
Descendants of Jacob Rosenstiel
Generation No. 2
1860 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Harlem page 233
| John Rosensteel | 42 - Ger | |
| Mary | 38 | |
| Charly | 15 | |
| Wm | 13 | |
| Richard | 11 | |
| Geo | 9 | |
| Mary L | 7 | |
| LG (f) | 5 |
1870 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Harlem pg 172
| G Rosenstiel | 55 - Prussia | |
| Mary | 43 - Michigan | |
| Charles | 23 - Ill | |
| William | 22 | |
| Richard | 19 | |
| Lavina | 17 | |
| George | 14 | |
| Lucy | 12 | |
| Frank | 7 | |
| Eddie | 9/12 |
1880 Census of Stephenson county Illinois – Harlem township page 145
| John Rosensteil | 66 – Prussia - parents born Prussia | |
| Mary | 52 - Ohio | |
| George | 21 | |
| Frank | 20 | |
| Edward | 16 |
John Rosenstiel died in 1890 and Mary Fidler Rosenstiel in 1905. Both are buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, near the town of Lena in Stephenson co, Illinois.
| 8. | i. | CHARLES ROSENSTIEL, b. 1847, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. January 03, 1922, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois. | |
| 9. | ii. | WILLIAM ROSENSTIEL, b. January 18, 1849, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. April 23, 1932, Eleroy, Stephenson co, Illinois. | |
| iii. | MARY LAVINA ROSENSTIEL, b. January 12, 1852, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. October 17, 1930, Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. (1) MISTER KUHN; m. (2) GEORGE COLLIN, December 02, 1882, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. 1937. She is buried with George Collin in the Greenwood Cemetery near Lena in Stephenson county Illinios. | ||
| 10. | iv. | JOHN RICHARD ROSENSTIEL, b. November 25, 1854, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. February 23, 1923, Damascus, Stephenson co, Illinois. | |
| v. | LUCINDA "LUCY" ROSENSTIEL, b. 1858; d. December 23, 1873, Stephenson co, Illinois. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois | ||
| 11. | vi. | GEORGE ROSENSTIEL, b. June 10, 1859, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. August 30, 1927, Stephenson co, Illinois. | |
| 12. | vii. | FRANKLIN "FRANK" ROSENSTIEL, b. June 22, 1863, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. April 08, 1930, Harlem TS, Stephenson co, Illinois. | |
| viii. | EDWARD ROSENSTIEL was probably born about 1869, the youngest child of John Rosenstiel and Mary Fidler. In the 1880 census he is shown as age 16, but it seems more likely that he was age 11. This would then match up with an Edward Rosenstiel who appears in the 1900 census of Jefferson township, Stephenson county Illinois. He is a single man, age thirty-one, born Feb 1869, living with the family of George Collin. This is the family of his sister, Mary Lavina Rosenstiel, who married George Collin. |
3. MARY ROSENSTIEL was the daughter of Jacob Rosenstiel and Dorothy Schuetzenmeister. She was born in Grossfurra, Thuringen, Germany
on the 26th of December 1818 and given the name Johanna Charlotta Marie Rosenstiel. She was married in 1839 to FREDERICK GASSMAN.
Their first two children, Charles Gassman and Louisa Gassman were probably born in their native area of Grossfurra, Thuringen, Germany.
A few years after their marriage, in 1842, the young couple made the decision to immigrate with Mary Rosenstiel Gassman's parents and five brothers to America.
The family settled in Stephenson county, Illinois. It was in September of 1845 that Mary Rosenstiel Gassman gave birth to her third child,
Hermine Gassman, in Stephenson county, Illinois. Mary's time in America was brief as she died in the following year on the 15th of August 1846.
She is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery near the town of Lena in Stephenson county Illinois. One year later her husband, Fred Gassman,
was married to Wilhemina Henke and "Minnie" took over the care of the three young Gassman children. Fred Gassman and Wilhemina Henke went on to have seven more children.
The record of descendants for Johanna Charlotta Marie "Mary" Rosenstiel are found in the report on the
Descendants of Frederick Gassman.
4. CHARLES ROSENSTIEL was born on the 18th of April 1821 in Grossfurra Thuringen Germany. His given name was Henrich Christian Karl Rosenstiel.
It appears that he came with his older brother John Rosenstiel to America in 1840. His father's family followed in 1842. The 1900 census gives his date of immigration as 1842.
