RESEARCH

 "Life must be lived forward, but it can only be understood backward."
Søren Kierkegaard 

Well, relatives, the Hesslau AND Noto sides are now updated with all names/dates, but I'll have to wait until another time to do all the scanning of documents and pictures.  Feel free to send me a note if you need any information or have a major event that needs to be added to the details (birth/marriage/death/etc.).  Our ancestry.com tree is private and will remain so until everything is complete.  I'm even playing with idea of making our own family books, available for purchase through ancestry.com.  It will take some extra time, but there are so many interesting options!  I'll keep you posted.

April 3, 2011

It's been about five years since my computer crashed without backing up my 600+ names/dates of my family tree.  I do still have the hard copies, but I've never found the drive to reenter all the data.  This summer, I hope to start the process and save my tree at ancestry.com.  (I'll update this post when the tree is ready for viewing).

Meanwhile, here are a few of the documents I've accumulated on the Hesslau side of the family (please be patient... the other sides of the family will come in time):

1850 Census Pennsylvania:  HAAS family...John (Otto) 36, Hannah (Johanna) 46, Jonas 5, Livia 3

 1860 Census Pennsylvania:  HAAS family... John (Otto) 47,  Hannah (Johanna) 53, Jonas 15, Livia 13

 1870 Census 1 Chicago:  DIETZ & HAAS family... Frank Dietz 29, Lizzie (Livia) Dietz 23, Frank Dietz 7, Hanna (Johanna) Haas 60

 1870 Census 2 Chicago:  HAAS... John (Otto) 56

 1880 Census Chicago:  DIETZ & HAAS family... Frank Dietz 39, Livia Dietz 33, Frank Dietz 18, George Dietz 9, Matilda (Otelia) Dietz 6, Johanna Haas 78

 1900 Census Chicago:  HESSLAU & DIETZ family... William Hesslau 32, Ottila (Otelia) Hesslau 25, George Hesslau 4, William Hesslau 2, Livia Dietz 53, Otto Dietz 21

 1910 Census Chicago:  HESSLAU & DIETZ family... William J. Hesslau 42, Ottiala (Otelia) Hesslau 38, George Hesslau 14, William Hesslau 12, Olivia (Livia) Dietz 58, Otto Dietz 31

 1920 Census Chicago:  HESSLAU & DIETZ family... William Hesslau 53, Ottilia Hesslau 47, William C. Hesslau 22, Livia Dietz 68

1920 Census Chicago-Fullerton:  HESSLAU... George W. Hesslau 24, Veronica Hesslau 22

1920 Census Chicago Madison Ave.:  HESSLAU... George W. Hesslau 24, Veronica Hesslau 22

1930 Census Ohio:  HESSLAU... George W. Hesslau 34, Sara V. Hesslau 32, George W. Hesslau 8, Veronica Hesslau 7, Elaine Hesslau 3, Gilbert Hesslau 17months, Edward Hesslau 5 months

 

1930 Census:  Chicago... William & Otelia, William and Margaret