The Quincy Daily Herald, Saturday, April 11, 1914; page 11.
MRS. MARIA BERTKE
DIED FRIDAY NIGHT
Aged Woman Left
Twenty-Eight Grandchildren
and Twenty-nine
Great-Grandchildren.
Mrs. Maria Bertke died Friday night at 11:45 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John H. Frericks, of 818 North Twelfth street, of old age. She had been in failing health for the past three years, but was not seriously ill until six months ago.
Mrs. Bertke was born in Ankum, Germany, May 20, 1828, and was therefore almost 86 years of age. She had been a resident of Quincy for the past 23 years. She was a devout Catholic, and a consistent member of St. John's Catholic church.
She is survived by one son, John Willer of St. Louis; and two daughters, Mrs. John Overy of St. Louis, and Mrs. John Frericks, at whose home she died. She also leaves twenty-eight grandchildren, and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral notice later. Friends are requested not to send any flowers.
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The Quincy Daily Journal, Tuesday, April 14, 1914; page 6.
Funeral of a Good Citizen.
This morning at 8:30 o'clock from the family residence, 818 N. Twelfth street, the funeral of the late Mrs. Maria Bertke was held, and at 9 o'clock, mass was read at St. John's Catholic church.
The pall-bearers were J. Klarner, B. Frericks, C. L. Frericks, M. J. Duesterhaus, I. N. Willer. The remains were interred in St. Boniface cemetery, after the services were held in the church.
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Additional information (from another contributor) "First marriage was to Johan Bernard Willer with whom she arrived (with their first two children) in New Orleans, Louisiana 30 Nov 1853. Her brother Bernard Heinrich Giese arrived on the same ship."
Editor's note: Ship was called Blucher. It sailed from Bremen to New Orleans. This route is one many Germans eventually settling in Quincy Illinois took. The trip usually continued up the Mississippi to a point in Missouri or Illinois.
NB: Said ship manifest is only source for name "Anna Maria," most Germans of this time period had up to four names. Noting such in bio is acceptable. Everything else found indicates she went by Maria in her life in the USA.
MRS. MARIA BERTKE
DIED FRIDAY NIGHT
Aged Woman Left
Twenty-Eight Grandchildren
and Twenty-nine
Great-Grandchildren.
Mrs. Maria Bertke died Friday night at 11:45 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John H. Frericks, of 818 North Twelfth street, of old age. She had been in failing health for the past three years, but was not seriously ill until six months ago.
Mrs. Bertke was born in Ankum, Germany, May 20, 1828, and was therefore almost 86 years of age. She had been a resident of Quincy for the past 23 years. She was a devout Catholic, and a consistent member of St. John's Catholic church.
She is survived by one son, John Willer of St. Louis; and two daughters, Mrs. John Overy of St. Louis, and Mrs. John Frericks, at whose home she died. She also leaves twenty-eight grandchildren, and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral notice later. Friends are requested not to send any flowers.
________________
The Quincy Daily Journal, Tuesday, April 14, 1914; page 6.
Funeral of a Good Citizen.
This morning at 8:30 o'clock from the family residence, 818 N. Twelfth street, the funeral of the late Mrs. Maria Bertke was held, and at 9 o'clock, mass was read at St. John's Catholic church.
The pall-bearers were J. Klarner, B. Frericks, C. L. Frericks, M. J. Duesterhaus, I. N. Willer. The remains were interred in St. Boniface cemetery, after the services were held in the church.
_________________
Additional information (from another contributor) "First marriage was to Johan Bernard Willer with whom she arrived (with their first two children) in New Orleans, Louisiana 30 Nov 1853. Her brother Bernard Heinrich Giese arrived on the same ship."
Editor's note: Ship was called Blucher. It sailed from Bremen to New Orleans. This route is one many Germans eventually settling in Quincy Illinois took. The trip usually continued up the Mississippi to a point in Missouri or Illinois.
NB: Said ship manifest is only source for name "Anna Maria," most Germans of this time period had up to four names. Noting such in bio is acceptable. Everything else found indicates she went by Maria in her life in the USA.
