Immigration to America- Part 3

In previous posts I chronicled the Schlund families journey to a America and included passenger lists from the ship City of Glasgow. I have also found the family in the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists Index Cards from 1800-1906. 

Fidel Anton Schlund, Jr (1842-1917)

     

      Fidel Anton Schlund was born on May 21, 1842, in Germany, to Fidel and Josepha Schlund. Fidel Schlund left Germany and arrived in America at the age of 10. Fidel served in the civil war in regiments from Iowa and Pennsylvania. He married Anna Maria Hebel on December 6, 1866, in Christian, Illinois. They had five children in 12 years. He died on March 13, 1917, at the age of 74.

 


  b. May 21, 1842 Germany 

  d. March 13, 1917 California

  m. Anna Maria HEBEL b. Sep 16, 1847 Germany d. Jan 27, 1901 

  Married on 6 Dec 1866 Christian, Illinois, United States  

                 
                A. Caroline Schlund 

               b. Jan 5, 1868 Illinois
               m. Ezra A. Van Ness b. abt 1852 Pennsylvania
 
                      1) Walter Hankinson Van Ness 
                           b. July 28, 1899
                           d. Oct 6, 1918 France WWI
                   
                      2) George Whitefield Van Ness
                           b. July 28, 1899 Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
                           d. Nov 16, 1957 Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA (Auto accident)

           B. Walter Schlund 
                b. October 7, 1870 Connecticut
                d. July 22, 1922 Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey
                m. Annie Pressler d. 1923 Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

                        1) Ellen Schlund b. January 12, 1872
                        2) Anna P Schlund b. Aug 20, 1874

           C. Josephina Schlund 
                b. Sep 23, 1879 New Jersey
                d. Oct 31, 1949 San Francisco
                m. Peter Gerhard b. September 22, 1870 California d. March 6, 1945
 
                         1) Margaret Gerhard
                             b. 21 Sep 1914 San Francisco, California
                             d. 19 Apr 1992 Santa Cruz


Additional information about Fidel Schlund, Jr

1870 Census- Madison, New Haven, Connecticut
1879 City Directory - Newark, New Jersey, USA
1880 Census- Newark, Essex, New Jersey
1880 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1882 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1886 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1887 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1889 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1890 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1890 Census- Newark Ward 13, Essex, New Jersey
1895 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1898 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1901 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1902 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1904 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1906 City Directory- Newark, New Jersey, USA
1906 City Directory - Los Angeles, California, USA
1910 Census- Malibu, Los Angeles, California
1911 City Directory - Bakersfield, California, USA
1912 City Directory - Bakersfield, California, USA

Index card

Pension Card

Pension Card

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Sawtelle, California

Newspaper unk/Date unk 

Pension Card

Cemetery Interment Form