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William married Mabel Timm Sep 1920. Mabel was born 1895, Illinois, USA; died 1986, Illinois, USA; was buried , River Hills Memorial Park, Batavia, Kane, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Ralph Nagel was born 22 Apr 1922, St. Charles, Kane, Illinois, USA; died 12 Dec 2018, Batavia, Kane, Illinois, USA; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Geneva, Kane, Illinois, USA.

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?b?Information given by Freda Swanson and Otto Nagel about their parents, Edward and Mathilda Nagel:?/b?

Edward Nagel was a soldier in the Bismarck's army in Germany. He did not fight in a war but was involved with protecting Germany along the Polish border and along the French border. In one skirmish on the Polish border, Edward's helmet was slashed but his scalp was left untouched. A photograph of him in his army uniform remained in Otto Nagel's house until his death.

Mathilda had scarlet fever at the age of 3. As a result, she had a leaky heart for the remainder of her life. Nevertheless, she bore 7 children and lived to the age of 92. When she was 20, she came from Germany to Chicago. The family tradition says that Mathilda later sent money to her first cousin (Edward Nagel) in Germany so that he also could come to America. They were married shortly after he arrived in Chicago.

Mathilda had blonde hair and blue eyes, but Edward had darker hair and brown eyes.

Elsie and Bill, the oldest children, attended a German Lutheran school in Chicago, where they learned to speak, read, and write in both German and English. The church they attended also had services in both German and English. When Freda was a little girl, her parents owned a large house. They rented the upstairs to a woman with two boys. Ma Nagel took care of the boys while their mother worked. One February day, the boys were playing with matches and started the house on fire. Edward Nagel came home and saw that the roof was on fire. He went in and told his wife to get all the children out. Mathilda was nursing Eddie at the time. She got all of the children out, while Edward went upstairs to get the two boys out, as their mother was at work. The house burned so badly that they had to live elsewhere while it was being rebuilt. The Nagels lived with relatives, and the upstairs family lived with some of their relatives. After the fire, the Nagels began to think that it would be better to live in St. Charles.

The Nagels moved from Chicago to St. Charles about 1905 when the Heinz brothers moved their glass factory. Being tired on the big city, they bought a 66-acre farm on the east side of St. Charles. The farm was located at the present site of the Tin Cup Pass at the intersection of Kirk Road and Route 64 (which was gravel at that time). The house was located where the Firestone shop now stands. They had a horse named Dick who was blind in one eye.

Bill Nagel built a teeter-totter for his younger siblings. Once, Freda was on it with her cousin Martha Nagel from Chicago, but Freda fell off and broke her arm. The scar was visible on her wrist for most of her life.

Edward Nagel soon realized that he was not cut out to be a farmer. They sold the farm in 1914 for $6,500 and moved to 376 E. Illinois Avenue in St. Charles. Later, they moved to 313 South 11th Avenue, where Edward and Mathilda both lived until their deaths. Edward worked for the Heinz brothers' glass factory (owned by his brothers-in-law) as the maintenance engineer because he knew a lot about boilers.

Elsie and Charlie Dau had a large wedding in the Nagels' parlor, after which they rolled up the carpets and had a dance. Freda was 8 at the time, and stayed up to watch the dancing as long as she could. The dancing lasted all night, so Freda and all of Charlie's siblings went to bed, all lying crossways in a big bed.

When Freda was 12, the age when Lutherans would normally attend confirmation classes, the German Lutheran church in St. Charles did not offer confirmation. Finally when she was 15, Pa Nagel decided that she needed to go, so he sent her to confirmation classes at the German Lutheran church in Batavia. She and Bessie Haines would take the streetcar to Batavia in the evening for confirmation.

Edward Nagel was musically talented, and played the organ very well. Mostly, he played church hymns, although he did not play in church. His brother Dick played the fiddle equally well. Dick often came out from Chicago to visit in St. Charles, and the two brothers would make music together. Freda sat down at the organ and showed that she could play songs without any lessons. After that, Edward bought her a piano, and she joined Edward and Dick in their music sessions. Elsie later gave this piano to her daughter Edna.

