born at 1:00 p.m.
1851 census London - footman at 40 Queen Ann St., Cavendish Square, St. Marylebone, age 21, born 7 Oaks, Kent
George and mother arrived in NY 10 May 1855 on the ship "Victoria" from London (age 23), in steerage, also James and Emily Pratt.
Declaration of Intent Rock co, WI 5 Nov 1855
1857/8 laborer, house on First St between Division and Merrill - Beloit Directory
1862 saloon west side of State between Broad and Race - Beloit Directoryhazel eyes, brown hair, 5 ft 9 1/4 in Wisconsin 4th Battery Light Artillery(Civil War papers)
Civil War: enlisted 13 Dec 1861, mustered out 3 July 1865 in Richmand, VA; filed for pension 15 May 1891
E. A. Pratt knew him 50 yr in 1890 - England; Edwin Frith, William J. Moore, and Richard Cunan also witnessed pension appl; William Pratt knew him before the war1855 - no names given; 7 males and 5 females living with Wm. Pratt in Beloit, Rock, WI
1860 - saloon keeper
1870 - works all work
1875 - 6 males, 3 females in house (one female his mother)
1880 in Rock co, WI, Fifth Street; census states he had asthma
1885 4 male and 4 female-Edwin and Jack had left home; 5 born in US, 2 in Great Britain, 1 in Ireland
1890 in Minnetonka, Hennepin, MN
1895 in West Minneapolis with Ernest and Harry; resident of the state 9 years, 8 years in this district; City Directory-lived in Hopkins, laborer at Minneapolis Threshing Machine co
1898, 1899 City Directory: 617 NE Marshall
1900 living with Cora Loveridge and family in Minneapolis, ward 1
1901 City directory: 413 6th Ave NE
1902 City Directory: address 909 NE Second St.
card on funeral flowers from Minneapolis Cold Storage(photo)
cause of death: Bright's disease; address 902 NE Second St, Minneapolis
Hillside cemetery section B 208
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George James Frith and brothers-in-law Alexander and Joseph English were in this unit:The Fourth Battery of Light Artillery was organized at Beloit, WI, and transferred to Camp Utley, Racine, WI. Here the unit was mustered into the service of the United States on October 1, 1861. The battery left the state January 21, 1862, proceeding to Washington, D.C. and thence down the Potomac to Fortress Monroe, VA, arriving there on the 28th day of January 1862. Here the battery remained on duty until September of the same year. The celebrated engagement between the Monitor and Merrimac occurred on the 8th day of March, 1862, and the Fourth Light Artillery fired the gun "Union" during the action. In September, 1862, the battery was transferred to Hampton, VA, remaining on duty there until January 1863, when it was transferred to Suffolk, VA. Many other assignments in southeastern Virginia were made during the year.
In May, 1864, the Fourth Battery was assigned to the Artillery Brigade of the First Division/Eighteenth Army Corps, and took part with that Division in the advance then being made on Richmond and Petersburg. The battery participated in various movements of that organization of the Union forces, among them the battles of Drewry's Bluff, May 12-16, 1864; assault on Petersburg, June 16, 1864, and Malvern Hill, July 14, 1864. The Fourth Battery further accompanied the Union Cavalry on several raids about Richmond, and one occasion passed entirely around that city. The Fourth Battery was mustered out of the service of the United States at Richmond, VA, on the 3rd of July 1865, returned to Madison, WI and was disbanded shortly thereafter.
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The histories above, unless otherwise noted, are adopted from Charles E. Estabrook, ed., Records and Sketches of Military Organizations, (Madison, 1914).
