Edmund Ernst KHYM
17 Feb 1815 - ca. _______________ 1867 @ Quincy, Illinois
s/o Anton Khym & Karolina Künhans

Heiligenstadt,
das Eichsfeld, Prussian Saxony
where Anton Khym was the City's Chief Forester
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The birthplace of Edmund Khym.................Saint Mary Church
on the Wilhelmstrasse, Heiligenstadt..............in Heiligenstadt,
.................................................................................the Catholic Church where in 1815
............................................................................Edmund Khym was baptized

.........................In Austria: .............................."Comis." .............................."Handelsmann (s. Verand.)" .............................."ein Currentwarenhändler unter der protok. Firma: Ed. Khym"" .............................."unter der protokollerten Firma: Ed. Khym, Tuch-und-Schafwollwaaren-Lager .............................."unter der Firma: Edm. Khym, Niederlage von Tuch-und-Brünner Schafwollwaren" .............................."ein Großhandelsgeschäftsführer" .........................In Illinois: .............................."a cigarmaker"

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Saint Peter Church and Rectory
in the 1st district of Vienna
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Edmund Khym in 1841 was married to Karolina Siegel
in the rectory of this church.

The oath made and signed by Edmund Khym
in 1841 at his wedding to Karolina Siegel,
promising to allow all children to be raised as Roman Catholics.
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It states: "Ich am Ende eigenhändig unterschriebeyner Bräutigam
erkläre und verspreche hiemit in Gegenwart zwey Zeugen,
die aus dieser meiner Ehe etwa entsprossenden Kinder beyderley Geschlechts
in der Christkatolischen Religion erziehen lassen zu wollen."
Me praesente: Edmund Ernst Khym, als Bräutigam
Andreas Kastner, Copuland
Ignas Lerch, als Zeig
Carl Forman, als Zeige
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[Translation: "I the by my own hand under-signed groom
declare and promise herewith in the presence of two witnesses
to agree to allow any children of both sexes resulting from this my marriage
to be raised in the Christian Catholic religion.
Before me: Edmund Ernst Khym, as groom
Andreas Kastner, as officiating priest
Ignas Lerch, as witness
Carl Forman, as witness"
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m. 10 January 1841 @ Wien, Niederösterreich
Karolina Katharina SIEGEL
..._______________ 1813 - 26 Jan 1876 @ Quincy, Illinois
...d/o Jakob Siegel & Elizabeth Steinegg

.........................In Austria: .............................."eine Blumenfabrikantinn" .............................."eine Blumen (Seide und Battist) Fabrikantin"

Their two children

Hedwig and Gustav Khym
in a portrait made in Vienna, Austria.

.....1.) Hedwig Agatha KHYM
.....18 Dec 1841 - 9 May 1915 @ Chicago, Illinois

...................V..............................................................................................

Birthplace of Hedwig Agatha Khym in 1841.
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Facing the east side of Stadt Wien, across the Danube Canal,
is Leopoldstadt, Vienna's oldest suburb.
Shown above is the Aspernbrücke, the bridge crossing the Canal
at the southeast corner of Stadt Wien.
Both Hedwig Khym and Edmund Khym were born in the tall, narrow corner building
[under the V] that stands at the far side of this bridge.
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Saint Josef Church
on the Taborstrasse in Leopoldstadt
(the 2nd district of Vienna),
where in 1841 Hedwig Khym was baptized.
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Originally, a Carmelite monastery,
it was made a parish church in the 1790s by Kaiser Josef II.

Residences of Hedwig Khym Wilhermsdorfer

1860 - 1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 156 State Street, Quincy, Illinois 1865 - 156 State Street, Quincy, Illinois 1866 - 43 7th Street, Quincy, Illinois 1867 - 1868 - 12th Street (west side, 2 south of Broadway) .............Quincy, Illinois 1869 - 923 State Street, Quincy, Illinois	1890 - 661 Euclid Street, Chicago, Illinois 1891 - 661 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois 1892 - 661 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois 1893 - 661 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois 1894 - 661 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois 1895 - 661 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois 1896 - 661 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois 1897 - 661 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois 1898 - 220 Monticello Street, Chicago, Illinois 1899 - 220 Monticello Street, Chicago, Illinois
1870 - 923 State Street, Quincy, Illinois 1871 - 715 Kentucky Street, Quincy, Illinois 1872 - 715 Kentucky Street, Quincy, Illinois 1873 - 713 Kentucky Street, Quincy, Illinois 1874 - 713 Kentucky Street, Quincy, Illinois 1875 - 713 Kentucky Street, Quincy, Illinois 1876 - 713 Kentucky Street, Quincy, Illinois 1877 - 1878 - 1879 -	1900 - 220 Monticello Street, Chicago, Illinois 1901 - 220 Monticello Street, Chicago, Illinois 1902 - 220 Monticello Street, Chicago, Illinois 1903 - 220 Monticello Street, Chicago, Illinois 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909 - 87 North Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
1880 - 165 Liberty Street, Chicago, Illinois 1881 - 271 Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois 1882 - 271 Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois 1883 - 271 Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois 1884 - 151 Newberry Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 1885 - 151 Newberry Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 1886 - 661 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois 1887 - 661 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois 1888 - 661 Nicollet Street, Chicago, Illinois 1889 - 661 Nicollet Street, Chicago, Illinois	1910 - 318 North Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1276 North Cleveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 1915 - 1276 North Cleveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 1916 - Free Sons of Israel Cemetery

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Hedwig (Harriet) Khym Wilhermsdorfer
in her old age in Chicago, Illinois
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.....m. 19 Sep 1863 @ Quincy, Illinois
.....Gustav WILHERMSDORFER
........_______________ 1837 - 13 Oct 1898 @ Chicago, Illinois
........s/o Raphael Wilhermsdorfer & Rosalia __________

.........................In Illinois: .............................."a cigarmaker"

. Where Gustav and Hedwig Wilhermsdorfer first lived in Chicago

Map of the near southwest side of Chicago in the 1870s
when the Wilhermsdorfers and Khyms
were first in Chicago.
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The diagonal street named Hoosier Avenue
was later known as Blue Island Avenue.
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The Wilhermsdorfers and the Khyms,
in the years immediately following
the Great Chicago Fire of 1871,
lived at various times on Halsted, Wells, Liberty, Maxwell,
Forquer, 12th, and Newberry Streets
and on Newberry and Blue Island Avenues
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..........A) Zeno J_________ WILHERMSDORFER
..........26 Aug 1864 - 5 Mar 1949 @ Chicago, Illinois

.........................In Illinois: .............................."a cigarmaker"

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..........m.1. 28 Dec 1892 @ Belleville, Illinois
..........Emma Irene M_________ SHORT
............._______________ 1873 - 15 Dec 1895 @ Saint Louis, Missouri
.............d/o Robert Short & Sarah R. Adams

..........m.2. _______________ 1909 @ _______________
..........Anna Catherine GLENN
.............17 Feb 1866 - 21 Feb 1953 @ Chicago, Illinois
.............d/o James Glenn & Mathilda Denbo

....................[Click here for the Descendants of Zeno Wilhermsdorfer]

..........B) Julius __________ WILHERMSDORFER
..........16 Oct 1866 - 15 Oct 1933 @ Chicago, Illinois

.........................In Illinois ........................................a professional violinist

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Julius Wilhermsdorfer and wife Hannah Felsenthal
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..........m. 18 Sep 1894 @ Chicago, Illinois
..........Hannah __________ FELSENTHAL
.............20 Nov 1872 - 14 May 1938 @ Chicago, Illinois
.............d/o Albert Felsenthal & Sarah Felsenthal

....................[Click here for the Descendants of Julius Wilhermsdorfer]

..........C) Samuel __________ WILHERMSDORFER
.........._____ Nov 1871 - ca. ______________ 1925 @ ______________

.........................In Illinois . ............................."a cigarmaker"

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..........m. 18 Apr 1904 @ Chicago, Illinois
..........Ann __________ PETERSON
.............ca. _______________ 1868 - _______________ 19____ @ _______________
.............d/o __________ Peterson & ______________

..........D) Otto Arthur WILHERMSDORFER
..........18 May 1874 - 20 Apr 1947 @ Saint Petersburg, Florida

.........................In New York: .............................."a barber"

Otto Arthur Wilhermsdorfer

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..........m. 15 Aug 1903 @ The Bronx, New York
..........Marie E_________ ERMELING
.............2 Sep 1884 - 10 Jun 1955 @ Queens, New York
.............d/o Frederic Ermeling & Marie Wiele

...............I) Harriet Violet WILLIAMS
...............29 Apr 1905 - 6 Apr 1968 @ Hawthorne, New York

.........................In New York: .............................."a school teacher"

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Harriet Wilhermsdorfer (Williams)
.......with her grandmother,..................................and with her parents,
Hedwig (Harriet) Khym Wilhermsdorfer..........Otto and Marie Williams
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...............m. 23 Nov 1941 @ Greensburgh, Westchester Co., New York
...............Louis Harry DIAMOND
..................4 Dec 1894 - ___ Apr 1969 @ El Paso Co., Colorado
..................s/o David Diamond & Esther Simon;
..................previously married to Bertha Unrus and Margaret Perell; later married _______________

