Gustav Adolph SCHARFHAUSEN

Birth:
8 May 1868
Dusseldorf, Westfalen, Preussen, Germany
Death:
30 Jan 1942
Sorrento, Lake, Florida, United States
Burial:
2 Feb 1942
Apophka, Orange, Florida, United States
Marriage:
9 Feb 1888
Cook, Illinois, United States
Notes:
                   BIRTH:  1900 Census Stewart, Canyon, Idaho confirms birth month and
year,.  Ddate of birth is given on death certificate, the informant was his 2nd
wife Lydia.  birth index of Dusseldorf lists Scharfhausen, Gustav Adolph,  14/5/68;  Scharfhausen, Carl Peter 28/8/71;  Scharfhausen, Bertha  28/8/71  (twins)  Bertha Ellis was age 33 when Gustav was born

Have copy of his birth record in German

MARRIAGE:  Certificate in my possession.

DEATH: Certificate in my possession.

BURIAL: Date and place given on death certificate.

ORDINANCES:  Done by the family and recorded at the time.

NOTES:  I have some pictures of him and his wife.
Marie CLASEN
Birth:
8 Aug 1866
Pinneberg, Holstein, Germany
Death:
15 Jun 1920
Marietta, Duval, Florida, United States
Burial:
16 Jun 1920
Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
Notes:
                   BIRTH:  1900 Census Stewart, Canyon, Idaho confirms birth month and
year, and gives her name as Mary, date of birth is given on death certificate,
the informant was her husband.

MARRIAGE:  Certificate in my possession gives name as Mary.

DEATH: Certificate in my possession, her husband was the informant.

BURIAL: Date and plce given on death certificate.

ORDINANCES:  Done by the family and recorded at the time.
Children
Marriage
1
Elise Aguste SCHARFHAUSEN
Birth:
17 Sep 1888
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death:
13 Dec 1975
Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:  1900 Census Stewart, Canyon, Idaho confirms birth month and
year, and gives her name as Lizzie B., Birth certificate in my possession and
gives her name as Elise Aguste.

MARRIAGE: Never married, but we do have a copy of a wedding announcement for
her that said she was to marry Ashley R. Hooper on 17 June at a church in
Marietta, Florida.  No year is given and I have no explanation as to why she
did not marry him.

DEATH: Certificate in my possession gives name as Elizabeth.

BURIAL: Date and plce given on death certificate.

ORDINANCES:  Done by the family and recorded at the time.

NOTES:  Was known as Elizabeth or Lig.
2
Rudolph SCHARFHAUSEN
Birth:
17 May 1890
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death:
14 Sep 1950
Elmira CLARK 
Marr:
21 Jan 1916
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:  1900 Census Stewart, Canyon, Idaho confirms birth month and
year, and gives his name as Randolph or Roudolph, copy of delayed birth
certificate in my possession gives his name as Rudolph.

MARRIAGE:  Received date of marriage from his sister, Bertha.

DEATH:  Received date of death from his sister, Bertha.  Not sure of where he
is buried.

BURIAL:

ORDINANCES:  Done by the family and recorded at the time, for Harry
Scharfhausen.

NOTES:  He may have changed his name legally to Harry Sidney, because of the
war with Germany and the hatred that was in the United States for Germans.  I
knew him as Uncle Harry.
3
Bertha SCHARFHAUSEN
Birth:
10 Jun 1891
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death:
19 Apr 1986
Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States
William Henry FARSON 
Marr:
15 Nov 1908
Payette, Payette, Idaho, Unite 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:  Certificate in my possession.  Age given as 18 in 1910 Census of South
Payette, Canyon, Idaho, was married and had one child.

MARRIAGE:  Date received by correspondence from Bertha

DEATH: Certificate and Obituary in my possession

BURIAL: Obituary in my possession, Pomona Cemetery, California

ORDIANANCES: Done by family and recorded at the time.

NOTES:  My grandmother was a very kind and loving person.  She loved this beautiful world and enjoyed life.  She had German born parents and loved to hear her father play the zither.  She was especially fond of pansy's       with their pretty little faces. I have a brief history that grandmother wrote and some pictures of her  and her family.
(Sue Kapp Grandaughter)
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Gustav Adolph Scharfhausen - Marie Clasen

Gustav Adolph Scharfhausen was born at Dusseldorf, Westfalen, Preussen, Germany 8 May 1868. His parents were Rudolf Scharfhausen and Bertha Ehlis.

He married Marie Clasen 9 Feb 1888 at Cook, Illinois, United States . Marie Clasen was born at Pinneberg, Holstein, Germany 8 Aug 1866 daughter of Johann August Clasen and Elise Henriette Wilhelmina Hoack .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Elise Aguste Scharfhausen born 17 Sep 1888.
Rudolph Scharfhausen born 17 May 1890.
Bertha Scharfhausen born 10 Jun 1891.

Gustav Adolph Scharfhausen died 30 Jan 1942 at Sorrento, Lake, Florida, United States .

Marie Clasen died 15 Jun 1920 at Marietta, Duval, Florida, United States .