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1. Sonder, Henry
   1. Schwab, Bertha
      1. Sonder, Herman
      2. Sonder, Albert Henry
         1. Heinhorst, Mary Kathryn
            1. Sonders, Clinton Albert
            2. Sonders, Alys Mae
            3. Sonders, Edna Bertha
            4. Sonders, Alberta Clara
            5. Sonders, Ruth Marian
      3. Sonder, Emma
      4. Sonder, Bertha

Ancestors

Sonder, Albert Henry *1869-12-22 +1939-11-30

Sonder, Henry
*
+1871-01-00

Schwab, Bertha
*1841-01-28
+1903-11-03

Source References

1. Robert C Sonders: Mom, Dad, and Their Ancestry
   1. • Date: 2012-12-12
      • Page: 3-4
      • Confidence: High
      • Source text:

        Henry Sonder (-1871) and Bertha (Schwab) Sonder (1841-1903) were the parents of
        my grandfather Albert Henry Sonder (1869-1939). Both Henry and Bertha were born in
        Germany. The date of Henry's birth is unknown, but Bertha was born in January 1841. They had two sons, Herman J. and Albert, and two daughters, Bertha and Emma. Herman was born on
        October 26, 1865. Albert was born in Stuttgart Wuertternberg Germany on December 22, 1869.
        Not much is known about great grandpa Henry except that he died in 1871, just two years after
        Albert's birth. This left Bertha alone to care for four children. Her occupation was that of a mid-
        wife. Being a working widow, the task of raising four children became an overwhelming
        hardship on her. Consequently, she felt it best to place Albert in an orphanage. Don't know at
        what age but Albert became rebellious and repeatedly ran away from the orphanage. One time,
        as told by Aunt Edna, he hid in the Black Forest for two days before being found. After that
        escapade, he was discharged from the orphanage and sent back home to live with his mother.
        Albert attended Publico School at Stuttgart Free State ofWuerternberg, Germany from
        1875-1883 and was confirmed in the Hospital State Church in April 1883. That year, Albert's
        older brother Herman (1865-1917) was conscripted into the German Military Marines. Rather
        than have her son serve in the military, Bertha arranged to send her 17 year old son and Albert,
        who was 13 years old, to live in the United States. In May of 1883 the boys immigrated to
        Chicago, Illinois and stayed with their father's uncle who served as the minister ofthe Noble
        Street Church in Chicago. Shortly afterwards, Albert went to Rock Island to work on his
        mother's uncle's farm. A year later his mother and two sisters departed from Brernen, Germany
        to Southampton, England and from there sailed to the United States, arriving in New York on
        May 24, 1884. At the time, Bertha (Schwab) Sonder was 43 years old, Emma was 21 (1863-
        1946), and young Bertha was 17 (1868 -). The following year, Albert returned to Chicago to be
        with his mother, brother, and two sisters. He worked in a machine shop and learned the trade of
        making horse harnesses. At the age of fifteen, Albert had written in his memoir that "he was truly converted to his faith."
        Albert attended a college in Naperville, became a United States citizen in 1893, and
        received a certificate as Minister of the Gospel in 1894. He was ordained on April 17, 1898 and
        served as the assistant pastor on the Mason Illinois circuit. His first calling was in Roberts,
        Illinois where he served two years, and then joined the Dakota Conference. His first
        appointment as sole pastor began in Ellendale, North Dakota (1906-07), and then was transferred to South Dakota where he served in Yankton (1907-10), Parker (1910-11), Scotland (1911-14),
        and Clear Lake (1914-16), and back again to North Dakota where he preached in Harvey. Even
        though he preached in High German, he spoke English at home. He wrote a short biography of
        himself and family. Unfortunately, my dad discarded the portion which was written about his
        life. The other family portions were distributed to his sisters. Grandpa's written English by the
        way was comically atrocious. Sometime after 1920, he moved back to Chicago to live with his
        daughters and became a barber. He died in Chicago, Illinois of pericarditis (inflammation of the
        sac surrounding the heart) at the age of70 on November 30, 1939. I was one and a half years old
        when he died. He was buried in Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Illinois, Gravesite Section
        J, and Lot 1179, grave 1.
        Albert's wife, Bertha, and her two daughters eventually settled in Aurora, Illinois.
        Albert's sister Emma married on November 23, 1892 to August Riemenscheider who was a
        widowed minister with three boys and two girls. Emma and August had two daughters of their own, Lillian and Elsie. Albert's other sister, Bertha, married Carl Sauter on March 2, 1897.
        They had one son named Ervin. By 1900 Albert's mother went back to Chicago to live at 385
        Marshfield Avenue with her daughter and husband Carl Sauter. Great grandma Bertha died of
        chronic vascular heart disease on November 3, 1903 about 2 a.m. and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Chicago two days later. Albert's brother Herman married a woman named Augusta Peters and they had three daughters, Alva, Vera, and Hazel. All three were born in Chicago and
        later they all moved to Reno, Nevada. He died on June 15, 1917 and was also buried at Forest
        Home Cemetery in Chicago.

2. National Archives (Sonder research)
   1. • Page: {source: National Archives and Records Administration} {original: personal visit by Robert Sonders, Kevin & Dorothy Gyllenberg 12/2000} {comments: Kevin Gyllenberg} soundex Sonder-Sonders S536 soundex Fields F432 soundex Short S630 Vol 20 ED 135 Page 7 line 72 1900 census 3220 South Canal st John Fields June 1871 Indiana Boiler Ma_a_ Cora Fields Dec 1874 father Missouri born in Ill mother Il Addie Short March 1894 sister in law ED line 070 0896 0098 1910 April 15 Cypress St. Age last b-day Cora 34 Jessie 4 Ruth 6 Irwin 8 Vol 8 ED 108 Sheet 3 line 6 1920 North Dakota Sonders Albert Henry age 20/1/1920 birth place Alice M 19 Ill Edna B 16 Ill Alberta 12 North Dakota Ruth E 5 South Dakota Albert 50 Germany 1886 Emigrated 1893 Naturalized
3. Historischas Museum Bramarhaven: Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank