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Descendants of PETER Theodore THINNES

Generation No. 1

1. PETER THEODORE¹ THINNES was born October 7, 1862 in Germany - immigrated:1883, and died August 31, 1922 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL Death Cert. # 6021211. He married CATHERINE 'KATE' BERG November 27, 1886 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, daughter of VALENTINE BERG and KATHERINE. She was born February 2, 1867 in Germany - immigrated 1885, and died August 24, 1937 in Aurora, Kane Co, IL Death Cert. # 0000440.

Notes for PETER THEODORE THINNES:
Immigration > New York Passenger Lists > 1883 > April > Oder
#310 Peter Thienes 21 m farmer From:Germany To: USA Steerage

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Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 Record
Name: Peter Thimmis
Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1886
County: Milwaukee
Volume: 18
Page: 0305

Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 Record
Name: Catharine Berg
Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1886
County: Milwaukee
Volume: 18
Page: 0305

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin Directory, 1889-90
Name: Peter Thinnes - Occupation: brass-finisher - Location 2: r. 828 St. Paul Avenue - City: Milwaukee - State: WI - Year: 1889

1900 Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin Census - ED #106
Living at 954 Allis Street
Here, Peter Thinnes is listed as Theodore....
954 -55-68
Thinnes, Theodore 37 Head Oct 1862 m.13 yrs Ger/Ger/Ger/ Brass Finisher - Em: 1883- Pa - res: 17 yrs
------------, Katie 33 Wife Feb 1867 Ger/Ger/Ger Em: 1885 - res: 15 yrs
______, William 12 Son Oct 1887 Wis - at school
______, Ella 7 Dau Oct 1892 Wis
______, Elsa 6 Dau Apr 1894 Wis

From: Ancestry.com
Name: Theodore Thinnes
Home in 1900: Milwaukee Ward 12, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Age: 37 Estimated birth year: 1863
Birthplace: Germany Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Occupation: View Image (Brass finisher)
Immigration year: 1883

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1910 Detroit City, Wayne Co, Michigan Census
Ward 11 - part 1 - pg 38A
(Ancestry.com: ED# 160 - pg 8 - Image 7)
HH#547-69-83
Thinnes, Peter Head M W 47 m 23 yrs b. Ger Brass Finisher/Brass Works
, Katie wife F W 42 f 23 yrs b. Ger (3 ch.born, 3 ch.living)
, Ella daughter F W 18 sing b. Wis Servant/Boarding house
, Elsa daughter F W 16 sing b. Wis Saleslady/Bakery

1920 Cook Co, Chicago, IL Census:
Roll # 457 / M 1559
Vol 84. ED 1561, Sheet 6 Line 22
HH#137
Thinnes, Peter, head mw 57 marr-yr im. yr: 1883-Ger/Ger/Ger
, Katie wife fw 52 marr yr im. yr: 1885-Ger/Ger/Ger
Occupation: Brass Finisher
Residence: They were living in what appears to be an apartment at 3939 (Rear) N. Paulina St, Chicago.
[Two other unrelated families lived at this same address.]

year of emigration: 1883 - Citizenship: PA -[ pending authorization] in 1920
b. Germany - both parents b. Germany
Mother tongue: German, English speaking
Literate: Could read and write

Illinois, Cook County Death Index:
THINNES, PETER M/W UNK 6021311 1922-08-31 COOK, CHICAGO 22-09-01

Excerpts from: Christian Science Testimony
Source: Christian Science Endtime Center On-Line Reference Library
http://www.aendtime.org/library/testimonies/thinnes.html

