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Seraphin Wendling

Francois Seraphin “Seraphin” WendlingAge: 84 years18241908

Name
Francois Seraphin “Seraphin” Wendling
Given names
Francois Seraphin
Nickname
Seraphin
Surname
Wendling

François-Séraphin Wendling

Name
François-Séraphin Wendling
Given names
François-Séraphin
Surname
Wendling
Publication: http://gw.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=mjcl&lang=fr;p=andrea;n=schmitt

Franz Serephin Wendling

Name
Franz Serephin Wendling
Given names
Franz Serephin
Surname
Wendling
Birth March 23, 1824 24 25
Death of a paternal grandmotherCatherine Dietrich
March 10, 1825 (Age 11 months)
Birth of a sisterMarie-Victoire Wendling
December 23, 1827 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJean Baptiste Wendling
April 16, 1833 (Age 9 years)

Note: The Moser genealogy lists this date as 1-Jul-1832
Birth of a brotherFrançois-Antoine Wendling
April 16, 1833 (Age 9 years)

Death of a brotherJean Baptiste Wendling
December 31, 1834 (Age 10 years)

Note: The Moser genealogy lists this date as 9-May-1835.
Death of a brotherFrançois-Antoine Wendling
May 9, 1835 (Age 11 years)

Birth of a sisterMarie Rosalie Wendling
August 28, 1837 (Age 13 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherFrançois Antoine “Antoine” Suhr
July 4, 1842 (Age 18 years)
Publication: The Hélène and Thierry Bianco Genealogy website http://perso.wanadoo.fr/thierry.bianco/ Notre généalogie qui contient environ 20000 fiches concernant essentiellement la Provence et les Alpes du Sud, la région de Damery dans la Marne et celle de Grussenheim dans le Haut-Rhin. Nous effectuons des relevés systématiques car nous considérons que l'entraide et la mise en commun des données et des talents de chacun ( connaissance des lieux et des patronymes, histoire locale, paléographie, intuition...) sont les seuls moyens de constituer des généalogies aussi larges que possibles. [email protected]
Birth of a sisterMary-Anna Wendling
January 3, 1843 (Age 18 years)

MarriageMarie-Victoire DietschView this family
February 14, 1850 (Age 25 years)
Note: Abbé Seemann lists the wedding date as 2-feb-1850 in his letter to Mrs. Sweeney in 1980.
Death of a paternal grandfatherJean-Nepomuc Wendling
January 8, 1851 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Therese Marie-Agathe Wendling
February 5, 1851 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSalomée Barbara Allon
August 2, 1851 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Nicholas Seraphin “Seraphin” Wendling
June 4, 1854 (Age 30 years)
Note: The N.S. Wendling chronicle lists the birthdate as 02 JUN 1855. Since the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild says that the ship Mercury set sail in 1854 and arrived in the States in January of 1855 when Nicholas was 9 months old, it suggests that Nicholas was born in 1854 rather than 1855. So I went with the 1854 date in Karen Betts' genealogy
Emigration October 20, 1854 (Age 30 years)
Publication: Closson Press Apollo 1989
Citation details: Page 267
Text:
Last Name: Wendling First Name: Francois Seraph With: Wife and 2 Children Birth Year: 1824 Birthplace: Grussenheim Emigration: 10/20/1854 Destination: NY Source: Film
Text:
Ship Mercury 245 Seraphin Wendling 30 m France 246* V??toine Wendling 28 f France 247 Therese Wendling 5 f France 248 Seraphin Wendling 9mos m France
Publication: http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/ships.htm
Note: Arrived on the ship Mercury - a 3-masted, square-rigged ship. See the "Website: Immigrant Ships - Mercury" for more information about the vessel.
Residence 1854 (Age 29 years)
Address: Hartmann's farm "in the school lane"
Immigration January 27, 1855 (Age 30 years)
Text:
According to the Transcribers Guild, the ship docked in New York in January of 1855.
Note: Settled in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Birth of a son
#3
Frank A. Wendling
June 14, 1857 (Age 33 years)
Note: Other sources list only the year of 1856. Since Karen Betts' date was more complete I chose to go with that.
Birth of a son
#4
Delesfor Albert “Del” Wendling
May 3, 1858 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#5
John Wendling
June 12, 1861 (Age 37 years)
Publication:
Birth of a daughter
#6
Mary Wendling
April 10, 1863 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Victoria E. Wendling
April 10, 1863 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Magdalena “Lena” Wendling
January 20, 1865 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Anna M. Wendling
October 10, 1866 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a son
#10
Joseph Frederick Wendling
March 6, 1868 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#11
Ida Wendling
1869 (Age 44 years)