From Civil War Archive (civilwararchive.com)
4th Independent Battery Light ArtilleryOrganized and mustered in at Racine, Wis., October 1, 1861. Ordered to Baltimore, Md., January 21, 1862; thence to Fortress Monroe, Va., and garrison duty there until September. Attached to District of Fortress Monroe, Va.. Dept. of Virginia, to September, 1862. Camp Hamilton, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to January, 1863. Artillery Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1863. Artillery Brigade, United States Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. Artillery. 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps, to June, 1864. Artillery Cavalry Division, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Fired gun "Union" during the Monitor and Merrimac engagement March 9, 1862. Moved to Camp Hamilton, Va., September, and duty there until January 11, 1863. Moved to Suffolk, Va., January 11. Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 4. Norfleet House April 15. Chuckatuck and Reed's Ferry May 3. Moved to Portsmouth, Va., May 5. To West Point, thence to Yorktown May 30. Keyes' Expedition up the Peninsula June 9-July 10. Garrison duty at Yorktown until August 25. Duty at Gloucester Point and Portsmouth until April, 1864. Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Swift Creek or Arrow field Church May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-June 4. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 3, 1865. At Bermuda Hundred, Va., until July 5, 1864, and at Jones' Landing until August 10. Moved to Light House Point August 10, thence to Prince George Court House and to Petersburg August 26. Duty in trenches until September 27. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown Road October 7 and 13. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Siege operations against Richmond until April, 1865. Before Richmond March 30-April 2. Occupation of Richmond April 3 and duty there until July. Mustered out July 3, 1865.
Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 25.
Departed Belfast, Mar 1849, arrived NYC 7 Apr 1849 on "Annie"
1875 - 6 males, 3 females in house (one female his mother)
1885 4 male and 4 female-Edwin and Jack had left home; 5 born in US, 2 in Great Britain, 1 in Irelandnewspaper: cause of death-heart disease, "long been an invalid"
came from Minneapolis to Beloit for mother's funeral in 1885
stayed in Beloit and married in Nov.
on marriage record-a harness maker, born Beloit, resident of Beloit, Protestant Episcopal; witnesses Cyrenus Frith and Florence Larson
City Directory Minneapolis
1890, 1891 Minneapolis Directory-615 NE Second, drayman
1915 laborer
1895 - 18 years in MN, 3 in district, farming
1900 - farmer in Fridley, Anoka co, MN
1905 - 30 yrs, 4 mo in MN; 4 mo in district; farmer
30 July 1913 He bought 2000 shares in the Rose Pickle anmd Vinegar Co. for $2000
1920 - oiler in a flour mill
died of a heart attack 5:00 am in Salt Lake City train station, but buried in Minneapolis (Probably visiting Will, who worked at a grocery store in Salt Lake City)
Hillside Cemetery-H144
- - - - -Mary Frith died 3 Oct 1886. Minnesota Death records have Frith birth 28 Mar 1886 in St. Paul, parents J and L Frith; another source says parents are Edw'd and Belle. Buried at Hillside cem in Minneapolis (Minnesota Deaths and Burials 1885-1990 at familysearch.org)
Bible gives birth as 29 Oct, death cert as 28 Oct
went west in 1875, most of time in Montana mining and buffalo hunting (obituary)
scout for a wagon train, sharp shooter (Frith story)
Guided a wagon train and hunted buffalo (His daughter Charlotte)A John Frith and Elisha Poad filed 2 patented placer mining claims in Broadwater Co, Montana 27 May 1880
to Idaho late 1880s
resided at American Falls, ID at time of marriage
1897 or 1898 to Hagerman valley, mined for gold on islands in Snake River below Thousand Springs and ranched; he lived across the river from Banbury Hot Springs.
later to West Point area farming and raising stock
1910 census - rented a farm at Clear Lake precinct, brother Harry living with them
1920 census - owned a farm at West Point precinct
died of asthma the day after he had his farm sale, selling holstein herd
death certificate has birth as Oct 28
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A Jack Frith, b. 24 May 1885, WWI draft registration in Butte co, ID; relative lives in Mudell (Wendell?), ID - 1917-1918
1920 census has a John Frith, 28, in Berenice, Butte co, ID, sheepherder; father born in WI and mother b. in NV
1940-brother, George H., lives with him
1942 draft registration - same birth date, American Falls, lived in Howe, Butte, ID
- - - -Mary Frith died 3 Oct 1886. Minnesota Death records have Frith birth 28 Mar 1886 in St. Paul, parents J and L Frith; another source says parents are Edw'd and Belle. Buried at Hillside cem in Minneapolis (Minnesota Deaths and Burials 1885-1990 at familysearch.org)
bachelor
claimed money owed for labor at Washburn, Bayfield and Iron River Railway bankruptcy in Bayfield, WI 1897-1898
charter member of St. Louis Knights of Pythias Lodge in Minneapolis
1880 - worked foundry
1890, 1891 Minneapolis Directory-615 NE Second, laborer
1895 - West Minneapolis with George and Harry; 10 years in state, 8 years in district, moulder
1895 City Directory: Hopkins; laborer at Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co
1900 - farm laborer, Fridley MN
1905 - laborer; 18 yr, 6 mo in MN, 4 mo in district, living with brother, Edwin; also listed living with father and brother, Harry A, 10 yrs in the state, moulder.
