Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Congestive heart failure
• Education: West High School (Denver), University of Denver (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1927), University of Chicago (M.A., Education, 1929), Ohio State (M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1947)
• Occupation: Teacher, chemical engineer, military officer
• Religion: Baptist, Presbyterian
• Medical Notes: Suffered from childhood asthma. Parents moved to Denver on the recommendation of doctors. Treated by Dr. H. M. Carter at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Died of congestive heart failure.
• Research Notes: Clifford was christened at St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chicago by the pastor J.A. Moldstad. According to the website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), St. Mark’s, also known as St. Markus, was a Norwegian Lutheran Church located at the corner of Tripp and Wabancia Avenues. Moldstad was pastor beginning in 1906.
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1906-1917, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Baptism: 20 Apr 1924, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1930, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Residence: Nov 1931, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Residence: 1935, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1940, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Residence: 1917-1949, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1950, Harford County, Maryland, USA
• Residence: 1949-1951, Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, USA
• Residence: 1951-1954, Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland, USA
• Residence: 1954-1967, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1967-1999, Denver, Colorado, USA

Notes:

Moved to Denver, Colorado in 1917 to alleviate symptoms of childhood asthma. Attended Denver University where he obtained a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (1927) and an M.A. in Education (1929). Taught high school in Denver for 14 years. Joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1938; began extended active duty in November 1940. Served in England and France during WWII. Obtained an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University in 1947. Served in Air Force after WWII, including 1.5 years in Wiesbaden, Germany. Retired as a Lt. Colonel from Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio (1959). Taught high school in Dayton until February 1967. Retired to Denver.

Birth:
1070 (now 1941) N Central Park Avenue

Christened:
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Witnesses: Dagmar Mohr, Marius Rasmussen, Ralph Bradway, Grace Bradway

Census:
4335 W. Potomac Avenue

Census:
150 W. 5th Avenue

Baptism:
Broadway Baptist Church

Census:
790 South Race Street

Residence:
683 South High Street

Census:
1036 South Gilpin Street

Residence:
331 Glenville Road (RR 2 at the time)

Residence:
121 Rogers Street

Residence:
420 Mertland Avenue, 4853 Northgate Court

Residence:
3726 S. Forest Way

Died:
PorterCare Hospice

Buried:
Grave 517, Section 6

Clifford married Grace Lillian Anna Schoelzel on 26 Nov 1930 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Grace (daughter of Karl Wilhelm Schoelzel and Emma Sophia Knuth) was born on 15 May 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 24 Feb 2003 in Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA; was buried on 28 Feb 2003 in Fort Logan Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married by G. Henry Green. Witnesses: J. B. Malone and Elizabeth Plattner. Marriage license number 116763, issued 15 November 1930 at Denver, Colorado.

Married:
South Presbyterian Church

1. Wendell Clark Mohr was born on 9 Nov 1931 in Denver, Colorado, USA; was christened on 27 Mar 1932 in Denver, Colorado, USA; died on 8 Dec 2019 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA; was cremated on 13 Dec 2019 in Woodbine, Carroll County, Maryland, USA.
2. Karen Lynne Mohr was born on 1 Aug 1941 in Fitzsimons Army Hospital, Aurora, Adams County, Colorado, USA; died on 25 Aug 2001 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA; was buried on 29 Aug 2001 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Thorwald Luck Mohr
• Cause of Death: Colon cancer
• Occupation: Postal Clerk (served 34 years before his retirement)
• Medical Notes: No allergy problems.
• Research Notes: Obituary published in the Rocky Mountain Post (Sunday, 24 July 1949). Middle name is spelled “Lykke” on christening certificate.
• Census: 1885, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Confirmation: 9 May 1897, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Naturalization: 1900
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1917, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Residence: Sep 1918, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1920, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Residence: Aug 1925, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1930, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1940, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, Denver, Colorado, USA

Notes:

According to the Dansk Data Arkiv Emigration Database, Thorwald registered for emigration with his mother on 17 Oct 1894. His last residence was in Kobenhavn and his destination was Chicago. He departed through a foreign port.

Moved to Chicago at age of 10, Denver in 1916 or 1917.

According to obituary in Rocky Mt. Post, he was a 32d degree Mason; member of Rocky Mt. Consistory #2; King Oscar Masonic Lodge #855 of Chicago; former officer of Denver chapter #59, Order of the Eastern Star.

