Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyEsther M. Schoellkopf

Parents

FatherJohn Schoellkopf (June 1863 - 9 February 1940)
MotherSadie Jane Gazlay (born Gunderman) (27 October 1869 - 30 November 1929)

Personal Information

Record Created: 10 April 2011; Last Edited: 6 December 2021 
Person ID2320
NameEsther M. Schoellkopf
GenderFemale
Born 13 April 1894 in Wisconsin1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married 3 February 1917 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to John William Shillcock9
Divorced 26 May 1924 in Wisconsin from John William Shillcock10
Married ca. 1925 to Henry Kutz7
Died 28 May 1985 in Walworth County, Wisconsin1, 11
Buried in Garden Prairie Cemetery, Garden Prairie, Boone County, Illinois1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyJohn William Shillcock
Born ca. 1887
Married 3 February 1917 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Esther M. Schoellkopf
  
Children of Esther M. Schoellkopf and John William Shillcock:
  
+1.FamilyJohn Gurther ‘Jack’ Shillcock
Born 21 July 1916 in Wisconsin
Married to June Aileen Wrightman
Died 13 June 1978 in Los Angeles, California
  
Spouse 2FamilyHenry Kutz (son of Carl August Kutz and Martha Traefald)
Born 3 July 1903 in High Lake, Emmet County, Iowa
Married ca. 1925 to Esther M. Schoellkopf
Died 7 August 1985 in Walworth County, Wisconsin
  
Children of Esther M. Schoellkopf and Henry Kutz:
  
1.FamilyEdward Carl Kutz
Born ca. 1925 in Wisconsin
  
2.FamilyRussell Dale Kutz
Born 29 August 1926 in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Died 21 July 1945 in Walworth County, Wisconsin
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Garden Prairie Cemetery, Garden Prairie, Boone County, Illinois, Esther M. Kutz, born: 1894; died: 1985 (from record, which provides the name and link for one child).
  2. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Family Search (website), Esther Kutz, died: May 1985; born: 13 April 1894; last place of residence: Delavan, Walworth, Wisconsin.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Koshkonong, Enumeration District 142, Sheet 10B, family of John Schoellkopf (36, WI, June 1863, farmer), wife of 14 years Sadie Schoellkopf (30, WI, Oct 1869, 3 children, 3 living), son John Schoellkopf (13, WI, Feb 1887), daughter Gertrude Schoellkopf (10, WI, Dec 1889), daughter Ester Schoellkopf (6, WI, Apr 1894), father-in-law John Gazley (83, NY, Apr 1817), daughter-in-law/wife of 24 years Hattie Gazley (56, NJ, Sept 1843, 3 children, 1 living), boarder George Parks (52, WI, May 1848, farm laborer), border Elias Roe (15, WI, Mar 1885, farm laborer).
  4. Wisconsin State Census, 1905, Jefferson County, Town of Koshkonong, Sheet Nos. 14-15, family of John Schoellkopf (42, WI, farmer), wife Sadie Schoellkopf (35, WI), son Gunther J. Schoellkopf (18, WI, farm laborer), daughter Gertrude Schoellkopf (15, WI), daughter Esther Schoellkopf (10, WI), daughter Cleodine Schoellkopf (1, WI), father-in-law John Gazley (87, NY), mother-in-law Hattie M. Gazley (56, NJ), border Benjamin Roe (91, NJ, Widow, landlord).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Fort Atkinson City, Enumeration District 123, Sheet 9B, family of John Schoellkopf (46, WI, weigher, sugar), wife of 23 years Sadie Schoellkopf (40, WI, 4 children, 4 living), son Gurther Schoellkopf (23, WI, butter wrapper, creamery), daughter Esther Schoellkopf (16, WI), daughter Bessie Schoellkopf (6, WI), mother-in-law Harriet Gazlay (67, NJ, Widow, 3 children, 1 living).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Koshkonong Township, Enumeration District 82, Sheet No. 11B, family of John Shoelkopf (54, WI), wife Sadie Shoelkopf (50, WI), son Gurther Shoelkopf (32, WI), daughter Esther Shillcock (25, WI), daughter Bessie Shoelkopf (16, WI), grandson Jack Shillcock (3 7/12, WI), mother-in-law Hattie Gazlay (73, NJ, widow).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Wisconsin, Rock County, Milton, E.D. 53-43, Sheet No. 3B, Henry Kutz, 27, Iowa, first married age 22, farmer, dairy farm; wife Esther Kutz, 36, Wisconsin, first married age 31 [sic, this is probably her age for this marriage; she was previously married at a younger age]; son Edward Kutz, 4 9/12, Wisconsin; Russell Kutz, 3 7/12, Wisconsin.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Wisconsin, Walworth County, Whitewater Town, E.D. 64-34, Sheet No. 4B, Henry Kutz, 36, Iowa, farmer, farming; wife Esther Kutz, 45, Wisconsin; stepson John Shillcock, 23, Wisconsin, chicken [unreadable], hatchery; son Edward Carl Kutz, 14, Wisconsin; son Russell Dale Kutz, 13, Wisconsin.
  9. Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968, John William Shillcock, age 30; Esther M. Schoellkoff, age 22; married on 3 February 1917 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
  10. Divorce Filing, Dodge/Jefferson Counties Genealogical Society (website: dodgejeffgen.org), Divorce Cases (4 of 5), Esther Shillcock and John Shillcock, 5/26/1924.
  11. Wisconsin Death Index 1959-1997, Esther Kutz, died: 28 May 1985 in Walworth [County], Wisconsin.