Person:Wilhelmine Hitzemann (1)

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Wilhelmine Hitzemann
b.15 Dec 1859 Brunswick, Hanover Township, Lake County, Indiana
d.20 May 1901 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Parents and Siblings
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m. 14 Mar 1852
  1. Sophia Hitzemann1853 - 1880
  2. Anna Hitzemann1855 - Aft 1868
  3. Maria Hitzemann1857 - Aft 1882
  4. Wilhelmine Hitzemann1859 - 1901
  5. Karl Hitzemann1862 - 1935
  6. Otto Hitzemann1864 - 1940
  7. Heinrich Hitzemann1867 - 1919
  8. Friedrich Hitzemann1871 - 1949
  9. Emma Hitzemann1873 - 1890
Spouse and Children
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m. 28 Aug 1884
  1. Benjamin John Urbanus1885 - 1973
  2. Sylvia A. Urbanus1891 -
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Facts and Events
Name Wilhelmine Hitzemann
Alt Name Maria Sophia Doro. Wilhelmine Elise. Hitzemann
Alt Name Minnie Hitzemann
Gender Female
Birth? 15 Dec 1859 Brunswick, Hanover Township, Lake County, Indiana
Baptism? 1 Jan 1860 Dyer, IndianaZion Ev. Lutheran Church
Confirmation? 1874 Dyer, IndianaZion Ev. Luth Church
Marriage 28 Aug 1884 Chicago, Illinoisto Peter S. Urbanus
Death[5] 20 May 1901 Chicago, Cook County, IllinoisCause: suicide

Baptised as Maria Sophia Doro. Wilh. Elise. Hitzemann, she is variously listed as Minnie, Nena, Mina, Menne, and Hermina (all diminuatives of Wilhelmina). Her married name appears variously as Urbanus, Urbanis, and "Urbahns(?)".

Died after hanging herself from a clothesline while temporarily insane (according to the death certificate).

References
  1.   Edwin C. Friedrich and Karen Rowe. Church Records: Dyer, Indiana (Zion UCC). (Zion UCC Records).
  2.   Donna Graves and Ronna Lounsbery. Graves/Lounsbery Genealogy (Hitzemann and Seegers). (unpublished).
  3.   Karen Rowe. Genealogy: Buchmeier.
  4.   Urbanus, in Correspondence: Hitzeman.
  5. ↑ Lake County Heritage Book, Lake County Public Library, 1988, Indiana may be the source for the "by 1900" death date. Doug Urbanus provides May 1901 date and says it was a suicide.
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