His marriage to ANNA CATHERINE GILLMAN is recorded on the 5th of October 1843 in Waddams Grove, Stephenson County, Illinois. Anna Catherine Gillman was born in Pennsylvania
and came with her family to Stephenson county Illinois from Union county Pennsylvania.
Rhonda Hansch's work on the Rosenstiel Family gives a detailed and interesting account of Charles Henry Rosenstiel, his life and work in Stephenson county Illinois.
She credits as her source: "The Charles Henry Rosenstiel Family of Freeport and Stephenson County, Illinois 1840-1983" originally begun by Dr Henry C Rosenstiel and completed by Jane McGinnis.
Charles Henry Rosenstiel followed a slightly different path than his brothers. He was the only one of his brothers to live in Silver Creek township of Stephenson county, Illinois.
He probably lived just outside of the town of Freeport. Charles Rosenstiel appears to have been a successful man of business. In 1860 he is shown as a stone mason with an estate of $39,000
and in 1870 he is listed as a manufacturer with an estate of $60,000. In the 1880 and 1900 census his occupation is listed as farmer.
The identified children of Charles Rosenstiel and Anna Gillman are: Matilda Rosenstiel, Charles Edward Rosenstiel, Louisa Rosenstiel, Edwin Oliver Rosenstiel, Jerome Jacob Rosenstiel, and Howard Henry Rosenstiel.
Census records give the following details:
1850 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Freeport page 256
| Charles Rosensteal | 29 – Germany - $5000 | |
| Anna | 22 - Ger | |
| Matilda | 5 | |
| Charles E | 3 | |
| Louiza | 4/12 | |
| Benjamin Talena | 26 - shoemaker | |
| Christopher Rosenberg | 25 - laborer | |
| Frederick Hinsay | 22 - laborer | |
| Jacob Baker | 15 - laborer | |
| Max Sarappricht | 20 - laborer | |
| Oliver Lambert | 35 |
1860 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Silver Creek page 70
| Chas Rosensteel/td> | 39 - Saxony - stone mason - $39,000 | |
| Anna | 33 - Pa | |
| Matilda | 15 | |
| Edward | 13 | |
| Louisa | 11 | |
| Oliver | 6 | |
| Jerome | 7/12 | |
| Danie Gamer | 18 - laborer | |
| Catherine Nagel | 21 - servant |
1870 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Silver Creek township page 338
| Charles Rosenstiel | 49 - Prussia – manufacture - $60,000 | |
| Anna C | 44 - Pa | |
| Louisa | 21 | |
| Oliver | 14 | |
| Jerome | 10 | |
| Howard | 5 | |
| Kilare Garret | 35 - laborer | |
| Lewis Krouse | 35 - laborer | |
| W Guner | 30 - laborer | |
| ? Meyer | 24 - domestic |
1880 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Silver Creek page 286
| Charles ROSENSTIEL | 59 – Prussia – Farmer – parents born Prussia | |
| Anna C. ROSENSTIEL | 54 – Pa – parents born Pa | |
| Jerome ROSENSTIEL | 20 – Il | |
| Howard ROSENSTIEL | 15 | |
| Herman SHOLLET | 35 – Prussia - laborer | |
| Birt KESSEFER | 20 – Prussia – laborer | |
| Gustaf KRITZ | 60 – Wurtemburg – laborer | |
| Mary HENSINGER | 35 – Prussia – servant | |
| Fred HENSINGER | 10 – Il |
1900 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Silver Creek township page 178
| C H Rosenstiel | 79 - Apr 1821 – Germany – married 54 years – immigrated 1842- farmer | |
| Anna C | 75 - Jan 1827 – Pa - 5 of 5 children | |
| Howard | 35 - Aug 1869 – Ill – married 8 years - distiller | |
| Mable | 27 - Ap 1873 – Ill - 1 of 1 child – dau in law | |
| Jackson | 3/12 - Feb 1900 - grandson | |
| John Dickman | 85- Aug 1814 – Germany – immigrated 1886 – farm labor | |
| Dirk Dickman | 32 - Jul 1867 – Germany – immigrated 1886 – farm labor | |
| Lilly Haman | 19 - May 1881 – Ill - domestic | |
| Anna Finkheiner | 16 - Apr 1889 - Ill - domestic |
Charles Rosenstiel died on the 16th of July 1902 and his wife Anna Gilman Rosenstiel died on the 1st of March 1912. They are both buried in the City Cemetery of Freeport, Stephenson county, Illinois.
