Hedwig and Gustav Khym
as children in Vienna, Austria.

Gustav Adolf KHYM
6 Jun 1843 - 16 Apr 1905 @ Chicago, Illinois
s/o
Edmund Khym & Karolina Siegel

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

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

Birthplace in Vienna, Austria,
of Gustav Adolf Khym.

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Is Leopoldstadt, to the east of Stadt Wien,
just across the Danube Canal,
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Above is shown the Aspernbrücke, the bridge that crosses the Canal
at the southeast corner of Stadt Wien.
Hedwig Khym and Edmund Khym were both born
in the tall, narrow corner building (below the V above the picture)
at the far side of the bridge.

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The Protestant church in Vienna, Austria,
where Gustaf Adolf Khym was baptized in 1843.

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

Residences of Gustav Khym

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1859 -
1860
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1861 -
1862 -
1863 -
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1865 -
1866 -
1867 -
1868 -
1869 -

1880 - 106 27th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1881 - 106 27th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1882 - 106 27th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1883 - 106 27th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1884 - 418 East 27th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1885 - 418 East 27th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1886 - 418 East 27th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1887 - 418 East 27th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1888 - 418 East 27th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1889 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois

1870 -
1871 -
1872 - 426 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois
1873 - 553 North Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois
1874 - 35 Newberry Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
1875 - 324 West 12th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1876 - 21 Newberry Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
1877 - 21 Newberry Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
1878 - 147 Blue Island Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
1879 - 253 Forquer Street, Chicago, Illinois

1890 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1891 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1892 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1893 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1894 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1895 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1896 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1897 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1898 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1899 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1900 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1901 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1902 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1903 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1904 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1905 - 503 East 45th Street, Chicago, Illinois
1906 - Oakwoods Cemetery

Where Gustav Khym first lived in Chicago


Map of the near southwest side of Chicago in the 1870s
when the Khyms and Wilhermsdorfers
were first in Chicago.
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The diagonal street named Hoosier Avenue
was also known as Blue Island Avenue.
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The Khyms and Wilhermsdorfers,
in the years immediately following
the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
lived at various times on Halsted, Wells, Forquer, 12th,
Liberty and Maxwell Streets
and on Newberry and Blue Island Avenues.
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.....1.) Gustavus Francis KHYM
.....6 Jul 1870 - 29 Jun 1879 @ Chicago, Illinois
.....never married

.....2.) Edmund __________ KHYM
.....25 Jun 1872 - 1 Mar 1878 @ Chicago, Illinois
.....never married

.....3.) Rosa __________ KHYM
.....9 Jun 1874 - 18 Sep 1875 @ Chicago, Illinois
.....never married

.....4.) John Adams KHYM
.....27 Feb 1877 - 28 Apr 1961 @ Chicago, Illinois

.........................In Illinois:
.............................."a plumber and plumbing contractor"

.....m. 21 Jan 1903 @ Chicago, Illinois
.....Catherine Mary FYANES
........13 Nov 1879 - 31 Jan 1968 @ Chicago, Illinois
........d/o Andrew Fyanes & Mary McNeill

...................[Click here for the Descendants of John Khym]

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.....5.) Francis Pierce KHYM
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..........................................................Frank P. Khym
.....9 Nov 1878 - 8 Apr 1935 @ Kankakee, Illinois

.........................In Illinois:
.............................."an insurance salesman"

.....m. 18 Jul 1912 @ Chicago, Illinois
.....Hädwig Dorothy KADOW
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................................................ Hädwig D. Kadow Khym
........2 Feb 1886 - 3 Nov 1957 @ Chicago, Illinois
........d/o Emil Kadow & Matilda Seidler

...............A) Franklin Pierce William KHYM
...............29 May 1915 -
...............m. 1 Jun 1940 @ Chicago, Illinois
...............June Valeria PETERSEN
..................28 Jun 1916 -
..................d/o George Petersen & Pauline Wagenbrett

........................I) Georgia June KHYM
....................... 15 April 1945 -.
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................................Georgia Khym at her marriage to Michael Heath

........................m.3. 30 Aug 1996 @ San Antonio, Texas
........................Michael Richard HEATH
...........................25 May 1945 -
...........................s/o Richard Heath & Marjorie Betzer;

...............B) Marian Harriet Lucille Myrtle KHYM
...............21 Apr 1917 - _______________ @ _______________
...............m. 17 Apr 1943 @ Chicago, Illinois
...............Gerard Francis Xavier MORAN
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........................................................... Gerard Moran
..................3 Dec 1909 - 10 Jan 1987 @ Palos Township, Illinois
..................s/o Christopher Moran & Anne Tuitt

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.....6.) Mary Jane KHYM
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....................................................................... Mary Khym Seitz
.....11 Sep 1881 - 7 Sep 1947 @ Chicago, Illinois
.....m. 26 Nov 1902 @ Chicago, Illinois
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.................................Mary Khym and her husband George Seitz

.....George __________ SEITZ
........14 Feb 1876 - 4 Jan 1951 @ Forrest Heights, Maryland
........s/o Edward Seitz & Catherine Schmaltz

...............A) Edward Gustave Francis SEITZ
...............14 Oct 1903 - 21 Dec 1953 @ Dixon, Illinois
...............never married

...............B) George Khym SEITZ
...............29 Dec 1909 - 20 Feb 1968 @ Cheverley, Maryland
...............m. 8 Apr 1933 @ Baltimore, Maryland
...............Klara Elfrieda SEITZ
..................24 Mar 1919 - _______________ @ _______________
..................d/o Henry Seitz & _______________

........................adopted 1) George Henry SEITZ
........................_______________ 19____ - _______________ @ _______________
........................married?

........................adopted 2) Nancy Louise SEITZ
........................_______________ 19____ - _______________ @ _______________
........................m. _________ 19____ @ __________________
........................________ _________ WINDSOR
..........................._______________ 19____ - _______________ @ _______________
...........................s/o _________ Windsor & ______________

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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 ca. 1915 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___- ?)
........................................ d) Otto Arthur Wilhermsdorfer (1874-1947)
...................................................m. in 1903 Marie E____ Ermeling (1884-1955)
........................................ e) Morris _____ Wilhermsdorfer (1878- ca. 1939)
...................................................m. in 1918 Angelita _____ Dias Winfree Stewart (18___-19___)
........................................ f) Benjamin F_________ Wilhermsdorfer (1881-19___)
...................................................m. in 1902 _______________________ (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)
........................................ e) Mary Jane Khym (1881-1947)
................................................... m. in 1902 George _____ Seitz (1876-1951)
..................... F) Wilhelmina Sophia Khym (1816- ca. 1865)
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