Caspar Belken [aka Jasper Belken], born 02 December 1802 in Westphalia, Germany; died 24 May 1870 aged 70 years(5) in St. Michael, Madison, Missouri, USA; married to Gertrude Freiburg [or ?Amburg] who was born 10 December 1802 in Westphalia and died 27 April 1869(5) in St. Michael.
He was a stone mason; later he was a lead miner. They
came to the
1860 Census: Jasper Belkin, page 374, visit 139/139,
St. Michael,
1870 Mortality Schedules: Jasper Belken (stonemason,
born
They are buried at St. Michael’s Catholic Church at
Fredericktown,
Known children, probably born at or near Affeln:
Anna Maria Catharine Elizabeth
Belken, born 22 February 1832 (from death certificate, but gravestone
says 1831(5)); died 03
January 1921(5) aged 89 years, “10” months, 11 days in Polk Township
(Death Certificate #1543); married to Christopher Betten (son of John Betten
and Rosa Peiper) who was born 02 March 1830(5)
in Westphalia, Germany and died 27 September 1912(5) aged 82 years,
06 months, 25 days in Polk Township (Death Certificate #30077). He was a lead
miner; later he was a farmer. He was a Civil War veteran. 1860 Census:
Christopher Baden, page 397, visit 278/278, Polk,
Catherine Betten, born 28
November 1855(5); died 13
February 1909(5) at Fredericktown;
married 09 November 1879 to Bernard Edward Padberg
(son of Albertus Padberg and Elisabeth
Knippschild) who was born 09 June 1849 (from death certificate, but
gravestone says 11 June 1848(5)) in Westphalia, Germany and died 04
August 1914(5) at Fredericktown (Death Certificate #26672). He was a
farmer; later he was a lead miner. 1880 Census:
Jasper Betten, born 09 October
1857(5); died 19 October 1928(5)
aged 71 years, 10 days in Polk Township (Death Certificate #34172); married 1898-99 to Lena
Kessler who was born about July 1862 in Missouri. He was a farmer. 1900
Census: Jasper Betten, page 176, visit 088/091, Polk,
Mary Betten, born 07 June
1860; died 25 September 1938; married 1907-08 to Adam
Hahn (his second marriage) who was born about 1861 in Missouri. He was a
quarryman. 1900 Census: Mary Betten (single, with
parents). 1910 Census: Adam Hahn, page 124, visit
299/302, Precinct 35, Silver Bow,
Frank Betten, born about 1862.
Elisabeth Betten, born about July 1864. 1900 Census: (single, with parents).
Anna Betten, born about
1866; married 1890-91 to Frank Kassabaum who was born about 1863 in Missouri. He was
a lead miner. 1910 Census: Frank Kasabaum, page 248,
visit 153/163, Fredericktown (1st Ward),
Henry Betten, born about April
1868; married
1892-93 to Drusilla ______ who was born about January
1871 in
Lisetta Betten, born about 1872.
+ Jasper
Belken [baptized as Caspar], born
Franklin Belken, born 08 October
1835(5); died
30 July 1888(5); married 20
September 1866 in Madison County, Missouri (Book C, page 222) to Elizabeth Nenninger (daughter of Andrew
Nenninger and Mary Anna Martin) who was born
12 January 1849(5) in Baden, Germany and died 18 January 1916(5)
aged 67 years, 06 days at Mine La Motte, Madison,
Missouri (Death Certificate #2372). He was a lead miner; later he was a farmer.
He served in Company M, 3rd Missouri Cavalry (Union Army) during the
Civil War. 1870 Census: Francis Belken, page 651, visit
149/156,
Francis Belken, born 03 November
1868(14); died 11 February
1947(14) in Grayson County, Texas (gravestone,
external link); married 1890-91 to Margaret Thele (daughter of Herman Thele
and Bernadina Fischer) who was born 05 September 1869(14)
in Missouri and died 11 January 1942(14) in Denton County, Texas (gravestone,
external link). He was a Section Forman for the
Josephine Belken, born about December 1869.
Elizabeth Belken, born about 09 September 1871; died 11 February 1927 aged 55 years, 05 months, 02 days at Fredericktown; married to ______ Smith.
