Wilhelm FANDRE
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Internet IGI, May 2008
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1880 Federal Census Chicago,Cook,Illinois (Online Census Images @ Ancestry.com), ED 59, Image 0416
World Connect Project: Ancestors of Roy M. Clark & Max E. Nichols @ RootsWeb.com
Internet IGI - no new, Jun 2008
FamilySearch/FamilyTree, Aug 2016
William Fandre, father of Wilhelmina (Minnie) Fandre, was born in Germany, according to Minnie's death certificate. Possibly he died in Chicago (See notes under "Russo"). NOTES: Came to the United States aboard the ship "Leipzig P." which sailed from Bremen,Germany
NOTES: The IGI list the name as Augusta Rassow. Family records state "Nobody knows her first name", the wife of William Fandre. Spelling of the name Russo is uncertain; Russo is an Italian name. There is a picture of her with granddaughter Gussie Welzin outside their store in Chicago. NAME: Augusts (Poss) RASSOW
NAME: Wilhelmina aka Minnie NOTES: Came to the United States aboard the ship "Leipzig P." which sailed from Bremen,Germany & arrived in Baltimore,Maryland on 24 May 1872. Wilhelmina Fandre: Birth and death dates from death certificate. Minnie immigrated to the US in 1871 from Germany. Her parents were both born in Germany, and she was of French Huguenot descent. She is buried in the Olivenhain Colony Cemetery. The Huguenots were Protestants who were driven out of Catholic France in the 1600's and 1700's by King Louis XIV. Minnie came from Germany to America when she was 14 years old. (Ref: Julia Fidero Bohe and also Herman Wiegand, age 100, Aug. 1990). Born in Saxony, Germany (Ref: Vernon Fidero, 3-23-93 tape).
NAME: Maria aka Mary
August Fandre and Minna Welzin were witnesses on Mathilde Koehn's baptismal certificate in Chicago.
He married Augusta Rassow at of Stettin, Pommern, Preussen, Germany . Augusta Rassow was born at of Preussen, Germany 20 Apr 1830 .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Wilhelmina C. Fandre
born 8 Sep 1856.
Maria Louise Fandre
born 30 Sep 1859.
August Fandre
born Oct 1866.
Helen Fandre
born 1877.
Charles Fandre
born 26 Apr 1878.
Wilhelm Fandre died 27 Aug 1892 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois .
Augusta Rassow died 2 Mar 1915 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois .