Charles Friedrich Schwerdtfeger^[1]

1813 - 1878  (65 years)

• Name	Charles Friedrich Schwerdtfeger
  Birth	13 Feb 1813	Neuhaus, Hannover, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1833  [2]
  Also Known As	Carl, Karl  [1, 2, 3]
  Census	1850	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Occupation	Farm owner in Addison Township, Illinois  [1, 2, 4]
  Burial	May 1878	St. Johannes Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [3, 5]
  Death	27 May 1878	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Person ID	I927	Mohr-Whalen | Branches: Blood relatives of L. Zingraf
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Frederich Schwerdtfeger           b. Abt 1763, Germany
  Mother	Hannah _____           b. Abt 1771, Germany
  Family ID	F4331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Catharina Maria Franzen           b. 10 Aug 1810, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 23 Feb 1883, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1835	Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA   [2, 6, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Charles Frederick Schwerdtfeger           b. Abt 1835, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA           d. Washington County, Kansas, USA > 2. Maria Schwerdtfeger           b. 1837, Indiana, USA           d. 1862 (Age 25 years) > 3. Wilhelmina Schwerdtfeger           b. Abt 1840, Indiana, USA + 4. Sophia Schwerdtfeger           b. 29 Sep 1841, Indiana, USA           d. 2 Feb 1931, Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA (Age 89 years) + 5. Henry Schwerdtfeger           b. Abt 1843, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA + 6. August Schwerdtfeger           b. 5 Nov 1845, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 19 May 1933, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 87 years) + 7. Carl Schwerdtfeger           b. 17 Jan 1848, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 13 Sep 1903, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 55 years) > 8. Katherina Maria Schwerdtfeger           b. 13 Apr 1850, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 28 Jan 1878, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Feb 1813 - Neuhaus, Hannover, Germany Marriage - Abt 1835 - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Census - 1850 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Burial - May 1878 - St. Johannes Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Death - 27 May 1878 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Came to America with his parents in 1833, settling first in Dearborn County, Indiana, then moving to Addison Township, Illinois in about 1840. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Michael Martens Kirchhoff, The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen. [S153] Gloria Landwer Scott, Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe. [S548] Necrology Records of Selected Townships in DuPage County, (DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society). [S1738] 1850 US Census - Household of Charles Swatfrigger [Schwerdtfeger]. [S421] Gloria Landwer Scott, Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe (plus in-laws & sundry kin). [S549] Rufus Blanchard, History of Du Page County, Illinois, (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1882), Part II, page 246. [S4870] Wilderness Here When the Franzen Family Arrived.