All books using the keywords: Tom Wagner

This book chronicles the history of St. Mary of the Annunciation parish in Fremont Center, Mundelein, Illinois. In Germany, the most important people in the village were the priest and the teacher. The immigrants were hungry for God’s word and for the social order and strength that came with Catholic fellowship. After settling in America, their next priority was to build a church, organize a school, and appeal to the bishop for a priest. Because the history of the parish and Fremont Center are so interwoven, neither can be written without some reference to the other. This chronology provides an account of how the community in Fremont Center developed and how the parish of St Mary ...

Family History of Loretta (Amann) Wagner Donald J. Wagner George F. Wagner Village of Neudorf

This is an account of Michael Wagner and Kunigunda Kraus and their four month journey while emigrating from Bavaria to Illinois. There were eight adults and four children in this group of simple peasant farmers who risked everything they had when they departed their beloved village to travel over 6,500 miles between June and October of 1845. Every attempt was made to be historically faithful regarding this story, including dates, names, landmarks, even the weather. All of the characters mentioned by name actually existed, including the “hermit” in Hausen and “Captain Siefert Geerken” commanding the sailing ship. Occasionally, I took the liberty of using diaries of other Bavarians who ...

Family history of the Spörl and Hertel's from Oberehrenbach and Weingarts, Bavaria. This is the story of Johann Georg Spörl and Elisabetha Hertel and their immigration to Perrysburg, Ohio in 1861. It also follows Elisabetha's brothers George and John Hertel who settled in Fremont Center, Illinois.

Family history of Hiller and Freund in Johnsburg and McHenry, Illinois.

This summary ties together numerous pieces of information that I have collected over many years of research, into one comprehensive history about the Wagner family in Hausen. The tale begins with Hans Wagner (abt.1505-1575) who was the first Wagner to arrive in the village and explores the puzzling history of his descendants up to the immigration of Michael Wagner (1822-1903) to Lake County, Illinois in 1845.