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Wilhelmine Ottolie - Wilhelmina - Minnie - Staack

Female 1896 - 1931  (35 years)

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  1. 1.  Wilhelmine Ottolie - Wilhelmina - Minnie - StaackWilhelmine Ottolie - Wilhelmina - Minnie - Staack was born on 4 Feb 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack and Katherine Schaumburg); died on 24 May 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 27 May 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Personal Nature: Elma Lehmann: "My Aunt used to roller skate to work and back so she could save money. Many times her & my cousins roller skated to our home at the time at 60th & Campbell from 79th & Cottage Grove where they lived."
    • Personal Nature: Elma Lehmann: "My Aunt was a great cook. Her sister my mother Marie [Staack Buehler] would have her come and cook fried brains for my father because she cooked them the best."
    • Occupation: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: "Worked for Wrigley Gum Factory and a Cookie Factory located at 35th & Ashland. ... My Aunt would always bring my brother and I Wrigley chewing gum."
    • Baptism: 4 Apr 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 977 West 21st Place
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart (Fred & Katherine are renting to their daughter Minnie & George Vandre and living down the street from Katherine's sister Mary & Otto Kluth at 3513 and their daughter Marie & William Buehler at 3533); age 24
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 7645 South Chicago Avenue (husband's apartment building); age 34; age at first marriage 20; occupation: none

    Notes:

    Birth:
    No civil birth record found for her - birth date is from baptismal record

    Baptism:
    Immanuel Lutheran Church - sponsors Wilhelmine (Gelis) Schaumburg & Otto Kluth

    Buried:
    Oakwoods Cemetery by Lain & Son at 316 W. 63rd St.

    Died:
    Elma Lehmann: died at County Hospital of yellow jaundice caused by her gallbladder -- Death Cert: at 7643 S Chicago Ave; married to Salvatore; housewife; cause acute hepatitis (2 weeks); burial 27 May 1931 at Oakwoods Cemetery by Lain & Son at 316 W. 63rd

    Wilhelmine married George William Beaver Vandre on 5 Feb 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. George (son of father of George Beaver and mother of George Beaver) was born on 16 Dec 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 15 Jun 1927 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 20 Jun 1927 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    by Rev. Hermann L. Pflug of 3650 South Honore Street -- see image in Media Gallery

    Children:
    1. Living Vandre
    2. Living Vandre
    3. George Vandre was born in Sep 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in Sep 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. Katherine Kay Vandre was born on 3 Aug 1917 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in May 1987 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    5. Henrietta Vandre was born on 1 Aug 1918 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 24 Oct 1990.
    6. Elizabeth W. Vandre was born on 18 Feb 1920 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 25 Mar 2005 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    7. Wilma Jean Violet Vandre was born on 26 Jul 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 23 Oct 2006 in Chicago Ridge, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    8. Frederick Vandre was born in 1923 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 24 Apr 1924 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Wilhelmine married Salvatore Taruscio about 1928 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Salvatore (son of (father of Salvatore and Leonardo) Taruscio and (mother of Salvatore & Leonardo)) was born on 13 Aug 1876 in Cotronei, Calabria, Italy; died on 21 May 1949 in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    second marriage for both of them; they both married for the first time at age 20, per the 1930 census


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz StaackFriedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack was born on 3 Aug 1865 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Vorpommern, Germany (son of Friedrich Christian Staack and Caroline Sophie Dorothee - Sophia - Fitzdam); died on 19 Mar 1935 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Mar 1935 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 6 Aug 1865, Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
    • Confirmation: 28 Sep 1879, Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; see Wesley Johnston's hand-written copy made about 1981 from the original then owned by Viola (Staack) Abraham
    • Baptismal Sponsor: 22 Mar 1881, Beseritz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; sponsor at baptism of sister Caroline Staack's son Bernhard Friedrich August Konsoer
    • Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1900 census
    • Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1910 census
    • Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1920 census
    • Departure: Bef 17 Apr 1882, Hamburg, Germany
    • _ORIG: Bef 17 Apr 1882, Prussia
    • Arrival: 17 Apr 1882, New York, New York, USA; Mother Sophie & children Bertha & Fritz (Fred) Staack arrive in New York on the Silesia, which sailed from Hamburg -- see images in Media Gallery
    • _DEST: 17 Apr 1882, United States of America
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 977 West 21st Place
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart (Fred & Katherine are renting to their daughter Minnie & George Vandre and living down the street from Katherine's sister Mary & Otto Kluth at 3513 and their daughter Marie & William Buehler at 3533); age 53; Nat'd 1887; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 8817 Euclid Avenue (son John at 8819, dau Henrietta Johnston at 8823); owns home of unknown value; does not have a radio set; age 65; first married at age 22; arrived in US 1884; Naturalized; occupation: none

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    sponsors: 1. Carl Pagels, Statthalter (foreman) in Spantekow 2. Friedrich Wascher, coachman in Drewelow 3. Henriette Schultz, girl in Spantekow -- see image in Media Gallery

    Buried:
    Waldheim Cemetery -- Section G Lot 9

    Died:
    8817 Euclid Avenue

    Friedrich married Katherine Schaumburg on 4 Jun 1887 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Katherine (daughter of Adam Schaumburg and Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis) was born on 22 Jul 1868 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Feb 1934 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 8 Feb 1934 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Katherine SchaumburgKatherine Schaumburg was born on 22 Jul 1868 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Adam Schaumburg and Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis); died on 5 Feb 1934 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 8 Feb 1934 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 977 West 21st Place
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart (Fred & Katherine are renting to their daughter Minnie & George Vandre and living down the street from Katherine's sister Mary & Otto Kluth at 3513 and their daughter Marie & William Buehler at 3533); age 51
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 8817 Euclid Avenue (son John at 8819, dau Henrietta Johnston at 8823); age 63; first married at age 20;

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Waldheim Cemetery-- Section G Lot 9

    Notes:

    Married:
    Witnesses: August Schaumburg [her brother], Fina Blohm, Hermann Konsoer [Fred's sister Wilhelmine Caroline Staack had married Carl Konsoer about 1874], August Gohr -- see image in Media Gallery

    Children:
    1. John Bennett August Staack was born on 28 Dec 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 29 Jun 1957 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 3 Jul 1957 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Friedrich Herman Hinrich Fred Staack was born on 3 Feb 1892 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Nov 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 16 Nov 1894 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Marie Johanna Staack was born on 15 Oct 1893 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Oct 1970 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried after 5 Oct 1970 in Grayslake, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    4. 1. Wilhelmine Ottolie - Wilhelmina - Minnie - Staack was born on 4 Feb 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 24 May 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 27 May 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Anna Wilhelmine Staack was born on 27 Apr 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Aug 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Aug 1897 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    6. Henrietta Minnie Martha Caroline Etta Staack was born on 16 Nov 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 31 Mar 1965 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    7. Viola H. Vi Staack was born on 23 Jan 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 12 May 1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Friedrich Christian StaackFriedrich Christian Staack was born on 7 Jan 1819 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (son of Christian Friedrich Fritz Staack and Anna Dorothea Rost); died on 6 Apr 1879 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    baptized at Spantekow 27 Jan 1819 -- see image in Media Gallery

    Friedrich married Caroline Sophie Dorothee - Sophia - Fitzdam on 13 Apr 1846 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Caroline (daughter of Carl Christian - Carl - Fitzdam) was born on 21 Oct 1822 in Teterin, Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 27 Jun 1896 in Barrington, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Jun 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Caroline Sophie Dorothee - Sophia - FitzdamCaroline Sophie Dorothee - Sophia - Fitzdam was born on 21 Oct 1822 in Teterin, Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (daughter of Carl Christian - Carl - Fitzdam); died on 27 Jun 1896 in Barrington, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Jun 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Departure: Bef 17 Apr 1882, Hamburg, Germany
    • _ORIG: Bef 17 Apr 1882, Prussia
    • Arrival: 17 Apr 1882, New York, New York, USA; Mother Sophie & children Bertha & Fritz (Fred) Staack arrive in New York on the Silesia, which sailed from Hamburg -- see images in Media Gallery
    • _DEST: 17 Apr 1882, United States of America
    • Residence: 27 Jun 1896, Barrington, Cook, Illinois, USA; Wunders Cemetery burial card shows her address at death as Barrington, probably living with or visiting her son Rudolph Staack

    Notes:

    Birth:
    age 24 at marriage in 1846; birth date from Wunders Cemetery grave stone -- I am using Teterin as her birthplace, since sponsor of her 1848 dau was Friederike Fitzdam from Teterin - I do not know where she really was born, but she is not in Teterin baps

    Buried:
    Wunders Cemetery - Section 2 - Lot 312 - buried with Rohn family of her daughter Bertha's first husband (Bertha is also buried there)

    Died:
    death date from Wunders Cemetery grave stone -- death location from Wunders Cemetery lot card: apparently living with or visiting her son Rudolph (who is buried in Barrington)

    Notes:

    Married:
    == [archion.de] Norddeutschland: Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-Luth. Kirche > Kirchenkreis Pommern > Spantekow > Trauungen 1836-1857, image 17 == http://www.archion.de/p/54af8a94ce/

    Children:
    1. Christian Wilhelm William Staack was born on 28 Dec 1846 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 27 Feb 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Ilinois, USA; was buried after 27 Feb 1895 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Friederike Marie Johanne - Mary - Staack was born on 14 Dec 1848 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 4 Oct 1929 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Oct 1929 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Johanne Marie Wilhelmine - Johanna - Anna - Staack was born on 1 Dec 1850 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 21 Aug 1913 in Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 23 Aug 1913 in Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. Wilhelmine Caroline Friederike Lena Staack was born on 6 Jun 1852 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 6 Oct 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried after 6 Oct 1915 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Sophie Marie Christine Staack was born on 7 Oct 1853 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    6. Friederike Wilhelmine - Fredericka - Staack was born on 8 Oct 1855 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 16 May 1920 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 18 May 1920 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    7. Carl Heinrich Joachim Charles Staack was born on 28 Dec 1857 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    8. Rudolph Carl Ludwig Staack was born on 17 Aug 1859 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 19 Feb 1928 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Feb 1928 in Barrington, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    9. Bertha Friederike Henriette Staack was born on 17 Aug 1861 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 2 Oct 1929 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 5 Oct 1929 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    10. 2. Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack was born on 3 Aug 1865 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Vorpommern, Germany; died on 19 Mar 1935 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Mar 1935 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 6.  Adam SchaumburgAdam Schaumburg was born on 6 Jun 1846 in Großenenglis, Hessen, Germany (son of Johannes Schaumburg and Anna Gertrude Theis); died on 19 Feb 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Feb 1898 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 18 Jun 1846, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
    • Departure: Bef 5 Jun 1866, Bremen, Germany
    • _ORIG: Bef 5 Jun 1866, Hesse
    • Arrival: 5 Jun 1866, New York, New York, USA; Adam (19 y 1 m, shoemaker) & Catherine (17 y 3 m) Schaumburg arrive in New York on the Europa, which sailed from Bremen -- see images in Media Gallery
    • _DEST: 5 Jun 1866, Illinois
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 24; shoemaker
    • Residence: 1871, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1871 Merchants Chicago Census Report: Shoemaker, residing at 177 Sampson, in Ward 8; 2 males, 2 females, total of 4; born Germany (see images in Media Gallery)
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA; next family is his half-brother John Schaumburg
    • Residence: 1882, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1892 voter registration shows him residing in county and state 10 years [after returning from living in Minnesota]
    • Residence: 1885, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1885 City Directory: Plasterer, house 711 West 14th Street (see images in Media Gallery)
    • Residence: 1892, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Chicago City Directory: plasterer, house at 708 West 14th Street (lathers August & John at same address) [see images in Media Gallery]

