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1. Faupel / Vaupel
2. Linkages of Niederjossa Vaupels and Grossenenglis Schaumburgs
3. Schaumburg

PLEASE NOTE: There is a LOT on this page for which I have received new information. However, due to health and other commitments, I have not updated the content of this page since January 2002. The only updates that I have made recently have been to repair some links that were no longer valid.

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Tips and a trick for dealing with the German language: Do I speak German? No. I studied German for two years in college, and I can stumble around through it fairly well. But I am not at all fluent -- nor anything near fluent -- in the language. You will learn that once you get the hang of the place names and the words used for vital records and relationships, you can understand quite a bit that is on genealogically-relevant German web sites.

And if you are really frustrated by a German web site, try this trick. Note down the URL of the web site. Then use your browser to copy some of the words from the web page, words that appear to be fairly unique to the web site. Then go to www.google.com, and paste these words into the text search field and click "Google Search". If the words you copied were unique, then the German web site will be at or near the top of the web site list that Google gives you. To the right of each web page, it says "[Translate this page]". Click on this, and you will get a rough translation into English. What is nice about it is that it continues translating the German pages that you jump to from links on the first German page.

"Vaupel" and "Faupel" are variant German spellings of the same name, and both spellings may show up in the German records for the same person. They are both pronounced the same as the English pronunciation of "Faupel", although the accents may vary from the first to the second syllable. Another close variant, which actually shows up on some records of these lines is Vaubel / Faubel. And you can probably imagine a lot of other close variants as well. The name for any given individual in the 1700's was likely to be spelled in many different ways in the records that accumulated over the course of a lifetime. (It didn't stop with the 1700's: my surname of Johnston is very often mis-spelled as Johnson in the records of my own lifetime -- though not by me.) The Faupel family to which I am related on the US side of the pond originated in Niederjossa in Hesse-Kassel. However, there are a number of Vaupel families in the area south of Kassel, so that they are probably all related at some point, both to each other and to my direct Schaumburg ancestors, who originated only about 18 miles (30 kilometers) away from Niederjossa at Grossenenglis (Großenenglis). Click here for a map of Niederjossa (red star). If you zoom out one level, you will see Borken and Fritzlar: Grossenenglis is between them but not shown at this level of detail. Then click "Re-center" below the map and click on Borken, and you will see Niederjossa, Borken-Fritzlar (i.e. Grossenenglis) and Kassel all on the same map. Contents of the Faupel Section (Click on an underlined section to go directly there.) Sites Specific to Justus Faupel's Descendants and Ancestors and Siblings' Descendants Justus Faupel's Descendants (settled mostly in Martinton, Illinois; Hazen, Arkansas; Fallon, Nevada) Justus Faupel's Ancestors Justus Faupel's Siblings and their Descendants Vaupel / Faupel Family Trees of Unknown Relationship to Our Line Research Discussion Boards Broad Genealogy Web Site Searches Various Niederjossa-Related Web Sites

• Sites Specific to Justus Faupel's Descendants and Ancestors and Siblings' Descendants
  On his line, Justus was the one who made the move from Germany to America and also the one whose name was changed (either by him or by an immigration official??) from the German Vaupel to the Anglicized Faupel. I do not know yet if this happened in Canada or in the United States.
  • Justus Faupel's Descendants (settled mostly in Martinton, Illinois; Hazen, Arkansas; Fallon, Nevada)
    • About 1861? - Washington, Illinois:
      

      Why did the family move where it did? Justus Faupel and his son Henry traveled a great deal. Even Henry's sons moved a good distance, though not at all as much as Justus and Henry. When they moved to a specific place, there was a reason, at both ends: the old place was no longer sufficiently satisfactory somehow, and the new place offered greater satisfaction in some ways. But of all the places that they could have moved to did they choose the places that they did choose? Justus Faupel (born 1842) left Niederjossa at age 14 and worked on the Waterloo, Ontario farm of his cousin Adam Diebel. So we know how he wound up in Waterloo, Ontario. So how did Justus then wind up in Washington, Illinois four years later? It appears from a discussion board query that there may have been others from the Niederjossa area who had settled in Washington, Illinois. (Note that Iris Rohrbach, who wrote this linked query, is a direct descendant of Justus' brother Peter, who stayed in Niederjossa, making her the 4th Cousin of the generation of Justus' descendants born roughly 1945-1970 -- in Fallon, Nevada these are the grandchildren of Justin Faupel.) So then, for Justus, why move to(in 1874) Martinton, Illinois and why (in 1902) Hazen, Arkansas? I don't know yet. And then for Justus' son Henry, why after his 1898 Spanish-American War service (see below) took him to New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Cuba, and New York did he wind up in Colorado Springs, Colorado (where son Justin was born 1901) and in Centralia, Washington (where son Leonard was born 1904)? Don't know. But Henry's move to Raton, New Mexico (where sons Milton 1906 and Gene 1909 were born) seems to be directly related to Henry's Spanish-American War service, which seems to have been directly related to his being a railroad man. (see below) And then for Henry's son Justin Faupel, why Hermosa Beach, California and why (in 1925) Fallon, Nevada? I don't know those yet either, though Fallon did experience an "oil boom" in the 1920's.

    • 1880 - Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois: Justus's family is listed in the 1880 census:

      Name	Relation to Head of House	Gender	Marital Status	Race	Age	Birthplace	Occupation	Father	Mother
      Justus FAUPEL	Self	Male	Married	White	37	Hesstain	Farmer	Hesstain	Hesstain
      Minnie FAUPEL	Wife	Female	Married	White	21	Illinois	Keeping House	Prussia	Prussia
      Carrie FAUPEL	Daughter	Female	Single	White	9	Illinois		Helstein	Helstein
      Henry FAUPEL	Son	Male	Single	White	7	Illinois		Helstein	Warenburg
      Willie FAUPEL	Son	Male	Single	White	5	Illinois		Helstein	Warenburg
      Frank FAUPEL	Son	Male	Single	White	1	Illinois		Helstein	Prussia
      Eliza MILLER	(not copied)	Female	Single	White	13	Illinois	House Maid	Helstein	Helstein
      John PARKER	(not copied)	Male	Single	White	16	Germany	Farm Laborer	Germany	Germany

      Justus Faupel's Three? Wives The 1880 census shows birthplaces of three different mothers for Justus' children. It may be that there really were only two mothers and that the census taker made an error in Carrie's mother's birthplace -- as he apparently did in Frank's mother's birthplace. Justus Faupel married Mary Euchner in Washington, Illinois March 10, 1870. Since Carrie is only 9 years old in the 1880 census, she was most likely born in 1871 or in the latter half of 1870 -- after Justus and Mary married. There are other possible interpretations, one of which is that Carrie's mother really was not Mary Euchner. More research on Carrie's birth is needed to clear up whether this is a census taker's error or a fact that leads to a new understanding of the family history. For the record, Justus Faupel married Mina (Minnie) Miller in Iroquois County on March 5, 1878. (Click here to go to the Illinois Marriage Index and enter Faupel for the groom. The other Iroquois County marriage you will see is that of Justus' son William Faupel to Rosa Watersradt (the index mis-spells it) on January 8, 1900.)

    • 1890 - Martinton, Illinois: Justus Faupel in the 1890 Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois Tax Lists: Much of the 1890 US Census was destroyed. So the Iroquois County Genealogical Society (ICGS) has posted the 1890 Tax Lists as a substitute source. There are three entries of interest (at least, maybe someday we will see that there are more):
      1. Justus' name is mis-spelled as Justice on his entry.
      2. There is also an entry for "J. Faupel". This may also be Justus. He had no brothers whose names started with J, and his only son with a J, John, died a month after birth.
      3. A few lines above is an entry for John Euchner. Mary Euchner was Justus' first wife; she died in childbirth about 1875.
      So what are the numbers? Here is the answer from ICGS Librarian Carol Rench: "The numbers refer to the pages the name of the person appear on in the tax book of 1890 ... The information on these pages tell you whether the person owned property or if they just paid personal property tax. One little bit of extra info: if you owned a dog the tax was $1.00." (The library is at the Old Courthouse Museum at 103 West Cherry Street in Watseka, Illinois 60970-1524.)

    • 1893 - Iroquois County, Illinois: Justus Faupel's daughter Carrie (see 1880 Census above) marries George Miller (a relative of Justus' then-wife Minnie Miller?) on March 3, 1893. (Go to the Illinois Marriage Index and enter Faupel for the bride.)

    • 1898 - New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Cuba, New York - Henry Faupel's Time as a "Rough Rider": Justus Faupel's son Henry was born in Washington, Illinois (Feb. 1, 1873), just before the family moved to Martinton, Illinois. During the Spanish-American War in 1898, Henry Faupel joined the Federal troops (and thus will not show up in the Illinois volunteers' database) of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, better known to history as the "Rough Riders" and forever linked with Teddy Roosevelt (who later became President) and "San Juan Hill". Henry apparently had come to Mexico as a railroad man, since he joined the Rough Riders on May 3, 1898 in New Mexico and was listed as a railroad man. He must have liked New Mexico: he settled in Raton, New Mexico for a number of years before moving to Fallon, Nevada, where he died in 1960.

      Compiled military service record of Henry F. Faupel, documenting service in the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry (Rough Riders) during the Spanish American War. The National Archives has the complete military records of Henry F. Faupel. They have 7 images of part of his records on the web. These are actual images and not just transcripts: Cover Jacket Inside Cover May 7, 1898 Muster-in Roll at Santa Fe, NM May 17, 1898 Muster-in Roll at San Antonio, TX May 31-July 31, 1898 Pay Card Sep 15, 1898 Muster-out Roll at Montauk Point, Long Island, NY Aug 21, 1898 Hospitalized for Malaria at Montauk Point, Long Island, NY If for any reason the image links stop working, click here to go to the Archives search page. Click "NAIL Digital Copies Search". Then in the search panel's "Enter Keywords" entry windows, enter "Rough Riders" in the top and "Faupel" in the bottom, and click "Submit Search". It will come back and a big red "1" will indicate there is one hit. Then click on "Display Results" to see the first thumbnail. And then click on "View All Thumbnails" to reach the page with all 7 images. Clicking on any image will give you an enlarged copy of that image. National Archives Citation of Henry Faupel's Records Control Number NWCTB-94-R&POPI17E522-1USVCAV0406 Media Textual records Descr. Level Item Record Group 94 Series R&POPI17E522 Item 1USVCAV0406 Title Compiled military service record of Henry F. Faupel, documenting service in the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry (Rough Riders) during the Spanish American War. Coverage Dates 05/01/1898-09/30/1898 Sample Record(s) Thumbnails of online copies (with links to larger access files) Creating Org. Department of War. Adjutant General's Office. Record and Pension Office. Record Type/Genre compiled military service records General Note Note that only a portion of the items from this compiled military service record have been digitized and made available online. Variant Control# NWDT1-94-R&PO-PI17E522-1USVCAV0406 See Also Series Description> Subject Ref. Spanish-American War; Rough Riders; First U. S. Volunteer Cavalry; First United States Volunteer Cavalry; 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry; 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Corporate Ref. War Department. Cuban Expeditionary Force. 1st. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. Personal Ref. Faupel, Henry F. Access Unrestricted. Use Restrictions None. Items 1 item(s) Contact Old Military and Civil Records (NWCTB), National Archives Building, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408 PHONE: 202-501-5395 FAX: 202-208-1903

      There are two books about the Rough Riders that list Henry Faupel and all the Rough Riders.

      1. 1899 - Theodore Roosevelt's book "The Rough Riders" (New York: Charles Scribner’s sons) lists all the Rough Riders in the appendix. The Muster-out Roll of "G" Troop lists "Faupel, Henry F., Martington, Ill." among the those with the rank of Trooper. (President Roosevelt's entire book is on the web.)

