Joannes (John), the second child of Nicholas Recktenwald and Elisabeth Weiand, was born 12 November 1850 in Long Grove, Lake County, Illinois. He was baptized on 10 December 1850 at St. Mary Parish in Buffalo Grove, Cook County, Illinois. His baptismal sponsors were Joannes Zimmer and Anna Maria Schoneberger. At this time, St. Mary Parish was a missionary church with an itinerant priest. John’s baptism is recorded on the baptismal register at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois. (Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths 1845-1862, Wilmette, St. Joseph, Image 34)
In 1861, when Nicholas was about 11 years old, the Recktenwalds moved to Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota. Here they bought a small farm near Little Six. About 7 years later, in 1868-1869, they then moved to St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota for about a year and a half. In 1869, the family moved to a farm in Hartford Township, Todd County, Minnesota.
Sometime after 1870, John moved from Hartford Township, Minnesota back to Lake County, Illinois where his grandmother, Maria Weiand, was residing in the town of Vernon. There he was an apprentice to his uncle Michael Weiand who was in the business of manufacturing leather horse collars.
Sometime in the mid-to-late 1870s, John moved to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. On 5 May 1879, John (age 28) married Rosina Horcher (age 19), daughter of Adam Horcher and Margaret Huebener, at St. Joseph Church in Chicago (near Division and Orleans). Their witnesses were John Klos and Elizabeth Brick. The Horcher family was also from Vernon. Rosina’s older sister, Kunigunda (“Cora”), had married John’s cousin, Jakob Klos, seven years earlier.
About 1880, John and Rosina apparently moved back to Lake County for a time. There at least one children was born – Rosina Barbara (born 17 March 1883). Between 1883 and 1885, John and his family moved back to Chicago and lived on Division St. In 1885/1886, they purchased a house at 752 Racine Ave. in Lake View (Chicago), Cook County, Illinois. Three more children were born in Chicago – William John (25 March 1885), Emma Kunigunda (6 February 1887) and Helen Rose (7 May 1889). According to the 1888 and 1889 Lake View City Directories, during this time John continued his work as a “horse collar maker.”
On 4 January 1899, John’s wife, Rosina (age 39) died. Her funeral mass was held on 5 January 1889 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Lake View. After Rosina’s death, John, now a widower with four children, ages 10 – 16, contemplated moving back to St. Cloud where his mother, Elisabeth, and brother, William, were living. The St. Cloud Times reported: “Mr. William Recktenwald, who returned from Chicago last week, where he was called to attend the funeral of the wife of his brother, John Recktenwald, states that his brother has decided to remove to St. Cloud in the near future, where he will engage in the manufacture of horse collars of all kinds. He has worked at this business for many years and knows all about it. Harness makers in all this region have to send away for this article.” The 1899 St. Cloud City Directory shows that John did move back to St. Cloud that same year. John and his family were living at 119 8th Avenue S. with John’s mother and his brother’s family. John was listed as working at a saloon at this time.
By 1900, John had decided to move the family back to the Chicago area. They took up residence at a rented home at 1021 Fletcher Street in Lake View. John (age 52) died on 17 October 1902 from consumption. His funeral was held on 20 October 1902 from St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Lake View. He was buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Buffalo Grove alongside his wife. No obituary has surfaced from the Chicago newspapers, but as reported in the St. Cloud Times: “DIED IN CHICAGO – William Recktenwald received a telegram today announcing the death at Chicago of John Recktenwald, his brother, who was formerly engaged in the saloon business in this city.” John’s mother, Elisabeth, had also left St. Cloud in 1900 and moved back to Browerville, Todd County, Minnesota. Elisabeth died six days after John on 23 October 1902 in Browerville.
After John’s death, his children all went to live for a time with Barbara Sherman (relationship unknown) in Rogers Park (Chicago), Illinois. By 1910, John’s children, Rosina, William & Helen, were all living together at 1247 Wellington Street in Chicago until Helen Rose’s death (age 25) in 1915. Shortly after Helen died, Rosina entered the convent and took the name M. Patricia. Emma married in 1916, and William moved to Kentucky sometime before 1918.
