Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: General office, insurance co.
• Research Notes: Name listed as Caroline Frandsen in Berwyn Life obituary of her father, but Caroline Gass in Chicago Tribune obituary. A Caroline F. Gass appears in the SSDI. Born 28 May 1912, died 6 Dec 1995 in Westchester, Cook County, Illinois.
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Aug 1986, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: May 1989, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Dec 1995, Westchester, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Living with grandmother Ida Anderson at the time of the 1930 census. Living with uncle Edwin Anderson at time of 1940 census.

Census:
4343 Potomac

Residence:
4343 West Potomac Avenue

Census:
4343 West Potomac Avenue

Caroline married _____ Gass after Jan 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Assembler of wash machines, Hurley Machine Co.
• Occupation: Bench machinist, bottling machine manufacturer
• Occupation: Clerk, Machinist
• Occupation: Mechanic
• Research Notes: Occupation written on wrong line in 1950 census, implying Louis’s wife Evelyn was a machinist.
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Jun 1917, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Apr 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1940, Cicero, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1942, Cicero, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1943, Cicero, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1950, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Jun 1953, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Aug 1959, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Medium height & build, blue eyes, brown eyes. Moved from S. 48th Court to S. 51st Ave in Cicero, Illinois in early 1943. A change of address note is included with his WWII draft registration card.

As of 1942, worked for Liquid Carbonic Corp., 3100 S. Kedzie Ave, Cicero, Illinois.

Census:
882 N. Rockwell St. (now 1645 N. Rockwell)

Census:
4335 W. Potomac Avenue

Residence:
4330 Potomac Avenue

Census:
1234 S. 48th Court

Residence:
1234 S. 48th Court

Residence:
1819 S. 51st Avenue

Census:
1509 Kolmar

Residence:
4831 W. 13th Street

Died:
St. Anne’s Hospital

Louis married Cecilia Carolina Anderson on 8 Jul 1911 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA, and was divorced before 1930. Cecilia (daughter of Frank Anderson and Ida Nelson) was born on 2 Mar 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 17 May 1989 in Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Ada
• Occupation: Clerk, sewing machine store
• Research Notes: Birth certificate of her son Russell, which was filed 21 years after his birth, gives her birth date as 2 March 1897. 1900 census gives birth month of March 1893.
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1950, Winfield, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1983, Warrenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Aug 1986, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA
• Residence: May 1989, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA

Notes:

Census:
1208 58th Street

Census:
2128 22nd Street

Census:
Butterfield Road

Died:
Pine Lane Healthcare Center

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Emil
• Cause of Death: Chronic myocarditis
• Occupation: Carpenter
• Occupation: Guard to King of Denmark
• Research Notes: Both Clifford Mohr and Wendell Mohr append “Snedker” to beginning of name. This appears to be in error; snedker translates to “carpenter,” his occupation. Obituary lists 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
• Census: 1860, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Census: 1880, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Census: 1885, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Emigration: 1886
• Residence: Jul 1894, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Apr 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Apr 1945, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Emil sang and played violin. He sang with the Danish Harmonien Society (with Alfred Hansen, husband of Thora Mohr). Once sang with world famous baritone Reinald Warrenrath, singing “On The Road to Mandalay” by Rudyard Kipling. Emil was once visited by the Danish tenor Lauritz Melchior, who came to his house and presented him with a gold medal, worn on a chain around the neck, for being the oldest living guard to the King of Denmark.

According to 1900, 1910 and 1930 censuses, Emil immigrated to the US in 1886. He is listed as an alien in 1910 and naturalized in 1900 and 1930.

Lived at Falkonéralle 56 in Copenhagen in 1885. Lived at 4335 Potomac Avenue, Chicago in 1910. Lived with his son Henry’s family in 1930. Lived at the Danish Old People’s Home in Norwood Park at the time of his death.

Birth:
Allegade 17B

Residence:
882 N. Rockwell

Census:
882 N. Rockwell St. (now 1645 N. Rockwell)

Census:
4335 W. Potomac Avenue

Census:
5931 Newburg Avenue

Residence:
6809 Humboldt St.

