Showing posts with label Washington - Menlo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington - Menlo. Show all posts

Monday, January 23, 2012

1920 Census: Gel & August




1920 Census: Menlo, Pacific County, Washington

Grossen, Gilligen - head - age 39 - single - arrived 1889 - naturalized 1903 - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland

Burkhalter, August - partner - age 34 - arrived 1904 - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland


Gel and August are brothers of JA Burkhalter & Rosa Grossen Burkhalter

Sunday, January 15, 2012

1910 Census: J E Grossen




1910 Census: Willapa, Pacific County, Washington

Grossen, J E - head - age 34 - married 5 years - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland - arrived 1887 - speaks English & German - farmer - dairyperson

Grossen, Clara - wife - age 22 - married 5 years - 3 births - 3 living children - born Minnesota - father born Minnesota - mother born Minnesota - speaks English

Grossen, Doris - daughter - age 3 - born Washington

Grossen, Jonnie - son - age 1 - born Washington

Grossen, Lizzie - daughter - age 11 months - born Washington

Thursday, January 12, 2012

1930 Census: Emil A Burkhalter





1930 Census: Willapa, Pacific County, Washington

Burkhalter, Emil A - head - own house - house worth $20,000 - age 45 - married - age 39 at first marriage - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland

Burkhalter, Anna - wife - age 26 - married - age 22 at first marriage - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland

Burkhalter, Edward J - son - age 4 - born Washington

Burkhalter, Lydia H - daughter - age 1- born Washington


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

1920 Census: LA Burkhalter




1920 Census: Menlo, Pacific County, Washington

Burkhalter, Louis A - head - age 25 - single - born Oregon - dairy farmer


Friday, December 30, 2011

1920 Census: JA Burkhalter





1920 Census: Menlo, Pacific County, Washington

Burkhalter, JA - head - age 50 - married - arrived 1890 - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland

Burkhalter, Rosa - wife - age 47 - married - arrived 1889 - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland

Burkhalter, Hulda - daughter - age 22 - born Wisconsin

Burkhalter, Elisabeth - daughter - age 19 - born Wisconsin

Burkhalter, Clara - daughter - age 16 - born Washington

Burkhalter, Bertha - daughter - age 10 - born Washington

Burkhalter, Jonny - son - age 4 months - born Washington

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

1920 Census: Joseph Wiss



1920 Census: Menlo, Pacific County, Washington

Wiss, Joe - Head - age 44 - arrived 1904 - born Switzerland - Father born Switzerland - Mother born Switzerland - Dairy Farmer

Wiss, Sophie - Wife - age 39 - arrived 1904 - born Switzerland - Father born Switzerland - Mother born Switzerland - Laborer, Home Farm

Wiss, Lina - Daughter - age 19 - arrived 1904 - born Switzerland

Wiss, Lizzie - Daughter - age 17 - arrived 1904 - born Switzerland

Wiss, Mary - Daughter - age 14 - born California

Wiss, Joe Jr - Son - age 13 - born Washington

Wiss, Louis - Son - age 10 - born Washington

Wiss, Fritz - Son - age 9 - born Washington

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Profile: Rosa Klara Burkhalter


1903: Born in Menlo, Pacific County, Washington
     Parents: John & Rosa Grossen

 late 1900s

Hulda, Claire, LA, Lee (clockwise from left)

1910: Resident of Menlo, Pacific County, Washington



1920: Resident of Menlo, Pacific County, Washington



1922: Graduated from Valley High School, Menlo, Pacific County, Washington



early 1920s, Marie Berger & Claire Burkhalter

1924 Aug 12: Died; had leaky heart valve

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)

Friday, August 19, 2011

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Sketches by Claire


sketches included in Claire's 1922 annual