      2. 1971 - Virgil Carrington Jones' book "Roosevelt's Rough Riders" (Garden City, NY: Dobuleday) includes an appendix that appears to be the details for each man straight out of the roster and includes this entry on page 297: "FAUPEL, Henry F., Martington, Ill.; pvt., G Troop; 23, 5 ft., 10 ins., fair, blue, dark-brown hair; born Martington; railroad man; joined May 3, Santa Fe, NM; single." (Click here to see the G Troop page of a re-enactor who has done a creditable job of researching this book and summarizing the history and identifying the Illinois-resident and Illinois-born men of G Troop.)

      NOTE: I put "San Juan Hill" in quotes because, despite Roosevelt's personal accounts that placed the guidons of "G" and "E" Troops atop San Juan Hill after the charge that he made famous, the charge was in fact up what was known as Kettle Hill. And the charge was not in the face of resolute Spanish defenders but rather to capture a hilltop that "was practically deserted by the Spanish soldiers" who were withdrawing. A 1998 article in Prologue, the Quarterly journal of the National Archives, goes into this in considerable detail.

    • 1900 - Iroquois County, Illinois: Justus Faupel's son William (son of Mary, born about 1875, see the 1880 Census above) marries Rosa Watersradt (the index mis-spells it) on January 8, 1900. (Go to the Illinois Marriage Index and enter Faupel for the groom.)

    • 1910 - Hazen, Arkansas: Justus Faupel's Family in the 1910 Census (Hazen Township, Prairie county) - The page does not allow me to copy the details here. So once you are there, use the FIND feature of your web browser to search for "Faupel". Justus and Minnie are now 66 and 50 years old, with 9 children in the house (one is duplicated in this list), ranging in age from 4 to 27. 11-year-old Helen was born in Illinois, and 4-year-old Lester was born in Arkansas. So the move from Martinton, Illinois to Hazen, Arkansas was between 1899 and 1906. (Justin Faupel's family tree places the move in 1902. Justin was son of Justus' son Henry -- the Rough Rider [see above].) (Here is an online history of Prairie County, Arkansas.)

    • 1917 - Iroquois County, Illinois: PRAIRIE FARMER'S DIRECTORY OF IROQUOIS COUNTY, ILLINOIS 1917 has F. O. Faupel (and wife Mary Hubert and children Clarence, Helma, Morris, Frank) and William Fawpel (and wife Rosa Waterstradt and children Walter & Vena), descendants of Justus. You'll have to use the FIND feature of your web browser to search for them: when you find one you will have found both.

    • 1927 - Prairie County, Arkansas: Death of Justus Faupel on January 18, 1927 (scroll down to find the Faupels) -- not sure this is the immigrant Justus, who would have been 85 in 1927 (I do not know the relationship of the Hazel Bel Faupel who died there March 17, 1920.)

    • 1935 - Prairie County, Arkansas: Death of Justus Faupel's last wife Minnie on February 22, 1935 (scroll down to find the Faupels) at about age 75

    • 2000
      • February - Forrest City, Arkansas: Death of Onice Cox Faupel, wife of Warren, who son of Herbert, son of Justus Faupel.
      • April - Fayetteville, Arkansas: Obituary of Russell E. Faupel, born January 9, 1919 in DeValls Bluff, Arkansas to Herbert and Clara Blankenship Faupel. Survived by brothers Warren Faupel of Forrest City, Charles Faupel of Hazen, and William Faupel of Memphis, Tennessee. Herbert is probably the same Herbert Faupel who appears at age 19 as Justus Faupel's son in the 1910 Census (see link above).

  • Justus Faupel's Ancestors

  • Justus Faupel's Siblings and their Descendants
    • Descendants of two of Justus Faupel's brothers: Descendants of Henry Faupel/Faubel (mostly in Michigan?) and a very few descendants of Peter Vaupel (he stayed in Niederjossa)

• Vaupel / Faupel Family Trees of Unknown Relationship to Our Line
  • Descendants of Johannes Vaupel (about 1760) at Thurnhoschbach, then Kirchhosbach then Rechtebach then Weidelbach (west of Rechtebach)
  • Descendants of Jakob Faupel (born about 1680) -- no locations given on these pages, but the site's home page places them at Fritzlar, which is southwest of Kassel and VERY near (3 miles to the north of) my direct Schaumburg ancestors at Grossenenglis -- Here is a high resolution map showing both Fritzlar and Grossenenglis
• Research Discussion Boards
  • Direct Line
    • Ancestry.com FAUPEL Board
    • Ancestry.com VAUPEL Board
    • Ancestry.com FAUBEL Board
    • Ancestry.com VAUBEL Board
  • Related Lines
    • Ancestry.com DIEBEL Board
    • Ancestry.com EUCHNER Board: In Washington, IL (apparently a community in America of people from Niederjossa and vicinity), Justus Faupel married Mary Euchner about 1870
• Broad Genealogy Web Site Searches
  • Ancestry.com (including Roots Web World Connection)
    • Search Page
    • Ancestry.com Searches (Here is the Ancestry.com search page.)
      • Ancestry.com search for Faupel: For some of these hits, you have to be a subscriber to Ancestry.com to view them.
      • Ancestry.com search for Vaupel: For some of these hits, you have to be a subscriber to Ancestry.com to view them.
  • Genealogy.com Searches
    • Vaupel Search on Genealogy.Com (Their search page is here.)
    • Faupel Search on Genealogy.Com (Their search page is here.)
    • Niederjossa Search on Genealogy.Com (Their search page is here.)
  • Others
    • Ahnenforschung.org: Once there, click on "Personen suchen", and enter the surname in the window that pops up, and then click the "Suchen!" button to start the search.
• Various Niederjossa-Related Web Sites
  Niederaula is the town that is like the main town of the Gemeinde (literally "community") or Burg (like a township in American terms). So the area right around Niederjossa is part of Gemeinde Niederaula or Burg Niederaula, which is in Kreis (like a county) Hersfeld-Rotenburg. Note that Justus's sister Mary moved to Solms (also in Gemeinde Niederaula) and did not come to America. Niederjossa is on the Jossa River, just before it flows into the Fulda River. Solms is on the Fulda, on the opposite side and about half a mile southeast of Niederjossa.
  • Places to Stay
    • Places to Stay at Nearby Niederaula
    • Pension Eckhardt at Niederjossa: (in German) looks like a nice place to stay
  • Photos of the Railroad Line that runs through Niederjossa, including all Stations (Banhof) and the bridge (Brücke) over the Jossa River
    • Niederaula - Niederjossa
    • Niederjossa - Grebenau
  • Various Other Sites
    
    • Profile & History of Niederaula (includes Niederjossa) (in German)
    • Current Population and other statistics (in German) includes (in order from most to fewest people) Niederaula-Kernstadt (biggest by far -- 2,782), Kespenhausen (860), Niederjossa (777), Mengshausen (621), Hattenbach (618), Kleba (260), Hiperhausen (110), Solms (104)
    • Sketches of Niederjossa and nearby towns: Niederjossa, Solms, Niederaula (which is like the main town of a township in American terminology), Kleba, Kerspenhausen, Hattenbach, Hilperhausen, Mengshausen
    • Hersfelder Zeitung Local Newspaper
    • Map & General Info on Kreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Niederjossa and Grossenenglis (Großenenglis) are only about 18 miles (30 kilometers) apart. And as noted above, one Vaupel family was based in Fritzlar, only 3 miles from the Schaumburgs of Grossenenglis. Considering the ways in which families inter-married over the course of many years, it would not be at all surprising to find that these families are related by marriage through one or more other families. It would not really be surprising to find that there is even a more direct linkage within the area's Vaupel and Schaumburg families. The possibility of blood relationship does exist, but the common ancestor would be so far back that it would probably not be recorded, since records only date back to the 1700's (or 1600's in some cases). So the web links listed here are specifically targeted at finding Vaupel - Schaumburg relationships.

