Berken, Henry

Other Events:

• Immigration: Aft 1854
• 1900 Census: 1900, Ashwaubenon, Brown, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

1900 Census:
Henry Berken 45
Anna Berken 39
Albert Berken 21
John Berken 18
George Berken 16
Minnie Berken 13
Nellie Berken 11
Tracy Berken 8
Theodore Berken 5

Buried:
Name:Henry Berken
Birth Date:1854
Death Date:1934
Cemetery:Mount Calvary Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place:De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA
Has Bio?:N
Spouse:Johanna Berken

Henry married Bussemacher, Johanna Abt 1878, , , Wisconsin, USA. Johanna was born Abt 1861, , , , Netherlands; died Abt 1939; was buried , Mount Calvary Cemetery, Depere, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Berken, Petronella was born 13 May 1889, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 1 Aug 1963, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Mount Calvary Cemetery, Depere, Wisconsin, USA.

Other Events:

• Birth - Civil Record: 11 May 1817

Notes:

Immigration:
According to the records of the archives of Meerlo-Wanssum, Hubertus Lambertus Bercken, farmer of profession, left his native village Swolgen together with some of his children on April 1870 for "Grimbaai Noord Am." = Green Bay, Wisconsin. His wife Anna Wilhelmina van Bracht died in Swolgen October 20 1869. This children were:
Johannes Leonard Bercken, born Swolgen February 1846, left March 17 1870 for Green Bay;
Leonard Hubert Bercken, born Swolgen June 20 1848, left April 14 1870 for Green Bay;
Maria Elisabeth Bercken, born Swolgen July 15 1850, left March 15 1870 to Green Bay;
Hendricus Hubertus Lambertus Bercken, born Swolgen October 13 1854, left March 17 1870 to Horst (a village nearby), not sure yet is if he left for the USA too;
Peter Antoon Bercken, born Swolgen September 1857, left March 17 1870 to Green Bay;
Theodorus Bercken, born Swolgen June 25 1860, left dito.
Officialy they left in March/April 1870, however according to John Smith (also born in Swolgen), correspondent in Depere of the "Venloosche Courant", a newspaper, these emigrants left Limburg by boat on December 4 1870 and arrived in Depere December 24. In his letter of January 8 1871 to that newspaper, published February 4, he also mentioned that the day after the arrival of this newcomers (must be December 25) marriages were announced between some of the travellers. One couple was Leonard Berken and Catharina Rijswijk from Wellerloy (a village on the other side of the river Meuse, a few miles east of Swolgen). Conclusion: Leonard Berken and Catharina Rijswijk travelled together indeed and married soon after their arrival in Depere, most likely in January 1871.
Jan. H. Hanssen, Baarlo

Birth - Civil Record:
Source Civil register - Birth Archive location Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg General Number of finding aid: 12.061
Item number: 2
Municipality: Meerlo
Type of record: Geboorteakte
Record number: 39
Registration date: 12-05-1817 Child Hubertus Lambertus Berken
Gender: M
Date of birth: 11-05-1817 Father Bernard Berken Mother Petronella Claessen

Hubert married VanBracht, Anna Petronella Bef 1846, , , , Netherlands. Anna was born Bef 1828, , , , Netherlands; died 20 Oct 1869, Swolgen, , Limburg, Netherlands. [Group Sheet]