Gesina Frederika Franzen

1844 - 1887  (42 years)

• Name	Gesina Frederika Franzen
  Birth	30 Dec 1844	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Christening	12 Jan 1845	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Occupation	Dressmaker  [4]
  Research Notes	Illinois Statewide Marriage Index gives first name as “Rika.” Elaine Schoelzel lists birthplace as Bensenville.  [2, 7]
  Burial	Jul 1887	Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [5, 6]
  	South 8A
  Death	20 Jul 1887	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I113	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Johan Gerhard Heinrich Franzen           b. 16 Aug 1803, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 28 May 1858, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Anna Catharina Hartbecke           b. 24 Oct 1806, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 1853, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Heinrich Wilhelm Schuette           b. 26 Apr 1842, Germany           d. 19 Apr 1877, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1867	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [1, 6, 7]
  Children	> 1. Ida Gesina Maria Schuette           b. 1 Oct 1867, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 11 Apr 1923, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 55 years) + 2. Emma Dorothea Schuette           b. 30 Oct 1870, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 10 Mar 1956 (Age 85 years)   3. Wilhelmina Adelheid Schuette           b. 7 May 1873             d. 6 Sep 1874 (Age 1 year)   4. Anna Schuette           b. 16 Mar 1875, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 1 Jul 1933, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Ludwig Schmidt, Jr.           b. 15 Jan 1840, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 31 Dec 1924, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	29 Aug 1880	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [1, 6, 7, 8]
  Research Notes	Blanchard’s History of DuPage County identifies Ida, Emma, and Annie as Frederika’s children by Louis, though they are most certainly by her first husband, Henry Schuette.  [9]
  Children	1. Edna Schmidt           b. 23 Jul 1883, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 27 Dec 1975 (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F78	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 Dec 1844 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Christening - 12 Jan 1845 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Marriage - 2 Jan 1867 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1880 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Marriage - 29 Aug 1880 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Burial - Jul 1887 - Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Death - 20 Jul 1887 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Godparents: hired man’s wife Anna Gesina Kleinschmidt born Hartbecke & Hermann Henrich Speller [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S153] Gloria Landwer Scott, Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe. [S2] Elaine Schoelzel, Letter to Bradley Mohr. [S40] Michael Martens Kirchhoff, The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen. [S633] 1880 US Census - Household of Frederikka Schuette. [S548] Necrology Records of Selected Townships in DuPage County, (DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society). [S4321] username Calcat, Find A Grave memorial for Gesina Friedericke Franzen Schmidt, #93653624. [S52] Illinois State Archives & Illinois State Genealogical Society, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900. [S549] Rufus Blanchard, History of Du Page County, Illinois, (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1882), Part II, page 244. [S549] Rufus Blanchard, History of Du Page County, Illinois, (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1882).