Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Annie
• Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorrhage
• Occupation: Housewife
• Research Notes: Dates are confusing on death certificate. Date of death is given as 7 June 1921, but in the physicians statement section, he certifies that he attended her from 7 June to 9 June 1921 and that he last saw her alive on 9 June. Burial date is given as 15 June 1921, so the death date given by Elaine Schoelzel (14 June 1921) is almost certainly incorrect. Age at death is given as 63 years, 3 months, and 23 days, which would put her birth on 12 Feb 1855 (given 7 June 1921 death). According to 1900 census, Anna had given birth to 8 children, of which 5 were surviving. A son named Robert, born in May 1880 is listed, which doesn’t match any other source. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists surname as “Oessmann.”
• Census: 1860, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Residence: Jun 1921, Denver, Colorado, USA

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.

Census:
2500 Monticello Avenue

Census:
61 West Alameda

Residence:
61 West Alameda

Anna married Charles E. Knuth on 24 Jun 1875 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Charles (son of Johan Knuth and Sophia Kortuer) was born on 22 Jan 1856 in Pommern, Prussia; died on 16 Dec 1927 in Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried in Dec 1927 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Family lived at 273 West Chicago Ave., Chicago in 1880 (1213 West Chicago after renumbering), 389 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago in 1882, 448 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago in 1884, 1141 North Oakley Ave in 1900 (2106 North Oakley after renumbering), and 2500 Monticello Ave, Chicago in 1910. In 1920, Charles and Anna lived at 61 West Alameda in Denver, Colorado.

Married:
Lic # 00021995

1. Charles August Ferdinand Knuth was born on 19 Jan 1876 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Jan 1961 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 16 Jan 1961 in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
2. Wilhelmina Augusta Knuth was born on 9 Aug 1877 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 19 Nov 1959 in Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried on 24 Nov 1959 in Irving Park Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
3. Amanda Knuth was born on 22 Aug 1879 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 25 Apr 1882 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 26 Apr 1882 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
4. Frank Emil Knuth was born on 2 Oct 1880 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 21 Jul 1969 in Hemet Valley Hospital, Hemet, Riverside County, California, USA; was buried on 24 Jul 1969 in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery, Hemet, Riverside County, California, USA.
5. Emma Sophia Knuth 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.
6. Anna D. Knuth was born on 20 Apr 1884 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 21 Jul 1975 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 23 Jul 1975 in Evergreen Cemetery, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
7. George Knuth was born on 15 Jan 1886 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Feb 1887 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
8. Gertrude Knuth was born on 23 Apr 1893 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 18 Mar 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1895 in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Aortic regurgitation
• Occupation: Grocer, laborer
• Research Notes: According to Chuck Binzel, Jacob was born in Schleswig-Holstein. Emma and Elaine Schoelzel and 1880 census of daughter Anna list Hannover; most other sources merely list Germany.
• Immigration: 1850
• Census: 1860, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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 was a founding member of Saint Peter’s German Evangelical Church in Chicago.

Jacob had a store at the same location for 60 years. He lived with his daughter Augusta in 1910 and at 2549 N. Cornelia St. at the time of his death.

Census:
202 Rucker Street

Census:
226 North Center Avenue

Died:
11:30 pm

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Chronic inflamation of the kidneys, and heart failure.
• Occupation: Housewife
• Medical Notes: According to 1900 US census, had ten children of which seven survived.
• Research Notes: Emigrated to US in 1852 with her older sister. 1870 census and Illinois State Marriage Record Index list name as “Adelena.” Burial record lists name as “Fannie A.,” but gravestone is “Adelheid.” Wendell Mohr lists birthplace as Hanover, Germany, 1860 census lists Prussia. Chuck Binzel lists John Henry Franzen (b. 1 Oct 1813, d. 1893) as Fenne’s father.
• Census: 1860, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Godparents: hired man Lambert Hartbecke & Fenne Adelheit Franzen

Census:
202 Rucker Street

Census:
226 North Center Avenue

Died:
1:40 am

Notes:

Married by Rev. U. Moecklin.

Family lived at 202 Rucker Street (about 800 Racine Ave after renaming and renumbering), Chicago in 1880.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Chuck Binzel listed a death date of 1844. Elaine Schoelzel lists a birth date of 11 August 1803 and birthplace of Altenwerder, Stadt Hamburg, Germany. Parents are also different.

Johann + Anna Engel Lühmann. Anna (daughter of Diedrich Lühmann and Catharina Margaretha Winkelmann) was born on 19 Nov 1805 in Neddenaverbergen, Hannover, Germany; was christened on 1 Dec 1805 in Neddenaverbergen, Hannover, Germany; died on 25 Jan 1846 in Neddenaverbergen, Hannover, Germany; was buried on 29 Jan 1846 in Neddenaverbergen, Hannover, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: John, Gerhard
• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Immigrated to US with his wife and two children in 1853 (19 years after his father, step-mother, and step-siblings).; settled in Addison Township (Bensenville). Godparents: Johann Frantzen & Gesina Helena List

Johan married Anna Catharina Hartbecke on 11 Mar 1829 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany. Anna (daughter of Johan Bernhard Hartbecke and Catharina Adelheid Finke) was born on 24 Oct 1806 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 9 Nov 1806 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; died in 1853 in Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1853 in St. Johannes Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Catharine
• Research Notes: Elaine Schoelzel gives name as “Catharine;” confirms birth year. St. Johannes Cemetery records give name as “Catharine.”

Notes:

Godparents: Anna Gesina Finke & Gerhard Lambert Speller.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Johann Jacob Oestmann

Johann married Catharina Margaretha Hohgrefe on 11 Nov 1796. Catharina (daughter of Johann Hinrich Hohgrefe) was born in Neddenaverbergen, Hannover, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Hohgrefen, Hohegrefe, Hohgreve

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Dierk

Diedrich married Catharina Margaretha Winkelmann on 27 Dec 1790. Catharina (daughter of Johann Hermann Winkelmann) was born about 1763 in Armbsen, Hannover, Germany; died on 13 Nov 1836; was buried on 17 Nov 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Research Notes: Birth record shows name as Hermann Berendt Henrich. Biographical sketch of his son Johann Heinrich in History of DuPage County (Blanchard) gives his birth year as 1782 and death date as 5 Jan 1844.

Notes:

Immigrated to US in 1834, leaving Bremen on 1 May and arriving in Baltimore on 27 June. Lived first in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving to Chicago in 1835 and settling in Addison Township (Bensenville) in 1837. Godparents: Herman Frantzen vulgo Spieker from the List property, Johan Berendt Wilke’s son Herman & Henrich Esch the master carpenter.

Article published in the Cook County Herald on 22 May 1925 gives an extensive account of the family’s early days in America.

Hermann married Anna Catharina Gertrud Uphaus on 8 Nov 1802 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany. Anna (daughter of Johan Gerd Uphaus and Anna Sophia Gertrud Gerlemann) was born on 12 Oct 1783 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 19 Oct 1783 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; died on 18 May 1806 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was buried on 21 May 1806 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Complications of childbirth

Notes:

Godparents: Anna Huel, Anna Ilsabein Uphues & Gerd Wilhelm Tasche from Freren

Johan married Catharina Adelheid Finke on 1 Oct 1796 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany. Catharina (daughter of Johan Henrich Fincke and Gesina Gieske) was born in 1768 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 23 Sep 1768 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]