1900 Census: John A Burkhalter

1900 Census: Fairview, Tillamook County, Oregon

Burkhalter, John A - head - born Sept 1868 - age 31 - married 7 years - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland - arrived 1890 - in US 10 years - farmer

Burkhalter, Rosa - wife - born July 1872 - age 27 - married 7 years - 4 births - 2 living children - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland - arrived 1888 - in US 12 years

Burkhalter, Alfred - son - born June 1893 - age 6 - born Oregon

Burkhalter, Hulda - daughter - born Mar 1897 - age 3 - born Oregon

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)

Contract de Passage

1890

John Alfred  Burkhalter

John Alfred Burkhalter: I am not an anarchist

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Western District of Washington

In the Circuit Court of United States, Western District of Washington

I, JOHN ALFRED BURKHALTER, aged 38 years, occupation Dairyman, do affirm that my personal description is: Color white, complexion light, height 6 feet 2 inches, weight 181 pounds, color of hair brown, color of eyes brown, other visible marks ____________; I was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, on the 28th day of September, anno Domini 1869; I now reside at Menlo, Washington.

I emigrated to the United States of America from Havre, France, on the vessel "S.S. Bourgogne"; my last foreign residence was Leele, Switzerland.

It is my bone fide intention to renounce all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to Switzerland, of which I am now a citizen; I arrived at the port of New York, in the state of New York on our about the 3rd. day of March, anno Domini 1890; I am not an anarchist; I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy; and it is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States of America, and to permanently reside therein: SO HELP ME GOD.

John Alfred Burkhalter

Subscribed and sworn before me on the 5th day of September anno Domini ??.