Birth:
Dannebrogsgade 13A

Census:
Valdemarsgade 45-47

Confirmation:
St. Ansgar’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Pastor O.L. Kirkeberg

Census:
1001 Talman Avenue (now 1840 N. Talman Avenue)

Census:
4335 West Potomac Avenue

Residence:
125 East 3rd Avenue

Census:
150 West 5th Avenue

Census:
790 South Race Street

Census:
540 South Williams Street

Residence:
540 South Williams Street

Died:
540 South Williams Street

Buried:
Block 67, Lot 30, Unit D, Section 1

Thorwald married Emma Mathilda Frandsen on 17 Mar 1904 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Emma (daughter of Johan Fredrik Emil Frandsen and Marie Abigael Frederikka Krogh) was born on 20 Jan 1884 in Frederiksberg, København, Denmark; was christened on 23 Mar 1884 in Frederiksberg, København, Denmark; died on 7 Apr 1953 in Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried on 11 Apr 1953 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Brain infarction due to Berry aneurysm
• Medical Notes: Died of stroke. Autopsy revealed cancer of pancreas (she was unaware). No allergy problems.
• Research Notes: Wendell Mohr gives date of death as April 6, 1953. According to Wendell Mohr, she moved to Chicago at age of 2. However, the 1920 Census and 1930 census list year of immigration as 1888, when she was 4 years old. 1900 census lists year of immigration as 1892. Emma is not listed in her father’s household in the extracted record for the 1885 census. It is possible that there is a problem with the extraction or perhaps she was living with her grandmother Emma at the time. Godmother Helena L. G. Krogh of Borgergade 138. Perhaps this was an aunt.
• Naturalization: 1900
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Sep 1918, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1920, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1930, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1940, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Census: 1950, Denver, Colorado, USA

Notes:

Worked as a family servant for the Benjamin Weil family in 1900. Attended Bancroft School in Chicago.

Census:
4335 W. Potomac Avenue

Residence:
125 E. 3rd Avenue

Census:
150 W. 5th Avenue

Census:
790 South Race Street

Census:
540 South Williams Street

Residence:
540 South Williams Street

Census:
540 South Williams Street

Died:
Gen. Rose Memorial Hospital - 7:55 AM

Buried:
Block 67, Lot 30, Unit D, Section 1

Notes:

According to Clifford Mohr, Thorwald and Emma were “christened in the same church in Copenhagen and only met in Chicago later on.” Based on church records, this seems to be in error, as Thorwald was christened in St. Mattheaus Kirke and Emma was christened in Frederiksberg Kirke.

Clifford Mohr’s birth certificate specifies that he is the second child born to Emma. This indicates that the “other Grace” was actually born before Clifford, not after William as originally assumed.

Family lived with Emma’s father at the time of the 1910 census. Family lived at 150 W. 5th Ave, Denver in 1920 and 790 South Race, Denver in 1930.

Married:
St. Ansgar’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Henry
• Cause of Death: Arterial schlerosis
• Occupation: Master painter and decorator
• Religion: Lutheran
• Research Notes: Wendell Mohr gave birthdate as “about 1850.” I have been unable to find Heinrich in the 1930 census. He died at about the same time as the census was being enumerated, so it’s possible that he was missed. Death certificate gives residence address as 4125 Cornelia Ave, Chicago, which was the home of his daughter Thora and her husband Alfred Wilhelm Hansen. Death certificate lists father’s birthplace as Hamburg, Germany and mothers as Fyen, Denmark.
• Census: 1880, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Census: 1885, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Emigration: 1892
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Aug 1925, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Notes:

Returned to Copenhagen in 1878. Came to the US in 1892, followed in 1895 by wife and children. In 1920, lived in a boarding house run by William Steckelshad at 64 W. Grand Ave., Chicago. At the time his daughter Rosalie’s death (August 1925), Henry was living in Los Angeles with his daughter Etta.

Christened:
In the church

Census:
Saxogade 27

Census:
Valdemarsgade 45-47

Census:
1001 Talman Avenue (now 1840 N. Talman Avenue)

Census:
1433 Oakley Avenue

Census:
64 West Grand Avenue

Buried:
Section LQ, Grave 61

Heinrich married Ane Marie Sørensen on 8 Feb 1874 in Nykøbing Mors, Thisted, Denmark. Ane (daughter of Søren Andersen Lÿkke and Maren Andersdatter) was born on 11 Oct 1847 in Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark; was christened on 14 Oct 1847 in Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark; died on 21 Jun 1918 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 24 Jun 1918 in Mount Olive Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Nephritis
• Occupation: Housewife
• Religion: Lutheran
• Medical Notes: According to census records, Anna had two children that died before 1900 (9 born, 7 surviving). This corresponds to the two daughters who died in Denmark (Emma and Maren), which means there was no additional son (Henry). Died of “chronic nephritis, with secondary uraemia.”
• Research Notes: Mt. Olive Cemetary burial record gives age at death at 70 years. Wendell Mohr and 1910 census give first name as “Anna.” Clifford Mohr always said her maiden name was Lÿkke, but that doesn’t seem right. Her death certificate lists her father’s name as Anders Sorensen, Thorwald Mohr’s Christening certificate lists her name as Sorensen, and the California Death Index entries for two of her daughters (Frances and Dagmar) each give her maiden name as Sorensen as well. Other records all support this: birth records of her other children, danish census, marriage, and finally her birth record! It seems her father had the tilnavn Lÿkke, but such names are not usually passed on to daughters. 1885 census (Folketælling) gives her birthplace as Nykøbing på Mors. This sent me in the right direction, but the 1880 census is more accurate, giving her correct birthplace: Solbjerg, Thisted Amt.
• Census: 1850, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1855, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1860, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1880, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Census: 1885, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

According to the Dansk Data Arkiv Emigration Database, Ane registered for emigration on 17 Oct 1894. Her last residence was in Kobenhavn and her destination was Chicago. She departed through a foreign port.

Her death certificate lists her usual residence as 313 Wisconsin St. in Chicago. She died at 2016 N. Kedvale Ave.

Census:
Saxogade 27

Census:
Valdemarsgade 45-47

Census:
1001 Talman Avenue (now 1840 N. Talman Avenue)

Census:
1433 Oakley Avenue

Died:
2016 N. Kedvale, Chicago, Illinois

Buried:
Section LQ, Grave 61

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 + Marie Abigael Frederikka Krogh. Marie (daughter of Anders Krogh and Anne Margrethe Dorthea Svendsen) was born on 18 Nov 1857 in Garnisons, København, Denmark; was christened on 26 Dec 1857 in Garnisons, København, Denmark; died on 23 Jan 1885 in Frederiksberg, København, Denmark; was buried on 30 Jan 1885 in Frederiksberg, København, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 8 Oct 1871, Garnisons, København, Denmark

Notes:

Confirmation:
18th Sunday after Trinity

Notes:

Family lived at 50B Fakonerallé at the time of Emma’s birth and 56 Falkonerallé at the time of Marie Krogh’s death.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Night watchmen at the main railroad station of the Sjælland Railroad in Copenhagen
• Research Notes: Death certificate of his son Heinrich lists birthplace of Hamburg, Germany. 1850 and 1880 Danish Census entries give birthplace as Holstein. 1850 entry also lists a town name, but it is difficult to read. The DDD extraction gives “Eggested” which is Eggstedt in German. 1885 census lists “Pimberg” in Holstein. According to Wendell Mohr’s notes, he “drove train from Schleswig Holstein to Denmark.”
• Census: 1850, København, Denmark
• Census: 1880, København, Denmark
• Census: 1885, København, Denmark

Notes:

Came to Copenhagen in 1846. According to the 1880 census, Jochim’s first marriage ended in 1868.

Jochim married Emma Oline Marie Cathrine Petersen on 2 Jun 1850 in Frederiksberg, København, Denmark, and was divorced. Emma was born in Jul 1827. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Birth record of her son Charles gives age as 44 years, which would put her birth year at about 1829. Death certificate of her son Heinrich lists birthplace of Fyen [Funen], Denmark.
• Census: 1885, København, Denmark

Notes:

Emma was granted a divorce decree (from Jochim) on 22 November 1867 and was granted permission to marry on 29 December 1870.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer, farmer
• Research Notes: The death certificate of his daughter Ane Mohr lists his name as Anders Sorensen.
• Census: 1834, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1845, Sundby, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1850, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1855, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1860, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1870, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1880, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark

Søren married Maren Andersdatter on 25 Nov 1842 in Sundby, Thisted, Denmark. Maren (daughter of Anders Christensen Qvist and Mette Thorsdatter) was born on 3 Jul 1816 in Tødsø, Thisted, Denmark; was christened on 24 Nov 1816 in Tødsø, Thisted, Denmark; died on 27 Mar 1880 in Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark; was buried on 2 Apr 1880 in Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: The death certificate of her daughter Ane lists her name as Anna Quist. This is probably because her father had the tilnavn Qvist, although Maren likely never used the name herself.
• Census: 1845, Sundby, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1850, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1855, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1860, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1870, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark
• Census: 1880, Solbjerg, Thisted, Denmark

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: Sailor

Anders married Anne Margrethe Dorthea Svendsen on 1 Feb 1857 in Garnisons, København, Denmark. Anne (daughter of Anders Svendsen and Birthe Kirstine Jensdatter) was born on 9 Jun 1825 in København, Denmark; was christened on 14 Aug 1825 in Garnisons, København, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Birth record of her daughter Marie Abigael Frederikka gives Anne’s age as 34 years, which would put her own birth in 1823.
• Census: 1834, København, Denmark
• Census: 1850, København, Denmark

Notes:

Family lived at Adelgade 52 in København in 1861 and 1862.