1841 - 1931 (89 years)
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| Name |
Sophia Schwerdtfeger |
| Birth |
29 Sep 1841 |
Indiana, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Census |
1850 |
Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA [5] |
| Residence |
1883 |
Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA [2] |
| Research Notes |
Franzen family tree gives birthdate of 28 September. St. John’s Church Membership Lists give birthplace of Addision, Illinois. 1850 census lists birthplace as Ohio. [1, 3, 5] |
| Death |
2 Feb 1931 |
Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA [2, 4, 6] |
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| Burial |
5 Feb 1931 |
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA [2, 4] |
| Person ID |
I932 |
Mohr-Whalen | Branches: Blood relatives of L. Zingraf, Blood relatives of B. Mohr |
| Last Modified |
23 Mar 2020 |
| Father |
Charles Friedrich Schwerdtfeger
b. 13 Feb 1813, Neuhaus, Hannover, Germany
d. 27 May 1878, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Anna Catharina Maria Franzen
b. 10 Aug 1810, Schale, Westfalen, Germany
d. 23 Feb 1883, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 72 years) |
| Family ID |
F667 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Dietrich Schweitzer
b. 4 Mar 1838, Landesbergen, Stolzenau, Hannover, Germany
d. 26 Oct 1910, Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA (Age 72 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Feb 1865 |
Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA [2, 4, 6] |
| Children |
| | 1. Emma Schweitzer |
| | 2. Martha Schweitzer |
| | 3. Elvina Schweitzer |
| | 4. Herman Schweitzer |
| | 5. Minnie L. Schweitzer
b. 5 Nov 1865, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
| | 6. Elizabeth Schweitzer
b. 28 Apr 1870, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
| | 7. Auguste Schweitzer
b. 30 Jan 1872, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA
d. 27 Jul 1873, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 1 year) |
| | 8. Matilda Schweitzer
b. 26 Sep 1877, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
| + | 9. Heinrich Schweitzer
b. 5 Oct 1879, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA
d. 3 Apr 1958, Palatine, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 78 years) |
| | 10. Friedrich Karl Schweitzer
b. 6 Jun 1881, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
| | 11. Albert Schweitzer
b. 13 Jul 1883, Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
d. Nov 1967, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA (Age 84 years) |
| | 12. Clara Schweitzer
b. 29 Mar 1885, Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA |
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| Family ID |
F673 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Mar 2020 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 29 Sep 1841 - Indiana, USA |
 | Census - 1850 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA |
 | Marriage - 5 Feb 1865 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA |
 | Residence - 1883 - Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA |
| Death - 2 Feb 1931 - Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA |
 | Burial - 5 Feb 1931 - Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA |
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| Pin Legend |
 : Address
 : Location
 : City/Town
 : County/Shire
 : State/Province
 : Country
 : Not Set |
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| Notes |
- Dietrich and Sophia had 12 children, one dying in infancy. [2, 7]
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| Sources |
- [S40] Michael Martens Kirchhoff, The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen.
- [S6111] Obituary of Sophia Schwerdtfeger Schweitzer.
- [S655] St. John’s Church Membership Lists: 1899, 1924, 1949 (on Necrology Records of Selected Townships in DuPage County), (DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society).
- [S421] Gloria Landwer Scott, Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe (plus in-laws & sundry kin).
- [S1738] 1850 US Census - Household of Charles Swatfrigger [Schwerdtfeger].
- [S6112] Obituary of Sophia Schwerdtfeger Schweitzer (“Mrs. Schweitzer Dies; Resident of Raymond 20 Years”).
- [S667] Marlene Noble, Proposed Change: Anna Catharina Maria Franzen (I925).
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