1910 - farm laborer in Fridley, MN
1920 census - owned farm in Wendell precinct
1930 - 2nd Ave. in Wendell
1940 - lived in same house as in 1935; ranch laborerDad said that Uncle Ernie taught the boys to swear.
4. Cyrenus William (Will) FRITH
went by Will
stepson Tom Dunroe; his wife was Mae
1890, 1891 Minneapolis Directory-615 NE Second, molder
1895 - 2 months in this district
1899-laborer at Minneapolis Cold Storage
1900 - laborer in community house
1901, 1902 - City directory: buttermaker at Minneapolis Cold Storage
1905 next door to Robert and Ellen Larson; 18 years in MN, 4 yrs in this district
1907 to Utah (Thomas Dunroe's death obituary)
1910 vinegar maker in a factory Salt Lake City; S 1st W
1920 census states superintendent of food and produce
1920 treasurer of the Rose Preserving Corp. (Salt Lake Herald-Republican 24 Apr 1910)
1925 delinguent on 5000 shares of stock worth $25.00 in Tintic Combination Mining Corp. 25 May 1910 (Salt Lake Herald Republican 7 July 1910)
1930-pickle maker products co.
1931-janitor at Chamber of Commerce
death certificate states occupation as caretaker for the Chamber of Commerce the previous 6 years; 31 years in Salt Lake City (1907); 68 yrs, 4 mo, 8 da; 442 Emerson Ave.
headstone says birth 1869, Bible says 1867; 1870 census is 6/12 year old
1895 - 617 Marshall; Charles' mother, Ellen Loveridge, living with them
1900 - lived in Minneapolis, ward 1
1905 - 1408 Grand St. Minneapolis; Charles(son of Edwin Amos), Luetta and Homer Pratt living in the same house
1910 - lived on 8th Ave, Buhl, Idaho
1920 - Oak St, Rose twp, Ramsey co, MN; George and Mayme and son Charles lived with her
1930 - living with George and Mayme
1940 - at 1794 Eustis St.
address at death: 1794 Eustis St. (Roseville)
cemetery Section H, Lot 213
Died in a swing accident (winding up in a swing and letting it spin)
cause of death-sunstroke
originally buried in Layman's cemetery, disinterred and reburied 29 June 1921 in Hillside cemetery next to her father, George James, and her grandmother.
His father died when he was 19 so he had to help the family. Grandma Frith said that one day he bought a watch for $1.00. The family didn't like it, so he left home. The family also broke up or prevented the marriages of Sarah, Cora, and William, who all remained single.
1878 to Nebraska, just opening up
1880 next door to mother's cousin, William W. McCoy
1881 to Colorado
1885 in Grand co, CO - a ranchman
voted in April 1890 for the incorporation of the town of Windsor
owned a threshing machine, cook house, etc. He sold out dirt cheap in the Panic of 1893.
was a charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star Sept 1893
1900 carpenter in Windsor, CO
1903 train to Payette, ID
1906 to Wendell
1908 to Gooding where they had a restaurant
1909 to Wendell and had another restaurant where "Bob Simerly now lives"
1911 to the Cedar Draw District - farmed, had a steam thresher
later into Wendell - carpenter
paralytic stroke
"Lizzie" was a charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star Sept 1893
heart attack while visiting son Otis in Yreka, CA
Went to school in Payette
1920 in Wendell
1930 in New Plymouth, ID
1935 in Payette co.
