Death Certificate: Father: John (Johann) Wirth. Both parents born in Germany.
Sources
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3HQ-4Z1 : accessed 21 April 2016), Frank Niesen in entry for Franciska Niesen, 21 Apr 1922; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,877,159.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67N-FW5 : accessed 28 April 2016), Franciska Niesen in household of Frank Niesen, Illinois, United States; citing p. 65, family 516, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,708.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV26-F97Z : accessed 28 April 2016), Franciska Niesen, 1922; Burial, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America, Saint Boniface Cemetery; citing record ID 71175169, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Franciska by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Franciska: