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

Joseph Ignatz Schlund (1837-1911)

Joseph Ignatz Schlund was born on October 28, 1837, in Germany, to Fidel and Maria Schlund. Joseph
Schlund left Liverpool, England, for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, arriving on March 22, 1853, at the age of 15. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Illinois 16th Infantry Regiment, Company H during the Civil War. He married Elizabeth Becker on February 4, 1864. They had five children in 12 years. He died on January 3, 1911, in Cook, Illinois, at the age of 73.


b. October 28, 1837 Immenstadt, Schwaben, Bavaria
d. January 3, 1911 Oak Park, Cook, Illinois
bur. 6 Jan 1911 Forest Home Cemetery, Cook, Illinois
m. Elisabeth Becker b. May 21, 1842 d. June 14, 1917
Married: February 4, 1864

1. Pauline Phillipina Schlund
b. October 31, 1865

Civil War Service

d. December 14, 1935
m. Emil Richard Haase b. 1 Feb 1856 d. 13 Jun 1947
Married on September 21, 1882

    a. Herbert E Haase
b. 21 Oct 1883
m. 16 Sep 1917 Louise Ann Miller b. abt 1891
 
b. Elmer Joseph Haase
b. 10 May 1886
d. 12 October 1932
m. Virginia Haase b. abt 1887
           
     
                                          1) Robert Haase
                                                b. 26 Aug 1911 d. 10 Apr 1996
                                          2) Richard Haase
                                                b. 5 Jan 1913 d. 28 Jul 2004
                                          3) Eleanor H. Phillips b. 3 May 1917 d. 28 Jun 2008
                                          4) Jane Haase b. abt 1922
                                   
 
c. Elsa E. Haase
b. 22 Jul 1893
d. Oct 1978
m. Courtland Swett b. 26 Dec 1892 d. Aug 1980
   
                                          1) Courtland R Swett b. 15 Jul 1924 d. 29 Mar 1998
                                          2) Leonard W. Swett b. 5 Dec 1928 d. 16 Nov 1997

Civil War service, Pension

d. Herald R Haase
b. abt 1896
 
e. Paul Ferdinand Haase
b. 23 Mar 1898
d. 8 Feb 1978
m. Edna M Haase b. abt 1904

                                        1) Peter P Haase b. abt 1929
                                        2) Paul F Hasse b. abt 1929
                                        3) Gretchen Haase b. abt 1934

2. Wilhelmina Elisabeth Schlund
b. November 22, 1867  Harlem, Cook, Illinois
d. July 1950
Married on 14 Oct 1891
                m. Edwin H Ehrman b. abt 1866 d. 13 Jun 1946                

Joseph Schlund GAR Memorial
Oak Leaves 1911

 
a. Helen Katherine Ehrman
b. abt 1894 d. May 1978
Married on 29 May 1917
                                m. Webster David Corlett b. 3 Aug 1891 d. May 1971
   
                                   1) W. D. Corlett b. 27 May 1918 d. 3 Jul 1998
                                   2) Barbara Corlett b. 4 Sep 1921 d. 5 Jul 2002
                                   3) Helen Corlett b. abt 1925
                                   4) Edwin H Corlett b. abt 1931
 
                        b. Wilhelmina Ehrman
                             b. 17 Jul 1899
                             d. 6 May 1984
                             m. Robert Craig Corlett b. 8 Jul 1894 d. Sep 1975
   
                                    1) Joan Corlett b. 26 Aug 1924 d. 19 Jan 2009
                                    2) Margaret Corlett b. abt 1929


      3. Kathrine Josephine Schlund
           b. July 7, 1869 Harlem, Cook, Illinois
           d. June 13, 1953
           Married on 7 Mar 1893
           m. Joseph A. Rueff b. abt 1868 d. 01/18/1907

                     a. Joseph A. Rueff
                     b.  Alwin J. Rueff   b. 1894

  4. Emma Victoria Schlund
             b. March 21, 1871 Harlem, Cook, Illinois
             d. April 16, 1948 Winter Park, Orange, Florida
             Married on 12 Mar 1895
             m. Charles L. Ransom b. Jan 1872 d. 1941
 
                    a. Catherine Ransom
                        b. Apr 1899

Hard to read, Joseph Schlund death notice
From Oak Park Leaves Newspaper January 1911

                        d. Feb 1977
                        m. Russell Beadle Chapman b. 1 Oct 1897 d. 7 May 1980

                                   1) Margaret Chapman b. abt 1919
                                   2) Charles L Chapman b. abt 1920
 
                   b. Elizabeth Ransom
                       b. Apr 1899
                       d. 21 Mar 1976
                       m. George Coffing Warner b. abt 1872 d. Mar 1963
 
                  c. Lois L Ransom

Passport Application

                      b. abt 1909

    5. Anna Julia Teresa Schlund
        b. January 14, 1878 Oak Park, Cook, Illinois
        Married on 24 Oct 1906
        m. Ray S. Huey b. 4 Jul 1876 d. Apr 1963
 
                  a.John G Huey b. abt 1911
 
            b. Elizabeth M Huey b. abt 1913

Additional information about Joseph Schlund

1870 Census- Proviso, Cook, Illinois

1900 Census- Cicero, Cook, Illinois

1910 Census- Oak Park, Cook, Illinois

Joseph Schlund Obituary

Fidel Schlund's Civil War Service

Fidel Anton Schlund served in the Civil War on the Union side as a member of the 69th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company E. Fidel joined the 69th on May 29, 1862 he mustered in on June 14, 1862. He mustered out on September 27, 1862. In addition to his service, 5 of his sons also served the United States on the Union side. 

At 57 years old he was older that the typical enlistee at the time, however skilled service men were in high demand and Fidel's previous training experience was needed. He enlisted in the 69th at the rank of Captain and recruited and trained other German men in the community. The 69th Regiment was organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, and he was mustered into service there on June 14, 1862. The Regiment remained on duty at Camp Douglas and guarded the camp and rebel prisoners of war.

Report of the adjutant general of the state of Illinois, Volume 4

The detailed report from the Illinois State archives has the following information listed about Fidel Schlund (misspelled as Schland).

Residence	CHICAGO, COOK CO, IL
Age	57
Height	5' 9
Hair	BROWN
Eyes	BLUE
Complexion	DARK
Marital Status	MARRIED
Occupation	AGENT

Picture of Camp Douglas, near Chicago, Illinois where seven thousand rebel prisoners are quartered.

Civil War Harper’s Weekly, April 5, 1862

Few documents and photos still exist from the 69^th Illinois regiment. This document, the discharge papers of Patrick Doyle an Irish immigrant in the Civil War, was signed by Captain Fidel Schlund.

I will be posting more in the next couple days about Fidel's sons Civil War service in the Union.