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Elizabeth Welter Koenig

Birth
Goodings Grove, Will County, Illinois, USA
Death
8 Nov 1940 (aged 72)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec C, Blk 23, Lot 8
Memorial ID
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Elizabeth Welter, daughter of Nicholas Welter and Margaret Meyer, was a native of Goodings Grove in Homer Township, Will, Illinois. She was the fourth of nine siblings. Elizabeth married Mathias Koenig, son of William Koenig, on 15 Oct 1898 in Lemont, Cook, Illinois. The couple settled in Chicago. Elizabeth died at age 72 and was interred in Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery on 11 Nov 1940.

Siblings:
(1) Katherine, b 27 Oct 1863.
(2) Lina, b 13 Oct 1864.
(3) Nicholas, b 15 Nov 1866.
(5) Mathias, b 15 Sep 1869.
(6) Cecilia, b 25 Jan 1872.
(7) Christian, b 4 May 1873.
(8) Susanna, b 15 Sep 1875.
(9) Margaret, b 3 Jul 1877.

Children:
Nicholas William, b 1 Nov 1899.
Margaret Theresa, b 18 Jul 1901.
Lucille Susanna (Smith), b 10 Feb 1904.
Mathias "Matthew", b abt 1906.

Sources include census records (1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940), "The History of Will County, Illinois" 1878, and Illinois death records, as well as the records of family members.
Elizabeth Welter, daughter of Nicholas Welter and Margaret Meyer, was a native of Goodings Grove in Homer Township, Will, Illinois. She was the fourth of nine siblings. Elizabeth married Mathias Koenig, son of William Koenig, on 15 Oct 1898 in Lemont, Cook, Illinois. The couple settled in Chicago. Elizabeth died at age 72 and was interred in Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery on 11 Nov 1940.

Siblings:
(1) Katherine, b 27 Oct 1863.
(2) Lina, b 13 Oct 1864.
(3) Nicholas, b 15 Nov 1866.
(5) Mathias, b 15 Sep 1869.
(6) Cecilia, b 25 Jan 1872.
(7) Christian, b 4 May 1873.
(8) Susanna, b 15 Sep 1875.
(9) Margaret, b 3 Jul 1877.

Children:
Nicholas William, b 1 Nov 1899.
Margaret Theresa, b 18 Jul 1901.
Lucille Susanna (Smith), b 10 Feb 1904.
Mathias "Matthew", b abt 1906.

Sources include census records (1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940), "The History of Will County, Illinois" 1878, and Illinois death records, as well as the records of family members.


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  • Created by: Anne Philbrick
  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80505895/elizabeth-koenig: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Welter Koenig (6 Aug 1868–8 Nov 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80505895, citing Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Anne Philbrick (contributor 47168361).