Heinrich Gillig (1887 - 1968)

Born 11 Sep 1887 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Ancestors

Died 12 Dec 1968 at age 81 in Genesee, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Henry Gillig was a Volga German.

Henry Gillig has German Roots.

Family #660 in the 1897 Grimm census.

Heinrich Gillig married Justina Schneider in Grimm, Russia. They immigrated to the United States with his wife's brother Philipp Schneider and his family, and Philipp's brother-in-law, Carl Fritzler, and his family. Also traveling with the large group of family members was Heinrich Gillig' brother, Karl, his wife Louisa, their two children, and Karl and Heinrich's mother, Charlotta Gillig. For a detailed look at their journey to the United States, see Karl Fritzler.

1897 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 660

Head of the Household Heinrich Jakob Gillig, age 67, married

Wife Maria Katharina Gillig, age 64, married

Child #1 Heinrich Gillig, age 39, married

Wife of Child #1 Charlotta Gillig, age 40, married

Grandchild #1 Elisabeth Gillig, age 17, single

Grandchild #2 Johann Jakob Gillig, age 13

Grandchild #3 Heinrich Gillig, age 9

Grandchild #4 Karl Gillig, age 6

Child #2 Philipp Gillig, age 33, married

Wife of Child #2 Elisabeth Gillig, age 34, married

Grandchild #5 Elisabeth Gillig, age 9

Grandchild #6 Jakob Gillig, age 2

Child #3 Johann Jakob Gillig, age 28, married

Wife of Child #3 Elisabeth Gillig, age 28, married

Grandchild #7 Amalia Gillig, age 6

Grandchild #8 Karl Gillig, age 1

Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922 ^[2]

Name: Heinrich Gillig

Event Type: Immigration

Event Date: Jan 1913

Event Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gender: Male

Birthplace: Russia

Ship Name: Canada

Affiliate Film Number: T-4745

Digital Folder Number: 004543086

Image Number: 00706

U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959 ^[3]

Name: Heinrich Gillig

Age: 25

Estimated birth year: abt 1888

Birthplace: Grim, Russia

Gender: Male

Ethnic Background: German

Arrival Date: 15 Jan 1913

Port of Arrival: Portland, Maine

Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

Ship Name: Canada

Friend's Name: John Albrandt

Last Residence: Russia

Place of Origin: Russia

World War I Draft Registration ^[4]

Name: Henry Gelley [Henry Gelleg] [sic] should be Henry Gillig

Race: Caucasian (White)

Marital status: Married

Birth Date: 11 Sep 1887

Birth Place: Russia

Street address: 157 Marys Ave

Residence Place: Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA

1920 United States Federal Census ^[5]

Name: Henry Gelley [Henry Galleg] [sic] should be Gillig

Age: 32

Birth Year: abt 1888

Birthplace: Russia

Home in 1920: Fond du Lac Ward 16, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Street: East Johnson Street

House Number: 110

Residence Date: 1920

Race: White

Gender: Male

Immigration Year: 1912

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital status: Married

Spouse's name: Justina Gelley

Father's Birthplace: Russia

Mother's name: Charlotte Gelley

Mother's Birthplace: Russia

Native Tongue: German

Able to Speak English: No

Occupation: Laborer

Industry: Tannery

Employment Field: Wage or Salary

Home Owned or Rented: Rent

Naturalization Status: Alien

Able to Read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Henry Gelley 32

Justina Gelley 31

Emilie Gelley 8

Lydia Gelley 6

Ella Gelley 2

Charlotte Gelley 63

Henry Fiebig 47

Carl Wagner 34

1930 United States Federal Census ^[6]

Name: Henry Gillig

Birth Year: abt 1888

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: Russia

Marital status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1930: Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA

Map of Home: View Map

Street address: West Cotton St

Ward of City: 14th

House Number: 76

Dwelling Number: 152

Family Number: 178

Home Owned or Rented: Owned

Home Value: 4500

Radio Set: No

Lives on Farm: No

Age at first Marriage: 22

Attended School: No

Able to Read and Write: Yes

Father's Birthplace: Russia

Mother's Birthplace: Russia

Language Spoken: German

Immigration Year: 1913

Naturalization: Alien

Able to Speak English: No

Occupation: Finisher

Industry: Tannery

Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker

Employment: Yes

Household Members: Name Age

Henry Gillig 42

Gistner [sic] Gillig 41 should be Justina

Emmily Gillig 18

Liede Gillig 16

Ella Gillig 12

Charlett Gillig 74

1940 United States Federal Census ^[7]

Name: Henry Gillig

Age: 52

Estimated birth year: abt 1888

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: Germany [sic] should be Russia

Marital status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1940: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Map of Home in 1940: View Map

Street: W Cotton Street

House Number: 76

Farm: No

Inferred Residence in 1935: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Residence in 1935: Same Place

Citizenship: Naturalized

Sheet Number: 6A

Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 123

Occupation: Tin Color Mixer

House Owned or Rented: Owned

Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 3500

Attended School or College: No

Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 6th grade

Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42

Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work

Weeks Worked in 1939: 52

Income: 1004

Income Other Sources: No

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Henry Gillig 52

Justina Gillig 50

Sharlet Gillig 84

Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950 ^[8]

Name: Henry Gillig

Event Type: Naturalization

Event Place: Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Event Date: 1940

Birth Year: 1887

Birthplace: Russia

Affiliate Publication Title: Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for U.S. District & Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950

Affiliate Publication Number: M1285

Affiliate Film Number: 64

GS Film number: 1432064

Digital Folder Number: 004641008

Image Number: 05215

World War II Draft Registration ^[9]

Name: Henry Gillig

Gender: Male

Race: White

Residence Age: 55

Birth Date: 11 Sep 1887

Birth Place: Grimm, Russia

Residence Date: 1942

Residence Place: Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA

United States Social Security Death Index ^[10]

Age: 81

Given Name: Henry

Surname: Gillig

Birth Date: 11 Sep 1887

State: Wisconsin [sic]

Last Place of Residence: Genesee, Michigan

Previous Residence Postal Code: 48504

Event Date: Dec 1968

Sources

1. ↑ 1897 Grimm (Lesnoi Karamysh), Russia Census List, Translated by Richard Rye, Compiled and Edited by John Groh, Contributor Henry Schmick; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published 2017; page 103, family #660.
2. ↑ "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HL4-X7P : 11 March 2018), Heinrich Gillig, Jan 1913; citing Immigration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, T-4745, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. ↑ Records from Record Group 287, Publications of the U.S. Government; Record Group 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] and Record Group 36, Records of the United States Customs Service. The National Archives at Washington, D.C. Heinrich Gillig, age 25, born in Grimm, Russia. Ancestry.com. U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. See: https://ancstry.me/2Lz2hCD.
4. ↑ United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Henry Gillig, born 11 September 1887 in Russia, Registration State: Wisconsin; Registration County: Fond Du Lac; Roll: 1674637; Draft Board: 1. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. See: https://ancstry.me/2Yk85pm.
5. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census, Henry Gillig, age 32, born in Russia, Year: 1920; Census Place: Fond du Lac Ward 16, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1986; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 45. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. See: https://ancstry.me/2xWEEeb.
6. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census, Henry Gillig born about 1888 in Russia, Year: 1930; Census Place: Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 2342306. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. See: https://ancstry.me/2YeLHxS.
7. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census, Henry Gillig, age 52, born in Russia, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: m-t0627-04479; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 20-17. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. See: https://ancstry.me/2Z0I9MR.
8. ↑ "Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKLT-PBG : 12 March 2018), Henry Gillig, 1940; citing Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, NARA microfilm publication M1285 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 64; FHL microfilm 1,432,064.
9. ↑ The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Wisconsin; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2126; Box or Roll Number: 97, Henry Gillig, age 55, born 11 September 1887 in Grimm, Russia. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. See: https://ancstry.me/2Y3SmXr.
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J16W-CTG : 20 May 2014), Henry Gillig, Dec 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).