Bio by K. O’Brien
In 1861, when Nicholas was about 11 years old, the Recktenwalds moved to Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota. Here they bought a small farm near Little Six. About 7 years later, in 1868-1869, they then moved to St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota for about a year and a half. In 1869, the family moved to a farm in Hartford Township, Todd County, Minnesota.
Sometime after 1870, John moved from Hartford Township, Minnesota back to Lake County, Illinois where his grandmother, Maria Weiand, was residing in the town of Vernon. There he was an apprentice to his uncle Michael Weiand who was in the business of manufacturing leather horse collars.
Sometime in the mid-to-late 1870s, John moved to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. On 5 May 1879, John (age 28) married Rosina Horcher (age 19), daughter of Adam Horcher and Margaret Huebener, at St. Joseph Church in Chicago (near Division and Orleans). Their witnesses were John Klos and Elizabeth Brick. The Horcher family was also from Vernon. Rosina’s older sister, Kunigunda (“Cora”), had married John’s cousin, Jakob Klos, seven years earlier.
About 1880, John and Rosina apparently moved back to Lake County for a time. There at least one children was born – Rosina Barbara (born 17 March 1883). Between 1883 and 1885, John and his family moved back to Chicago and lived on Division St. In 1885/1886, they purchased a house at 752 Racine Ave. in Lake View (Chicago), Cook County, Illinois. Three more children were born in Chicago – William John (25 March 1885), Emma Kunigunda (6 February 1887) and Helen Rose (7 May 1889). According to the 1888 and 1889 Lake View City Directories, during this time John continued his work as a “horse collar maker.”
On 4 January 1899, John’s wife, Rosina (age 39) died. Her funeral mass was held on 5 January 1889 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Lake View. After Rosina’s death, John, now a widower with four children, ages 10 – 16, contemplated moving back to St. Cloud where his mother, Elisabeth, and brother, William, were living. The St. Cloud Times reported: “Mr. William Recktenwald, who returned from Chicago last week, where he was called to attend the funeral of the wife of his brother, John Recktenwald, states that his brother has decided to remove to St. Cloud in the near future, where he will engage in the manufacture of horse collars of all kinds. He has worked at this business for many years and knows all about it. Harness makers in all this region have to send away for this article.” The 1899 St. Cloud City Directory shows that John did move back to St. Cloud that same year. John and his family were living at 119 8th Avenue S. with John’s mother and his brother’s family. John was listed as working at a saloon at this time.
By 1900, John had decided to move the family back to the Chicago area. They took up residence at a rented home at 1021 Fletcher Street in Lake View. John (age 52) died on 17 October 1902 from consumption. His funeral was held on 20 October 1902 from St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Lake View. He was buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Buffalo Grove alongside his wife. No obituary has surfaced from the Chicago newspapers, but as reported in the St. Cloud Times: “DIED IN CHICAGO – William Recktenwald received a telegram today announcing the death at Chicago of John Recktenwald, his brother, who was formerly engaged in the saloon business in this city.” John’s mother, Elisabeth, had also left St. Cloud in 1900 and moved back to Browerville, Todd County, Minnesota. Elisabeth died six days after John on 23 October 1902 in Browerville.
After John’s death, his children all went to live for a time with Barbara Sherman (relationship unknown) in Rogers Park (Chicago), Illinois. By 1910, John’s children, Rosina, William & Helen, were all living together at 1247 Wellington Street in Chicago until Helen Rose’s death (age 25) in 1915. Shortly after Helen died, Rosina entered the convent and took the name M. Patricia. Emma married in 1916, and William moved to Kentucky sometime before 1918.
