Descendants of Francis J. Funk Generation 1 1. Francis J. Funk-1[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] was born about 1803 in Germany[10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]. He died on 04 Apr 1880 in Streator, La Salle, Illinois, USA (rural area near this community)[17, 18, 19, 20]. Notes for Francis J. Funk: General Notes: Internet Website: Ancestry.com New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945 [database on-line] Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Name: Franz Funk Arrival Date: 10 Jul 1843 Age: 32 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Le Havre, France Ship Name: Queen Victoria Port of Arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana National Archives' Series Number: M259_22 Passenger List: Lines 41 - 46 Franz Funk 52 M Prussia U. States Elizabeth Funk 52 F " " Johann Funk 4 M " " Eliza 3 F " " 1850 Federal Census of La Salle County, Illinois Ancestry.com Image Library Ottawa Township Ottawa City, Image # 62 of 66 - Downloaded May 2010 Partial transcription DW # 477-477 FUNK, Francis 47 M Laborer 200 GY Esther 52 F Mass. John 14 M GY NOTE: a younger sister of John was living with the family of William & Eliza (Collins) Reddick at this time in the city of Ottawa. Evidence of the 1850 census lisitng of the William Reddick family group is UNCLEAR as to whether the individual listed as "Frederica" was also a Funk. No surname is indicated. Her surname is implied to have been "Fouche" as that is the surname listed just above for ELizabeth Burrier Funk. (see media sources for William Reddick, husband of Eliza Collins) 1860 Federal Census of La Salle County, Illinois Ancestry.com Image Library Bruce Township Page 1 of 70 Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:29:37 AM Descendants of Francis J. Funk Generation 1 (con't) Bruce Township Page # 601 - Downloaded May 2010 Partial transcription DW # 5256-5189 FUNK, Francis 62 M Farmer 600 300 Prussia [sic]Ester 62 F Mass. John 23 M Farmer 2800 1500 Mass. [and one farm laborer and one servant] NOTE: the birth place of John Funk was erronously recorded as Massachusetts rather Prussia 1870 Federal Census of La Salle County, Illinois Ancestry.com Image Library Otter Creek Township Page 11 - Downloaded May 2010 Partial transcription DW # 84-84 FUNK, Francis 65 MW Farmer 5000 500 Prussia Esther 75 FW Keeping house Mass. John 30 MW Farm laborer Prussia Elizabeth 25 FW Prussia DOLCH, Herman 24 MW Farm laborer IL RICH, Mary 43 FW Domestic servant PA [top of page 12] RICH, Wm. H. 14 MW Farm laborer IL NOTE: Francis J. Funk would later marry Mary Rich in 1871. It is likely that, despite an error in age of five years too young, the individual listed as Elizabeth Funk was Elizabeth Burrier Funk Reddick, daughter of Francis and his first wife, and sister to John, Esther was actually the stepmother of John and Elizabeth. La Salle County Genealogy Guild, Ottawa, Illinois Probate Record Collection: Francis J. Funk, 1880, Box 141, File 6 Partial transcriptions Petition for Letters Testamentary ... The petiotn of the undersigned John Funk respectfully represents that Francis J. Funk late of the County of La Salle aforesaid, departed this life at Otter Creek in said County, on or about the 4 day of April A.D. 1880, leaving a last Will and Testament.... ....possessed of Real and Personal Estate, consisting chiefly of 80 acres of land in La Salle Co. Ill. worth about $3000, one Town lot in Streator worth about $75 Horses Cattle Grain Farm implements Page 2 of 70 Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:29:37 AM Descendants of Francis J. Funk Generation 1 (con't) worth about $3000, one Town lot in Streator worth about $75 Horses Cattle Grain Farm implements Money & Notes and household goods. Will and Testament [see media source for complete copy of this Will] First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary [household furnishings] ... during her natural life. Second ... my said wife Mary have during her natural life the right to have hold and occupy the Small house now Standing and being ... north of my present residence. Third ... to my said wife Mary in addition to all former bequests one hundred dollars per year.... Fourth I give and bequeath to the heirs at law of my Daughter Margaret Moore [sic MOHR] who are now residing as I suppose in the Kingdom of Prussia.... [five hundred dollars to be shared equally] Fifth I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Funk who has for many years hitherto resided in the family of William Reddick Esqr. of Ottawa Illinois.... [five hundred dollars] Sixth I give and bequeath to my Son John Funk all of the ... remainder [of my estate]. Death Notes: The Streator Weekly Free-Press Streator, Illinois 10 APR 1880 - Page 1 Complete transcription Mr. Francis Funk, an old resident of this vacinity, died of typhoid fever after a sickness of only five days, last SUnday, and was buried in the Barnhart cemetery, Monday. He was about 71 years old and leaves a wife of two children. Elizabeth Burger[21, 22, 23] was born on 30 Jun 1810[24, 25]. She died on 30 Dec 1844 in Ottawa, La Salle, Illinois, USA (near the Fox River House)[26, 27, 28]. Francis J. Funk and Elizabeth Burger were married about 1830 in Germany. They had the following children: 2. i. Margaret Funk[29, 30] was born before 1838 in Germany. She died between 1872-Feb 1878 in Germany[31, 32, 33]. 