KarensGen.Com - Families - Guritz - Goerritz (Schaper) Immigrants from Rehren, Germany to Illinois and Iowa

Mr. Guritz
Born: in: Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: AFT 1834 in:
Buried: in:
Father:
Mother:

Caroline Sophia (SURNAME)
m.: in:
Born: __ ___ 1795 in: Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 11 MAR 1879 in:
Buried: 13 MAR 1879 in:
Father:
Mother:

Known Children

1 Friedrich Guritz
Born: 11 MAY 1815 in: Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 25 APR 1887 in: Fayette Co., IA
Buried: in: Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Maynard, IA
Spouse: Carolina Bock (1818-1889)
m.: in: Germany
To the U.S. in 1870. This family lived around Beecher, IL until 1872 then moved to Fayette Co., IA.
Children:
1 - Carl CHARLES Guritz (27 SEP 1845-11 DEC 1913) m. Caroline Borges (Borchers) (1861-1937)
2 - Johanna Guritz (02 OCT 1857-08 NOV 1931) m. Heinrich Nauholz (1856-1932)
3 - August Guritz (12 FEB 1856-02 APR 1908) m. Emma Dravis (1861-1904)

2 Heinrich Fr. Wilhelm WILLIAM Guritz
Born: 08 JUL 1825 in: Rehren, Hesse Kassel, Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 16 FEB 1900 in: Beecher, Will Co., IL
Buried: in: St. John UCC Cemetery, Beecher, IL
Spouse: Carolina Herre
Born: 25 FEB 1830 Durchen, Amt. Eimbeck, Germany
Died: 02 NOV 1870 Beecher, Will Co., IL
m.: 19 OCT 1851 in: First St. Paul Lutheran, Chicago, IL
Spouse: Engel Maria MARY Schaper
(widow of Heinrich Gottlieb Moeller - obituary states name his name as Simon Miller)
Born: 15 NOV 1839 Gr. Nenndorf, Schaumburg, Germany (Parents Unknown)
Died: 06 SEP 1932 Beecher, Will Co., IL
m.: 04 APR 1871 in: Will Co., IL
Mary Schaper came to America in 1857 per her obituary.

Children of William Guritz and Caroline Herre:
1 - Heinrich Friedrich WILHELM Ed Guritz (23 MAR 1852 - 26 JUL 1919) m. Maria Catharina Ziegler of Bremer Co., IA
2 - Heinrich Guritz (02 JAN 1853 - 01 OCT 1898) m. Auguste Voshage of Beecher, Will Co., IL (02 OCT 1852 - 11 APR 1930)
3 - Caroline FRIEDERIKE Guritz (20 AUG 1855 - 19 SEP 1937) m. Friedrich Wehrmann of Beecher, Will Co., IL
4 - August Guritz (22 FEB 1857? - 08 APR 1926) m. Dorothea Ohlenkamp of Beecher, Will Co., IL (03 OCT 1830 - 05 JAN 1930)
5 - Amelia MOLLIE Guritz (22 MAR 1859 - 16 OCT 1936) m. Peter H. Lorenzen of Monee, Will Co., IL
6 - Christian Guritz (25 APR 1860 - 26 MAY 1923) m. Amelia Tramm settled in Jackson Co., MN
7 - Friedrich Wilhelm FRED Guritz (11 MAR 1862 - 07 APR 1924) settled in Jackson Co., MN
8 - Chrstn. Conrad Hnr. HERMANN Guritz (16 NOV 1863-09 MAR 1923) m. Emma Voshage of Jackson Co., MN (08 AUG 1867 - 15 APR 1928)
9 - Caroline Georgine Christine Sophia Guritz (13 APR 1868-14 FEB 1951) m. Ernest Bergmeier of Jackson Co., MN
10- Peter Guritz (1871-1871)

Children of William Guritz and Mary Schaper
1 - Mary Guritz (28 DEC 1871 - 21 DEC 1958) m. Fred Foy of Brainerd, MN
2 - Sophia M. Guritz (16 AUG 1873 - 1965) m. Frank Rudolph
3 - Louise Guritz (20 DEC 1874-19 APR 1911)
4 - John H. Guritz (20 JUN 1876-05 SEP 1954) m. Martha Tatge (19 DEC 1879 - 13 MAY 1925)
5 - Mary Guritz m. Hermann Hasemann (22 SEP 1883 - 1947)
6 - Emma Guritz m. Henry Hasemann (05 SEP 1871 - 25 AUG 1950)
7 - Louis Guritz (30 DEC 1879-15 MAR 1952) m. Emma Wehrmann (11 SEP 1887 - 23 MAR 1980)
8 - Bertha Sophia Guritz (30 JAN 1882-07 NOV 1963) m. William Wilkening (08 JUL 1882 - 07 NOV 1970)
9 - GEORGE Heinrich August Guritz (28 SEP 1883-18 JUL 1926) m. Ella Lindemann (10 MAR 1891 - 01 DEC 1960)

1926 Obituary
August Guritz

1932 Obituary
Mary Schaper Guritz

1928 Obituary
Emma Voshage Guritz

1926 Obituary
Dora Ohlenkamp Guritz

1925 Obituary
Martha Tatge
Mrs. Louis Guritz

1952 Obituary
Louis Guritz

1926 Obituary
George Guritz

1980 Obituary
Emma Wehrmann
Mrs. Louis Guritz

1968 Obituary
Adolph Guritz
son of Heinrich Guritz
and Augusta Voshage

1911 Obituary
Miss Louise Guritz

1925 Death Certificate
Emma Guritz Hasemann

1930 Obituary
Augusta Voshage Guritz

3 Friedrich AUGUST Guritz
Born: 13 SEP 1830 in: Rehren, Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 18 APR 1891 in: Washington Twp., Will Co., IL
Buried: in:
Spouse: Louise Friedericke CAROLINE Schumacher
Born: 1838 Feggendorf, Germany
Died: 11 SEP 1888 buried at Chicago, IL
m.: 09 JUN 1855 in: First St. Paul Lutheran, Chicago, IL
Spouse: Wilhelmine Doescher
Born: 07 MAR 1833 Germany
Died: 12 OCT 1923 buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Glenview, IL
m.: 13 DEC 1888 in: Cook Co., IL
To America in 1870.

1946 Death Certificate
Wilhelmine Tatge Guritz

1930 Death Certificate
Louis Guritz

1942 Death Certificate
Marie Guritz

Children of August Guritz and Caroline Schumacher:
1 - Ludwig AUGUST Christoph Guritz
(11 SEP 1859-20 DEC 1903)
m. Caroline Tatge (1864-1935)
Both buried in Wunders Cemetery, Chicago.
2 - Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm J. Guritz
(14 APR 1863-18 APR 1935)
m. Bertha Ohlendorf (11 APR 1868 - 03 JUL 1926)
3 - Heinrich HENRY C. Guritz
(14 APR 1868 - 07 SEP 1916)
m. Wilhelmine Tatge (1870?-11 FEB 1946)
4 - Ludwig Louis HENRY Guritz
(11 DEC 1870-05 AUG 1929)
m. Matilde Ohlendorf
(05 DEC 1873-11 JUN 1935)
5 - Anna Guritz (born about 1858)

1893 Marriage Record Louis Guritz and Mathilda Ohlendorf

1893 Marriage Record
Louis Guritz and
Matilde Ohlendorf

1926 Obituary
Bertha Ohlendorf Guritz

1971 Obituary
Emil C. Guritz
son of William Guritz
and Bertha Ohlendorf

1970 Obituary
Ella Selk
Mrs. Emil Guritz

4 Wilhelmine Guritz
Born: 10 JUN 1833 in: Rehren, Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 14 FEB 1909 in: Beecher, Will Co., IL
Buried: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL
Spouse: Heinrich Frohbose
(01 MAR 1831 - 07 DEC 1883)
m.: in:

1944 Death Certificate Sophia Katze Frobose

1944 Death Certificate
Sophia Katze
(William Frobose)
Daughter of Heinrich Katze
and Henrietta Buethe
12 APR 1874 - 09 JAN 1944

1909 Death Certificate
Caroline Frobose Boecker
Born 1865 daughter of
Heinrich Frohbose
and Wilhelmine Guritz

5 Louis Guritz
Born: 25 FEB 1835 in: Rehren, Germany
Baptized: in:
Died: 03 APR 1886 in:
Buried: in: Oakwood Cemetery, Northfield, IL
Spouse: Louise Justine Wilhelmine Vogt (Name Hartmann???)
Born: 28 JUN 1837 Messenkamp, Germany
m.: 11 NOV 1855 in: First St. Paul Lutheran, Chicago, IL
Spouse: Wilhelmine Doescher (wife of brother August Guritz)
m.: in:

6 Heinrich Wilhelm Guritz
Born: 28 JAN 1838 in:
Baptized: in:
Died: AFT 1852 in:
Buried: in:

Sources
Information from Hermene Guritz Indig Email
Lake County Heritage Book, Lake County Public Library, 1988, Indiana.
Beecher Cemetery Readings, Will Co., IL Compiled by W.L. Eilrich, Sept. 1992.
First St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1301 No. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60610
St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Death Records.

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