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Johann Heinrich Franzen[1]

Male 1813 - 1893  (79 years)


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  • Name Johann Heinrich Franzen 
    Born 1 Oct 1813  Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 1834  [8] 
    Census 1850  Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1860  Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870  Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1880  Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Also Known As John Henry  [1, 3, 8] 
    Occupation Farm owner in Addison Township  [3, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Research Notes Gloria Landwer Scott gives birthday of 1 Nov 1813.  [8] 
    Buried Apr 1893  Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8] 
    • South 6D
    Died 1 Apr 1893  Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 8] 
    Person ID I926  Mohr-Whalen
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2009 

    Father Hermann Bernhard Heinrich Franzen
              b. Sep 1772, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Jan 1844, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother 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) 
    Family ID F80  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna Elizabeth Dieckhoff
              b. 13 Sep 1816, Hannover, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Jul 1844, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 1 Jul 1838  Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 9] 
    Children 
    +1. Anna Maria Adelheid Franzen
              b. 20 Jan 1840, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 6 Dec 1902, Mannheim, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     2. _____ Franzen
              b. 20 Jan 1840, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Jan 1840, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Herman Bernhard Franzen
              b. 10 Sep 1841, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Jul 1859, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
     4. Sophia Franzen
              b. 28 Jan 1843, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Feb 1932, Eitzen, Houston County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2008 
    Family ID F668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Anna Catharine Deters
              b. 14 Sep 1824, Schale, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Dec 1884, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married Oct 1844  Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 9] 
    Children 
    +1. Bernhard L. Franzen
              b. 2 Oct 1845, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1927, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     2. Caroline Franzen
              b. 11 Aug 1847, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Sep 1905, Pingree Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    +3. Emma Catharina Franzen
              b. 6 Apr 1849, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 Jun 1938, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     4. Henry Frederick Dietrich Franzen
              b. 3 Mar 1851, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Aug 1851, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +5. Carl August Franzen
              b. 28 Sep 1852, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Nov 1929, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +6. John Henry Franzen
              b. 27 Feb 1855, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Mar 1880, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
    +7. Dorothea Franzen
              b. 25 Jan 1857, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Feb 1948, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     8. Gustav Franzen
              b. 14 Dec 1858, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Sep 1860, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    +9. Wilhelm Frederick Franzen
              b. 18 Mar 1861, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Jan 1945, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +10. Herman Henry August Franzen
              b. 3 Sep 1868, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 May 1959  (Age 90 years)
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2008 
    Family ID F679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Oct 1813 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Jul 1838 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Oct 1844 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Apr 1893 - Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Apr 1893 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Came to America in 1834 with his parents and brother. For several years after coming to Bensenville, he ran an oil mill. As of 1882, he owned 250 acres in Addison Township and another 600 acres in Minnesota. [8, 9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen, Michael Martens Kirchhoff.
    2. [S135] Descendants of Reverend Gustav Koch, Noreen Griffin.
    3. [S400] 1860 US Census - Household of John Franzen.
    4. [S548] Necrology Records of Selected Townships in DuPage County, (DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society).
    5. [S596] 1850 US Census - Household of Henry Franzen.
    6. [S629] 1880 US Census - Household of John K. Franzen.
    7. [S636] 1870 US Census - Household of John H. Francen.
    8. [S153] Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe, Gloria Landwer Scott.
    9. [S549] History of Du Page County, Illinois, Rufus Blanchard, (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1882), Part II, page 235.