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Descendants of Johannes Georg Ackermann

Generation No. 7


12. AMELIA7 ACKERMAN (FRANZ ALOIS6 ACKERMANN, JOHANN ADAM5, JOHANN4, FRANZ PETER3, JOHANN2, JOHANNES GEORG1)1 was born 1866 in Ottawa, Illinois1, and died 1948 in Congress Park, Illinois1. She married JACOB MEYER1. He was born 18651, and died 19391.

Notes for AMELIA ACKERMAN:
[Paul Ackerman.FTW]

Amelia was born in 1866 and at age 14, is listed in the census as "at home" (even though her younger sister, Lizzie, is shown as "at school"). Amelia married Jacob Meyer and they lived at 4305 Deyo in Congress Park, Illinois, where they raised their family. Julius and Emma Ackerman lived on Deyo Avenue for a time, as did the Newmann's and Edgar and Polly Mattes.

"Uncle Jake" was the station master at Congress Part Station on the Burlington railroad line. The station was north about a mile on Deyo Avenue. Their home was next to a vacant corner lot with lots of trees and the chickens housed in the chicken coop in the back yard provided lots of eggs for angel food cakes at birthday time. Julius' family and the Mattes' were at their table often. Amelia was a good cook.

Amelia and Jake had 5 children: Isabella, Elsa, Franklin, Elmer and Helen. Isabella Kathryn died of diphtheria at age 4 and is buried at Bronswood cemetery in Hinsdate, Ill, as is Elsa Meyer, who died with Annie Newmann and her son, Arthur, in the Iroquois Theatre fire in 1903.

The three surviving children often played with their cousins, Harold, Art, John and Grace, as well as the Mattes' children who lived down the street. Often a Sunday afternoon found the Julius Ackerman family walking down Cossitt Avenue from LaGrange to visit the Meyer family and engage in a rousing game of hide and go seek outdoors.

Frank married Lillian (Known as "Lill") and continued to live in the area, as they both worked in Chicago. Elmer remained single and entertained the family with his trumpet. Helen married Charlie Callentine, who had grown up across the street and they continued to live in the area. The Calentines had 4 children: Joh, Linda, Judi and Tom. When the children were in their teens, the family moved to Hawaii for a year and then to Arkansas. Helen died of cancer and Charlie remained in Arkansas. Amelia and Jake are buried in the Bronswood Cemetery in Hinsdale, Ill.
     
Children of AMELIA ACKERMAN and JACOB MEYER are:
  i.   FRANKLIN8 MEYER1, m. LILLIAN1.
  ii.   ELMER MEYER1.
17. iii.   HELEN MEYER, d. 02 Dec 1977.
  iv.   ELSA MEYER1, b. 18931; d. 19031.
  v.   ISABELLA MEYER1, b. 19021; d. 19061.


13. ELIZABETH ( LIZZIE)7 ACKERMAN (FRANZ ALOIS6 ACKERMANN, JOHANN ADAM5, JOHANN4, FRANZ PETER3, JOHANN2, JOHANNES GEORG1)1 was born 18 Dec 1869 in Ottawa, Illinois1, and died 03 Nov 1936 in Ottawa, Illinois1. She married THOMAS SCOTT1. He was born 06 Sep 18711, and died 12 Dec 19371.

Notes for ELIZABETH ( LIZZIE) ACKERMAN:
[Paul Ackerman.FTW]

"Aunt Lizzie" was born in December 1869 and married Thomas Scott. The moved to Erie, North Dakota, where they farmed and raised their 2 children, Glenn and Helene. Julius' family took an overnight train (using free travel passes) to visit them in the 1920's and marveled at Helene's able handling of a team of horses (One of which was named "Babe") when she was a teenager. Lizzie and Tom moved back to Ottawa in the early 1930's.

Glenn married and lived in Greenville, S.C. with one daughter. Helene married Ward Hall late in life and lived on a farm in Serena, Illinois. Helene and Ward raised grains - wheat, corn, etc. After Ward died, Helene moved to a retirement home in Ottawa. She passed away in the 1980's. Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Tom are buried in the mausoleum in the Ottawa Cemetery.
     
Children of ELIZABETH ACKERMAN and THOMAS SCOTT are:
  i.   GLENN8 SCOTT1, b. 18991; d. Abt. 19501; m. LILLIAN1.
  ii.   HELENE SCOTT1, b. 19031; d. Abt. 19601; m. WARD HALL1; b. 18941; d. 19771.


14. SOPHIA7 ACKERMAN (FRANZ ALOIS6 ACKERMANN, JOHANN ADAM5, JOHANN4, FRANZ PETER3, JOHANN2, JOHANNES GEORG1)1 was born 18711, and died 1938 in Galveston, Texas1. She married J. HOWLAND1.

Notes for SOPHIA ACKERMAN:
[Paul Ackerman.FTW]

Sophie was born in 1871 and had moved away from home by the time of the 1900 census. She had a fine singing voice and married and lived in Houston where she raised 4 daughters, Maude, Lela, Marian and Alice. Only one daughter remained in the 1980's.


     
Children of SOPHIA ACKERMAN and J. HOWLAND are:
  i.   MAUDE8 ACKERMAN1, m. FRANK STROZIER1.
  ii.   LELA ACKERMAN1.
  iii.   MARIAN ACKERMAN1, m. R.O. BIRCHFIELD1.
  iv.   ALICE ACKERMAN1, m. IAN B. MACMASTERS1.


15. JULIUS FELIX7 ACKERMAN (FRANZ ALOIS6 ACKERMANN, JOHANN ADAM5, JOHANN4, FRANZ PETER3, JOHANN2, JOHANNES GEORG1)1 was born 19 Feb 1877 in Ottawa, Illinois1, and died 29 Aug 1958 in LaGrange, Illinois1. He married EMMA LOUISE HOPFENSACK1 07 Jun 1905 in New York City, New York2,3, daughter of JOHANN HOPFENSACK and PAULINA SEIB. She was born 26 May 1878 in New York City, NY3, and died 05 Oct 1951 in La Grange, Illinois3.

Notes for JULIUS FELIX ACKERMAN:
[Paul Ackerman.FTW]

Julius Felix Copernicus Ackerman was born on February 19, 1877 and attended school through the sixth grade. As a youth, he worked as a drugstore clerk, taking his lunch hour on Sundays to teach Sunday School at the Congregational Church. By the age of 23 (still listed on the 1900 census as living in Ottawa), he was employed as a tariff compiler with the Western Union Trunk-Line committee, having responsibility for determining which freight cars went with which trains.

It was through his sister, Amelia, that he met his future wife Emma and they were married on June 7, 1903. They raised four children: Harold, Arthur, John and Grace. Julius became seriously ill with typhoid fever shortly after Harold's birth. Had he died, Emma had tentatively planned to give her sister-in-law, Amelia, custody of Harold and to return to New York.

Julius treasured his time with his family, especially Sundays. He would get up early during the week for work and returned home on the 6 o'clock train. On Sundays, too he rose early and always wore his Sunday clothes all day, having taken care of household chores during the week.

Sunday afternoons were spent as a family walking to the Meyers, or taking a Sunday drive in the 1922 Buick touring sedan (complete with side curtains and running boards) or playing a reading quietly. Church attendance by the family at the La Grange Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder and undertook other assignments, was taken for granted. He seemed wise and generous in his handling of his teenage sons - some long discussions about "having the car", OK'd an overnight camping trip to Bemus Woods with the Smith boys and took a memorable, summer long driving trip to the West Coast with his sons in 1928. Having his four children achieve college degrees was quite important to both parents since they had less than a grade school education themselves.

When Julius was in his early 40's, he took a six month leave of absence from this job and that was about the time Aunt Weiler died leaving Emma and her sisters a significant inheritance, enabling Julius to retire. He managed the sum safely through the depression and did the same for Emma's sister, Polly.

In 1914 or 1915, Julius built the home at 15 S. Catherine in La Grange and the family moved there from their house on Deyo in Congress Park. He then built the apartments at 17 S. Catherine in 1928 (just before the stock market crash!) and the family moved there, renting No. 15 to the Aldens, the Badgers, three maiden ladies and Harold and Ada when they were first married. Julius died in August 1958.

Notes for EMMA LOUISE HOPFENSACK:
[Paul Ackerman.FTW]

Emma was the youngest of the five orphaned sisters. She met Julius when visiting in Congress Park - perhaps through her sister, Annie Newmann and Amelia Meyer, Julius' sister, both living in this Chicago suburb. Sisters Dora and Annie (Mrs. August Newmann) had both moved to Illinois in the early 1890's.

Emma and Julius wed on June 7, 1905 and had four children: Harold, Arthur, John and Grace. Emma was an able mother, always cheerful and upbeat, and uncompromising in her values. The family was quite friendly with the Jake Meyer family, the Newman children and the other relatives including Agnes Gibbs, who came out for summer vacations. Lizzie, Emma's oldest surviving sister, lived in the upstairs apartment, and Polly lived just a few doors away.

Emma's stamp and coin collections consumed most of her time in her later years. She completed a collection for each of her four children of American coins from 1900 to 1950. Church offerings which Julius was responsible for handling, went to the bank only after Emma examined the change! She was a faithful church member and many told of her being their first visitor after joining the church. Emma died suddenly of a stroke in 1951.
     
Children of JULIUS ACKERMAN and EMMA HOPFENSACK are:
18. i.   HAROLD EDGAR8 ACKERMAN, b. 25 Sep 1906, Chicago, Illinois; d. 18 Nov 1990, Tucson, Arizona.
19. ii.   ARTHUR JULIUS ACKERMAN, b. 30 Oct 1908, Congress Park, Illinois; d. 07 Jan 1989, Crystal Lake, Illinois.
20. iii.   JOHN HENRY ACKERMAN, b. 06 Mar 1913, Congress Park, Illinois; d. 04 Apr 1974, La Grange, Illinois.
21. iv.   GRACE ANN ACKERMAN, b. 22 Feb 1916, LaGrange, Illinois.


16. IGNAZ7 ACKERMANN (JAKOB6, SEBASTIAN5, JOSEPHUS CAROLUS PIUS4, THOMAS3, JOHANN2, JOHANNES GEORG1)3 was born 1837 in Kirchhausen, Heilbronn, Wuertemberg, Germany3, and died 1909 in Kirchhausen, Heilbronn, Wuertemberg, Germany3.
     
Child of IGNAZ ACKERMANN is:
22. i.   JAKOB8 ACKERMANN, b. 1867, Kirchhausen, Heilbronn, Wuertemberg, Germany; d. 1925, Kirchhausen, Heilbronn, Wuertemberg, Germany.

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