Other Events:

• Residence: 1900, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 963 West 13th Street; boarder, attending school; home of William and Hannah Witt (no relationship known) and his grandmother Mary Meyer

Notes:

Birth:
1900 census has birth Oct 1887 - 1910 marriage has her age 22 - I cannot find a birth record for her. -- when her mother remarried to Frederick GELIS in 1898, all of the children took the surname GELIS

Died:
Probate of Frederick Gelis estate says she died at age 25, wife of John Lang, leaving no children

Emma married John J. Lang on 23 Feb 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. John was born about 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
by Minister J. M. Bailey of 6046 Chicago Avenue in Oak Park - they had no children before she died about 1913

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1876, , , Illinois, USA; Arrival in Illinois per 1894 death certificate statement of residence for 18 years in the state

Notes:

Birth:
birth year estimated from age 40 at death in 1894

Buried:
Concordia Cemetery (not actually in Chicago) Section 5 Lot 698

Died:
age 40; occupation Carpenter; in Illinois 18 years; born Germany; place of death 25 Julian Street, Ward 14

Ferdinand married Karoline Caroline M Carolina Carrie Simon about 1882. Karoline (daughter of (father of Carolina) Simon and Anastasia (married Simon)) was born on 25 Jun 1859 in Berlin, Germany; died on 15 Nov 1934 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 19 Nov 1934 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1873; in United States - per 1920 census
• Arrival: 1892; erroneous 1900 census information, since she had children born in Chicago in 1885, 1887, 1889
• Arrival: 1900; erroneous 1930 census information, since she had children born in Chicago in 1885, 1887, 1889, 1899
• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois, USA; 122 Coblenz Street; age 39; married 2 years; mother of 6 children, 4 of whom are now living
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2235 Coblentz Street; age 50; married twice; married for 10 years; mother of 6 children, of whom 3 are living; her mother Anastasia Simon is living with them
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2127 Kimball Avenue; age 59; arrived in US 1873; naturalized 1875
• Residence: 1930, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; 720 Marion Street; age 67; age at first marriage 32; arrival in US 1900; naturalized
• Residence: 19 Aug 1930, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; 720 Marion Street - at time of probate of estate of Frederick Gelis

Notes:

Birth:
1887 birth of her daughter Helen places her birth in Pommern, Germany

Buried:
Concordia Cemetery - Section 5 Lot 431

Died:
Informant: Mrs. Helen Procknow

Notes:

Married:
The date is a guess based on Caroline's third child (Helen) born 1887 - They apparently married in Chicago, since both had arrived in the 1870's

(father married Anastasia (married Simon). Anastasia was born about 1838 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1910 census
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2235 Coblentz Street; age 72; widowed; mother of 6 children, of whom 4 are living; living with daughter Carolina, wife of Fred Gelis