Johan Henrich Frantzen

1815 - 1886  (70 years)

• Name	Johan Henrich Frantzen
  Birth	24 Sep 1815	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Christening	1 Oct 1815	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	John Henry, Henry  [3, 4]
  Census	1860	Cicero, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  Occupation	Farmer  [1, 3, 4]
  Burial	Jan 1886	St. Johannes Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Death	10 Jan 1886	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [1, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I973	Mohr-Whalen | Branches: Blood relatives of L. Zingraf, Blood relatives of B. Mohr, Relatives of Jim Kouzmanoff
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2008

  
  

  Father	Johann Gerhard Frantzen           b. May 1780, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 27 Jun 1853, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Catharina Adelheid Dresselhaus           b. 8 Apr 1790, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 16 Sep 1825, Schale, Westfalen, Germany (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline Buchholz           b. 1816, Germany           d. 21 Mar 1872, Sabula, Jackson County, Iowa, USA (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1842  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Louisa Franzen           b. 1843, near Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   2. Caroline Frantzen           b. 21 Jul 1845, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 1862, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 16 years)   3. Herman Frantzen           b. Abt 1847, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. Abt 1848, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 1 year)   4. Mary Frantzen           b. 17 Jul 1849, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 16 Aug 1906, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 57 years)   5. Herman Henry Frantzen           b. 16 Feb 1851, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 7 Nov 1862, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 11 years) + 6. Maria Catharine Lisette Frantzen           b. 1854, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 13 Mar 1879, Sabula, Jackson County, Iowa, USA (Age 25 years) + 7. Elizabeth Catharine Frantzen           b. Feb 1856, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 5 May 1952, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Elise Jackson
  Marriage	Aft 1880  [4]
  Family ID	F713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2004

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth _____           b. Abt 1813
  Marriage	Aft 1856  [4]
  Divorce	Abt 1880	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [1, 4]
  Family ID	F712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Sep 1815 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Christening - 1 Oct 1815 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Census - 1860 - Cicero, Cook County, Illinois, USA Divorce - Abt 1880 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Burial - Jan 1886 - St. Johannes Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Death - 10 Jan 1886 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Came to America in 1841. Lived in Leyden Township, Illinois, and later moved to Chicago. Godparents: Bernhard Henrich Frantzen & Fenne Aleid Landmeier born Dresselhaus. [1, 4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Michael Martens Kirchhoff, The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen. [S7] Schale Evangelical Church records: Evangelisch Kirchengemeinde - Schale Geburtsregister/Heiratsregister/Sterberegister. [S399] 1860 US Census - Household of Henry Franzen. [S153] Gloria Landwer Scott, Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe. [S548] Necrology Records of Selected Townships in DuPage County, (DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society).