The Quincy Daily Herald, Saturday, April 11, 1914; page 11.
MRS. MARIA BERTKE
DIED FRIDAY NIGHT
Aged Woman Left
Twenty-Eight Grandchildren
and Twenty-nine
Great-Grandchildren.
Mrs. Maria Bertke died Friday night at 11:45 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John H. Frericks, of 818 North Twelfth street, of old age. She had been in failing health for the past three years, but was not seriously ill until six months ago.
Mrs. Bertke was born in Ankum, Germany, May 20, 1828, and was therefore almost 86 years of age. She had been a resident of Quincy for the past 23 years. She was a devout Catholic, and a consistent member of St. John's Catholic church.
She is survived by one son, John Willer of St. Louis; and two daughters, Mrs. John Overy of St. Louis, and Mrs. John Frericks, at whose home she died. She also leaves twenty-eight grandchildren, and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral notice later. Friends are requested not to send any flowers.
________________
The Quincy Daily Journal, Tuesday, April 14, 1914; page 6.
Funeral of a Good Citizen.
This morning at 8:30 o'clock from the family residence, 818 N. Twelfth street, the funeral of the late Mrs. Maria Bertke was held, and at 9 o'clock, mass was read at St. John's Catholic church.
The pall-bearers were J. Klarner, B. Frericks, C. L. Frericks, M. J. Duesterhaus, I. N. Willer. The remains were interred in St. Boniface cemetery, after the services were held in the church.
_________________
Additional information (from another contributor) "First marriage was to Johan Bernard Willer with whom she arrived (with their first two children) in New Orleans, Louisiana 30 Nov 1853. Her brother Bernard Heinrich Giese arrived on the same ship."
Editor's note: Ship was called Blucher. It sailed from Bremen to New Orleans. This route is one many Germans eventually settling in Quincy Illinois took. The trip usually continued up the Mississippi to a point in Missouri or Illinois.
NB: Said ship manifest is only source for name "Anna Maria," most Germans of this time period had up to four names. Noting such in bio is acceptable. Everything else found indicates she went by Maria in her life in the USA.
MRS. MARIA BERTKE
DIED FRIDAY NIGHT
Aged Woman Left
Twenty-Eight Grandchildren
and Twenty-nine
Great-Grandchildren.
Mrs. Maria Bertke died Friday night at 11:45 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John H. Frericks, of 818 North Twelfth street, of old age. She had been in failing health for the past three years, but was not seriously ill until six months ago.
Mrs. Bertke was born in Ankum, Germany, May 20, 1828, and was therefore almost 86 years of age. She had been a resident of Quincy for the past 23 years. She was a devout Catholic, and a consistent member of St. John's Catholic church.
She is survived by one son, John Willer of St. Louis; and two daughters, Mrs. John Overy of St. Louis, and Mrs. John Frericks, at whose home she died. She also leaves twenty-eight grandchildren, and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral notice later. Friends are requested not to send any flowers.
________________
The Quincy Daily Journal, Tuesday, April 14, 1914; page 6.
Funeral of a Good Citizen.
This morning at 8:30 o'clock from the family residence, 818 N. Twelfth street, the funeral of the late Mrs. Maria Bertke was held, and at 9 o'clock, mass was read at St. John's Catholic church.
The pall-bearers were J. Klarner, B. Frericks, C. L. Frericks, M. J. Duesterhaus, I. N. Willer. The remains were interred in St. Boniface cemetery, after the services were held in the church.
_________________
Additional information (from another contributor) "First marriage was to Johan Bernard Willer with whom she arrived (with their first two children) in New Orleans, Louisiana 30 Nov 1853. Her brother Bernard Heinrich Giese arrived on the same ship."
Editor's note: Ship was called Blucher. It sailed from Bremen to New Orleans. This route is one many Germans eventually settling in Quincy Illinois took. The trip usually continued up the Mississippi to a point in Missouri or Illinois.
NB: Said ship manifest is only source for name "Anna Maria," most Germans of this time period had up to four names. Noting such in bio is acceptable. Everything else found indicates she went by Maria in her life in the USA.
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