Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Stenographer
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 census, Mildred was living with her aunt and uncle: Lydia Wilke Kopp and Otto Kopp. Single at the time of her death.

Census:
1629 Girard Street

Census:
2060 California Avenue

Died:
3252 Artimage Ave

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Occupation: Machinist
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
1629 Girard Street

Henry married Anna Dode on 29 May 1903 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Anna (daughter of Julius Dode and Albertine Y. Salke) was born on 23 Jun 1885 in Germany; died on 10 Apr 1911 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Apr 1911 in Concordia Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clerk
• Research Notes: Birth year given as 1884 in 1900 census entry. According to 1910 census, a second child had died before 1910.
• Immigration: 1887
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
100 Keenan Street (now 1745 Pierce Avenue)

Census:
1629 Girard Street

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Research Notes: Both parents born in Germany. 1900 Census gives birth year of 1862.
• 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:

At the time of his death, Herman had been living for 3 months at 2060 N. California Ave in Chicago’s 28th Ward. Prior to that, he had lived at 2169 N. Rockwell Ave.

Herman married Emelia C. Knuth on 15 Aug 1881 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Emelia (daughter of Johan Knuth and Sophia Kortuer) was born on 4 Sep 1862 in Pommern, Prussia; died on 16 Mar 1915 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 18 Mar 1915 in Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Wendell Mohr and Elaine Schoelzel spell name “Amelia,” as does death index entry for son Henry. Age given as 19 at time of marriage. Had four children, three of whom were alive at the time of the 1910 census. 1900 Census gives name as “Millia”.
• 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

Notes:

Census:
196 Rucker Street

Died:
1738 N. Hoyne Ave

Notes:

Family lived at 133 Fry St., Chicago in 1882, 637 North Ashland in 1884, and 653 Ashland Ave., Chicago in 1895.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer
• Immigration: 1887
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
100 Keenan Street (now 1745 Pierce Avenue)

Julius married Albertine Y. Salke about 1885. Albertine was born on 13 Dec 1855 in Germany; died on 2 Apr 1934 in Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 4 Apr 1934 in Concordia Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Death index entry gives birthplace as “Bavlomin, Germany.”
• Immigration: 1887
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Coleta, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
100 Keenan Street (now 1745 Pierce Avenue)

Census:
1316 Moorman Street

Died:
Old Folk’s Home, Freemont & Walnut

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Henry Wilke
• Occupation: Cabinetmaker
• Occupation: Carpenter
• Medical Notes: Living with his son Herman in 1900.
• Emigration: 1855
• Census: 1860, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
• Census: 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Heinrich + Caroline _____. Caroline was born about 1831 in Braunschweig, Germany; died before 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Carolina
• Census: 1860, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
• Census: 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Family lived at 490 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago in 1880.

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.