Charles Buerk

1851 - 1912  (~ 61 years)

• Name	Charles Buerk  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Feb 1851	W?rttemberg, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Apr 1912	Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan   [4]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle April 26, 1912 Word was received here Wednesday of the sudden death of Charles Buerk of Caro, a brother of Fred Buerk. The funeral service will be held in Caro Sunday. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007) (Research): Census Information: 1900 Census Michigan, Tuscola, Indian Fields Township, Caro Village Enumerated 12 June 1900 SD 8 ED 118 Sheet 1A Stamped 210 6-6 Buerk, Charles Hd W M Feb 1851 49 M 24 Germany Germany Germany 1872 28 Na Farmer Buerk, Mary Wife W F Aug 1855 45 M 24 0/0 Wisc Germany Germany Burk, Archie Boarder W M Feb 1888 12 S Mich Mich Mich At School 1910 Census Michigan, Tuscola, Indian Fields Township, Caro Village Enumerated 28 and 20 April 1910 SD 8 ED 122 Sheet 12A 414-305-309 Buerk, Charles Hd M W 58 M1 30 Germany/German Germany/German Germany/German 1872 Laborer Odd Jobs Buerk, Mary Wf F W 58 m1 30 0/0 Wisc Germany/German Germany/German
  Person ID	I5851	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Johannes B?rk,   b. Bef 1815, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. Abt 1866, W?rttemberg, Germany (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Christina Reinert,   b. 4 Jan 1817, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 11 May 1907, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1835	W?rttemberg, Germany   [5]
  	They were the parents of four sons and one daughter
  Family ID	F9406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hannah Kolb,   b. 16 Aug 1855, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin d. 27 Jan 1926, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1875	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 6]
  	They had no children. According to the Decree of District Court, Denver, Colorado, Dated September 2, 1931, showing the proportion of Mary Schwegler's Interest Distributable to Each, the only heir of Mrs. Mary Buerk was Archibald Gilchrist.
  Children	1. Archibald Gilchrist,   b. Feb 1888, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Feb 1851 - W?rttemberg, Germany Marriage - 16 Oct 1875 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - Apr 1912 - Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Michigan, Tuscola, Indian Fields Township, Caro Village Enumerated 12 June 1900 SD 8 ED 118 Sheet 1A Stamped 210 6-6 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 142, she refers to him as Fred Buerk (Reliability: 3). [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, April 26, 1912 (Reliability: 3). [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, May 19, 1907 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 142 (Reliability: 3).