After Freda and Edgar were married and Edgar was working at a car dealership, Edward bought his first car through Edgar at the dealership. Mathilda was against the idea and, at first, would not ride in the car with him. He never had a driving lesson, but just got in the car and began to drive without knowing how. Once, he took Mathilda and Dora with him in the car to visit relatives in Chicago. Dora was so afraid of his poor driving that she refused to come back with them, so she took the 3rd rail to Geneva.

Edward died of stomach cancer, which supposedly resulted from his falling from a ladder. The cancer was discovered during an exploratory surgery in November 1928. He was an employee of McCormick Machine Company at the time of his death. Mathilda spent her last two weeks at Valley Rest, a nursing home in St. Charles, where she died of pneumonia.
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The records of the Evangelische Kirche at Stojentin, Kreis Stolp in Pomerania show the baptism of Therese Mathilda Heinz, born June 17, 1864, baptized June 26, 1864. The parents were Heinrich Heinz, cartwright (maker or wagons), of Czierwienz, and Auguste born Burow. Godparents were Carl Nagel, day laborer from Lischnitz (probably her mother's brother and her future father-in-law), Johanna Reetz, maid from Czierwienz, and Caroline Jacobi, maid from Neitzkow. (The birthdate disagrees with her death certificate and gravestone, both of which show June 1, 1864. She did not use the name "Therese" after migrating to Illinois. But this is obviously the same person that we know as Mathilda Heinz Nagel of Illinois.)
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?b?From Germans to America, Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports
?/b?Edited by Ira. Glazier

Vol. 51, p327 & 335 Mathilde Heinz, Age 20, F, from Hesse, on ship "Lloyd Nurnberg", left from Bremen, arriving in New York, May 26, 1885, and later arriving in Baltimore, May 28, 1885. [Since she was not travelling with any family members, there is no way to determine if this is our Mathilda. However, this was the only Mathilda Heinz in the passenger records who was of the correct age and arriving in the correct year. If this is our Mathilda, then she was just short of her 21st birthday.]

Vol. 53, page 410 Edward Nagel, Age 24, Merchant, on ship "Main", left from Bremen, arriving in Baltimore, November 24, 1886. [This seems very likely to be our Edward Nagel. His date of arrival is shown as 1885 in the 1900 census, but 1886 in the 1910 census.] This detail is also available at www.castlegarden.org. The place of last residence shows as "Unknown"

(Ellis Island was not yet open at the time Mathilda and Edward arrived.)
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?b?U.S. Census Records?/b?

The 1900 census shows the Nagel family living at 713 W. 22nd Place in Chicago consisting of: Edward Nagel, head of household, white male, born Dec 1862 in Germany, married 13 years, came to the U.S. in 1885, naturalized, teamster, can read, write, and speak English, owns home with a mortgage. His wife, Mathilda, white female, born June 1864 in Germany, married 13 years, mother of 4 children, 3 living, came to the U.S. in 1884, can read, write, and speak English. Elsa, daughter, born Oct 1888 in Illinois, at school. Wilhelm, son, born Oct 1890 in Illinois, in school. Frida, daughter, born Nov 1898 in Illinois.

The 1910 census shows the family living at 376 E. Illinois Street [now Illinois Avenue] in St. Charles consisting of: Edward Nagle [sic], head of household, age 47, married 23 years, born in Germany, came to the U.S. in 1886, naturalized, engineer in "stationary" industry. Lillie, his wife, age 45, mother of 7 children, 6 living, came to the U.S. in 1884. William, son, age 19, born in Illinois, employed as "cutter" in glass industry. Freda, daughter, age 10, born in Illinois. Dora, daughter, age 7, born in Illinois. Otto, son, age 2 2/12, born in Illinois.

