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- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF IDA MARIA SOPHIA (HENNING) SCHULZ
born 6 December 1876 in Endor, Crete Township, Will County, Illinois
died 5 September 1954 in Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Michigan
resident of Endor, Crete Township, Will County, Illinois, 1876−1902
and of Steger, Will County, Illinois, 1902−1910
as told in August 1948 to her husband, the Rev. Helmuth Frederick Carl Schulz
edited and annotated by their grandson Michael Schulz [1]
Childhood
My parents were William Henry Henning and Carolina Fanter. My father (born 8 August 1832
[2] in Germany) and my mother (born 11 August 1837 [3] in Germany) were married 8 October
1865 in Germany [4].
My parents emigrated from Germany to the United States about 1872 [5] and settled in Chicago,
where my father was employed in the stockyards. They moved during 1876 to the vicinity of
Crete (Will County), where they had bought a small farm about 5 miles east of Crete [6].
While my parents lived in Chicago, they were members there of one of our Lutheran churches,
but I do not know of which one [7]. When they moved in 1876 to the vicinity of Crete, they
became members of Trinity Lutheran Church.
I was born 6 December 1876 about 5 miles east of Crete village and baptized 17 December 1876
at Trinity Church by Pastor Gottlieb Traub, who was at that time in charge of the congregation.
During my entire childhood I attended Trinity Lutheran school. The enrollment of this school
was general, with 3 capable teachers in charge of it. When I had attained the age of 12 years, I began attending Confirmation classes. At this time Trinity Congregation had two pastors, Rev. E. A. Brauer and Rev. F. E. Brauer, father and son. Both pastors had charge of the classes. On some days Pastor Brauer, Sr., would instruct us, on other days Pastor Brauer, Jr. I was confirmed at Trinity Church on Palm Sunday, 30 March 1890. There were 30 children in my class, and the service was impressive. My parents were blessed with 9 children: Mary, born 18 May 1866 in Germany [8]; Frank, born 12 April 1868 in Germany [9]; Herman, born 15 April 1870 in Germany [10]; Ferdinand, born 16 Nov 1874 in Chicago but died when 11 months old; William, born 15 Nov 1875 in Chicago [11]; Ida, born 6 Dec 1876 in Crete [12]; Edward, born 1 Sept 1880 in Crete [13]; one brother, stillborn in Crete; and Emma, born 2 Nov 1885 but died when 5 months old [14]. Three of those children (Mary, Ida, and Edward) are still alive [as of 1948].
Youth
My parents were faithful members of our Lutheran Church. They regularly attended Public
Service and Holy Communion. They reared us children in the fear of God and showed us the
way to life yonder. We children can never repay what they have done for us.
My mother taught me how to do good housework (how to cook, how to bake, how to sew).
Mother was hard to beat in that line. As a result, I did much housework, cooking, and baking in
the homes of people in Crete, Chicago Heights, and Chicago. Many times I was at home,
helping out mother. I attended Trinity Church when I was at home in Crete [Township], St.
Paul’s Church when I was in Chicago Heights, and St. Stephen’s Church when I was in Chicago.
Although I cannot play the organ, nevertheless I enjoy music from the bottom of my heart. From
childhood to this day, I have enjoyed good, sound music, but especially sacred music as we have
it in the [hymn] books of our Church. I was a member of Trinity Lutheran Choir in Crete for
some time. The choir would sing on Communion Sunday but also on other occasions. I still
have my choir book and take a look at it from time to time.
Bible Study hours were conducted at Trinity Lutheran School in Crete by the pastor on
Wednesday evenings. Those hours, in which we discussed the doctrines of Scripture, were very
interesting. Like other young people, I attended them whenever I could make it possible. The
attendance was good, both from the village and from the country.
At the marriage and wedding of Rev. Herman Ebeling [15] of Snohomish, Wash., and Miss
Mary Griese of Chicago Heights in 1899, I learned to know Student Helmuth F. C. Schulz of
Steger, Illinois [16]. Both he and I were witnesses of the marriage at St. Paul’s Church, Chicago
Heights. The wedding dinner took place at the home of the bride, whose parents were Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Griese [8].
