Bals, Balz & Baltz

              The History of the Family of Henry & Elizabeth Bals of Nebraska

                                                        From information compiled and edited by Gene Bals ©2004

OVERVIEW
● Home Page

SITE MAP
● Timeline & Site Map

BALS NAME
● The Name

ANCESTORS
● Ancestors of Henry Anton Bals
   ● Jürgen
   ● Tonnies
   ● Joes Antonius
   ● Franz Heinrich
   ● Johann Heinrich
   ● Franz Joseph
   ● Theodor

FAMILY
● Family of Henry & Elizabeth
   ● Theodore
   ● Henry F.
   ● Ella
   ● Gus
   ● Tillie
   ● Hattie
   ● Herb
   ● Alfred
   ● Carl
   ● Thelma

RICKERT
● Family of Elizabeth

HENRY & ELIZABETH IN NEBRASKA
● Details of Their Life in Nebraska
●1900 Dorchester Precinct Plat Map
● 1918 Crete Twp Plat map
● 1918 Farmers' Directory of Crete
● Memories of Delmer Patz

Ferdinand
● Ferdinand in Nebraska

SCHMERLECKE
● Village History
● Map of Schmerlecke Area
● Map of Village

LUSEBRINK
● History of Lusebrink Farm
●Lusebrink Chapel

LOWER-SAXON BAUERNHAUSES
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SOURCES
● Bibliography

Website of Bettina Balz

Theodore F.

Born:          December 25, 1891 in Crete, Nebraska
Married:    January 21, 1919 to Anna  Helen Kempkes (in Crete, Nebraska ?)  Anna died September 20, 1988.
Died           January 1, 1984 in Loup City, Nebraska

Children:
    Sylvester Theodore -
        born:  November 9, 1919
        died:  April 1940 of Leukemia.
    Harold Joseph -
        born:  November 22, 1923 at Douglas, Nebraska.
        died:  January 18, 2005 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska.
    Donald Anton -
        born:  September 25, 1925
        died:  January 4, 1942 in a snowstorm.
    Loren Elmer -
        born:  January 1, 1929 at Lincoln, Nebraska
        died:  November 17, 2003 at his home in Odessa, Nebraska.
    Reatha Mae -
        born:  Private
    Earl Herbert -
        born:  Private
    Maxine Marie "Mickey"
        born:  February 21, 1939
        died:  August 25, 1975

Click on pictures below for a larger image.
 

Wedding Picture Theodore & Anna (Kempkes) Bals wedding picture with Hattie (Bals) Buntemeyer and Herman Witte	Anna & Sylvester	Theodore on his 21st Birthday.	Sylvester - first day of high school.	Donald
About 1945, before Harold left for the Army. (Back from left) Reatha, Loren, Harold. (Front from left) Maxine, Earl.	Theodore & Anna Late 1983.	Theodore Bals family	Theodore Bals family - older pictures

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Latest Revision:  February 6, 2008
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