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Bertha Gelis

Bertha Gelis

Female 1881 -

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  • Name Bertha Gelis  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Born Jun 1881  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • birth date & year are from 1900 census -- she may have been named for her father's Uncle Charles Gelis' daughter Bertha (born 1855)
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1900  Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    6318 South Champlain Avenue 
    Residence 1930  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    3034 Komensky Avenue; age at first marriage 18 
    Person ID I336  Zurück in der Zeit
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 

    Father Henry Gelis,   b. Abt 1855, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1911, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Maria Mary Langohr,   b. 1860, Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1889, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 16 May 1880  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • by H. Klein, pastor of Evangelical Zions Church
    Family ID F36  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Emil Reese,   b. Abt 1881 
    Married 3 Jan 1901  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by Justice of the Peace -- see image in Media Gallery; she is divorced in 1910 census
    Children 
     1. Mildred C. Reese,   b. Abt 1901, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John H. E. Stephen,   b. Abt 1878, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 16 Apr 1911  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by Paul Foerster, pastor of the German Zion Evangelical Church; 1317 South Ashland -- see image in Media Gallery
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Jun 1881 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Jan 1901 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Apr 1911 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 3034 Komensky Avenue; age at first marriage 18 - 1930 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Marriage of John Stephen (34) & Bertha (Gelis) Reese (29)    		Marriage of John Stephen (34) & Bertha (Gelis) Reese (29)
    by Paul Foerster, pastor of the German Zion Evangelical Church
    Marriage of Emil Reese (19) & Bertha Gelis (19)    		Marriage of Emil Reese (19) & Bertha Gelis (19)
    by Justice of the Peace

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_260; Page: 24A; Enumeration District: 381.
      Birth date: Jun 1881
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=10644869&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_260; Page: 24A; Enumeration District: 381.


    2. [S2] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_255; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 655; Image: 575.
      Birth date: abt 1882
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=4726536&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1910 United States Federal Census      		 1910 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_255; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 655; Image: 575.


    3. [S8] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago C;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_315; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 427; Image: 1107.
      Birth date: abt 1882
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=15040841&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1920 United States Federal Census      		 1920 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_315; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 427; Image: 1107.


    4. [S9] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, ;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 453; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 855; Image: 855.0.
      Birth date: abt 1882
      Birth place:
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=121052761&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1930 United States Federal Census      		 1930 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 453; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 855; Image: 855.0.


    5. [S34] Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–pr;).