Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Double Pneumonia
• Research Notes: Name appears on birth certificate as “Ady Sophie” Elaine Schoelzel notes that Gertrude died at age 1½ years, but her death certificate shows 2 years.

Notes:

Born prematurely. Mentally retarded. Died at 1143 N.Oakley Ave.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Carl
• Also Known As: Charley
• Cause of Death: Hypostatic pneumonia, chronic myocarditis
• Education: Illiterate
• Occupation: Piano finisher, furniture finisher
• Research Notes: Birthplace is listed as Pomerania in 1880 census. Elaine Scholzel listed birthdate as 22 February 1856 and death date as 18 Dec 1927. A later tree by Elaine lists death date as 12 December 1927. Age listed on death certificate does not match given birth and death dates.
• Immigration: 20 Apr 1870, New York, New York County, New York, 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
• Residence: Dec 1927, Denver, Colorado, USA

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.

Census:
2500 Monticello Avenue

Census:
61 West Alameda

Residence:
61 West Alameda

Residence:
1507 Welton Street

Died:
Denver General Hospital

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]

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: John
• Also Known As: Wilhelm Emil
• Cause of Death: Asthma
• Occupation: Seaman, furniture finisher
• Research Notes: According to Elaine Schoelzel (and her mother Emma Knuth Schoelzel), his name was Wilhelm Emil, but the 1880 census and emigration records list Johan. The children’s names and ages match other information about the family and Johan is listed as a seaman on the passenger list, which matches information from Nora White that he was a sailor on the ship which brought the family to America. (Nora is a descendant of Minnie Knuth.) Entry in the 1880 census appears on the same page as Jacob Oestmann. Jacob’s daughter Anna married Johan’s son Charles in 1875.
• Immigration: 20 Apr 1870, New York, New York County, New York, USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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.

Census:
196 Rucker Street

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Sophie
• Cause of Death: General arterial sclerosis with acute bronchitis
• Research Notes: Full maiden name is given on the death certificate of Sophia’s daughter Emelia. Last name is difficult to read. Perhaps “Kortuer” or “Korthauer.”
• Immigration: 20 Apr 1870, New York, New York County, New York, USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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.

Census:
196 Rucker Street

Buried:
Section 16

Died:
896 Crystal St.

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.

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.