Buried:
Cremated

Johan married Alvilda Marguerita Maria Nielsen on 24 Oct 1885 in Frederiksberg, København, Denmark. Alvilda (daughter of Niels Nielsen and Karen Kirstine Ammon) was born on 7 Jun 1859 in Køge, Roskilde, Denmark; was christened on 3 Jul 1859 in Køge Skt. Nikolaj, Køge, Roskilde, Denmark; died on 6 Aug 1904 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1904 in Mount Olive Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Shock & burns from a house fire
• Medical Notes: Died in a house fire at her home at 882 N. Rockwell Street, Chicago (now 1645 N Rockwell St.) The fire was caused by the explosion of a gas engine used in the tailor shop is the rear of the building.
• Research Notes: According to 1900 census, Alvilda was born in June 1851. It also indicates that she had five children, three who survived until 1900. This is in conflict with the information on her childrens’ birth certificates, which indicate that Blanche was the second child, Karen was the fourth, Adolph was the fifth and Louis was the sixth. The delayed birth certificate of son Henry indicates that he was her ninth child with all 9 living as of his birth in July 1894. Name given as “Alvilda Karen” on (delayed) birth certificate of son Henry.
• Census: 1880, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Emigration: 1886
• Residence: Jul 1894, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Alvilda lived at Falkoneralle 54 prior to her marriage to Emil Frandsen.

Residence:
882 N. Rockwell

Census:
882 N. Rockwell St. (now 1645 N. Rockwell)

Buried:
2038 block 4

Notes:

At the time of their marriage, Emil lived at 56 Falkonerallé and Alvilda lived at 54 Falkonerallé.

Family lived at 791 Dania Ave in 1887, 759 Seymour St., Chicago, Illinois in 1888 and 882 Rockwell St., Chicago, Illinois in 1890.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Machinist
• Immigration: 1888
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
1208 58th Street

Census:
2128 22nd Street

Frank married Ida Nelson about 1893. Ida (daughter of John Nelson and Caroline _____) was born on 24 Aug 1872 in Sweden; died on 12 Feb 1941 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 15 Feb 1941 in Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Death index entry lists birthplace as “Wumerby, Sweden.” Perhaps this is Vimmerby?
• Immigration: 1892
• Emigration: 1895
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Feb 1941, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Lived with the family of her daughter Cecilia in 1920.

Census:
1208 58th Street

Census:
2128 22nd Street

Census:
4343 Potomac

Residence:
4343 West Potomac Avenue

Census:
4343 West Potomac Avenue

Residence:
4343 Potomac Avenue

Died:
4343 Potomac Avenue

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bricklayer
• Census: 1834, Helsingør, Frederiksborg, Denmark
• Census: 1845, København, Denmark
• Census: 1850, København, Denmark
• Census: 1855, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Census: 1860, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark

Elias married Emma Christiane Draeger on 16 Jun 1857 in Trinitatis, København, Denmark. Emma (daughter of Andreas Christian Drager and Anne Marie Christensen) was born on 26 Jun 1830 in Trinitatis, København, Denmark; was christened on 1 Aug 1830 in Trinitatis, København, Denmark; died on 17 Apr 1901 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 21 Apr 1901 in Mount Olive Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Cholelithiasis (gall stones) - exhaustion
• Occupation: Needlework
• Research Notes: According to Wendell Mohr, surname is Drager. This is probably from Emil Frandsen’s birth certificate. IGI has conflicting birth dates. Two records show 26 June, while another shows 26 January. The June date seems more likely, as her christening was in August. This is also confirmed by the age specified on her Report of Death.
• Census: 1845, København, Denmark
• Census: 1860, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Census: 1880, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Emigration: 1888
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

According to 1900 census, Emma had only one child.

In 1845, Emma worked as a maid (tjenestepige) in the household of Tycho Frederich Wesenberg, Sankt Peders Stæde No. 116, Nørre Kvarter, København. Wesenberg was a “Candidat Theol.”

Birth:
Slippen 159

Died:
882 N. Rockwell St. (now 1645 N. Rockwell)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farver (dyer)
• Census: 1880, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark

Niels + Karen Kirstine Ammon. Karen was born about 1826 in Køge, Roskilde, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark

Notes:

Family lived at Falkonéralle 56 in Frederiksberg, København in 1880. This very near Emil Frandsen, who lived at Falkonéralle 54.

John + Caroline _____. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]