Emma Belken, born about September
1875; married
Catherine A. Belken, born 12 May
1877; died 04 June 1954 at St. Louis,
Missouri; married 22 February 1902 to Percy Vernon Laws (son of Joel Johnson
Laws and Elizabeth Frances Cunningham) who was
born 09 August 1877(8) in Union, St. Genevieve, Missouri and died 01
June 1949. He was a carpenter(8).
1910 Census: Percy V. Laws, page 091, visit 399/416, Perry,
Albert A. Belken, born 11 January
1879(5)(8);
died 26 December 1934 aged 55 years, 11 months, 15 days(5) in
St. Francois County (Death Certificate #44242);
married 07 August 1906 to Clara Parkhurst O’Bannon
(daughter of Henry Hunt O’Bannon and Martha Elizabeth Lance) who was born 09 January 1886(5)
in St. Francois County and died 05 January 1940(5) at Fredericktown,
Madison, Missouri (Death Certificate #3018). He was a lead miner. 1910 Census:
Albert Belken, page 082, visit ---/072,
Anna L. Belken, born about December 1880.
Edward Henry Belken, born 17 September 1882(5)(6)[although WWI draft
registration says 12 September(8)];
died 24 November 1962(5)(6) at Rivermines,
St. Francois, Missouri; married 1907-08
to MARY CATHERINE
MULLERSMAN who was born 22 November 1879(5) in
Missouri and died 11 July 1958(5). He was a clerk. 1910 Census:
Edward H. Belken, page 146, visit 077/086,
(Honorable) Charles John Belken,
born 31 May 1884(5)(8); died
24 June 1951(5) at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (Death Certificate
#24283); married 27 October 1910 to JENNIE CATHERINE SONDERMAN
(sister of Frank, just below) who was born 31 August 1888(5)(6) and died
15 November 1968(5) at Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri(6).
He was the manager at the Missouri Farmers Co-op at Mine La Motte,
+ Barbara C.
Belken, born
Etta B. Belken, born about November 1888.
+ Mary
Belken, born
Henry Belken, born 16 April 1843
(from death certificate, but gravestone says 23 February 1845(5)); died 06 February 1928(5) in St.
Francois, St. Francois, Missouri (Death Certificate #6131); married 23 February 1865 in Madison County
(Book C, page 192) to Mary Elizabeth Smith
(daughter of J. H. Vanis Smith and Teresa Graffner) who was born about April 1845 in Prussia,
Germany and died 13 November 1930 in Madison County (Death Certificate #36766).
He was a lead miner; later he was a farmer. 1870 Census: Henry Belkin, page 356,
visit 240/246, St. Michael,
Mary Theresa Belken, born about 1866; married to William A. Richardson who was born about 1858 in Missouri or Tennessee.
Henry J. Belken, born 24 April
1867(5); died 11 August 1919(5)
aged 52 years, 03 months, 17 days in St. Michael, Madison, Missouri (Death
Certificate #25501); married after the
1910 census to Elizabeth ______ who was born 1876(5)
and died 1954(5). 1910 Census: (single, with parents). They are
buried at
Jasper Belken, born 1869(5); died 24 May 1933 aged “64 years, 07 months,
16 days”(5) at Fredericktown (Death Certificate #17133); unmarried. He was a farmer. 1910 Census:
Jasper Belken Jr. (single, with W. Noah Mayberry), page 231, visit 071/071, St.
Michael,
Alexander Belken, born about March 1874.
Elizabeth Belken, born about April 1876. 1910 Census: (single, with parents). 1920 Census: (single, with mother). 1930 Census: (single, with mother).
Anna Belken, born about 1878.
Louisa Belken, born about February 1883. 1910 Census: (single, with parents).
Johannes Franz Belken (son of Johannes Belken and Carolina Linnemann), born 02 March 1806 at either Affeln or Altenaffeln, Westphalia, Germany, probably died in Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA; married first about 1830 in Westphalia to Carolina Gerlach who was born about 1803 in Westphalia and apparently died shortly after they came to the U.S.; married second 16 October 1854 in Sinsinawa, Grant, Wisconsin, USA to Dorothea Sewald (her second marriage) who was born about 1808 in Prussia, Germany.
