People of Schaumburg Township

Friederick "Fritz" Carl Gieseke  

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December 3, 1823

Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany

Johann Heinrich Gieseke and Justine Caroline Wilhelmine Schaper

Karolina Schutte
     b. February 17, 1829 in Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany.
    m. December 18, 1847 at St. Peters Church.
     d. July 30, 1899

1. Sophie Karoline Gieseke
   b. December 23, 1848 in Schaumburg, IL
   m. January 20, 1867 to Heinrich F. W. Wiese in St. Peters Church.
2. Federick Gieseke
   m. Karolina Schrage
3. Johann Gieseke
   m. Engel Meier
4. Augusta
   d. in infancy

1. He came to America in 1847.
2. The Gieseke homestead was at Roselle and Bode Roads just south of Higgins Road.
3. The Gieseke wedding was the first at St. Peters' Church. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Hoffman.
4. It was farmed until Bill Gieseke sold it during World War II.
5. The farm was purchased by Arthur Hammerstein, a Broadway producer and his wife, Dorothy Dalton, a silent film star.

**Information provided by Leroy Gieseke.