When Candidate Helmuth F. C. Schulz, my future husband, was ordained 29 July 1900 and
installed as pastor of Immanuel Church in Steger by Pastor F. E. Brauer of Crete, the choir of
Trinity Church (Crete) sang a beautiful selection [of hymns]. As a member of the choir, I sang
soprano and took an active part in the program. The service was impressive and the church was
filled to its utmost capacity. The interior of the church had been decorated in a very appropriate
manner. One member of the congregation handed the new pastor a written poem of welcome.
Marriage
It was on 16 July 1902 when I entered the holy estate of matrimony with Rev. Helmuth Frederick
Carl Schulz, pastor of Immanuel Church, Steger. The marriage service took place at Trinity
Church in Crete. The Rev. F. E. Brauer, pastor of the church, based his marriage address on
chapter 24 of the Book of Genesis. After the address he performed the marriage ceremony. The
congregation sang the hymn “Let us ever walk with Jesus.†This hymn of our church is my
favorite hymn. After the service a wedding supper was served at the home of my parents, and
happy hours were spent in the fear of God. Witnesses of our marriage were Edward Henning of
Crete, Clara Schulz of Buffalo, N.Y., William Henning of Crete, Bertha Stein of Steger,
Johannes Milleville of Chicago [17], and Louise Griese of Chicago Heights. Within a week after
the marriage, I followed my husband to Steger. I joined Immanuel Church, and so my husband
became also my pastor.
Three children were born to us at Steger: Magdalene Cordelia Ida Schulz, born 13 April 1904
[18]; Helmuth Martin Walter Schulz, born 14 June 1906 [19]; and Leona Alvina Martha Schulz,
born 23 August 1907 [20].
Steger is located in two counties, Cook and Will. Our 3 children were born in the southern
section of Steger and therefore in Will County. Both the church and the parsonage are in the
southern section of Steger. The county seat of Will County is Joliet.
Adelbert Daniel Waldemar Schulz was born to us on 27 September 1916 in Deerfield Township,
Lenawee County, Michigan [21]. He died there 26 February 1918 at the age of but 1 year, 4
months, and 29 days. Funeral services were held 1 March 1918. Pastor O. Luebke of Petersburg
(Michigan) preached the German sermon, and Pastor F. Schwede of Britton, Mich., preached the
English sermon. Both pastors preached on the same text, Isaiah 40:11. Interment took place in
the Lutheran Cemetery, one mile west of the [Deerfield] church.
While we were still in Deerfield Township, we received Glenn Robert Schulz on 20 August 1918
from the [Lutheran] Children’s Friend Society of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born 9 April
1918 in Columbus, Ohio [22]. As with our other children, so we have reared him in the fear of
the Lord and have rendered to him the same parental care. On 7 January 1937 we adopted him
legally in the Probate Court of Charlevoix County, Michigan [23].
Travels [i.e., Relocations]
The life of a pastor means travel. Where the Lord sends him, there he has to go. When therefore
my husband moved, then I moved. Where he went, there I went. I firmly believe that the place
of a woman is beside here husband. She wants to be with him [24].
In November 1910 we moved to Ashland, Wisconsin, where my husband was installed 11
December 1910 as pastor of Zion Church by Pastor E. G. Georgii of Glidden, Wisconsin. In
addition my husband had charge of St. John’s Church in Washburn and of 2 preaching stations,
Bayfield and Cornucopia, for 2 years.
Due to a nervous breakdown at Ashland, my husband resigned from Zion Church in July 1914.
We moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in September 1914. Here we kept roomers and boarders to
make a living.
When my husband regained his health, we moved in April 1915 to Deerfield Township, Lenawee
County, Michigan, where my husband was installed 18 April 1915 as pastor of Zion Church by
his predecessor, Pastor Thomas Schoech.
