Hermann Bernhard Heinrich Franzen

1772 - 1844  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Hermann Bernhard Heinrich Franzen
  Born	Sep 1772	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Christened	4 Oct 1772	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [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   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I120	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2020

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Catharina Gertrud Uphaus           b. 12 Oct 1783, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 18 May 1806, Schale, Westfalen, Germany  (Age 22 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1802	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Johan Gerhard Heinrich Franzen           b. 16 Aug 1803, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 28 May 1858, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 54 years)   2. Anna Catharine Franzen           b. 7 May 1806, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 7 May 1806, Schale, Westfalen, Germany  (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           d. 3 Apr 1835, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1807	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [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           d. 22 May 1809, Schale, Westfalen, Germany  (Age 0 years) + 2. Anna Catharina Maria Franzen           b. 10 Aug 1810, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 23 Feb 1883, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 72 years) + 3. Johann Heinrich Franzen           b. 1 Oct 1813, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 1 Apr 1893, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 79 years) + 4. Anna Gesina Maria Franzen           b. 29 Feb 1816, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 13 Apr 1896, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 80 years) + 5. Bernhard H. Franzen           b. 3 Dec 1818, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 16 Feb 1901, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA  (Age 82 years)   6. Johan Gerd Franzen           b. 8 Dec 1818, Schale, Westfalen, Germany + 7. Gerhard Henrich Franzen           b. 7 Jan 1823, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 11 Jan 1909, Leyden, Cook County, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2005
  Family ID	F80	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Sep 1772 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Christened - 4 Oct 1772 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Married - 8 Nov 1802 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Married - 5 Nov 1807 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Died - 7 Jan 1844 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  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

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