1940 in Arena Valleymoved to Weiser 1921, New Plymouth 1924 till death, except for a brief time in Milton Freewater, WA and Weiser
WWI Draft registration: medium tall, medium build, blue eyes, light hair
WWII draft registration: gray eyes, brown hair, light brown complexion
Had a restaurant in Wendell
No children
1920 in West Point, Gooding co, ID
1930 in Wendell, spelled his name Toole
1935 in Wendell
1940 in Carey, cafe manager; Ruth waitress; name spelled Toole
1920 census - servant in Twin Falls
1930 - Jerome, ID
address 1239 Laurel Ave, San Mateo co, CA 1944 voter registration
City Directories:
1925 Seattle, WA
1932 Twin Falls, ID
1942, 1944 Palo Alto, CA
1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958 Medford, ORobituary in vol 9, p 193 Jackson county obituary index
1920 servant in Buhl
Social Security issued in Minnesota
City Directory
1926 Idaho Falls; principal of Shelley High School
1940 Coeur d'Alene; principal of Cd'A junior high school
1945 Spokane-Monroe Street Food Shop; with son
5. Myrtle Frances TOOL (Toole)
spelled her name Toole
single, no children
clerk and bookkeeper for Idaho Power
5. Charles Otis TOOL (O'TOOLE)
spelled his name O'Tool on 1930 census, death certificate reads O'Toole
carpenter in Yreka
1940 O'Toole, carpenter; same place in 1935
son Pat's obituary says they moved to San Francisco in 1942
1948-carpenter in San Francisco
NE section, next to son, L. S., block 18, lot 3, space 2.5
5. Marguerite Isabelle (Doll) TOOL
1935 in Gooding co, ID
died in delivery of thirteenth child, a son (9 lbs, 9 oz) who lived
13 children in 15 years
baptised by immersion 1890 at Edson Methodist Church
Mar & Apr 1895 took the train to San Francisco, them up to Portland, to Washington
patented 80 acres 9 June 1902 and 80 acres 28 Aug 1911 both in Klickitat co, WA
death certificate says born 1857Jasper had 50 head of cattle about 1900.
listed as fruit grower in 1911-1912
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The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., March 14, 1912, page 2WHITE SALMON MAN DIES HERE
Jasper Gunning, a rancher of White Salmon, who had been ill at the local hospital for a long time succumbed Tuesday night from a complication that arose after an operation.
The body was taken to White Salmon for burial, where Mr. Gunning leaves surviving a wife and several children.---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., March 15, 1912, page 4
JASPER GUNNING PASSES AWAY
Jasper Gunning died in the hospital at Hood River Tuesday evening, March 12, from cancer of the liver. He had been ill for over a year and finally went to Hood River in the hope that an operation would benefit him. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church by Rev. Brown and the body interred in the Odd Fellow's cemetery Thursday.
The late Mr. Gunning left a large family, ten children; Nora, Mrs. Erva Frank of The Dalles, Chas. B. of Twin Falls, Roy M. and Delbert of Portland, Mary A. Henrichson, Stella B. Bates, Filla M., Edith and Blanche, of White Salmon; his wife, four brothers, Delbert, county auditor, Abner and Osmer of Missouri, R.B., of White Salmon, and one sister in Oklahoma. His aged father is still living in Missouri.
Mr. Gunning was born in Shelbyville, Illinois, (This should be Indiana.) in 1853. From there he went to Missouri, in which state he was married. In 1895 he came west and rented a farm near Goldendale, where he lived two years, when he came to White Salmon and took a homestead near Mt. Brook, of which he died possessor. He afterwards moved to 80 acres of land he bought the northeast of White Salmon a short distance. He sold 40 acres of this tract, retaining 40 for his permanent home. He was a good citizen and much esteemed by all who knew him. Many attended the funeral services.
lived in Eden for a time after Jasper died. Norberta remembers visiting there in 1917 or 1918 and remembers Blanche (15), Lloyd and Morton on a farm, and Edith married to Ray. Where was Tilla?
1900 census, had 11 children, 9 living
1910 census, had 12 children, 10 living
1920 census, Mary E. and Blanche lived with Nora and John in Portland on E Pine St.
1930 census, lodging on Montgomery St.;living with Tilla and Ted in Portland
1940-living with Tilla and Ted
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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., February 16, 1945, page 2MRS. MARY E. GUNNING PASSES AWAY
Word reached White Salmon Monday evening of the death of Mrs. Mary Eveline Gunning, Portland, who has been ill for some time. Mrs. Gunning died at 5:30 Monday evening at the hospital and her death will be felt by all her friends as she was an old pioneer and made her home here where she was loved and respected by everyone. Mrs. Gunning was a devoted Christian, a good neighbor and her last wish was to be buried here where she knew everyone. The funeral was held here yesterday. The community extends deepest sympathy to the family.
student at Edson School in Harrison co, MO
took care of Jasper before his death, Blanche and Tilla, Jennie Lloyd (Charlie's wife), and Erva's children
Uncle Charlie Lloyd sent her to Pacific University Prep school
1900 listed as living at home in White Salmon and also as a servant in Wasco co, OR for Joseph Morten and family
Had an apartment in Portland on 17th Street with brothers Lloyd and Morton in 1910 census; was stenographer for an electrical company
1920 census-East Pine Street in Portland, OR; Mary E. and Blanche also there
1930 living in Oakland, CA
US City Directories:
1906 clerk in Portland
1909 boarding in The Dalles and in Portland
1910, 1912 stenographer in Portland
1914 Seattle, WA-carpenter
1915 Walla Walla, WA-carpenter
1920, 1921 Portland
1924-1940 Alameda co, CA-carpenter
1953-1956 Oakland, CA
died of cirrhosis of the liver (did not drink)
student at Edson School in Harrison co, MO
1910 Rudy and brother Charles had a cigar store
1920 Rudy and Charles were partners in a saloon
Henry and Erva had a cherry orchard at The Dalles and made maraschino cherries.
City Directories: The Dalles, Wasco co, OR
1903, 1904 domestic
1905, 1906 clerk
1925, 1928 Erva clerk(saleswoman), Henry mgr of Elks Club
1930 Henry mgr of Elks Club
1936 Henry steward of Elks Club
1948 Henry manager of Elks Club
1952 Erva widow of C. Henry
1940 Henry chief steward of Elks Club
moved to Tigard after Henry's death
came to Idaho in 1907
1910 a rancher and renting farm Twin Falls co, ID
1917 WWI draft registration: Filer, ID; tall, medium build, dark brown eyes, black hair
1920 in Maroa, Twin Falls co, ID
1930 in Eden, Jerome co, ID, property worth $17,500
lived in Kimberly and Eden areas, then bought farm north of Jerome in 1933. Moved to Jerome in 1945 and retired in 1947.
WWII draft registration: 6' 180, brown eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion; scar on laft handTold everyone marriage was 17 Aug 1910; Idaho marriage records has marriage as 4 Oct 1911 #46608 Vol 1, p. 520
12 yrs old - eating too many green apples
Could his name be Albert Lesley or George Albert or Timothy?He is not in the family portrait of 1890. Already deceased?
birth record - child number 6
Russ Cem is north of Bethany in Jefferson twp
age 6 mo 28 da
6. Estella Belle (Stella) GUNNING
moved from White Salmon to Juneau in 1927 (Amey's obituary)
lived in Burdoin, Klickitat, WA in 1920 census
1930-Juneau, Alaska Territory
1940-Forrest was a supply man for gold mine
1954, 1956- 1221 6th Street, Santa Monica-Voter Registration
lived in Santa Monica in C. Edward's obituary 1964
went by Lloyd
Lloyd, Albert and Lesley got into some green apples; Lloyd became very ill, but survived. Lesley and Albert died. (Richard Gunning)
Worked on Columbia River boats and in the woods
1910 census - had an apartment with Morton and Nora in Portland on 17th Street, was a furniture salesman
had a store with Morton in Portland
J. J. Henrichsen witness at first marriage to Nettie Davis
homesteaded near Eden, ID in 1914 with his brothers Morton and C. Edward
WWI draft registration June 1917-farmed at Eden, ID, single, medium height and build, brown eyes and hair; single, supports mother
farmed in the Lone Tree district after marriage, 1933 to Bowmont area south of Nampa
WWII draft registration-lived at Bowmont, Canyon, ID; 5'11", 160, brown eyes and hair, dark brown complexion
1920 census - Lone Tree district
1930 census - Sunny Slope area, Canyon county, ID
1935 & 1940-same house in Bowmont
about 3 yrs old - died after eating green apples
6. Matilda May (Tilla Mae) GUNNING
lived with Norberta and family when they lived in Billings, MT in 1915. She worked in a laundry at first, then as a telephone operator.
At her marriage, Tilla was a telephone operator living in White Salmon.