It was on 20 December 1919 that my mother Caroline Henning, née Vanter (born 11 August
1837 [3] in Germany), died in Crete [25] at the age of 82 years, 4 months, and 9 days. Burial
was made 24 December 1919 at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Crete [25].
In December 1920 we moved to Herron, Alpena County, Michigan, where my husband was
installed 12 December 1920 as pastor of St. Paul’s Church by Pastor F. W. Heumann of Alpena,
Michigan. In addition, my husband preached from time to time in private homes south of Spratt,
about 8 miles west of the Herron Church.
In January 1928 we moved to Petoskey, Michigan, where my husband was installed 5 February
1928 as pastor of Zion Church by Pastor C. A. Rook of Traverse City, Michigan. In addition,
my husband had charge of Christ Church in Boyne City, of [another] Christ Church located 5
miles northeast of East Jordan, and of St. Peter’s Church located 3 miles west of Brutus [26].
It was on 3 December 1933 that my father William Henry Henning (born 8 August 1832 in
Germany) died at Chicago Heights at the age of 101 years, 3 months, and 25 days [2]. Burial
was made 5 December 1933 at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Crete [27].
Where my husband was stationed, there I was an active member of the Ladies’ Aid Society: in
the Immanuel Society at Steger; in the Zion Society at Ashland; in the Zion Society at Deerfield,
where I was president for 1 year; in St. Paul’s Society at Herron, where I was president and
treasurer for 7 years; in the Zion Society at Petoskey, and in the Christ Society at Boyne City,
Michigan.
The Eve of Life
The years have rolled by. The eve of life is here. However, our hearts are cheerful in the Lord,
who will guide and keep us. He will have a watchful eye over us and by His grace take care of
us. Like David, so we say (Psalm 27:1), “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I
fear? The Lord is my strength and my life; of whom shall I be afraid?â€
On 13 November 1934 we moved to Boyne City, Michigan, where we had bought our own
home. We reside at 106 North East Street. Our home is close to the business district, close to
the heart of the city. Our home is pretty; we like it much.
My husband, who in 1935 resigned from the Parish of Petoskey (composed of 4 congregations)
due to a complete breakdown of his health, still helps out in emergencies, in cases of necessity,
and still plays the organ at church. I, too, still do my housework. I cook, I bake, I sew, which I
enjoy to this day. I still like my flowers, of which I am proud, of which I take care myself.
“Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes,
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies.
Heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!â€
[Ida Maria Sophia (Henning) Schulz died 5 September 1954 at home in Boyne City, age 77. She
was buried 7 September 1954 at Maple Lawn Cemetery, Boyne City, with Pastor Richard Noffze
presiding. Pastor Schulz died 18 April 1971 in Alpena, Michigan. His autobiography will
appear in a subsequent issue of Landsmann.]
Notes by Michael Schulz
[1] Editing has been kept light to preserve the flavor of the original, but some of the phrasing
has been streamlined. In particular, I have reduced the number of commas by changing dates to
military format. Square-bracketed numerals and other remarks refer to clarifications and to more
recent discoveries.
[2] I have not found the original record of Wilhelm Henning’s birth. Several census records
(1880−1920) and his death certificate (which identifies his father only as “John Henningâ€) say or
imply that he was born in 1834. His death certificate (with John C. Griese as informant) called
him “William Henry Henning.†Local newspaper obituaries called him “William C. Henning.â€
Several Henning families who resided in the parishes of Sanzkow (see note [3]) and Sophienhof
(see note [5]) produced children around the time of his birth and childhood:
Johann Carl Henning (* ca 1810 Daberkow) ∞ Pauline Christine [or Karoline] Unruh (* ca 1817
Sanzkow, ∞ 28 April 1839 Sanzkow). Children:
1. Christian Friedrich Martin, * 23 March 1839 Sanzkow [vorehelich]
2. Karl Johann Philipp Ludwig August, * 25 January 1842 Sophienhof, †26 August 1842
3. Karoline Auguste Dorothea, * 7 March 1844 Sophienhof
Joachim Henning ∞ Marie Ott (residing in Kletzin). Six children born 1845−1859.
Johann Wilhelm Henning (* ca 1804) ∞ Marie Schulz (* 6 April 1804 Sanzkow, ∞ 14 Nov 1828
Sanzkow). Children:
1. Johann Christian Theodor, * 5 Aug 1829 Sanzkow
2. Friederike Caroline Dorothea, * 27 Aug 1831 Sanzkow
3. unbaptized child, * 5 March 1835 Ueckeritz, †16 March 1835 Ueckeritz (age 11 days)
4. unbaptized son, * 6 Aug 1836 Ueckeritz, †7 Aug 1836 Ueckeritz (age 14 hours)
Here I have used standard German genealogical notation (* = born, ∞ = married, †= died).
Wilhelm Henning could not have been born in August 1834 to this last set of parents, because an
infant premature by 3 months or more could not have lived as long as 11 days in 1835. A birth
year of 1832 or 1833 for Wilhelm Henning would be consistent with the above data, but there is
no real evidence that he was born to any of the above families. He may well have been born to a
different Henning family in a different village in a different parish.
Sophienhof parish records also document the death (22 June 1858 in Cletzin) of Caroline
Henning at age 21 years, 5 months, 21 days (implying a birth date of 7 January 1837, which is
similarly inconsistent with the above family data). There is no record of her actual birth in the
Sanzkow or Sophienhof parish registers.
For completeness, in case this turns out to be Wilhelm Henning’ family after all, their Ahnentafel
is as follows:
1. Johann Christian Theodor Henning, * 5 Aug 1829 Sanzkow
2. Johann Wilhelm Henning, born ca 1804, ∞ 14 Nov 1828 Sanzkow
3. Marie Elisabeth Caroline Schulz, * 6 April 1804 Sanzkow
6. Jacob Schulz, ∞ 12 Oct 1800 Sanzkow
7. Margarethe Louise Volksdorff, * 25 June 1774
14. Christian Christoph Volksdorff, ∞ 9 Nov 1770 Sanzkow, †before 1800
15. Sophia Regina Witt, * 23 March 1746 Sanzkow
28. Michael Volksdorff
30. Johann Martin Witt
31. Anna Müller ?
[3] Caroline Fanter (variously spelled Vanter/Vander/Fander both in Germany and in America)
was in fact born 11 August 1839 (not 1837) in Teusin, Kreis Demmin. This was in Prussian
Pomerania (preußisch Pommern) about 12 km from Prussia’ border with the then grand duchy
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Her Ahnentafel, as far as I have been able to reconstruct it from
Sanzkow parish registers (located as of 1991 in the Demmin church office), is as follows:
1. Johanne Friederike Caroline Fanter, * 11 Aug 1839 Teusin, †20 Dec 1919 Chicago Heights
2. Johann Carl Michael Vanter, * 1 January 1816 (unehelich) at Sanzkow
3. Helene Ebert, †before Sept 1872
4. Joachim Vanter (? from Wüstenfelde)
5. Helena Dorothea Jonas, * 1 April 1792 Sanzkow
10. Christian Jonas, * ca 1762, ∞ 1788 Sanzkow, ? †4 Feb 1815 Sanzkow
11. Dorothea Witt, * ca 1756, †12 Feb 1829 Sanzkow
20. Caspar Jonas
22. Martin Witt
23. Anna Müller ?
Children of Johann Fanter and Helene Ebert:
1. Wilhelmine, * 12 June 1837 Plestlin [from Sanzkow confirmation record]
2. Johanne Friederike Caroline, * 11 August 1839 Teusin
3. Johanne Marie Dorothea, * 18 June 1842 Teusin, see note [5]
4. Johann Friedrich Ernst, * 24 July 1845 Teusin, see note [5]
∞ 21 Sept 1872 Cletzin to Caroline Louise Christiane Buschhagen (* 27 Sept 1849)
5. Sophie Friederike Johanne, * 9 June 1849 Teusin, see note [5]
6. Sophie Johanne Luise, * 11 May 1852 Teusin, †26 July 1852 Teusin
[4] The marriage took place 7 October 1865 in Cletzin (now spelled Kletzin), part of Pfarramt
(parish) Sophienhof, Kreis Demmin [LDS/FHL microfilm 1334623, item 1; from Staatsarchiv
Greifswald, 1982]. Both bride and groom were recorded as being 26 years old at the time.
Caroline’ parents had given their written permission for the marriage. Wilhelm’ parents were
not asked, since they had emigrated to Russia: “ie Eltern sind nach Rußland ausgewandert.â€
[5] The steamship Hammonia departed Hamburg 13 March 1872 and arrived 28 March 1872 at
New York harbor. Passengers included “m Henning, 33; Caroline, 32; Marie, 6; Franz, 3;
Hermann, 9 m; Marie Fander, 32; Friedke, 23; Dora Henning, 60; Marie, 25,â€all traveling
together, all from Ueckeritz. This was my first clue as to the Henning family’ village in
Germany. Ãœckeritz (Kr. Demmin) is a small village near Kletzin. It is likewise part of Pfarramt
Sophienhof and is not the larger Baltic resort town of that name on the island of Usedom.
Wilhelm Henning appears to have been described in the passenger list as “rbr,â€probably
meaning laborer (Arbeiter). Marie and Friederike Fander were described as single (ledig). I am
not certain who Dora Henning was. The Sophienhof parish register does show a marriage (11
January 1839) of Johanne Dorothea Henning (age 28, not previously married) to the widower
Wilhelm Johann Heinrich Brehme (age 42); the birth (29 June 1839) of their daughter Marie
Friederike Karoline Brehme; and the death (10 March 1840) of Wilhelm Joachim Heinrich
Bremer [sic] at age 41 years, 6 months, and 24 days.
Johann Fanter and Caroline Buschhagen (see note [3]) from Ueckeritz emigrated 5 Oct 1872
from Hamburg on the steamship Alemannia. Listed immediately above them were members of a
Henning family from Zemmin (near Tutow): Carl, 23; Caroline, 22; Anna, 1; Wilhe, 11 mo.
[6] Plat maps from 1893 and 1909 show “m. Henningâ€as the owner of 5 acres (the western
half of Lot 1) on the south side of Burville Road in Section 13 of Crete Twp (in the NE quarter
of the SW quarter of Sec 13, to be precise). The 1909 plat map (see excerpt reproduced here)
also shows “. H.â€as the owner of 2.5 acres about 200 yards north of William Henning’ 5
acres. Mildred Voigts [MV, 2000] confirms that our Wilhelm Henning (* ca 1833) owned both
parcels.
A book given (probably in 1889) by Pastor Brauer to my grandmother is inscribed to “da
Henning, Beebe Grove, Ills., zu Weihnachten.â€Beebe Grove was first settled circa 1835 near
the boundary between sections 1 and 12 [Where the Trails Cross, 11:3, p. 82, Spring 1981]. A
book owned by Ida’ brother William Henning (see note [11]) is inscribed with his name and
“ndor, Illinoisâ€[MV, 1979]. According to plat maps from 1873, 1893, and 1909, Endor was
then centered near the western boundary of Section 18 (immediately east of Section 13) in the
eastern portion of Crete Twp. Howard Piepenbrink advises me that Endor was regarded as part
of Beebe Grove, which was itself an uncorporated region in the northeastern part of Crete Twp.
[7] According to Richard Shea, the Chicago address specified in note 11 would have belonged
to the neighborhood of First St. John’ Church. Records from First St. John’ Church are located
at Concordia Historical Institute (St. Louis, MO).