• Vaupel-Schaumburg Relationships through one or more other families

  • Via the Sinning Family: There are at least 6 relationships by marriage of Vaupels and Schaumburgs in this database. If the Niederjossa Vaupels and the Grossenenglis (Großenenglis) Schaumburgs are linked to the Vaupels and Schaumburgs in the Sinning family, then they are linked. Of course, there are many other families through which they could be linked, and there could be a direct link within the extended Vaupel and Schaumburg families, but these all require more research.

  • Reinhard Freitag's surnames: Vaupel and Von Schaumburg (but not Schaumburg) appear in his list. He is apparently building a web site, since clicking on the little house button takes you there, but there is no there there yet. So we don't know yet if this will be helpful for finding links.

• Sites Specific to immigrant Adam Schaumburg's Descendants, Ancestors, and Wife's Ancestors
  

  These include the Gelis and Hasemann families of Adam's wife Wilhemina Gelis, who were also from Hessen and Niedersachsen (the old province of Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe). Adam Schaumburg (1846 Grossenenglis - 1898 Chicago) is the one who made the move from Germany (Grossenelgis). His wife's parents, August Gelis (Deckbergen, in Schaumburg-Lippe or possibly Schaumburg) and Sophia Maria Dorothea Hasemann (from Beckedorf in Grafstadt Schuamburg) were the first immigrants (working backward along the pedigree line).

  NOTE: I have received MANY additional documents that I have not posted to the web page yet.

