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Gustavus G. Becher was born in Austria in 1809 of German-Austrian parentage; As a boy he learned bookkeeping and auditing in connection with his father's mercantile business. In the early 1880's the Becher family moved to Czechoslovakia where they carried on an extensive mercantile trade by camel caravan.
Gustavus G. Becher was married in Pilsen, Bohemia, to the daughter of an art craftsman who had an established silversmith house there.
At the beginning of the fourth decade of the Eighteenth Century the inroads made by the modern railroad had already destroyed to a great extent the camel caravan trade. .
In 1844, the year that his son Gustavus G. Becher, Jr., was born in Pilsen, Bohemia, Mr. Becher, filled with the spirit of adventure and thinking to take his family into a new land where he could re-establish his business set out for America. Three years later, in 1847, he brought his family to the United States by the way of New Orleans, and they settled at St. Louis. Gustavus G. and Josephane Gay Becher had four daughters and two sons. They were: Mary Margaret, Katharina, Anna Laura Eleanor, Josephine Angelina, Francis G. and Gustavus G., Jr.
Mrs. Becher died in St. Louis in 1857. That year Mr. Becher and his sons and daughters came to Omaha and on to Columbus where Gustavus G., Sr., opened the first store in the new town. He also was the first owner of Buck Island.
Francis G. Becher worked with his father in the store. He was married to Mary Rickly, the daughter of John Rickly. Their sons were William Becher of Omaha and John G. Becher of Columbus who died in November, 1908.
Anna Laura (Eleanor) was the wife of William Koenig of Omaha. Josephine Angelina was married to Philip Metz of Omaha. Their daughter Amelie Metz is Mrs. Henry Hockenberger of Columbus. Mr. Metz died in September, 1875, and Mrs. Metz later was married to Joseph Miller.
Katharina was the wife of C. A. Speice of Columbus. J. Milton Speice of Kingfisher, Oklahoma and Letitia, Mrs. M. T. McMahon, are two of their children.
Mary Margaret was the wife of Charles Bremer, one of the founders of Columbus. Mary Fairchild, Mrs. Frank Justus, is a granddaughter and Edwin Coolidge of Great Falls, Montana, is a grandson of the Bremers. Gustavus G. Becher was married to LeAnna Bradford. Their son was Gustavus G. Becher III, who died in July, 1939.
An issue of the Holiday Magazine in 1948 carried a story of Karisbad, a well known Spa in Czechoslovakia where the tourist season opens around May fourth each year. About the middle of the eighteenth century some of the Becher Family began the manufacture of Becherovka, a mineral drink, at Karlovy Vary, which made the Spa famous.
This non-alcoholic aperitif was sold in the United States market during the era of prohibition.
A son of the Karlovy Vary branch of the Becher family is Doctor David Becher.
For over ninety years descendants of Gustavus G. Becher have lived in Columbus where in 1950 three great-grandsons and the husband of a great-great-granddaughter own and manage the Becher, Hockenberger and Chambers Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Company. They are Philip R. Hockenberger, Gustavus Becher Speice, Alfred E. Becher and George Rambour, Jr.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/bios/hpcn0109.htm
Gustavus G. Becher was born in Austria in 1809 of German-Austrian parentage; As a boy he learned bookkeeping and auditing in connection with his father's mercantile business. In the early 1880's the Becher family moved to Czechoslovakia where they carried on an extensive mercantile trade by camel caravan.
Gustavus G. Becher was married in Pilsen, Bohemia, to the daughter of an art craftsman who had an established silversmith house there.
At the beginning of the fourth decade of the Eighteenth Century the inroads made by the modern railroad had already destroyed to a great extent the camel caravan trade. .
In 1844, the year that his son Gustavus G. Becher, Jr., was born in Pilsen, Bohemia, Mr. Becher, filled with the spirit of adventure and thinking to take his family into a new land where he could re-establish his business set out for America. Three years later, in 1847, he brought his family to the United States by the way of New Orleans, and they settled at St. Louis. Gustavus G. and Josephane Gay Becher had four daughters and two sons. They were: Mary Margaret, Katharina, Anna Laura Eleanor, Josephine Angelina, Francis G. and Gustavus G., Jr.
Mrs. Becher died in St. Louis in 1857. That year Mr. Becher and his sons and daughters came to Omaha and on to Columbus where Gustavus G., Sr., opened the first store in the new town. He also was the first owner of Buck Island.
Francis G. Becher worked with his father in the store. He was married to Mary Rickly, the daughter of John Rickly. Their sons were William Becher of Omaha and John G. Becher of Columbus who died in November, 1908.
Anna Laura (Eleanor) was the wife of William Koenig of Omaha. Josephine Angelina was married to Philip Metz of Omaha. Their daughter Amelie Metz is Mrs. Henry Hockenberger of Columbus. Mr. Metz died in September, 1875, and Mrs. Metz later was married to Joseph Miller.
Katharina was the wife of C. A. Speice of Columbus. J. Milton Speice of Kingfisher, Oklahoma and Letitia, Mrs. M. T. McMahon, are two of their children.
Mary Margaret was the wife of Charles Bremer, one of the founders of Columbus. Mary Fairchild, Mrs. Frank Justus, is a granddaughter and Edwin Coolidge of Great Falls, Montana, is a grandson of the Bremers. Gustavus G. Becher was married to LeAnna Bradford. Their son was Gustavus G. Becher III, who died in July, 1939.
An issue of the Holiday Magazine in 1948 carried a story of Karisbad, a well known Spa in Czechoslovakia where the tourist season opens around May fourth each year. About the middle of the eighteenth century some of the Becher Family began the manufacture of Becherovka, a mineral drink, at Karlovy Vary, which made the Spa famous.
This non-alcoholic aperitif was sold in the United States market during the era of prohibition.
A son of the Karlovy Vary branch of the Becher family is Doctor David Becher.
For over ninety years descendants of Gustavus G. Becher have lived in Columbus where in 1950 three great-grandsons and the husband of a great-great-granddaughter own and manage the Becher, Hockenberger and Chambers Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Company. They are Philip R. Hockenberger, Gustavus Becher Speice, Alfred E. Becher and George Rambour, Jr.
From the web page:
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/bios/hpcn0109.htm
Gustavus G. Becher was born in Austria in 1809 of German-Austrian parentage; As a boy he learned bookkeeping and auditing in connection with his father's mercantile business. In the early 1880's the Becher family moved to Czechoslovakia where they carried on an extensive mercantile trade by camel caravan.
Gustavus G. Becher was married in Pilsen, Bohemia, to the daughter of an art craftsman who had an established silversmith house there.
At the beginning of the fourth decade of the Eighteenth Century the inroads made by the modern railroad had already destroyed to a great extent the camel caravan trade. .
In 1844, the year that his son Gustavus G. Becher, Jr., was born in Pilsen, Bohemia, Mr. Becher, filled with the spirit of adventure and thinking to take his family into a new land where he could re-establish his business set out for America. Three years later, in 1847, he brought his family to the United States by the way of New Orleans, and they settled at St. Louis. Gustavus G. and Josephane Gay Becher had four daughters and two sons. They were: Mary Margaret, Katharina, Anna Laura Eleanor, Josephine Angelina, Francis G. and Gustavus G., Jr.
Mrs. Becher died in St. Louis in 1857. That year Mr. Becher and his sons and daughters came to Omaha and on to Columbus where Gustavus G., Sr., opened the first store in the new town. He also was the first owner of Buck Island.
Francis G. Becher worked with his father in the store. He was married to Mary Rickly, the daughter of John Rickly. Their sons were William Becher of Omaha and John G. Becher of Columbus who died in November, 1908.
Anna Laura (Eleanor) was the wife of William Koenig of Omaha. Josephine Angelina was married to Philip Metz of Omaha. Their daughter Amelie Metz is Mrs. Henry Hockenberger of Columbus. Mr. Metz died in September, 1875, and Mrs. Metz later was married to Joseph Miller.
Katharina was the wife of C. A. Speice of Columbus. J. Milton Speice of Kingfisher, Oklahoma and Letitia, Mrs. M. T. McMahon, are two of their children.
Mary Margaret was the wife of Charles Bremer, one of the founders of Columbus. Mary Fairchild, Mrs. Frank Justus, is a granddaughter and Edwin Coolidge of Great Falls, Montana, is a grandson of the Bremers. Gustavus G. Becher was married to LeAnna Bradford. Their son was Gustavus G. Becher III, who died in July, 1939.
An issue of the Holiday Magazine in 1948 carried a story of Karisbad, a well known Spa in Czechoslovakia where the tourist season opens around May fourth each year. About the middle of the eighteenth century some of the Becher Family began the manufacture of Becherovka, a mineral drink, at Karlovy Vary, which made the Spa famous.
This non-alcoholic aperitif was sold in the United States market during the era of prohibition.
A son of the Karlovy Vary branch of the Becher family is Doctor David Becher.
For over ninety years descendants of Gustavus G. Becher have lived in Columbus where in 1950 three great-grandsons and the husband of a great-great-granddaughter own and manage the Becher, Hockenberger and Chambers Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Company. They are Philip R. Hockenberger, Gustavus Becher Speice, Alfred E. Becher and George Rambour, Jr.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/bios/hpcn0109.htm
Gustavus G. Becher was born in Austria in 1809 of German-Austrian parentage; As a boy he learned bookkeeping and auditing in connection with his father's mercantile business. In the early 1880's the Becher family moved to Czechoslovakia where they carried on an extensive mercantile trade by camel caravan.
Gustavus G. Becher was married in Pilsen, Bohemia, to the daughter of an art craftsman who had an established silversmith house there.
At the beginning of the fourth decade of the Eighteenth Century the inroads made by the modern railroad had already destroyed to a great extent the camel caravan trade. .
In 1844, the year that his son Gustavus G. Becher, Jr., was born in Pilsen, Bohemia, Mr. Becher, filled with the spirit of adventure and thinking to take his family into a new land where he could re-establish his business set out for America. Three years later, in 1847, he brought his family to the United States by the way of New Orleans, and they settled at St. Louis. Gustavus G. and Josephane Gay Becher had four daughters and two sons. They were: Mary Margaret, Katharina, Anna Laura Eleanor, Josephine Angelina, Francis G. and Gustavus G., Jr.
Mrs. Becher died in St. Louis in 1857. That year Mr. Becher and his sons and daughters came to Omaha and on to Columbus where Gustavus G., Sr., opened the first store in the new town. He also was the first owner of Buck Island.
Francis G. Becher worked with his father in the store. He was married to Mary Rickly, the daughter of John Rickly. Their sons were William Becher of Omaha and John G. Becher of Columbus who died in November, 1908.
Anna Laura (Eleanor) was the wife of William Koenig of Omaha. Josephine Angelina was married to Philip Metz of Omaha. Their daughter Amelie Metz is Mrs. Henry Hockenberger of Columbus. Mr. Metz died in September, 1875, and Mrs. Metz later was married to Joseph Miller.
Katharina was the wife of C. A. Speice of Columbus. J. Milton Speice of Kingfisher, Oklahoma and Letitia, Mrs. M. T. McMahon, are two of their children.
Mary Margaret was the wife of Charles Bremer, one of the founders of Columbus. Mary Fairchild, Mrs. Frank Justus, is a granddaughter and Edwin Coolidge of Great Falls, Montana, is a grandson of the Bremers. Gustavus G. Becher was married to LeAnna Bradford. Their son was Gustavus G. Becher III, who died in July, 1939.
An issue of the Holiday Magazine in 1948 carried a story of Karisbad, a well known Spa in Czechoslovakia where the tourist season opens around May fourth each year. About the middle of the eighteenth century some of the Becher Family began the manufacture of Becherovka, a mineral drink, at Karlovy Vary, which made the Spa famous.
This non-alcoholic aperitif was sold in the United States market during the era of prohibition.
A son of the Karlovy Vary branch of the Becher family is Doctor David Becher.
For over ninety years descendants of Gustavus G. Becher have lived in Columbus where in 1950 three great-grandsons and the husband of a great-great-granddaughter own and manage the Becher, Hockenberger and Chambers Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Company. They are Philip R. Hockenberger, Gustavus Becher Speice, Alfred E. Becher and George Rambour, Jr.
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