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A Biography of
EDWARD LAESSIG and JEANETTE BAENEN
By Patti Laessig, (copyright 2001 - 2009)
Edward Moritz Laessig, Sr. the patriarch of our central Wisconsin USA Laessig clan, was born in Gera, located in one of the former Duchies of Saxony, now known as Thuringen, Germany 15 July 1835. The Chicago, Cook County, Illinois census record of 1860 records stated that he came to America in 1855. Edward came to America with his brother, Robert, born 29 April 1831. The ship’s manifest records state that the two young men, "Eduard Lessig age 21" and "Robert Lessig age 24" sailed from Bremen to New York on the ship "Orpheus" arriving in the USA 1 September 1855. The two young men departed their homeland after the death of their mother, Eleonore Regine Boehme Laessig which occurred 27 June 1854 at Gera. Their father, Johann Heinrich Laessig had passed away years earlier, on 1 May 1846 also at Gera. They left behind many brothers and sisters. Edward’s naturalization papers have never been located, and were probably destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. According to family, it was in Chicago that Ed met Jeanette Baenen, born 6 January 1836, an immigrant from s'Hertogenbosch, Holland. Her parents were Francis J.J. Baenen b. 15 Oct. 1806 - d. 14 Nov. 1887 and Clara Van der Vaart b. 28 Sept. 1803 - d. 24 Jan. 1851. Jeanette immigrated with her father, step-mother, Cornelia (Van Grunderbeek) and siblings. Jeanette remained in Chicago and married Edward circa 1856 or 57, and her family moved to the town of Scott, Brown County, Wisconsin, to a small village known as Bay Settlement, near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Ed and Jeanette eventually moved to Bay Settlement, Wausau, and eventually Webertown, in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
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- Edward & Jeanette (Baenen) Laessig (57 KB)
Edward Moritz Laessig & Jeanette Baenen Laessig, as they were at the time of their marriage in about 1856 and about 1880.
- Minnie Laessig & Henry Weber Wedding June 8, 1886 (79 KB)
Francisca Philomena 'Minnie' Laessig and Henry Weber's Wedding, she is the daughter of Edward M. & Jeanette Baenen Laessig, and he is the son of Michael & Elizabeth Kaiser Weber.
- Edward & Jeanette Laessig Family at their Log Home (348 KB)
Edward & Jeanette (Baenen) Laessig and their family at their Log Home at Webertown, Wisconsin. Their daughter "Minnie" was not on the photo.
- This may be parents of Edward Moritz Laessig (70 KB)
This photo was handed down through the Laessig family. There is no other match to any of the related families. Therefore, I believe this could be Edward Laessig's Parents in Gera, Thuringen, Saxony, Germany.
- Family Group~May be our Laessigs in Gera,Thuringen (99 KB)
This photo was handed down through the Laessig family. After years of inquiry, no connection to any related family has been made. Through the process of elimination, I have come to believe this may be our Laessig family in Gera, Thuringen, Saxony, Germany.
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