Death of a fatherFrançois Wendling
July 5, 1871 (Age 47 years)

Death of a motherMarie Madeleine Suhr
December 6, 1871 (Age 47 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Theresa Kerns
September 1874 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Anna Kerns
1875 (Age 50 years)
Death of a sisterMarie-Victoire Wendling
October 9, 1875 (Age 51 years)

Cause: Typhus
Birth of a grandson
#3
Joseph Kerns
May 1879 (Age 55 years)
Death of a daughterIda Wendling
1880 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Mary “Mamie” Kerns
March 1881 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Bernard S. Kerns
October 4, 1884 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
George Wendling
October 1885 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Lena Kerns
July 1886 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Mary Wendling
August 1887 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Lucy Kerns
May 1888 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Victoria “Dora” Wendling
September 1888 (Age 64 years)
Death of a sisterPaula-Salome Wendling
March 12, 1889 (Age 64 years)

Birth of a grandson
#11
John A. Wendling
October 1889 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Wendling
November 1889 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Mathilde Wendling
1890 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Magdalena “Lena” Wendling
June 13, 1891 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15
Seraphin Frederick Wendling
1892 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16
Carl Wendling
September 1892 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#17
Reynold J. Soener
September 16, 1892 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#18
Victoria Wendling
1894 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterMarie Madeleine Wendling
January 13, 18949:00 am (Age 69 years)
Publication: A newspaper clipping sent by Dolores Ingersoll.
Birth of a granddaughter
#19
Anna Marie Mohr
April 10, 1894 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#20
Joseph Carl Wendling
December 17, 1894 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#21
Marie M. “Mayme” Wendling
December 17, 1894 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#22
Dora A. Soener
1894 (Age 69 years)

Birth of a grandson
#23
Frank Wendling
1896 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
#24
William “Willie” Wendling
June 1896 (Age 72 years)

Birth of a grandson
#25
Frank Anthony Mohr
August 25, 1896 (Age 72 years)
Birth of a grandson
#26
Frank L. Wendling
May 5, 1897 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#27
Ann Wendling
1898 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#28
Julia Soener
July 12, 1898 (Age 74 years)
Birth of a grandson
#29
George Anthony Rahm
August 12, 1898 (Age 74 years)
Note: Social Security Index lists the birthdate as 13 aug 1898.
Birth of a granddaughter
#30
Tracy C. Wendling
March 1, 1900 (Age 75 years)
Note: Month and year from 1910 census.
Birth of a grandson
#31
Matthew C. Mohr
1900 (Age 75 years)
Death of a daughterTherese Marie-Agathe Wendling
April 26, 1900 (Age 76 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#32
Mary Wendling
1901 (Age 76 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#33
Hilda L. Soener
May 29, 1902 (Age 78 years)

Birth of a grandson
#34
Louis Emil Rahm
July 25, 1903 (Age 79 years)
Birth of a grandson
#35
Louis W. Soener
June 25, 1904 (Age 80 years)

Birth of a grandson
#36
Joseph A. “Joe” Wendling
1905 (Age 80 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#37
Anna M. Wendling
August 15, 1905 (Age 81 years)
Death of a wifeMarie-Victoire Dietsch
October 23, 1905 (Age 81 years)
Address: Home of her daughter, Anna Soener
Birth of a grandson
#38
William H. “Bill” Wendling
September 2, 1906 (Age 82 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#39
Barbara E. Wendling
November 21, 1906 (Age 82 years)
Birth of a grandson
#40
Robert A. Soener
February 3, 1907 (Age 82 years)

