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Albert Abraham Anker

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Albert Abraham Anker

Birth
Switzerland
Death
3 Nov 1950 (aged 93)
Wolcott, White County, Indiana, USA
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Wolcott, White County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Albert A. Anker, 93, retired farmer, died this morning in the home of a son, Albert, Jr., one mile east of Wolcott, with whom he had lived 16 years. Born in Berne, Switzerland, he came to the United States at the age of 16. He farmed in the Wolcott community for 50 years. His wife, formerly Bertha Detwiler, whom he married in Illinois, died in 1922. Survivors are two sons and seven daughters, Mrs. Ida Hoshaw, Mrs. Mary Altman, Albert, Jr., and Jacob, all of Wolcott, Mrs. Bertha Garbison, Hanna, Mrs. Lizzie Wenger, Francesville, Mrs. Lucy Eisert, Chalmers, Mrs. Emma Hazelgrove, Rensselaer, and Mrs. Matilda Kocher, Plainfield.
- Journal And Courier - Lafayette, Indiana - Friday, November 3, 1950

*Albert & Bertha adopted their grand-daughter Esther Loretta Anker from their daughter Emma Anker at birth on Jan. 2, 1916.
Albert A. Anker, 93, retired farmer, died this morning in the home of a son, Albert, Jr., one mile east of Wolcott, with whom he had lived 16 years. Born in Berne, Switzerland, he came to the United States at the age of 16. He farmed in the Wolcott community for 50 years. His wife, formerly Bertha Detwiler, whom he married in Illinois, died in 1922. Survivors are two sons and seven daughters, Mrs. Ida Hoshaw, Mrs. Mary Altman, Albert, Jr., and Jacob, all of Wolcott, Mrs. Bertha Garbison, Hanna, Mrs. Lizzie Wenger, Francesville, Mrs. Lucy Eisert, Chalmers, Mrs. Emma Hazelgrove, Rensselaer, and Mrs. Matilda Kocher, Plainfield.
- Journal And Courier - Lafayette, Indiana - Friday, November 3, 1950

*Albert & Bertha adopted their grand-daughter Esther Loretta Anker from their daughter Emma Anker at birth on Jan. 2, 1916.

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  • Maintained by: Richard
  • Originally Created by: MRS
  • Added: Aug 24, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7791329/albert_abraham-anker: accessed ), memorial page for Albert Abraham Anker (16 Oct 1857–3 Nov 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7791329, citing Christian Apostolic Cemetery, Wolcott, White County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Richard (contributor 47443847).