Johann Heinrich Franzen (1828 - abt. 1888)

Born 9 Jul 1828 in Schale, Tecklenburg, Westfalen, Preußen, Deutscher Bund

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa B (Moecklin) Luebbecke — married 24 May 1855 in DuPage County, Illinois, United States

Died about 20 Sep 1888 at about age 60 in Addison Township, DuPage, Illinois, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Franzen Name Study.

Johann Heinrich "John" Franzen was born on 9 Jul 1828 ^[1] in Schale, Tecklenburg, Westfalen, Preußen, the son of Johann Bernard Franzen and Anna Adelheid Moellenthien. ^[2]

In 1850 he was a 22 year old farmer, living with his family in Addison, DuPage, Illinois. ^[3]

He married Louisa B Moecklin on 24 May 1855 in DuPage County, Illinois. ^[4]

In 1860, he was a farmer in Addison, DuPage, Illinois, living with his wife, mother and two younger brothers. ^[5]

In 1870 he was a 42 year old farmer in Addison, DuPage, Illinois (Post Office: Lyden), living with his wife, mother, younger brother William and 14 year old Henry Shiler. The value of his real estate was $7000, and his personal estate $1500. ^[6]

In 1880 he was living in Addison, DuPage, Illinois with his wife, mother and adopted(?) ten year old daughter Mary. ^[7]

He died in Addison Township, DuPage, Illinois ^[2] on 24 ^[8] or 20 Sep 1888, and was buried at Saint Johannes Cemetery in Bensenville, DuPage, Illinois. His grave was relocated in the early 2010s to Elm Lawn Cemetery Mausoleum and Crematorium in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, due to the expansion of O'Hare Airport. ^[9]

Research Notes

• St John's United cemetery and Funeral List (Addison Township) shows date of death as 24 Sep 1888, but gravestone photo on FindAGrave pretty clearly shows 20, not 24, but gravestone is quite worn. Guessing the burial was on the 24th and death on the 20th.
• Not listed in the Schale church book. Check nearby parishes?

Sources

1. ↑ Schale Ein Dorf Stellt Sich Vor, 1992. Auswanderer list in section XII, Page 259.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 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" and chart by Theodore Kross, Elmhurst Historical Society. https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/219704/I04307/johannheinrichjohn-franzen/individual
3. ↑ "1850 United States Federal Census", Year: 1850; Census Place: Addison, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: 105; Page: 86a; Line Number: 36, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #16168298 (accessed 19 August 2022), John Francis (22), Farmer, in Addison, Dupage, Illinois, USA. Born in Germany.
4. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-YMBR : 13 January 2020), John Henry Franzen, 1855.
5. ↑ "1860 United States Federal Census", Year: 1860; Census Place: Addison, DuPage, Illinois; Roll: M653_175; Page: 262; Family History Library Film: 803175, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #38005838 (accessed 19 August 2022), John Franzen (32), Farmer, in Addison, DuPage, Illinois. Born in Hanover.
6. ↑ "1870 United States Federal Census", Year: 1870; Census Place: Addison, DuPage, Illinois; Roll: M593_217; Page: 381A, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #15730270 (accessed 19 August 2022), John Francen (42), Farmer, in Addison, DuPage, Illinois. Born in Prussia.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJD-965 : 13 January 2022), John Franzen, Addison, DuPage, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
8. ↑ St. John's United Cemetery and Funeral List, DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society, 1992, Page 62.
9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 June 2019), memorial page for Johann Franzen (1828–1888), Find A Grave: Memorial #39870123, citing Elm Lawn Cemetery Mausoleum and Crematorium, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by icedobe (contributor 46868126) .

• "U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865", National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 4 of 5, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1666 #605068 (accessed 19 August 2022), Name: John Franzen; Birth Year: abt 1828; Place of Birth: Germany; Age on 1 July 1863: 35; Race: White; Residence: Addison, Illinois; Congressional District: 6th; Class: 2.