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WESSLING * GEHRS
Family Tree

Maria Elizabeth
Liehre
(1777-1868) 		+ John Gerhard
Wessling
(1780-1851) 		  ?
(?-?) 		+ ?
(?-?)
Parents
Henry
Wessling
Born October 31, 1812
Grehrde, Kreis Bersenbruck (near Hanover), Germany
Married Catherine E. Gehrs,
possibly in Germany? about 1837? - but dates of firstborn and immigration suggest this may have begun as a shipboard romance!
Died July 4, 1875,
Northfield Twp, Cook County, Illinois
Buried at North Northfield Cemetery?, Northbrook, Illinois
Farmer, Germany and Illinois * immigrated about 1837? with rest of family? 		+ Catherina E.
Gehrs
Born May 26, 1815
Germany
Married Henry Wessling,
possibly in Germany? about 1837? - but dates of firstborn and immigration suggest this may have begun as a shipboard romance!
Died June 13, 1887
Wheeling Twp, Cook County, Illinois
Buried at North Northfield Cemetery, Northbrook, Illinois
Homemaker
Children
Henry
Wessling
(1838-?) 		John Henry
Wessling
(1839-1880) 		Gerhard
Wessling
(1842-1843) 		Mary
Wessling
(1844-?)
John
Wessling
(1847-?) 		Fred G.
Wessling
(1850-?) 		George
Wessling
(1852-1908) 		Daniel
Wessling
(1855-?)

Sources: (1) Schinleber 1987 manuscript

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