Family Tree
Fifteen generations from the earliest documented Chelius ancestor to the present. Direct ancestors are shown filled; collateral relatives appear as outlines. The first nine generations, in Hesse, are known only along the direct line.
This tree shows the Swedish branch and my direct line. Living relatives are listed only as Living to protect their privacy, and the German branches have been omitted entirely. If you are part of this family and would like to be included, you are welcome to get in touch and I will update the page accordingly.
Generation I
Ulricus Chelius I
*1473 (annähernd)
†2 January 1558
Chief physician of the city of Strasbourg · as recorded on the 1973 panel
Generation II
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Mag. Pankratius Chelius
in Hesse from 1528
Pfarrer in Widdersheim · came from Murhard (Murrhardt), Württemberg
Generation III
Clara Rehm
daughter of the magistrate of Lich
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Johannes Chelius
*1534 †1591
Pastor in Widdersheim from c.1564
Generation IV
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Mag. Johannes Chelius
studied 1584 · in office 1591
†1633
Generation V
Anna Elisa Herdenius
married 1626
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Georg Daniel Chelius
*1590 †1672
Pastor in Dornheim
Generation VI
Ludwig Christof Chelius
*1634 †1687
Fürstlich Hessen-Darmstädtischer Oberschultheiß zu Dornheim
Generation VII
Heinrich Daniel Chelius
*5 May 1665
†1 November 1721
Oberschultheiß zu Dornheim
Generation VIII
Wilhelm Balthasar Chelius
*10 November 1696
†6 August 1775
Oberschultheiß, Rentmeister and Kornmeister zu Wolfskehlen
Generation IX
Karl Wilhelm Chelius
*4 December 1739
Generation X
Maria (Barbara) Elisabetha Graf
*1783 †1860
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August Ludwig Karl Chelius
no dates recorded
Leutnant, Regiment Isenburg · last Chelius spelling
Generation XI
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Johann Philipp Martin Gelius
*1808 Schwarzenbach
†1886 Rehau
First Gelius spelling
Generation XII — Johann Philipp Martin's children
Johann Friedrich August Gelius
*1831
Johann Georg Christopf Gelius
*1832 Rehau
†1902 Hof a.d.Saale
Fabriksägare
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Sofie Fredricke Albertina Adler
*1839 Rehau
†1909 Rehau
Friedrich Gelius
*1838 Rehau
Georg Peter Gelius
*1841 †1883
Johann Christian Gelius
*1848 †1917
Mech. Werkstätte 1871
Generation XIII — Children of Johann Georg Christopf & Sofie Adler
Adolf Gelius
*1863 †1945
Stadtbaudirektor Mainz
Christian Albrecht
*1869 †1869
J.G. Christian Gelius
*1870 †1960 Dachau
Carl Johann Georg Gelius
*1873 Rehau
†1914 Bonn/Rhein
Konstmålare
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Johanna Künneth
*1876 Nürnberg †1939
Philipp Gelius
*1875 †1941
Generation XIV — Carl's Two Sons
Heinz Gelius
*1901 Utrecht
†1989 Västerås
Ingenjör
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Sonja Lundström
*1909 Lund
†2010 Västerås
Hans Otmar Gelius
*1910 Bonn
†2000
Generation XV — Three Brothers (Swedish) & Hans Otmar's Children (German)
Fredrik Gelius
*1938 †2006
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Ottmar Gelius
*1938 Berlin
†2018 Oskarshamn
Civilingenjör
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Barbro Gelius
*1939
†2020 Oskarshamn
U. Gelius
*1941
Physicist, Uppsala
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German Branch — Hans Otmar's children