Individual Details
Caroline Gusewelle
(Abt 1840 - 16 Jun 1874)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1840 | Hanover/Germany |  |  | |
| Marriage | 3 Feb 1857 | St. Louis, St. Louis, MO - Reinhold Karl "Charles" Anacker | | | |
| Census | 28 Jun 1865 | Atchison, Atchison, KS | | | |
| Marriage | 6 Jan 1866 | Atchison, Atchison, KS - Charles Joseph Moritz Bilimek | | ||
| Residence | 1874 | residence - Atchinson, KS | | | |
| Death | 16 Jun 1874 | hung herself in her mother's basement - Atchison, Atchison, KS | | | |
| Burial | 18 Jun 1874 | Atchison, Atchison, KS | |
Families
| Spouse | Reinhold Karl "Charles" Anacker (1828 - 1865) |
| Child | Charles August Anacker (1857 - 1930) |
| Child | Edward Anacker (1860 - ) |
| Spouse | Charles Joseph Moritz Bilimek (1831 - 1920) |
| Child | Ludwig Louis Bilimek (1870 - 1961) |
| Child | Rudolph "Ralph" Bilimek (1871 - ) |
| Father | Ernst Mittelbrink Gusewelle (1800 - ) |
| Mother | Christine (1808 - ) |
| Sibling | Sophia Gusewelle (1831 - ) |
| Sibling | Charles Gusewelle (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Emily Gusewelle (1843 - ) |
| Sibling | Christian Gusewelle (1845 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Carroline (?) ANAGER was listed as 24 years old on the 1860 census records, therefore, her estimated birthdate is 1836.Marriage
Complete text of marriage record for Reinhold ANAKER (sic) and Caroline GIESWELL (sic):State of Missouri, County of St. Louis} I, John C. Vogel, a justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I did on this 3rd day of February 1857 join in the holy bonds of matrimony Mr. Reinhold Anaker and Miss Caroline Gieswell both of the City and County of St. Louis, State of Missouri. Given under my hand this 3rd February 1857.
John C. Vogel, justice of the peace
Filed and recorded April 13, 1857 C. Karnle, recorder
On the marriage record of Reinhold Charles ANACKER and Caroline GUSEWELLE, their names are spelled differently.
Census
The Kansas State Census of 1865 lists Caroline (NLN) age 24, born in Germany, living with Henry and A. LIPS (a saloon keeper) in Atchison, Atchison, KS. Caroline is listed as single. [Her husband, Reinhold (Charles) ANACKER) died in February of that year as a result of injuries suffered in the Civil War.]Residence
Caroline (GUSEWELLE) ANACKER BILIMECK was living in Atchison, KS when she put in papers for an increase of pension benefits for her son, Charles.Death
Charles Bilimek was a traveling salesman, and Caroline had left him for Frank Langston who wouldn't support her or her two sons by Charles. After the hotel burned down, she sent her sons to live with her brothers and then she hung herself in her mother's basement. Charles put both boys, Ludwig (age 4) and Rudolph (age 3), in a orphanage in Atchison, KS.Endnotes
1. Thomas Hartfield CORY & Hannah (LEGGETT) CORY, 1850 U.S. Census, Southwest part of West #22, Montgomery, IL, Page 165;..
2. Charles BILISMIK & Caroline (GUSEWELLE) BILISMIK, 1870 U.S. Census, Carter, Atchison, KS, Page 2; Lines 16-19; National Archives..
3. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002:, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Cole, MO.
4. Charles GUSEWELLE & Louisa (?) GUSEWELLE, Jun 1865 State Census, Center Twp., Atchison, KS, Page 3; Lines 13-17;..
5. "Civil War Pension Record - Anacker,'" Fold 3 image #312310713, United States Army of the Republic, Civil War, Veterans Administation Repository, National Archives, Washington, D.C..
6. Civil War Increase of Minor's Pension Claim for Charles August ANACKER by his mother, Caroline (Gusewelle)ANACKER BILIMECKat Topeka, KS in April 1874..
7. "Birth/Marriage/Death notices Jan 1872-Dec 1875," death/burial announcement, Kansas Chief Weekly, Atchison, KS, , Caroline (Gusewelle) Anacker Bilimek; online archives ( : accessed ); Ancestry chat room.
8. "Birth/Marriage/Death notices Jan 1872-Dec 1875," death/burial announcement, Kansas Chief Weekly, Atchison, KS, , Caroline (Gusewelle) Anacker Bilimek; online archives ( : accessed ); Ancestry chat room.