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Johan Knuth[1]

Male Abt 1827 - 1887  (~ 59 years)


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  • Name Johan Knuth 
    Born Abt Jun 1827  Swinemünde, Pommern, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 20 Apr 1870  New York, New York County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1880  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 196 Rucker Street
    Also Known As John  [6] 
    Also Known As Wilhelm Emil  [7] 
    Cause of Death Asthma  [4] 
    Occupation Seaman, Furniture Finisher  [3, 4, 5, 8] 
    Research Notes According to Elaine Schoelzel (and her mother Emma Knuth Schoelzel), his name was Wilhelm Emil, but the 1880 census and emigration records list Johan. The children’s names and ages match other information about the family and Johan is listed as a seaman on the passenger list, which matches information from Nora White that he was a sailor on the ship which brought the family to America. (Nora is a descendant of Minnie Knuth.)

    Entry in the 1880 census appears on the same page as Jacob Oestmann. Jacob’s daughter Anna married Johan’s son Charles in 1875.  [5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Buried Mar 1887  Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 9 Mar 1887  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 13] 
    Person ID I98  Mohr-Whalen
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2020 

    Family Sophia Kortuer
              b. Nov 1827, Swinemünde, Pommern, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Mar 1903, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Notes 
    • Family lived at 196 Rucker in Chicago (now Racine, near the intersection with Chicago) in 1880. Johan and Sophia may have had additional children who stayed behind in Swinemünde. [5]
    Children 
    +1. Ferdinand Knuth
              b. Apr 1853, Pommern, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Mar 1902, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years)
    +2. Charles E. Knuth
              b. 22 Jan 1856, Pommern, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Dec 1927, Denver, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +3. Augusta Knuth
              b. 7 Jan 1859, Swinemünde, Pommern, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Jul 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +4. Minnie Knuth
              b. 3 Dec 1859, Pommern, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Mar 1944, Norwood Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +5. Emelia C. Knuth
              b. 4 Sep 1862, Pommern, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Mar 1915, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     6. Henry Knuth
              b. Sep 1865, Pommern, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2020 
    Family ID F66  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt Jun 1827 - Swinemünde, Pommern, Prussia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 20 Apr 1870 - New York, New York County, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Mar 1887 - Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Mar 1887 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Family was from Swinemünde, Pomerania, which is now Świnoujście, Poland. They departed from Hamburg on the Prinz Albert and arrived in New York on 20 April 1870. Employed at a Furniture Works in 1880. [3, 5, 8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Research notes of Wendell C. Mohr.
    2. [S200] 1880 US Census - Household of Charles Knuth.
    3. [S378] New York Passenger Lists - Arrival of Johann Knuth family, FamilySearch.org, citing NARA.
    4. [S386] Certificate of Death of Jno. Knuth.
    5. [S538] 1880 US Census - Household of Johan Knuth.
    6. [S1576] Death Certificate of Emelia Wilke.
    7. [S2] Letter to Bradley Mohr, Elaine Schoelzel.
    8. [S379] Hamburg Passenger Lists - Johan Knuth Family.
    9. [S4132] Letter to Wendell & Jo Ann Mohr, Emma Schoelzel.
    10. [S991] Schoelzel Family Tree, Elaine Schoelzel, username eschoelzel.
    11. [S364] Re: Household of Henry Leutz, Nora White.
    12. [S201] 1880 US Census - Household of Jacob Oestmann.
    13. [S283] Report of Death of Sophia Knuth.