On a Charles Long roll

I found a new source today but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to copy the actual record to show you.  I can give you a link to the resource so you can look at it yourself.


These are the records of the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.  We already knew that he died on February 2, 1902 of Heart Disease.  We now know that his undertaker was V. Hemberger.
Here is the link to his record.  I thought these links would take you to the page, his is on page 128.


What we didn't know was what his wife died of.  She died in Wisconsin but was buried at this Cemetery in Springfield.  Louise was listed in the record here as Lorna Long. I know it is her as the date of death (9-22-1923) and age (82 years, 10 months) match exactly.  She died of Gastroenteritis and was buried by Ellinger and Kunz. Here is the link to her record. Again, she is on page 118.


Here is the record for their stillborn child (April 6, 1869). It doesn't list if it was a male or female child. You can view the original on Page 56.


Here is the record for their first daughter who died at 10 months old.  The record states that she died of "Inflamed Brain".  Again these dates match up to what I have already recorded.  She is on page 32 of the same link as the stillborn child. 


I wish I could save these records but at least you all can see them by using the links

Charles and Louise Long

300th Post and Family Picture Friday

Well, I've made it to 300 posts....When I started this blog 9 months ago, I am sure some wondered if I'd run out of things to post about.  The readership of the blog grows every week as more and more Rileys and Brueggemans find out that it exists. I hope that more of you will contribute stories and photos to share with others.  One of the best compliments I have received was from Chris in San Diego (a Benhoff) is that I've taught her that family history is more than names and dates on a piece of paper.  I depend on all of you to help me out.  Just a little thing can make an interesting post.  You can contact me via email  lynner4 @ aol dot com or by leaving a comment at the bottom of any post.


Family Picture Friday
I was looking through Selma's pictures this week, looking at them enlarged.  I found what I thought was familiar face or two (unlabeled). 

Did  Charles and Louise Long (Lange) come to visit their daughter, Emma Long Brueggemann.  He died in 1902.  I am confused about the labels.  Selma looks too old to be that tall in 1902 and Karl and Elmer, too old in this picture.  Compare the photo to known photos of Louise and Charles and see what you think.  Is this the Zanesville house?  If that is really Selma, then who are these people?  Lots of other unknowns in the picture as well.

close up from this photo

known photo of Charles and Louise

Louise from this photo

Charles Long, Merchant

Charles Long (Emma Long Brueggeman's father) was a merchant in Springfield.  The building where his store was is still standing and has been occupied for many years by a jewelry store.
Charles' business had a variety of products.  Sometimes, it was featured as a bakery and seed store.  We are lucky that many of the Springfield City Directories have been scanned and indexed.

1871-1872 City Directory lists him as GROCER

The 1887 Directory lists him as a baker, confectioner, bulk seed and  a fancy grocer.

Burial Records as a source: Charles Long

Records from cemeteries are great resources to help track family history and relationship.  Ray, Nori and Max went to Springfield and stopped by the cemetery where Charles Long is buried.  He is buried in the same cemetery as Abraham Lincoln.  Here is the record:

He purchased the plot on September 19, 1866 to bury Lorette H Long.  The record is misspelled as I know they had a daughter, Lisette Wihelmine (their first child) who was born  November 13, 1865 and died September 17, 1866.  The next record is for an infant child who died April 6, 1869.  I didn't know about this child.  I assume this child was still born since it wasn't named.  This is information that no one had before looking at this cemetery information.  When Ray got this record, he wrote on it and the name written beside the infant, really belongs to the first record.


The next listing is for George Miller, husband of Elizabeth Long.  I am very confused by the date listed.  It cannot be 1850 since it would have been before he was born (1869) but 1950 seems out of order since the rest of the burials are sequential.  


Charles Long is listed next which confirms information I already had,  February 4, 1902.  What I did find on this record was his cause of death was Heart Disease.


Lousie Nagel Long's sister, Mary  was buried next, at least I think it is her.  I am very confused as I found a wedding record for her and Herman Merkle at Trinity Lutheran Church.    I really don't know what is right since she is listed as Mary Nagel in the cemetery record.


Louise Long (again misspelled) is next.  She died in Wisconsin (1923) as she was living with her daughter Anna Long Griese.  They brought her back to be buried in Springfield. 

The last is Elizabeth K Miller.  She is the daughter of Charles and Louise and wife of George Miller and sister of Emma Long Brueggeman.  She died  June 11, 1943.


As you can see, much information can be gained by getting the burial records.

Family Picture Friday: Charles Henry Long

I realized that I haven't posted a picture of Charles Henry Long aka Carl Heinrich Lange.  He was the father of Emma Long, wife of Ernst August Brueggeman.  He was a shop owner in Springfield, IL.

Following up on Church Records in Springfield

Trinity Lutheran Church has a great user-friendly database on Baptisms.  When researching Emma's birth, I did a search under "sponsors" using the last name "Lange".  I found the Charles Henry Long (aka Karl Heinrich Lange) was a sponsor to many children.


It appears that he may have had a SISTER in Springfield:


Karl Heinrich Schuette was born to Bernhard and Henriette (Lange)

08/10/1862

Schuette, Karl Heinrich

1862

Bernhard

Henriette

Lange

Theo. Huschmann

Karl Lange and Heinrich Lange

Bernhard was a bricklayer.

Trinity Lutheran Church Baptisms 1838 to 1879

Charles was a sponsor along with Heinrich Lange, possibly a brother.

Carl Ludwig Schuette was born to the same couple.

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1864	02/14/1864	Schuette, Carl Ludwig	12/07/1863	1863		Leonhard	Henriette	Lange		William Bartling	Carl Lange and Louise Lange

Charles and his wife Louise were the sponsors.  It's interesting one son was Karl and the second son was Carl. 

I searched for Heinrich Lange as a father and he isn't listed.  That may mean a couple of things, he didn't have children, or he wasn't a member of this church, or he didn't live in Springfield.

Henriette and Bernard went on to have other children but don't see their baptismal records.  In the 1895 city directory, she is listed as the Widow of Bernard living at 323 W Cook along with Miss Annie Schuette (teacher) and Miss Elizabeth Schuette (Carpet weaver).  Her son, Henry C.  (I assume this is Karl Heinrich) Schuette was a driver for John Bessmer Co but lived at 106 W. Cook. 

Follow Up on Louise Nagel and Charles H Lange's Marriage

I hadn't researched their marriage but yesterday's posting got me poking around on Ancestry.com.  It appears they were married in Charles' town rather than her home church.  I still wonder how they came to know each other.

Name:	Charles H. Lange
Gender:	Male
Spouse Name:	Louisa Kagel
Marriage Date:	Nov 15, 1863
Marriage County:	Sangamon
Comments:	This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Springfield, IL.

Since they were married in Springfield, I checked the records of Trinity Lutheran Church.  The church has great records on-line, 1839-1920.   It is copy of typed document so I cannot easily put on the blog.  They were indeed married there by Pastor Bartling.  Lange's info is complete, but Louisa only lists 11/23/18__ for a birth date and the birth place is left blank.  I also noticed in this record the Lange's birthplace is listed as Bielefeld Prussia, which is different on any other records that we have.

The only connection I have for Presidents' Day

I guess our family doesn't have a lot of connections with Presidents but I do have one story for you. Charles Long (aka Carl Lange) settled in Springfield, IL.  His daughter, Emma, married Ernest August Brueggemann.

I guess you know the most famous resident of Springfield and they are both buried in the same cemetery.  Ernest left us some notes about their connection:



C H.'s business consisted of a bakery, grocery, and seed. Abe Lincoln's office was accross the street, and he 

bought his groceries and bread from C. H. Long. The latter, when relating his association with Abe never forgot 

to add: Abe always asked for stale-bread. He thought it to be healthier.

C. H. had a good comma

nd of fluent English, but with a brogue. He called Lincoln "Abe" and the latter called 

him "Charley", and they would swap jokes. C. H. Laughed until tears flowed telling the story about Murphy.

When C. H. had his back turned to customers, Murphy filled his pockets with eggs from the egg basket. Then C.

H. hastened to the front and gleefully addressed him: "Hello Murphy, you are looking fine", and patted him on his

shoulder and roughly struck his pockets. Murphy said nothing but walked out as if he were sick.

Happy Birthday Charles Henry Long (Lange)

On this day in 1838, Charles Henry Lange was born in, Oerlinghausen, Lippe  Prussia.    We haven't had a chance to research his German roots yet.  I promise more work will be done on this.  Today, Oerlinghausen is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany located between Bielefeld and Detmold in theTeutoburger Wald.

German Research

I am getting to some brick walls in England and am waiting for some birth, marriage and death records to arrive. I guess I need to start in on Germany.  It is rather intimidating.  Recently, there was a two day Family History meeting here in Atlanta and I took three different classes on German research and I am still worried.

For example, this is a record for the town that Charles Henry Lange (Long) was from.  This is from a 1911 Gazetteer (a directory of places) which tells you where the services are provided for a town.

  Oerlinghausen 
1911:
Bauerschaft Oerlinghausen, Amt Oerlinghausen, ev. Kirchengemeinde Oerlinghausen, Standesamt Oerlinghausen, Amtsgericht OeOrlinghausen, Postort Oerlinghausen, Schulgemeinde Oerlinghausen, Amtsgerichtssitz, Postamt II. Klasse, Telegraphenbetrieb, Fernsprechbetrieb, Stadtfernsprecheinrichtung, Pfarramt, höhere Privatschule, Gendarmeriestation, 350 Wohnhäuser, 637 Haushaltungen, 2.751 Einwohner.
1939: 3.611 Einwohner

Okay, what in the world is this???

Using Google Translator:

Oerlinghausen
1911: 
Peasantry Oerlinghausen, Office Oerlinghausen, Protestant Parish Oerlinghausen, registry office Oerlinghausen, District Court Oerlinghausen, postal district Oerlinghausen, school community Oerlinghausen, County Court office, post office, Second Class, telegraph company, telephone company, city telephone device, rectory, higher private school, police station, 350 houses, 637 households, 2751 inhabitants. 
1939: 3611 inhabitants.

Much easier now isn't it... but it will be slow going since I can't just visually scan the documents.

Here is a view from the town's website: