Phillipp, aka Philippi Elizabeth b. 3 Mar 1832 ?? Prussia, Germany d. 6 Jan 1884 6836 N Ridge, Chicago, IL

1832 - 1884

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Birth	3 Mar 1832	?? Prussia, Germany
Gender	Female
Early Schooling	17 June 1842	Castle Garden, Mathatten Island, New York
	Sailed from LeHavre, France April, 1842 aboard the "Flora" arriving at New York from Damflos, Prussia, Germany
	Age: 9
	Cause: Immigration
	Address: United States of America
Died	6 Jan 1884	6836 N Ridge, Chicago, IL
	It's 1871 and Elizabeth, age 39, husband Peter and 8 children have moved into their new house at 6836 N Ridge. It has taken a year to build because the Civil War had disrupted things like marble production in Georgia. It's October the Great Chicago Fire is raging 4 miles away and Peter has taken the carriage to bring back relatives from the center of the inferno.............but,the house lacks a 1st floor kitchen........the necessary cooking is accomplished in the cool basement kitchen..............the great Fire has left much destruction.........1872, it is time to build a 1st floor kitchen. Bricks from the Great Fire will become the walls and it will be a grand kitchen, 16 X 15, with magestic windows in the west wall, the south wall and a small one in the north wall to keep out the winter cold................1873, the kitchen is finished and Elizabeth has just picked out her "Oil Cloth" for the lath and plaster walls. It is a lovely cream color with the latest fashion in aquamarine dapples, dapples the size of a child's small fingernail..............the well for water is just outside the south wall; next to the bottom of the farmer's porch stairs along the south wall. What a grand kitchen..............Elizabeth will spend 13 years in this kitchen and deliver 2 more babies in this house. She will die in 1884 at 52 as the truly "Grand Dame" of the Philipp-Schmidt Lineage...............................Today, that same kitchen has had a curved brick fireplace added and it's walls are now cherry-wood panneled. Elizabeth's relatives of 4 and 5 generations later, numbering about 30, still gather for Christmas and 4th of July in her favorite kitchen. [2]
Buried	8 Jan 1884	St. Henry's Cemetery, Smith Plot, L4 B5 see Smith Monument, Chicago, Illinois USA
Person ID	I025	Schmit(t)... Schmidt...Smith...Fortmann...Fortman....Bourcier...Boursier.....Morris
Last Modified	9 Dec 2009

Father	Phillipp, a.k.a. Philippi, a.k.a. Phillips Jacob, b. 2 Nov 1807, Damflos, Prussia, Germany , d. 11 Sep 1891, Chicago, Cook Co.,IL
Relationship	birth
Mother	Kohlhass Katherina, b. 26 Sep 1813, Germany , d. 7 Jul 1900, Chicago, Cook Co.,IL
Relationship	birth
Married	Abt 1831	?? Prussia, Germany
Family ID	F127	Group Sheet

Family Schmitt a.k.a. Schmidt a.k.a. Smith (Twin) Peter, Jr, b. 7 Jun 1824, Malborn, Prussia, Germany , d. 7 Apr 1902, 6836 N Ridge, Chicago, IL

Married 29 Apr 1849 Ridgeville, (Chicago), IL

Notes

Elizabeth is 17 years old when she marries Peter who is 25 in 1849.

Children

>	1. Smith Peter K., III, b. 11 Mar 1850, 6806 Ridge Trail, Ridgeville, (Chicago) IL , d. 27 Apr 1896, Chicago, Illinois
>	2. Smith John Jacob, b. 6 Jan 1851, 6806 Ridge Trail, Ridgeville, (Chicago) IL , d. 1910
	3. Smith John, b. 1852, 6816 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, ILs , d. 1911, Chicago, Illinois
	4. Smith Mary, b. 4 Apr 1853, 6816 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 6 May 1857, 6816 N Ridge Chicago, Illinois
	5. Smith Catherine, b. 27 May 1854, 6816 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 26 Jun 1855, 6816 N Ridge Chicago, Illinois
	6. Smith Elizabeth, b. 14 Sep 1856, 6816 N Ridge Chicago, Illinois , d. 23 Jun 1857, 6816 N Ridge Chicago, Illinois
	7. Smith George, b. 26 May 1858, 6816 Ridge Ave, Ridgeville, (Chicago) IL , d. Aug 1938, Chicago, Illinois
	8. Smith Michael, b. 2 Jun 1860, 6816 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 1915, Chicago, Illinois
	9. Smith Anna Maria, b. 17 Mar 1862, 6816 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 22 Jul 1930, Chicago, Illinois
	10. Smith Frank, b. 24 Jun 1863, 6816 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 3 Jan 1864, 6816 N Ridge Chicago, Illinois
	11. Smith Phillip, b. 24 Nov 1865, 6816 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 2 Nov 1936, Chicago, Illinois
	12. Smith Andrew, b. 24 May 1867, 6816 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 1923, Chicago, Illinois
	13. Smith Charles, b. 1 Nov 1869, 6816 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 1958, Chicago, Illinois
>	14. Smith Louisa aka Louise, b. 6 Jul 1871, 6836 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 1 Nov 1956, 6836 N Ridge, Chicago, Illinois
	15. Smith Mathias, b. 14 Aug 1874, 6836 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 2 Jan 1945, Chicago, Illinois

