GERLING CHRISTIAN FRIEDERICH (FRED) WILHELM

1843 - 1941  (98 years)

• Name	GERLING CHRISTIAN FRIEDERICH (FRED) WILHELM
  Born	13 Mar 1843	Luttern Bauerschoft Haddenhausen Preuss, Minden, W. Phalen, Germany.
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Dec 1941	Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois.
  Buried	North Prairie Cemetery, Washington County, Illinois
  Person ID	I03001	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	GERLING CHRISTIAN LUDWIG,   b. From Hille, Germany
  Mother	FREELSMEIER ANNA MARIE ILSABEIN
  Family ID	F01277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DUEKER JUSTINE WILHELMINE FRIEDERIEKE,   b. 6 Oct 1846, Wulferdinsen, Sundern 28, Kries Minden, Germany. ,   d. 26 Aug 1942  (Age 95 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1868	Nashville, Washington County, Illinois; By Rev. G. Buehner at Methodist Parsonage.
  Children	+ 1. GERLING WILLIMINA (MINNIE) FRIEDERIKA,   b. 22 Sep 1869, Near North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 12 May 1931  (Age 61 years) + 2. GERLING HEINRICH LEWIS (LOUIS) E.,   b. 29 Apr 1871, Near North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 5 May 1949  (Age 78 years) + 3. GERLING ERNEST HEINRICH FRIEDERICH (HENRY),   b. 21 Apr 1873, Near North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 5 Aug 1949  (Age 76 years)   4. GERLING MARTHA MATILDA,   b. 6 Jun 1875, Near North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 21 Oct 1970  (Age 95 years)   5. GERLING EDWARD,   b. 24 Apr 1877, Near North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 23 Mar 1881  (Age 3 years)   6. GERLING LYDIA WILHELMINA,   b. 2 Apr 1878, Near North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois; cemetery stone has 1879 ,   d. 9 Apr 1881, cemetery stone has March 1881  (Age 3 years) + 7. GERLING ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) CAROLINA,   b. 18 Feb 1882, Near North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 7 Mar 1952  (Age 70 years) + 8. GERLING ANNA JUSTINA,   b. 20 Jun 1884, Near North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois + 9. GERLING LYDIA SOPHIE (SOPHIA),   b. 28 Nov 1886, Stinde Farm near White School SE of Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 12 Sep 1978  (Age 91 years) + 10. GERLING FREDERICH JOHAN (JOHN),   b. 18 Oct 1889, Stinde farm SE of Hoyleton, Irvington Twp., Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 4 May 1989  (Age 99 years)   11. GERLING ALICE VIOLA,   b. 26 Jun 1893, Stinde Farm SE of Hoyleton, Irvington Twp., Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 28 Nov 1979  (Age 86 years)   12. GERLING CHILD,   b. 14 Feb 1899, STINDE FARM SE OF HOYLETON, IRVINGTON TWP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS ,   d. 14 Feb 1899, LIVED 5 MIN.  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F01075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Couple came to Hoyleton, IL c. July 30, 1868, married soon after. Fred, age 21; Friedericka, age 17. Retired from farming in 1919; moved into Hoyleton where they lived out their earthly life. Arrived by ship "Weser" from Bremen, Germany, in New York July 25, 1868: Friedr. Gerling, age 25, male, farmer (GRM44 - Prv/Vil) with Friedrike Dueker, age 20, female Wilhelmine Dueker, age 18, female Louise Dueker, age 16, female Justine Dueker, age 9, female Heinrich Dueker, age 7, male Christian F. W. Gerling article from 1979 Washinton County History book. Christian Friederich Wilhelm Gerling, known as Fred, was born on March 13, 1843 in Luttern Bauerschaft Haddenhausen, Preuss Minden, Deutschland. Justina Wilhelmnina Friedericka Dueker, known as Friedericka, was boprn on October 6, 1846 at Minden, Bauerschaft Wolmerdingsen, Deutschland. When the time came to sign up for military service, Fred left Germany for the United States with the Dueker family in 1868. Fred, Friedericka and her two sisters and one brother arrived at Hoyleton, Illinois in July 1868 at her sister's, Mrs. Fred Bartelsmeyer. Friedericka's mother and two children remained in Germany for a while due to her father's death just before they left Germany. Fred and Friedericka were married on August 6, 1868 by Rev. G. Buehner at the Nashville Methodist parsonage. They had been raised as Lutherans, but later joined the Methodist Church and were members of the Bethel United Methodist Church at Hoyletonb most of their married life. Fred and Friedericka lived on several area farms and then purchased a farm southeast of Hoyleton in Irvington Twp. near the White School. In 1919 they and daughter, Martha, moved to a home they had purchased in Hoyleton. Grandfather and Grandmother Gerling never learned to speak or read Englishk, as they did not believe it necessary. However, in later years Grandfather told me how he wished he had. He loved to read and kept up with current events. Eleven children were born to this union (see family sheets). There are also numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren, etc., descended from this couple. After 73 years of married life, Fred died on December 25, 1941, at 98, and Friedericka on August 26, 1942, at 95, leaving a rich Christian heritage. They are buried in the North Prairie cemetery near Hoyleton, Illinois. By: Alice Marie Benton