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "den sechsten Junnies Mittag zwelf Uhr" == [archion,de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Taufen 1830-1878, Bild 676

    Baptism:
    born Grossenenglis 6 Jun 1846 Noon, bap 18 Jun - son of Johannes Schaumburg, Forstlaufer und Ehefrau Anna Gertrude geb. Theis aus Niederurf -- Gevatter: Adam Scheidemann, Ackermann

    Buried:
    Waldheim Cemetery; 863 Des Plaines-- Section G Lot 9 -- Interment 24213 -- relative Mr HUNSCHE of Chicago [husband of half-sis Catharina Becker] -- J. Wolf undertaker

    Died:
    624 Paulina Street - cause Phthisis - age 51 y 8 m 15 d

    Adam married Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis on 20 Oct 1867 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Wilhelmina (daughter of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann) was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 6 Jul 1912 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Wilhelmina Minnie GelisWilhelmina Minnie Gelis was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann); died on 6 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 6 Jul 1912 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 13; attended school within the year
    • Confirmation: 1861, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; First Immanuel Lutheran Church -- see image in image gallery and also see http://www.karensgen.com/buch/illinois/chicago/firstimmanuel/conf1855-1865.php
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Baptismal Sponsor: 4 Apr 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Immanuel Lutheran Church - double baptism sponsor of daughter Maria Schaumburg Kluth s child Louise Wilhelmine Kluth and daughter Katherine Schaumburg Sttack's child Wilhelmine Ottolie Staack
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; listed as Minnie Doerr; 3527 South Mozart; living with daughter Katherine Schaumburg's Staack family; son Henry Schaumuburg also living there

    Notes:

    Buried:
    age 65 years, 0 months, 0 days -- Waldheim Cemetery; 863 Des Plaines -- she was buried in lime in a sealed coffin, due to the smallpox that had killed her -- Section G Lot 9 -- Interment 40089 -- Rohn & Grahl undertaker

    Died:
    at the "Pest House" (the Chicago Isolation Hospital), due to contagious smallpox

    Notes:

    Married:
    First Immanuel Lutheran Church

    Children:
    1. 3. Katherine Schaumburg was born on 22 Jul 1868 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Feb 1934 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 8 Feb 1934 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Fredrick Wilhelm August August Schaumburg was born on 9 Apr 1870 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 3 Aug 1944 in Brookfield, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. John C. Schaumburg was born in Apr 1873 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    4. Maria C. Mary Schaumburg was born on 28 Dec 1874 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 15 Aug 1973 in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Adam Schaumburg was born on 13 Apr 1876 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 31 Oct 1877 in Brown County, Minnesota, USA.
    6. William Frederick Schaumburg was born on 3 May 1878 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    7. Henry Fred Schaumburg was born on 24 Jun 1882 in Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 12 Sep 1954 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Sep 1954 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Christian Friedrich Fritz StaackChristian Friedrich Fritz Staack was born on 31 Mar 1783 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (son of Johann Staack and Lene Marie Helena Lehn Heiden); died on 8 Jun 1841 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; was buried on 11 Jun 1841 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Christian Friedrich Staack, daylaborer in Rebelow died 8 Jun 1841 5:00 a.m of consumption, age 55, buried 11 Jun 1841. He left behind the widow Catharina Dorothea Utpatel and children. (Spantekow, 2/1841, p.11) -- see image in Media Gallery

    Died:
    Christian Friedrich Staack, daylaborer in Rebelow died 8 Jun 1841 5:00 a.m of consumption, age 55, buried 11 Jun 1841. He left behind the widow Catharina Dorothea Utpatel and children. (Spantekow, 2/1841, p.11) -- see image in Media Gallery

    Christian married Anna Dorothea Rost on 18 May 1816 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Anna (daughter of farmer Rost) was born about 1784 in Wusseken, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 25 Jun 1824 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Anna Dorothea RostAnna Dorothea Rost was born about 1784 in Wusseken, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (daughter of farmer Rost); died on 25 Jun 1824 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    She was her father's third daughter, according to her 18 May 1816 marriage.

