Johannes (John) Felsing

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• Departure: Belgium
• Name: Johannes Felsing
• Name: John Felsing
• Name: John Felsing
• Name: John Felsing
• Reference Number: 5840
• Birth: Abt 1876, Russia
• Birth: 30 Apr 1876
• Birth: Abt 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Arrival: 1898
• Arrival: 1 Mar 1898, Galveston, Texas, USA; SS Lauenberg
• Residence: 1900, Maple, Dodge, Nebraska, USA; 6/29/1900-counted twice!
• Residence: 1900; Lincoln Ward 7, Lancaster, Nebraska
• Residence: 1910, Liberty, Coffey, Kansas, USA
• Naturalization: 17 Dec 1913, Standish, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Draft Reg: 12 Sep 1918, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• SSN issued: 1967, Michigan, USA

Notes:

BIRTH: 28 Apr 1876 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia to ethnic German parents
NAME: Born Johannes Felsing. He went by Johannes Felsing on his info in the early years. Later he used John Felsing.
PARENTS: Johann Philipp Felsing and Katherine Margaretha Baum
IMMIGRATION: He immigrated on the SS Lauenburg arriving on March 1, 1898 in Galveston, Texas. He is number 29 on the passenger list. The column that asks where will you be staying is marked 'Aug Hergen', possibly August Hergenröder. Tthe name cousin is next to it. I can not find anyone with that name living in Nebraska at that time. Also if you look up further on the name list there is someone listed with last name Klemm who looks like they have the same info listed as Johannes for 'Aug Hergen'.

MARRIAGE: 29 Oct 1899 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
DEATH: 17 Oct 1967 in Au Gres, Arenac, MI
BURIAL: 20 Oct 1967 Sims-Whitney Cemetery in AuGres, MI

Buried:
Sims-Whitney Cemetery

Died:
Sims Whitney Cemetery

Johannes married Elizabeth Reitz on 29 Oct 1899 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Johann Philipp Reitz and Anna Margaret Maser) was born on 29 Aug 1879 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 5 Jun 1958 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA; was buried in Jun 1958 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Philip Felsing was born on 15 Oct 1900 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; died in 1902 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA.
2. John Felsing, Jr was born on 13 Feb 1903 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; died on 22 Nov 1973 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA; was buried after 22 Nov 1973 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA.
3. Henry Felsing was born on 13 Aug 1905 in Berkshire, Michigan, USA; died on 27 Dec 1906 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA.
4. Lavene Felsing was born on 12 Jan 1908 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; died on 6 Feb 1936 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA.
5. Henry Felsing was born on 2 Sep 1910 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; died on 23 May 1972 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA.
6. Anna Felsing was born on 12 Feb 1913 in Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA; died on 9 Dec 1994 in Fresno, California, USA.
7. Olinda Felsing was born on 29 Mar 1916 in Arenac, Michigan, USA; died on 11 Nov 1981 in Midland, Bay, Michigan, USA.
8. Frieda Margaret Felsing was born on 21 Mar 1919 in Michigan, USA; died on 30 Sep 1996 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
9. John-Ida Felsing was born on 16 Aug 1921 in Arenac, Michigan, USA; died on 16 Aug 1921 in Arenac, Michigan, USA.
10. Ervin Philip Felsing was born on 30 May 1923 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA; died on 24 Jul 2005 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA; was buried on 27 Jul 2005 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA.
11. Lillian Irene Felsing was born in 1926 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA; died on 3 Dec 2014 in California, USA.

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• Name: Philipp Felsing
• Name: Phillip Felsing
• Reference Number: 5866
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH39
• Death: 10 Feb 1890, Kukkus, Samara, Russia

Johann married Katherine Margaretha Baum in 1868 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. Katherine (daughter of Johann Conrad Baum and Maria Margaretha Bell) was born on 18 Jun 1847 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 3 Jan 1928 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Katharina Margaretha Baum
• Name: Katherine Margaret Felsing
• Name: Katherine Margaret Felsing
• Name: Katherine Margaret Felsing
• Name: Maggie Baum
• Name: Margaret Felsing
• Name: Maria Margaretha Baum
• Reference Number: 6162
• Residence: Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1846, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1846, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1847, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 19 Jun 1847
• Birth: Abt 1848, Russia
• Birth: 1848, Russia
• Birth: 1848, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1848, Russia
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33
• Confirmation: 4 Nov 1862
• Arrival: 8 Dec 1898
• Arrival: 1899
• Residence: 1910, Liberty, Coffey, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1928, Michigan, USA
• Death: 3 Jan 1928, Whitney, Arenac County, Michigan, USA
• Death: 3 Jan 1928, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Death: 3 Jan 1928, Whitney, Arenac County, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Birth:
church confirmation record

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• Reference Number: 6160
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH62
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH19
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH39

Johannes married Maria Elisabeth Kisselman. Maria (daughter of Johann Martin Kisselman and Anna Barbara Maser) was born in 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Maria Elisabeth Kiselman
• Reference Number: 6184
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH19
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH39

Notes:

Probably the daughter of Johann Martin Kisselmann b.1772 in Balzer and by 1798 was living in Kukkus. In 1834 Johann Martin Kisselman was living in HH#17, while Johannes Felsing and Maria Elisabeth Kisselman were living in HH#19. Being born in 1814, we do not have a census year which shows a child with her name living in the Johann Martin Kisselmann household.

We strongly suspect that Maria Elisabeth is the daughter of Johann Martin Kisselman and Anna Barbara Maser based on the following facts:

• The 1798 census shows only 4 other Kisselman households in the Volga German colonies. Mathias (Johann Martin's brother) in the nearby village of Anton. Mathias (Johann Martin's father in the nearby village of Balzer. Ludwig (No known relation) in the more distant village of Donhof. And Johannes (no known relation) in the more distant village of Grimm.It is certainly possible that Maria Elisabeth came from one of the households in Anton or Balzer. It is much less likely that she came from the more distant villages of Donhof or Grimm. I know of no Kukkus intermarriages from those last two villages.

• The Johann Martin household is the only other Kisselman Family in Kukkus in 1834.

• Johann Martin lives within 2 households from the Felsings, according to the 1834, 1850 and 1857 census records.

• Johann Martin was having children from 1796 to at least 1812 that we know of. It is possible then that he had a child in 1814.

Records from this time and place are simply incomplete. But based on what we know, it is most likely that Maria Elisabeth is the daughter of Johann Martin. Perhaps eventually we will find records to confirm or to dispute that, but for now I am listing Maria Elisabeth in the genealogy under Johann Martin Kisselman.

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• Name: Conrad Baum
• Name: Conrad Baum
• Name: Johann Konrad Baum
• Name: Konrad Baum
• Reference Number: 6165
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH15
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33

Johann married Maria Margaretha Bell. Maria (daughter of Johannes Bell and Anna Katharina Mende) was born in 1827 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 30 Dec 1888 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Katherine Bell
• Name: Katherine Bell
• Name: Katherine Margaret Bell
• Reference Number: 6168
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33

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• Name: Georg Felsing
• Name: Johann Georg Falsinger
• Name: Johann Georg Feleing
• Name: Johann Georg Felsing
• Reference Number: 6187
• Birth: 1784
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH38
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH62
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH19
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32

Notes:

1798 census says he is the son of Johannes Feleing, deceased.

Johann married Maria Charlotte Heizenraeder. Maria (daughter of Johann Thomas Heizenraeder and Anna Margareta Becker) was born in 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4338
• Birth: 1783
• Birth: 1783
• Birth: 1791
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH30
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH19
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32

Notes:

The 1783 birth year on the 1834 census and the surname chart appears to be in error. Her mother would have been 13 when she was born! The age on the 1798 census and the 1850 census is more like it. Perhaps the 1834 entry was a transcription error and that was then picked up in the surname chart.

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• Name: Johann Martin Kkisselmann
• Name: Martin Kesselman
• Name: Martin Kisselman
• Name: Martin Kisselmann
• Reference Number: 3100
• Birth: 1772, Balzer, Saratov, Russia
• Residence: 1775, Balzer, Saratov, Russia; HH12
• Arrival: 1793, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH40
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH17
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH17

Notes:

1798 Census notes that he is from Balzer. He is probably the son of Matthias Kisselmann who is the only Kisselmann family on the 1767 Balzer Census.

Birth:
from Balzer Colony

Johann married Anna Barbara Maser in 1793 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. Anna (daughter of Gottfried Maser and Anna Eva Lutz) was born in 1775 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died before 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3084
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH40

Notes:

Died:
not on 1834 census

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• Reference Number: 4612
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH24
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH15
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH15

Johann married Maria Barbara Hergenroeder. Maria (daughter of Johannes Hergenroeder and Philipina Unknown) was born in 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Maria Barbara Hergenrader
• Reference Number: 4615
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH24
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH15

Notes:

Probably daughter of Johannes and Philipina Hergenroeder of Kukkus. The Kukkus 1798 Census does not list Maria Barbara as being from another colony, so it is presumed that she was born in Kukkus. Which implies she could only be the daughter of Johannes as this is the only Hergenroeder family in Kukkus. 1834 census lists Anna Barbara as her name. However the Hergenroeder Surname Chart by Pleve does not show Johannes having this child. But again there is a 9 year gap between children, so it is possible that there could be an unknown or unrecorded birth in that gap.
We strongly suspect that Maria Barbara is the daughter of Johannes and Philipina Hergenroeder of Kukkus based on the following facts:

1) The Philipina Hergenroeder household is the only other Hergenroeder Family in Kukkus in 1798.

2) The 1798 census does list the village a spouse came from if not from the current village. The 1798 Kukkus Census does not list Maria Barbara as being from another colony, so it is presumed that she was born in Kukkus. Which implies she could only be the daughter of Johannes as this is the only Hergenroeder family in Kukkus.

3) Johannes was having childen that we know of from 1769 to 1793. There is a 9 year gap from 1772 to 1783 where no children are known. It is possible that Maria Barbara was born in this gap in 1775.

Records from this time and place are simply incomplete. But based on what we know, it is most likely that Maria Barbara is the daughter of Johannes Hergenroeder. Perhaps eventually we will find records to confirm or to dispute that, but for now I am listing Maria Barbara in the genealogy under Johannes Hergenroeder.

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• Reference Number: 4497
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH102
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH41
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH49

Johannes married Anna Katharina Mende. Anna was born in 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna Katharina Minde
• Name: Anna Katharina Minde
• Name: Anna Katharina Unknown
• Name: Anna Katharina Unknown
• Name: Anna Margaretha Minde
• Name: Anna Margaretha Minde
• Reference Number: 3407
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH41
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH49

Notes:

There is a Mindt (Georg HH88) household in Schilling on the 1798 census, perhaps that is her correct surname. Her husband's parents were from Schilling. The Mindt spelling is from Brent Mai's 1798 census translation. The AHSGR translation of both the 1775 and 1798 census spells it as Mende. It seems likely that Anna Katharina is the daughter of one of Georg Minde's sons who were born in 1777 and 1780.