani, Westpreußen, Prussia; died on 29 Aug 1896 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1896 in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Emilie Marie Peitscher was born on 5 Nov 1845 in Campani, Westpreußen, Prussia (daughter of _____ Peitscher); died on 29 Aug 1896 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1896 in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Orphaned by age of two and raised by older brothers and sisters. Father was a school teacher in Germany. Emigrated to America in 1887. Notes: Also had twins who died in infancy.
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6. | Charles E. Knuth was born on 22 Jan 1856 in Pommern, Prussia (son of Johan Knuth and Sophia Kortuer); died on 16 Dec 1927 in Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried in Dec 1927 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Emigrated to the US in 1870 and naturalized in 1875. Worked for the Adam Schaff Piano Company. Loved classical music, and would spend hours listening to his Victrola. Aparently moved to Denver shortly after daughter Emma Sophie. Charles married Anna Mary Oestmann on 24 Jun 1875 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Anna (daughter of Jacob Oestmann and Fenne Adelheit Franzen) was born on 24 Feb 1855 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 7 Jun 1921 in Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried on 15 Jun 1921 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Anna Mary Oestmann was born on 24 Feb 1855 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (daughter of Jacob Oestmann and Fenne Adelheit Franzen); died on 7 Jun 1921 in Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried on 15 Jun 1921 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Aparently moved to Denver shortly after daughter Emma Sophie. Grandson Charles Schoelzel recalls standing on the sidewalk in front of her house one night in 1908 and watching Haley’s comet streak across the sky. Notes: Charles and Anna were married at the German St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church by Pastor Gotthilf G. Lambrecht. Lambrecht’s grave in Montrose Cemetery in Chicago is marked by an elaborate statue.
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8. | Johann Gotfried Schoelzel was born on 10 Sep 1807 in Peilau, Reichenbach, Schlesien, Prussia; died in Aug 1881 in Oslowo, Westpreußen, Prussia. Other Events and Attributes:
Johann + Susanna Helena Dinter. Susanna was born on 20 Nov 1820 in Nieder Peilau Schlössel, Reichenbach, Schlesien, Prussia; died on 23 Jan 1890 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Jan 1890 in Concordia Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Susanna Helena Dinter was born on 20 Nov 1820 in Nieder Peilau Schlössel, Reichenbach, Schlesien, Prussia; died on 23 Jan 1890 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Jan 1890 in Concordia Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Moved to Chicago with grandchildren August Emil Berthold and Rudolph Herman Albert (Schoelzel). Death certificate lists time of residence in Illinois as 8 years, which would put her immigration in 1881-1882.
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10. | _____ Peitscher Other Events and Attributes:
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12. | Johan Knuth was born about Jun 1827 in Swinemünde, Pommern, Prussia; died on 9 Mar 1887 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1887 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Family was from Swinemünde, Pomerania, which is now Świnoujście, Poland. They departed from Hamburg on the Prinz Albert and arrived in New York on 20 April 1870. Employed at a Furniture Works in 1880. Johan + Sophia Kortuer. Sophia was born in Nov 1827 in Swinemünde, Pommern, Prussia; died on 12 Mar 1903 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1903 in Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Sophia Kortuer was born in Nov 1827 in Swinemünde, Pommern, Prussia; died on 12 Mar 1903 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1903 in Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Had lived in Illinois for 32 years at the time of her death, putting her emigration in 1870-71. Sophie is buried at Forest Home with her daughter Minnie and son-in-law Henry Leutz. The three of them share a single headstone (along with two of Henry and Minnie’s sons). Sophia’s death place is given on her death certificate as 896 Crystal St., this is also her residence in an 1898 Chicago directory. This address is the residence of her daughter Augusta and son-in-law August Hagen. She does not appear in the 1900 census in their household, however. Notes: Family lived at 196 Rucker in Chicago (now Racine, near the intersection with Chicago) in 1880. Johan and Sophia may have had additional children who stayed behind in Swinemünde.
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14. | Jacob Oestmann was born on 19 Nov 1831 in Neddenaverbergen, Hannover, Germany; was christened on 20 Nov 1831 in Neddenaverbergen, Hannover, Germany (son of Johann Hinrich Oestmann and Anna Engel Lühmann); died on 23 Jan 1913 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 27 Jan 1913 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Arrived in the U.S. in New York City on 14 May 1850 aboard the Alexander out of Bremen. Apparently travelled with Hermann Rottger and William Dittmers, both of Hohenaverbergen. Jacob married Fenne Adelheit Franzen on 19 Nov 1853 in Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA. Fenne (daughter of Johan Gerhard Heinrich Franzen and Anna Catharina Hartbecke) was born on 3 Nov 1832 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 11 Nov 1832 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; died on 13 Apr 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 16 Apr 1902 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Fenne Adelheit Franzen was born on 3 Nov 1832 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 11 Nov 1832 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany (daughter of Johan Gerhard Heinrich Franzen and Anna Catharina Hartbecke); died on 13 Apr 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 16 Apr 1902 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Godparents: hired man Lambert Hartbecke & Fenne Adelheit Franzen Notes: Married by Rev. U. Moecklin.
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