| i. | MATILDA ROSENSTIEL, b. April 26, 1844, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. August 20, 1885, Texas; m. HIRAM P CAREY, September 30, 1868, Stephenson co, Illinois; b. 1839; d. 1881. | ||
| ii. | CHARLES EDWARD ROSENSTIEL, b. December 25, 1846, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. June 06, 1862, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois. Not married. Burial: City Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois | ||
| iii. | LOUISA ROSENSTIEL was born on the 12th of January 1850 in Stephenson county Illinois. She was the daughter of Charles Rosenstiel and Anna Gillman. She was married on the 8th of November 1871 to HENRY STALEY STEVENSON in Freeport, Stephenson county Illinois. The young couple probably set up housekeeping in Morgan county Illinois, home of the Stevenson family. Henry Stevenson and Louise Rosenstiel were the parents of six identified children: William Henry Stevenson, Edward Rosenstiel Stevenson, Lilly Stevenson, Claire Staley Stevenson, Anna Louise Stevenson and Charles Howard Stevenson. Louise Rosenstiel Stevenson died on the 23rd of October 1899 at Lake Geneva Wisconsin. She is buried in the Diamond Grove Cemetery in Jacksonville Morgan county Illinois. Her widowed husband, Henry Stevenson is shown in the 1900 census of Morgan county Illinois, living in the town of Jacksonville with five of his children in the home. | ||
| 16. | iv. | EDWIN OLIVER ROSENSTIEL, b. October 08, 1854, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. September 18, 1918, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois. | |
| 17. | v. | JEROME JACOB ROSENSTIEL, b. November 20, 1859, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. March 28, 1931, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois. | |
| 18. | vi. | HOWARD HENRY ROSENSTIEL, b. August 13, 1865, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. February 02, 1939, Freeport, Stephenson co, Illinois. |
1850 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Freeport
| Christian Rosensteal | 28 – Germany - farmer - $2000 | |
| Racheal | 24 - Germany | |
| Adeline | 3 - Ill |
1860 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Kent township page 269
| C H Rosenstiel | 38 - Germany | |
| Rachel | 33 - NY | |
| Adalade | 12 | |
| Mary | 9 | |
| Alonzo | 7 | |
| Susan | 6 | |
| Sarah | 5 | |
| Frank | 3 | |
| Matilda | 7/12 |
1870 Census of Champaign county Ill - Sadorus township page 260
| Wm C Rosensteil | 47 - Prussia - farmer - $9080 | |
| Rachael | 45 - NY | |
| Alonzo | 17 - Ill - works on farm | |
| Susanna | 15 | |
| Sarah | 13 | |
| Frederick | 12 | |
| Matilda | 10 | |
| Edgar | 8 | |
| Oliver | 6 | |
| Albert | 4 | |
| Lewis | 2 | |
| Henry | 18 - works on farm | |
| George Joelly | 40 - farm labor | |
| James Filson | 24 - farm labor | |
| Lannon Skeil | 62 - farm labor |
1900 Sedgewick county Kansas - Attica page 12
Lewis and Lula Rosenstiel family -
| Rachel (mother) | 73 - Feb 1827 - wd - 11 of 12 - NY |
Several of the children married in Illinois. Around 1890 the family began a migration to Sedgewick county Kansas, establishing themselves around the town of Wichita.
Most of the children resettled with their parents in Kansas. Some brought their young families, and some married after their arrival in Kansas.
Christian Rosenstiel died on the 16th of January 1899 and is buried in the Pleasant Ridge cemetery near Goddard in Sedgewick county Kansas.
His widow, Rachel Pickard Rosenstiel appears in the 1900 census, living with her youngest son, Lewis Rosenstiel in Attica township Sedgewick county Kansas.
She died the 13th of June 1907.