  • Adam Schaumburg's Descendants
  • Adam Schaumburg's and Wilhelmina Gelis' Ancestors (in reverse chronological order)
    • 1846 - Chicago, Illinois: Marriage of Wilhelmina Gelis' parents Carl August Gelis (born at Deckbergen) and Sophia Maria D. Hasemann married at First St. Paul's Lutheran Church on October 24, 1846 at Deckbergen (Map photos), which is in Schaumburg.
    • 1824 - Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany: Birth on December 21, 1824 at Beckedorf and Baptism at St. Godehardi Church in Beckedorf of Wilhelmina Gelis' Mother, Sophia Marie Dorothee Hasemann -- one of 14 Hasemann baptisms over the period 1731-1826.
  • August Gelis' Second Wife
    Wilhelmina Gelis' mother died about 1851, possibly in the birth of her son William Gelis' who died about a month later (based on 1891 probate testimony at August's death). August Gelis married Elizabeth, the apparent widow of a Mr. PAGELS (though there is a reasonable conjecture it could have been KAGELS or KAGEL), soon after. Elizabeth had three children in her first marriage, only one of whom survived until 1891. This was Lena, who married Henry Martin.
• Schaumburg, Gelis, Hasemann Families of Unknown Relationship to Our Lines
  • Schaumburg (Surname)
    • Kammerbach Schaumburgs - Kammerbach is south of Göttingen, about 25 miles ENE of Grossenenglis.
  • Gelis
    August Schaumburg's wife was Wilhelmina Gelis, whose father August Gelis was born in Beckedorf, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany and was the ancestor who came to America. While the Schaumburg and Hasemann lines appear to be long-term German lines, I don't know where the Gelis line originated. In some French-speaking countries, it is spelled Gélis.
    • 1840's - Chicago, Illinois: Gelis entries from the 1840's in Chicago's First St. Pauls' Lutheran Church: This is a jaw-dropping web site (www.karensgen.com), containing a wealth of information on Chicago's German families. --
    • mid-1700's on - Neerpelt & Overpelt, Belgium: 33 Gelis names, dates, and places -- not sure how these are related to my Gelises
  • Hasemann
    • 1600's on - Probsthagen: Many Hasemann families: Note how close Probsthagen is to Blyinghausen
    • 1738 - Blyinghausen, Germany: Marriage on November 20 of Anna Catherina Hasemanns to Joh. Friedrich Rohrssen This is on page 479, entry number 6 of the Marriage records of St. Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Schaumburg Province (Formerly Hessische Grafschaft Schaumburg), Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. Hohnhorst is about 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of Hanover, while Blyinghausen is about 50 km (30 miles) west of Hanover (and about 60 miles north of Kassel). You can see both Hohnhorst (the red star) and Blyinghuasen (to the southwest of Hohnhorst) on this map, where Hanover is just off the map to the right. I do not know how Anna Catherina is related to Minnie Gelis' mother.
    • 1790 (Bukeburg), 1796 (Idensen), 1822 (Auhagen): Three Hasemann marriages at Hohnhorst with references to the page and entry in the marriage records of St. Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Schaumburg Province (Formerly Hessische Grafschaft Schaumburg), Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. Hohnhorst is about 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Hanover. These include the May 22, 1822 marriage (page 148, entry 2) of Fr. Christoph Ludwig Hasemann (Auhagen 58) to Engel Maria Seehausen, whose daughter may be the 1826 confirmation below. Here is a map showing Hohnhorst (red star), Auhagen (NW) and Blyinghausen (SW). Idensen (not shown) is just above the top of the "er" at the end of "Schier". Bukeburg may be Bückeburg (at the lower left of this map that is centered on Blyinghausen), which was just inside Schaumburg-Lippe.
    • 1805-1837 - Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany: 5 Hasemann Marriages at Beckedorf, one of which is probably the parents of Minnie Gelis' Mother Sophia Marie Dorothee Hasemann
    • 1811-1862 - Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany: 12 Hasemann Deaths at Beckedorf
    • 1825-1827 - Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany: 2 Haasemann Confirmations at Beckedorf (note the double "a" in Haasemann in these cases)
    • 1826 - Hohnhorst, Germany: Confirmation of Engel Maria Dorothea Hasemann. See above for the probable marriage of her parents in 1822. The relation to Minnie Gelis' mother is not known. [NOTE Feb 2004: This link is no longer valid. It appears that the Hohnhorst Confirmations are being migrated to www.karensgen.com but that these currently do not go later than 1741.]
    • 1840's - Chicago, Illinois: Hasemann and Haseman and Haasemann entries from the 1840's in Chicago and vicinity: This is a jaw-dropping web site (www.karensgen.com), containing a wealth of information on Chicago's German families.
  • Thiess / Theiss
    Adam Schaumburg's mother was Anna Gertrude THEISS (or THIESS), born 1809 in Grossenenglis and died in 1852 (not sure where, but probably Grossenenglis.) So maybe he had cousins in Chicago on his mother's side.
    • 1850's - Chicago, Illinois: Thiess entries from the 1850's in Chicago and vicinity: This is a jaw-dropping web site (www.karensgen.com), containing a wealth of information on Chicago's German families.
• Research Discussion Boards
  • Ancestry.com SCHAUMBURG Board
  • Related Lines
    • Ancestry.com GELLIS Board: ours is spelled GELIS, but there is no GELIS board.
    • Ancestry.com PAGEL Board
    • Ancestry.com PAGELS Board
• Broad Genealogy Web Site Searches
  • Roots Web's World Connection
    • Search Page
  • Genealogy.com Searches
    • Schaumburg Search on Genealogy.Com Unfortunately, it does not distinguish places from surnames and thus gives hundreds of entries, most of which are for places named Schaumburg. (Their search page is here.)
• Various other pages
  • Official Site for Stadt Borken (includes Grossenenglis)
  • Recent Population Counts for Stadt Borken by town
  • Map & General Info on Schwal-Eder Kreis the southern part of this includes Oberaula
  • Castle Schaumburg (Schloss Schaumubrg an der Lahn) (in German)
  • Schaumburg-Lippe Information Page
  • Ancestry.com Niedersachsen (Germany) Board
  • Ancestry.com Hessen (Germany) Board