3. ii. John Funk[34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56] was born on 01 Aug 1838 in Koblenz, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany[57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67]. He married Mary A. Rich on 24 Oct 1864 in Streator, La Salle County, Illinois, USA[68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73]. He died on 11 Oct 1925 in Dayton Township, La Salle Township, Illinois, USA[74, 75, 76, 77]. iii. Elizabeth Burrier Funk[78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86] was born on 10 Nov 1840 in Coblenz, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany[87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92]. She died on 22 Feb 1887 in Ottawa, La Salle, Illinois, USA (at the William Reddick Mansion)[93, 94, 95]. Page 3 of 70 Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:29:37 AM Descendants of Francis J. Funk Generation 1 (con't) Notes for Elizabeth Burrier Funk: General Notes: La Salle County Genealogy Guild Library, Ottawa, Illinois Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle County, Illinois, Volume 1 By Lewis Publishing Company Pages 170-171 JOHN FUNK. [partial transcription follows, with personal observation] "Francis J. Funk married Esther Morton, a native of Massachusetts, and two children were born of their union. Eliza, their daughter, was reared in the family of a Mr. Reddick, by whose surname she was called." PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Francis J. Funk was apparently married three times: (1) Elizabeth Burger; (2) Esther Morton; and (3) Mary Strockbien. Various items and official documents seem to indicate that Francis J. Funk only had children resulting from his marriage to the first wife. Among those children were Margaret (Funk) Moore [actually, MOHR ], Elizabeth Burrier Funk, and John Funk, husband of Mary A. Rich. For a transcription of the Last Will and testament of Francis J. Funk, see either his notes or media sources. La Salle County Genealogy Guild Obituary Files The Free Trader, Ottawa, Illinois 26 FEB 1887 - Page unknown Complete transcription Miss Elizabeth B. F. Reddick, the adopted daughter of the late Wm. and Eliza Reddick, died at the family mansion, in this city, on Tuesday, 22, aged 46 years, 4 months and 12 days, of catarrhal consumption, together with a chronic affection of the throat, which had troubled her for over twenty years. She was born in Cobleniz, Prussia, and was brought to this country by her parents when she was two years old. They lived near the Fox River House, where her mother died when she was less than three years old. Mrs. Reddick, who was of a charitable disposition, heard of the little girl's bereaved condition and took her home. The childless couple soon learned to love the little one and adopted her as their own. They gave her all the loving care that parents could have bestowed upon their own offspring, and in return her love went out to them in the fullest of childish trust and reverance, which, as she grew up ripened into the respect and devotion of a daughter to her parents. The death of Mrs. Reddick affected her deeply, and the crowning weight of her misery was the loss of Mr. Reddick, since which time she has been [sic]appressed with a load of unspeakable sorrow. This was greatly increased by the worriment of a law suit which threatened not only to have turned her out of the home of her whole life, but in effect to declare her nothing to her adopted parents. SHe thought the suit if decided against the will by which her adopted father gave her a home for life, would in effect pronounce her a trespasser, a sponger of bounties she had no right to enjoy. That these reflections hastened, if they did not cause her death, is certain. Her remains were interred in the Reddick cemetery lot in West Ottawa, Thursday, after appropriate funeral services at the house. Her father died a year ago. She is sup[posed] to have made no will. Her property will in that case go to her brother, John Funk, a farmer living near Streator.