Becker (Sr.), Heinrich Friedrich Henry^[1]

1862 - 1947  (84 years)

• Name	Becker (Sr.), Heinrich Friedrich Henry
  Born	13 Apr 1862	Uchte; Hanover, GER.
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Mar 1947	Albion, NE.
  Buried	Cemetery west of Newman Grove, NE.
  Person ID	I870	Wuerdemann Family
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Becker, Karl Friedrich,   b. UNKNOWN, Uchte; Hanover, GER. ,   d. UNKNOWN, Uchte; Hanover, GER.
  Mother	Recheweg, Caroline Wilhelmina Carlotte,   b. UNKNOWN, Uchte; Hanover, GER. ,   d. UNKNOWN, Uchte; Hanover, GER.
  Married	UNKNOWN	Uchte; Hanover, GER.
  Family ID	F585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Vohs, Abel Catharine,   b. 1856, ? ,   d. 13 Apr 1898, Albion, NE.  (Age 42 years)
  Married	1889	Douglas County, NE.
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017
  Family ID	F555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Wulf, Anna Elsabe,   b. 3 Sep 1871, Jevenstedt; Schleswig-Holstein, GER. ,   d. 16 Jan 1943, Albion, NE.  (Age 71 years)
  Married	2 Oct 1900	Albion, NE.
  Children	+ 1. Becker, Wilhelm,   b. 5 Dec 1890, Douglas County, NE. ,   d. 17 Mar 1990, Newman Grove, NE.  (Age 99 years) + 2. Becker, Herman,   b. 26 Aug 1893, Boone County, NE. ,   d. 16 Dec 1985, Newman Grove, NE.  (Age 92 years) + 3. Becker, Otto,   b. 7 Jul 1895, ? ,   d. 29 May 1984, ?  (Age 88 years) + 4. Becker (Jr.), Henry,   b. 28 Aug 1901, Albion, NE. ,   d. 21 Jan 2003, Albion, NE.  (Age 101 years)   5. Becker, Theodore,   b. 16 Jul 1908, Rural Albion, NE. ,   d. 25 Aug 1910, Rural Albion, NE.  (Age 2 years) + 6. Becker, Carl,   b. 20 Jan 1907, Rural Albion, NE. ,   d. UNKNOWN, ? + 7. Becker, Freda,   b. 9 Nov 1916, Rural Albion, NE. ,   d. 2 May 2006, Milford, NE.  (Age 89 years) + 8. Becker, Elizabeth,   b. 9 Dec 1911, Rural Albion, NE. ,   d. 8 Jun 1996, ?  (Age 84 years)   9. Becker, Sophia,   b. 30 Dec 1902, Rural Albion, NE.
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017
  Family ID	F556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  _P_CCINFO 2-14330 Henry emigrated to the United States at the age of eighteen years because Germany had compulsory military training and he had other plans for his life. When he landed in New York, he had 25 cents in his pocket and only the clothes on his back because his trunk, which contained all of his earthly possessions, was left on the dock back at Bremen, GE. He was alone and could not speak English. However, he was young and healthy and HE WAS FREE! His entire future was before him. He got a job as a delivery boy in a grocery store. He was to carry buckets of coal up to all of the rooms of the apartment houses. There was no gas, electricity, or furnaces to heat entire buildings. Each family had its own stove. He really did not mind carrying the heavy buckets of coal up all of those stairs but resented being asked to carry up boxes of matches! He was used to the hard-working women of Germany and felt that these women could at least carry up their own matches. Henry left New York when he had saved a little money and worked for awhile as a farm hand near Omaha, NE. He remembered the famous blizzard of 1888. In 1889 he married Catherine Vohs and in 1890 their first son, Wilhelm, was born. The family headed west in 1892 and settled in Midland Precinct; Boone County, NE. The soil was fertile and they prospered. Tragedy struck on Henry's birthday in 1900 when Catherine died and he was left to raise three sons. Henry became a naturalized citizen on October 2,1907 in Omaha. MEMORIES... OF DAD'S FATHER By Rae Turnbull My father always spoke about his father with such pride. He told us often how Grandpa came to this country with only a strong back, a willing heart, and an honest mind. He carried coal and built neighbor's fences and anything else that he could do to keep his family here. And when my dad was old enough, he considered it an honor to work right with his father plowing miles of rich black soil. When Grandpa's health began to fail he had accomplished what he had planned... given all of his children the chance to be raised in America. And my father always spoke about his father with such pride, and said he was the finest man he ever worked beside. Facts about this person: Emigration September 02, 1880 Castle Garden, NY. Burial Cemetery west of Newman Grove, NE. Henry emigrated to the United States aboard the Vessel MOSEL, which traveled from Bremen, Germany and Southampton, Great Britain and arrived at New York, NY. on September 18, 1880 (GERMANS TO AMERICA PASSENGER LISTS, Ira A. Glazier and P. William Philby). He was eighteen years old and left because Germany had compulsory military training and he had other plans for his life. When he landed in New York, he had 25 cents in his pocket and only the clothes on his back because his trunk, which contained all of his earthly possessions, was left on the dock back at Bremen. He was alone and could not speak English. However, he was young and healthy and HE WAS FREE! His entire future was before him. He got a job as a delivery boy in a grocery store. He was to carry buckets of coal up to all of the rooms of the apartment houses. There was no gas, electricity, or furnaces to heat entire buildings. Each family had its own stove. He really did not mind carrying the heavy buckets of coal up all of those stairs but resented being asked to carry up boxes of matches! He was used to the hard-working women of Germany and felt that these women could at least carry up their own matches. Henry left New York when he had saved a little money and worked for awhile as a farm hand near Omaha, NE. He remembered the famous blizzard of 1888. In 1889 he married Catherine Vohs and in 1890 their first son, Wilhelm, was born. The family headed west in 1892 and settled in Midland Precinct; Boone County, NE. The soil was fertile and they prospered. Tragedy struck on Henry's birthday in 1900 when Catherine died and he was left to raise three sons. Henry became a naturalized citizen on October 2,1907 in Omaha. MEMORIES... OF DAD'S FATHER By Rae Turnbull My father always spoke about his father with such pride. He told us often how Grandpa came to this country with only a strong back, a willing heart, and an honest mind. He carried coal and built neighbor's fences and anything else that he could do to keep his family here. And when my dad was old enough, he considered it an honor to work right with his father plowing miles of rich black soil. When Grandpa's health began to fail he had accomplished what he had planned... given all of his children the chance to be raised in America. And my father always spoke about his father with such pride, and said he was the finest man he ever worked beside. Original individual @I01857@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I273@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@) @NF0644@

  
  

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