Fred and Mary (Maria Pollworth) were my great grandparents. They had four sons and one daughter. The sons were Fred, Henry, August, and Herman. The only daughter was Sophia. She was born in Addison Township (Putten Hill) on Dec. 8, 1858. She married William (Wilheim) Pfingsten on April 2, 1880 at St. Peters in Schaumburg. When her brother Henry (my grandfather) died of a heart attack in 1901, William Pfingsten took care of the money matters and the estate for my Grandmother (Sophie Fedderke Thies) as she was widowed with 5 children (ages 1-9). Sophia's brother August Thies came to run the farm for the family until Henry and Sophie's sons (Henry and William) were old enough to farm on their own. Fred and Mary lived in a second house on the farm that Henry and Sophie had, so Fred could advise his grandsons as they took over the farming operation. There is a picture of the family on Hyperion of the Schaumburg Township Library under Local History. Sophia and William Pfingsten took in my great-grandmother Mary (Maria Pollworth) when she was too old and frail to live by herself. Sophia Pfingsten died on April 5, 1947 at Catherine Hospital in Palatine, IL. She is bured at St. Peters as are two of her brothers (Henry and Herman). This can also be verified in the Dear Cousin 2000 book, Volume 2, page 478. Thank you for asking for my credentials and information. I appreciate getting the facts correct for all future reference. LaVonne Thies Presley l.prestley@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen S. Rowe" <karen@karensgen.com> To: <IL-COOK-SCHAUMBURG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 5:25 PM Subject: [ILckSCH] Thies - Pfingsten in Schaumburg, IL > >From the St. Peter Schaumburg, IL church records Sophia Wilhelmine > Karoline Thies was born 24 OCT 1858, baptised 27 OCT 1858, daughter of > Otto and Sophia Thies... I have that she was born at Putten Hill, DuPage > Co., IL... sponsors were Wilhelmine Bottermann and Karoline Wenthe. (My > sources noted for this family were Larry Nerge, Family Tree Maker CD > V-13, Tree 1709 T. Schumacher, researcher J. Malwitz and St. Peter > Schaumburg, IL baptism records.) I am missing page 51 of the St. Peter > baptisms to verify, Larry Nerge may have it. > > Sometimes names were noted differently in different sources ( Friedrich > Otto Thies? or Maria [Mary] Sophia Pollworth?). Maybe LaVonne could > give us her source? I am grateful for any corrections. > > Karen Rowe > > .... valentine53179 wrote: > > >karen > >where did you get the statement regarding her parents? > >specifically > > > >On 1/15/06, LaVonne Presley <l.prestley@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > >>Sophia Thies who married William Pfingsten was the daughter of Fredrick and > >>Mary (Pollworth) Thies. Her parents were NOT Otto and Sophia. > >>LaVonne Thies Presley > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Karen S. Rowe" <karen@karensgen.com> > >>To: <IL-COOK-SCHAUMBURG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 1:24 PM > >>Subject: [ILckSCH] Thies - Pfingsten in Schaumburg, IL > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>There is a Sophia Wilhelmine Caroline Thies (27 OCT 1858 - 05 APR 1947) > >>> > >>> > >>who married 02 ARP 1880 St. Peter Lutheran, Schaumburg, IL to Wilhelm > >>Pfingsten (1861-1919). Her parents were Otto and Sophia Thies. > >> > >> > >>>Who are Otto and Sophia Thies? > >>> > >>>Karen Rowe > >>> > > > ==== IL-COOK-SCHAUMBURG Mailing List ==== > _____________________________ > To post: IL-COOK-SCHAUMBURG-L@rootsweb.com > To Search: go to rootsweb.com, then to interactive search then enter in il-cook-schaumburg > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/il-cook-schaumburg . > Unsubscribe at IL-COOK-SCHAUMBURG-L-request@rootsweb.com or -D > If there is a system problem and you cannot get to valentine, go here: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi We are a list2 list.... > SEE ALSO: il-cook-elkgrove il-cook-palatine fpsah60194@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >