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The Family of Ferdinand Bals
(Christened as Peter Ferdinand Bals)
The Family of Henrietta (Kohler) and Ferdinand Bals
Grave marker of Ferdinand (1856-1937) & Henrietta (1863-1955) and their
infant children
Anna, Mary, Emma & Frank in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Crete, Nebraska.
Born:
October 3, 1856 at Lusebrink Farm, Schmerlecke, Westphalia, Germany.
Godparents: Ferdinand Ahnhorst of Boxel
Friederika (Sultrop) Fenne of Merklinghausen
Heinrich Bals
Married: About 1885 In Germany to Henrietta Köhler
of Schmerlecke. Henrietta died in 1955 at Norfolk,
Madison Co., Nebraska. (Marriage date based on 1900 Saline Co. Nebraska
census data. The
genealogy of Lusebrink Farm tells that he married a H. Schiekhoff of
Herringhausen. Visits to
Lusebrink Farm and the Köhler family in Schmerlecke
verified that this information was
incorrect. Henarietta Köhler worked as a house servant on Lusebrink Farm
prior to their
marriage.)
Died: 1937
(Place of death was likely Pierce Co., Nebraska.)
Children:
Bertha -
born: March 1885 in
Germany.
died: ?
Note: The 1900
Census of Saline County, Nebraska tells that Ferdinand immigrated to the United
States in 1885, the same year they were married, and Henrietta immigrated in
1887. It also
indicates an unusual situation that Bertha, born in March 1885 in Germany,
immigrated in
1886. If this information is correct, she would have been approximately
one year old and would
have come to the United States one year before her mother. A column of the
census further notes
that they declared in 1900 that Ferdinand had been in the U.S. for 15 years, his
wife Henrietta
for 13 years, and the daughter Bertha for 14 years. This repetition of
information would
seem to minimize error in the census information. To date, there is no
documentation as to
who would have brought Bertha to the United States. Bertha does not appear
with the family
on the 1910 census and the author of this website has no further information on
her.
Anna M. -
born: 1888
died: ? (The
tombstone in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Crete, Nebraska would indicate she died an
infant.)
Clemens -
born: January 7,
1893
died: January 1975
at Fonda, Iowa.
Joseph H.-
born: June 26, 1894
died: February 1976
Fred -
born: 1896
died: ?
William -
born: 1898
died: ?
Note: Gassed in WWI
from information supplied by Delmer Patz.
Theodore -
born: 1899
died: ?
Albertine -
born: 1902
died: ?
Note: Albertine was
caring for her mother in Norfolk, Nebraska in1955.
Helen -
born: June 22, 1905
died: April 1975 in
Norfolk, Nebraska.
Note: Married Alvin
Sellentin.
Edward -
born: August 8,
1907
died: February 22,
1999
Alfrieda -
born: 1909
died: ?
Mary -
born: ?
died: ? (Infant)
Emma -
born: ?
died: ? (Infant)
Frank -
born: ?
died: ? (Infant)
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