The 1920 census shows the family living on Perkins Avenue in St. Charles consisting of: Edward Nagel, head, age 57, came to the U.S. in 1886, naturalized in 1891, working as engineer in a factory. Mathilda, his wife, age 55, came to the U.S. in 1884, naturalized in 1891. William, son, age 29, working as a glass cutter in a factory. Freda, daughter, age 21, working as [illegible] in piano factory. Edward, son, age 19. Dora, daughter, age 17, clerk in a factory. Arlo [sic], son, age 11, in school. There is no "Perkins Avenue" in St. Charles today, but it may have been the same as the present-day 11th Avenue.

The 1930 census shows 2 families living at 313 11th Avenue in St. Charles. First is the Swanson family, headed by Edgar, and secondly the Nagel family headed by Mathilda and including her sons Edward, 29, and Otto, 22. Mathilda is shown as the owner of the house valued at $7000.

In the 1940 census, she is listed as mother-in-law in the household headed by Edgar Swanson, at the same address.
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?b?
Naturalization Record?/b?

Edward Nagel of 713 22nd Place, Chicago was naturalized March 24, 1896. Certificate # 13428. Born in Germany. Witness Henry Brunnig, 827 S. Halstead St. (House was renumbered in 1908 as 2844 22nd Place.)
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Obituary of Edward Nagel?/b? (from the St. Charles Chronicle, January 10, 1929):?b?

?/b?Edward Nagel, 66 years old, passed away Saturday night after an illness lasting more than two months.

He was born in Kreiss Gotzloff, Germany, December 11, 1862. He came to America in 1888 [sic], settling in Chicago. On August 13, he was married to Miss Mathilda Heinz.

Mr. Nagel came to St. Charles in 1905 when the Heinz Cut Glass Company, with whom he was associated for many years, came here. He was with the cut glass company up to a few years ago when he went with the Globe Music Company.

Mr. and Mrs. Nagel were blessed with a family of seven children, one of whom preceded him in death.

Surviving him are his widow, three sons, Otto, William, and Edward and three daughters, Mrs. Freda Swanson, Mrs. Elsie Dau, and Mrs. Dora Johnson, all of St. Charles; a brother Richard of Chicago; three sons-in-law; six grandchildren; and a host of friends.

The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Rev. W. F. Theiss officiated. Burial was in North Cemetery.
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?b?Mrs. Mathilda Nagel Celebrates 90th Birth Anniversary?/b? (Clipping from the St. Charles Chronicle)

Mrs. Mathilda Nagel, 313 S. Eleventh Ave., whose 90th birth anniversary occurred on Tuesday, June 1, celebrated the occasion on Sunday, May 30 at a family gathering at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Nagel, 1108 Western St., Geneva. A delicious dinner was served in the Nagels' spacious and attractive back yard.

A resident of this community for the past 49 years, Mrs. Nagel came to this country from Germany. She is a member of St. Mark's Lutheran church.

She is the mother of six children, all St. Charles residents; Mrs. Elsie Dau, Mrs. Edgar Swanson, Mrs. Arthur Johnson, William Nagel, Edward Nagel and Otto Nagel.

Other members of her family include six grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Otto Heinz of St. Charles and Emil Heinz who resides in Oakland, Calif.

Mrs. Nagel was the recipient of many gifts, cards and flowers from relatives, friends and neighbors."
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Obituary of Mathilda Heinz Nagel?/b?

St. Charles -- Mrs. Mathilda Nagel, 92, 313 S. 11th Ave., died unexpectedly early this morning at the Valley Nursing Home. She was born in Germany June 1, 1864, and came to the United States at the age of 20.

She married Edward Nagel Aug. 13, 1887, in Chicago, and moved to St. Charles in 1905, where she was the oldest member of St. Mark's Lutheran church.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Dau, Mrs. Freda Swanson and Mrs. Dora Johnson, all of St. Charles; three sons William and Edward of St. Charles, and Otto of Geneva; a brother, Otto Heinz of St. Charles; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband and one daughter.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Yurs Funeral Home. The Rev. Herbert Reischauer will officiate with interment at Union Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday.
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?b?Death Certificate for Mathilda Nagel?/b?

