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Mildred C. Reese

Female Abt 1901 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mildred C. Reese was born about 1901 in Illinois, USA (daughter of Emil Reese and Bertha Gelis).

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois, USA; 722 Douglas Boulevard; age 9; student at school; living with divorced mother Bertha (Gelis) Reese, who is a servant in this Catherine Shannon household
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, USA; 6318 South Champlain Avenue


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Emil ReeseEmil Reese was born about 1881.

    Emil married Bertha Gelis on 3 Jan 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Bertha (daughter of Henry Gelis and Anna Maria Mary Langohr) was born in Jun 1881 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Bertha GelisBertha Gelis was born in Jun 1881 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Henry Gelis and Anna Maria Mary Langohr).

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1741 West 12th Street; age 18; Saleslady in dry goods; living with Aunt Emma (Langohr) & Herman Wiegman; sister Anna Gelis is living with their Langohr grandmother
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois, USA; 722 Douglas Boulevard; age 28; Divorced; married for 9 years; 1 child, still living; servant in home of Catherine M. Shannon (daughter Mildred living with Bertha in Shannon home)
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, USA; 6318 South Champlain Avenue
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3034 Komensky Avenue; age at first marriage 18

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth date & year are from 1900 census -- she may have been named for her father's Uncle Charles Gelis' daughter Bertha (born 1855)

    Notes:

    Married:
    by Justice of the Peace -- see image in Media Gallery; she is divorced in 1910 census

    Children:
    1. 1. Mildred C. Reese was born about 1901 in Illinois, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Henry GelisHenry Gelis was born about 1855 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Elisabeth Louise Pagels); died on 14 Jan 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 5; did not attend school during the year
    • Residence: 2 Jun 1880, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street; Farm Hand; age 24
    • Residence: 17 Feb 1885, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street - birth of daughter Anna Gelis; occupation: Expressman
    • Residence: 16 Oct 1888, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street - term of residence & shows papers NOW in 1884: 33 years in precinct, county & state - father August only shows 23 years in precinct -- source: 1890 voter book
    • Residence: 16 Oct 1888, Cook, Illinois; 712 West 14th Street - term of residence: 33 years in precinct, county & state - father August only shows 23 years in precinct & shows papers in 1844 -- source: 1888 voter book

    Notes:

    Died:
    age 60; Cook County Death Certificate 6016 -- per http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html

    Henry married Anna Maria Mary Langohr on 16 May 1880 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Anna (daughter of Johann - John - Langohr and Eva Maria - Mary - Sutter) was born in 1860 in Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany; died on 10 Apr 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Apr 1889 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Anna Maria Mary LangohrAnna Maria Mary Langohr was born in 1860 in Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany (daughter of Johann - John - Langohr and Eva Maria - Mary - Sutter); died on 10 Apr 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Apr 1889 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Bef 2 Sep 1865, Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany
    • Departure: 2 Sep 1865, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Aboard "Germania": John & Eva with children Anna, Barbara, Katherina + Katherina (71) + Georg (25) + Catherina (13) == http://interactive.ancestry.com/1068/K_1710_080469-0543
    • Arrival: Aft 2 Sep 1865, New York, New York, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, USA; Age 10; at school
    • Residence: 2 Jun 1880, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street
    • Residence: 17 Feb 1885, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street - birth of daughter Anna Gelis; second child of Anna Mary Langohr

    Notes:

    Buried:
    age 28 years, 1 month -- Section A, Lot 456 (Langohr Family Lot) -- Waldheim Cemetery; 863 Des Plaines -- see image in Media Gallery

    Died:
    Age 28; Cook County Death Certificate #3671 -- see http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html

    Notes:

    Married:
    by H. Klein, pastor of Evangelical Zions Church

    Children:
    1. 3. Bertha Gelis was born in Jun 1881 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Anna Emma Gelis was born on 17 Feb 1885 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in Jun 1965 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  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 Elisabeth Louise Pagels on 1 Oct 1854 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Elisabeth was born about 29 Aug 1825 in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; died on 29 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Elisabeth Louise PagelsElisabeth Louise Pagels was born about 29 Aug 1825 in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; died on 29 Mar 1891 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 30 Mar 1891 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 38; listed as Lisa
    • Residence: 1880, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 712 West 14th Street; listed as Susan

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Her maiden name is given as PAGEL on the 1859 baptism of her daughter Louise GELIS and as PAGELS on the 1861 baptism of her son Friedrich GELIS.

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery - Section 5 Lot 244

    Died:
    age 66 years 7 months; House Keeper; in Illinois 40 years; died at 708 W 14th St (9th Ward) of La Grippe and Bronchitis; burial at Concordia Cemetery; widow (husband August died the day before)

    Notes:

    Married:
    First Immanuel Lutheran Church -- the first marriage at the church when it was founded -- Info from Missouri Synod website re Chicago Churches: First Immanuel was established in 1854 at 12th St., just W of Blue Island

    Children:
    1. 6. Henry Gelis was born about 1855 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Jan 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Louise Auguste Henriette Etta Gelis was born on 25 Apr 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died after 1894.
    3. James Gelis was born about Aug 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1870.
    4. Friedrich August Albert Frederick - Fritz - Gelis was born on 2 Feb 1861 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 29 Mar 1930 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 1 Apr 1930 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Anastasia Gelis was born on 20 Nov 1863 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    6. Johann John A. Gelis was born on 19 Dec 1865 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Mar 1923 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Mar 1923 in Park Forest, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 14.  Johann - John - LangohrJohann - John - Langohr was born on 20 Oct 1837 in Bavaria; died on 24 Jan 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried after 24 Jan 1894 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Bef 2 Sep 1865, Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany
    • Departure: 2 Sep 1865, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Aboard "Germania": John & Eva with children Anna, Barbara, Katherina + Katherina (71) + Georg (25) + Catherina (13) == http://interactive.ancestry.com/1068/K_1710_080469-0543
    • Arrival: Aft 2 Sep 1865, New York, New York, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, USA; Retired Milk Dealer; Real Estate valued at $1250; Personal Property valued at $2000

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birthdate from FindAGrave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119286009

    Buried:
    Waldheim Cemetery, Section A, Lot 456 (Langohr Family Lot) -- Waldheim Cemetery; 863 Des Plaines - Waldheim and Forest Home may now be merged??

    Johann married Eva Maria - Mary - Sutter. Eva was born on 16 Oct 1841 in Germany; died on 20 Jan 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried after 20 Jan 1901 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Eva Maria - Mary - SutterEva Maria - Mary - Sutter was born on 16 Oct 1841 in Germany; died on 20 Jan 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried after 20 Jan 1901 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1865; in United States - per 1900 census
    • Residence: Bef 2 Sep 1865, Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany
    • Departure: 2 Sep 1865, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Aboard "Germania": John & Eva with children Anna, Barbara, Katherina + Katherina (71) + Georg (25) + Catherina (13) == http://interactive.ancestry.com/1068/K_1710_080469-0543
    • Arrival: Aft 2 Sep 1865, New York, New York, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, USA; 145 Canalport Avenue; age 58; widow; mother of 10 children, 4 of whom are now living; arrived in US in 1865; owns house free of mortgage; granddau Anna Gelis living with her (dau of her deceased dau Mary, wife of Henry Gelis who has remarried)

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth date from FindAGrave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119286035

    Buried:
    Section A, Lot 456 (Langohr Family Lot) -- Waldheim Cemetery; 863 Des Plaines - Waldheim and Forest Home may now be merged?

    Died:
    death date from FindAGrave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119286035

    Children:
    1. 7. Anna Maria Mary Langohr was born in 1860 in Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany; died on 10 Apr 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Apr 1889 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Barbara Langohr was born about 1862 in Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany.
    3. Katharina Catharina Langohr was born on 21 Jul 1864 in Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany.
    4. Louisa - Louise - Langohr Lang was born on 10 Dec 1865 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Nov 1942 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Nov 1942 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. John Langohr was born in Aug 1869 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    6. Emma Langohr was born in Nov 1871 in Illinois; died on 12 Mar 1935 in Cicero, Cook County, Illinois, USA.