Other Events and Attributes:

• Medical Notes: Death certificate lists cause of death as “general dropsy” (likely heart failure).
• Research Notes: Wendell Mohr lists surname as “Peitcher” and birthdate as February 1843. I have been unable to find a “Campani.” There was a Kampenau (Campenau), Marienburg, Westpreußen (now Kępniewo, Elbląg, Warmian-Masurian, Poland) 19°21’E, 54°01’N. This is about 110km from Laskowitz, where she gave birth to her first two children. Elaine Schoelzel has a birthdate of 11 May 1845 in her more recent information.

Notes:

Orphaned by age of two and raised by older brothers and sisters. Father was a school teacher in Germany. Emigrated to America in 1887.

Buried:
Lot 53, block G

Died:
12:50 AM; 176 Potomac Ave

Emilie married Ernst Wilhelm Schoelzel on 8 Jan 1865. Ernst (son of Johann Gotfried Schoelzel and Susanna Helena Dinter) was born on 3 May 1837 in Peilau, Reichenbach, Schlesien, Prussia; died on 19 Feb 1910 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Feb 1910 in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also had twins who died in infancy.

1. August Emil Berthold Schoelzel was born on 24 Aug 1865 in Laskowitz, Westpreußen, Prussia; died on 6 Aug 1947 in Colby, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA; was buried in 1947 in Colby Memorial Cemetery, Colby, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA.
2. Rudolph Herman Albert Schoelzel was born on 9 Sep 1868 in Laskowitz, Westpreußen, Prussia; died on 23 May 1934 in Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried on 31 May 1934 in Irving Park Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
3. Robert Reinhold Schoelzel was born on 25 Sep 1872 in Grünberg, Posen, Prussia; died on 28 May 1957 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 1 Jun 1957 in Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
4. Emma Emilie Schoelzel was born on 29 Oct 1874 in Grünberg, Posen, Prussia; died on 1 Nov 1954 in Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried on 4 Nov 1954 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
5. Karl Wilhelm Schoelzel was born on 30 Jan 1877 in Schneidemühl, Posen, Prussia; died on 5 Feb 1958 in Denver, Colorado, USA; was buried in Feb 1958 in Fairmount Cemetery Mausoleum, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher