Genealogy of a Schilling Family from Apolda, Germany,
Some Descendants of Christoph Adam Schilling (1778-1858) through Seven
Generations
Fifth Generation
16. Jutta
Leyh (Wilhemine Minna Therese Schilling
, Franz Friedrich August , Heinrich
Konrad , Christoph Adam ).
Jutta married Kurt Becker
son of Albert Becker and Elese Burkhard
in Nov 1923 in Apolda, Thuringia, Germany.
They had the following children:
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Christa Becker was born on 19 Dec 1923. She died of cancer on
26 Sep 1944.
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Bernd Becker
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Marlies Becker
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Franz Becker
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17. Marion Leyh
(Wilhemine Minna Therese Schilling , Franz
Friedrich August , Heinrich Konrad
, Christoph Adam ) was
born on 8 Apr 1908 in Apolda, Thuringia,
Germany. She died on 5 Jan 1989 in Oberndorf,
Neckar, Germany.
Marion
married Herbert Wolf. Herbert was born on 15 Jan 1907. He died on 23 Aug 1981 in Obernburg,
Neckar, Germany.
They had the following children:
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Stefan Wolf
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Michael Wolf
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18. Ursula Leyh
(Wilhemine Minna Therese Schilling , Franz
Friedrich August , Heinrich Konrad
, Christoph Adam ) was
born on 10 Jan 1911 in Apolda, Thuringia,
Germany. She died on 23 Feb 1995 in Munich,
Bayern, Germany.
Ursula married Karl-Heinz
Volkholz son of Arthur Volkholz
and Anna Dorr on 17 May 1935
in Apolda, Thuringia,
Germany. They had the following children:
19. Otto Francis George Schilling
[scrapbook] (Otto Wolfgang
, Franz Friedrich August , Heinrich
Konrad , Christoph Adam ) was born on 3 Nov 1911 in Apolda, Thuringia, Germany. He
died on 20 Jun 1973 in Highland
Park, Lake, Illinois.
He was buried on 23 Jun 1973
in Mt. Carmel
Cemetery, Hillside,
Cook County, Illinois.
Otto graduated from the local gymnasium in Apolda
in 1930 and did graduate studies at Jena
and Göttingen from 1930 to 1933. He received his
doctorate in mathematics at the University
of Marburg in 1934. From 1934 to
1935 he did post doctoral work at Trinity
College at Cambridge,
England.
He came to the United States
in 1935 as a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton
University, Princeton,
New Jersey. From 1937 to 1939 he was a
fellow at Johns Hopkins
University. In the fall of 1939, he
became an instructor in mathematics at the University
of Chicago and advanced to full
professor. He became a citizen of the United
States on May 12, 1941.
In 1961 he joined the Purdue University Mathematics Department at West
Lafayette, Indiana. He was the
author of numerous theoretical papers and three books on abstract algebra. He
wrote The Theory of Valuations published by the American Mathematical
Society in 1950 and 1969. He edited Arithmetical Algebraic Geometry, the
proceedings of a conference organized by the Purdue University Division of
Mathematical Sciences in December 1963. In 1973 he co-authored Basic Abstract
Algebra with W. Stephen Piper. His Purdue
University colleagues wrote of him:
"Otto was a dedicated teacher. He tried to awaken enthusiasm for
mathematics by absolute integrity and strict adherence to rigorous
standards."
He applied his mathematical knowledge to bell design so that the bells cast by
his father in Apolda and his brother Friedrich in Heidelberg
would excel in purity of tone.
Otto married Dorothy Barbara Stanton [scrapbook] daughter of Michael James Stanton and
Barbara Theresa Uttley on 8 Apr 1940 in Chicago,
Cook, Illinois.
Dorothy was born on 12 Oct 1909
in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She died on 17 Jan 1997 in Highland
Park, Lake, Illinois.
She was buried on 20 Jan 1997
in Hillside Mt.
Carmel Cemetery,
Cook, Illinois.