He was a stone mason (as was his father). They also (like
Caspar Belken, above) came to the
1860 Census: John Belcan, page 693, visit 545/541, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin [also Nicholas “Sebolt”, single, born about 1833-34 in Prussia, Germany]. [NOTE: Nicholas Sieboldt was Dorothea’s child with her first husband, and was later adopted by Johannes.]
1870 Census: John Balker (with stepson/adopted son Nicholas “Sibalt”), page 371, visit 122/120, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin.
1880 Census: John Belkin, page 087, visit 102/104, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin.
Known children with first wife, born at Affeln:
Mary Katharina Belken, born 26
December 1831; died 24 July 1921 at
Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; married
26 June 1854 in Sinsinawa, Grant, Wisconsin to Peter Anthony Gerlach (son of Franz
Jakob Gerlach and Maria Clara Elizabeth Siebert)
who was born 25 November 1827 at Helmsdorf [in Eichsfeld Region], Thuringia, Prussia, Germany and died 10
June 1916 at Mineral Point. He was a farmer. He served five terms as Elk Grove
supervisor. 1870 Census: Anthony Garlock, page 371, visit 114/112, Elk Grove,
Anna Gerlach, born 17 May 1855; died 01 February 1943; married 26 October 1874 to Wilhelm Wiegel
(son of Joseph Weigel and Anna
Maria Ziegenfuss) was born 20 November 1846 at Silberhausen,
Prussia, Germany and died 01 April 1917 in Lafayette County. They were buried
at Our Lady Of Hope Cemetery at Seymour,
John Gerlach, born 12 December 1856; died 21 November 1918 in South Dakota; married about 1881 in South Dakota to Lucy Ann Ripley (daughter of George Ripley and Christina Frye), who was born 03 May 1862 in South Dakota and died 15 August 1937 in South Dakota. Known children: William Gerlach, born 01 December 1882, died 22 May 1963; Joseph Gerlach, born 14 May 1884; Susan Ann Gerlach, born 02 September 1886, died 17 August 1965; Minnie May Gerlach, born 26 November 1889, died 09 June 1964; John Gerlach, born 12 November 1899, died 12 December 1918; Clarence Lee Gerlach, born 07 January 1902, died 1907; Pearl Berniece Gerlach, born 09 July, died 28 July 1958.
Catharine Gerlach, born about November 1858; died August 1906 in Dubuque County, Iowa; married 28 January 1878 in Dubuque County to Peter Klein (son of Johann Klein and Katharina Herbert) who was born 27 November 1854 in Illinois and died August 1938 in Dubuque County. Known children: Catherine Klein, born about 1878; Mary Klein, born about October 1879, married Joseph Schatz; Frank Klein, born about November 1881, married Josephine Hemmer; John Klein, born about May 1885, married Clara Schmitt; Frances Klein, born about November 1887, married Joseph Menster, their child (Father) William Menster (born 10 February 1913) was a Roman Catholic priest and was a WWII veteran (U.S. Navy chaplain) and was the first member of the clergy to visit Antarctica (in 1947); Anna M. Klein, born about October 1889, married Joseph Stecklein; Angeline E. Klein, born about January 1892, married Joseph McAllister; Nicholas Klein, born about July 1896.
Elizabeth Gerlach, born 15 December 1860; died 24 November 1936; married 23 November 1880 to Christian Aurit (son of Johannes Aureden/Aurit and Catharina Hauker) who was born about 1857 in Elk Grove and died 20 August 1924 in Elk Grove. They are buried at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Elk Grove. Known children: Edward John Aurit, born 07 March 1883, died 20 January 1946, married 02 June 1908 to Anna Rasque (daughter of Christian Rasque and Mary Stoeber) who was born 05 May 1889 and died 20 Jan 1953 in Elk Grove; (Father) Anton J. Aurit, born 02 November 1884, died 08 January 1938 in Wisconsin, he was a Catholic priest; Charles Joseph Aurit, born 24 October 1886, died 28 July 1934; William Sylvester Aurit, born 29 October 1888, died 20 February 1947, married 24 April 1918 to Magdalene Bosch; Henry Casper Aurit, born 07 July 1891, died 27 June 1958, married 19 September 1919 to Matilda Wedige, he was a WWI veteran; Casper John Aurit, born 06 July 1895, died August 1976, married Loretta Hilvers.
