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Johannes Wilhelm Oskar BLANK, 1856-1932Tavern keeper
Berthold's cousin
Father Wilhelm August BLANK, 1821-
Mother Angelica Florentine HINKELMANN Blank Sister Hermine Maria Wilhelmine BLANK, 1845- Sister Ulrika Therses Amilie BLANK Berg, 1847- Brother Ernst Georg Wilhelm BLANK, 1849-1850 Brother Eduard August Friedrich BLANK, 1851- Brother Hermann Ferdinand Gottfried Berthold "Ferdinand" BLANK, 1854-
Johannes Wilhelm Oskar BLANK, 1856-1932 Sister Johanna Hedwig Angelina "Hattie" BLANK Brandenburg, 1858-1926 Wife Barbara NETER Blank, 1867-1945The couple had three children, including:
Daughter Josephine Margaretha Hedwig BLANK, 1888- Daughter Franziska E "Frances" BLANK Schroeder, 1890-197413 October 1856 - Born at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern at 1:30 AM
9 November 1856 - Baptized there. Godparents were Carl Schumacker, Stallmeister from Gützlaffshagen, August Schumacker, blacksmith from Gützlaffshagen and Wilhelimine Tiegs, farmer's daughter from Gützlaffshagen
24 September 1858, age 1 - Sister Johanna Hedwig Angelina "Hattie" BLANK Brandenburg born there
Sometime after 1862 - Grandmother Dorothea Luise BARTELT Blank died
13 July 1877, age 20 - Sister Ulrika Therses Amilie BLANK, age 29, married Franz Robert Ferdinand BERG, age 21, at Maldewin, Kreis Regenwalde, Pommern
8 November 1878, age 22 - Sister Johanna Hedwig Angelina "Hattie" BLANK, age 20, married Hermann Carl Emil BRANDENBURG, age 27, there
14 January 1879, age 22 - Brother Hermann Ferdinand Gottfried Berthold "Ferdinand" BLANK, age 24, married Emilie Alwine SCHELLIN, age 26, there
August 1881, age 24 - Emigrated in Hamburg
2 September 1881, age 24 - Immigrated at New York, New York
About 1886, age 29 - Married Barbara NETER, age 18. The couple had three children.
20 February 1888, age 31 - Daughter Josephine Margaretha Hedwig BLANK born at Cook County, Illinois
6 October 1888, age 31 - Naturalized at Circuit Court, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
12 July 1890, age 33 - Daughter Franziska E "Frances" BLANK Schroeder born at Cook County
As of sometime before June 1900 until sometime after April 1930 - Resided at Rich Twp, Cook County, Illinois
June 1900, age 43 - Occupation listed as saloon keeper
7 June 1900, age 43 - Recorded in the United States Census at Rich Twp
1906, age 49 - Occupation listed as liquor dealer
7 June 1906, age 49 - Applied for US passport. He was described as being 5' 7-1/2" tall, blond, with a fair complexion, high forehead, pointed chin, and a roman nose.
May 1910, age 53 - Occupation listed as saloon proprietor
4 May 1910, age 53 - Recorded in the United States Census at Rich Twp
31 August 1913, age 56 - Daughter Franziska E "Frances" BLANK, age 23, married William Charles SCHROEDER, age 28, at Richton, Cook County, Illinois
23 April 1915, age 58 - Grandson Robert John SCHROEDER born at 830 Wellington Ave, Chicago
As of sometime before January 1920 until sometime after April 1930 - Resided at Sauk Trail Road, Rich Twp
29 January 1920, age 63 - Recorded in the United States Census there
19 July 1926, age 69 - Brother-in-law Hermann Carl Emil BRANDENBURG, age 74, died at his home, Pine River, Lincoln County, Wisconsin
5 December 1926, age 70 - Sister Johanna Hedwig Angelina "Hattie" BLANK Brandenburg, age 68, died at 606 Seyman St, Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin of recurrent carcinoma of ovary
Sometime after 1926 - Sister Ulrika Therses Amilie BLANK Berg died
10 April 1930, age 73 - Recorded in the United States Census at Rich Twp
3 February 1932, age 75 - Died at Chicago