Map showing Ferncliff Cemetery
(where Otto, Marie and Harriet Williams are inurned)
and Hawthorne (where Harriet Williams died)

..........E) Morris __________ WILHERMSDORFER
..........8 Oct 1878 - ca. _______________ 1939 @ _______________
..........m. 18 Mar 1918 @ Moorhead, Minnesota
.............Angelita __________ DIAS
.............______________ 18____ - _______________ 19____ @ ______________
.............d/o __________ Dias & _______________;
.............previously married to __________Winfree, _______________
............._______________ & __________Stewart

..........F) Benjamin F_________ WILHERMSDORFER
.........._____ May 1881 - _______________ 19____ @ _______________

.........................In Illinois: .............................."a plumber"

..........m. __________ 1902 @ __________, Illinois
.............Emma __________ __________
.............ca. ______________ 1882 - _______________ 19____ @ ______________
.............d/o _______________ & _______________;

................I) _________ _________ WILHERMSDORFER
...............ca. _________ 1904 - ca. _________ 1904 @ _________, Illinois
...............never married

................II) Henry _________ WILHERMSDORFER
................ca. _________ 1906 - _________ 19____ @ ______________
...............married?

................III) Buella __________ WILHERMSDORFER
................ca. _________ 1907 - _________ 19____ @ ______________
...............married?

................IV) May _________ WILHERMSDORFER
................ca. _________ 1909 - _________ 19____ @ ______________
...............married?

................V) Robert __________ WILHERMSDORFER
................ca. _________ 1912 - _________ 19____ @ ______________
...............married?

................VI) Edward _________ WILHERMSDORFER
................ca. _________ 1914 - _________ 19____ @ ______________
...............married?

.....2.) Gustav Adolf KHYM
.....6 Jun 1843 - 16 Apr 1905 @ Chicago, Illinois

.........................In Illinois: .............................."a cigarmaker and salesman"

.....m. 18 Jul 1869 @ Chicago, Illinois
.....Mary Jane LEE
........23 Sep 1853 - 6 Feb 1914 @ Chicago, Illinois
........d/o John Lee & _______________

....................[Click here for the Descendants of Gustav Khym & Mary Lee]

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SUMMARY:

.......4) Anton Maria Karl Josef Franz Xavier Khym (1776 - ca. 1830)
............m. in 18___ Karolina Katharina Künhans (1780-ca. 1845)
..................A) Carolina _____ Khym (ca. 1803- ?)
..................B) Emma _____ Khym (ca. 1805-?)
..................C) Julius _____ Khym (ca. 1806-?)
..................D) Emelia _____ Khym (ca. 1807-?)
..................E) Edmund Ernst Khym (1815- ca. 1865)
.........................m. in 1841 Karolina Katharina Siegel (1815- 1876)
................................I) Hedwig Agatha Khym (1841- 1915)
.......................................m. in 1863 Gustav _____ Wilhermsdorfer (1837- 1898)
.............................................a) Zeno J_____ Wilhermsdorfer (1864- 1949)
...................................................m.1st in 1892 Emma Irene Short (1873- 1895)
...................................................m.2nd in 1909 Anna Catherine Glenn (1866- 1953)
.............................................b) Julius _____ Wilhermsdorfer (1866- 1933)
...................................................m. in 1894 Hannah _____ Felsenthal (1872- 1938)
.............................................c) Samuel _____ Wilhermsdorfer (1871- ca. 1925)
...................................................m. in 1904 Ann _____ Petersen (18___- 19__?)
.............................................d) Otto Arthur Wilhermsdorfer (1874-1947)
...................................................m. in 1903 Marie E____ Ermeling (1884-1955)
.............................................e) Morris _____ Wilhermsdorfer (1878- ca. 1939)
...................................................m. in 1919 Angelita _____ Dias Winfree Stewart (18___-19___)
.............................................f) Benjamin F_________ Wilhermsdorfer (1881-19___)
...................................................m. in 1902 Emma _________ _________ (18__-19___)
................................II) Gustav Adolf Khym (1843- 1905)
.......................................m. in 1869 Mary Jane Lee (1863- 1914)
.............................................a) Gustavus Francis Khym (1870-1879)
.............................................b) Edmund _____ Khym (1872-1878)
.............................................c) Rosa _____ Khym (1874-1875)
.............................................d) John Adams Khym (1877-1961)
...................................................m. in 1903 Catherine Mary Fyanes (1879-1968)
.............................................e) Francis Pierce Khym (1878-1935)
...................................................m. in 1912 Hädwig Dorothy Kadow (1886-1957)
.............................................f) Mary Jane Khym (1881-1947)
...................................................m. in 1902 George _____ Seitz (1876-1951)
..................F) Wilhelmina Sophia Khym (1816- ca. 1865)
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