August Schwerdtfeger^[1]

1845 - 1933  (87 years)

• Name	August Schwerdtfeger
  Born	5 Nov 1845	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Augustus  [6]
  Census	1850	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [6]
  Census	1880	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Occupation	Farm owner in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois  [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	May 1933	St. Johannes Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [3, 5]
  	F 40
  Died	19 May 1933	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [1, 3, 5]
  Person ID	I934	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2011

  
  

  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	Alvina Krueger           b. 21 Nov 1854, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA           d. 15 Jun 1938, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1872	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [3, 7]
  	St. Johannes Evangelical Church
  Children	+ 1. Emil C. Schwerdtfeger           b. 13 Jan 1873, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 7 May 1959, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years) + 2. Martha Katherine Schwerdtfeger           b. 4 Aug 1874, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 7 Dec 1949, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 75 years) + 3. Rosa Wilhelmina Katrina Carolina Schwerdtfeger           b. 14 Aug 1885, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 26 Dec 1976, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 91 years)   4. Clara Schwerdtfeger           b. 26 Feb 1890, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 20 Apr 1981, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Nov 1845 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1850 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Married - 14 Apr 1872 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1880 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Buried - May 1933 - St. Johannes Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Died - 19 May 1933 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen, Michael Martens Kirchhoff. [S719] 1880 US Census - Household of August Schwerdtfeger. [S421] Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe (plus in-laws & sundry kin), Gloria Landwer Scott. [S655] St. John’s Church Membership Lists: 1899, 1924, 1949 (on Necrology Records of Selected Townships in DuPage County), (DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society). [S548] Necrology Records of Selected Townships in DuPage County, (DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society). [S1738] 1850 US Census - Household of Charles Swatfrigger [Schwerdtfeger]. [S549] History of Du Page County, Illinois, Rufus Blanchard, (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1882), Part II, page 246.