Birth of a grandson
#41
Lawrence John Rahm
July 6, 1907 (Age 83 years)
Residence
Number of childrenMarie-Victoire DietschView this family
10

Death July 20, 1908 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery: St. John's
Tombstone of Seraphin and Victoria Dietsch Wendling
Tombstone of Seraphin and Victoria Dietsch Wendling

Note: St. John's Cemetery, Independence, Iowa, USA

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 18, 1818Grussenheim, Canton of Andolsheim, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
14 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
2 years
himself
4 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Mother’s family with Martin Dietsch - View this family
step-father
Martin Dietsch
Birth: 1792Grussenheim, Canton of Andolsheim, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Death: 1818Grussenheim, Canton of Andolsheim, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
mother
Marriage: February 23, 1816Grussenheim, Canton of Andolsheim, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Family with Marie-Victoire Dietsch - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: February 14, 1850Grussenheim, Canton of Andolsheim, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
1 year
daughter
3 years
son
3 years
son
11 months
son
3 years
son
22 months
daughter
Mary Wendling MohrMary Wendling
Birth: April 10, 1863 39 37Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Death: June 16, 1928St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
daughter
Victoria E. Wendling BuhnerVictoria E. Wendling
Birth: April 10, 1863 39 37Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Death: May 14, 1937Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
21 months
daughter
21 months
daughter
17 months
son
22 months
daughter

BirthCorrespondence from Abbé Raymond Seemann to Mrs. Sweeney
MarriageCorrespondence from Abbé Raymond Seemann to Mrs. Sweeney
EmigrationBook: The Alsace Emigration Book, Volume 1
Publication: Closson Press Apollo 1989
Citation details: Page 267
Text:
Last Name: Wendling First Name: Francois Seraph With: Wife and 2 Children Birth Year: 1824 Birthplace: Grussenheim Emigration: 10/20/1854 Destination: NY Source: Film
EmigrationImmigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: Volume 7 - Ship Mercury
Text:
Ship Mercury 245 Seraphin Wendling 30 m France 246* V??toine Wendling 28 f France 247 Therese Wendling 5 f France 248 Seraphin Wendling 9mos m France
EmigrationWebsite: Immigrant Ships - Mercury
Publication: http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/ships.htm
ImmigrationImmigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: Volume 7 - Ship Mercury
Text:
According to the Transcribers Guild, the ship docked in New York in January of 1855.
ImmigrationObituary, Bulletin-Journal: Seraphin Wendling
Number of children1900 US Census: Iowa, Buchanan, Washington, Ward 4, page 4A
NameGénéalogie de Gérard Moser
Publication: http://gw.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=mjcl&lang=fr;p=andrea;n=schmitt
NameChronicle: The Grussenheim Papers, English Translation
BurialWebsite: Wendlings.com
NoteObituary, Bulletin-Journal: Seraphin Wendling
SourceChronicle: The Grussenheim Papers, English Translation
Citation details: page 27
Text:
She married Franz Serephin Wendling of Hartman's farm in the school lane on 14.2.1850. They traveled to America in the year 1855 and settled in Independence in the state of Iowa, westerly from Chicago. There they worked a farm of 80 Hektar /200 acres7. They have two children, Maria Agatha and Nicolaus Serephin. The latter will be the ancestor for the Wendling's of Independence, Iowa. The farm exists today and is now in the fourth generation and is owned by James Wendling.