Bio by K. O’Brien
Joannes (John), the second child of Nicholas Recktenwald and Elisabeth Weiand, was born 12 November 1850 in Long Grove, Lake County, Illinois. He was baptized on 10 December 1850 at St. Mary Parish in Buffalo Grove, Cook County, Illinois. His baptismal sponsors were Joannes Zimmer and Anna Maria Schoneberger. At this time, St. Mary Parish was a missionary church with an itinerant priest. John’s baptism is recorded on the baptismal register at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois. (Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths 1845-1862, Wilmette, St. Joseph, Image 34)
In 1861, when Nicholas was about 11 years old, the Recktenwalds moved to Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota. Here they bought a small farm near Little Six. About 7 years later, in 1868-1869, they then moved to St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota for about a year and a half. In 1869, the family moved to a farm in Hartford Township, Todd County, Minnesota.
Sometime after 1870, John moved from Hartford Township, Minnesota back to Lake County, Illinois where his grandmother, Maria Weiand, was residing in the town of Vernon. There he was an apprentice to his uncle Michael Weiand who was in the business of manufacturing leather horse collars.
Sometime in the mid-to-late 1870s, John moved to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. On 5 May 1879, John (age 28) married Rosina Horcher (age 19), daughter of Adam Horcher and Margaret Huebener, at St. Joseph Church in Chicago (near Division and Orleans). Their witnesses were John Klos and Elizabeth Brick. The Horcher family was also from Vernon. Rosina’s older sister, Kunigunda (“Cora”), had married John’s cousin, Jakob Klos, seven years earlier.
About 1880, John and Rosina apparently moved back to Lake County for a time. There at least one children was born – Rosina Barbara (born 17 March 1883). Between 1883 and 1885, John and his family moved back to Chicago and lived on Division St. In 1885/1886, they purchased a house at 752 Racine Ave. in Lake View (Chicago), Cook County, Illinois. Three more children were born in Chicago – William John (25 March 1885), Emma Kunigunda (6 February 1887) and Helen Rose (7 May 1889). According to the 1888 and 1889 Lake View City Directories, during this time John continued his work as a “horse collar maker.”
On 4 January 1899, John’s wife, Rosina (age 39) died. Her funeral mass was held on 5 January 1889 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Lake View. After Rosina’s death, John, now a widower with four children, ages 10 – 16, contemplated moving back to St. Cloud where his mother, Elisabeth, and brother, William, were living. The St. Cloud Times reported: “Mr. William Recktenwald, who returned from Chicago last week, where he was called to attend the funeral of the wife of his brother, John Recktenwald, states that his brother has decided to remove to St. Cloud in the near future, where he will engage in the manufacture of horse collars of all kinds. He has worked at this business for many years and knows all about it. Harness makers in all this region have to send away for this article.” The 1899 St. Cloud City Directory shows that John did move back to St. Cloud that same year. John and his family were living at 119 8th Avenue S. with John’s mother and his brother’s family. John was listed as working at a saloon at this time.
By 1900, John had decided to move the family back to the Chicago area. They took up residence at a rented home at 1021 Fletcher Street in Lake View. John (age 52) died on 17 October 1902 from consumption. His funeral was held on 20 October 1902 from St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Lake View. He was buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Buffalo Grove alongside his wife. No obituary has surfaced from the Chicago newspapers, but as reported in the St. Cloud Times: “DIED IN CHICAGO – William Recktenwald received a telegram today announcing the death at Chicago of John Recktenwald, his brother, who was formerly engaged in the saloon business in this city.” John’s mother, Elisabeth, had also left St. Cloud in 1900 and moved back to Browerville, Todd County, Minnesota. Elisabeth died six days after John on 23 October 1902 in Browerville.
After John’s death, his children all went to live for a time with Barbara Sherman (relationship unknown) in Rogers Park (Chicago), Illinois. By 1910, John’s children, Rosina, William & Helen, were all living together at 1247 Wellington Street in Chicago until Helen Rose’s death (age 25) in 1915. Shortly after Helen died, Rosina entered the convent and took the name M. Patricia. Emma married in 1916, and William moved to Kentucky sometime before 1918.
Bio by K. O’Brien
In 1861, when Nicholas was about 11 years old, the Recktenwalds moved to Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota. Here they bought a small farm near Little Six. About 7 years later, in 1868-1869, they then moved to St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota for about a year and a half. In 1869, the family moved to a farm in Hartford Township, Todd County, Minnesota.
Sometime after 1870, John moved from Hartford Township, Minnesota back to Lake County, Illinois where his grandmother, Maria Weiand, was residing in the town of Vernon. There he was an apprentice to his uncle Michael Weiand who was in the business of manufacturing leather horse collars.
Sometime in the mid-to-late 1870s, John moved to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. On 5 May 1879, John (age 28) married Rosina Horcher (age 19), daughter of Adam Horcher and Margaret Huebener, at St. Joseph Church in Chicago (near Division and Orleans). Their witnesses were John Klos and Elizabeth Brick. The Horcher family was also from Vernon. Rosina’s older sister, Kunigunda (“Cora”), had married John’s cousin, Jakob Klos, seven years earlier.
About 1880, John and Rosina apparently moved back to Lake County for a time. There at least one children was born – Rosina Barbara (born 17 March 1883). Between 1883 and 1885, John and his family moved back to Chicago and lived on Division St. In 1885/1886, they purchased a house at 752 Racine Ave. in Lake View (Chicago), Cook County, Illinois. Three more children were born in Chicago – William John (25 March 1885), Emma Kunigunda (6 February 1887) and Helen Rose (7 May 1889). According to the 1888 and 1889 Lake View City Directories, during this time John continued his work as a “horse collar maker.”
On 4 January 1899, John’s wife, Rosina (age 39) died. Her funeral mass was held on 5 January 1889 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Lake View. After Rosina’s death, John, now a widower with four children, ages 10 – 16, contemplated moving back to St. Cloud where his mother, Elisabeth, and brother, William, were living. The St. Cloud Times reported: “Mr. William Recktenwald, who returned from Chicago last week, where he was called to attend the funeral of the wife of his brother, John Recktenwald, states that his brother has decided to remove to St. Cloud in the near future, where he will engage in the manufacture of horse collars of all kinds. He has worked at this business for many years and knows all about it. Harness makers in all this region have to send away for this article.” The 1899 St. Cloud City Directory shows that John did move back to St. Cloud that same year. John and his family were living at 119 8th Avenue S. with John’s mother and his brother’s family. John was listed as working at a saloon at this time.
By 1900, John had decided to move the family back to the Chicago area. They took up residence at a rented home at 1021 Fletcher Street in Lake View. John (age 52) died on 17 October 1902 from consumption. His funeral was held on 20 October 1902 from St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Lake View. He was buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Buffalo Grove alongside his wife. No obituary has surfaced from the Chicago newspapers, but as reported in the St. Cloud Times: “DIED IN CHICAGO – William Recktenwald received a telegram today announcing the death at Chicago of John Recktenwald, his brother, who was formerly engaged in the saloon business in this city.” John’s mother, Elisabeth, had also left St. Cloud in 1900 and moved back to Browerville, Todd County, Minnesota. Elisabeth died six days after John on 23 October 1902 in Browerville.
After John’s death, his children all went to live for a time with Barbara Sherman (relationship unknown) in Rogers Park (Chicago), Illinois. By 1910, John’s children, Rosina, William & Helen, were all living together at 1247 Wellington Street in Chicago until Helen Rose’s death (age 25) in 1915. Shortly after Helen died, Rosina entered the convent and took the name M. Patricia. Emma married in 1916, and William moved to Kentucky sometime before 1918.
Bio by K. O’Brien
Family Members
Siblings
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Margaret Recktenwald Sieloff
1852–1930
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Peter Wendel Recktenwald
1854–1922
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Catharine Recktenwald Vennewitz
1856–1926
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Mary Recktenwald Hermes
1858–1918
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Nicholas S. "Nic" Recktenwald
1860–1896
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Anna Mary Recktenwald Schoneberger
1862–1934
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Helen M. Recktenwald Taylor
1865–1915
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Theresia Elizabeth Recktenwald LaMere
1867–1943
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Andrew Recktenwald
1869–1871
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William N Recktenwald
1871–1945
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