Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: General contractor, Justice of the Peace (Addison Township), Fire Chief (Bensenville)
• Military Notes: Veteran of World War I.
• Census: 1930, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Single as of 1930.

George + Dorothy J. _____. Dorothy died after Dec 1972. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Hardware dealer
• Research Notes: Burial records on DuPage necrology CD give conflicting birthdate information. Listing from Friedens Church gives birthdate of 29 May 1851 (based on age at death). St. Johannes list gives 1852, but with no specific date. The only explicit birthdate is on the St. John’s Church Membership Lists, which is the date I have entered here. Obituary of son Fred lists another sibling, Elynor Reid (neé Korthauer). It is unclear which wife of Herman’s is her mother. Obituary of son George lists Elynore as well as another sibling, Oliver.
• Census: 1900, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Buried:
F-38

Herman married Cecilia Martha Henning on 25 Feb 1892 in DuPage County, Illinois, USA. Cecilia was born on 2 Mar 1868 in Schlagenthin, Konitz, Westpreußen, Prussia; died on 7 Jan 1958; was buried in Jan 1958 in St. Johannes Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: St. Johns Membership Lists give maiden name of “Cacilie Hennig”. Schlagenthin, Konitz, West Prussia, Germany is now Sławęcin, Gmina Choszczno, Choszczno County, Pommeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
• Census: 1900, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Came to the US on 29 June 1885.

Buried:
F-38

Notes:

There are two other women listed in the Korthauer household in the St. Johns Church Membership Lists: Maria Korthauer, born Hoppenstadt (b. 10 Oct 1827) and Amalie Heuer, born Reker (b. 22 Sep 1841).