DOROTHY THERESA3 STANTON (Michael James2, Ulick1)
attended the Immaculata
High School in Chicago
and graduated at the top of her class. "Theresa" was her baptismal
middle name which was dropped at confirmation when she took
"Barbara." She received her B.A. in Fine Arts from Radcliffe College
at Cambridge, Massachusetts,
in 1930 graduating magna cum laude. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She did
post graduate work at the University
of Rome from 1930 to 1931 and at
the Institute of Art
and Archeology at Paris in the
summer of 1932.
She was a volunteer at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1931 to 1933 and
wrote the section on Italian painting for the "Century of Progress
Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture." From 1933 to 1936 she was Director
of Educational Activities for the Albany Institute of History and Art at Albany,
New York. From 1936 to 1940 she was an
assistant in the Print Department at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Her community service was extensive. With her husband Otto, she was a
trustee of the Calvert Foundation of Chicago. She served on the boards of the
Women's Board of the Admiral, Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind, Old Peoples
Home of the City of Chicago, The
Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, Volunteer Bureau of the Welfare Council of
Metropolitan Chicago, Illinois Epilepsy League, Madonna
Center, and the Highland Park
Library. She also served on the Women's Committee of the Library of
International Relations, was vice-president of the Senior Group of Highland
Park-Ravinia Center of Infant Welfare, was a
co-chairman of the Radcliffe Club Scholarship Fund
Art Tour, president of the Crib Society of Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum,
chairman of the Junior League Sustaining Group, and co-chairman of the
Riverview Ramble fundraiser. She was a member of the Junior League of Chicago
and did volunteer work at Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum,
Madonna Center,
Red Cross (Grey Lady), and Infant Welfare. She was Roommother
at the North Shore
Country Day School
from 1962-1963.
Otto and Dorothy had the following children:
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Michael Stanton Schilling
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Michael married Mary Ann Sudol daughter of Michael Peter Sudol
and Mary Buczek.
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Marie Irene Schilling
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Barbara
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22. Ellinor
Kipp (Ida Schilling
, Franz Friedrich August , Heinrich
Konrad , Christoph Adam ) was born on 12 Jul 1906 in Coburg, Bayern, Germany.
She died on 27 May 1993 in Coburg, Bayern, Germany.
Ellinor
married Johannes Heinrich Werner Lotz
son of Dr. Andreas Lotz and Wally Rosslof
on 7 Feb 1933 in Coburg, Bayern, Germany.
He was called Werner. He was born on 12
Jan 1895 in Possneck,
Germany. He died on 4 Mar 1992 in Coburg,
Bayern, Germany.
Johannes and Ellinor
had the following children:
23. Ilse
Kessler (Anna Elise Schilling , Franz Friedrich August , Heinrich
Konrad , Christoph Adam ) was born on 27 Feb 1913 in Koln, Germany.
She died on 18 Aug 1978 in Den
Haag, Netherlands.
Ilse married Henrik Fels
son of Jan Jacob Fels and Non Dommers
on 26 Jun 1937 in Plauen, Vogtland,
Saxoni,
Germany. Henrik was born on 8
Nov 1911 in Netherlands.
He died on 8 Jan 1983 in Den
Haag, Netherlands.
They had the following child:
24. Eva-Maria Kessler (Anna Elise Schilling , Franz
Friedrich August , Heinrich Konrad
, Christoph Adam ). Eva-Maria married Ernst
Muller son of Ernst Wilhelm Muller and Meta Lehmann
on 29 Nov 1947 in Dresden,
Germany. They had the following child:
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Irene Anna Ilse Meta Muller
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25. Hans Kessler (Anna Elise Schilling , Franz
Friedrich August , Heinrich Konrad
, Christoph
Adam ) was born on 29 Nov 1918
in Apolda, Thuringia,
Germany. He died on 22 Mar 1978 in Roth, Bayern, Germany.
He was buried in Allersberg, Bayern, Germany.
Hans married Liesel Wolfgarten
daughter of Josef Wolfgarten and Justine Schneider on
28 Aug 1954 in Grosdorf, Kipfenberg,
Germany. Liesel was born on 1
Jan 1927 in Mulheim,
Ruhr, Germany.
She died on 11 Sep 1973 in Allersberg, Bayern,
Germany. She was buried
in Sep 1973 in Mulheim,
Ruhr, Germany.
They had the following child:
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Christel Kessler
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Christel married Klaus
Ludwig son of Hans-Jorg Ludwig and Sylvia Grunwald.
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26. Wolfgang Gunter Frank Mietling (Gertrud Doris
Schilling , Franz Friedrich August , Heinrich Konrad , Christoph Adam ). Wolfgang married Heike Lohmeier daughter of Fritz Lohmeier
and Lina ________ on 6 Nov 1970 in Porta, Westfallen, Germany.
They had the following child:
27. Gisela Mietling
(Gertrud Doris Schilling , Franz
Friedrich August , Heinrich Konrad
, Christoph Adam ). Gisela married Hans Neuhaus son of Wilhelm Neuhaus
and Johanna Schlieper on 9 Sep 1939 in Dresden, Germany.
Hans was born on 5 Mar 1913
in Dortmund, Westfallen, Germany.
He died on 25 Jan 1997.
After graduating from high school, Hans joined the 100,000 man German
Army as a cadet at Rastenburg in Eastern
Prussia in 1932. By 1938 he was an instructor at the War
College in Dresden.
There he met Gisela Mietling in 1939, and they were
married just as the German war effort began. Hans headed a mortar company with
horse and wagon, and was a Company Commander in Poland
and France.
During the fighting in 1940 he was wounded when a cannon he was standing near
was hit and exploded with a loud crash and killing others. This incident caused
a loud, buzzing noise in his ears that continued for the rest of his life. Hans
was soon promoted to Captain and sent to the Staff
College in Berlin
where he graduated in 1942. He was next sent to the Russian Front as a general
staff officer in logistics. After another promotion to Major, he was sent to
the invasion front to provide logistical support for General Rommel. During this period he was made aware by Rommel of the secret internal plot against Hitler. He
worked in the background to help this effort which later failed. After a
further promotion to Lt. Colonel, he was wounded during a spitfire attack. In
the same attack, Rommel suffered a complicated
fracture of his pelvis after a direct hit on his pistol. As the German Army
retreated from France
during the fall of 1944, he filled in for a 4-Star General for logistics in the
counter attact to the Ardennes Offensive.
In April 1945, he was taken prisoner in the Rhur
area and sent to several American POW camps along the Rhine
River. The weather was cold and
wet, and the conditions in the camps were horrible. However, while in an
American POW camp in France, Hans made watercolor paintings of the forests.
After the end of the war he was released in 1946. He was 1.87 meters tall and
weighed only 45 kilos. It was difficult to find a job since he and many other
Germans were regarded a war criminals. So he worked
for the British Occupation Army for a year or so. By this time he was reunited
with his wife and young son. Hans next turned to selling hardware, fountain
pens, and car top textiles.In 1953, following rumors
that a new army under the European Defense Community might be formed, he went
to Bonn to enlist. But the French
objected to the plan, so he became an advisor to the _________ Office which in
1954 sent him to Paris for one year
as one of 5 representatives.
He was one of the first nine German officers sent to Paris
for the ________ and spent 3 years at Fountainbleau.
Next he served as an instructor at the General Staff Academy in Hamburg
as a full Colonel. From mid 1955 to mid 1956, he served a tour of duty at the
Ministry of Defense at Bonn. In
1957 he was sent to Coronado, California,
to attend a school where NATO country officers were being trained in triphebious warfare (coordinated joint land, sea, and air
operations). After another tour of duty at Fountainbleau
in 1958, he was assigned to the Military
Staff College
at Hamburg as an instructor in triphebious warfare.
In December 1961, he was sent to Washington,
D.C. where he worked for the German
Diplomatic Service in the German Embassy. In September 1962 he was called back
to Germany for
a tour of duty at the Army Command
Center at Koln. He next served as a liasion
officer to the British Army on Rhine at ________, and
finally at NATO Headquarters in Holland
and Belgium.
Hans retired from military service in 1967 and moved to a home in southern France
near Cannes.
Hans and Gisela had the following children:
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