Rhonda Hansch's work on the Rosenstiel Family includes extensive information on the family and descendants of
Chris Rosenstiel, including pictures and delightful family stories. This is Rhonda Hansch's branch of the family.
| i. | ADELINE VINETTA ROSENSTIEL, b. October 17, 1847, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. March 20, 1899, Altoona, Wilson co, Kansas; m. (1) LOUIS FRITZ, November 28, 1867, Urbana, Champaign co, Illinois; b. December 30, 1836, Baden, Germany; d. June 21, 1884, Kansas; m. (2) LEWIS WOODYARD, Aft. 1884. | ||
| ii. | LUCINDA A ROSENSTIEL, b. September 11, 1849, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. December 1849, Stephenson co, Illinois. | ||
| 19. | iii. | HENRY A ROSENSTIEL, b. July 06, 1851, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. January 09, 1916, Derby, Sedgewick co, Kansas. | |
| 20. | iv. | ALONZO R ROSENSTIEL, b. April 11, 1853, Stephenson co, Illinois. | |
| v. | SUSANNA E "SUSIE" ROSENSTIEL, b. December 23, 1854, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. December 18, 1933, Little Rock, Pulaski co, Arkansas; m. ROBERT OWEN HIXSON, August 07, 1877, Ivesdale, Champaign co, Illinois; b. March 16, 1850; d. January 1909. | ||
| vi. | SARAH MARIE ROSENSTIEL, b. October 20, 1856, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. September 11, 1933, Indiana; m. MOSES ANSON HITES, October 25, 1885, Wichita, Sedgewick co, Kansas; b. March 14, 1855, Wenango co, Pennsylvania; d. August 21, 1929. Burial: Bloomingdale Cemetery, Parke co, Indiana | ||
| 21. | vii. | FRANK EDWARD ROSENSTIEL, b. March 03, 1858, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. November 11, 1918, Pittsburgh, Crawford co, Kansas. | |
| viii. | MATILDA JANE ROSENSTIEL, b. December 12, 1859, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. 1926, Goddard, Sedgewick co, Kansas; m. (1) JOHN HENDRICHE CURTIS, August 19, 1883, Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois; m. (2) DEE WHITMORE, Abt. 1887; m. (3) MARTIN HENRICHE HOLM, Abt. 1897. Burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Goddard, Sedgewick co, Kansas | ||
| 22. | ix. | EDGAR JUDSON ROSENSTIEL, b. February 13, 1862, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. May 19, 1943, Goddard, Sedgewick co, Kansas. | |
| 23. | x. | OLIVER LEE ROSENSTIEL, b. January 16, 1864, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. March 10, 1927, Fargo, Ellis co, Oklahoma. | |
| 24. | xi. | ALBERT J ROSENSTIEL, b. December 20, 1865, Sadorus, Champaign co, Illinois; d. July 25, 1961, Wichita, Sedgewick co, Kansas. | |
| 25. | xii. | LEWIS OSCAR ROSENSTIEL, b. December 07, 1867, Sadorus, Champaign co, Illinois; d. 1934, Goddard, Sedgewick co, Kansas. | |
| xiii. | LILLIE MAE ROSENSTIEL, b. October 20, 1870, Sadorus, Champaign co, Illinois; d. November 04, 1944, Urbana, Champaign co, Illinois; m. DANIEL HOLTERMANN; b. 1869; d. December 23, 1943. Burial: Crew Cemetery, Urbana, Champaign co, Illinois |
1850 Stephenson county Illinois - page 327
| Henry Rosenstiel | 25 – Germany - farmer | |
| Jane | 21 - New York | |
| Lonenzo | 1 - Ill | |
| Albert Pickard | 16 - NY |
1860 Census of Stephenson county Illinois – Erie township about page 250
| Henry Rasensteel | 35 – Germany - farmer - $4200 | |
| Jane | 30 - NY | |
| Lorenzo | 10 | |
| Loran | 9 | |
| Lewiss | 7 | |
| Harlan | 5 | |
| Herman | 6/12 |
1870 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin township Lena
| Henry Rosensteil | 43 – Prussia - farmer - $10500 | |
| Jane | 41 - NY | |
| Lounzo | 21 – Ill - farm labor | |
| Loran | 18 | |
| Louis | 16 | |
| Harlan | 13 | |
| Harman | 10 | |
| Josephine | 4 | |
| Charles | 2 |
1880 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin township page 29
| Henry ROSENTIEL | 53 – Leppe De Mold – farmer – parents Leppe | |
| Jane ROSENTIEL | 51 - NY – parents NY | |
| Harlow ROSENTIEL | 24 - IL - Works On Farm | |
| Josephine ROSENTIEL | 14 | |
| Charles ROSENTIEL | 12 |
Three of the children of Henry Rosenstiel and Jane Pickard remained in Stephenson county Illinois and four moved on to farm in Iowa. Henry Rosenstiel died on the 26th of June 1898 in Stephenson county Illinois and is buried in the Lena Burial Park. He was just past seventy years of age. Jane Pickard Rosenstiel went to live with her daughter, Josephine Rosenstiel Myers, in Cylinder Palo Alto county, Iowa where she died in 1914.
