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Hermann Bernhard Heinrich Franzen

Male 1772 - 1844  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Hermann Bernhard Heinrich Franzen 
    Born Sep 1772  Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Christened 4 Oct 1772  Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Farmer  [4] 
    Research Notes Birth record shows name as Hermann Berendt Henrich.

    Biographical sketch of his son Johann Heinrich in History of DuPage County (Blanchard) gives his birth year as 1782 and death date as 5 Jan 1844.  [1, 5] 
    Died 7 Jan 1844  Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Person ID I120  Mohr-Whalen
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2020 

    Father Johann Hermann Frantzen
              b. Aug 1734, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Apr 1817, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Maria Gertraud Gieske
              b. Feb 1747, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Oct 1782, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Family ID F82  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna Catharina Gertrud Uphaus
              b. 12 Oct 1783, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 May 1806, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years) 
    Married 8 Nov 1802  Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Johan Gerhard Heinrich Franzen
              b. 16 Aug 1803, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 May 1858, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     2. Anna Catharine Franzen
              b. 7 May 1806, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 May 1806, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2004 
    Family ID F79  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Fenne Adelheid Elfring
              b. Mar 1781, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Apr 1835, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Married 5 Nov 1807  Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Research Notes Gloria Landwer Scott lists marriage date as 8 November 1807.  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Johan Henrich Franzen
              b. 18 May 1809, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 May 1809, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +2. Anna Catharina Maria Franzen
              b. 10 Aug 1810, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Feb 1883, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +3. Johann Heinrich Franzen
              b. 1 Oct 1813, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Apr 1893, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +4. Anna Gesina Maria Franzen
              b. 29 Feb 1816, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Apr 1896, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +5. Bernhard H. Franzen
              b. 3 Dec 1818, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Feb 1901, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     6. Johan Gerd Franzen
              b. 8 Dec 1818, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Gerhard Henrich Franzen
              b. 7 Jan 1823, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Jan 1909, Leyden, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2005 
    Family ID F80  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Sep 1772 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 4 Oct 1772 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Nov 1802 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Nov 1807 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Jan 1844 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Immigrated to US in 1834, leaving Bremen on 1 May and arriving in Baltimore on 27 June. Lived first in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving to Chicago in 1835 and settling in Addison Township (Bensenville) in 1837. Godparents: Herman Frantzen vulgo Spieker from the List property, Johan Berendt Wilke’s son Herman & Henrich Esch the master carpenter.

      Article published in the Cook County Herald on 22 May 1925 gives an extensive account of the family’s early days in America. [2, 3, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Schale Evangelical Church records: Evangelisch Kirchengemeinde - Schale Geburtsregister/Heiratsregister/Sterberegister.
    2. [S40] The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen, Michael Martens Kirchhoff.
    3. [S153] Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe, Gloria Landwer Scott.
    4. [S2] Letter to Bradley Mohr, Elaine Schoelzel.
    5. [S549] History of Du Page County, Illinois, Rufus Blanchard, (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1882).
    6. [S4870] Wilderness Here When the Franzen Family Arrived.