Mathilda's death certificate was filed on March 2, 1957 in Kane County, Illinois. It indicates that she died after 3 days of suffering from pneumonitis (bilateral). She had been at Valley Rest for 2 weeks prior to her death, and in St. Charles for 52 years. The attending physician was Dr. R. Hoskins of St. Charles.

Edward married Mathilda Lily Heinz 13 Aug 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Mathilda (daughter of Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" Heinz and Augusta Burow) was born 17 Jun 1864, Czierwienz, Stolp, Pommern; was christened 26 Jun 1864, Stojentin, Stolp, Pommern; died 1 Mar 1957, St. Charles, Kane, Illinois, USA; was buried 3 Mar 1957, Union Cemetery, St. Charles, Kane, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Edward Nagel's death certificate lists his parents as "Carl Nagel" and "Caroline unknown". His brother Richard Nagel's death record shows his parents as "August Nagel" and "Caroline Heinz", but another source gives them as "Carl Nagel" and "Caroline Heinz". The record showing August Nagel may be in error, but to avoid losing this bit of information, I have listed the father as "Carl August Nagel".
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?b?Death record of Carl Nagel:
?/b?(Translated from Gerrman by www.germanscriptexperts.com)

No. 37
Labuhn, 20 July 1887

Before the undersigned civil registrar appeared today, personally known, Hermann Nagel,
saddlemaker residing in Zewitzer Boor, and reported that the tenant Carl Nagel, his father, age
62 years, of Lutheran faith, residing in Zewitzer Boor, born in Lischnitz, son of the laborer Carl
Nagel, deceased, from Gutzlow, and his deceased wife (name unknown), died in Zewitzer Boor
on 20 July 1887 at 2 o'clock in the morning.

Read, approved, and signed
Hermann Nagel

The Civil Registrar
V. L?hmann
This is a certified copy of the main register.
The Civil Registrar
V. L?hmann

Dropsy
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?b?Death record of Caroline Nagel:
?/b?(Translated from Gerrman by www.germanscriptexperts.com)

No. 12
Buckowin, 17 June 1909

Before the undersigned civil registrar appeared today: Albert Nagel, personally known, farm
tenant residing in Schimmerwitz, and reported that his mother, the widow Karoline Nagel n?e
Heinz, widow of the deceased tenant Karl Nagel, age 77 ? years, without religious faith, residing
in Schimmerwitz, born in Zirwinz, district of Stolp, daughter of the deceased shoemaker (given
name unknown) Heinz and his deceased wife (unknown), had died at her residence on 16 June
1909 at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Read, approved, and signed
Albert Nagel
The Civil Registrar
Weiss

This is a certified copy of the main register.
Buckowin, 17 June 1909
The Civil Registrar
Weiss

Carl married Caroline Heinz Bef 1852, Germany. Caroline (daughter of Carl Heinz and Constantia Labuhn) was born Abt 1830, Czierwienz, Stolp, Pommern; died 16 Jun 1909, Schimmerwitz, Lauenburg, Pommern. [Group Sheet]

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Caroline Heinz Nagel died of cancer, according to Freda Swanson.

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Heinrich and Augusta Heinz had a total of 10 children. The eldest, Bertha, was born at Peest, about 40 miles west of Cierwienz, where Heinrich was born. This suggests that Augusta was perhaps from the Peest area, but I have not found a record of her birth nor of their marriage. I have found birth records for most of the later children, born at 5 locations near Cierwienz or farther east. The birth record for Richard lists the father Heinrich as a wheelwright. It seems likely that the family never owned their own property until they moved to Chicago, where they owned a house according to the U.S. census of 1900.

Eight of the 10 children in the Heinz family migrated from Pomerania to Chicago. The first to arrive in Chicago was Ida, who came in 1880 as a single woman, likely engaged, since she soon married a man from Kreis Lauenburg, Pomerania. Second, was the eldest sister, Bertha, who came in 1882 with her husband, a baby daughter, and her husband's father and sister. The third sister, Mathilda (my great-grandmother), came as a single woman in 1885, and sent money to her fianc? the following year for his passage. Their brother Paul came as a single man, and died as a young man. And finally, the parents Heinrich and Augusta came with the four youngest children, Hulda, Emil, Richard, and Otto. The records of Ellis Island, which had opened as an immigration center in 1892, show them arriving in 1893.

Augusta's maiden name is given as "Burrow" or "Burrows" in all of the records found in America. However, I have intentionally listed it as "Burow" because that is the correct German spelling. I have found numerous records for the Burow family in Germany, including some in Kreis Stolp (Pomerania), but I have not connected our Augusta with anybody of that surname in Germany. DNA testing has matched me with members of a Minnesota family whose immigrant ancestor, Frederick Martin Burow, came from Germany. The German pronunciation of Burow would be something like "byoor-off".
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From Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at US Ports
?/b?Editors Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby, Vol. 64, pp. 180-182

Ship Furst Bismarck
From Hamburg and Southampton
To New York
Arrived 28 April 1893

?b?Passenger Age Sex Occupation Province Village Destination
?/b?Heinz, Heinr. 58 M Labr Prussia Unknown New York
Augusta 50 F W Prussia Unknown New York
Emil 16 M Unknown Prussia Unknown New York
Hulda 19 F Unknown Prussia Unknown New York
Richard 7 M Child Prussia Unknown New York
Otto 6 M Child Prussia Unknown New York

Note that the children's ages are not correct in the passenger list.
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?b?Ellis Island Records: ?/b? (www.ellisislandrecords.com)
The same information is found in the records of Ellis Island, which also gives the place of residence in Prussia as "Klein Wunneschin".
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Stories told by my grandmother, Freda Nagel Swanson after 1990:?/b?

Freda was born in Chicago and lived there until she was about 6 years old. The family lived near the lime kiln at 22nd and Damen Streets in Chicago. (More detail on addresses below.)

The Heinz sisters who came to Chicago found jobs as maids or governesses as did many of the German girls who came over.

Freda recalled her grandfather Heinz as being very tall. He lived into his late 60's. When Freda was very small, he gave her nickels until she swallowed one, and her mother made him stop.

Augusta Heinz was a short, stout woman. She made all her own clothes, and wore large pleated skirts with lots of deep pockets. She loved to go across the boulevard to go shopping and would sometimes take Freda. She would carry the goods home in her deep pockets. When Freda asked her why she had such deep pockets, she said it was so that nobody could take her money. After she was widowed, she lived for awhile with her daughter Mathilda Nagel and family. At Christmas time, she would dress up as Santa Claus. Freda was the oldest of the 3 children remaining at home, and when she saw Santa's figure, she thought, "That's not Santa Claus, that's Grandma!" One of Freda's middle names was Augusta, after her grandma Heinz.

The youngest sister was Huldah. She came from Germany at the age of 17. She answered an ad in the paper to care for a woman's sick husband who had tuberculosis (then called "consumption"). Huldah died of tuberculosis at the age of 23.

When Freda was six years old (1904-5), most of the extended Heinz family moved from Chicago to the east side of St. Charles, Illinois. The three brothers [except Paul who had died] had started the Heinz Brothers Cut-Glass Factory in Chicago, and brought the business with them to St. Charles. Richard Heinz was "the brains" of the glass business. After he died, his brothers Otto and Emil ran the factory. Numerous other family members were employed, including in-laws, nieces, and nephews. The glass business thrived until the outbreak of the first World War. The German navy once sank a large shipment of Heinz brothers' glass that was heading for Europe. Since the glass was not insured, this was a major loss for the company. The Heinz brothers were good friends with Dr. Langum who was the mayor of St. Charles for many years. All three brothers married late in life.

