Johann Bernard Franzen (1792 - 1854)

Born 23 Dec 1792 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Adelheid (Möllentin) Franzen — married 3 Feb 1828 in Evangelisch, Schale, Westfalen, Prussia

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1854 at age 61 in Addison, DuPage, Illinois, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Franzen Name Study.

Johann Bernhard Frantzen was born on 23 Dec 1792 and baptized on 28 Dec 1792 in Schale, Westfalen, the son of Herman Heinrich Frantzen and Margaretha Elsabein Koebbeman ^[1] His godparents were Johann Holt, Bernd Wlke and Adelheid Köbbemann. ^[2]

He married Anna Adelheid Moellenthien on 3 Feb 1828 in Schale. ^{[3] [4]} They had several children together:

1. Johann Heinrich Franzen (1828-abt.1888)
2. Catharina Adelheid Franzen (b. 22 Sep 1830 in Schale)^[5]
3. Anna Elsabein Franzen (b. 17 Aug 1833 in Schale, d. c1835)^[6]
4. Johann Hermann Wilhelm "Henry" Franzen (b. 20 Jun 1836 in Schale, d. 1914)^[7]
5. Mary Franzen (abt.1842-)^[8]
6. Friedrich Franzen (1844-1925)^[8]
7. Gerhard Wilhelm Franzen (b. 12 Feb 1847 in Addison, IL, d. 24 May 1916 in Bensenville, IL)^[9]

He came to the United States in 1837 with his wife and three children. ^[10] Johann Heinrich, Catharina Adelheid and Johann Wilhelm. ^[11]

In 1850 he was a farmer living in Addison, DuPage, Illinois with his wife, and children John (22, a farmer), Henry (12), Mary (8), Frederick (6), William (3). 26 year old shoemaker Otmore (?) Franzen and 22 year old Anna Franzen were also living with the family. ^[8]

He died on 11 Sep 1854, ^[12] probably in Addison, DuPage, Illinois. His estate was probated in DuPage County on 9 Dec 1854. The administrator of the estate was John H Franzen. ^[13]

Research Notes

• The 22 year old Anna Franzen living with him in 1850 was likely his daughter Catharina Adelheid Franzen (1830-)
• The 26 year old shoemaker Otmore Franzen living with the family in 1850 was likely Adelheid's (Anna) new husband Gerhard/George Athmer.

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZ3Z-1XP : 20 July 2021), Johan Bernd Frantzen, 1792.
2. ↑ Scott, Gloria Landwehr; schaleplus -- Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe (plus in-laws & sundry kin). Cites Auswanderer list in "Schale ein Dorf stellt sich vor". https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/219704/I06485/johannbernhard-franzen/individual
3. ↑ "Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929", Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1049999, Ancestry Record 9870 #26300434 (accessed 17 August 2022), Johann Bernard Franzen marriage to Anna Adelheid Moellentin on 3 Feb 1828 in Evangelisch, Schale, Westfalen, Prussia.
4. ↑ "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JHK3-59M : 9 July 2021), Johann Bernard Franzen, 1828.
5. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V45X-BQL : 25 February 2020), Joh. Franzen in entry for Catharina Aleid Franzen, 1830.
6. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V45F-SSP : 25 February 2020), Johann Franzen in entry for Anna Elsabein Franzen, 1833.
7. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V45X-1XS : 25 February 2020), Johann Heinrich Franzen in entry for Johann Hermann Franzen, 1836.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} "1850 United States Federal Census", Year: 1850; Census Place: Addison, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: 105; Page: 86a; Line Number: 34, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #16168296 (accessed 17 August 2022), John Francis (54), Farmer, in Addison, Dupage, Illinois, USA. Born in Germany.
9. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3DL-PPL : 8 March 2018), John B. Franzen in entry for William G. Franzen, 24 May 1916; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,531,027.
10. ↑ "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s", Place: America; Year: 1837; Page Number: 205, Ancestry Record 7486 #140502 (accessed 17 August 2022), Name: Joh. Bernhard Franzen; Arrival Year: 1837; Arrival Place: America; Primary Immigrant: Franzen, Joh Bernhard; Source Publication Code: 3317.5; Annotation: Emigration from the County of Steinfurt (northwest Germany, west of Osnabrueck, almost on the border of the Netherlands). Date and port of arrival. Place of origin, birth date, place of settlement, and other genealogical information may also be provided.; Source Bibliography: HUNSCHE, FRIEDRICH ERNST. Auswanderungen aus dem Kreis Steinfurt. (Schriftenreihe des Kreises Steinfurt, vol. 3.) Steinfurt: Kreis Steinfurt. 304p.; Household Members: Joh. Bernhard Franzen, Anna A. Mollentien Franzen.
11. ↑ Schale Ein Dorf Stellt Sich Vor, auswanderer list in section XII, Page 259.
12. ↑ DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society, St John's United Cemetery and Funeral List, 1992, Page 8.
13. ↑ DuPage County Genealogical Society probate index.