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WESSLING * STRYKER Family Tree

Wilhelmina
Plagge
(1821-1865) 		+ J. Gerhard
Wessling
(1817-1886) 		  ? + ?
Parents
August Gerhard Wessling
Born March 20, 1859
Northfield Twp, Cook County, IL
Married Emma Stryker,
1881, Cook County, IL
Died ?, Paton, IA
Buried at Paton Cemetery, Greene County, IA
Farmer, carpenter, Northfield, IL, 1859-1889 * Farmer, Paton, IA 1889-?

A 1907 biography and family picture.

Gravestone at Paton Cemetery. Photos adapted from slides taken in 1981 by Edie Sternberg.

 + Emma Stryker
Born December 28, 1861
Cook County, IL
Married August Gerhard Wessling,
1881, Cook County, IL
Died ?, Paton, IA
Buried at Paton Cemetery, Greene County, IA
Homemaker, Cook County, IL, 1861-1889 * Homemaker, Paton, IA, 1889-?

Gravestone at Paton Cemetery. Photos adapted from slides taken in 1981 by Edie Sternberg.
Children
Herbert Irvine
Wessling
(1882-1950) 		Willard John
Wessling
(1888-?) 		Clara Luella
Wessling
(1890-?) 		Archie August
Wessling
(?-?)
Myrtle Ruby
Wessling
(?-?) 		Bernice Emma
Wessling
(1897?-June 12, 1907) 		Mabel Elizabeth
Wessling
(?-?) 		Ella
Wessling
(1903-?)

Sources: (1) Schnabele 1902 manuscript.
(2) Schinleber 1987 manuscript.
(3) "August G. Wessling." Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa. p. 602-603.
Greene County Genealogical Society, 1907, 1979.

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