JOHN H. FELDOTT FAMILY

John H. Feldotto was the son of Christopher Feldotto, a farmer in Verl Prussia, now Germany. He was born April 1, 1822 and married Theresa Hemerich, daughter of John Hemerich also of Verl and a farmer. As Mr. and Mrs. John Feldotto arrived in New York on October 29, 1852, they migrated to Naperville and John took his American citizenship papers in Naperville, Illinois, DuPage County, June 8, 1855. He could not write, so the clerk had him mark his X and the clerk signed his name as John Feldott, dropping the O. He left three brothers and two sisters in Verl along with their parents.

John and Theresa raised five boys and four girls: Henry, Anna, Mary, Joseph, Kate, Christian, William, John and Emma.Henry married Ellen Lally and they had five children: Mary married Fred Weisbrook and they had five children; Edwin and wife Emma lived in Chicago; Evelyn and Art Milroy also had five children; Dr Harry, a bone specialist at Hines Veteran Hospital, and his wife Luella had no children; Attorney Joseph lived in Aurora and married Helen Roeder and they raised four children: Henry, Joseph, Rita and Margaret.

Anna married Otto Weisbrook and bore him three children: Theresa (Joe Pettigene), Mary (Herman Holter), and Albert (Kathryn Kommes).

Mary married Herman Feuerborn and they had four children: Clara, Anna, Emma, and George. Joseph married Kate Mettel and had four children: Jenny (Ben Heitkotter), Leo (Estella Feuerborn), Francis (Mildred) and Raymond.

Kate and Tony Kames farmed around Batavia and raised eight children: twins Mary and Theresa, John, Edward, Joseph, George, and twins Emma and Evelyn.

Christian married Mary Feuerborn and they had three daughters: Zita (Walter Miller), Mary and Theresa operated the farm implement business until recent years on Wilson Avenue in Batavia.

John L Feldott married Elizabeth Seppelfrick and raised five daughters and three sons. They farmed between Warrenville and Batavia on Feldott Road. Only one daughter married: Elizabeth to George Marcot and they live at Sandwich. Mary, Anna, Kate, Laura and Edwin live on Jericho Road west of Aurora, on one farm, while Chris and Evelyn (Piltz) live on another nearby.

Emma and William Feldott farmed northwest of Naperville. Six children were born to them: Andrew, Alfred, Kathryn, Louis, Leonard and Harry (deceased).

William M. Feldott was born Sept 14, 1866. He married Amelia Gartner, whose brothers John and Joseph, farmed south of Naperville. William and Amelia farmed north of Naperville at the end of River Road and Ferry Road on 160 acres. They raised six children: Gertrude, Anna, twins, Albert and Aloysius, Ralph and Emma.

William owned and operated the Feldott Garage on the corner of Main Street and Jackson Avenue (now the Riverwalk), in the early 1900’s. It was operated as a livery stable and buggies and carriages were sold. This is also where the horse auctions were held every Saturday. When the auto was developed in the teens, William sold cars at that location until his death in 1929. His sons Albert and Aloysius, worked with him in the garage.

Gertrude married Frank Kuhn of Wheaton and they farmed on Blanchard Road just south of Wheaton. They raised five children: Harry, Marjery, Everet, Beatrice, and Vincent.

Anna married Louis Barkei and they farmed on Naperville-Wheaton Road and Warrenville Road now Bell Lab. They raised ten children: Gilbert, Mildred, Bernice, LeRoy, Paul, Elaine, Joan, Ruth, Marilyn and Dorothy.

Albert married Christine Lies and they had three children: Eugene (deceased), Berneida and Betty.

Aloysius married Marie Schwartz and they raised three children: Joann (Joe Fatout), Donald (Patricia Brown) and Robert. Aloysius is deceased and Marie lives in Florida with her daughter Joann and family.

Emma married Fred Helt and they farmed south of town until 1940. They raised four children: Edward, Marcella, Ruth and Donald.

Ralph M. Feldott, son of William and Amelia Feldott, farmed on Ferry Road on the family farm. He married Alice Mahoski of Wheaton and farmed the Feldott homestead on Ferry Road until 1929, when the house burned down. They then moved to the Bill Ehrhart farm on Aurora Avenue which is now the Honda and Datson parking lot and Nabisco. From there they moved and farmed in Wheatland Township on Route 59, south of Naperville. They raised three children: William A.; Blanche and Gladys.

Blanche married Paul Laffey and they raised three boys and two girls. They live in Elston, Missouri.

Gladys is married to Frank Maley and lives in Delmar, New York. They have two girls and one boy.

Ralph M. operated one of the largest thrashing rigs north of Naperville, some years thrashing for six to eight weeks in the fall, covering twenty or more farms around Naperville. He had a 36-inch separator and a Case steam engine as a power, developing 50 horse power. Oats, barley and wheat were thrashed for neighboring farmers.

William A. Feldott married Marilynn Jackson of Dundee, Illinois. He farmed with his father on the Ehrhart farm and the farm on Route 59. In 1947 he was awarded “Soybean King of Illinois” while farming on Route 59. They have five children: Michael and Mary (Gatecliff) live In Houston, Texas and have two sons: William M. and Brian. Mike is in consulting and management of hotels and restaurants. Jerome lives in Naperville and manages the Sports Bowl and works with his father on 20 acres west of town where they have a golf facility and farm 10 acres. Patricia is a paramedic for Broward County in Hollywood, Florida. Susan produces TV commercials in Hollywood, Florida, and her twin Steven, is a TV camera operator and video tape editor also in Hollywood, Florida.