My Trails into the Past

Julia Ann Sievert, daughter of Vincent Sievert and Susanna Raduntz, and my great-grandmother, married Johan Anton Hork, son of Joseph Heinrich Horoch and Maria Catharine Trösster, on 6 June 1872 at St. John’s German Catholic Church in Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [1] Johan Anton Hork, born Johann Anton Horoch on 9 November 1843 in Oberhundem, Westfalen, arrived in the United States aboard the Idaho on 5 November 1870. [2] Though the ship manifest stated he was a laborer, he worked as a tailor in the United States. By 1872, he was working as a merchant tailor at 7 Jefferson Street in Joliet, while living at 47 Bluff Street. [3] In records, he was recorded either by John, Anton, Anthony, or J. A. Hork. In the above directory record, he was Anthony Hork. It is unknown whether he worked for himself or for someone else. Two merchant tailors had shops on Jefferson: S.C. Stearns at 61 ½ Jefferson and J & G Dippold, whose listing didn’t give an address. [4] The latter was living ...

This month for 12 for ’26, I am working through documents I have collected over the past 30 years concerning the Sievert and Hork families. My great-grandfather, Johan Anton Hork, married Julia Ann Sievert. This week, I am continuing the focus on the Sievert family in Joliet, Illinois. The Sievert Family in Joliet Vincent and Susanna’s first child born in America, Julia Ann, was born on 31 October 1854. It is unknown where she was baptized as the German Catholic Church’s records begin in 1855. [1] Their son, Peter, was baptized at St. John’s German Catholic Church on 5 July 1857. He was born on 29 June 1857. [2] Vincent became a naturalized citizen on 28 December 1857. [3] Their son, John was born on 23 August 1858 and baptized on 27 August as Johanes Siebert. [4] His cousin, Ana Elisabeth Feitag was born on 24 August and baptized on the same day. [5] Joseph and Henrietta Feitag were his sponsors and Vincent & “Dorothea” Siebert were Ana’s sponsors. In 1860, Vincent was ...