[8] The birth of Marie Friederike Wilhelmine Henning on this date (18 May 1866) is recorded
in the Cletzin church register. Her 1880 confirmation record at St. John’ Church in Eagle Lake
(Washington Township, Will County) specifies the same birth date. On 21 August 1892 she
married August Johann Griese (age 29, son of Theodore Griese and Bertha geb. Kabbe) at
Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete. The Griese family had come to Illinois in 1872 from near
Stralsund in Pommern. Records of St. Paul’ Lutheran Church in Chicago Heights note the
deaths of a Johann D. Griese (* 8 March 1831, †7 February 1904 Chicago Heights), who had
come to Illinois with Theo, and a Mother Friederike Griese (* 31 December 1846, †6 October
1923 Hammond, IN).
[9] The birth of Franz Ferdinand Henning is not mentioned in the Cletzin church registers, but
his 1882 confirmation record at St. John’ Church in Eagle Lake specifies the same birth date (12
April 1868). Franz Wilhelm Carl (Frank) Henning married Augusta Griese (1871−1942) on 28
May 1891. He died 17 March 1947 and is buried in the northern section of Trinity Cemetery,
Crete. Indexed records from St. John’ Church in Eagle Lake, as well as from Trinity and Zion
Cemeteries in Crete, are among the extractions posted by Edwin C. Friedrich and Karen Rowe at
<http://feefhs.org/ecf/indexecf.html>. Frank Henning (* 1868) was a lifelong farmer, mostly on
the Walkerly and Henning farms in Endor, but also for four years around 1920 near Warren, MN
[MV, 2000].
[10] The birth of Hermann Johann Friedrich Henning on this date (15 April 1870) is recorded in
the Cletzin church register. Herman Henning departed suddenly from Crete in 1913, and the
family never heard from him again [MV, 1996].
[11] The birth of this William Henning (indexed as “enning, W Caroline &â€on LDS/FHL
microfiche #6016532, page 7749, card #29) is recorded in Chicago’ civil register [LDS/FHL
microfilm #1287722, Book D:107:37], where it is noted that the family lived at 208 Augusta,
Ward 15. This was before the 1908 revision of Chicago’ street numbers. The record of his
confirmation as Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Henning (Palm Sunday, 14 April 1889, at Trinity
Church in Crete) specifies the same birth date (15 Nov 1875). He married Olga Neitzel (later
divorced). Two sons (Johann Paul Henning, * 1 Feb 1921; Herman Eduard Wilhelm Henning, *
18 July 1923) were baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Crete. Mildred Voigts reported in 1981
that John was living in Missouri and that Herman was living in Indiana as Herman Anton, having
taken on the family name of Olga’ second husband. William Henning Jr. (* 1875) worked at
Faithorn, Crete Twp., for the railroad. He later moved to Royal Oak, MI, where he died in an
automobile accident.
[12] The birth of Ida Maria Sophia Henning on this date (6 Dec 1876) is recorded at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Crete.
[13] Eduard Henning’ birth date (1 Sept 1880) is recorded at St. John’ Church, Eagle Lake.
He was confirmed 18 March 1894 (Palm Sunday) at Trinity Church, Crete. On 14 Oct 1915 he
married Emma Schrage (1883−1958) at Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete. Ed worked at Faithorn
for the railroad and later owned a welding shop where the Crete police station now stands [MV,
2000]. He died in 1964 and is buried in the north section of Trinity Cemetery, Crete. My father
wrote that Ed had worked as an engineer with the Crete Water Works.
[14] The birth (2 Nov 1885) and death of Emma Henning (19 April 1886 at age 5 months, 17
days) are recorded at Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete.
[15] Hermann C. Ebeling’ parents were Mathilde (Herzog) and Christian Ebeling.
[16] My grandfather Helmuth F. C. Schulz studied for the ministry 1893−1900 at Concordia
Seminary in Springfield, Illinois. He served the Steger community as student pastor before being
called by the congregation to become founding pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Steger.
[17] Johannes Milleville was a second cousin of my grandfather Helmuth F. C. Schulz. Both
families were part of the “ld Lutheranâ€migration of 1843−47 from Brandenburg’ Uckermark
region and adjoining parts of Pommern to Niagara County, NY. Part of the Milleville family
later migrated in 1866 from Bergholz, Niagara Co., NY, to Altamont, Effingham Co., IL.
