1. | Johann Bernhard Uphaus was born in Dec 1787 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; died on 9 Oct 1825 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was buried on 11 Oct 1825 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: No direct connection from Catharine Uphaus is known, but I suspect this is a related branch of the same family. Perhaps by tracing Johann back, I will be able to find out more about Catharine... Johann married Anna Adelheid Berkemeier on 13 Mar 1822 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany. Anna (daughter of Bernhard Berkemeier and Anna Adelheid Schallenberg) was born about 1801 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; died on 15 Aug 1843 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Herman Bernhard Uphaus ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Sometime before 1845, he went from Schale to Holland, from which he left for America, arriving 4 July 1845. On 18 July 1845, he met his uncle Gerhard Miller in Chicago and went to stay with him at the “Escher settlement” near Des Plaines. Licensed to preach by the Evangelical Association on 2 May 1848. Herman married Maria Catherine Mayer on 4 May 1854. Maria was born in 1829 in Westheim, Canton Germersheim, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria; died in 1883 in Emmetsville, Randolph County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Margaretha Adelheid Uphaus ![]() Notes: Came to America in 1845. Gravestone has incorrect birth year (1826). Family/Spouse: Johann Bernard Elfring. Johann (son of Frantz Henrich Elfring and Fenne Adelheid Elsabein Hesselmeier) was born on 24 Nov 1807 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 28 Nov 1807 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; died on 7 Mar 1879 in Deer Grove, near Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1879 in Deer Grove Cemetery, Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Anna Uphaus ![]() Notes: Born in Illinois or Indiana. Family/Spouse: Harry Cook. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Caroline Uphaus ![]() Notes: Born in Illinois or Indiana. Family/Spouse: Willard Baldwin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Samuel Uphaus ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Samuel married Mary Keyser about 1886. Mary was born in Sep 1861 in Indiana, USA; died in 1957 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | William Mahlon Uphaus ![]() William married Katherine Fagan about 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Henry L. Elfrink ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Henry married Anna Maria Catharina Caroline Brommelkamp in 1871 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Carl Bernhardt Uphaus ![]() |
10. | Willard Edwin Uphaus ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Christian pacifist. Spent nearly a year in jail for failing to turn over the names of attendees at his World Fellowship of Faiths during the Red Scare. Willard married Guernsey E. Roe on 31 Jan 1918 in Ridgeville, Randolph County, Indiana, USA. Guernsey (daughter of Aaron Frank Roe and Ida E. Hollowell) was born on 22 Jul 1897 in Ridgeville, Randolph County, Indiana, USA; died on 26 Aug 1975 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana, USA; was buried on 28 Aug 1975 in Reitnour Cemetery, Ridgeville, Randolph County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Willard married Sarah _____ about 1925. Sarah was born about 1901 in Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Willard married Ola Clarice Hawkins on 19 Nov 1938 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Ola (daughter of Thomas Aaron Hawkins) was born on 14 Sep 1897 in Point Cedar, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, USA; died on 12 Dec 1972 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Willard married Ruth Adlard on 16 Nov 1975 in Pinellas County, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Bruce Richard Uphaus ![]() Family/Spouse: Ida Plouzak. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
12. | George Henry Elfrink ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Residence: George married Amanda Louella Kampert on 7 Nov 1925 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Amanda (daughter of Henry Frederick Herman Kampert and Hannah Louisa Meiners) was born on 11 Jan 1885 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Mar 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |