John Gerhard Wessling & Wilhelmina Plagge Family Connections

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WESSLING * PLAGGE Family Tree

Maria Elizabeth Liehre (1777-1868)	+	J. Gerhard Wessling (1780-1851)		?	+	?
Parents
John Gerhard Wessling Born March 6, 1817 Grehrde, Kreis Bersenbruck, Germany (near Hanover) Married Wilhelmina Plagge, 1845 Died November 16, 1885, Northfield Twp North Northfield Cemetery, Northbrook, IL Germany 1817-1837? * Immigrated ca. 1837? * Farmer, Northfield Twp, Cook County, IL 1837?-1886 A 1907 biography of his son, Martin, remembers this family.			+	Wilhelmina Plagge Born April 30, 1821, Hanover, Germany Married John Gerhard Wessling, 1845 Died March 27, 1865, Northfield Twp North Northfield Cemetery, Northbrook, IL Germany 1821-? * Immigrated ? * Homemaker, Northfield Twp, Cook County, IL 1845-1865
Children

Louisa A. Wessling (1846- )	Henry Louis Wessling (1848-1920)	Mary Elizabeth Wessling (1851- )	Sarah Ann Wessling (1853- )
Martin Wessling (1854-1935)	William Wessling (1856-1873)	Carolina Dora Wessling (1857- )	August Gerhard Wessling (1859- )

Sources: (1) Schnabele 1902 manuscript - he calls the husband John Gerhard Wessling.
(2) Schinleber 1987 manuscript - he calls the husband Gerhardt Wessling.

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