Person:Christoph Schmillen (2)

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Christoph Herman Schmillen
b.22 Feb 1851 Oberweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz , Germany
d.11 Aug 1929 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Nov 1841
  1. Johann Nicklaus Schmillen1842 - 1910
  2. Johanna Josephina Gertrudis Schmillen1844 - 1920
  3. Gertrud Amilia Schmillen1846 - 1924
  4. Christoph Jakob Schmillen1848 - 1852
  5. Maria Angela Schmillen1850 - 1852
  6. Christoph Herman Schmillen1851 - 1929
  7. Joannes Petrus Ludwig Schmillen1852 -
  8. Simon Petrus Schmillen1852 - 1853
  9. Maria Schmillen1853 - 1853
  10. Jakob Christoph Schmillen1853 - 1929
  11. Johann Baptist Schmillen1855 - 1862
  12. Theresia Schmillen1859 - 1936
  13. Elise Josefine Schmillen1861 - 1938
Spouse and Children
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m. 25 Nov 1881
  1. Eva Anna Marie Schmillen1882 - 1928
  2. Gertrude Antoinette Schmillen1883 - 1972
  3. John Botis Schmillen1885 - 1947
  4. Mamie Charlotte Schmillen1886 - 1949
  5. Theodore Sylvestor Schmillen1891 - 1970
  6. Christopher Schmillen1896 - 1977
  7. Louis Schmillen1904 - 1905
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Facts and Events
Name Christoph Herman Schmillen
Alt Name _____ Christ
Alt Name[1] Christopher Schmillen
Gender Male
Birth[2] 22 Feb 1851 Oberweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz , Germany
Christening?
Other[27] From 1874 to 1876 Cavalryman in III Squadron, 2nd Rhein Hussar Regiment Military
Emigration[9][10][28] 1879
Occupation[11][12][13] 1880 Oberweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz , GermanyHufschmeid
Marriage 25 Nov 1881 Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, USAto Margaret Gertrude Meister
Occupation[14][15][16] 1890 Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USALocomotive Engineer for Illinois Central Railroad
Residence[18][19] 1890 Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA28 East Avenue
Religion[17] 1890 Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USAMember of St. Rose Catholic Church
Natualization[20][21][29] 1896
Residence? From 1895 to 1929 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USA9427 Burnside Ave
Census[30] 5 Jun 1900 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USA
Residence? 5 Jun 1900 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USA9427 Burnside Ave
Census? 16 Apr 1910 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USA
Occupation? 16 Apr 1910 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USAengineer for railroad
Residence? 16 Apr 1910 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USA9427 Burnside Ave
Residence[22] 1912 Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Census[31] 9 Jan 1920 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USA
Occupation? 9 Jan 1920 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USArailroad engineer
Residence? 9 Jan 1920 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USA9427 Burnside Ave
Residence[23] 21 Dec 1928 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USA9427 Burnside Ave
Residence[6][7][8] Oberweiler, Rheinfalz, Germany
Other[24][25][32] 21 Dec 1928 New York, New York, New York, USAS.S. Columbus Arrived
Death[3][4] 11 Aug 1929 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USACause: Cerebreal thromosis
Other[26][33] 11 Aug 1929 Chicago, Cook , Illinois, USAcerebral thrombosis Cause of Death
Burial[5] 14 Aug 1929 Holy Seplucher Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Reference Number? LJB-41255

TODO: Description: Find his original immigration Category: Ship Passenger List Local: New York Date: 26 Nov 2006 Status: Open Type: 0 Priority: 8 Repository:


TODO: Description: Find him on 1900 census Category: Census Local: Illinois Date: 26 Nov 2006 Status: Open Type: 0 Priority: 8 Repository:


Emigrated to America in 1880. Returned to Germany for a visit in 1928. Locomotive Engineer on the Illinois Central Railroad. Lived in Cairo, Kankakee, Chatsworth, and Burnside (Chicago), IL. Member of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Division 10 from 11 Sep 1892 to 1929.

Passport number 504005 issued 6 Mar 1928.

Lived at 9427 Burnside Ave, Chicago, about half a block from the ICRR suburban passenger station at 95th Street. The home was not in the Burnside neighborhood, but was so close that his sons always said they grew up in "Burnside".

Kankakee City Directory, 1890 Family History Library Film 1035628 lists "Christ Schmillen, engineer, 28 East Ave, Kankakee. Member St Rose Catholic Church"

Served as cavalryman in III Squadron 2nd Rhein Hussar Regiment 1874-76.

Temple information from IGI

DEATH Cook County, ILL death certificate.

(Medical):He had rectal cancer and had undergone an operation to remove it on 7 Aug 1929.

References
  1. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. (Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.).
  2. ↑ Katholische Kirche Lünebach (Kr. Prüm) (Main Author). Lünebach Kirchenbuch, 1805-1926. (Salt Lake City : Verfilmt durch the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968).
  3. ↑ Cook County Clerk. Illinois, Cook County: Vital Records. (Chicago, Illinois: Public Records).
  4. ↑ Illinois State Archives. Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950. (Springfield ; Internet website, 2005:)
    6023687.
  5. ↑ Cook County Clerk. Illinois, Cook County: Vital Records. (Chicago, Illinois: Public Records).
  6. ↑ Josef Mergen. Die Amerika Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Trier in 19.Jahrhundert. (Salt Lake City, Utah : Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1960)
    p 45.
  7. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.)
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 290; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1110., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  8. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. (Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.)
    Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_280; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1429; Image: 37., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  9. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.)
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 290; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1110., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  10. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. (Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.)
    Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_280; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1429; Image: 37., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  11. ↑ Josef Mergen. Die Amerika Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Trier in 19.Jahrhundert. (Salt Lake City, Utah : Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1960)
    p 45.

    Verified: YES

  12. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.)
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 290; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1110., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  13. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. (Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.)
    Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_280; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1429; Image: 37., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  14. ↑ Kankakee City Directory, 1890. (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983)
    p 92.
  15. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.)
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 290; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1110., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  16. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. (Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.)
    Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_280; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1429; Image: 37., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  17. ↑ Kankakee City Directory, 1890. (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983)
    p 92, 21 Nov 2007.
  18. ↑ Kankakee City Directory, 1890. (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983)
    p 92.
  19. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.)
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 290; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1110., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  20. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.)
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 290; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1110., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  21. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. (Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.)
    Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_280; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1429; Image: 37., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  22. ↑ Mary Meister Obituary. (Colfax: Colfax Press, 1912).
  23. ↑ New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. (Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.)
    National Archives Film T715_4403 page 45 line 17, 10 Nov 2006.
  24. ↑ New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. (Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.)
    National Archives Film T715_4403 page 45 line 17, 10 Nov 2006.
  25. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.)
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 290; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1110., 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  26. ↑ Illinois State Archives. Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950. (Springfield ; Internet website, 2005:)
    Certificate # 00023687, 1 Feb 2007.

    Verified: YES

  27. ↑ Commemorative pipe and bowl in possession of Lynn Bernhard, Taylorsville, Utah
  28. ↑ given on 1900 census
  29. ↑ given on 1920 census
  30. ↑ He is listed as CHRIS SCHMILLEN in the 1900 census
  31. ↑ recorded as Christopher Schmielen
  32. ↑ Sailed from Bremen 12 Dec 1928.
  33. ↑ died at 11:15 AM in South Shore Hospital
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