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*my direct-line ancestors. The (-3G), etc., after the names indicates the number of generations before Erven Thoma. A possible sister, Gertraud Johanna Breynck, was born ca. 1839 in Duisburg, Rhineland, Prussia. Her parents were Ignatius Andreas Peter Theodor Breynck and Johanna Helene Ostheimer. See below for more information. One of our aunts said that her grandmother, Johanna Vossler, had two aunts who were in Germany; these might have been Gertraud Johanna and Sibilla Elisabeth. - - - - - - - - - - from her marriage (Sept. 1852) to the 1870 Census - - - - - - - - - -According to the International Genealogical Index, batch C987031 source call 0948167 of document 8, Christopher Vossler married Sibilla Theresia Bregnik; their daughter was Johanna Sibilla Vossler, born 4 Aug. 1853 in Düsseldorf city in the Rheinland area of Preussen (Prussia?). There was a Christoph Gottfried Vossler who was married to Sibilla Therese Breynck in civil ceremony in Düsseldorf city on 3 Sept. 1852. Perhaps there are mistakes in the reading of the handwriting or the data entry (Bregnik=Breynck?). Probably the mother of Johanna S. Vossler (wife of Erven Thake) was either one or both of the above women named At the time of the birth of Johann, Sibilla and her husband were living in Düsseldorf. After examining the two records, I believe that they are one and the same person, and the spelling should be "Breynck". According to the marriage records, Sibilla was born in Wesel, which is in the North Rhine-Westphalia district, about 20-25 miles north and a little west of Düsseldorf. He was 27 and she was 26 years old. She, her husband and their first child, Johanna, arrive at New Orleans on 22 Feb. in 1855. The traveled from LeHavre on the ship "Elizabeth". The passenger list says she and her husband were farmers in Prussia and were both 29 years old. Their daughter Johanna was 11 months old. In ca. 1857 (when daughter Cecilia was born) and in 1859 (when daughter Theresia was born) the family was living in Missouri. I have not found the family in the 1860 Fed. Census for Illinois. There is no Vossler in the South Illinois Census Index for 1860. There are no Vossler households listed in the 1861-63 St. Louis City Directory, but at the time of son Christopher's birth ca. 1861, the family was living in Missouri. In Feb. of 1864, when son John was born, the family was living in Missouri. The 1864 City Directory lists a Christopher Vossler, a tailor, living at 194 N. 10th St. in St. Louis. Presumably his whole family is with him. The 1865 Directory does not list any Vossler family. I have not found them in the 1865 Illinois State Census for St. Clair County. Son Theodore was born ca. 1866 in St. Louis. The 1866 City Directory lists a Christoph Vossler, a tailor working for Ticknor & Co. and living on 13th St. between Cass Ave. and Mullanphy. The 1867 Directory lists him (as a tailor) living at 1516 N. 13th St. in St. Louis. Presumably his whole family is with him. Daughter Sophia was born ca. 1868 in St. Louis. The 1868 and 1869 Directories do not list Christoph Vossler. Since he and his family are in the 1870 Census for St. Clair County, IL, they probably moved there in 1867 or 1868. Sibilla is listed in the 1870 South Illinois Census Index (p. 32) along with her husband and 7 children. They are living in the O'Fallon P.O. area (township 2, p. 32) of St. Clair County. She is 44 years old, keeping house, born in Prussia. The seven children listed above are living with Sibilla and her husband. Her husband is listed as a tailor, 45 years old, born in Prussia. The ages of the children are: Johanna (17), Cicilia (13), Theresia (10), Christopher (8), John (6), Theodor (4), and Sophia (2). Johanna was born in Prussia, all other children in Missouri. Their house is #229; the real estate is valued at $800, the personal property at $400. The family name is speller "Vosseler". Census was taken on 19 July, 1870. (microfilm roll 280, p. 514, Series M593) - - - - - - - - - - from the 1870 Census to her death (Jul. 1885) - - - - - - - - - -
His household is not listed in the 1870 and 1871 Directories either. When her daughter Johanna marries Eugene Charles Thake* (-3G) on 8 Nov. 1872.Sibilla and her family are living in St. Clair County, IL. Johanna and her husband move to St. Louis. Christoph and the rest of his family follow Johanna back to St. Louis. Her husband is not listed in the 1872 and 1873 St. Louis Directories, so he is probably still in Illinois. No Vossler families are listed in 1872 and there is no Christoph in 1873. In the St. Louis City Directories for the years 1874-81 Sibilla is not listed by name, but her husband and three of the male children are listed. In 1874 they are living in St. Louis, MO at 1929 N. 16th St. Daughter Sophia died ca. 14 Mar. 1874 in St. Louis. In 1875 they are in St. Louis at 1315 N. Spring St. In 1876 they are in St. Louis at 1303 Exchange St. in the same block as their married daughter, Johanna, and her family. In 1877 the Vossler family is not listed. In 1878 and 1879 they are living in St. Louis at 1220 N. 8th St. In 1880 and 1881 they are at 2119 N. 13th St. Christ H., Theodore, and John W. are the ones listed separately with their occupations. She and her family are listed in the 1880 Fed. Census for Missouri (1st enumeration, Natl. Archives T9_722, ward 14, supv. dist. 1, enum. dist. 104, page 2, stamped page 23B, Ancestry.Com image 0050, dwelling 10, family 21, dated June 1). Her husband is indexed under Christofe Vassler but reading the actual Census image shows the surname as Vossler. The family is living at 2119 13th Street in St. Louis. Christoph is a 55 year-old tailor, born in Germany. Sebilla is also 55, born in Germany, and is keeping house. Daughter Secilia [sic!] is 22; daughter Teresia is 20; son Christ is 18; son John is 16; and son Theodor is 14. Secilia and Teresia are bookbinders, Christ is a plumber, John is a clerk in a store, and Theodor is a lithographer. All children were born in Missouri. [Their eldest child Johanna is now married living elsewhere. She was born in Germany.] She is listed in the 1880 Fed. Census for Missouri under Christopher Vossla (2nd enumeration, Natl. Archives T9-0732, supv. dist. 71, enum. dist. 259, stamped p. 123A, hand-entered p. 5, lines 32-38, dated 09 Nov.). She is 53 years old, born in Germany and is keeping house. Her husband Christopher is also 53, born in Germany. He is a tailor. Their children, all born in Missouri, are daughters Cecelia (23) and Theressa (21), and sons Christopher (18), John (17), and Theadore (15). [Johanna is married living elsewhere and Sophia died in 1874.] Son Christopher is listed as a plumber and John is listed as a reporter, and Theodore as a lithographer. I found this Census listing by using the LDS Family Search 1880 U.S. Census and National Index and searching on "Christoph V." or "Christopher V." and "Missouri" (without a full surname in the search criteria). They are living in ward 13 of St. Louis, living at 2119 N. 13th Street.. The Missouri Death Index has her husband's death listed (3 Feb. 1881) in vol. 11, page 60.00, County Library RDSL 20, Missouri Archive C10377, SLGS Roll 316.00. He is buried in section 11, lot 462, grave 9001 in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. Apparently he died while near Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis. Perhaps he was visiting the grave of his daughter Sophia (d. 1874) in Calvary Cemetery nearby.
Sibilla signed her will on 15 June 1882; it was filed by the Probate Court of St. Louis on the day of her death. It says that she was the widow of the late Christopher Vossler [died in 1881]. In it she wills, after expenses and debts), only $1 to her daughter Johanna Take [sic! Thake] (nee Vossler) and only $1 to her son Christopher Vossler. Perhaps they had other, more significant resources. The balance of her estate was to be awarded her other living children: Cecilia, Theresa, John, and Theodore. The 1882 St. Louis Directory lists Siballa [sic!] Vossler, the widow of Christopher, living at 2119 N. 13th St. Also living there is his son Theodore, litho and probably some of the other children, though the son Christopher is living with his sister Johanna and her family. In the 1883 St. Louis Dir. there appears a Seville Vossler, widow of Gustav, living at 2119 N. 13th. The Gustave is probably a mistake. Also listed at that location in 1883 is Theodore, an engraver [who is one of her sons]. I think it was 24 Aug. 1883 when Sibilla acquired the property at 4330 N. 19th St. in St. Louis (see Recorder's Office, Book 705, Page 516). The house had 2 bedrooms, a parlor, kitchen, and store room. The 1884 Dir. of St. Louis still lists Sibilla as the widow of Christopher living at 2119 N. 13th St. Her death (27 Jul. 1885) is recorded in the Missouri Death Index, vol. 17 page 144, County Library RDSL 25, Missouri Archive C10383, SLGS Roll 319.00 Her name is spelled "Sebilla". Her address is given as 4330 N. 19th Street in St. Louis, which property she acquired only two years earlier. She was buried in Calvary Cemetery on Bellefontaine Rd. in St. Louis City or County. She is next to her husband and son Theodore in lot 0462, lot ID A03 in Section 011, grave #9003. Records in the County Library give her age at 59 and state she died at her home at 4330 N. 19th St. on 27 Jul. 1885.
Her estate was appraised at $367 and there were expenses of $11 leaving $356 to divide between her children Cecilia, Theresia, John, and Theodore. Johanna and Christopher (Jr) received $1 in an earlier settlement. Final settlement was made in October of 1887.
A Gertraud Johanna Breynck (-4G) married Friedrich Wilhelm Ruhrmann on 21 May 1870 at the Evangelical Church in Kettwig Werden, Rhineland, Prussia. She was 31 and he was 27 at the time of their marriage (FHL film 0490096). She may have been a sister to our ancestor Sibilla, subject of this page. There was also a Sibilla Elisabeth Breynck (-4G) who married a Peter Wilhelm Toilet on 17 Jul. 1862 in Duesseldorf, Prussia in a civil ceremony. Maybe she was another sister. There was a Johanna Maria Breynck who married in 1854. A Heinrich Breynck married in 1876. Our Sibilla's father is probably the same person as Ignatius Andreas Peter Theodore Breynck who married a Johanna Helena Ostheimer and was the father of Gertraud Johanna Breynck (see above).
Created Wed, Apr. 10, 2000. Updated 08 Jun. 2005.
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