16. | Friedrich Carl August Gelis (6.Georg3, 2.Sophie2, 1.Anna1) was born on 26 Mar 1823 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; 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]
Children:
- 26. 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.
- 27. Johann Friedrich August Gelis was born on 18 May 1848 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- 28. 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.
- 29. Heinrich August Gelis was born on 5 Sep 1851 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 17 Feb 1852 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- 30. (child born and died before 21 Dec 1852) Gelis was born before 21 Dec 1852; died before 21 Dec 1852.
- 31. Justine Wilhelmine Friederike Gelis was born on 21 Dec 1852 in Deckbergen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died before 1860.
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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]
Children:
- 32. Henry Gelis was born about 1855 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Jan 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- 33. Louise Auguste Henriette Etta Gelis was born on 25 Apr 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died after 1894.
- 34. James Gelis was born about Aug 1859 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1870.
- 35. 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.
- 36. Anastasia Gelis was born on 20 Nov 1863 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- 37. 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.
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