Second Generation

3. George W LUHRSEN was born on 27 Feb 1846 in Hanover, Germany.² He was employed a grocer in Welden, Illinois in 1895.⁵ This would refer to either this man or his son: "George Luhrsen, who now conducts a first-class grocery in Welden, made his friends a call Monday." He died in Jan 1917 in Sadorus, Illinois.²

George W LUHRSEN and Catharina LANGHENNING were married.² Catharina LANGHENNING was born on 8 Jul 1855 in Missouri.² She died on 16 Mar 1886 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.² George W LUHRSEN and Catharina LANGHENNING had the following children:

+18	i.	George W LUHRSEN JR.
+19	ii.	Fred LUHRSEN.
+20	iii.	Louis Frederick LUHRSEN.
+21	iv.	Gustav Adolph LUHRSEN.
22	v.	Paul Gerrard LUHRSEN was born on 8 Jan 1883.2 He died on 23 Jul 1883 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.2
+23	vi.	William Ferdinand LUHRSEN.
24	vii.	Leonhard C L H LUHRSEN was born on 30 Jan 1886.2 He died on 4 May 1887 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.2

George W LUHRSEN and Betty YATES were married on 11 Nov 1890 in Champaign County, Illinois.² Betty YATES was born on 17 Nov 1861 in Sweetwater, Tennessee.² She died in Apr 1950 in Sadorus, Illinois.²