Histories

1871 Expenses of Building the Schmitt aka Schmidt aka Smith House recorded in 1871, original accounting document w/D.A. Fortman
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Last Modified 22 Aug 2007

Family ID F010 Group Sheet

Photos		St.Henry's Catholic Church #3, the East Facade, Ridge & Devon, Chicago, IL. Completed,1905. …
		1883.......Elizabeth Phillips.......age 51........wife of Peter Schmidt Smith Jr..........daughter of Jacob Phillip of Damflos,Germany and Katherina Kohlass........Mother of 15 children......daughter: Louisa Schmidt Fortman
		1883..... Peter Schmidt Smith Jr,.......age 59....................husband of Elizabeth Phillips............. and Son of Johann Peter Schmidt Sr. (original Prussian German migrant to US in 1840.)..........builder of 6836 N. Ridge in 1871, the year of the Great Chicago Fire...........land speculator and owner of 145.63 acres of Rogers Park on Ridge Avenue by 1860.
		The 1871 Ancestral Home of Peter Schmidt(Jr), (b. 1824) …
		1866 Phillip State Bank.....Roger's Park.......Lunt & Clark...formed by the Phillip Family of Peter Schmidt aka Smith's wife Elizabeth Phillip.
		1866 Weimeschkirch Undertakers.....served the German Community of Rogers Park from abt 1865. The Fortmann, Schmidt/Smith families were served by Weimeschkirch for the 100 years of its existence.
		1890 Clark Street at Lunt, Chicago
		1866 Weimeschkirch Undertaker, Clark Street, Ridgeville
		1880 Phillip Bank, Clark Street, 1st location

Headstones		1875 c. Smith Monument Plate … Status:
Headstones		1875 a. Smith, Schmidt Burial Plot at St.Henry's … Status:

Notes

Elizabeth Phillip, age 9, ("Philippi" on her immigration record) arrives at Castle Garden, Manhatten, New York from LeHavre, France, last home Damflos, Germany aboard the Clipper "Flora", on 17 June 1842, in the company of her Father, Jacob, age 34, her Mother, Katherina Kolhass, age 28, her brother Casper, age 6, her brother, ??, age 2, and her Aunt (most probably)or cousin, Maria, age 22, .......................the "Philippi" spelling is probably a Clerk's phonetic spelling and probably not the name on a German Church birth record which is most probably "Phillip". The name "Philippe" is usually French; the name "Phillips" is usually English and in Germany "Phillip". [3]

Name:

Elizabeth's name is spelled "Phillippi" on her immigration landing record at Castle Garden, New York. [4]

Sources

[S5338] Castle Garden, New York 1820-1913, United States Government (Reliability: 3), 17 Jun 1842.
[S2265] David A. Fortman, records at 6836 N Ridge Chicago, IL davidfortman@hotmail.com (Reliability: 3), 12 July 2007.
Much of this is now known due to removal of all pre-existing inteior walls and "Oil Cloth" in order to insulate the west wall. The location of the basement cooking stove is now known due to the blackened soot covering a one foot wide, 9 feet high, floor to ceiling, strip of west wall. The outline of the grand west window is visible. It was later cut in half to accommodate the early 20th century ice box that stuck out of the kitchen wall.
[S5338] Castle Garden, New York 1820-1913, United States Government (Reliability: 3), 6/3/2007.
[S5338] Castle Garden, New York 1820-1913, United States Government (Reliability: 3), 7/3/2007.
Ship Landings 1820 to 1913

Phillipp, aka Philippi Elizabeth[1]

Phillipp, aka Philippi Elizabeth^[1]