Note:
Introductory letter from Marg Saunders: Alice Mosley Siedelman and Barbara Mosley Peck have been working for over twenty years researching our family's history. A few others have joined with them, but the bulk of the work and time has been theirs. Recently Janet Fries of Bloomington received some very interesting papers and she passed them on to Barb and Alice. These papers are 12½ single spaced, typewritten pages. They were compiled by Abbe Raymond Seeman of Grussenheim, France. This is a part of his ongoing search for the descendants of the villagers of Grussenheim. There was only one problem with these papers. They were written in medieval and modern French and German. We tried, unsuccessfully, to find someone who would translate the papers for us. Being stubborn and naive, I decided to translate the papers myself. I was fully immerged and in eminant danger of being fully submerged, when a good friend came to my rescue. Inga Kremeyer is a well educated lady who speaks German and French. She was raised in Germany and has a good understanding of German-French history. After I had researched each word, and listed all the possible meanings, Inga and I would place ourselves mentally into the historical time frame and then Inga would translate. As she read, I would check the words against my research and sometimes I was able to correlate English words or terms that eluded Inga. There is one word that we were unable to translate: SIGRESTEN. If you know the meaning, please let us know.* I have placed this document in notebook form so that it can be expanded. When we have more information we will share it. At the end of the papers you will find a form that you can use for your own family history sheet. - I have used slash marks (/) to separate my own comments from the main body of the translations. I hope these comments and explanations will clarify the more confused parts of the papers. You will also note that the European method of dating has been used. Example: 29.5.1856, 29th of May, 1856 — day/month/year. If you can add anything to our information about our family, we would like to hear from you. ------ *As we go to the printer's, we have found the meaning of the word "Sigresten". It is of Swiss dialect, a sacristan, an officer in church entrusted with the care of the sacristy, a sexton.
Note: The footnotes in the pdf version of the document refer to the "Corrections to the Translation of the Grussenheim Papers" by Abbe Raymond Seemann. You can find that document in the Mulitmedia Object section below.
SourceWebsite: Wendlings.com
Text:
Francois Seraphin and Mary Victoria came to America, arriving through the port of New York Jan. 27 1855 with two children, Theresa and Nicholas Seraphin, having sailed on the ship Mercury from Le Havre, France. They located near Naperville IL., had nine more children while living there the next sixteen years, then moved to Independence, IA where they spent the rest of their lives. Great-great grandparents Wendling are buried in St. John's cemetery, Independence, IA.
Source1895 Iowa State Census
Text:
Name: Seraphin Wendling Age: 70 Race: W Birthplace: Germany Residence: Washington, Buchanan
Source1900 US Census: Iowa, Buchanan, Washington, Ward 4, page 4A
Text:
Name: Sylam Wendling Home in 1900: Washington, Buchanan, Iowa Age: 76 Estimated birth year: abt 1824 Birthplace: Germany Relationship to head-of-house: Head Spouse's name: Victoria Race: White Occupation: View Image Immigration year: 1855 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Sylam Wendling 76 Victoria Wendling 73
Source1880 US Census: Iowa, Buchanan, Washington, page 18
Text:
Name: Seraphine Wendling Home in 1880: Washington, Buchanan, Iowa Age: 56 Estimated birth year: abt 1824 Birthplace: FRA Relation to head-of-household: Self Spouse's name: Victoria Father's birthplace: FRA Mother's birthplace: FRA Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Seraphine Wendling 56 Victoria Wendling 54 Delesford Wendling 21 John Wendling 19 Mary Wendling 17 Victoria Wendling 17 Magdelena Wendling 15 Anna Wendling 13 Joseph Wendling 12
Source1870 US Census: Iowa, Buchanan, Washington, page 5
Text:
Name: Seraphin Wendling Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Age in 1870: 46 BirthPlace: Germany Home in 1870: Washington, Buchanan, Iowa Family and Neighbors: View Results Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View Image Post Office: Independence
Marriage
Abbé Seemann lists the wedding date as 2-feb-1850 in his letter to Mrs. Sweeney in 1980.
Emigration
Arrived on the ship Mercury - a 3-masted, square-rigged ship. See the "Website: Immigrant Ships - Mercury" for more information about the vessel.
Immigration
Settled in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Note
Moved to Buchanan County, Iowa in 1868.
Note
Applied for citizenship 18 March 1868. See media section for original documents. The Ingersoll genealogy says that Seraphin applied for citizenship in Buchanan County, Iowa, 13-feb-1875 at which time he had been residing in the U.S. for 5 years.
Note
Marie-Victoire is Seraphin's wife, his sister-in-law, and his 3rd cousin.
ResidenceWendling Farm, Independence, Iowa, USAWendling Farm, Independence, Iowa, USA
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Note: St. John's Cemetery, Independence, Iowa, USA
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Ensmenger Bros Independence Iowa
NoteLegal Citizenship Application: Seraphin Wendling - page 1Legal Citizenship Application: Seraphin Wendling - page 1
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