1920 - lived on 21st Street, Portland
1930 - on 39th Street N.
1940 - NE 39th Ave.
Gunning, female, born 6 July 1896 in Klickitat County. Mo - Mary E. Lloyd, age 35, child #10, b. Ia. Fa - Jasper Gunning, age 38, occ. farmer, b. In. page 18, #3 (Affidavit inserted in the book: "This is to certify that I, Matilda Mae Gunning Olson, was born in Goldendele, Wa., July 6, 1896 to Mary Eveline Lloyd Gunning and Jasper Gunning. I am most desirous to obtain my birth certificate; however since birth I have been known only as Tilla Mae rather than Matilda; and have used no other name. This is verified by my sister, Erva G. Thode, who is 15 years my senior." dated 4 Aug 1954 by Tilla G. Olson and Erva G. Thode.)from Klickitat county birth records, Courthouse, Goldendale, WA
Mom said the adopted son's name was Rodney.
1920 - a child born and died in Nampa, Canyon, ID 2 Sept 1920
1930 - Portland, OR living with his parents, James B and Viola WSection 11, Lot 174, Grave 2
6. Evelyn (Orpha) "Blanche" GUNNING
Named Orpha Blanche.(see 1910 census) Norberta said she hated Orpha, apparently had her name changed to Evelyn Blanche, went by Blanche
quit school at 16
telephone operator, personnel manager
1920-living with Nora and family and mother in Portland
1930-Oakland, CA
1940-Living with friend, Radcliff Heathcote; food store clerk; says widowed
lived with Nora and family after divorce from James Jenkins
Cypress Lawn Mem Park, Colma, CA, 1370 El Camino Rd, Garden, Row O, Tier 5
came to US when 18 with a friend, leaving Germany illegally at night, to avoid conscription; took a river boat from Cologne, down the Rhine to Rotterdam. From there they took steerage passage, working as deckhands on a freighter to New Orleans, then up the Mississippi to Gutenberg, IA, where there was a German settlement. (Robert J. Gunning) The Amlings and Schornagels were there.
farm 2 miles SW of RoselleBirth date on headstone and the internet is wrong.
1900 and IA 1920 census say immigrated 1870; 1910 and 1920 MO census says immigrated 1867
Ana (second "a" superscript)Berks arrived in NY on "City of Baltimore" 18 Nov 1867, mechanic, age 22, German;
Anton? ____Berks arrived on "Tripoli" 31 Aug 1868Naturalization paper: "had been for the last five years a resident of the United States, and was under the age of twenty-one years, at the time of arriving in this country, and that he had resided in the United States three years next preceding his arrival at the age of twenty one years, and has continued to reside therein up to the present time....his intention for the last three years to become a citizen, 19 Sept 1876" (naturalized 19 Sep 1876 Elkader, Clayton, IA the same day as brothers Henry and Gerhard)
Mary Berks bought land from estate of her father, Ernst Hoffmann, 25 Oct 1880
1904 owned 147 acres in Oakdale twp, Antelope co, NE plat map just south of his brother Gerhard
sold land in Antelope, NE to Bernard Starmann of Carroll co, IA for $12,400 29 Feb 1908 (supposedly for a gambling debt)
1900-living in Roselle, IA with Fronie
1910-in Western Geographic Region, Hartley, TX with Fronie
1916 Clayton co. History says Kossuth co, IA
1920-in Greenwood, Kossuth, IA with second wife Katie, Rose and Joe; also Frank Klein, father-in-law, and Frank Schenkelberg, stepson; states year of immigration
1870, naturalized 1875; also listed 1920 as living with son John in Bee Branch, MO age 74, imm 1867, nat 1870
1930-in Remsen, Plymouth, IA (At age 83 went to live with dau. Katie.)
1940 living with widowed daughter, Katie"Anton left his 2nd wife after he found a gun under her pillow. He didn't know what she intended to use the gun for. He wandered around and spent time in Missouri at son John's and in Texas. ... In his early nineties, Anton had fallen and broken his hip. He never wanted to go to the doctor and had been bedridden for about a year. The next spring a tornado was coming and everyone headed for the basement. Leo Haverkamp carried Anton to the basement. After a while, other family members started going upstairs to see what was happening with the weather. Pretty soon Anton was up there with them. He had walked up the steps all by himself, and he walked on his own after that." (Leo Haverkamp)
Sophia lived with her sister, Katie Haverkamp, for a while before going to Idaho to visit her sister, Anna. Fronie was with Anton in Texas in 1910.house in Elgin: go past the cemetery, right at the first mile road, right at the next mile road, go 1/4 mile and it's on the left
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Anton Berks, 1899 Biography
ddr8439 Posted: 20 Jan 2007 8:30PM GMT Rootsweb.comClassification: Biography
Surnames: Berks, Hoffmann
I translated the following biography from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa, between about 1874 and 1920. It was originally published in a special 25th Anniversary Edition of the paper on Friday, 20 September 1899. Words in quotations are original. Any information in brackets or notes at the end are my own explanations. It reads as follows:Anton Berks
Mr. Anton Berks was born on 17 December 1846 in Cologne, on the Rhine River. When he was four years old, his parents moved to Butzheim, District of Düsseldorf, where little Anton attended elementary school. After he had satisfied the mandatory schooling requirements then existing in Germany and had received First Holy Communion, he devoted himself to farming and worked on various small farms until his 21st year. He then immigrated to America and settled initially in New York State, where, however, he remained only one year. From there he moved to Elkport, Clayton County, Iowa, where he acquired 80 acres of land. On 7 October 1873 Mr. Berks married the virtuous Miss Maria Hoffmann, and six years after the wedding he sold his 80-acre farm and moved with his young family to Roselle Township, Carroll County, Iowa, where they purchased 120 acres of land. This farm is notable for its excellent location and fine buildings. The Berks family still lives there today, and they enjoy a very fine reputation. This marriage has produced seven children, of whom one child died at a young age. The names of the children still living are: Katharina, Johann, Elisabeth, Anna, Sophia, and Veronika.
15. Anna Maria (Mary) HOFFMANN
left 16 Feb 1866 for America; arrived in New York City 25 June 1866 on the "Germania" from Hamburg
25 Oct 1880 land to Mary Berks from E. Hoffmann estate
28 Dec 1888 land to Mary Berks from G. W. Wattles and wife
cause of death: strangulated hernia
death cert. says date of birth is 12 May 1854; baptism says June 6
Had a hernia that wouldn't go back in; was operated on in the middle of the night by lamplight; infection set in and she lived about a week
7. Katherine (Katie) Anna BERKS
lived in Carroll co, near Arcadia until 1907 when they moved to a farm south of Remsen
After Frank's death, Katie continued to run the farm with the help of her sons until 1936 when she moved into Remsen
1930 Anton and Wilma lived with her family
1940-widowed, Father Anton living with her
farmer
John and Anna had a double wedding with Lizzie & Harry Hosman
1910 census states they had 3 children, one still living (Leo); sister Sophia lived with them
lived in Elgin after marriage to Anna, then to Pawnee City, NE in 1914.
lived in New Cambria, Macon co, MO Sept 1918; gives birthdate as 1875; moderate height and build, blue eyes, light brown hair (WWI draft card)
lived in New Cambria at wife Anna's death Feb 1920
WWI draft card-lived at New Cambria, Chariton, MO; medium height and build, blue eyes, light gray hair
moved to Montrose, Henry co, MO after marriage to Ida
1920 census: at Bee Branch, Chariton, MO
got badly mashed between 2 cows, damaged kidney and cancer set in (Sophia Gunning)
death certificate: liver cancer
7. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Louisa BERKS
to Canning in 1907, and Pierre about 1917.
lived in Pierre 40 years
had a double wedding with brother John and Anna Hoefer 1904
separated from husband; she stayed in South Dakota, he went to Jerome, ID
Delayed Birth states name is Anna Sophia and she signs as Anna Sophia
Came to Magic Valley in 1907 to visit a girlfriend. She was going with a young man in Nebraska whom her father did not care for, so he arranged that she come to Idaho.
1910 census - servant for Arthur and Elizabeth Peavey in Twin Falls
lost her right arm just above the elbow to cancer when Francis was a baby
Fronie finished the third grade
lived in Hansen, ID (brother John's obituary)
1930 Grant St., Greenwood, WA
1935 same house in Sears Precinct, Lewis co, WA
age 50 yr, 10 mo, 8 da