Gustavus H. Milleville (father of Johannes) later moved from Altamont to Chicago.
[18] Magdalene Schulz (1904−1994) married Rudolf Reinhold August Gohlke (1901−1964) on
21 June 1928 at Alpena, MI. They named their children Roland (1929−2000) and Joanne (*
1933).
[19] My father Helmuth M. W. Schulz (1906−1998) married Annette Elaine Marie Steimel
(1911−1991) on 10 July 1940 at her parents’home in Boyne City, MI. I was born 14 July 1943
in Petoskey, MI.
[20] Leona Schulz (1907−1994) married the Rev. Erwin L. Wendling (1902−1982) from Mason,
IL, a 1929 graduate of Concordia Seminary, Springfield. Their children are named Reuben and
Ruth.
[21] Relocations of the family to Deerfield and elsewhere are described in the next section.
[22] Glenn’ birth mother was named Selma Bohn. My father told me she was the daughter of a
Lutheran pastor in Ohio, and that Glenn’ biological father was named Robert Glenn.
[23] As a U. S. Marine on Wake Island, Glenn was captured 23 Dec 1941 and spent 44 months
as a POW (mostly in Osaka, Japan). After the war he married twice (Virginia Crump, Verna
Swenson). The father of a daughter (* 1947) and a son (* 1956), Glenn died 30 April 1956 in a
car accident on Torrey Pines Grade (San Diego County, CA).
[24] Of course she does. However, all this was written by her husband in 1948, when life’
major decisions were his to make unilaterally.
[25] Her true age was 80 years, 4 months, and 9 days. She died at 1551 Thorn Street, Chicago
Heights, the home of her daughter Mary (Mrs. John C. Griese, see note [8]). The funeral was
held at Zion Lutheran Church in Crete, and burial was in Zion Cemetery, which adjoins Trinity
Cemetery.
[26] Christ Lutheran Church, “ocated 5 miles northeast of East Jordan,â€is also known as the
Wilson Township church. It is located on Wilson Road near the community called Advance,
about 3 miles west of Boyne City. St. Peter’ Lutheran Church, located 3 miles west of Brutus,
is no longer active.
[27] His funeral was held at St. Paul’ Lutheran Church in Chicago Heights. He had been living
since July 1920 at 1551 Thorn Street, Chicago Heights. Burial was next to his wife in Zion
Cemetery, Crete. A gravestone for William and Caroline Henning has marked this location since
20 August 1985. This was too late for inclusion in the Trinity-Zion database published in Where
the Trails Cross [11:3, p. 96−124, Spring 1981] and indexed by Karen Rowe for Internet access at <http://feefhs.org/usa/il/will/crete/cem-tlz/tlzi.html>. While serving 1870−71 in the Franco-Prussian War, Wilhelm Henning was wounded in the arm by a French soldier’ bayonet. Emigration to America helped him and his family escape the militarism of Bismarck’ régime. Wilhelm Henning learned basket-weaving from some Native American friends in the Crete area. At least one example of his handiwork survives.
Acknowledgments
I thank Pastorin Friderun Gerlach of Demmin for access to the Sanzkow parish registers; my cousin Mildred (Henning) Voigts [MV] and my late father Helmuth M. W. Schulz for various clarifications; and my cousin Linda Kay (Gohlke) Bryant for copies of William and Caroline Henning’ death certificates, as well as for her advice in constructing Ahnentafeln from the available data. I also thank Ellen L. Herrmann, Edwin C. Friedrich, and Howard Piepenbrink for providing me with copies of Crete area plat maps. Finally, I thank Richard Shea for many helpful suggestions and for sharing numerous research results. I have abbreviated or omitted some information about living persons to help maintain their privacy.
Biographical Note
Michael Schulz, editor of this article, is a physicist (space researcher) by profession. He works at Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto and resides at 1037 Twin Oak Court, Redwood City, CA 94061.
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