"Testimonies of Healing"
Christian Science Sentinel, November 9, 1912

"While living in Chicago, near Christmas, 1906, a skin disease broke out on my feet. I used some local applications for a few days, but as a change for the worse quickly set in, I went to see a doctor, who examined me and said it was a case of metallic poisoning in its worst form. He asked what business I worked at, and I told him I had been in the brass business for over twenty-four years. His comment was that no one could stand it as long as I had done. Instead of getting better I grew worse; my hands became as bad as my feet, and the suffering was so great that I often had to cry, like a child.
In February, 1907, a friend of my wife came to our house one evening and asked me why, if doctors could do nothing for me, I did not try Christian Science. ... My wife had been been healed ..of an illness of over seven years' standing ... I could not believe any one had the power to heal the sick...I therefore kept on in the old way... until July, 1907...so I did try Christian Science, and with six treatments I was healed...
One year after I was healed...the tobacco habit left me...We had "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" in the house for years... through the understanding I got in studying Christian Science, I have been able to help myself and others...I have been in two street-car accidents where many people were injured, but I was saved except that I had two fingers badly hurt. A doctor was going to amputate one finger the next day, but I refused his services and got a Christian Science practitioner to help me. The pain stopped...and one week later my fingers were healed.
Recently I met a friend who had known the condition I was in before I came to Science. He was so surprised to see the changes for good in me...I am still in the brass business, and am healthier and feel better than I ever did...I am indeed grateful to God for the healing and spiritual understanding which I got through studying Christian Science. I am also thankful to Mrs. Eddy for giving us the truth.
Peter Thinnes, Detroit, Michigan
[1912]

I add my testimony to that of my husband as an expression of heartfelt gratitude to God, also to Mrs. Eddy, for our many blessings. It is thirteen years since I was healed of extreme nervous illness of over seven years' standing, after we had tried the best doctors we could get in Milwaukee, Wis, where we lived at that time. ...although I had to struggle hard for years, as my husband did not want to hear about going to a church and would not even let me go to the Christian Science meetings. Finally, when he was sick, ... he turned to God and found help in Christian Science. Since then we attend the services together most regularly. Words cannot express my gratitude...
Mrs. Kate Thinnes, Detroit, Michigan"
[1912]

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Notes for CATHERINE 'KATE' BERG:
OBIT:
<< Aurora Beacon News - August 24, 1937 - Aurora, Kane Co, IL
THINNES, MRS. KATE, 572 Fourth Ave, aged 70 years, died August 24 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elsie Tuer. She was born Feb. 2, 1867, in Germany. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Elsie Tuer of Aurora, a son, William P. of Chicago, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Schultz and two brothers, Phillip and Martin Berg of Milwaukee. The funeral will be held at the Healy Chapel Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Rev Henry Moser officiating. Friends may call at the chapel. >>

Information from Healys Funeral Home, Aurora, IL -
Kate Berg Thinnes was cremated and interred at Hillside, Cook Co, IL on 8/26/37. Informant on death certificate was daughter, Elsie Thinnes Tuer.

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New York Passenger Lists Record
Name: Kate Burg Arrival Date: 6 Jun 1885
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868 Age: 17
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: United States of America
Ship Name: Fulda
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 15 Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: 487 List Number: 686
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States

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Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 Record
Name: Catharine Berg
Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1886
County: Milwaukee
Volume: 18
Page: 0305

Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 Record
Name: Peter Thimmis
Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1886
County: Milwaukee
Volume: 18
Page: 0305

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Name: Katie Thinnes
Home in 1900: Milwaukee Ward 12, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: 1867
Birthplace: Germany
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
Immigration year: 1885
Image source: Year: 1900; Census Place: Milwaukee Ward 12, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Roll: T623 1803; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 106.

Children of PETER THINNES and CATHERINE BERG are:

2.	i.	WILLIAM PETER² THINNES, b. October 21, 1887, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI; d. December 27, 1949, Chicago, Cook Co, IL.
3.	ii.	ELLA MARIE THINNES, b. October 9, 1892, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI; d. ABT 1915.
4.	iii.	ELSA (ELSIE) MARIE THINNES, b. April 6, 1894, Chicago, Cook Co, IL; d. March 18, 1956, Aurora, Kane Co, IL.

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