Casper Gerlach, born 15 August
1863; died 09
June 1949 at Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin;
married first 23 February 1892 to Mary Catherine
Surrman (daughter of Herman H. Surrman and margaret Keiser) who was born 04 December 1867 in Wisconsin
and died 30 May 1894; married second 23
February 1897 to Catherine Ludovica (Gabel) Sutton
(daughter of Heinrich Gabel and Victoria
Ziegenfuss, and widow of Henry E. Sutton) who was born 17 January 1865
in Wisconsin and died 15 August 1913. He was a salesman. 1900 Census:
Francis Gerlach, born 08 November
1866; died 19 June 1926 at Shullsburg,
Lafayette, Wisconsin; married 13 May
1890 to Alberta Susan Drum (daughter of Mathew Drum and Ellen Smith) who
was born 26 August 1873 in New York and died 03 April 1955 at Shullsburg. He
was a saloon keeper. 1900 Census: Frank Gerlach, page 163, visit
073/073, Shullsburg town,
Dorothea Gerlach, born 19
December 1868; died 07 March 1951; married 20 January 1891 to Bernard
Fiedler (son of Bernard M. Fiedler and Catherine Sneider) who was born 20 November 1862 in
Lafayette County and died 12 November 1911. He was a farmer. Known
children: Leo W.
Fiedler, born
Nicholas Gerlach, born 02 April 1871; died 02 February 1944 at Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; married Mary Kinn (daughter of John Kinn and Elizabeth Peters) who was born 18 January 1877 and died 07 March 1923 at Mineral Point. Known children: Harold Joseph Gerlach, born 17 October 1902, died 17 November 1909; Helen Gerlach; Jane Gerlach; Genevieve Gerlach; Charles Gerlach; Elizabeth Gerlach.
Joseph Gerlach, born 03 February 1875; died 12 July 1910 at Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; married 22 June 1897 at Mineral Point to Anna Schaaf (daughter of John Schaaf and Mary Darlene Berg) who was born about 1875 and died 1964 at Mineral Point. Known children: Margarete Gerlach, born about 1899; Marie Gerlach, born about 1900; Gertrude Gerlach, born about 1903; Bernard A. Gerlach, born about 1905, died 1958; Harold Gerlach, born about 1908.
Anna Catherine Belken, born about
March 1834; died 13 July 1915 in Carroll
County, Iowa; married 10 November 1854
at Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois (Book A, page 357) to Jacob
Zoeller who was born about 1820 in Hesse, Germany and died 12 June 1898
in Carroll County. He was a stone mason; later he was a farmer. 1870 Census:
Jacob Celler, page 370, visit
111/109, Elk Grove,
Mary Zoeller, born
Elizabeth Zoeller, born 11 August
1858 in Jackson County, Iowa; died 06
February 1942 in Dubuque County, Iowa;
married 23 January 1883 in Dubuque County to Nicholas
Brimeyer (his second marriage)(son of Mathias
Brimeyer and Catherine Andre) who was born 02
August 1843 in Luxembourg and died 14 December 1909 in Dubuque County. He was a
farmer. 1900 Census: Nicholas Brimeyer, page 176, visit 251/251,
Sofia Zoeller, born 23 June 1860
in Illinois; died at Cuba City, Grant,
Wisconsin; married 1882-83 to Joseph Hird (son of Emanuel and Agnes Hird, both born in England, and brother of Emanuel,
just below) who was born about May 1859 in Wisconsin. He was a farmer. 1900
Census: Joseph Hird, page 092, visit
115/115, Elk Grove,
Euphrosine Eva Zoeller, born 07 November 1862 in Illinois; died 30 May 1947 in Cherokee County, Iowa; married 1883-84 to Emanuel Hird (son of Emanuel and Agnes Hird, both born in England, and brother of Joseph, just above) who was born about August 1864 in Wisconsin and died 31 May 1947 in Cherokee County. He was a farmer. 1900 Census: Emanuel Hird, page 135, visit 187/188, Rock, Cherokee, Iowa. No children with them in 1900.
John Zoeller, born 24 October 1864; died about 1865.
Ida Anna Zoeller, born 30 June 1867; died 25 August 1940 in Carroll County, Iowa; married 14 December 1886 in Dubuque County, Iowa to John Beisch who was born 30 July 1859 in Germany and died 21 January 1939 in Carroll County. He was a farmer. 1900 Census: John Beisch, page 090, visit 009/009, Grant, Carroll, Iowa. 1910 Census: John Beisch, page 062, visit 046/046, Grant, Carroll, Iowa. Known children, born in Carroll County: Frank Jacob Beisch, born 10 December 1887 (but WWI Draft registration says 1888(8)), married 1914 to Elizabeth Kurtshals who was born 17 November 1889(6) and died April 1971 at Fonda, Pocahontas, Iowa(6), he was a farmer; Joseph Dominic Beisch, born 20 October 1889(6)(8), died April 1977 at Lake City, Calhoun, Iowa(6), married to Rose Vanderheiden who was born 02 April 1899(6) in Carroll County and died ,January 1973 at Carroll, Carroll, Iowa(6), he was a farmer; Mary Anna Beisch, born 12 November 1891, married to Albert Dominic Rieff who was born 01 December 1885(6), he was a farmer; Leo Bernard Beisch, born 03 April 1900(6)(8), died 01 September 1972(6) at Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska; George P. Beisch, born about 1905; Albert J. Beisch, born 11 March 1907(6), died June 1986 at Manning, Carroll, Iowa(6), married Ruby Emmick; Herman Henry Beisch, born 30 September 1910(6), died 15 May 1975(6), married ______ Casey.
Anna K. Zoeller, born 05 July 1869; married 1884-85 to Arthur M. Olson who was born about August 1857 in Norway and apparently died before the 1910 census. . He was a day laborer. 1900 Census: Arthur M. Olson, page 073, visit 812/837, Cherokee [city], Cherokee, Iowa. 1910 Census: Anna K. Olson (widow), page 076, visit 018/018, Sioux City (5th Ward), Woodbury, Iowa. 1920 Census: Annie Olson (widow), page 027, visit 201/230, Sioux City (8th Precinct), Woodbury, Iowa. 1930 Census: Anna K. Olson (widow, with son Chester). Children, born in Iowa: Louisa K. Olson, born about February 1886, married to Henry E. Roe who was born about 1892 in Wisconsin, he was a repairman at a tool manufacturer, 1920 Census: Henry E. Roe, page 111, visit 334/366, Sioux City (10th Precinct), Woodbury, Iowa, 1930 Census: Henry E. Roe, page 020, visit 358/360, Sioux City (E.D. 34), Woodbury, Iowa, her known children: Alberta L. Roe born about 1910, and Lloyd H. Roe born about 1919; Mabel C. Olson, born 30 August 1888(6), died October 1981 at Sioux City(6), married ______ Soiseth; Rowena M. Olson, born 25 May 1890, married to Oscar Edwin Burg who was born 09 July 1890 at Sioux City(8), he was a machinist for a railroad, 1920 Census: O. E. Burg, page 005, visit ---/099, Sioux City (8th Precinct), Woodbury, Iowa, 1930 Census: Oscar E. Burg, page 248, visit 335/337, Sioux City (E.D. 56), Woodbury, Iowa, known children: Kenneth Burg born about 1915, Charles Warren Burg born about 1918, Richard Burg born about 1922, and Esther Burg born about 1925; Bertha E. Olson, born 10 February 1892, married [? George W.] Geary, possibly moved to Nebraska; Nora A. Olson, born 17 October 1895, married 1912-13 to Victor L. Ostling who was born 28 September 1889(8) in Sweden, he owned a pool hall, 1920 Census: Victor Ostling, page 007, visit 080/150, Sioux City (8th Precinct), Woodbury, Iowa, 1930 Census: Victor L. Ostling, page 042, visit 268/277, Sioux City (E.D. 58), Woodbury, Iowa, known children: Leonard V. Ostling born about 1914, Evelyn D. Ostling born about April 1916, Louise F. Ostling born about January 1918, and Chester R. Ostling born about October 1919; Chester Anton Olson, born 10 September 1899(8), married 1920-21 to Jennie ______ who was born about 1900 in England, he was a machinist for a railroad, 1920 Census: (single, with mother), 1930 Census: Chester Olson, page 153, visit 237/246, Sioux City (E.D. 51), Woodbury, Iowa, known children: Robert C. Olson born about 1922, and June M. Olson born about 1924.