    Died:
    Friedrich Staack’s wife Anna Dorothea Rost died on 25 Jun 1824 of stomach cramps, age 40, buried on 28 Jun. (Spantekow, 1824, p.75)

    Notes:

    Married:
    Fritz (Christian) Friedrich Staack, Büdner (small farmer) in Rebelow, son of the deceased farmer Johann Staack second son , married on 18 May 1816 Anna Dorothea Rost, 3rddaughter of the deceased farmer Rost from Wusseken. (Spantekow, 1816) -- see image

    Children:
    1. Sophia Maria Staack was born on 6 Mar 1817 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    2. 4. Friedrich Christian Staack was born on 7 Jan 1819 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 6 Apr 1879 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    3. Christian Friedrich Staack was born on 11 Sep 1820 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 10 May 1872 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    4. Joachim Georg Staack was born on 19 Nov 1822 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 17 Apr 1846 in Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

  3. 10.  Carl Christian - Carl - Fitzdam was born about 1 Oct 1799; died on 17 Dec 1844 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; was buried on 20 Dec 1844 in Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Vorpommern, Germany.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    age 45 y 2 m 17 d at death 17 Dec 1844

    Buried:
    == [archion.de] Norddeutschland: Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-Luth. Kirche > Kirchenkreis Pommern > Spantekow > Bestattungen 1836-1857 #2, image 18 == http://www.archion.de/p/2ac8fd50af/

    Died:
    age 45-2-17 == [archion.de] Norddeutschland: Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-Luth. Kirche > Kirchenkreis Pommern > Spantekow > Bestattungen 1836-1857 #2, image 18 == http://www.archion.de/p/2ac8fd50af/

    Children:
    1. 5. Caroline Sophie Dorothee - Sophia - Fitzdam was born on 21 Oct 1822 in Teterin, Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 27 Jun 1896 in Barrington, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Jun 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  4. 12.  Johannes Schaumburg was born on 5 Oct 1809 in Kerstenhausen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany (son of Joahnn Philip - Philip - Schaumburg and Anna Elizabeth Theis); died on 1 May 1866 in 1 1/2, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; was buried on 4 May 1866 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 8 Oct 1809, Kerstenhausen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
    • Occupation: 1846, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; Forstlaufer [Forest Ranger] - at time of birth of son Adam
    • Occupation: 22 Jan 1855, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; herrschaftlicher Forstaufseher - at birth of son Johannes Konrad

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth 10 Nov 1809 Kerstenhausen on death rec BUT birth/bap record shows 5/8 Oct 1809 == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Homberg > Kerstenhausen > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827, Bild 466

    Baptism:
    Gevatter: Johannes Martin aus Kleinenglis == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Homberg > Kerstenhausen > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827, Bild 466

    Buried:
    herrschaftlicher Forstaufseher, widower of Anna Gertrude Theis, wife Anna Katharinen Volze == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Beerdigungen 1830-1909, Bild 1403

    Died:
    "den ersten Mai" == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Beerdigungen 1830-1909, Bild 1403

    Johannes married Anna Gertrude Theis on 2 Apr 1838 in Bad Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. Anna (daughter of Johann George - George - Theis and Maria Elisabetha Kopp) was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; died on 5 Nov 1853 in 1 1/2, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany; was buried on 7 Nov 1853 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Anna Gertrude Theis was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany (daughter of Johann George - George - Theis and Maria Elisabetha Kopp); died on 5 Nov 1853 in 1 1/2, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany; was buried on 7 Nov 1853 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 9 Jul 1809, Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "nat d. 4 h" (born 4th of ???) between 9-10 AM, ehelich dau of Ackermann/Farmer George THEIS & Maria Elizabetha KOPP == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Niederurff > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827, Bild 1000

    Baptism:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Niederurff > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827, Bild 1000

    Buried:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Beerdigungen 1830-1909, Bild 1354

    Died:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Großenenglis > Beerdigungen 1830-1909, Bild 1354

    Notes:

    Married:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Bad Zwesten > Trauungen 1830-1900, Bild 1080

    Children:
    1. Marie Katherine Schaumburg was born on 20 Dec 1840 in Hessen, Germany; died on 15 Jun 1915 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    2. 6. Adam Schaumburg was born on 6 Jun 1846 in Großenenglis, Hessen, Germany; died on 19 Feb 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Feb 1898 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Catherine Schaumburg was born about Apr 1849 in Germany.
    4. Conrad Schaumburg was born on 25 Jul 1852 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; died on 7 Sep 1852 in Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.

  6. 14.  Friedrich Carl August GelisFriedrich Carl August Gelis was born on 26 Mar 1823 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany (son of Georg Moritz Gelis and Florentine Wilhelmine Rinne); died on 28 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 5 Apr 1823, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
    • Census: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; In 1850, the South Division of Chicago included Wards 1-4 (all south of the Chicago River to the city limit at 22nd Street) and Ward 5 (from Randolph Street south to 22nd Street, west of the Chicago River) - see chicagology.com/population/ward-map-1847
    • Residence: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Laborer; Real estate valued at $2,000; age 20 and cannot read nor write
    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 38; Farmer; real estate valued at $300
    • Census: 1870; I cannot find the August Gelis family in the 1870 census, despite going through all 576 pages of ward 8, where his brother Charles is found & also where August's daughter Minnie & husband Adam Schaumburg (as "Chambourg") are found.
    • Residence: 1880, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street; Milkman; age 57

    Notes:

    Birth:
    9PM, father was a tenant (information from the 21 Dec 1852 birth record of his daughter Justine Wilhelmine Friederike Gelis at Deckbergen #5)

    Baptism:
    St. Petri Church (information from 21 Dec 1852 birth record of his daughter Justine Wilhelmine Friederike Gelis at Deckbergen #5)

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery Section 5 Lot 244 - GELIS family members in Section 5, Lots 244, 431 and Section 7 Lot 66

    Friedrich married Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann on 26 Oct 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Sophie (daughter of Johann Heinrich Christoph Hasemann and Catherine Sophie Pape) was born on 15 Dec 1824 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 19 Jul 1854 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 15.  Sophie Marie Dorothee HasemannSophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann was born on 15 Dec 1824 in Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany (daughter of Johann Heinrich Christoph Hasemann and Catherine Sophie Pape); died on 19 Jul 1854 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 25 Dec 1824, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
    • Emigration: 1846, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; Schaumburger Auswanderer #633: see details in Story
    • Arrival: 1846, America
    • Census: 1850, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; In 1850, the South Division of Chicago included Wards 1-4 (all south of the Chicago River to the city limit at 22nd Street) and Ward 5 (from Randolph Street south to 22nd Street, west of the Chicago River) - see chicagology.com/population/ward-map-1847
    • Residence: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois. USA; over age 20 and cannot read nor write; her mother's maiden name was Pape, and there is a Henry & Caroline Pape (both 40) family 3 pages later in the census
    • Residence: 1852, Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; Schaumburger Auswanderer #633: see details in Story
    • Emigration: 1853, Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; Schaumburger Auswanderer #633: see details in Story

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    St. Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Germany - Baptisms 1824 #40 (page 8) - Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann (born 21 Dec 1824 at 5:30 AM)

    Died:
    recorded in First Immanuel Church Burials as the second burial after the founding of the church in 1854

    Notes:

    Married:
    First St. Paul's Lutheran Church -- see image of church register in Media Gallery

    Children:
    1. 7. Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried about 6 Jul 1912 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Johann Friedrich August Gelis was born on 18 May 1848 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm - William Henry - Gelis was born on 9 Jan 1850 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 12 Oct 1928 in La Grange Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 15 Oct 1928 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. Heinrich August Gelis was born on 5 Sep 1851 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 17 Feb 1852 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. (child born and died before 21 Dec 1852) Gelis was born before 21 Dec 1852; died before 21 Dec 1852.
    6. Justine Wilhelmine Friederike Gelis was born on 21 Dec 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died before 1860.