Seeking records of great-grandfather's family

Jacob Walwer was born in Prussia Germany about 1847 and died in Chicago in Jan 1885.  He married Elizabeth Schmedeke in Lake Co, Indiana on 29 Jun 1874.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PX5-D5N?i=288&cc=1410397

He is listed with his wife Elizabeth & 3 children (Mary, George, & Jacob Jr) in the 1880 US Census for Chicago.

Death index:

Name: Jacob Walwer

Birth Date: abt 1847

Birth Place: Germany

Death Date: 23 Jan 1885

Death Place: Hyde Park, Cook, Illinois

Burial Place: Oakwoods

Death Age: 38

Occupation: Carpenter

Race: White

Marital status: Married

Gender: Male

FHL Film Number: 1239965

Hi Barbara,

Found this on findagrave.com

Is this William a relative? There are also 3 Jacob's and 1 Casper

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197529589/william-walwer

Alice Lane

Research Volunteer

Dear Ms. Faith,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

For an overview on how to begin your research, we suggest that you review NARA’s Resources for Genealogists, as well as the FamilySearch Research wiki for Illinois Genealogy.  In addition, the document Suggestions and Advice for Family History Researchers  may be useful. 

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1880 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1890 Census; the Population Schedules for the 1900 Census, and the Population Schedules for the 1910 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1920 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1930 Census, in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29) that may contain records of your great grandfather’s family.  For access to the non-digitized schedules, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov. 

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