Johann Heinrich Franzen^[1]

1813 - 1893  (79 years)

• Name	Johann Heinrich Franzen
  Born	1 Oct 1813	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1834  [8]
  Also Known As	John Henry  [1, 3, 8]
  Census	1850	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Census	1860	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  Census	1870	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [7]
  Census	1880	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [6]
  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   [4, 8]
  	South 6D
  Died	1 Apr 1893	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [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           d. 7 Jan 1844, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Fenne Adelheid Elfring           b. Mar 1781, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 3 Apr 1835, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Family ID	F80	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Elizabeth Dieckhoff           b. 13 Sep 1816, Hannover, Germany           d. 25 Jul 1844, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 27 years)
  Married	1 Jul 1838	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [2, 8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Anna Maria Adelheid Franzen           b. 20 Jan 1840, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 6 Dec 1902, Mannheim, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA  (Age 62 years)   2. _____ Franzen           b. 20 Jan 1840, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 20 Jan 1840, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 0 years)   3. Herman Bernhard Franzen           b. 10 Sep 1841, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 13 Jul 1859, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 17 years)   4. Sophia Franzen           b. 28 Jan 1843, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 24 Feb 1932, Eitzen, Houston County, Minnesota, USA  (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           d. 17 Dec 1884, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Married	Oct 1844	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [2, 8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Bernhard L. Franzen           b. 2 Oct 1845, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 1927, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 81 years)   2. Caroline Franzen           b. 11 Aug 1847, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 9 Sep 1905, Pingree Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA  (Age 58 years) + 3. Emma Catharina Franzen           b. 6 Apr 1849, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 27 Jun 1938, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA  (Age 89 years)   4. Henry Frederick Dietrich Franzen           b. 3 Mar 1851, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 4 Aug 1851, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 0 years) + 5. Carl August Franzen           b. 28 Sep 1852, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 9 Nov 1929, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 77 years) + 6. John Henry Franzen           b. 27 Feb 1855, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 7 Mar 1880, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 25 years) + 7. Dorothea Franzen           b. 25 Jan 1857, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 14 Feb 1948, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 91 years)   8. Gustav Franzen           b. 14 Dec 1858, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 10 Sep 1860, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 1 years) + 9. Wilhelm Frederick Franzen           b. 18 Mar 1861, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 14 Jan 1945, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 83 years) + 10. Herman Henry August Franzen           b. 3 Sep 1868, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 20 May 1959  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2008
  Family ID	F679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Oct 1813 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Married - 1 Jul 1838 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Married - Oct 1844 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1850 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1860 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1870 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1880 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Buried - Apr 1893 - Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Died - 1 Apr 1893 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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

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