| 26. | i. | LORENZO ROSENSTIEL, b. April 1848, Eleroy, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. March 20, 1927, Stephenson co, Illinois. | |
| ii. | LORAN ROSENSTIEL, b. February 08, 1852, Harlem TS, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. October 14, 1873, Harlem TS, Stephenson co, Illinois. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois | ||
| iii. | LEWIS ROSENSTIEL, b. February 01, 1854, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. April 02, 1927, Walker, Buchanan co, Iowa. Burial: Circle Grove Cemetery, Walker, Buchanan co, Iowa | ||
| 28. | v. | HERMAN ROSENSTIEL, b. February 11, 1859, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. January 13, 1917, Algona, Kossuth co, Iowa. | |
| vi. | JOSEPHINE ROSENSTIEL was born about 1866, the only daughter of Henry Rosenstiel and Jane Pickard. She appears with her parents in the 1870 and 1880 census of Stephenson county Illinois. She was married to Charles E Myers on the 28th of October 1888 in Eleroy Stephenson county Illinois. The young couple removed to the area around Ruthven in Palo Alto county Iowa. In the 1900 and 1910 census, Jane Pickard Rosenstiel is living with her daughter's family in Palo Alto county Iowa. | ||
| 29. | vii. | CHARLES OLIVER ROSENSTIEL, b. March 1868, Stephenson co, Illinois; d. February 17, 1957, Oelwein, Fayette co, Iowa. |
| F Rosenstiel | 26 – Germany - farmer | |
| Johanah | 25 - Pa | |
| Marthana | 7 - Ill | |
| Anne | 3 - Ill | |
| Jacob | 79 – Germany - retired gentleman | |
| Merty | 75 |
1870 Census of Stephenson county Illinois - Erin township Lena
| Fredric Rosenstiel | 36 – Prussia - farmer - $8250 | |
| Martha | 16 - Ill | |
| Anna | 12 | |
| Henry | 6 | |
| Jessie | 5 | |
| Grant | 3 | |
| Frederic | 1 |
1880 Census of Stephenson county Illinois – Erin township - page 34
| Frederick ROSENTIEL | 45 – Leppe De Mold – farmer – parents born Swat Berger | |
| Hariet ROSENTIEL | 25 - IL | |
| Henry ROSENTIEL | 16 - IL | |
| Jesse ROSENTIEL | 15 | |
| Grant ROSENTIEL | 14 | |
| Freddy ROSENTIEL | 11 | |
| M. Lenora ROSENTIEL | 1 |
Fred Rosenstiel died 22 Jul 1887 and is buried at the Greenwood cemetery near Eleroy in Stephenson county Illinois.
| i. | MARTHA ROSENSTIEL, b. 1854; m. JAMES D SNYDER, February 20, 1872, Stephenson co, Illinois. | ||
| ii. | ANNA ROSENSTIEL, b. 1858; d. January 13, 1901. | ||
| iii. | HENRY ROSENSTIEL, b. June 1863, Stephenson co, Illinois. | ||
| iv. | JESSIE ROSENSTIEL, b. 1865. | ||
| 30. | v. | GRANT ROSENSTIEL, b. 1867; d. November 19, 1931, Ryegate, Golden Valley co, Montana. | |
| 31. | vi. | FREDERICK "FRED" ROSENSTIEL, b. February 1869, Stephenson co, Illinois. |
| vii. | LENORA "LILLY" ROSENSTIEL, b. October 12, 1878; d. February 25, 1887. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois | ||
| viii. | DEALIA B ROSENSTIEL, b. November 15, 1879; d. August 24, 1880. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Lena, Stephenson co, Illinois | ||
| ix. | MILES W ROSENSTIEL, b. February 23, 1883; d. October 02, 1903. | ||
| x. | ELMER MILTON ROSENSTIEL, b. December 09, 1884; m. MABEL "NELLI" MARSHALL, March 08, 1905. |
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