Emil Frederick Melzer's Family Tree

The following surnames appear in this family tree (the hyperlink will take you to the first occurrence of the surname):

Chart no. 2

			8 Friedrich Melzer Born: Abt. 1780 Place: Marr: 9 November 1804 Place: Auglitten, East Prussia Died: Place:
		4 Ferdinand Melzer Born: 1805 Place: East Prussia Marr: Place: Died: Place:	| | | | | | |
		| | | | |	9 Charlotte Wulf Born: Abt. 1780 Place: Died: Place:
	2 Heinreich Ferdinand Melzer Born: 1 January 1846 Place: Sch�nbruch, East Prussia Marr: 31 August 1873 Place: Montgomery Co, IL USA Died: 1 June 1930 Place: Effingham, Effingham Co., IL USA	| | | | | | |
	| | | | | | |	| | | | | | |	10 David Kanditt Born: East Prussia Place: Marr: Place: Died: Place:
	| | | | |	5 Louise Canditt Born: 1808 Place: East Prussia Died: 1846 Place: Sch�nbruch, East Prussia	| | | | |
	| | | | |		11 Born: Place: Died: Place:
1 Emil Frederick Melzer (see chart 1) Born: 7 June 1874 Place: St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO USA Marr: 6 February 1901 Place: Died: 24 February 1930 Place: Effingham, Effingham Co., IL USA	| | | | | | |
	| | | | | | |		12 Born: Place: Marr: Place: Died: Place:
	| | | | | | |	6 Johann Georg Rusert Born: 22 March 1808 Place: Gemundon, Germany Marr: Place: Died: 6 August 1892 Place: Lewiston, Winona Co., MN USA	| | | | | | |
	| | | | |	| | | | |	13 Born: Place: Died: Place:
	3 Regina Rusert Born: 19 April 1844 Place: Nassau Hessen, Germany Died: 25 March 1913 Place: Effingham, Effingham Co., IL USA	| | | | |
		| | | | | | |	14 Born: Place: Marr: Place: Died: Place:
		7 Born: Place: Died: Place:	| | | | |
			15 Born: Place: Died: Place:

Emil Frederick Melzer is my great² grandfather. If you have any information you'd like to share, please send Doug Melzer an Email.

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Doug Melzer

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Credits

• Most data for the Melzer family tree was collected from Reola "Lowanda" Melzer of Herrin, Illinois.
• Carolyn Franklin provided information from Johann Georg Rusert's tombstone: "b March 22, 1808 and died Aug 6, 1892".
• Contact Diane Balcom for information on the descendants of Johann Rusert's daughter Juliane and her spouse Herman P. Haack.
• On May 24, 1904 Henry F. Melzer applied for a U.S. passport, so that he could visit Germany. This application says Henry F. Melzer was born on January 1, 1846 in Schoenbruch, Germany. Henry F. Melzer emigrated from the port of Bremen, Germany on the ship "New York" on June 29, 1869. Henry F. Melzer lived in Jonesboro, Ill from 1869 until 1898. Henry F. Melzer was naturalized as a citizen of the United States before the court of Union County at Jonesboro, Ill on the 17th day of October 1882. His permanent residence was Effingham, IL.

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