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Johannes Theis

Male - Bef 1797


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Johannes Theis died before 28 May 1797.

    Notes:

    Died:
    shown as deceased on son George Theis 28 May 1797 marriage

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Johann George - George - Theis  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1773.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Johann George - George - Theis Descendancy chart to this point (1.Johannes1) was born before 1773.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    I searched the Niederurff baptisms back to 1773 but did not find him

    Johann married Maria Elisabetha Kopp on 28 May 1797 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. Maria (daughter of Conrad Kopp and Maria Catharina Lueckel) was born on 2 Jul 1774 in Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Henrich Theis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Aug 1799 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.
    2. 4. Anna Catharina Theis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Mar 1801 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.
    3. 5. Maria Elisabetha Theis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jul 1804 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.
    4. 6. Johannes Theis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Feb 1807 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany; died on 23 Apr 1853.
    5. 7. Anna Gertrude Theis  Descendancy chart to this point 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Henrich Theis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) was born on 22 Aug 1799 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 25 Aug 1799, Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Niederurff > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827 image 974 == http://www.archion.de/p/e0ad73e5e5/


  2. 4.  Anna Catharina Theis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) was born on 18 Mar 1801 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 21 Mar 1801, Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Niederurff > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827 image 981 == http://www.archion.de/p/51293ea486/


  3. 5.  Maria Elisabetha Theis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) was born on 4 Jul 1804 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 8 Jul 1804, Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Niederurff > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827 image 986 == http://www.archion.de/p/bfd8a37a29/


  4. 6.  Johannes Theis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) was born on 5 Feb 1807 in Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany; died on 23 Apr 1853.

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    Godfather Johannes Kopp aus Zwesten == [archion.de] Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Fritzlar > Niederurff > Kirchenbuch 1773-1827 image 993 == http://www.archion.de/p/f657ec4c68/

    Died:
    death date from baptismal record


  5. 7.  Anna Gertrude Theis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) 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.

    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

    Anna married Eckhard Becker on 31 May 1829 in Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. Eckhard (son of Johannes Becker) was born about 1800 in Zimmersrode, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; died on 28 Jan 1837 in Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; was buried on 31 Jan 1837 in Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Anna Elisabeth Becker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Apr 1834 in Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.
    2. 9. Catharina Catherine Katie Becker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Aug 1836 in Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; died on 28 Nov 1914 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 2 Dec 1914 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Anna married Johannes Schaumburg on 2 Apr 1838 in Bad Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. Johannes (son of Joahnn Philip - Philip - Schaumburg and Anna Elizabeth Theis) was born on 5 Oct 1809 in Kerstenhausen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Marie Katherine Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Dec 1840 in Hessen, Germany; died on 15 Jun 1915 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    2. 11. Adam Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 12. Catherine Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about Apr 1849 in Germany.
    4. 13. Conrad Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point 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.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Anna Elisabeth Becker Descendancy chart to this point (7.Anna3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) was born on 15 Apr 1834 in Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 27 Apr 1834, Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
    • Confirmation: 1848, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; per Gustaf Eichbaum

    Notes:

    Birth:
    per Gustaf Eichbaum

    Baptism:
    per Gustaf Eichbaum - sponsor: Anna Elisabeth, des Ackermanns Johannes Alt zu Zimmersrode eheliche Tochter, des Vaters Mutter Schwester (father´s mother sister)


  2. 9.  Catharina Catherine Katie BeckerCatharina Catherine Katie Becker Descendancy chart to this point (7.Anna3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) was born on 29 Aug 1836 in Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; died on 28 Nov 1914 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 2 Dec 1914 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 4 Sep 1837, Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
    • Confirmation: 1850, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; per Gustaf Eichbaum
    • Arrival: 1854
    • Arrival: 1855
    • Residence: 2 Jun 1860, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, United States; age 20, no occupation, living with Ann MALGAT (40, mattress maker, born German, cannot read or write) -- NOT SURE THIS IS OUR CATHERINE BECKER -- AGE NOT QUITE RIGHT
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 544 West 14th Street - Ward 9
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1806 South St. Louis Avenue - age 73 - widow - mother of 5 children of whom 4 are now living

    Notes:

    Birth:
    per Gustaf Eichbaum -- BUT death certificate has birth date as 28 Aug 1836

    Baptism:
    per Gustaf Eichbaum - sponsor: Catharina Theis, der Mutter Schwester (mother´s sister)

    Buried:
    Waldheim - Section E, Lot 64/2 - Interment 42207 - Arthur Ahlgrin undertaker 1918 W 21st St

    Died:
    1818 South St. Louis Avenue - lived at that address 11 years [c1903] - widow - born 28 Aug 1836 Germany - father John Becker born Germany - at 10:30 PM from Senile Arteriosclerosis

    Catharina married Friedrich Hunsche in 1870 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Friedrich was born in Aug 1833 in Germany; died on 4 Jul 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Jul 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Minnie Hunsche  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Feb 1872 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. 15. Elizabeth Lizzie Hunsche  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Feb 1874 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. 16. Charles Charlie Hunsche  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1874 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1910.
    4. 17. Fredrick J. Fred Freddie Hunsche  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1878 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. 18. Irene Viola Hunsche  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1884 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 10.  Marie Katherine Schaumburg Descendancy chart to this point (7.Anna3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) was born on 20 Dec 1840 in Hessen, Germany; died on 15 Jun 1915 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.

    Marie married Franz Retzlaff on 20 Oct 1862 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Franz (son of Michael Retzlaff) was born on 15 Apr 1836 in Kleinselber at Retz Kingdom of Prussia in Pomerania; died on 20 Aug 1875 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Baby 1 Retzlaff  Descendancy chart to this point was born in in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died in in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    2. 20. Charles William Retzlaff  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jul 1860 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 3 Nov 1949 in Alameda, Alameda, California, USA.
    3. 21. Christina - Tina - Retzlaff  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Nov 1864 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 3 Dec 1926 in Kenyon, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA.
    4. 22. Mary Katherine Retzlaff  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Sep 1867 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 1 Oct 1943 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA.
    5. 23. Frederick Henry - Fred - Retzlaff  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jun 1869 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 28 Sep 1931 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    6. 24. Minnie Catherine Retzlaff  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Mar 1872 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 27 Aug 1955 in East Grand Forks, Polk, Minnesota, USA.
    7. 25. Charles Retzlaff  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1873 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in 1880 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    8. 26. Bertha Retzlaff  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1873 in Milford, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died in 1884 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    9. 27. Katherine Retzlaff  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Mar 1875 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 5 Jan 1962 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA.

    Marie married Carl Ferdinand Meier on 1 Jun 1880 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA. Carl was born on 15 Jan 1828 in Pösen, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thueringen, Germany; died on 29 Jul 1932 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Adam SchaumburgAdam Schaumburg Descendancy chart to this point (7.Anna3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 28. Katherine Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 29. Fredrick Wilhelm August August Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1870 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 3 Aug 1944 in Brookfield, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. 30. John C. Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Apr 1873 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    4. 31. Maria C. Mary Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Dec 1874 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 15 Aug 1973 in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. 32. Adam Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Apr 1876 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA; died on 31 Oct 1877 in Brown County, Minnesota, USA.
    6. 33. William Frederick Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 May 1878 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    7. 34. Henry Fred Schaumburg  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

  5. 12.  Catherine Schaumburg Descendancy chart to this point (7.Anna3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) was born about Apr 1849 in Germany.

    Other Events:

    • 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

    Notes:

    Birth:
    The only record that I have of her is her arrival in New York at age 17 years 3 months, which calculates back to birth about Apr 1849.


  6. 13.  Conrad Schaumburg Descendancy chart to this point (7.Anna3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johannes1) 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.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 15 Aug 1852, Großenenglis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany

    Notes:

    Birth:
    per Gustaf Eichbaum: Conrad Schaumburg, *~ 25.7./15.8.1852 Großenenglis, + 7.9.1852 -- Gevatter: Conrad Schaumburg, des Privatforstlaufers Conrad Schaumburg, lediger Sohn

    Baptism:
    per Gustaf Eichbaum: Conrad Schaumburg, *~ 25.7./15.8.1852 Großenenglis, + 7.9.1852 -- Gevatter: Conrad Schaumburg, des Privatforstlaufers Conrad Schaumburg, lediger Sohn

    Died:
    per Gustaf Eichbaum: Conrad Schaumburg, *~ 25.7./15.8.1852 Großenenglis, + 7.9.1852 -- Gevatter: Conrad Schaumburg, des Privatforstlaufers Conrad Schaumburg, lediger Sohn