Emil Heinz was the oldest of the three brothers. When he finally married, he built a large stone house on the southeast corner of 11th and Indiana Avenues in St. Charles. He would always tease the Nagel girls about various 'fellers'. Emil moved to California in his later years.

The Heinz family grew to be too large to have holiday dinners together after the children were all married and had families of their own, so they had a part of the family at different homes. Once, one of the brothers-in-law came to dinner with two whips and began crack the whips at the ladies' skirts as a joke. All of the children were terrified and went scurrying under the tables. (Freda does not remember this occasion, but heard it told among the family later.)
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My great-uncle Otto Nagel told me that his grandmother (Augusta Heinz) always spoke to him in German.
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?b?From "The Fox Connection"?/b? column in the St. Charles Chronicle, by Phyllis Warner

"...from an article in the American Cut & Engraved Glass Book by Albert C. Revi.... The Monarch Cut Glass Company was a partnership organized in 1901 by Richard, Emil, and Otto Heinz, and Herman and Frank Kotwitz. Their factory was located in Chicago, Illinois, at the corner of Union Street and Carroll Avenue. In 1902, the Heinz brothers bought out the Kotwitz brothers and operated the business in Chicago as Heinz Brothers. The firm was incorporated for $50,000. Richard Heinz was president; Otto Heinz vice president and sales manager; Emil Heinz, secretary and treasurer; and Herman Schmidt and Herman Eichorn plant foremen.

In 1905 they built a factory at 13th St. and Indiana Avenue in St. Charles, Illinois and commenced operations in August of that year. Heinz Brothers were considered one of the largest cut glass manufacturers in the Midwest, their trade extending over the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe. Salesrooms were maintained at St. Charles and Chicago; Spokane, Washington; Helena, Montana; Memphis, Tennessee; San Francisco, California; Berlin, Germany; and St. Petersburg, Russia.

There were 100 frames operation in the Heinz Brothers factory and the most modern machinery then known to the craft was used by their artist-engravers. An average of from 80 to 100 persons were employed, about one-tenth of whom were women; the women were wrappers and examiners of the glass.

Most of the cutters came from other cut glass shops around the country, but there were many St. Charlesans to whom the Heinz Brothers taught the craft working in their factory. More than 600 different articles in cut glass were made by the Heinz plant....

Emil Heinz was in charge of the factory; Otto Heinz managed the company's sales offices; and Richard Heinz acted as the firm's executive head.

The Heinz brothers were associated with the cut glass industry most of their lives. All were employed with Pitkin & Brooks and the American Cut Glass Company for many years before going into the business for themselves.

In 1908 Richard Heinz passed away and Otto Heinz became president of the concern. Emil Heinz was vice president; Hermand Schmidt, secretary and treasurer; and Herman Eichman plant superintendent. The factory was operated until 1927, when the real estate was sold and the corporation dissolved."
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?b?Cemetery Records?/b?
The records of Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois indicate that Heinrich Heinz purchased Lot #1397 in Section 9 of the cemetery on August 3, 1897. His address at the time was 567 W. 23rd Street in Chicago. There have been 5 burials on this plot:

Name; Residence or Place of Death; Date of Death; Burial Date; Age (y-m-d)

Hulda Schwiessinger; 567 W. 23rd; Not stated; 8-4-1897; 23-3-0
Paul Heinz; 567 W. 23rd; Not stated; 12-16-1898; 29-6-6
Heinrich Heinz; 567 W. 23rd; Not stated; 9-28-1902; 68-1-3
Richard Heinz; St. Charles, Illinois; Not stated; 10-2-1908; 29-4-16
Augusta Burron Heinz; 306 - 10th Avenue, St. Charles; 4-28-1931; 5-1-1931; 90-4-21

