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  1. 1.  Living Gelis (daughter of William Louis Fredrick Gelis and Franziska Frances Emelia Fannie Brixel).

    Family/Spouse: Alfred J. Wulff. Alfred (son of Alfred Wulff and Anna M Huster) was born on 8 Mar 1918; died on 30 Apr 2004 in Batavia, Kane, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living Wulff
    2. Living Wulff
    3. Living Wulff
    4. Living Wulff
    5. Living Wulff
    6. Living Wulff
    7. Richard J. Wulff died before 30 Apr 2004.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Louis Fredrick Gelis was born on 5 Dec 1879 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm - William Henry - Gelis and Johanna Kagels); died on 2 Jan 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 971 West 21st Place; Machinist Apprentice
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2140 West 21st Place; Single; Engineer for City Fire Department
    • Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; WWI Draft Registration; living at 1258 Elmdale; Engineer for Chicago Fire Department at 436 S. Wells; relative Fannie E. Gelis; medium height & build; blue eyes; black hair
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 25, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1258 Elmdale Avenue; owns home, free of mortgage; age 40; fireman for city

    Notes:

    Birth:
    714 West 14th Street

    William married Franziska Frances Emelia Fannie Brixel on 30 Sep 1914 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Franziska (daughter of Leopold Brixel and Louisa Maly) was born on 19 May 1883 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 30 Jun 1970 in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Franziska Frances Emelia Fannie BrixelFranziska Frances Emelia Fannie Brixel was born on 19 May 1883 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Leopold Brixel and Louisa Maly); died on 30 Jun 1970 in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWI Draft Registration of husband: living at 1258 Elmdale
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 25, Cook, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    Birth:
    620 Halsted

    Notes:

    Married:
    by Frank W. Gunsaulus, Minister

    Children:
    1. 1. Living Gelis
    2. Adelle Gloria Gelis was born on 20 Jul 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 26 Mar 2003 in Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm - William Henry - GelisHeinrich Friedrich Wilhelm - William Henry - Gelis was born on 9 Jan 1850 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of Friedrich Carl August Gelis and Sophie Marie Dorothee Hasemann); died on 12 Oct 1928 in La Grange Park, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 15 Oct 1928 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Baptism: 20 Feb 1850, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 11; attended school within the year
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 971 West 21st Place; Carpenter
    • Witness: 20 May 1902, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; witness with Rudolph Stegemann to horseshoe patent of Anthony Meisner - NOT CERTAIN THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT HENRY GELIS
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2140 West 21st Place; Carpenter in Car Shop
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2541 Argyle Street; Carpenter for Street Cars

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    First St. Paul's Lutheran Church

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery - Section 7 Lot 66

    Died:
    Cerebral Hemmorhage (6 days) contributed to by Arterio sclerosis (years) -- see image in Media Gallery

    Heinrich married Johanna Kagels on 28 May 1876 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Johanna (daughter of John Kagels and (possible mother of Charles Johanna Frederika Kagels)) was born on 19 Jul 1857 in Dennin, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 15 Jun 1946 in La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 18 Jun 1946 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Johanna KagelsJohanna Kagels was born on 19 Jul 1857 in Dennin, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (daughter of John Kagels and (possible mother of Charles Johanna Frederika Kagels)); died on 15 Jun 1946 in La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 18 Jun 1946 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1872; in United States - per 1900 & 1930 census
    • Arrival: 1872; in United States - per 1910 census
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 971 West 21st Place; Mother of 5 children, 4 of whom are living
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2140 West 21st Place; mother of 5 children, 4 of whom are now living
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2541 Argyle Street
    • Residence: 1930, Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA; 510 North Catherine Avenue; widow; age 72; Owns home, valued at $6,000

    Notes:

    Birth:
    The birth record of her daughter Annie shows "Demin". It is not clear if she was from the town of Dennin, just NW of Spantekow or from Demmin, the main town of the Demmin district, a bit further NW of Spantekow.

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery - Section 7 Lot 66

    Died:
    Cook County Death Certificate #22647 [I do not have it.]

    Notes:

    Married:
    by H. Engelbrecht, pastor of German Evangelical Lutheran Matthews Church

    Children:
    1. (child died before 1900 Census) Gelis was born before 1879 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1900 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. 2. William Louis Fredrick Gelis was born on 5 Dec 1879 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 2 Jan 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Anna Augusta Sophia Henrietta Gelis was born on 9 Feb 1884 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 20 May 1927 in Harrison County, Ohio; was buried after 20 May 1927 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    4. Alice Gelis was born in Dec 1889 in Illinois.
    5. Harry Charles Gelis was born on 9 Feb 1892 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 6.  Leopold Brixel was born on 21 Nov 1853 in Bohemia; died on 4 Oct 1942 in N Brainard Ave, Lagrange, Illinois, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1880
    • Arrival: 1880
    • Arrival: 1880
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 25, Cook, Illinois, USA

    Leopold married Louisa Maly. Louisa was born in Dec 1855 in Bohemia; died on 20 Dec 1901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Louisa Maly was born in Dec 1855 in Bohemia; died on 20 Dec 1901.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1880
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois, USA

    Children:
    1. Annie Brixel was born on 19 Nov 1881 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 26 Dec 1964 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA.
    2. 3. Franziska Frances Emelia Fannie Brixel was born on 19 May 1883 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 30 Jun 1970 in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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]


  2. 9.  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. 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. 4. 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.

  3. 10.  John Kagels was born in Sep 1824 in Germany (son of (father of John and maybe of Maria Stegemann) Kagels).

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1872; per 1900 census
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 758 West 19th Street; Widowed; Capitalist

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth month and year from 1900 census

    John married (possible mother of Charles Johanna Frederika Kagels). (possible was born in in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  (possible mother of Charles Johanna Frederika Kagels) was born in in Germany.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Johanna Kagels married William Gelis. Charles Kagels married Henrietta Gelis. Widow Frederika Young and widower August Stegman (wife was Maria) lived with William & Johanna Gelis in 1910 Census.

    Children:
    1. Charles Kagel - Kagels - was born about 1850 in Demmin, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
    2. 5. Johanna Kagels was born on 19 Jul 1857 in Dennin, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 15 Jun 1946 in La Grange, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 18 Jun 1946 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Frederika Kagels was born in Jul 1865 in Germany.