Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Profile: John Alfred Burkhalter



1869 September 28: Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland
         Parents: Unknown

1890: Resident of Leele, Switzerland

1890 March: Immigrated to the United States, arrived in New York on the ship S.S. La Bourgogne


1890 - 1892: Moved from New York to Minnesota to Oregon

1893 April 3: Married Rosina Lidia Grossen at St. Joseph's Church, Tillamook, Oregon


1900 April 3: Became citizen of the United States; Resident of Tillamook, Oregon




1900: Resident of Fairview, Tillamook County, Oregon



1910: Resident of  Menlo, Pacific County, Washington

 


 
1915: Traveled to Vermont; Purchased 12 Brown Swiss Dairy Cows for farm in Menlo; Cows were the first variety of Brown Swiss in the Valley
 
1920: Resident of Menlo, Pacific County, Washington
 

 
1922: Retired; Farm taken over by son Louis Alfred Burkhalter
 
1922: Moved to Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington
 
1926: Died in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington
 
 
Children:
     Louis Alfred (1894 - 1974)
     Lida (1896 - 1899)
     Hulda (1897 - 1970)
     Edward (1898 - 1899)
     Elizabeth E (1900 - 1966)
     Rosa Klara (1903 - 1924)
     Bertha Magdalena (1909 - 1987)
     John Vernon (1915 - 1975)

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