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The Schilling Genealogy is based on records kept by Falko Wilhelm Schilling 
and questionnaires returned by family members to Falko Allan Schilling.

1. ERNST WILHELM <1> SCHILLING was born about 1828 (+-2yr) and died 26 Mar 1880 in Tilsit, Eastern Prussia, now Sovetsk on the Niemen, RSFSR, Soviet Union. He married Henriette Westphal around 1858(+-2yr) in or near Tilsit.  She was born in East Prussia (probably Tilsit) about 1833 (+-2yr) and died 10 Nov 1906 in Koenigsberg, Eastern Prussia, which became Kalingrad/ RSFSR, Soviet Union.
(See also an except from The Open Door, where Falko Wilhelm Schilling discusses his grandparents.)    [According to family oral history, Henriette may have been spelled differently and may have been her middle name. It is thought that her first name could have been Helene.]
Children:

2. RICHARD <2> SCHILLING; (Ernst Wilhelm <1>) died in 1912 in Kolberg, Pomerania, now Kolobrzeg, Koszalin, Poland. He was a merchant and remained a bachelor until advanced in years. Spent many years in England, where he liked to be called "Dick". Once married he bought a small soap factory in Kolberg and settled down there. His wife died before him.

3. MAX <2> SCHILLING(Ernst Wilhelm <1>) married a Polish girl. He owned a soft coal mine in Saxony which flooded shortly before his death in 1912. Children:

4. ERNST LOUIS <2> SCHILLING (Ernst Wilhelm <1>) was born on 23 Aug 1855 in Tilsit, Eastern Prussia, died on 11 Jun 1921 in Bad Ems, Nassau, Germany and was buried at Unter rather Friedhof, Dusseldorf, Germany. He married the Baroness Anna Ulrike von Gloeden on 28 Feb 1882 (Other sources say the wedding was on 1 Mar 1882.) Anna was born on 6 Jun 1852 at Griebow (family estate), Griefswald, Pomerania, now in East Germany, died 15 Jul 1935 in Manchester, NH., U.S.A. and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery. Anna was the daughter of Baron Carl Gustav von Gloeden and Louise Ulrike Carolina Wallenias.
Photo of Ernst Louis Schilling b. 1855
Baroness Anna Ulrike von Gloeden
(See also VON GLOEDEN GENEALOGY)


  Children: 5. PAUL <3> SCHILLING (Max <2>, Ernst Wilhelm <1>) was a naval engineer, who trained at the Technical Academy, Charlottenburg. Before WWI he was employed by the Russian State Ship Building Yard at St. Petersburg. During the first days of August 1914, he attempted an escape and was apprehended by the Russians on Finnish territory within sight of the frontier. He spent four long years in a Siberian prisoner-of-war camp. He returned to Germany in 1919 and married. He died from influenza in 1929. Child: 6. MAX <3> SCHILLING(Ernst Louis <2>, Ernst Wilhelm <1> ) was born 19 Mar 1883 and was killed in World War I on 16 Mar 1915 in Scralbin, Poland. On 17 Jul 1909 he married Dora Hausbrand. Child:



7. GEORG ERICH <3> SCHILLING
(Ernst Louis <2>, Ernst Wilhelm <1>) was born 13 Jul 1884 and died in California, U.S.A.

He married Claire Voss on 27 Nov 1908.

Child:

  11. I. Wilhelm, <4>

Photo of Georg Erich Schilling


UPDATE (from California Death Records and Social Security Records): 

GEORGE E. SCHILLING born: 07/13/1884 (outside US) - Social Security #  547-26-5307  - died in Napa, (Napa Co.), California 94558 on 02/13/1974 at age  89 yrs.

CLARA SCHILLING (Maiden name: Voss - Mother's Maiden name: Uphoff) born: 01/11/1885 (outside US)  - died in San Francisco on  01/15/1945 at age 60 yrs.

WILLIAM MAX SCHILLING born: 09/02/1909 (Mother's Maiden name: Voss) - Social Security # 552-03-5242  - died in Santa Cruz, (Santa Cruz Co.), California 95060 on 08/09/1994 at age 84 yrs.


My dad always talked about his Uncle Erich; and I do know that there are family descendents out in California. If you would like to get in touch please contact me by email with family information. I will gladly share all the genealogical information I have with you. Please know that no living individuals would be included without their (or their guardians) consent.  Falko Allan Schilling     falklorn@sover.net


8. FALKO WILHELM <3> SCHILLING (Ernst Louis <2>, Ernst Wilhelm <1>, was born 20 Aug 1885 in Berlin, Germany and died on 9 Dec 1957 in Manchester, NH.

He married Helen Alma Miner on 31 Oct 1912 in Vermont. She was born 9 Mar 1882 in Hinesburg, Vt., the daughter of James Miner and Rosamond Aurilia Castle (Cole).

Helen had a previous marriage to Dr. Henry Lawrence Wilder b. 21 Jan (1870 or 1872) in Swanton, Vermont and had a child from this marriage:
 Gladys Knowles Wilder b. 9 Sep 1902.

(See also the MINER GENEALOGY, CASTLE GENEALOGY and WILDER GENEALOGY)
Helen Alma Miner Schilling (age about 64)

            (c. 1946)
Falko Wilhelm Schilling (age about 64)

Children:

    12. I. Falko Max, <4> b. 14 Oct 1918 in Dusseldorf, Germandy, d. 5 Feb 1994 in Springfield, Vermont, USA..

    13. II. Gisela Annemarie, b. 2 Sep 1920.

    14. III. Hans Herbert, <4> b. 14 Jul 1926 in Manchester, NH, USA, d. 9 Jul 1961 in or near Dennysville, ME, USA.

    (More detailed account of Falko Wilhelm Schilling's life and family is given in his autobiography.)

UPDATE (from Social Security Records): 

HELEN ALMA SCHILLING (Maiden name: Miner- Mother's Maiden name: Castle - Previous married name: Wilder) born: 09 Mar 1882 (Hinesburg, VT)  - Social Security # 002-38-1060 - died in Manchester, Hillsborough, NH 03102 on  15 Sep 1971 at age89 yrs


(A more detailed account of Falko Wilhelm Schilling's life and family is given in his autobiography.)





9. HANS GUSTAV <3> SCHILLING
(Ernst Louis <2>, Ernst Wilhelm <1>) was born 2 Oct 1888 and died 26 Apr 1927 in Ilten, Hannover, Germany.

He married Clare Philippi on 11 Aug 1910.

Child:
    I. Ingeborg married Ludwig Winzen of Aachen, Germany on 10 Sep 1938.




Hans Gustav Schilling  

10. HANS OTTO <4> SCHILLING(Paul <3>, Max <2>, Ernst Wilhelm <1>)

11. WILHELM <4> SCHILLING (Georg Erich <3>, Ernst Louis <2>, Ernst Wilhelm <1>)



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