Note: Houses in certain neighborhoods in Chicago were renumbered in 1908 to make them conform to the citywide grid. By analyzing the neighbors on W 23rd Street between the 1900 and 1910 censuses, I have determined that 567 W. 23rd Street was renumbered as 2842 W 23rd Street (between Marshall Boulevard and California Avenue). The house at 2842 W 23rd Street no longer exists.
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?b?U.S. Census Records:

?/b?The 1900 census shows the Heinz family at 567 W. 23rd Street (later renumbered 2842 W 23rd Street), consisting of: Henry Heintz, born August 1834 in Germany, aged 65, married 40 years, arrived in the U.S. in 1893, and owning his own house; his wife Augusta, born May 1840, aged 60, mother of 10 children, 7 living; son Emil, born August 1876, employed as a day laborer; and son Otto, born September 1882, employed as a day laborer.

Augusta Heinz is listed in the 1910 census records as a widow living with her son Emil in St. Charles, Illinois. She was age 69 and Emil was 32. She was a naturalized citizen, having arrived in the United States in 1892.

In the 1920 census, Augusta is found still living with her son Emil on Pleasant Street in St. Charles. This time, she was listed as arriving in the U.S. in 1895 and still an alien (not naturalized). Her son Emil is shown as age 38, widowed, and also arriving in 1895, but naturalized in 1900. His son Herbert was 11 years old.

In the 1930 census, Augusta is found living with her son Otto Heinz at 306 10th Avenue in St. Charles, aged 89.
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?b?Death certificate for Augusta Burrow Heinz?/b?

Address 306 10th Avenue, St. Charles
Years in town where death occurred 25
Years in U.S. 39
Sex Female
Color or Race White
Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced Widow
Wife of Henry Heinz
Date of Birth Dec. 7, 1840
Age 90 years, 4 months, and 21 days
Occupation Housewife
Birthplace Germany
Name of Father Burrow
Birthplace of Father Germany
Maiden Name of Mother Don't know
Birthplace of Mother Germany
Informant Mrs. Otto W. Heinz, St. Charles, Ill.
Filed May 1, 1931, A. F. Pearson, Registrar
Date of Death April 28, 1931
Cause of Death Myocarditis (chronic) - 2 yrs
Contributory Arterioclerosis - 2 yrs
Place of Burial Concordia Cemetery, Cook County, Ill.
Date of Burial May 1, 1931
Undertaker Bert C. Norris, St. Charles, Ill.
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From the website of St. Mark's Lutheran Church of St. Charles?/b?
(www.stmarksstc.org/history/narrative/narrative_1975.htm)

?b?A Lost History Discovered
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1975 was to have been St. Mark's Lutheran Church's 50th Anniversary year. It should have been because the congregation celebrated a 25th Anniversary in 1950. The founding of the congregation had been dated at 1925, and several living charter members attested to the congregation's beginnings as of that year.
All that changed when Pastor Zersen found old records and minutes written in German dating back much earlier. Then there was the Constitution dating from 1907 found when the cornerstone of the old St. Mark's church was opened in 1973. With the help of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber of St. Mark's, further research was done on old records at Batavia, West Chicago, and in the District and Synodical offices - all of which were written in German, the "official" language in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod until the mid '20s.
The history which was uncovered showed that a ministry was performed to German speaking Lutherans in St. Charles dating back to 1878, first by Trinity, West Chicago, and then by Immanuel, Batavia. In the early 1900s, the German speaking Lutherans in St. Charles acquired the status of a "preaching station" in which all the official acts of a congregation were carried on. By 1907, at the instigation of the Heinz brothers of St. Charles, The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark was formally established in the home of Emil Heinz, 306 S. 10th Ave., St. Charles. The new congregation resolved to pay Pastor Miessler of Batavia $10 a month plus $5 annual car allowance for bi-weekly services.

The congregation, which included relatives of present members Mrs. Dora Johnson and Mrs. Erma Eichman, quickly outgrew its meeting place, and began to hold services in the rented facilities of Bethlehem Lutheran Church (which conducted its own services in Swedish). Every other Sunday the members gathered at 330 P.M. to listen to sermons in German and in English, to sing God's praises (if the visiting preacher could play the organ), and to bring their children for baptism (The baptismal bowl which the members brought along with them is still in the posession of St. Charles' resident, Mrs. Charles Dau).

Pastor Herman Harms (in his late 80s and living in Waukegan) explains that from 1911 to 1919 he walked every other Sunday afternoon from his parsonage in Batavia to conduct the services. Confirmation classes were conducted in the homes of members. On a regular basis, he also performed a ministry to The St. Charles School for Boys. Toward the end of his pastorate, St. Charles confirmation students attended classes conducted in German in Batavia, but because of the tension created by the First World war, the school had to close (German was substituted with French in the St. Charles High School at this same time).
During all these years, records of membership, baptisms, weddings, communions and funerals were submitted to the Synod (even though the congregation was not formally a member until 1936). After 1919, however, the reports become lost in sketchy records.

It is known that as late as 1923, Pastor Molthan from Batavia was offering some service to the congregation. It seems that the congregation, lacking a building of its own, grew dormant. Many of the members joined Bethlehem Lutheran Church since they now had services and confirmation classes in English. In 1924, the Mission Board of the Northern Illinois District asked a retired pastor from Elgin, the Rev. H.W. Rabe, to canvass St. Charles. In November of that same year, he began holding services in a Legion Hall. The assembled group reorganized itself as a congregation using the old name St. Mark's, and the original Constitution from 1907. Some of the names of the officers of the newly constituted congregation, names like Peters, Ronzheimer, Storm, Nagel and Dau, reflected the carryover in membership from the old congregation to the new.

By March of 1925, the Mission Board loaned the congregation $2400 to build a prefabricated building on Fourth and Walnut. From that point until the present, the congregation has continued to grow, now numbering over 800 baptized members. The more recent history of the congregation has already been written, but it seemed appropriate to record this surprisingly resurrected past, not only for the purpose of honoring it, but also for the purpose of more accurately dating the congregation's origin from January 27, 1907, in order to prepare it for a 70th Anniversary celebration in 1977.

Heinrich married Augusta Burow Abt 1859, Germany. Augusta was born 7 Dec 1840, Germany; died 28 Apr 1931, St. Charles, Kane, Illinois, USA; was buried 1 May 1931, Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Information on Johan Nagel, his wife, their son Adolph, and Adolph's descendants was provided by Bonnie Galvin, a descendant of Adolph. I have tentatively placed the other children, Carl, Ludwig, and Augusta, into this family based solely on DNA matching.

Bonnie Galvin (descendant of Adolph) and I (descendant of Carl) have a DNA match of 57 centimorgans, which is typical for 3rd cousins.

Frank Keller, a descendant of Augusta Nagel (Keller), matches my DNA with 27.3 centimorgans, typical for 4th cousins. From this, we presume that Augusta Nagel was either a sister of Carl Nagel, or his daughter by an early marriage, or a niece, or cousin.

Heidi Nagel, a descendant of Ludwig, matches my DNA with 26.3 centimorgans.

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Johan married Unknown -. Unknown died 1871, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Carl Heinz was listed as a shoemaker in the birth record of his son Heinrich.

I have placed Caroline Heinz in this family because my grandmother Freda Swanson said that her parents were first cousins. The only way that Edward Nagel and Mathilda Heinz could have been first cousins would be if Edward's mother Caroline Heinz were the sister of Mathilda's father Heinrich Heinz. I have found no other evidence to prove that Caroline was the daughter of Carl Heinz and Constantia Labuhn, except that she was born in the same village as Heinrich and Gustaph Heinz.

Carl married Constantia Labuhn Bef 1834. Constantia died Bef 1882. [Group Sheet]

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