Katherine Ann Zoeller, born 26 November 1871; died 27 February 1942 at Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota (Death Certificate #204440); married 30 September 1891 at Storm lake, Buena Vista, Iowa to James Lewis McComish who was born 16 November 1866 in Seymour, Lafayette, Wisconsin and died 23 December 1939 at Mitchell (Death Certificate #191553). [Info on their children is in Dave Halm’s GEDCOM.]
Bernard Zoeller, born 15 March 1874 (or 1875); died 08 August 1947 at Ft. Dodge, Webster, Iowa.
Caroline Zoeller, born 22 May
1879; married
first 1894-95 to Will Olson who was born about October
1865 in Norway; married second to Frank J. Strong who was born about 1886 in Iowa. Will was a
salesman. Frank was a house painter. 1900 Census: Will Olson, page 144, visit
263/280, Sioux City (5th Ward), Woodbury, Iowa. 1920 Census: F. J.
Strong, page 182, visit 126/131, Sioux City (13th Precinct),
Woodbury, Iowa. 1930 Census: Frank J. Strong, page 041, visit
250/258, Sioux City (E.D. 58), Woodbury, Iowa. [She and Will had one other
child born and died before the 1900 census.] Known children with first husband,
born in
John Peter Belken, born about
June 1836; died 22 August 1902 in Elk
Grove; married 1867-68 to Julia Ann Schossmeir who was born 11 November 1836 at Beberstedt, Thuringia, Prussia, Germany and died 23 April
1926. He was a farmer. 1870 Census: John Belken, page 369, visit
087/085, Elk Grove,
Francis Belken, born about 1840; died 21 February
1894; married first about 1866 to Clara Matteson who was born about 1841 in Ohio and died 10
December 1876; married second 08 March
1877 to Paulina Wedekind (daughter of Jacob Wedekind and Christina Nering)
who was born about 1860 at Heinsdorf, Saxony,
Prussia, Germany and died 12 December 1936 in Grant County, Wisconsin. He was a
farmer. 1870 Census: Frank Belken, page 371, visit
113/111, Elk Grove,
John Francis Belken, born
about May 1866; married 14 January 1896
in Lafayette County (Book 3, page 230) to Susan Stonebreaker
who was born about August 1874 in Wisconsin. He was a barber; later he owned a
billiard hall. 1900 Census: Frank Belken, page 143, visit 259/275,
Peter Philip Belken, born
25 September 1870; died 30 October
1917; married 14 April 1896 to Amelia Minnie Gabel (daughter of Albert
Gabel and Anna Kistle) who was born about June
1879 in Lafayette County and died 13 January 1975. He was a farmer. 1900
Census: Phillip Belken, page 088, visit 027/027, Elk
Grove,
Anton Jacob Belken, born 15
January 1873(8); died 11
December 1954 at Cuba City, Grant, Wisconsin;
married 24 June 1896 in Lafayette County (Book 3, page 240) to Johanna Murray (daughter of Owen Murray
and Mary Brady) who was born 01 May 1874(6)
in New Diggings, Lafayette, Wisconsin and died April 1967(6) at
Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin. He was a farmer. 1900 Census: Anton Belken, page
088, visit 024/024, Elk Grove,
Edward Belken, born 27 February 1875; married 1898-99 to Johanna Rasque who was born about March 1878 in Wisconsin. He was a farmer. 1900 Census: Edward Belken, page 088, visit 023/023, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1910 Census: Edward Belken, page 048, visit 136/138, Mound, Campbell, South Dakota. 1930 Census: Johana Belken (widow), page 236, visit 136/147, Beloit (9th Ward), Rock, Wisconsin. Known children, most born in Wisconsin: Hubert Francis Belken, born 08 June 1899(6)(but draft registration says 1897(8)), died May 1973 at Beloit(6), married about 1923 to Lillian M. Howland who was born 20 October 1891 in Wisconsin, he was a machinist, he registered for the WWI Draft at Beloit, 1920 Census: Hubert Belken (single, with Mary Emerison?), page 195, visit 021/022, Beloit (5th Ward), Rock, Wisconsin; [double-check Marie A. Belken, born about 1900]; Aloysian Belken, born 13 January 1901; Theodore B. Belken, born 20 November 1904(6), died December 1972 at Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois(6), married 1929 to Alma Olafsen; Anthony Belken, born 29 June 1909(6), died February 1972 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York(6); Marcellus P. Belken, born 01 August 1913(6), died 23 September 1993 at Beloit(6), married 28 June 1947 at Beloit to Lucy T. Brevis; Luverne Belken, born 25 July 1915(6), died October 1986 at Beloit(6); Clarence Belken, born about 1917 [or Marcella born 03 August 1917 and died Feb5ruary 1994].
Known children with second wife, born in Elk Grove:
Catherine Josephine Belken, born 26 June 1880.
Anna Rosina Belken, born 02 February 1882; possibly married John Taylor.
Christina Belken, born 21 February 1884; died 1962; married 03 October 1905 to Henry F. Gerlach.
Mary Frances Belken, born 09 April 1886. 1920 Census: (single, with mother).
Elizabeth F. Belken, born 21 August 1888; died May 1978. 1920 Census: (single, with mother).
Genevieve Mathilda Belken, born 29 March 1891.
Mary Jane Belken, born 09 April 1896.
Caspar Belken, born 08 January 1841; died 05 March 1914 in Elk Grove; married about 1868 to Sophia Stoeber (daughter of Johann Heinrich Stöber and Catherine Wedige) who was born 17 February 1850 in Wisconsin and died 17 December 1923 in Elk Grove. He was a farmer. 1870 Census: Casper Balkin, page 370, visit 099/097, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1880 Census: Casper Belkin, page 087, visit 101/103, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1900 Census: Casper Belken, page 094, visit 152/153, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1910 Census: Casper Belken, page 092, visit 014/014, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1920 Census: Sophia Belken (“married” but alone), page 210, visit 179/196, Cuba City village, Grant, Wisconsin. They are buried at St. Rose Cemetery at Cuba City. Children, born in Elk Grove:
Henry Belken, born about October 1868; died 05 November 1930; married 25 April 1899 in Lafayette County (Book 3, page 327) to Almeda Barbara Thomas who was born 21 January 1879(6) in Wisconsin and died January 1975 in Cuba, Grant, Wisconsin(6). He was a farmer. 1900 Census: Henry Belkin, page 094, visit 148/149, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1910 Census: Henry Belken, page 094, visit 038/041, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1920 Census: Henry Belken, page 247, visit 111/112, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1930 Census: Henry Belken, page 144, visit 070/071, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. Known children: Edna M. Belken, born 10 September 1899, married 22 September 1920 to Dale Horsley; Mary Belken, born 22 April 1901, married Alvin Schneider; Isabel Bertha Belken, born 20 March 1905, married 05 December 1930 to Francis Logan.
Augusta Belken, born about February 1870; died 1949; married 28 May 1889 in Lafayette County (Book 3, page 040) to John A. Fiedler (son of Bernard Fiedler and Catherine Schneider, both born in Prussia) who was born about October 1861 in Wisconsin. He was a saloon keeper. 1900 Census: John A. Fiedler, page 015, visit 031/035, Mineral Point city, Iowa, Wisconsin. 1910 Census: John A. Fiedler, page 240, visit 106/114, Cuba City village, Grant, Wisconsin. They had at least eight children, one of whom died before the 1900 census, and another one of whom died before the 1910 census. Known children: John C. Fiedler, born 11 March 1890(8); Herbert B. Fiedler, born 28 November 1895(6)(8), died April 1977 at Patch Grove, Grant, Wisconsin(6), married Rose Welsh; Bertha C. Fiedler, born about October 1898, married Arthur Splinster; Raymond Fiedler, born about 1900, married Violet Murray; Marie Fiedler, born about 1903, married Harry Abbott; Urban Fiedler, born 09 February 1906(6), died November 1984 at Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin(6), married Mabel Barlett; Louis Fiedler, birthdate not known, married Bell Hortense; Adrian Fiedler, born about 1914, died July 1963.
Mary S. Belken, born 29 May 1879; married 28 July 1902 in Lafayette County, Wisconsin to John F. Rogan (son of Eugene and Mary Rogan). Known children: Leila Rogan, married Calvin Pooler; Zita Rogan, married Frank Jacombe.
Louisa C. Belken, born 17 January 1882(6); died December 1970 at Cuba City, Grant, Wisconsin(6); married 08 October 1901 to Henry John Wedig (son of Barthol Wedige and Catherine Schuster, and brother of Peter J. Wedige, just below) who was born 11 April 1880(6) in Elk Grove and died 15 May 1966 at Cuba City(6). He was a farmer. 1910 Census: Henry J. Wedig, page 092, visit 017/018, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1920 Census: Henry J. Wedig, page 284, visit 042/046, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. 1930 Census: Henry J. Wedige, page , visit 039/040, Elk Grove, Lafayette, Wisconsin. Known children: Sylvester Wedig, born 07 October 1902, died 17 April 1956, married Mary Ann Hoppenjon; Bertrand Casper Wedig, born 12 April 1905(6), died 22 September 1987 at Cuba City(6), married to Agnes C. Splinter who was born 25 August 1905 in Wisconsin; Urban LuVerne Wedig, born 22 January 1907(6), died 08 December 1989 at Davenport, Scott, Iowa(6), married Bergetta Fulmer; Marie M. Wedig, born 28 May 1909, died 16 March 1999 at Cuba City, married 25 February 1930 to George A. Vosberg who was born 12 January 1903 in Wisconsin; Catherine Sophia Wedig, born 06 November 1911, married Charles Christopher; Marcella Alberta Wedig, born 31 October 1913, married Joseph Staub; Maurice Joseph Wedig, born 13 August 1918(6), died 17 November 1995 at Monroe, Green, Wisconsin(6), married Bernice Afford; Modesta C. Wedig, born 13 May 1920, married Eugene Bennett; Anna Wedig, born 04 February 1922, married Ervin Bessler.
Bertha Ann Belken, born 26 July 1887; died 24 December 1958; married to Peter J. Wedige (son of Barthol Wedige and Catherine Schuster, and brother of Henry John Wedig, just above) who was born about June 1887 in Elk Grove. Known children: Delvan Wedige, married Eileen Kilkelly; LaVerne Wedige, died young; Donald Wedige; Hilda Wedige, married James Dunn; Leona Wedige, married Gene Udelhoven; Minerva Wedige, born 07 July 1915, died 19 April 2008 at Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, married 25 July 1934 to Leonard L. Teasdale; Mercedes Wedige, married John Murray; Helen Wedige, married Joseph Smith; Emily Wedige, married Daniel Smith; Gertrude Wedige, married Celcus Kilkelly; Norma Wedige, married Albert Graeber; Ruth Margaret Wedige, married first to Lawrence Robert Rielly (son of John Harold Rielly and Irene Agnes McKeon).
George John Belken, born 07 February 1891(8). He was a miner. He registered for the WWI Draft in Grant County, Wisconsin. 1920 Census: (single, with mother).
Elizabeth Belken, born about 1843; married 03 July 1862 at Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois to Jacob Baker who was born about 1833. Known children: Daniel Baker, born about 1862; Jacob Baker, born about 1864; Emma Baker, born about 1866; Louis Baker, born about 1869; Mary Baker, born about 1872; John Baker, born about 1874; Leah Baker, born about 1876; Frank Baker, born about 1880; Ella Baker, born about 1882.
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