Individual Details

Mathilde Gesine "Tillie" Stelljes

(28 Dec 1908 - 14 Mar 1988)

Events

Link to ParentsMathilde's birth certificate lists parents Georg and Meta Stelljes
Birth28 Dec 1908Heudorf, Osterholz, Hannover, Preußen, Germany
Immigration1925staying with cousin Anna Puls in Brooklyn, NY, New York, New York, United States
Arrival6 Oct 1928staying with sister Adeline McDonald - Freeport, NY, New York, New York, United States
Residence1930
Marriage30 May 1931Long Island - Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States - Holger Brandsborg
Residence1935537 North Second, North Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
Residence1940537 North Second - North Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
Naturalization21 Mar 1941Mineola, Nassau, New York, United States
Residence1944 - 1988499 Foch Blvd., Mineola, Nassau, New York, United States
Passport1953Washington City, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
Arrival30 Jul 1954with Sister Adeline - Scandinavian Airlines, New York, New York, United States
Death14 Mar 1988North Hemstead, Mineola, Nassau, New York, United States
BurialMar 1988Nassau Knolls Cemetery, Port Washington, Nassau, New York, United States

Families

SpouseHolger Brandsborg (1902 - 1975)
ChildVirginia Marie Brandsborg (1934 - 2009)
ChildRobert Holger Brandsborg
FatherGeorg Friedrich Stelljes (1869 - )
MotherMeta Gesine Monsees (1866 - )
SiblingJohann Stelljes (1891 - )
SiblingAnna Gesine Stelljes (1893 - )
SiblingGeorg Hinrich Stelljes (1895 - )
SiblingHermann Stelljes (1897 - )
SiblingMeta Gesine Stelljes (1899 - )
SiblingMeta Stelljes (1900 - 1995)
SiblingMeta Adelheid Stelljes (1901 - )
SiblingAdeline Gesine Stelljes (1903 - 1997)
SiblingAdelheid Stelljes (1905 - )
SiblingJohann Stelljes (1906 - 1989)

Endnotes

1. , Germany Vital Records, Birth Certificate 60/1908 (24 May 1971), Stelljes, Mathilde Gesine; .

2. Stelljes, Mathilde, letter to son to Brandsborg, Robert.

3. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, Number: 061-50-3996; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1971-1972.

4. 1940 Federal Census, , , ; digital images, ( : accessed ).

5. 1940 Federal Census, , , ; digital images, ( : accessed ).

6. 1940 Federal Census, , , ; digital images, ( : accessed ).

7. , Germany Vital Records, Birth Certificate 60/1908 (24 May 1971), Stelljes, Mathilde Gesine; .

8. "New York Passenger Lists," digital image, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed ), Stelljes, Mathilde 1925.

9. "New York Passenger Lists," digital image, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed ), Stelljes, Mathilda 1928.

10. Ancestry.com, New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Marriage Index.

11. 1940 Federal Census, , New Hyde Park, enumeration district (ED) 30-27, Roll T627_2683; Page 7A, 7B, house number 537 ; visit number 142 ; Lines 40-43, Holger Brandsborg; digital images, ( : accessed 28 February 2016).

12. 1940 Federal Census, , , ; digital images, ( : accessed ).

13. 1940 Federal Census, , , ; digital images, ( : accessed ).

14. 1940 Federal Census, , , ; digital images, ( : accessed ).

15. Stelljes, Mathilde, letter to son to Brandsborg, Robert, 1951- Mathilde wrote this letter to her son Robert with family history information he needed for the service..

16. Stelljes, Mathilde, , New York; , .

17. "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 24 June 2019), Brandsborg, Emil and Elly.

18. Brandsborg, Mathilde, 19503, United States; Ancestry, Ancestry.com.

19. "Passenger Manifest," digital image, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed ), Brandsborg, Mathilde.

20. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, Number: 061-50-3996; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1971-1972.

21. Brandsborg, Robert, (Maryville, TN) to Adelheid Stelljes, telegram, 15 March 1988; privately held by . .