Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameFrederick H. Wells 
Birth25 Mar 1869, Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH
CensusJul 1870, Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1229, pg 534
Census1880, Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1038, pg 16
Census8 Jun 1900, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
Memoroll#274, pg 10 - ward 24
Census15 Jan 1920, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
Memoroll#335, pg 8
Death27 May 1928, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
BurialForest Cem, Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH
OccupationRailroad clerk
Anst File#MLD1-26G
FatherGeorge W. Wells (1832-1908)
MotherAnn Elizabeth Logsdon (1834-1908)
Misc. Notes
Birth record listed simply as male in Knox Co records; and his birth is listed as 27 Mar in Knox Co Vital Records.
Listed with his parents in 1870 and 1880.
Listed as F. H. Wells (Mar 1869, OH) in 1900 Chicago census as clerk. It lists his parents as born in PA and OH. He is listed as married 2 yrs, with his wife A. M. Wells (Dec 1875, OH) whose parents were born in Germany.
Living in Chicago, Illinois in 1905 and in 1908 (father's obit).
On 27 May 1912 he was (re)married to Anna Kielpenski (34, OH) in Chicago, although the marriage record lists his name as Wills.
Listed in Chicago in 1920 as Fred H. Wells, working as a clerk (46, OH) for the railroad, with his wife Anna (47, OH) and her father Jacob Kielpenski (80, POL) who had immigrated in 1873 and become naturalized in 1887.
Chicago death records list him as Fred H. Wells.
It is unknown at this point as to what became of his first wife.
Listed with his parents in 1870 and 1880.
Listed as F. H. Wells (Mar 1869, OH) in 1900 Chicago census as clerk. It lists his parents as born in PA and OH. He is listed as married 2 yrs, with his wife A. M. Wells (Dec 1875, OH) whose parents were born in Germany.
Living in Chicago, Illinois in 1905 and in 1908 (father's obit).
On 27 May 1912 he was (re)married to Anna Kielpenski (34, OH) in Chicago, although the marriage record lists his name as Wills.
Listed in Chicago in 1920 as Fred H. Wells, working as a clerk (46, OH) for the railroad, with his wife Anna (47, OH) and her father Jacob Kielpenski (80, POL) who had immigrated in 1873 and become naturalized in 1887.
Chicago death records list him as Fred H. Wells.
It is unknown at this point as to what became of his first wife.
Spouses
BirthDec 1875, Ohio
Misc. Notes
parents born in Germany.
Marriage1898
BirthMay 1872, Poland
Death30 May 1937, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
Burial2 Jun 1937, River Grove, Cook Co, IL
FatherJacob Kielpinski (1840-1923)
MotherKatharina Peck (1840-1906)
Misc. Notes
She is listed with her parents in the 1880 census of Truro, Franklin Co, OH; listed as Abora S. (9, POL). Her parents are then listed alone in the 1900 census for Marion, Franklin Co, OH, before her mother died in 1906.
In the 1920 Chicago census her father Jacob Kielpenski (1840 POL - 1923 Chicago ) was living with Anna (47, OH) and husband Fred Wells. It states Jacob immigrated in 1873 and became naturalized in 1887.
After her husband’s death, Anna Wells is listed in the 1930 census as a hotel waitress (43, OH), widowed and a lodger with William and Grace Phillips.
She was remarried to Fred Evans as Anna Wells in 1931, not long before her death in Chicago in 1937.
In the 1920 Chicago census her father Jacob Kielpenski (1840 POL - 1923 Chicago ) was living with Anna (47, OH) and husband Fred Wells. It states Jacob immigrated in 1873 and became naturalized in 1887.
After her husband’s death, Anna Wells is listed in the 1930 census as a hotel waitress (43, OH), widowed and a lodger with William and Grace Phillips.
She was remarried to Fred Evans as Anna Wells in 1931, not long before her death in Chicago in 1937.
Marriage27 May 1912, Chicago, Cook Co, IL